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Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09
Dancing.

The king OF Hanover passed and
SAID, doctor don't you dance?'
Eyes, SIRE" 1 said; and took my
wife, who was standing by unexpected.
y disengaged, as she was much in re-
quest for her good dancing, and had
vt times opened the balls with one
Of two OF the kings stepsons). We
had a delightful waltz, much to the
surprise of nlany-not only that a
pastor should dance at all, but that
he should be able to dance as fast or
|aster than any Of them. But the
iact was had been three years on the
Continent as q young unmarried man,
working, after / had left Cabmridge,
lor the diplomatic service, in which I
had been promised an attacheship,
and had danced at various courts
and in many palaces OF the great with
the best and swiftest of natives par
ticularly at Dresden, where they were
noted for their prowess on the eight
fantastic toe" But another case,
that astonished the natives still more,
was that Of a noted gallant officer in
Highland uniform, not only with
brawny bare legs, but tattooed all
over with lizards, snakes, tortoises,
ETC., most beautifully and art,stically
drawn and colored by the natives Of
Burmah, where he had long been
quartered. A little German baroness
too old and ugly, one might have
thoug ht to have scruples orprejudices
ofdelicacy III sueh3a case burst forth
in horror. s"Oh! gracious what is
that? AT a. court ball! in ladies socie-
ty? Thick, hairy, naked legs! but that
is too much! wonderful, not to say
vulgar! And that Queen Victoria al
lows? "reminiscences of q Court
Chaplain. t--EE .L.<z-- -. =. 8.
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Helping Others.

"Many years ago." said the old
clergyman, II was at a commencement
of one of the many small colleges in
the interior OF the country, which train
the sons of our tradesmen and farm
ers into men, and train them we'll.
Among the young men who were grad
uated was one who had taken the
highest honors, the valedictory, prizes,
and the presidency ofhis class. But he
received only afeebleround OF applause
when he rose.
"'What is wrong?' asked one Of the
Faculty.
"C-is is o. selfish fellow. All for
himself. He will succeed in life, but
his success Will benefit nobody but
c.
presently another lad stepped for
ward to speak His place was not a
high one, but from his fellow-students
and the townspeople came a thunder
Of applause, which was no sooner
over than it began again and again,
while the grave professors looked on
smiling.
"'What does this mean?' I asked.
oh, that is Van--"
"A jolly, popular fellow, fond OF
fun, everybody's chum?' l ventured.
mo, not that. But Van is the only
man ever knew whose idea OF a col
lege is that it is O. place for mutual
help. He is not exceptionally bright,
but he has hard common sense, great
warmth OF heart, and unfailing tact.
V0V, SryN11ll MT oraIS4 as$ T ch~Y11l
tell you OF the men he has helped dur
ing his course, the dull fellows whom
he has coached, the idle ones that he
has dragged to work, the dissipated
that he has kept out of temptation.
Oh, Van, for some reason, is like no.
body else!'
II kept watch on Van after he left
college for many years. He never be-
came q wealthy fashionable, or power
full man, but he was the most helpful
human being [ ever knew. Not be-
cause he was kinder or more sympa-
thetic than many others. The differ.
ence was his motive in living.
eve all talk of the battle of lhe.'
1t is struggle, in which we 60 down
armed and equipped to contend with
our fellows. No matter how friendly
the competition, it is competition. If
we 60 up, others must give place to us
and go down. =
"Van's idea of the world was that
which he had of college. 1t was a
place in which we should help each
other. This moving idea gave an ut
ter lack of self-consciousness to. him.
No man, without great talent, ever
possessed such wide and deep inhu.
ence. He died last summer-went in
to some other life to help his fellows"
Is the popular idea oflife right?' Was
not Vans a better idea?-Youth's
CnnlnaliOn.
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The Flying Dutchnlan.

