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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
a Wealthy Mans Will.
Louisville Ky.) Commercial.

AOAlSS \AJ.l SoAAWc4CitL
The will of the late Benjamin F..
Avery perhaps involves the control of
the largest single individual estate, ex-
elusive of incum ORANGES, ever disposed
of by bequest in Louisville. The per-
sistent care with which the fortune Of
Mr.. Avery was founded, with no capital
for beginning, is equaled only by the
intelligent foresight manifested in it's
disposal in such amanner as to provide
in the fullest measure for it's enjoyment
by those for whom it is intended-h1s
sons and daughters. The terms of the
bequest provide that the husbands Of
the testator's daughters shall not dis
pose of the shares Of their wives with
out the written consent of the latter,
and that such shares shall be free from
the liabilities Of said husbands. The
reason given for this provision is worth
reproducing: II desire to say that
the foregoing disposition of property
for my daughters is not because Of any
want of confidence in my sons-in-law,
but in order to provide against any
possible contingency of their being
brought to want by unforeseen disas-
tiers in the business in which their
husbands may be engaged. Such dis
asters come upon the best men, and my
desire is to protect my daughters and
their husbands against the same as far
as cam" r,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
North Carolina, Minerals.

A North Carolina farmer Of Cabarrus
county suddenly found himself rich the
other day, when he was offered $50 a
bushel for 1900 bushels of a sand and
gravel mound on his farm. The dirt
was more profitable at that price than
any farm product he could raise on his
land, but he was as sharp as old Farm
er Rogers. the North Cal DINA farmer of
"Esmeralda," and didn't take it. The
gravel mound is as full Of wealth rs the
dirt pile of Dickens golden dustman,
and the latest improved machinery is
to be put in to work a gold mine. The
discovery came about in this way: The
farmer knew the mound, and knew Of
an old hole near it which had been fill
ed up by the drift of years. He wished
to make a dry, sravelly front yard for
his house, anu hauled some cart loads
of the mound and spread it before his
door. The rains washed it, and he found
among the gravel a nugget of gold that
weighed al ounce. This opened his
eyes. Then he scraped up the gravel
and it "panned out" 1926 in rough pick
ings. Then he took 3 bushel Of the
mound, ground it to powder in q m ortar
and it yielded $l25, which showed his
good sense in not taking $50 a bushcl
for it. Then the oldest inhabitant of
Carbarrus, nigh on to a hundred, sud-
denly recolected story told him, when
he was boy, by his grandfather, about
an Englishman who lived in Raleigh be-
fore the Revolutionary times, digging a
pit, finding 81 pile of gold and going
home to coin it. The pit was on this
very Cabarrus far1n and the mound was
made from the diggings. The lucky
Englishman worked the mine in the
rough, took out the biggest yellow
chunks and left the smaller nuggets and
rich dirt for the farmer, and the name of
this sudden millionaire is Bob Paul.
He will work the mine for all it is
worth, and would not take for the Eng
lishman's leavinss as many ten-dollar
gold pieces as would pave every inch
of his farm,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Oats and Peas.

From the American Agriculturist
We have for many years grown oats
and peas together. On good, rich land,
sown early, you can get great mass Of
fodder and grain. The great drawback
in the older States is the pea weevil.
The peas are~afected with the "bug,"
and we do not sell them, but feed them
out on the farm to pigs and sheep, prin-
cipally to the former. The pigs do not
object to the bugs What the bugs
think of it is not reported. The fam
ming mill will separate nearly all the
oats from the peas. No matter if few
of the split peas will remain with the
oats.
Il cut before the oats get too ripe and
the crop is carefully cured, the fodder
is nearly as good as hay. AS to the
variety of peas, sow any that you can
buy cheap enough. The seedmen
charge Zoo much for it, or the white or
black eyed marrow-fat would be good.
The common Canada creeper or. any
other small, round pea answers q good
purpose, and a bnshel goes father than
the larger varieties. We mean that It
is not necessary to SOW them SO thick.
Two bushels Of these small peas and a
bushel of oats is enough seed per acre
The marrow.fats should be soWn ct the
rate Of not less than three bushels pei
acre and 3 bushel 10 q bushel and . hall
iof oats, thoroughly mixed together.
Early sowing is very desirable, and
as sod can be plowed earlier 81 The
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
The Beginning of Roller Skating.

