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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Wealth of the AstOrs.

No one family in the country has so
kept it's wealth within itself as the
Astors, who intend to continue the
financial policy originated by old
John Jacob Aston about tho beginning
OF the century. 1t is commonly sup
posed that ne made the bulk of his
fortune in furs. He formed a gigantic
project for extending the business from
the northwestern lakes to the Pacific
| by means of various trading posts, by
establishing a central station at the
mouth OF the Columbia, and then by
making a depot at one of the Hawiian
islands, to supply China and India d.
rectly from the Pacific coast. The
project was partially carried out, but
meanwhile Mr.. Aston saw greater op-
| portunities for making money in city
real estate than in the fur trade. He be-
gan to buy extensively and thegrowth
OF the town was so rapid that in some
cases, the property Increased a hun
dred-fold. When he died, nearly forty
years ago, he was estimated to be
worth $50, OOO,O 900. He left to his
son, William B. Aston, the bulk OF his
estate, to be managed in the interest
of the family; William B. left it in turn
to his son John Jacob, and now John
Jacob has intrusted it to his son-his
sole child, indeed-William Waldorf
Aston. This virtually amounts to an
entail, and prevents the wealth from
being scattered, though there is small
danger of that, the Astors being noted
for conservatism and prudent thrift.
They have always invested in real es-
tate, buying few bonds or stocks, and
have evinced great care and discre tion
in their Investments. Their constant.
ly increasing surplus they have, so to
speak, put into theground, reaping ex.
traordinary profits thereby. They new.
er sell; they are ever buying, buying,
buying but keeping their transae'
tons as secret as possible. Nc
one but themselves and their agents
have any idea of the vast blocks of real
estate in their possession. They own
thousands OF business houses and
dwellings,. They never touch unim.
proved property, and now add each
year two or three hundred houses tC
their immense holding. Whenit is re
membered that wealth doubles al
simple interest in less than seventeen
years, and in much less time when in
vested in real estate, it is easy tc
understand how theirs must have
grown in the past ninety years. Ont
OF the advantages OF such investments
is that they increase with the value O.
the city. They are not confined, a
bonds'and similar securities are, to a
fixed rate of interest. Certain lots
purchased thirty odd years ago would
pay to-day what is equivalent to &C
or so per cent. per annum. There il
little doubt that the Astor. estate is
by far the greatest here or in the
country. 1t cannot be much short o.
$500, 600. 900, and by the close OF the
century, if managed as it has been, II
will be nearly doubled. What will
prevent them in another hundred
years from owning most OF Manhattan
island?-New York Cor. Boston Ad
vertiser.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Genuine SeltS.

Mlchael Davitt, in an interview III
the San Francisco Call, describes the
inhabitants of the islands off the Gal.
way (lreland) coast, as follows:
The inhabitants of these islands are
a splendid race of men. They are the
direct descendants OF the old Celtic
race, and their greatest boast is that
not drop of Saxon blood flows in
their veins. They speak no language
but Irish, which is spoken in all its or
iginal purity. They are now exactly
as they were 5000 years ago, anoble,
stalwart race of pure Celtic blood.
One of these islands is inhabited by
the descendants Of the Firbogs, who
were driven from the mainland by tn
Milesians, who came over from Spain
Their facial expression and the for-
nation OF their heads are different
from those Of the inhabitants OF the
other islands,
There is a. great fort on the island
called "Dunaengus," or the fort OF An.
gus, which is built of loose stones, and
is the largest Of it's kind in the world.
The people wear a peculiar sort Of
sandal OF Unframed leather, and tina
men and women have the most bear1.
tiful feet. They are most athletic, and
can i,nmp On q horse from the ground
and gallop wildly of. In one island
of fifty families there is no scho ol chap
lain, or policeman. The priest goes
over from the mainland twice year
The women are never attended by g
doctor. The people enjoy the most
excellent health and do not require
the services OF one. The children arc
little giants. The men are splendid
lot OF fellows, and every one who
knows them admires and is interested
in them. They are industrious and
virtuous, q keen-witted and nat.
nrally intelligent people. Three
! hundred g. year is the rent OF one
of these islands, and if the people were
taken of 1t would not be worth five
cents. The landlord knows that.
One OF the people once said to me
that he did not fear eviction because
it would cost him more than the land
| lord was worth to take the people
across to the mainland. An English
landlord with conscience would not
charge q dollar year rent for this
island, but the miserable "shoneens"
Of Ireland would take the last copper
the poor tenant had. On some of the
! islands there are schools. On others
the "poor-schoiar system" prevails.
Boys and girls 20 around from house
| to house and teach the children of the
families, their remuneration for doing
50 being food for their daily sustenance.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
What to Teach Our Daughters.

