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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-01
Iowa Supreme Court on Options.

In the supreme court, in session al Dubuque,
in the case of the First National Bank Of Lyons,
appellent, vs.. The Oskaloosa Packing Com
pany, the decision Of the lower court was af-
irmed, the court holding thatan option deal
is gambling contract, and hence cannot be
enforced. The court also defined gamb-
ling option deal as one in which the deal
was not actually made in the grain or other
article bought and sold, but in the price there
OF. The defendant swore that whom he told
a commission merchant to buy certain NUM-
Der of barrels of pork for him he did not
mean that the puts Should be bought, but only
that the privilege should be purchased OF TAX
ing the pork from third party at q certain
price. Letters were also produced 70 show.
that the commission merchant did not intend
to deliver the pork to the packing company,
but simply wanted the margin placed in his
hands BY the packing company that pork
would not reach q certain price in the Chicago
market The commission merchant assigned
his claim to the bank, which, therefore, oe-
came the plaintiff. The court held that where
no intention exists 70 deliver the commodity
speculated in, the contract is gambling one.
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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-01

Il is said that n ". McCraw has agreed to
build hotel on the site of the old Continental,
in Fargo, to cost not Less than sso, COO, provid-
ed bonus of ~, coo ID gwen him An effort
r sbsing made 10 faise this amount SIS =
The Meridian Miss, Mercury contains .
petition 70 President Cleveland for the pardon
]of Jefferson Davis The document bears the
Mercury. B.
@ C4pt. Thomas Pheian has been appointed
superintendent of TIN workhouse By the Kan:
aascity authorities sss.s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-01

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
The Best Not Shown.

After we do all we a in the wav Of
making u light shine before men,
there is still a part of the life remain
ing that no man can see. 1t NAV, too,
be the best we have. If one be modest,
as all Christians ought to be, he will
hesitate about speaking out fully, and
to all men, the things of his inner life
which deeply interest him. but about
which he may have more or less I'M
certainty. Ii, on the other hand, he
be withoSt uncertainty and has the
blessing of a welLgrounded full assur-
ance, he will be possessed of so much
that he can not tell it if he will. The
infinite grace that is given him Is not
to be expressed in finite words; is not,
indeed. to be formulated in his W
thoughts. In looking, therefore, at
Christians of the better kind, let us not
conclude that they have set out before
the public in their declarations and
good deeds the very best they have.
There is a reserve of grace that they
do not wish to exhibit, or that they can
not illustrate in their best perform
ances. A real Christian, living in near
communion with his Master, is always
better than his chief performances
show him to be.-United Presbyterian.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04

sea to sea, and from the rivera n ~,
ends of the earth" C~hristianitv M me
walls in all the leading nations a. p y:
earth. The few heather countries +S tae
are left are largely under the infnan aas
of Christian civilization. Old p%reindioecee
are yielding and new doors are onoc
ing to the Gospel every day. Miss;on
AIRY enterprise is extending it everr
where, and helping to inaueurate ~
universal reign of Christ. when ali ..t the
heather shall be given to Him for his
inheritance, and the uttermost parts o ~
the earth for His possession"
The perfect adaptation of the Goe,.,
to the wants of all classes of mankina
is a sure pledge of its triumph. Nothina
else al satisfy the restless, aching
longing human heart, give effectnsi
solace in sorrow, and immortal hone IN
death. So long as man remains q sim
ming. suffering, heavy-laden being: So
long as there is weeping in his homo
and anguish in his heart, that Gosnrl
which tells him the tale of infinite nitv
and bids him rest on the bosom Of in
finite love, can never lose its charm for
his soul or its power in the world
NJ W. Christian ADVOCATE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
III NAIL.

