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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14

low [ gazed dow dow u steadily. Would
leap Be certain deaf The water
was ofimmense deptl below. But what
chance Of striking Il feetior head first
What chance Of preserving conscious
ness ia the descent |? No, the leap would
be death; that at least was clear.
Again I turned to the rope. / was
now perfectly desperate, but steady,
nerved beyond the best moments Of my
life, good for an effort surprising the
human. Still the rope swayed as be-
fore, and its motion was very regular.
I saw that I could touch it at any point
OF it's gyration by strong leap.
But could Igrasp lts What use If
it were not firmly secured above {?
Bat all time for Hesitation had gone by.
| knew too we'll that strength was mine
but for a moment, and that IN the next
reaction Of weakness I should drop from
the wall like dead fly. Bracing my
self, watched the rope steadily for one
round, and as it returned against Tie
wind, jumped straight out over the heay-
ing Atlantic. S..lss sr .F -
"By Gods aid I reached, touched,
clutched, held the strong line. And it
held! Not absolutely. Once, twice and
again it gave, gave with jerks that tried
my arms. knew these indicated but
tightening. Then it held firm and 1
swung turning in the air, secure above
the waves that beat below.
"To slide down and place my feet In
the loop was the instructive work Of a
moment. Fortunately it was of dimen.
SONS to admit my body barely. I slip
ped it over my thighs up to my armpits
just as the dreaded reaction of weak
ness came. Then L lost consciousness.
When awakened my dear mothers
face was beside my pillow, and she
told me that I had been tossing for a
fortnight in brain fever. Many weeks
I lay there, and when / got strong
found that I had left my nerve on that
awful clitf-side. Never since have I
bnen able to look from q height or see
any other human being on one without
sbuddering.
$50 now you know the story, Mr..
Frazer, and have had your last walk on
the factory WALL"
lie spoke truer than he knew. His
story has gwen me such horrible night
mares ever since that 1 could no more
walk on the high brickwork than along
that marrow ledge in distant Cornwall.
e. W: Thompson's Prize Story in
The Youths Companion.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14

Mr.. Beecher, who is engaged IN 3
lecture tour in the Sonth,s says that he
cannot mix society with lect,1ring.
when on tour, ? he says. Il never go
to private house, except against my
will The worst hotel is better than tho
best private house. especially II il be st
the house Of q friend. Carl sichurz has
had . funns experience ca his leo.
lure tour down there. They got mp a
grand reception for him, end they re-
eaiyed him with speeches, sictaals and
crowds, calliopes and 9. brass band.ts
But when evening cams he found only
twenty o., thirty people 10 heag his lee
J ,1re On Franklin SO his agent tele.s
,graphsd ahead, more receptionat
no more nonsens e & & llrsn he got down
& to work and fared better That's itheg
universal ex peraence Ut the gagplloa1A
biped called lecturer & n
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14
Soothing Syrups and Popular Rem,
edies.
From the National Review.

From the National Review
Opium forms the basis OF innumerable
remedies, and very effective remedies,
sold under titles altogether reassuring
and misleading. Nearly. all soothing
syrups and powders, for example
mothers blessings" and Infants curses
are really opiates. These are known
or suspected by most well-informed peo-
pie. What is less generally known is
that nine in ten of the popular remedies
for catarrh, bronchitis, cough, cold ana
asthma are also opiates. So powerful
indeed is the effect of opium upon the
lining membrane of the lungs and mir
passages, 80 difficult is it to find an ef-
fective substitute, that the efficacy, at
least the certain and rapid efficacy, Of
any specific remedy for cold whose ex-
act nature is not known affords strong
ground for suspecting the presence Of
opium. Many chemists are eulpably,
almost criminally, reckless, and not
few culpably ignorant in this matter.
An experienced man brought from a
fashionable West End Shop box of
cough lozenges, pleasant TO- tho taste
sand relieving a severe cough with won
lerful rapidity. Familiar with the in
auence Of opium on the stomach and
spirits, he was sure before he had suck
ed half a dozen of the loGenges that he
had taken adose powerful enough to af-
feet his accustomed system, and strong
enough to poison child. and do serious
harm to a sensitive adult. Yet the loz-
enges were sold without warning or in
dication of their character; few people.
would have taken any special precaution
to keep them out Of the, way of children,
and the box, falling into the hands Of q
Needless or disobedient child might have,
poisoned whole nursery. -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14

