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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
THE HOME CIRlAEAaD FARM.
Household Miscellany.

Fob PERsp1R1Na FEEr-Wash the
feet night and morning in warm water
that has carbo1ic acid in tit should
smell quite strong Of the acid-ana rub
with crash fowl.
To RE. LINE STovE.--Get ten cents
worth of clay from the potter's, worked
to the consistency of putty, press firmly
around the sides and corners of the
furnace-box, leave to dry over night,
and you will have more desirable lin
ing than if you use fire. brick from the
stores. Plaster of Paris mixed with
water, about like paste, is good for
closing cracks in stove ovens, fire.
bricks, old coal scuttles, water pots, and
great many other things.
That LEAKING SroTEp1pE.-J. G..
writes: "To prevent condensation in
stovepipes the chimney must be higher
than the roofs of adjoining buildings.
The stovepipe must be as short and di-
rect as possible, ascend in all it's length
and have the joints inverted. All open
ings in the fue below should be closed !;
or if they are in use and cannot be
closed, then place the pipe in the 1lue,
having the upper part cut off, so the
smoke will be conducted into the chin
ney, and in escaping from the pipe have
none Of the upper part Of the pipe to
hit against J. G. sends a diagram IL
Illustrating this and representing the up
per surface of the pipe as just inside tho
chimney and the lower half projecting
half way across the hue.
To CLEAN THE HAIR. Wash the head
and hair in warm water in which you
have dissolved teaspoonful or more OF
powdered borax. 1t is q good plan to
scrub the head with nail brush as you
wash it. Rinse off with pure water and
let the hair hang down until dry.
Borax is also on excellent dentifrice.
Dissolve little Of the powdered borax
in water and dip the brush into it; or
dip the brush into the dry powder.
Clean the teeth in pure water the last
thing at night, and it is also best to
clean them after each meal, but few
take the trouble to do this.
PICKLED CABBAGE.-T nice heads
ofpurple cabbage, pull off the loose
leaves, slice from top of head across the
cabbage, in slices about half an inch in
thickness, place in stone jar, sprinkle
we'll with salt. Let stand twenty-four
hours 70 a gallon of vinegar add one
ounce of mace, an ounce of whole black
pepper. and little mustard seed.
Drain the cabbage, put back in the jar,
scald the vinegar and spices, and pour
over che cabbage, repeating the scald
ing operation two or three times, and
cover the jar tight. The cabbage will
be handsome red color and very orna-
mental to the table.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Commit the Good Wife.

'Imparting doubleth the joys while
it halveth the SORROWS of life." We
men do not, as rule, realize what good
evel-headed wives VIC have, and con-
suit them in our busin oss matters as
much a. would be for our good. Not
one in ten of the rasca lities of men,
would have ever been committed if
their wives had been called into con-
sultation; their intuition on Ill ques-
tions involving our honor or integrity
is worth almost as much as mans
conscience (and much more than that
of some) and the man who heeds both,
need not be afraid Of doing thing for
which his children will ever blush. We
would not give cent for man who IS
ashamed to say, II will consult my
wife," and We will greatly fear for the
success Of the man who does not.
"Surely two heads are better than one,
if one (ours) is Sleeps head. Rural
New Yorker.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Worst Man of the w est