When LIE prophetic" was first pro-
duced in Paris (says the New York
World) the skating scene, though high
" desirable on account Of its novelty,
came near being eliminated because Of
the impossibility Of having real ice and
skaters upon the stage. The difficulty
was finally overcome and the novelty
made available by the ingenuity OF the
property man, who conceived the idea
Of roiler-skates, and thus to theatre
subordinate the world owes the pleasure
it desires from roller-skating. The
pastime was not. however, introduced
into private life by the Parisians, the
French being VIGOROUSLY slow in adopt
ing the new and untried. In 1S47
the old Covent Garden Theatre, Lon
don, was transformed into the Royal
italian Opera House, and lie PropLete'
splendidly put upon the time-honored
boards, and for the first time the
British public beheld roller skating.
Although they went almost wild with
enthusiasm over the skating scene,
they took no more kindly to roller
skating as q pastime than the French
had done. How and when roller-skat-
ing crept into this country, IS not known
20 The. writer, but it has taken thirty five
years since its advent into London 10
bring il 20 it, present state Of pop
ularity
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
How Wilkes Booth Passed the
FickeGs.
Prom the PHILADELPHIA Times,


"Did you ever know how Booth
passed the pickets on the bridge Of the
eastern branch Of the Potomac that IA
tai night?" said my friend. II will tell
YOU as it was told to me by the old SEN
t1nel who was that night on duty there.
A half hour before the time agreed up
on by Booth to meet Harold, the latter,
who had lived in the neighborhood of
the bridge all his life, and who was
across the river in the little village of
Uniontown then, crossed the bridge to
come over on the Washington side.
who goes there?' said the sentinel on
the bridge. "A friend going for a doc
tor replied Harold. Pass said the
sentinel. He quickly rode up Eleventh
street to Pennsylvania avenue and
Eighth street, and there in the darkness
waited until the laundering hoofs OF
Booths horse were heard coming down
PENNSYLVANIA avenue The two horse
men then started down Eighth street
toward the bridge on that ride for their
lives. which ended in CARROTS burning
| barn in Virginia, hundred miles away.
Who goes there?' rang ont on the ali
from the startled sentry as the two
horses came rushing toward to the
bridge. Harold was ahead and cried
out, "a friend, with the doctor The
two men passed over the bridge, and il
was perhaps several hours after the re-
verberations OF the horses hoofs had
died away before the sentry knew who
the men IN such hurry we're, and when
he found it out he was nearly scared To
death for fear be had failed to do his
duty.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Feeding Of Horses

Bells Messenger, England, says that
the capacity of the horses stomach is
about sixteen quarts. This fact should
be borne in mind by those who have
charge OF horses. In feeling grain to
horses it is important that it should be
fed at such time that it may remain in
the stomach as long as need be to Sc
cure it complete digestion. The nitro
genous elements, in which grain is rich
er than other foods, are better digested
in the stomach than in the intestines.
The grain should be fed after the hay
has been eaten, and no other food or
drink should be given for some time af-
ter, so that the grain may remain in the
stomach until it is fully digested. If
the grain is fed first, and then ration
as, for instance, Of seven pounds Of hay,
the grain will be speedily forced
from the stomach by the hay.
In eating the hay, it will be
mixed with four times its weight of
saliva, and an hour and a half will be
required for masticating it. In order
to have the stomach digest we'll, it should
not contain more than ten quarts at a
time, and in eating seven pounds Of hay,
the animal swallows at least two stom-
achfuls of hay and saliva, one Of these
having passed on into the intestines.
| If the grain had been ted first, before
the hay, the grain would have speedily
| passed out of the stomach into the
intestines, where it would digest less
completely than if allowed to remain in
| the stomach. It is the Office OF the
stomach to digest the heterogeneous parts
of the foods, and as the oats or corn
contain four OF five times as much OF
these as the same amount Of hay, it is
obviously more important to have the
grain subjected to the full action OF the
gastric juices than to have the hay re-
tanned there. Hence in feeding grain
it should be fed after the hay ration has
been eaten. This is O. matter well
worth remembering in feeding horses.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Archibald Forbes Relates How
he Was Granted Russian Dec
GRAFTON.