head and hastily draw his sleeve across
his eyes number of times; and the
steward was hardly able to distinguish
his instruments. Under the soothing
effect of his mothers voice the boy al
lowed the wound to be dressed and the
cruel stitches to be taken. Later in the
day he dropped asleep and awoke con-
siderably refreshed. He was uncom-
planning through it all; and the forti-
tule with which he bore his sutferings
excited the admiration of every one.
In the cool of the evening Charley
was taken home in an ambulance, sent
for that purpose from tho fort. The
officers did everything in their power
to atone for the suffering they had so
carelessly but Internationally caused.
The surgeon and his assistants attended
him tenderly and carefully until he was
we'll. The surgeon offered to procure
his mother pension, but Mrs. Cages
declined, saying that she was too thank
full that her boy was alive to think OF
asking aid from the Government.
/ Charley was soon able to walk with the
aid Of crntches, but could not dispense
with their use for many months. Ii
Mrs. Caves, now an aged woman,
loves to tell Of those perIous times.
One OF her daughters, lady OF rare
qualities: fills one of the highest posi-
tons allowed to her sex in the Govern
ment department in Washin gton. She
has in her little cabinet at home the
very piece of shell which did it's cruel
work that day Is is rusty, and whea,
picked up was blood stained. Charley
Is . florist, and brings his flowers regar
larlv to one of the Washing ton mark tets.
He llmps i little, and viii alWays have
cause TO remember the summer morn
ing when the New York regiment II
Fort Smith bombarded his mothara
house,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14


brick line to keep eyes on as you walk
along the factory wall; do you think
You could move along it erect, looking
down as yon would have to? Yetit is
only one hundred feet high. Imagine
five more such walls ON top of that, and
you trying to move sidewise--incapable
Of closing your eyes, forced to look
down. from end to end; yes, three times
furtherl Imagine you We got to go on or
jump off. Would you not, in an ecstasy
Of nervous agitation, fall to your knees,
get down face first at full length, clutch
BY your hands and with shut eyes feel
your way? / longed to lie down and
hold. but Of course that was impossi-
Bile" %5a.. 3. 35Sg5 z5 <.
aStill, there was wall at your back, =
observed Jack. g...s.-. ..: ta
"That made it worse! The cliff
seemed to press outward against me.
It did, in fact, incline very slightly out
ward. It seemed to be thrusting me
of. Oh, the horror Of that sensation!
Your toes on the edge Of q precipice,
and the implicable, calm mountain app
parently weighing you slowly forward. !"
Beads Of sweat broke out over his
white face at the horror he had called
before him. Wiping his lips nervously
with The back Of his hand, and looking
askant, as at the narrow pathway, he
paused long. I saw its cruel edge and
the dark CLEANS OF its abysmal water.
81 knew" he resumed that with my
back to the wall I could never reach the
rope. could moi face toward it & and
step forward, se5narrow was the ledge.
Motion was perhaps barely possible
that way, but tie breadth Of my shout
sderss would have forced me TO lean some
what mora outward and this I|dared
not and could not do. Also. to see .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14

/, II stood there, he said at last, for
what now seems space of hours, per-
haps half a minute in reality. Then all
the chances still to be run crowded up
on me. 70 turn around had been an
attempt almost desperate before, and
certainly, most certainly, the ledge was
no wider where Inow stood. Was the
rope within reach? I fearednot. Would
it sway toward me? I could not hope
for that. +..ssr.! .i...,.., =
. But could I grasp it should be saved :?
Would it not yield to my hand coming
slowly down as I pulled, enrolling from
coil above, trailing over the ground at
the top, running fast as its end APP
preached the edge, falling suddenly at
last? Or was it fastened to the ac-
customed stake? Was any comrade
near who would summon aid at nv sig
nal? If not, and if i grasped it, and if
it held, how long should ] swing in the
wind that now bore the freshness and
Rtrenors Of an imminent gale?
Now again fear took hold on me. and
q desperate man I prepared to turn my
face once more to tie vast expanse Of
water and nothing beyond that awful
cliff. Closing my eyes, I writhed, with
4 know not what motions, easily around
till again my back pressed against the
precipice. This was restful sensation.
And nowf or the decision of my fate! 4 L
looked at the rope. Not for q moment
could fancy it within mr. reach It's
swaYing were not, as Z had expected.
<,x,a,, sir IN IN 1,,., l,,,+ II =.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-08-14

