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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-04
Joaquin Miller and His Wife.


New York Letter in Milwaukee Sentinel.
Joaquin Miller has separated from
his wife, whom he married only sis
years ago, and who was q Leland o.
the noted hotel keeping family. 81.
has gone to Mexico, avowing his in:
tention to spend the rest of his life
there, and Mrs. Miller remains in this
city. The couple have not been to,
gether much during the past two years,
for the wife declined to share thu
poets Washington log cabin with
him, and never even entered it, but
stayed at her usual residence in TWEEN.
ty-ninth street here. There was NC
quarrel, however, and is none now:
The lady declares that she loves anf
admires her cratic husband, and that
he has the same regard for her, but
that they find it comfortable to stay
apart. Friends cognizant OF the facts
say that Miller's oddities are not as
sumed, but are realisms in q curiously
constituted man. His going to Mexico
Is looked on by them as trip rather
than q permanent change OF abode,
and they anticipate that he will re
turn in g year or so with matter for q
new volume of tropical poetry. His
Songs OF the Sierras" have neve,
been eqnaled in artistic or fnancia:
success by any Of his later writings,
and his present intent zion is interpreted
az g Forthcoming book of verse that
shAll hAve freshness Of scenery and
thought. All rumors Of marital trou,
bic arc positively denied.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-04
In the Good Old Time.
Burlington Reporter.

burlington nHpOrGeFs
We always sat on the rear benches
at church, and when the doxology had
been sung and the benediction had
been pronounced, We "slid out" This
is the Latin for going outside and
ranging ourselves in rows just beyond
the door and on either side of the walk
leading from it. When the girls came
out, one at a time, we watched our
chances and asked the momentous
question: "Can I see you safe home
to-night?' SO low that nobody but the
girl could hear it, and then walked of
with her as proudly as if we had con-
quered O. nation-unless we got ''the
mitten," sometimes called "the sack"
for short.
A good-looking girl often SACKED"
as many as a dozen of us before she
got through with the exercises of the
evening. The less desirable girls came
out first, and as all of US were bent
on carrying off the prize beauty, were
permitted to depart for home unmo.
Tested. Some Of them occasionally
looked out of the corners of their eyes
at us, us much as to say, "molest ME
it you want to-" but we suffered them
to depart in peace. When the belle OF
the evening came to the door there
was a general sigh outside, and those
nea1est her all rendered her their arms.
She would cast her eagle eye over the
calf pasture and pick out the one who
held highest favor in her eyes and take
his arm and lean lovingly upon it.,
while the other boys found themselves
alone in the silent darkness, with no
more girls to ask and none to 90 HON e
with or make them afraid. Slowly
and sadly we took up our burdens
and wandered toward home, striving
to think of some charm that would
enable us to overthrow our success
full rival.
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A Woman Detective.
From the Cincinnati Commercial. Gaze,

From the Cincinnati Commercial. Gazette.
When woman sets deliberately to
work as q detective she knocks the
spots of a man almost every time.
This is illustrated by the striking
achievements in this line of Mrs. L..
Cook, a wealthy Louisville woman,
who, as she drove home one day in
her carriage, discovered brutal look.
ing ruf6an emerging from 3 side en-
trance to her premises with q well-stor-
ed bag upon his shoulder. The mans
whole appearance breathed the word
burglar" SO plainly that Mrs. Cook
whispered to her coachman to shadow
him, and the equipage was turned
around and followed slowly after the
retreating villain. After many de.
vious windings he was tracked to his
liar, which proved to be q respectable
hotel. The carriage was at once driven
to police headquarters, and two
detectives, in plain clothes, accom-.
panied Mrs. Cook back to the liar.
The brutal looking ruffAn proved TO
be garbage collector, and when Mrs.
Cook rot home she found she hadn't
lost any thing
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Luck Brought BY q Shark.