The two sons OF the Prince of.Wales
have written an account Of their voy-
age around the world.
In their three years rowing the
princes had in the main fair winds and
aowing seas. They encountered few
storms and no pirates. But one night
as they sailed over the Southern Seas
near Sydney they fell in with the Fly
ing Dutchman. July IL, 1s81.-At
4 A. NJ. the Flying Dutchman crossed
our bows. A strange red light as of
phantom ship, all aglow, in the midst
Of which lights the masts, spars and
sails of the brig two hundred yards
distant stood out in strong relief. AS
she came up the lookout man on the
|orecastle reported her as close on the
port bow, where also the officers of the
watch from the bridge clearly saw her,
as did also the quarterback midship-
man. who was sent forward at once
to the forecastle. But on arriving
there no vestige or any sign whatever
Of any material ship was to be seen,
either near or right away to the hori-
ION. The night being clear and the sea-
catH1, 1ANlceI perSOuS diCOSetueI SaW
her, but whether it was Van Diemen,
o. the, Flying Dutlhman, or who else,
must remain unknown. The Tourma-
line and Cleopatra, who were sailing
on our starboard bow, flashed to ask
whether we had seen the strange red
light at quarter to IL A. NJ.
'"The ordinary seaman who had this
morning reported the Flying Dutch
man, fell from the foretop mast cross
trees and was smashed to atoms. At
3 quarter past 4 P. M, after quarters,
we hove to with head yards back, and
he was buried in the sea. He WAS a
smart royal yard man and one of the
most promising young hands in the
ship, and every zone feels quite sad at
his loss. At the next port we came to
The Admiral also was smitten down."
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Cavalry Exercises.

The closing performances at the
West Point Academy, which have
been visited by good many officials
of the war department, have been very
interesting. A letter gives some de-
tails of the cavalry drill which are in
teresting The two uprights were fixed
at distance of about fifty feet from
each other, with pad as a cap fixed
upon each, with a. handle attached to
it. At a. word the cavalrymen
dashed off, Now one came
along at full gallop, leaned over
as he reached the upright till his hand
was below the level ofthe stirrups, and
in full career picked up one pad after
another and tossed it behind him. It
was a feat requiring GOODNESS and ad-
dress, but nearly all executed it satis-
factorily. Next pad was placed up
on an upright the heighth OF a man,
and at the same distance as before,
another was placed on lower stand.
Between them was placed horizontal.
ly beam resting on two uprights-a
good stiff jump for a horse in such a
limited space and one requiring a rider
to have his brain clear. The word was
given. A horseman came galloping
on. As he reached the tall
er stand, he drew his revol-
yer. 1t flashed, and then the pad,
struck by the bullet, tumbled of,
while the horse dashed on and was a
moment after lifted over the bar in a
flying Jump. Round still the horse
men went, his comrades folio wing one
by one. And noW, as he approached
the stand. at. witch the pad was re-
placed, he has his saber out. He
slashes at it, hits it fairly and almost
before it reaches the ground, he is over
the bar. His saber cut an arc through
the air as he leans over his horse &
shoulders and tosses up with a great
slash a bunch of tan-bark, and then,
just recovering in his saddle, he brings
down the blade with swoop upon
the pad OF the second upright and
tosses it off. In the next. exercise the
| uprights and pads are still there, but
in place of the Jumps high pole with
a transverse bar, from which hangs just
| within reach of the horseman's saberan
iron ring, only a few inches in diane
ter. And through all this, too, the
horses 60 round at the top of their
speed, the feat repeated again and
again, a few failing, but nearly all sue
cessful. Next, the saddles are removed
| and the men ride bareback at will.
There is no circus perfo like this
spectacle. The place is full OF bound.
ing steeds; some with riders leaning
! over theira shoulders ELL their hands
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& The Late Richard M. Hoe. J.