3
that coast. Where they did not project
further thsn the upper coping, one
would swing like pendulum on the
rope, and get ON the rock, if not too far
In, then put a rock on the loopto hold
it till his return. When ledge did pro-
ject 50 that one could drop straight on
1t, he hauled down somo slack and left
the rope hanging .# h
did the wind ever blow it OFF,"
asked Jack. .s%..
Seldom, and never out of reach, !"
said the old man. "Well, the ledge !
reached was like this" illustrating with
his hands. 1T was some ten feet wide;
it stuck out maybe six feet further than
the cliff top; the rock wall went mp
pretty near perpendicular, till near the
coping at the ground, but below the
ledge the cliffs face was so scooped
AWAY that the sea, Ave hundred feet
/ below, ran in under il nigh fifty feet.
GAS i went down, thousands OF birds
rose from the jagged places Of the preci-
l,ice, circling around me with harsh
screams. Soon touching the ledge, !
stepped from the loop, and drawing
down little slack, walked off bris KY
For fully quarter 81 a mile the ledge
ran along the elf, face almost IS level
and even in width ~ that sidewalk. 1
remember fancying that Il sloped out
ward more than usual, but inst family
dismissed the notion, though CATER
Il oentreath, the oldest man in that coull-
rysila used to tell us that we should
/ aot get tho use Sof that ledge aiways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01
Says the New York Erenina Post:


"Hiram Price. Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
recently remarked There are 2l0.OOO Inhabitants
IN washington, which is The capital OF this great
nation and tine central point CT It's refinement and
culture. and get there IS more drunkenness and
crime here than among the 250.O00 Indians who are
savageS. and have never felt the eleyating tl.iu-
ence OF our modern civilization
II this were strictly true and entirely fair, Mr.
Prices remark as it stands, would simply be an
argument against civilization and in favor of bar
barisLn. as influencing agencies ON mankind The
observation Il, however, grossly Unfair, and in all
probability, very wide OF the truth As all the
world knows, the sole reason why every wild In
dian on the face OF the earth is not a confirmed
drunAard Is the fact that he cannot get intoxcati
liquors. Il wlIiskey was as easily procurable by
the IoGianS on their reservations as ii is in Wash
1ngton and other large cities, what kind OF story
would Mr. Price Ia Fe 20 tells Again, what or tine
Is committed iii cities Is quickly and widely made
known, and often IN an exaggerated form. In the
Indian countries exactly the IS the case II
u quite biie 70 assume that nine-tenthS OF the
Crimes and offences committed there are never
made known. Any Way, we imagine the world is
not yet ready TO swap such civilization as it may
have for what our red brother can give in return
notwithstanding Mr. Prices apparently favora BILE
showing for the latter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

The one thing which more than any other marks
the advent OF The new year. in this country at
least, is the depression OF business rather per-
haps, the tangible evidences of such depression
which are felt 50 sensibly at this particular season
From every quarter and in nearly every branch OF
Industrial anI commercial pursuits. the report IS
the same,-the number Of employees Is being re-
Cuced, and those remaining on the payroll must
accept smaller wages. The cutting down both of
numbers and pay varies. OF course. with localities
and te naturc Of the service rendered, out care
full calculation WI probably show that tie average
reduction in wages viii De somewhere between y
and Is per cent, and likely % be nearer the latter
than the former figure. This is 4 rather disagree
able new year gilt for those who have TO support
themselves and their families from their daily
weekly or monthly earnings, and what makes the
situation still more unpleasant is the fact that
there Is 10 corresponding decline in the cost Of
most OF the necessarie OF life. IL is true shat far
mers get less than they for the products OF
the soil, but by the time they reach the hands OF
the working people in the form OF food clothing
and fuel, they cost the latter nearly as much as
they did when wages Were great deal higher than
they now are There is problem here that would
seem TO be worthy the attention OF the legislators
OF the country: bat between politics and Individual
schemes for moaey-getting they do not appear TO
De disposed even were they able 10 grapple with it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01
The New orleans Pieay,sae saws that the most