"l've known good luck to be brought
BY q shark" said an old salt to a
writer in the London Telegraph.
When was an ordinary seam an lying
in q harbor down Porto Rico way, the
chief mate, who was q bully, told me
one day l shouldn't go ashore. Out
OF spite, and being a passionat rascal
hated by all hands, he hung about to
see that didn't give him the slip. /
was determined to go ashore, and so
threw of my shoes and Jacket and
took a header off the fo'c's'le rail and
struck out. The mate outs with g.
revolver and let's fly at me. There was
moon, and the water was full of fire,
and he could see me plain enough.
Finding he d missed, and that was still
swimming, he whips off half his clothes,
as was atterward told, and jumped in
after me. l allow his notion was to
have drowned me could he have come
up with me. Some of the hands
looked, and they told me what hap
pened. hadn' heard the mate lump,
and didn't therefore know he was fol-
lowing me; but I thought he might
lower boat and swan hard to get
ashore first, resolving to desert that
vessel, if so be could get foot on dry
land. Well, it wasn't two minutes
after the mate made his plunge when
heard a frightful scream behind me.
All it did was to frighten me, though
the sound OF it nearly froze nv blood.
and went on saving through it, arm
over arm, till the water was in a blaze
all about me. I got ashore and stood
looking at the vessel, and seeing that
no chase was being made I went leis-
urely into the town and had a. night
of it.
''Next morning man asked me if I
was the young chap that had jumped
overheard to swim ashore. I said
Yes well, then,' says he, the mate
followed ye and saved your life, How
dye mean? says I. Why he says "a
minute after you were in the water a
shark rose to you. The men on the
forecastle saw his figure plain. Before
they could sing out the mate jumped.
The splash he made seemed to brighten
the shark for second, for the ferry
line OF him vanished. The mate SWAN
right for him; some of your chaps
roared out. I suppose the poor devil
thought they were deriding OF him.
The next thing seen was his body
hove up to tho waist out
OF water and flashing of
white, shining water about him;
then he just gave one Shrek |Ha!'
said l, shudderin', 'Iheard that Shrek
SO you see, SIR said the speaker,
addressing me, chat sharks can bring
luck to q vessel" "But what sort Of
luck does your story illustrated" said
l, staring at him. "Why," he an
swered, wasn't it a. frst-class stroke
OF luck for a crew to get rid of g.
bullyin' mate without having to lift a.
finger against him? If it hadn't been
for that there shark I should have
lost my chest and clothes, for I didn't
mean to return, and, of course, they
would have been sacrificed. Stead Of
which, when I heard that the mate
was dead I returned to the vessel, and
the captain was too glad to get me
again to say g. word to me about
what I'd done.''
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Curious GunshOt Wounds.

DR.. T. J. Maxwell, ex-U. s. Army
Surgeon, said to a reporter in st.
Louis: The most interesting work in
my profession so far as am concern.
ed is the treatment ofgunshot wounds.
do not believe in the theory that
what will kill one man would not sim
ilarly affect another, but the line of
distinction is 80 delicately drawn in
surgery that such g. statement is
really given credit by reputable, skill.
full surgeons. In my army practice I
have seen many escapes from death
which might have been termed mar
velous, but were merely the result Of
good fortune, for wound one thirty.
second part of an inch from g. vital
point is really no more dangerous than
one six inches away. It is only tho
narrow escape OF the injured party
chat makes Tho case at all marvellous.
have seen men shot through the head
and through the body who survived,
while q comrade shot through the Ies
at the same volley died. The consti-
tutional condition of the man has
much to do with recovery, and yet .
vital spot may be found where least
thought Of by the novice. A bullet
through the heart is usually instant
death. One of tho most remarkable
Of this class was ever called to at
tend was that OF a man who had been
shot in the breast and uho lived near
" an hour after I reached him. At
the autopsy it was discovered that
the bullet, large one, too, had passed.
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Prayer After Battle.