"Hit me with little vitriol mixed with
broken glass;" SAID q man who might
have been taken for the worst man in
the west to an Eighth Street bar tender,
yesterday morning "and fire in q few
rattlesnake stings along with it. I'm
from Dead Mans G11lch, I AMP
"That's Western order, sir; T don't
understand it, was the reply.
Don't you know what vitriol ISL"
Eyes"
Don't you know what glass is?"
Eyes" 81
Don't you know what rattlesnake
stings ls?" ..- .as -. 49,,
"No." / ~ ~ j.. =
"Well, throw in a little red pepper.
It will make weak drink for me, but
have to 60 you. It's mean section OF
the country, this. I" " >
The ferocious style Of the man had
terrorized half a dozen listeners in the
barroom, and when he lit q rankapee
cigar with whole box of matches the
lockers on were amazed. The Tern or
spit over the head Of the nearest man to
him, and shouted: "Come a running
with that wash; you've been long enough
to clean out camp or break bank"
A boy, who had just been dispatched
by the barman to !. q drug store. came
hurrying Just at that time, and the
sound of crushing glass made the scowl-
ing Western look up quickly Sudden
" the barman was before him with q
large tumbler full of vitriol, broken
glass, and red pepper. # 4. rs
s Is the rattlesnake stings in thar?"
asked the Terror, with less ferocious-
ness than characterized his former
speech. ii n o!5 N .a.% .sas
TITS what you ordered, firmly re-
piled the saloonist. S+:. b.
Il don't want it without the bites, !"
replied the bad man, as he sidled TO-
ward the door. A club moved from its
position behind the bar, and the wicked
man stopped. ,.55$Ez 81. s. ], h.
Pay for that or go to the hospital, 2
said the bar man, with determination.
How much is it ?" asked the danger
ious man. SIS. II 81 s&s,8 G. !. 3
Three dollars. |"
The money was paid and the Terror
sneaked ont Philade lphia News.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

There is tribe of about 1000 BE.
brews between Damascus and Jerusa.
lem, where they Rave probably lived
since the Christian era. They have
neither city nor town, but live in camps.
No person of different race or tribe
has ever been admitted among them.
Like the primitive races, they
have remained tillers Of the soil.
They cultivate the ground armed
from head tofoot, always ready to de-
fend their portion of the earth, from
which, with great difficulty, they draw
meagre snstenance. Their ordinary
language isHebrew, but in their inter
course with others they speak Arabic,
but they rather avoid than seek strang-
ers, living on little, and content to thus
live in this sort Of native country which
they have occupied for many centuries.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Flesh Produced From Food.

An English farmer says that it is to
the proper admixture of feeding stufs
that we must, in these days of good
wages and low prices for produce, trust
for economical meat production. In
speaking of the value of certain kinds
OF food, he says that with tho OK it
takes twelve to thirteen pounds of nu-
triton to make one pound OF flesh; with
sheep, nine to ten; and with the pig,
four to five. Thus, in one hundred
pounds of the Swedish turnip there is
ninety pounds of water, which is only
equal to the production of one pound Of
flesh. One hundred pounds of Indian
corn will produce about nine pounds of
flesh. But it has been ascertained by
careful experiments that equal mixtures
of corn, peas, and oats, though seven
per cent. lower IN nutritlve qualities
than corn meal alone, may be fed out,
weight for weight, with like results.
He also asserts thai wheat, at its pres
ent low price, may be employed for mix
ing with other feeding stutfs, and with
profit.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
The Washington correspondent of the

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Leader whites: "Belva
Lockwood is still enjoying the notor1ety
which has been thrust upon her, and
which she has increased as far as posi-
BILE. She has during the excitement of
the past ten days been sailing around
Washington on her tricycle., showing
her red stockings at, every turn of the
wheels, dressed in a brown cloth sacque,
which wrinkles in the back and FUCKERS
at the sleeves, making speeches now and
then, and bow1ng to the crowds who have
ironically greeted her with cheers anG
the waving Of hats, Belva is of a much
lower order than the average womar's
rights woman. She is several grades
above Doctor Mary Walker, but when
it comes to comparing her with Susan
B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, it is the
comparison Of tie crank with tho enthn-
siast who works for reform, and not for
personal notoriety or personal aggran-
dizement. @$2 4sSsS.s II Z. . *..ss*s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

the broken edges OF the skull so as to
relieve the pressure on the brain.
Prompt action would often save life.
In case Of poisoning, the simple rule
is to get the poison out of the stomach
as soon as possible. Mustard and salt
act promptly as emetics, and they are
always at hand. Stir a tablespoonful
in glass of water. and let the person
swallow it quickly Tit does not cause
vomiting in five minutes, repeat the
dose. After vomiting, give the whites
Of two ar three eggs, and send for the
doctor.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
FARM, FIELD and FIRESlDE.
Farna Notes.