Hooked at a carpenter mailing one day,
Some eatherboards on in a workman-liko
And / mot noticed the claw of the hammer he
clapped
To q nail which the moment before he had
And, drawing it out, threw it by with q jerk;
Took another instead and went ON with his
work.
What that for?" l asked him. "Yave nails
grown so cheap
That you toss them away us too worthless to
keep
no. he answered, sit bent in the driving,
Lest it make a bad place, to the ground it
We draw While we're able," he said with a
"For y can't pull it out, once we hammer it
When the nail had been followed by one that
Noticed beside it a dent in the wood
The mark had been made by the base OF the
Thro' the strong force exerted the bent nail
to draw
Tho twice painted over will doubtless re-
main.
No marvellous incident, certainly; STILL.
It set me to thinking, us little things will,
How habits. like nails, be they wrong ones
Can't be drawn from their places when ham-
mered in tight,
And, though draYne ere they sink to the head,
By their drawing some traces on body and
mind.
When a young man seeks money and nothing
beside,
And, quoting Ben Franklin his meanness to
Does small things for pelf, and with dark
greedy hand
Shows the crown overhead, petty gains to
Tho it end in that wealth he is anxious to
win,
He has struck a bent nail and has hammered
it in.
When a girl shows the world that she surely
thinks less
Of her culture and conduct than gadding and
dress;
When she eagerly seeks for a confab with
Whose talk solely runs upon dresses and
Neglccting home duties some gossip to
That nail will give trouble if once hammered
When you see your neighbours small faults
That makes them too large for the censor to
And with sense of their wickedness, right
eously hot,
Calls one a mere miser. the other a sot-
You arc h0ndllng q nail that may crOOken to
Like a corkscrew twill twist if you hammer
it i'll.
When q man, or his Observation-Disclosures
Too eager to blow the dul Goals to q fame,
The faults OF their neighbors bring closer to
view,
Repeating the stories they've never proved
true,
Their nail has a flaw, is il-shapen and thin,
AS they'll find to their cost when they ham,
mer it in.
Enough for the lesson. The nails that we
drive
Not through boards that are pulseless, but
frames that are alive.
Examine them well, closely scan ere too
Should they prove of firm metals well.cut
and quite straight,
Regardless of sneering, or clamor, or din,
Place each where it should be and hammer
it in.
Samuel BAXTER Foster.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
VASILISSA THE FAIR.
One of the Most Popular Tales of
Russian Folklore.

In a certain kingdom there lived a
merchant. Twelve years he lived as a
anarried man, and had but one child,
Vasilissa the Fair. The mother died
when the girl was eight years old. On
her death-bed the merchants wife
called her little daughter, took from
under the bed-clothes a doll, and said:
''Listen, Vasilissa, dear. 1 am going
to die. And, with my parental bless
ing. [ bcqueath to you this doll. Keep
it always by you, and never let any
body see it; and whenever any misfor-
tune comes to you give the doll food
and ask it's advice. When it has eaten,
it will tell you a cure for your trou-
bles." Then the mother kissed her
child and died.
The merchant mourned a fitting time
for his wife, and then began to consider
a second marriage. A certain widow
took his fancy more than all others.
She was middle-aged, and had two
daughters of about the same age as
Vasilissa. She must needs be both a
good housekeeper and an experienced
mother.
The merchant married the widow,
but found that he had been deceived in
her; for he did not find in her a kind
mother for his Vasilissa. Vasilissa was
the prettiest girl in the village, but her
step-mother and step-sisters were jeal-
Gus of her beauty, and laid every posi-
BILE sort OF toll on her. that she might
grow thin from overwork and be tanned
by the III and tine wind. But she bore it
all with resignation, and grew plumper
and prettier, while the step-mother and
her daughters lost flesh and grew sal
low from their own spite, nothwith-
standing that they always sat with
folded hands like fine ladies.
The truth is that Vasilissa's doll was
her secret helper. The girl never ate
all her share of a meal, but kept the
most delicate morsel for her doll, and
at night, when all were at rest, she
would shut herself up in her narrow
chamber and feast her doll, saying:
''Thcre, dolly. feed; help me in my
need! 1 live in my fathers house but
know no pleasure. My evil step
mother tries to drive me out of the
world. Teach me how to live and
what to do"
Then the doll would eat and give ad-
vice, and comfort her in her sorrow,
and the next day would do all Vasilis-
.sa's work for her. She had only to
take her ease in a shady place, and
yet, all in good time, the beds were
wceded, the pals were filled, the -ab-
bages were watered, and the stove was
heated. Moreover, the doll showed
her herbs VIII oh prevented her from
getting sunburnt. Happily did she
and her doll live together.
Several years went by and Vasilissa
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
CHOICE