Thurston Lillibridge and Daniel
Barber, wealthy farmers, who own big
farms in the northern part of Norwich,
Conn.,, and are neighbors, recently
quarrelled about the laying out of O.
new road across Mr.. BARRIERS land.
Both men are pious. Mr.. Barber is q
conscientious Baptist, who believes
that it is q sin to get angry. The COM
missioners had agreed to the layout
and had allowed Mr.. Barber 500
damages and thereupon he hitched up
his big patent stone-puller and dragged
some half-dozen ton-rocks on the pro-
posed roadbed. Mr.. Lillibridge ap-
peared on the field at this moment
and began to pull down fence to let
the road 60 on. The two farmers met
and Mr.. Barber, who is muscular, took
Mr.. Lillibridge in his arms, and with
out a word set him over the fence
on the latter's land. He told him he
must never come on his Mr.. Barber's)
and again.
Mr.. Wheeler, another neighbor a
friend OF Mr.. Lillibridge, had hurried
to the scene to take MIR. Lillibridge's
part, and he came up just in time to
catch a terrific blow between the eyes
from Mr.. BARRIERS fist. He dropped
and saw the rest of the exercise in a.
horizontal position. During the bat
tie Mr.. Barber had shown no anger
and had not said a. word. After Mr..
Wheeler went to grass Mr.. Lillibridge
approached his opponent, not too
closely, and sarcastically said:
CHOW, I would like to hear you
pray"
Every WE'LL" quietly replied Barber,
II will; lam not mad with YOU"
Then he dropped on his knees in the
spongy meadow near one OF the big
rocks that his stone puller had depos-
tied there, and closing his eyes, clasping
his hands, and turning his lace toward
the clear sky, he prayed "that the
Lord would make Mr.. Lillibridge g
better man and teach him to do to
Others as he would wish to be done by.
An1enl" he added, in fervent and
sonorous tone. After prayer Mr..
Lillibridge and Mr.. Wheeler quiet
ly withdrew, going in one direction
and Mr.. Barber went across the lot in
another.-NewY York Sun.
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Contents Of q Sailors Chest.

From the New York Mail and Express.
"What is a sailors kit for a long
voyage'" repeated a weather-beaten
old tar recently, as he munched a
piece OF old navy and gazed re-.
f!ectlvely into his glass of grog in a.
Front street saloon. "Why, as
tor that matter, no two sailors
are alike. One will 90 to sea with
nice outfit Of long toys for nights
ashore and g. sea rig large enough to
start second-hand-clothing store on
South street; and another will fire all
his Doodle away in one nights jollifi-
cation, and away to sea the next day
for voyage around the Horn with
the suit he stands in and g. ragged
suit OF oilskins that have weathered
both Capes and the storms for three
seasons"
"Well, take the average sailor, and
give me an inventory Of the contents
Of his chest"
II think I will tell you what we
found in the chest of one OF our men
who died last voyage; it would hit the
mark perhaps. We had been struck
by a squall of Hatteras and had had
hard work to get the muslin off the
ship before the gale which quickly fol-
lowed hove us to under close-reefed
maintopsail. As the man lay down
from aloft one OF them was pitched
headlong overheard by the parting of
q ratlin, and he was astern and swal-
lowed up by the angry waves before
any effort could be made to save him.
AS is the custom, his chest was brought
att, opened and an inventory made of
his effects, that might be forwarded
to his friends. In addition to the
heavy clothes for bad weather and the
light ones for use under sunny skies,
were found many little presents which
the dead man had picked up and was
taking to his friends at home. There
were dress patterns of rich China silks,
pretty toilet boxes and bits of fancy
carving. Each was wrapped up and
the address of the intended recipient
written upon it. From letters which
were found in the till of Jacks chest
we learned that he hailed from an in
land town of Pennsylvania, and the
gifts were intended for d mother and
sisters there, who will wait long for
tho return of their sailor boy"
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operator simply and solely because
0Reratlng IN stocks is q sort Of gam
bling. All his tastes were in that di-
rectlon. Legttimately, he was q bank
er: he came here to New York to
take charge Of the American branch
Of q foreign bank. His concern had
the handling of an enormous quantity
OF Dutch funds to be invested in Ameri,
can securities. He made money in
this direction, and then he went into
stocks on his own account as g. buyer
and seller. He was vastly successful.
For q long time he pulled with jaw
Gould. Afterward he Clipped in along
with Cammack. At both ends of this
string ne was successful. He didn't
like "Jim"s Keene, and he assisted ear.
" in the task of pulling that arrogant
California millionaire down and laying
him by the heels. Werishoffer loved
excitement. He wanted it carly and
often. Indeed, he was after it all the
time. In daylight he went for it in
Wall street. In the night he went aft.
er it either in draw poker or faro.
Last summer he was tho most terrific
gambler at Long Branch. He used to
20 into Daly's splendidly fitted I'm
place, called the Pennsylvania Club,
nearly every night, and buck the fes.
tive tiger to hisheart's content. IF he
was losing he would drop 81, 900 and
60 home: If he was winning, he would
60 for the game for all he was worth.
At the end OF the season he quit win
ner to very considerable extent. He
didn't gamble particularly because he
was fond OF money, but just for the
excitement OF tho thing. He blew in
his winnings nobly. Indeed, he always
made the dollars fly. He had g yacht,
a city residence of great costliness
and beauty, and an expensive coun-
try mansion. They say Woerishoffer
died millionaire, and that is
very unusual thing among men who
habitually play games Of chance for
high stakes. But, though he was a
heavy player at all the games OF life,
he wasn't reckless. He went at all his
gambling, whether on the street or
across the card table, systematically
and in cold blood. He never played
long at a losing trick, but he would
pile up winnings when they came at an
amazing rate Of speed. An old poker
sharp once said to me: "1fyou would
succeed at this game, follow one rule
faithfully. "Cut short your losses
and let your winnings run on. That
is, when luck isn't coming your way,
just chip in so as to stay by the game,
but don't bet on any dangerous hands.
When you find that luck is with you,
whoop her up for your whole pile"
That was Woerishoffer' scheme, exact
ly. He madeit pay, but Idon't imagine
many men would havefound luck with
them quite as often as he did.
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Strange Tales or J la6lra,