New York Letter: The death of the
llate Richard N. Hoe calls our atten,
Hon to the printing press fact ory,
which is the best knows establishment
or the east side OF New York Every,
body, indeed, has heard Of the Hoe
presses, but il the reader were to seek
the place stls theit: construction he
would find it laanid that dense popula'
tion which fills the &rea between
the Bowery and thA Ec: river. Ar:
irving at the spot, one will at once be
startled by it's immensely. An entit
square lat Grand and Sheriff streets)
is occupied, and the area is not less
than four acres, which in New York is
q great deal of land. The Offices are
large, and yet such is the number OF
clerks and draughtsmen that there is
no room to spare; and thence you
may pass across the courtyard to the
factory itself, where hundreds of arti-
sans find employment. Here are built
printing presses that cost $4,000,
and which yield profit of from S..
600 to $4,000; but it is slow task,
and as no one else can build them
high profits are a natural result. The
Hoe establishment is the only place
in this city which can boast of calls
from the greatest brain workers ofthe
metropolis. In former days thesenior
Bennett and Moses Y. Beach and
Horace Greeley went thither to in
spect machinery, and latterly the
present Bennett and Dana, and. also
Pulitzer, have stood side by side to
inspect the latest improvements. This
fact alone is enough to give the place
distinction.
Progress in the manufacture oi
printing presses was slow to an as
tonishing degree until the opening OF
the present century. Franklin press,
which is now in the patent office at
Washington, is but little better than
the earliest made-whose date was
three centuries previous-and the most
rapid workmen could not exceed 200
impressions an hour. Inventions were
made in England and in Germany,
which brought steam into use, this be.
ing first adopted by the London Times
in 1914. Isaac Adams was at the
same time making improvements in
this country, but Richard NJ. Hoe dis.
tanced the extreme of expectation
when he built the fist rotary cylinder
press in l847. The plan of a revolv-
ing cylinder had been invented by Mich
olson in England many years previ.
ously, but it was utterly irnpracticable
until remodeled by Hoe. Since then
it has been continually improved, I'm.
til the present degree OF perfection has
been attained.
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China'S Great Wall.

OF course we had togo to the great
wall Of China, says Pekin CORE
spondent of the Davenport Democrat.
China abounds in great walls. Her
mural defenses were most extensive
walled country, walled cities, walled
villages, walled palaces and temples
wall after wall and wall within wall.
Bat the greatest OF all is the great
wall Of China, which crests the mount
ain range and crosses the gorge from
here some forty miles away. To go
to PelSin and not 60 out to the wall
would be objectionable. 1t matters
not that the Pekin wall is higher and
wider, nor that the way is cold and
rough and often perilous-you must
go and see the great wall.
Six mortal hours to make the last
fifteen miles. Squeezing through the
lust deep gorge and a deep rift in solid
rock, cut out by ages Of rolling wheels
and tramping feet, we reach the great
frowning, double FASHIONED gate of
stone and hard-burred brick-one
archway tumbled in. THIS was the
object Of our mission-the great wall
OF China built 213 years before our
era; built of great slabs of well-hewn
stone, laid in regular courses some
twenty feet high, and then topped out
with large, hard burned brick, filled in
with earth and closely paved on the
top with more dark, tawny brick-the
ramparts high and thick and castel-
lated for use OF arms. Right and left
the great wall sprung far up the mount
ain side-now straight, now curved,
to meet the mountain ridge, turreted
each 800 feet-a frowning mass of
masonry. No need to tell you of this
wall; the books will tell you that
how it was built to keep the warlike
Tartars out-twenty five feet high by
forty thick, 1000 miles lohg, with
room on top for six horses to be rid
den abreast. Nor need I tell you that
for 1,40O years it kept those hordes
at bay, nor that in the main the
| material used upon it is just a
good, and firm and strong as
when put in place. To tell you
how one feels while standing on this
vast work, scrutinizing it's old mason
ry, it's queer old cannon, and ambi-
tious sweep along the mountain crest,
were only folly. In speechless awe we
strolled or sat and gazed in silent
| wonder. Twelve hundred miles OF
| this gigantic work, built on the rugged,
cragggy mountain tops, vaulting over
gorges, spanning wild streams, netting
the river archways with huge, hard
bars of copper; with double gates,
| with swinging doors and bars set thick
| with iron armor-a wonder in the
world, before which the old time classic
seven wonders, all gons now save the
great pyramid, we're toys. The great
pyramid has s5, 100000 cubic feet,
! the great wall 9, 6,35O,OOO,OO0 cubic
feet. An engineer in Stewards party
here some years ago gave it as bis
| opinion that the cost Of this wall,
figuring labor at the same rate, would
more than equal that of all the 100,
600 miles Of railroad in the United
States. The material it contains
would build wall six feet high and
two feet thick right straight around
| the globe. Yet this was done in only
twenty years, without q trace Of debt
or bond. It is the greatest individual
labor the world hasever known. You
stand before It as before thegreat 0m'
nipotent-bowed and silent.
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Webster at Marsh field.-
Il It was at Marsh6el that Webst,

..E It was at Marshfeld that Webster
planned many Of his most celebrated
speeches, and it may be we'll to say
that all of his speeches we're carefully
prepared. His famous address on
Bunker Hillwas thought over, it is as
serted, while he was trout fishing near
Marshfeld, and the. following we'll
known exclamation was, it is said,
FIRST heard by a couple Of huge trout
zimmed lately on their being transferred
TO his fishing basket, as it subsequent
~ WAS heard at Bunker Hill by many
tho usands Of his fell oN-citizens: Ven
srable nlenl You who have come
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i
Il |1i 3 |,I,e |s1l' 'III llaI.