Ignorance is neither the mother of
devotion nor of usefulness. God is not
accustomed to sanctify ignorance
Texas Baptist.
While busy in harvesting the golden
grain and wisely preparing for the COM
ing winter, it is most important we
should be busy gathering shcaves for
the Kingdom of God, and preparing our
souls for eternity. May it not be said,
in the day of judgment, by any who
read these lines: .sThe harvest is past,
the summer is ended, and we are not
saved. "-HcraM and Pres6yter.
Conversation in the family should
be most carefully guarded and cult
waited. The character of the children
Will, ! n a great measure, depend upon
it. 1t it is loose and careless, parents
can not blame any one but themselves
II their children initiate them in this re-
spect. A spirit of love and tenderness
should characterize The home converse
ton. Ii the atmosphere of home is that
OF strife and contention and frivolous
language, what al we expect of chill
dren? Guard well what you say. Let
it be hedged in with love and the spirit
OF Christ.-Ba1tsst Reflector.
OF all the lessons that humanity
has to learn in life's school, the hardest
IS to learn to wait. Not to wait with
the folded hands that claim LIES prizes
without previous effort, but having
struggled, and crowded the slow years
with trial, see nc such result as etlort
seems to warrant-nay, perhaps, dis
asf.r instead. To stand firm at such
crises OF existence, to preserve ones
sselt-poise and ~self-respect, not to loose
0 or to relax eliot, this IS greatness
whether achieved by mn or woman
whether the eye of the world notes II,
or it is recorded in the book which the
light OF eternity alone shall make clear
to the yision.-ErchQnQA
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
DON'T BE A eoARpER.
The Church ISIS Home, and Should Not n.
Made = clearinghouse.

4NOl IA
Made = clearinghouse.
We don't mean if you have no wife,
and can't get one, you should not
board with somebody that has. But
don't be a church boarder. The church
is a home. Don't help to make it a
boarding house. When you go to .
church, if you are a Christian Join it.
Become a member of the family. As.
sumo your share of the burdens, work,
Joy and glory. Our churches are be-
ing turned into caravansaries, where tho
religious meal and spiritual lodging arc
furnished for SO many ''bits." We are
afflicted with migratory church board
ers. They lodge awhile in one church,
and then when a new caterer appears
in another pulpit, or they get a triie
dissatisfied with their own, they fold
their tents like the Arabs, and as silent
ly steal away. Their wisdom, their eff
fort, their interest are withheld. All
the church gets from them is the pat
ronage of their presence and sometimes
their contributions. They are very ant
to be religious d%yspeptics, for they are
."A""yo e"AIAS Aoous dAu AeVeT exert
inc themselves in religious labor. They
are very apt to be fault-finders. Church.
boarding develops this scltishness, and
gives no opportunity for them to ap-
p~reciate the difficulties and responsi.
bilities of a church enterprise. The
hand and brain that are active in the
home are not those, generally, of the
critic and Pathfinder.
AS compared with the home, the
clearinghouse has never been a sue
cess. And as compared with a church,
well-compacted, having all the Chris
tians under its ministry active members,
loyal to its aims. united to it's life, par
Elephants in its work, expectant Of its
triumphs, a church where half of its
supporters are only 'boarders," bear
ing a loose and temporary relation to
it, is not a success. Therefore, we saw.
if you are living in this loose relation to
any church, don't If you are ever
tempted to live so in the future, don't.
Don't be a church boarder.-Pacifc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
water bathing NAV n,

Cold water bathing may prove
beneficial or injurious. The readiest
test is the glow of free surface circula-
ton, or at least the absence Of any
decided chill after immersion. Those
who take to it should begin in summer;
not winter, and SO become gradually
accustomed to its lowest temperature.
No n should linger oyer it; three or
four minutes are ample. After INNER
sion the body should be quickly and
well dried and rubbed before dressing.
Light gymnastic or dumb-bell or club
exercise may occupy the next few min
utes, the clothes being partly on if the
weather is cold, and breakfast, or a
cup Of warn tea or coffee, should
shortly follow, to prevent chilling
Scientific american.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
S%ABBATH-DAY READING.
THE HAND IN MINE.

A little hand within my own
More precious It's than silver, gems
Or gold.
darling little hand, that clings
To mine:
n loving. truStful eyes,, that
Softly shine!
You look to me for all that love
Can give;
Will kok to me so long as both
Shall live.
Ifeel my great unfatness
For the task.
More patience, Lord. more gentleness
Task;
More love with which to teach them
Love divine;
Less faith in my own strength, much more
In Thine;
| More courage, faith and hope to point
The Road
[ That narrow road and strait, which leads
To God.
Good Cheer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
Vases made of very porus earthe

Vases made Of very porus earthen-
ware, when soaked for twenty-four
hours. will retain on their sides a num-
Der of seeds resembling rape. BY keep
ing the vase filled with water the seeds
sprout, and shortly the entire surface
is covered with slender green sprouts,
making a handsome and lasting orna-
ment.. philadelphia Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04

Ten million dollars is invested in
the manufacture of glucose in the
United States, sixty-one thousand bush
els of corn being used daily. The
value of the annual product is over
eighteen million dollars. These fig.
ures indicate that the prejudice against
the use Of the substance is wearing
Chicago Current.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-09-04
TOMBSTONE
People Usually Resort to Rhymes to EK.
press Their Grief for the Dead.