Is
Gov. swineford, 81 Alaska, telb
some strange tales Of how things have
been conducted in that territory,
writes Washington correspondent Of
The Boston Herald. Hesays that on
his arrival there he found the affairs
being run by an old collector, the old
marshal, and the captain of the Pinto.
The collectors name is French, and
he is the brother Of Steve French, the
republican politician Of New York.
Gov. swineford says there is a law
prohibiting the Importation Of liquor
OF any kind into the territory, and
yet the worst OF whisky is bought at
Portland, Oregon, at about 81. so per
gallon and taken in large quantities
to- Alaska, and sold at from So to $12
per gallon. When the governor spoke
OF the vicious quality Of the whisky,
he acted as though he had tried it,
and spoke with q, sad recollection of
its taste and effect upon the stomach.
The governor thinks he has had
pretty hard time of it, and says he
found things in q bad way. He had
only been in possession OF the house q
short time when the retiring marshal
brought him bill for the furniture.
He paid the bill, amounting to be-
tween 5000 and $500, and soon after
ascartained the furniture belonged to
the government. The marshal is now
far away. Soon after his arrival at
Alaska the steamship company sent
him q pass. He at first hesitated
about accepting it, but finally did so,
and soon after had occasion to make
trip to Juno, $50 miles distant. The
regular fare is $50, but with pass It
is only IS, as the ship simply charges
for the meals. When he returned he
asked the clerk to make out his bill.
When it was presented it was for $50.
He expostulatod, saying: II only
paid $40, and why do you make it
out this way:''
"Your pass pays for the rest" said
the clerk.
'But I don't want to do anything
OF this kind" said the governor. II
simply want bill to show what act
ually paid"
With the remark that he was very
particular, and that that was the way
the other fellows always did, the clerk
proceeded to make cut the bill for the
$40. The governor by this time had
become interested, and, upon looking
into the matter, discovered that it
was a practice with the republican Of
ficials to ride On passes and have their
bills made as though they had paid
money and have them cashed at the
treasury. The governor says that
there is more to be done for the terri
tory in Washington than in Alaska.
He says the Indians OF Alaska are
peaceable and Industrious people, and
entirely able to take care of them
selves.
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His First Lesson.