The New orleans PicGy1tae says that the most
significant feature OF the Exposition N that city is
"the complete exposure made OF the weakness OF
the Industrial king hat has 50 loEg commanded the
allegiance OF the southern states" SO far II SAYS,
fom being display or cotton. that staple isalmOst
ignored .visitors see but little OF it In the
Mississippi display than IN that OF Dakota"
This omission is rendered all the more significant
by the nature or the exhibits which do represent
the resources and the aspirations OF the south The
various products ofthe field. the forest the mine
and the quarry. alluded to exhibited IN
great oinpieteneS& Most OF these products are to
Dc sure of the raw material, showing that. yet
the new departure Is rather a hope than fact,
but the prominence given To these classes OF ex-
nibts Is clear PROOF that 10 them rather than 10
cotton the south looks for IT'S future prosperity.
The mineral wealth OF Virginia, Tennessee ana
Alabama, the ornamental and building woods OF
many OF the southern States. the ph0sphates and
rUrpentine OF the CaronaS, ana the tropical fruits
OF Florida. are mentioned as commanding special
attention By the importance accorded them in the
collections. These facts are suggestive, and while
as the Pse1ptFe warns Its readers, the progress OF
the south In mechanical arts must be slow and
from within, II the growth Is TO be heathful ii IS
still as certain anything well can be in the fu-
ture that the south viii ultimately become a teem-
Ing manufacturing section, with all those interests
which stamp people with diversified industries
And II is because OF these tendencies OF the south
that visit Ike that OF Sir. Randall acquires its
chief Importance y few years ago sl!c; miss.Oa
would have had no reasonable basis, but In the
light OF such admissions as those made By Tire
Picavuyae, the political sagacity when prompted
The trip Is recognized by friends and foes alike
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01
MONSTER CLEARING SALE.
ALI. WINTER WRAPS MUST GO.


We have concluded to wind up most remarkably
cessful season III this department. by closing out
thing in heavyweight Garments and do so
soi- 10 make il object for patrons buy these
goods even if they dc not want them for Immediate
$685.: OENER PRICE S0.5
% Black Beaver DoIG:rs. full fur trimmed.
$3.50: FORMER PRICE Sl00G.
Is Heavy lack Beaver Cloth NewIaarkes, plated
bach, sizes % to 81.
$3.50: FORMER PRICE S1250
IS Fine Jersey Cloth Newmarkets tailor made plated
back, sizes a to A.
1895: FORMER PRICE SI3 90
% Berlin Twill Dolmans. fu fur trim IN d. handsome
l. braided.
20 Heavy Plush Dolmans nicely trimmed at 81 So:
have been selling at $40 90
$3.50; FORA ER TRICE sec. CO.
?1mportei Handsome braided Do mans, astracan or
fur-triulned. sizes 2-se. . 81, 1885, LIS
80 %; FORMER PRICE S127s
% Heavy Ottoman Silk Circulars quilted lined fur
trimmed. assorted sizes
Sl2.15; FORMER PRICE $500,
! Extra tliality silk Circulars, Quilted Innings.
S56a. FORMER PRICE SI050
81 Atwood Colored Cloth Tailor made Newmarkets
two (3) shades. assorted sizes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

1884 viii be long remembered in the stock market
as one Of Persistent decline In values In q
scnedu'e OF prices, published In the Herald, It
appears that cut OF the 152 different stock; ON the
list only l9 advanced from last years ouotations
and OF these only four rank among the important
stocks OF the street The total sale OF stocks during
the year was almost identical with that OF 1883.
being IN each case between ninety-six and ninety
seven million The most active single stock was
Delaware AMI Lackawanna, &C which nearly
1s,OOooeG shares changed hands The exchanges
at the clearing house foot Up So as
against S., 9se, s7s sos In 1893.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

The old penpatetic school Of philosophy reytyes
Today and finds many disciples. Every year we
hear of the decline OF the calling features OF the
DAY, but. like the polite king they seem TO be ian
unconscionabiy long time dying" 1t is true that
every year great many weareti devotees OF society
throw UP the sponge; but this Is a great and grow
Ing country, and for every veteran who ret;res
there Is probably dashing recruit who enlists.
and thus makes good the breeci
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