"
People Usually Resort to Rhymes to EE-
press Their Grief for the Dead.
1t is very unlikely that verses will be
inscribed OF the tombstones of the PEG.
pie who read this copy of the Sun.
That fashion went out of style many
years ago, and the beauty of poetry 10
now supplanted by the beauties of cary
ing and statuary. To find interesting
obituary verse one must now hunt up
the old stones in the cemeteries and
pick out with difficulty the almost
obliterated letters. There are many
such stones in Trinity churchyard, and
thousands of people each week puzzle
owe the melancholy specimens of obit-
uary verse inscribed on them. The
hand of time has rubbed out many and
others are fast fading away, so that
hardly more than half are decipherable.
These are of all moods-hopeful, cheer
full, monitory, despairing, angry, hui
morous and religious.
One ove David Evans, who died in
1871, is very terse. 1t says:
Short was his life,
Great was his pain;
Much was his loss,
Great was his gain.
Only nine words are used in the
verse. On a broken stone, with the
rame gone, and only the date, 1867,
Visible, are these verses, which are evil
IDENTIFY over the grave of a %seafaring
man:
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
DEA TN OF MRS. CATHARIxE sROBRR.
The widow OF Emanuel shober and Hostess Of
tho Old q EAGLE = Hatel.

The widow Of Emanuel shober and Hostess Of
the Old " Eagle Hotel.
Mrs Catbarine Shober widow OF the late
Emanuel Shober, died rather suddenly at
Shober's hotel, corner North Queen and
Orange streets, Wednesday night at IL
o'clock, in the nth year of her age.
Mrs. Shober had been In rather i'll health
for some months past, and for few weeks
past suffered greatly from the extreme heat
but possessing a vigorous constitution she
continued to be about the house until Mon
day afternoon at o'clock, when she took her
bed and sank gradually until she died, We'd
nesday night, as above state her death be-
ing as peaceful as though dhe were falling
asleep.
Mrs. shober was daughter Of John Lutz,
Of Petersburg, East Hempfeld township, and
was born in that place September I'd. lSOS
She was married to Emanuel Shober in Feb
ruary 1S2S-neither husband or wife being
then twenty years old. They kept house for
time in Petersburg, then In Dillerville and
ter In 1849, when Mr.. Shober purchased from
the Reitzel estate the hotel property, corner
North Queen and Orange streets, and run it
successfully until the time of his death
several years ago. Mrs. Shober and her sons
continued to carry ON the business from that
time to this, Mrs. Shober having been the
landlady for period of 80 years. Before old
age disabled her she was a model house
keeper, genlal anu courteous 10 ber guests,
careful for their comfort, and under her
management the hotel was popular stop
ping place for strangers and travellers
Mrs. Shober was the mother of twelve chill.
dren, three of whom died in infancy and her
son William, several years ago. Her sur
viving children are Maria, wife of Harry
Myers; John A., the well-known paper
manufacturer at Slack water; Louisa, wife OF
w. II. Devine Pittsburg; Bette, wife OF
David Bair; Anna, wife Of Frank Saylor
| j linUlG and an Tav xyi \
who have charge of the hotel. As a wife and
| mother Mrs. Shoter was afiectionate and in.
dulgent as a neighbor, genial, kind and
| charitable. She was open-handed and gen.
| couraging word for all who were in sickness
| or distress. Her loss will be sincerely sor.
rowed for, not only by her children and
| other relatives, but by wide circle of ac.
quaintances. The funeral will take place on
Monday at 1890 a. m; interment at Wood
i ward Hill cemetery.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
49, aHa|sasz=
RRETS.