From the English Illustrated Magazine.
The Schipka Pass had been in Rus
sian possession for quite month, but
no plan Of it had yet been made. The
emperor said at once, "lgnatied, go and
fetch paper and pencil. Ignatie1f went.
and there remained the emperor and
myself alone together, standing oppo-
site to each ether, with s. little green
baiZe table between AS. The thought
that dIifted across my mind as We stood
there looking into each others faces was
that, emperor o. Russia as he was, NO
consideration that the world could offer
would tempt me to change places with g
man SO oppressed by ills.
AS we SO stood, he listening to me-
talking, there came into his face for a
heeting moment q strange, troubled ex-
preston, which seemed to reveal the
sudden thought---"W 8 chance for
this man to kill me!' The plan YVES
soon completed, and as skeptica1ly look
ing it over, the emperor said:
"Mr. Forbes" said he-he spoke in
Enslish-"you have been soldier?"
Yes, your majesty" was my reply.
I'm the artillery or engineers, doubt
less?"
"No, sir" said I, SIN the cavalry Of
the line
The emperor said: ~ had not known
that your cavalry officers are for tho
most part conversant with military
draughtsmanship?
I replied that had served tile army
not as an officer but as private trooper;
know not whether thus conveying to
his majesty the impression that the
honest British dragoon is habitually
skilled in plan making.
When at length l was permitted to
take my leave, the emperor addressed to
me some words which gave me natu-
raj glow Of great pleasure. AS they had
reference to certain conduct Of my own,
the reader will readily understand the
delicacy and reluctance with which
allude to them; nor certainly would I
cite them but that the expressions used
by the emperor illustrates with what
dignity and gracefulness he could &C.
knowledge service that commended it
self to the Observation-Disclosures he felt for
his gallant soldiers. "N1r. Forbes"
said the czar, Il have had reported to
me the example which you showed when
with our forces on the sad day before
Pleyna, in succoring wounded men I'M
der heavy fire. AS the head of the
state I desire to testify how Russia hon
ors your conduct by offering you the
Order of the Stanislaus with the Gross
ed swords, y decoration never confer
red except for personal bravery"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Horses' Food And Drink.

i The fact that horse can, when heat
ed, drink cold water freely without iu-
jury. if he be driven afterwards, is
evidence that his internal arrang ements
are diffrent from those in the human
body. The London Field mentions some
points in the care of a horse which, as the
Field is an authority in such matters,
it Is we'll to know: ss5@ ) y
5 Bearing IN mind that the stomach Of
q horse Is small in proportion toi the
size Of his frame, he requires feed
ing often, and though three times 9
day is sufficient, four times is better.
Unlike human beings, horses should
drink before they eat, because. owing
to the conformation Of the horse, water
does not remain in Che stomach, but
passes through it into q large intestine
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03

called the cmcum. IF q horse be fed.
first, the water passing through the
stomach would be likely to carry with
il PARTICLES of food, and thus bring
about colo. ss. ..5
Whatever q groom may say, let q
horse drink just as much as he likes.
Ii he be watered four times q day, he
Will never take very much, or toe
much to be good for him. A horse, il
must be remembered, is fed ON dry
food and this, with the strong work
done by hunter, always produces
feyerishness, which o sufficiency Of
water tends to allay. h. s..a"..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
HOW THINGS 90 wRoMa.
Boston Courier.
ALAS! how easily things 80 wrong;

Boston Courier.
Alas! how easily things go wrong;
A sigh too much or d kiss too long, u
And = fathers patience is quite worn ont;
There's 4 hurried step and q wrathful shout,
And the dream Of a youthful pair is DER,
A youth escapes through the open door,
With terror imprinted upon his face,
And goes down the street at flying pace
With hat in hand and = dog in chase
The dog to the flying youth draws nigh;
There's savage gro.vl and piercing CRY,
Alas! how easily things go wrong"
Why did the lover stay 80 long? u
A painting youth at his mothers door
LIZ yowing he'll go out to court NO more;
A dog Is returning with visage grim,
Dragging an ulster's tails with him.
'sAlas! how easily things go wrong"
When lover foolishly tarries too long;
'.And yet how easily things go right" 9
When he leaves at q decent time Of night
He's wise who this in his memory logs;
Fathers are fathers and dogs are dogs
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03
Avoid Debts.
If it we're not for the present indebt

III 1t were not tOr the present 1ndeDt-
edness of farmers, these times Of low
produce are very good. Wheat and
corn, III exchange for goods and gro
ceries, have greater purchasing power
than they have heretofore had i'll twen-
ty years. While wheat and corn are
low, hardware, cotton and WOODEN goods,
and groceries are much lower. But
farm produce commands very dinlinu-
tive sum towards paying debts. And
this is a strong argument against con-
tracing debts. Men seldom run crazy
in hard times, and buy everything they
see, at enormous prices, to be paid for
when money is plenty and produce high.
But they 60 wild in flush times, and
contract immense debts which have to
be paid for probably when everything
is down at the lowest notch. Avoid
debts. -Des Moines Register.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03