The chance OF any antisilyer I'LL getting through
Congress az this session. If favoraby reported
from committee. would BE- sight, but now that Mr.
Bland, the chairman of the House committee to
which Mr.. Buckners suspension OF coinage bill was
referred, has returned and announced his oppo-
sition, the bill may be considered as fit subject
1or congressional eulogies. And as &c IS an ap-
proved maxim 10 say nothing but good OF the
dead, we may express esteem for the measure and
regret at IT'S deceasp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

The angry dispute between ex-Cardldate ST. John
ana his political critics as to his honesty In The
campaign grows more ard m1re heated. Those
who claim that ST John offered TO sell out to the
republicans declare they have documentary evil
oence TO sustain the charge. IL 50, why don't they
produce il:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

General Hancock win have universal sympathy
IN the loss OF hts only remaining child, Mr. Rus
sen Hancock, who was planter and merchant OF
Clarksville, Mississippi. The general is now left
chicess In his declining years, though he has the
companionship still of the beautiful wife OF hts
youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

. there Is one city that lo-es a cold wave and
mourns over mild weather This Is Montreal
which ENDS It's profit in its winterice palace, and OBJ
1eets therefore, 10 thaws that spoAt the gltter.ng
structure The recent rise in the thermometer has
seen corresponding fau IN the unfinished walls OF
this years palace. but the builders hone much
from the now promised blizzard. and say they Will
have the work ready az the appointed tine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

F1sz John Porter seems TO have as hard a time
getting ahead IN New York city as in Washington.
few days ago he was given the coveted appoint
ment Of the SUPPLEMENTARY OF public works, TO
succeed Hubert O. Thompson, but the aldermen
wouldn't have him, and the mayor finally sent In
another name and 10 was promptly confirmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01
20 PER CENT OFF.

% PER CENT OFF.
FRENCH PATTERN BoNNETs AND HATS.
ct 20 per cent OF Marked Prices 10 Reduce stock
MRS il. j. HUNT.
az 1909 street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

Among the many centennials, 10 which the world
Is much given nowadays few are more notable
than that celebrated to-day in the Office OF the
Aoedon Times. That great newspaper was not
actually begun TIL 1.ss, but a hundred years ago
to-day, the men who subsequently founded it.
started what may be called the xperimenral sheets
which eliminated In the '.Thunderer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01

CLOSING Our SALE
UNI WEAR.
All kinds of Underwear for Gentlemen share in the
general reduction tn forward the closing out process
lie finer sorts heretofore sold by Sizes have been
aged and q very low
AVERAGE INDEED
Has been struck By
THROWING OVERHEARD
hlen prices the public viii share instead of contrb
ting 10 the
GENERAL AVERAGE
Ny assortment of Underwear vet intact and is rer
maps the most complete i'll midst. of good ID
Eile articles. mainly composed OF the manufacture OF
the 80
AMERICAN HOSIERY COMPANY
Sizes Of Shirts. 32to 50 inch chest measure
Slzes OF Drawers. p 10 81 inch waist measure
All weights. all textiles. all prices
30 CENTS 70 So
These bang staple Goods not subject to the vagares
q fashion, can now he purchas with safety even If
You have 10 carry them until next season
Il Will pay you to purchase ROW.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-01-01
FURS, FURS, FURS, AND AGAIN FUR

FuRS. FURS, FURS. AND AGAIN FURSl
Come to and purchase standard Furs from our fine
selected stock. and save from 80 to 100 per cent
AND GET THE BEST
Come to Us and examine fine goods before you
purchase article III the fur line The only stock that
is complete and unhroken III the city
FRIDAY.MORNING. JANUARY 2 1885,
We will offer surplus stock Fine Seal Garments
as follows:
Two S6-busts. length AZ inches only s14s; formerly
$500
-Four SO buss 40 inches long Sle5 former price $500
to s225
seven Fine Sacques 4O-busts AZ inches long, 800:
former prices $3.50 to $3.50
Iur Lined Wraps immensely reduced in price
LOO
Superior Quality Hare sIurs satin lined with adjust
able fastener at the uniform figure &c., actual worth
81 co
BEAVER FURS, SEALsKIN SETS AND HARE
CAPES
Hare and Beaver Fur trimmings in all widths at re-
dJlced prices.
LANSBURGH & BRO,
40. 422. 424 AND 1926
jail SEVENTH STREET