Some persons are now living who can
remember the time when there was not
an agricultural or horticultural paper
published on this continent. y. T.
To kill the blue lice on cattle mix
one part kerosene with three parts lard
and rub it into the hair. The more
thoroughly it is rubbed in the sooner
will it exterminate the parasites.
70 remove scurf from cattle use the
card and brush. Oiling the skin with
any soft grease will help very much to
loosen the scurf. AS preventive, use
more obleaginous matter in the rations,
like oil-cake or cottonseed meal. Scurf
comes mostly from poor keeping, es-
pecially from the use OF food lacking
in the proper proportion of fatty mat
ters. Cattle 80 kept that their coats
will be sleek and little oily will sell
dom be troubled with lice or scurf.
Now begins that season Of the year
when people may regret that they have
no evergreen trees and shrubs sprinkled
about their homes to enliven the dreary
winter aspect.
Winter Weather Wisdom.
How we shall warm our houses is not
more important than how warm they
shall be kept. This is readily told. In
the apartment used as sitting-room see
that the mercury remains about seventy
degrees, rather below than above this.
In the sleeping apartment sixty degrees
is q very comfortable temperature. A
higher degree of heat than this would be
quite admissible where there are young
children.
The ventilation of rooms in which
human beings must remain hours at a.
time is a very important matter. Sepa-
rate rooms can only be kept any where
ncar reasonably ventilated by raising
ths window sash one inch from the bot
tom and lowering it s like distance from
the top. BY this means the air in the
room is constantly renewed and drafts
are avoided.
LILO SICtb VI AAdI dboAV4uy CIA oAAS
production Of body heat is well known,
and this makes it appear that AL active
habit is the best for the winter season,
which is fact for more reasons than
the one just given.
For winter wear wooden fabrics are
best because Of their pliability and of
their lightness as compared with the
weight Of cotton fabrics that would af-
ford the Same protection against the
cold.
The substances to be eaten and
drunk iii winter should be used hot as
possible and should contain maximum
amount of fat. Hot milk, beef tea,
chocolate and soups are especially well
adapted as foods for winter use, and
now fat fries of oysters, sausage, etc.,
are admissible to greater extent than
at other times. At this season liver
oils. such as that of the cod are very
useful to those who can stomach such
matters. Philadelphia Times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
1nnamed Udder,

The disease should be attended to in its
early stage, aud the milk must be evac'
uated SO that it will not accumulate no,
cosgulate. A metallic tube may be in
serted into the teat and allowed to re.
main there, so that the milk will flow
as fast as secreted The infamed part
must be bathed several times day with
cold water containing a few drops Of
arnica. If the part be very painful, an
infusion Of hops may be used; after,
wards snoint the parts with small
quantity Of glycerine. The cow must
be kept ON very light diet, (scalded
shorts are good and if she is fat, or the
least constipation of the bowels exists,
give one pound of EPSON salts dissolved
in warm water, to which may be added
small quantity Of molasses and tea
spoonful of ginger.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
BLACK Polled Cattle.

These are fulfilling my predictions,
made in 1872, when I wrote repeated
articles for the agricultural papers and
used my best exertions privately to pre-
vail on western ranchmen to introduce
them among their herds, which was
soon done. Now, after some years OF
experience with them on the great plains
and in the Rocky Mountain valleys, they
are found the hardest Of Ill the i'm
proved breeds Of cattle tried there.
This may be said more especially of the
Galloways, for their extra-long, thick
coats of hair protect them as we'll from
fierce winter winter winds and storms
as similar coats have ever done the buff
falo. III addition to this superior hardi
ness, is the great advantage of
being without horns. The benefit of
this absence OF tha worse than useless
exeresuence is bestowed almost uni.
versally on the stock got by these poiled
bulls out OF the long horned Texas
COWS. The form ii this half breed stock
prove lso much superior to that OF
their rs, for they mature year or
two or, turn out finer quality Of
beet g.. are reared and fattened and
transported to market more economical
~. Then there is the superior safety
in handling them-their nilder and
quieter disposition, and the inability Of
goring aid hurting each other when
herded toghthcr however closely. III
rearing this sort of cattle on tie great
plains, in preference to horned stock,
larger profit is realized. Indeed, this
advantage has Leon calculated at to %
per cent. dependant on the breeds oil
these horned animals being more or less
improved, against which they are pittee
in such trinls.-A. 3. Allen in n. y
Tribune.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Heither Proev Z Tor n 1uel.