SOW on sod, putting in the seed as fast
as the land is ploWed. The crop can
be drilled in or sowed broadcast. # q
drill is used, keep the gram we'll mixed
or the peas viii be apt to sink to the
bottom. Re sown broadcast and the
land is we'll plowed in marrow burrows,
sow on the burrows before narrowing.
Then harrow and roll and the peas will
be we'll covered You can rely on that.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-03

l ga.
"Wall, then, I reckon T needn't hur-
ry ashore" said Bartlett. ~
He was in the saloon going over his
papers with the customs officers, when
the chief mate appeared at the door
with broad grin in his face. Z.
"Thar's gentleman an a lady come
aboard and wants to see you, sir"
"a gentleman an lady!" repeated
the skipper. "Great Thunder! who
are they? Tell 'em-no, show 'em in
say, Mr.. Slope, is the kid up YETI"
"Dunno, sir, I'll see," replied the Of
fcer, and disappeared. The skipper
bent over his papers again, but was
disturbed by the entrance Of the Wis
itors. He looked up and beheld Cap
tain Brandy and Mrs. Bartlett.
Had bombsheI exploded on deck,
it could not have produced greater eff
feet on Captain Bartlett than did this
apparition.
He jumped up, mouth and eyes wide
open, utterly unable for some seconds
toI inter 9 word. q
Mornin', BARTLETT" said Captain
Brandy.
aWHer the How the Almighty
sakes Great Scott was all the
American could SPECULATE. He took no
notice even 81 his spouse. II ..55.s.
The sCockney' amt IN port" he al
most screamed at last sSs3 5s.#a
..a.No, but her skipper Isl ssid Bran
az, AN he's brought this yer lovely la
dy' "a bear witness that Hosea p. Bart
lett, master 81 the ship .Pioayune, be
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

COMMISSIONERS SAlE
rs Of
Valuable Real Estate.
Tn TIE MUNICIPAL COURT OF WHEELING


tn THk huntC1rAL CoURC OF wHREJNo
i West Vtrgnh
In puru sncs q the authority yes,sa h.,
decrre Of the Municipal Court Of Was tyl
on the third day Of June, lSS,, In sui, ~ nats
therein pending, In which In ia Tsyla, -s,unesy
TAYLOR. her husband, are plaintiffs, and win. ~
Harden and othen are defendants, win. On q.
TUESDAY, JULY Issx
oomnsnsing - ~ eeioes Z m sel I. public ,n,.
uon, 70 ~ C.s Inc 9e 81 bidder, a the ros,
door Of We Sooit house o. Ohio county, We, W.
siniA, the following described parcels Of rs.I -.
hat TO say:
second; 10, numbered eleven ILL, IN ,,,
nun nered easn.een siSs snc the north one hsd y
ios n n,,H - Sssrn.,. ", squ.N nunhsred eissi.
es.,osn .s ~ w. m C.idvs nap The asli.
,hsrsire. "a ~ Ia div al whssl,. Nd divtSees
~. NJ at virainis; aid prcperty irss, vae eoai.
esst si6e a. isf direct between T,sn,.s "a III
Thh tieth streeta 1'na M
Thsre d erected On the foregoing pro,.,,
CANT hrcf reeidssse, and lisa most desirsh. a. t
efty. bead ounaing va erected By Edv,SF
hsrden g residence and u unusually commsk
Gus and vel ocnstrectea.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

The police system of the city of Mexico
beats anything in America. A Mexican
policeman is strong, fine looking young
man, wearing military uniform and open
ly displaying a six shooter. he does not
spend his time walking the sidewalk, lost to
sight in q crowd of people. His beat is the
middle Of the street, where he can see and
be seen. He does not dodge vehicles, but
makes them dodge him. No nonsense is
tole -sted and the police rather enjoy row.
They keep splendid order.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

The Saengerfest bids fair to be one of the
most pleasant events that Wheeling has
seen for years. All day yesterday the
arrival Of distinguished musicians and
musical societies from various parts
of he country kept reminding the psO-
pc of the grand musical treat in store
TO- them. Nor are the people slow to
appreciate the presence Of such visitors. All
desire to extend . right royal hearty wei
cone. Everywhere one looks, is to be seen
emblazoued, 'Willkommen Saenger."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