PHILADKLPHIA. Aug. 6-Feed was weak
Sales OF western Winter Bran, ut els 5Ogl5 81
per ton.
Flour and Meal was steady with a han d to
mouth demand for desirable trade brands. sales
s So WV
Rye -four was steady at g rs per barrel ror
choice. "
p. m: call-Wheat, 9g1c bid for July ajIc,
Nov N' N'N'|A
Corn.52l1c for July 5i1Ec for Aug; 53s1c for
Sept; Sic for Oct. and Nov. "
Oats strong and higher; 3i1Sc. Aug $50
for Sept; 33c, for Oct; 33c Nov.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
New York Produce Market,

Nsw foRK, Aug. Or Tour market dull
Zine, ~ to43 90 superfne, s3 25p3 20; Common
70 Fancy Extra Ohio, 81 65SQi 90; Good tt
a. %. ~ y"
Wheat-No. Red, Winter. Aug, sg.c Sent.
u CS1Z; Oct y 4 Gs4 Nov. sIotsk.
Rye dull. '|hN'
Barley dull.
Pork dull Mess, ell OOGall 25
Lard-$66 81, Sept s6 rs, Oct s67l Nov.
Moasses dull Il st Cuba l7o
Turpenttne quiet at 38lIc
kosin dull at 81 l5gl l715 for strained to good.
Frefghts nominal grain to Glasgow Pic
Petroleum dull Refined in Cases, SIC,
169ls15c. e'e"'"oiS
Cheese stronger; Western Flat prime, 4aec
Eggs steady; State, i5al5lSc Western. l1asIL1c
5-l646sc.
1allow steady; prime city, bIfe.
Coffee quiet fair cargoes exc
Hay nominal No. Il, 96cQsl0d
kice nrm Carolina and Louisiana, common
to fair, 4A9 SIC.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
business Tronhles.

Executions were issued to-day against
Diffenderier & Eby, clothiers at corner
Orange and North Queen streets, and the
sheriff has closed the store. The amount of
the executions issued is s2,7l2 so In favor OF
a relative of Mrs. Eby.
The personal property of PAUL. & Hamilton
was sold by the sheriff this morning. The
unfinished work was nearly ali purchased
by Major ReinBhl, attorney tor the execu-
tiOn creditor,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
THE LANCASTER DAILY INTEIIIGENCER THURsD

may gather. The body will then bc brought
to Lancaster accompanied here by Rev. DR..
Beecher; DR.. Gleason, the medical REFORM
or e. l.. Adams, ofthe Elmira Advertiser !;
j. II. Burney and probably other friends
back to Elmira and deposited in Woodlawn,
a cemetery there. DIR. Up de Graf desired
to have his remains disposed Of In one of two
ways, either to be, consumed by lime or by
cremation. He rather inclined toward tho for
mer and left full directions as to how II
should be done, but his family think crema-
ton more satisfactory.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
Live Stock Prices,

observation-disclosures, 5000 head; shin
ments, 1000 head market active and prices
a shade lower; shipping steers I,35060l $50 MS
20 goo, s7I; l,eo0Gl $50 bs., IS 0O6D5 90; o5OG
100 bs, 25g5 90; stockers and feeders ss 00T
81 a0GD4 10. " 'oS''O A'A"hs'
- h9gs-Receipts, 20. 900 head shipments, 1000
" 9OG4 20 packing and shipping 81 aoal1 IS
light, "a 35Gs 10 skips at s3 OOli 6O -
Sneep-hecelpts, 900 head shipments, none ;
anarket a. steady natives, 81 00(l4 95 Texans
VI Io@S 20; Lambs, 81 0O@3 90 per head.
EAST LIBRRTY-Cattle in fair demand and irm' .:
prime, " 1906; fair TO good, 81 75Q5 so; com.
mon mon W oo9i 90; receipts, 532 head |; shipments,
sd dsi mead shipments yesterday 10 New York, IS
. Hogs-market dun and slow; Philadelphias.
70 oego 10; Workers, % 0o95 10 receipts, 1906
Heaa Hn' shipments. 100 head shipments to New
YORK, yesterday. is carloads
Sheep lairiy sctiye and firm prime, si6Q4 25 ;
aals ialr 10 GOOD " 2o4p3 IS common, $lQ5 lambs
Shipments to New York, none. WV -'''N
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
New York stock Market.

NEW YORK, Aug 6.-Wall street. l:30 p. M
Money at IA per cent. Exchange steady.
Governments firm. Currency 6's, Coup, $l27
bid as, do, sil21S bid IS, sl22L bid.
The stock market this morning opened
dull and weak, and selling by the Wander
bilts prices declined 1s9A per cent. in the first
half hour, but in the hour and s-half to noon
there was a better feeling and good buying
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-08-06
Accident TO n Man and Child,

From the Mount Joy Star and News.
Edward Rye, of Rapho, was crossing the
creek on foot bridge, when 1t broke down
and Mr.. Rye fell into the water, which al
most went up to his neck. At the time he
was carrying small child, whom he only
saved from drowning by the utmost exer-
tons. MIR. Rye severely injured one of his
feet, which necessitated the use Of crutches.