81
tans tos issue 1s D q pro- tion m
out Tho Fnlp promlasing Is pr . l, tts
Ea5gold dan ball tto: Nlhn. 81 all|
his subjects should prove himself The
biggest liar wing It to be unde derstoody
beforehand that no !, merely improba-
ble story would stand The ghost Of q
chance OF winning, 81 nee he himsel
was TO be the Judge, and othing short
|sofa story that was simply imp osslble$
would secure the prize. The procla-
nation naturally made quite astir
among the greater prevaricators OF the
realm, ana hundreds Of stories came
pouring in from competitors every
where, but they were one and all ad-
Judged by the astute monarch as con.
tanning Incidents that might under ex-
traordinary circumstances have been
true. The coveted golden ball still re-
n1ained unawarded, when one day
there appeared before the gate Of The
5ultan's palace, requesting an audi
ence, an old man with travel-worn ap-
pearance, and bearing on his stooping
shoulders an immense earthen-ware
jar. The Sultan received the aged
pilgrim kindly, and asked him what
he could do for him. 20 Sultan, may
you live forever!" exclaimed the old
man, for your Imperial Highness is
loved and celebrated throughout all
the Empire for your many virtues,
but most OF all for your love OF JUS
tice." "Inshallah," replied the mon
arch, reverently. "May it please your
Imperial Majesty" continued the old
man, calling the monarch's attention
to the jar, 'tyour Highness' most ex-
cellent father-may his bones rest in
peace!-borrowed from my father this
jar full OF gold coins, the conditions
being that your Majesty was to pay
the same amount back to me- "Ab-
surd, imposslble!" exclaimed the as
tonished Sultan, eyeing the huge YES
sci in question. IF the story be
true" "-gravely continued the pilgrim,
'pay your fathers debt; ii it is as you
say impossible, I have fairly won the
golden ball" And the Sultan imme-
di ately awarded him the prize
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Something for Topers..

Philadelphia News. YoJ .ii iis'-sly
number among your friends
quaintances some hearty old
Iwho has "taken q drink ofgoo,dd wplhisky
before breakfast for3forty seven years:
and couldn't eat without it. = Now
at the risk of having this worthy but
prejudiced person laugh himself into q
state OF apoplectic, redfacedness let
me suggest that as old as heis, hemay
yet find substitute-not only a
cheaper one, but one that will never
coax him to take more than is good
for him. Take any man who is in the
habit of looking in the bottom of the
glass for "pure sociability" at inter-
walls from noon until midnight, and
for stomach comfort before he breaks
his fast in the morning, and let him,
after he has arisen and dressed, repair
to a drug store instead OF bar-room.
| He has no appetite. HIS does not feel
| as though he was call there" Instead
| of a cocktail, let him ask the druggist
to prepare mixture Of these mgredi-
ents and quantities, which, when mix.
ed together, shall constitute single
dose:
Chlorotorm, five drops.
.Tincture OF ginger, half teaspoontul.
Compound tincture cardslnen, two
| teaspoonfuls.
| Water one WineplaSS
Swallow that slowly-take five min
| utes to do it. You will be surprised
to find that in about fifteen minutes
the "all gone' feeling will have disap-
peared. A gentle, pleasant warmth
is felt in place OF the gnawing sensa-
ton, and in a very little while there
are decided symptoms Of being hum
CRY. A repetition OF the dose inside Of
all hour, in case the attack the night
before was very severe, will do no
harm. A cup of black coffee twenty
minutes after the first dose is an ex-
cellent thing to follow with, provid-
ed the patient is not of a particularly
nervous temperament.
| You will find some men whose nerves
! become unstrung upon very slight
alcoholic >provocation and such men
are prone to try the slmilia similibus
curantur racket. The best thing for a
case OF that kind is the drug store
again. Here is the dose:
Bromide potassium, thirty grains.
Celerina, two teaspoonfuls.
Elixir valerianate ammonia, two
teaspoonfuls.
I'll guarantee that you will never
resort to whisky again after you have
tried whichever OF these doses which
may suit your particular case. As
soon as you feel able to eat, make
your breakfast Of oatmeal principally
for two or three days. On the day
after taking the first dose, invest in
two Havana oranges and substitute
the juice for the pick-me-up tonic If
the stomach rejects the oranges as
too sweet, throw them away and try
the tonic again, but eventually return
to the fruit.
This treatment will begin to show it's
effect in a very few days. Instead of
that uneasy, uncomfortable feeling
there will come g. vigor and natural
exhilaration that will brighten the eye
and quicken the step. A brisk walk
around the block, if you live in the
brick and mortar section, will not
come amiss. lwould even 20 so far
as to advise five minutes exercise
with hali-pound dumb bells. Grasp
them firmly and strike out as though
you intended humping somebody.
| All that is needed is faith and a little
perseverance, especially perseverance.
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The Recollections Of an Old Man.
From A. X. SfcC1ure's Address Before the
Washington and Lee University.