. A Wiscon sin DAIRY lyman uttered great
and pregnant truth when he remarked
at ! meeting Of dairyman that sit was
not a special dispe nsation Of Providence
that Mr.. Wright received 1913 per head
for the yearly product Aof his cows,
while his next door nelghbor received,
only $50 per head. Z SO il IS not Is
special act Of providence that on one
side Of q fence the corn yields so bush
els per acre aud the hay three tons,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

Historian McMaster does not believe
in the popular myth about the bette,
times they had in the good old days.
When asked for Thanksgiving day
sentiment, he wrote: Every man to-
day earns more money, wears better
clothes, eats better food and Of more
kinds, lives in more comfortable home,
knows more of the world, holds broad.
er views than he could possibly have
done when the nineteenth century came
in. Waterbury American.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

while on the other side the products are
80 bushels Of corn and barely q single
ton of hay. An enterprising farmer
writes that he is cutting a second crop
of clover which yields a full ton Of hay
per acre." and his neighbors wonder /
how it is. sss1 I'd. r.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02

4dows some time in November. 10 bring
IN pot-plan on the approach Of frost
makes the winter seem long, and ii we
can delay doing SO to the advantage of !.
the plants, there is two fold gain A
Florist. ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Care OF Cattle in Winter,

11NFAYORABLE TO FREEZING.
The tender lambs, pigs, colts and
calve, of this years crop have SO far
know no weather except the warm SUM-
shine Of Summer and Autumn; but the
days are now at hand when, unless pro-
tected, their bodies will be pierced to
the quick by the cutting blasts that Wis
it with such disagreeable frequency and
tierceness the farms Of moro than half
the American States. No animal, even
though INSURED and Of the sort called
tough" can hold it's own much less
thrive and fatten, when in a condition
of perpetual discomfort arising from
any cause, and it is doubtless true that
the Winters cold causes not only more
discomfort but actual suffering of farm
stock than all other causes combined.
1t is equally true, if past experience
has proved any thing at all, that
warmth serves, to a certain extent,
the purpose Of food, or, that
a considerable per cent. of food may be
saved if its use is not necessity for
maintaining animal heat that could be
much more economically conserved by
suitable /: shelter. Those who make
every animal belonging to them as COM
Portable and contented as kindly shelter
and well-filled stomachs imply, are, the
people who, in the long run, find them
selves possessed of the contentment
which is supposed to be the child of
prosperity. v f = z
Weather boarding animals on the
inside with grain is far superior to no
protection at all; but q portion Of that
protection which every animal that
yields profit must have, can be afford
ed more economically by the use Of some
other material. It is both folly and
cruelty to permit animals to SILVER away
in winter the summers accumulation Of
flesh and strength, and every reader Of
the Rural should make sure that
Thanksgiving and Christmas do not
come and find his animals q part of the
great throng OF half-frosen and half
fed sufferers. Amen Hon. F. D.
.Coburn Id Rurat New Yorker. &
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
How a Horse Jockey Lives.