THE REGISTER has been keeping its read
ers who are interested in the glass stushou,
and there are many, posted as to TIE doings
of the International GlAssworkers' Conven
ton at Philadelphia. 1t adjourned yester-
day and a special to the REGisrER
on the first page announces the result OF the
proceedings They are interesting and i'm
portant, and to man not in the business
look a. if al obstacles for an immediate re-
sumption of the glass works in this vicinity
have been removed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21
Special Commissioners Sale Of
vaIuabis Property.
CTATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, COUNTY O,
y Ohio. In the Municipal Cour, Of Wheeling.
William II. Brinisn.

u.r, : cav, !. m. .,,,,, In cA'n0ev.
Pursuant TO the authority conferred upon him !,
decree Of said Court made in said case on the ~
day Of March, A. ID. 1855, the undersigned spcis
saturday, the LIST Day Of August, A. d. 1855
commencing Ut 10 O'Clock a m, will cell al putlk
auction at the front door OF the Court House OF 0his
county In the city OF Wheeling. west Virginia h
the highest bidder, the real estate In the Sixth van
in .aid city IN the county and STATE Aforesaid. d
all Of the south half Of lot number twenty -thrve 10
the addition 70 eouth Wheeling known as job,
EoffA addition, fronting on the west aide Of Matsl
street. such lot being the next lot north Of the o'
on the northwest corner Of Market and Twenty dIth
streets except % much OF sad hall lot Is Is bounded
Is follows: Commencing at the southwest corner d
said lot "a on alley, and running thence With tAs
east side Of the alley 70 the northwest corner Of Tho
said half lot thence parallel with the south linst
line Of the lot TO the south line thereof and henS
forty two feet 10 the place oil beginning.
The real estate 10 b sold has two-stov bries
dwelling house thereon.
TERMS or SALE.-One third and N much mori
the purchase money a. the purchaser shall elesti'
pay IN cash on the day Of SALE and .ae residue Of hs
purchase money pay able In two equal insta,menu 10
one and two years. respectively, from the day Of ais
with interest from that day the purchaser 70 CIV,
undersigned Tor such deferred payments, and ,h'
title TO The property sold 70 he retained until To-
payment in fuli Of the purchase money, n an sddi
iionsl security ior the payment o. said dsis,rsd In
stAlments. ALrhEp BID
Special Commissioner
I, Thomas NJ. Darrah, Clerk Of said Court. hefeb'
certify that the sbovr named Special Commissions
has given bond and security, approved BY me, - 70
Quired by law and said decree, June 10Th, isA
Iun2eei Cork Of MD Court
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

SARAH BERNHARDT sstOnished the Lon
dOnsrs, the other day, BY riding through the
streets on fire engine. WHAT SARAH does
not know about advertising herself, is not
worth knowing.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

THE singular unanimity with which re-
putable citizens of New York, Boston, Pitts
bursb, Chicago and St. Louis rise to remark
that their cities are as bad IS London will
attract the attention of thoughtful men.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21

LorTA's fortune, cool million, has been
sn obstacle to her marriage Our noble
minded young men hesitate to offer them
selves to a woman with hamilton unless they
can display q similar bark account
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-21
C. MendeI & Co.,
1lRA Main street.

TREASURY DKPARTMRNT,
OFFIcE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF TEE CURRENCY,
WAsHIEe1oE, June 10, 1885.
Whereas. by satisfactory evidence presented to
the undersigned, 1t has been made 10 appear that
"Ihe National Bank Of West Virginia. at wheeling,
in the city Of Wheeling, In the county Of Ohio and
state Of West Virginia, has complied with all the
provisions Of the aAct Of Congress to enable Ma.
tloual Banking Assoeiaionso extend their corporate
existence and for other PURPOSES" approved July
18th, 1852.
Of the Currency, do hereby certify that The Ma
tional Of West Virginia, at Wheeling" In the city
Of wheeling. in the county Of Ohio and State Of
Wat Virginia. is authorized to have succession for
he period specified In its amended articles Of a..
soctaiion namely until the close Of business on June
g. l9o5
In testimony whereof witness the hand and seal
II. W. CANNON,
SEAL Comptroller Of Currency.
~ Ono. ls2A juz2b