In memoirs of John shipp" occurs
the following amusing description Of a
young officers first day in the riding
school, who unfortunately had never
been on a horses back before. The
first morning after he has joined his
regiment, he finds himself exalted on
a spirited steed, some sixteen hands
high; his chin is so elevated by a leather
stock that he can just see the head
and ears Of the animal on which he
sits; his heels are screwed out by the
iron first OF the rough rider, and the
small OF his back is we'll bent in.
Having been put into this position,
the word "March' given. This com.
mand the well-drilled animal obeys
Immediately, and the machine is sud.
denly set in motion, the result of which
usually is that the young gentleman
speedily finds his way to the ground,
with the loss OF more or less skin from
his shin, or with his nose grubbing in
the ground.
| "Come, sir, Jump up, and don't
| be down-hearted because you are
Aoored," says the riding "Il
the army you will have many ups and
| downs"
"Well, but I am hurt" declares the
young man.
careful"
The pupil mounts again, and the or
der is again given to march, and of
goes the horse second time, the mas.
ter roaring out at Intervals
swell done, sir! Head q little high.
er-toes in, sir-heels out-baud The
| small of the back a trihe more. Bravo!
We will now try q little trot. Recol.
lect, Sir, to keep your nag well in hand!
| Trot.
"Well done, sir-knees g. little lower,
What are your elbows doing up there1
Faster! faster!''
*'Halt!" cries the young man
"Make the horse stop! shall be off
shall be Off"
"Bravo, sir! That's better. Get
! up!".
ri am Off" cries the distressed pupil:
am OFF,
"Not yet" cries the memorable ser
geant.
II am!''
"Well, you are now, sir. Hope you
are not hurt
my nose bleeds!"
Rough rider, get a bucket Of waite
The young man mounts again, and
so gets through the first days drill al
riding, lucky if he has no more falls.
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TOO DILATORY.

They sat by the side Of the stream
That quietly rippled below;
He Thought he must be in a dream
How quickly the moments did flow!
He ventured his arm round her waist,
All under the moons silver light;
de thought it would not be misplaced,
And found that he thought about right
He unused: Do I dare steal q kiss?
And upon it his mind was 80 bent,
Though he feared she might take it amiss,
He took one without her consent.
She gave quick toss OF her head:
He tremblingly thought he'd done wrong
MY dear, are you angry" he said.
Yes; because 20 u have waited 30 long!
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ed by my experience, an engineer in the
North of England, who had suffered
from govt, rheumatism and gravel all
his adult life, and who comes of a
equity stock, has for three months
taken the hot water and for nine weeks
the beef He began over eighteen stone
in weight; he has lost fifty pounds,
and for twenty years, he tells me, he
has never until now been free from
pain. He says he has derived an i'm
mense amount OF good from the treat
ment.
ITO sum up in a word: Two years
ago weighed (dressed) 16 stone 4
pounds, and my figure was OF tubby,
Aldermanic contour; / am now Is
stone 2 pounds. My waist giruh was
~ IL inches; it is now IS inches.
suffered from chronic heartburn; I
have had none of it for fifteen months.
I went in daily fear ola painful kidney
attack; 1have not had symptom of it
sinceI began the hot water. I sleep
better, and do both my mental and
physical work very easily, and, in fact,
feel q much younger man. than former
II. I have not lost q single day from
my business since Istarted the treat
ment. If this system is the unscien-
ti6c and irrational thing the doctors
say, will they be good enough to ex-
plain how these results have come
about? 81
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that he sent her in disguise to Laguay-
| ra, there to learn as q spy the date
of sailing and cargo value of some
great ship for Spain, which he could
waylay and take upon the high seas.
Dolores was gone about a week, and
when she returned to him it was With
the information that in about a fort
| night from the date OF her return q
large merchant vessel, Ell Castillo,
would be dispatched from Laguayra
for Spain with q cargo aboard tho
value of which would not be less than
fifty thousand doubloons. So far as
| she could learn, the armament and
manning of the vessel would not be
formidable at least, not sufficiently
SO to deter them from the endeavor
to capture such royal prize.
| But she suggested that, to make as.
surance doubly sure, every man of the
gang should be taken along for tho
fight. Her advice was deemed good
by Diablo, and was followed to the
letter. When La Madrilena set sail
to meet Fl Castillo, nobody but the
old negress was left behind in the
pirates den.
| Little did the blood stained pirates
imagine that for fifteen long and weary
months the girl had been, in every
| hour and minute Of her existence.
Jwaking and sleeping, cherishing dreams
| ofsome sweeping, comprehensive and
terrible vengeance; that every moment
| Of that time Of her life had been 3
deception, andnoW the hour Of her re-
ward for that long endurance waa