For steady boy in a good stable,
who really rides we'll, obeys orders, and
is honest, the pecuniary rewards are
considerable, SAWS the Mirror Of Ameri-
can sports. A salary of $50 or $500 per
month, supplemented by SO for riding,
$50 for Whining race, with occasional
tips for pulling off big event, easily
runs up to $4,000 or 80, 900 a year, or
twice the emolnm emit of VII average law
yer, doctor or engineer. and fully up to
the income OF the captain of an ocean
steamer, with his great weight Of re-
sponsib;lity. Great jockeys, of course,
do much better than this. They
ere paid like prima dome or fashion
"lle preachers. But the Jockeys
life has It's shadows. His nerve may
fail, when Iii. occupation is gone, for
rae. horses are often vicious brutes and
very quick TO d tect a lack of courage
and decision on the part Of their riders.
Even worse, when the jockey may be-
gin to take on flesh, when he either be-
comes too heavy to ride or is condemned
to life of martyrdom to keep down the
growing corpulency. TO this forced
wasting may be attributed many short
lives and broken constitutions. Then
there are temptations to drink and OK
cess, destructive to nerve and brain and
insiduous temptations to dishonesty.
Lastly, there is an ever present danger
from falls and collisions.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
Railway Station for Window. Plants.

Railway Station for Window Plants.
Early frost, as in September and
October, renders it necessary to take
up geraniums and such other bedding
plants as we wish to keep. These
should be potted at once, and the old
wood cut away, long stems shortened to
make the plant shapely, leaving as many
blooming points as possible. The pots
may then BE- set in cold frame, or
empty hotbed, which is similar. OF
course there is no heat in the bed, but
with the covers down it becomes a Sc
cure shelter from wind and storm and
frost, while the warm from the sun is
sufficient to start new growth and ma
tnre fower>bnds. This is good place
for young plants that were started from
slips d the spring. They grow and
bloom and become truly ornamental
when brought to the sitting room win
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-02
The Dog Ought to Go.

Professor E. NJ. Shelton has long
dared to maintain that "a dog is q nui-
sance" (even an alleged "good" one)
which no careful farmer will tolerate
about his premises. Confrmatory Of
this radical assertion he records, in The
Industrialist, the following observation !;
"Some days ago we attended sale,
which included among the offerings
several valuable mich COWS, and very
bright, intelligent-appearing mongrel
shepherd dog. The owner expatiated at
length upon the merits of that dog;
how he would <drive,' fheadotf,' and
bunch cattle, until we began to think
we were guilty of a hasty generaliza-
ton about dogs. The dog sold for SIS.
Shortly afterward we made some in
quiries of one of the attendants about a
graded Jersey cow Of con siderable val
ue. The young man told us that about
a month before, this COW, when tied to
a fence, had been attacked by the dog,
which bit her severely about the heels,
throwing her into paroxysm of terror
which caused her to lose her half grown
calf within An hour. On account Of
this abortion the COW sold for about $40
under the average price Of similar COWS
sold at this sale. We stand firmly in
our old position on the dog question.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-02
Why Buck Is on His Way TO Peru.

Mr.. Charles w. Buck, of Kentucky, has
Just sailed from New York for his new
post in Lima. His nominal position is that
of United States minister to Peru, in which
he is expected to look after the diplomatic
relations Of his native land. This, how
ever, is not his real mission, which is
neither more nor less than the pursuit of
the Peruvian bug. 1t is boldly asserted that
Buck has stuck pins into larger number
and greater variety of bugs than any man
who ever received commission from the
president of the United States. For years
he has been carrying on his depredations
among the bugs of Kentucky, until the
rival entomologists had found that he
would extinguish the entire bug population
renowned St. Patrick in dealing with the
snakes of Ireland. Not satisfied with thus
ravaging the Dark and Bloody Ground, he
has organized excursions into other states,
and assaulted their bugs with an enthu-
siasm and determination which threat
land that are worth impaling with pins.
This carried such CONSERVATION to the
collectors of insects, that the North Amer
ican Bug society, at convention held some
years ago, discussed the matter and con-
cluded that Buck must he got out of the
country if other collectors wereto have any
opportunity to pursue their calling. 1t was
accordingly resolved that united efforts be
made to get Buck an office in some other
quarter of the globe. Since that time the
political work of the associated bugologists
has been put where they thought ii would
do the most good, viz, : In that direction
which promised success in getting rid of
Buck. This explains the loss of many
votes from Blaine last fall, and probably
represented quite as many gained for Cleve-