From A. X. McC1ure's Address Before the
Washington and Lee University. s@.
How we have progressed, you may
understand when I tell you that Twas
an interested student of,ourcountry's
growth when it's population was only
one.fourth of our present sixty mil.
lion; that can recall Che birth Of
eleven of our thirty EIGHT States; that
I we'll remember when there was not a
steamship on the seas, when there was
not a railway locomotive. operated in
the world; when the lightning messen-
ger was undreamed Of; when TO have
predicted the ocean cable would have
been regarded as the phantom Of
hopeless lunatic; when the Golden Gate
OF the Pacific was an idle waste, under
senibarbaric rule; when the great
Northwest, with it's now riIlian stars
IN the galaxy Of States, WAS known
only as the home Of the savage when
the coming Empire State in theSouth-s
west was tossed IN reVolnt ion by 40 J.
lventurers, an 4 whe hensch ools and news
papers were luxuries enjoyed only bs.
The affluent. sS$i5 SsslE
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-03
Outrivals Rome.

When Scipio Africanus returned
IRON his campaign against Carthage
he brought back TO Rome, the Seven
Killed City. chariot loads of rings and
iewclry and gems. and his triunphal
procession was ablaze with the preci-
Gus metals and stones--trophies of his
victory. This has come down to us
through history, and still goes on,
sounding down the corridors of time.
But all that he had in the way of jew
elry and golden trinkets, and jewel
gemmed diadems, so often sung in
pocsy. would not compare with the
half that Knepfy Il Son have in their
magnificent jewelry store, GA Main
street. This is the eighth day of the
fair, and only four more are left, and
YOU won't see the half that is to be seen
If yon do not call on knephy n Son,
GA Main street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-03

The paper hangers and painters OF
Haverhill, Mass, are on Il strike.
The discovery of rich silver mine
near Caldwell, Kas., has caused great
excitement in that locality.
John Graham, a colored magistrate
residing near Memphis, Tenn, was as
sassinatcd Oh the LIST. No cause is
assigned for the deed.
Another solid congressional delega-
ton from Louisiana was elected yes
tcrday. Same in Florida, Alabama
and Mississippi.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-11-03
Brutal Murder OF Brother and Sister

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 3.-Ncar Month
cello KY, Grand Prcwitt went to the
house where Jarvis Buck, his sister
and her little son lived. After supper,
Tuesday night, he cnticed Buck into
the mountain, where he and two men
named jim Jones and Bill Simpson
killed Buck, whose head was almost
severed from his lacerated body.
Prewitt and Jones then went TO the
house, and selling the woman, cut her
throat from ear to ear and crushed her
skull with the washboard. The boy
escaped and gave the alarm. "A posse
pursued and caught Prewitt, who con-
fcssed the crime and said that he had
been hired to do the murder by Jones.
Buck had sold horse and the object
was robbery. The three murderers
arc under arrest and there is great eX-
element over the affair