At a social gathering, says the
Charleston Dispatch, some one pro-
posed this question: "What shall ]
teach my daughter?' The following
replies were handed in:
Teach her that one hundred cents
make dollar.
Teach her how to arrange the parln,
and the library.
Teach her to say NO." and mean
it, or 'Yes," and stick to it.
Teach her how to wear a. calico dress,
and to wear it like queen.
Teach her how to sew on buttons,
darn stockings and mend gloves.
Teach her to dress for health and
comfort as we'll as for appearance.
Teach her to cultivate flowers and
keep the kitchen garden.
Teach her to have the neatest room
in the house.
Teach her to have nothing to do
with Incorporate or dissolute young
men.
Teach her that tight lacing is an
comely as well as injurious to health
Teach her to regard the morals and
habits, and not money, in selecting
her associates.
Teach her to observe the old rule:
"A place for everything, and every
thing IN it's place."
Teach her that music, drawing and
painting are real accomplishments in
the home, and are not to be neglected
if there be time or money for their
use.
Teach her the important truism:
That the more she lives within her in
come the more she will save, and the
farther she will get away from the
poor-house.
Teach her that a good, steady
church-going mechanic, farmer, clerk
Or teacher without a cent is worth
more than forty loafers or nonpro.
ducers in broadcloth.
Teach her to embrace every oppor.
tunity for reading, and to select such
books as will give her the most useful
and practical information in order tc
make the best progress in earlier as
well as later home and school life.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
A Look at the Queen.

London Correspondence Cleveland Leader.
Isaw the Queen in Edinburg. She
is fat, stout old woman, with arosy
face and dark gray hair. Her features
are more German than English, and
they look very inoffensive and unchar-
acteristic. You may see better faces
at any reception in America, or in
any days shopping. She was on her
way to the Edinburg Exposition, and
the streets OF Edinburg was cleared OF
carriages and street-cars during her
march. Plank fences had been erected
outside OF the pavements to keep back
the crowd, and hundreds of policemen,
soldiers and marshals were present to
hedge the divinity which surrounds
the Queen. The sidewalks along the
and the scene reminded me much of q
great procession in America. When
che Queen left Holyrood Palace, which
is in the city Of Edinburg,
the cannons on the castle be-
gan to boom, and the march was
made to this and to the music
of the band. The enthusiasm of the
people was not great, and the cheer as
she passed along was not equal to
that of an American procession in
| which the president takes part. Queen
Victoria with two of her daughters
| sat in a double.seated carriage hauled
by four horses and halt dozen lords
and dukes rode in front and behind
her. As the carriage passed along the
three women, one old and the Others
middle-aged and younger, kept contin.
uously bobbing their heads in bowling
q response to the cheers of the crowd.
The whole scene was ridiculous one
and the little soul exhibited in it shows
how fast the monarchial system is on
the wane and how little the Scotch
and the English care for it.
A day or two later saw Queen Vic.
toria again. At this time she had been
driving about the city seeing its sights.
There were crowds gathered on the
streets to see her pass by, and, as be-
fore, when her carriage came the po-
lice and soldiers cleared the way for
it. First the police came. then a car
riage with one of the Queens retinue
and policeman, then the outriders in
gorgeous uniforms, and lastly the
Queen in her carriage with the Prin.
cess Beatrice and her husband. Dur.
ing part of the ride there were no po'
licemen stationed on the sidewalk and
it seems to me that a dynamite fend
would have little trouble in assassi
mating Queen Victoria if he wished to
do so. The Princess Beatrice is q
fairly good-looking woman, but she
is by no means so pretty as Mrs
Cleveland, and her husband is 8
blonde mustached German Prince
/ with nothing particularly striking
about him. =
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Farm and Household.
Agricultural Items.

dow many OF the manufacturers Of
butter understand the value Of a neat
package or know to what extent the
package aids in selling the butter? An
Ohio manufactures sends to Elgin for
his butter tubs because he finds the
package made there very much heater
than those made at or near his cream
cries, and he is sharp enough to know
that appearances go q long way in
butter selling, as we'll as in a good
many other things. Western Agricul-
turist.
Weakness OF the sti1e should be
treated by lamentations with warm
decoction OF oak bark. The horse
should be turned loose, in q roomy
stall or stable so that he is not cramp-
ed in moving. Sprains of the stifie
are frequently caused by efforts to rise
in a narrow stall or by keeping the
horse standing in q cramped position
in 4 stable. go
An exchange suggests, il farmers
would 90 to their barn on q wet day
and spend their time in making an
eaves-trough for the barn or stable,
and thereby carry away the drip
which would otherwise fall on the
manure-pile, causing q waste of the ele-
ments ofplant food contained therein,
they will make more money that day
than they could any day in the field.
Convenience of farm buildings is an
important aid in good farming, espe.
cially where much stock is kept and
there are many chores. Water should
always be provided IN the barn-yard,
the feeding boxes should be near
where the feed is kept, and the build
ings should not be very far removed
from the house. If this results in
more neatness about barns and barn
yards than has been thought neces.
sary, it will be another important ad-
vantage gained.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
When to Sow Clover.
From Des Moines Register.

From Des Moines Register.
A valued correspondent inquiries
for the best time to SOW clover, This,
like nearly all questions connected
with practical farming, is answered in
many ways. Clover is so important
asa pasture plant, for hogs and cat
tie, for hay by itself, and as q great
stimulant when mixed with timothy,
to keep the soil loose and moist, and
lastly as the greatest fertilizer that the
farmer can possibly use. There is no
money in it. It is a necessity. 1t is
the farmers best friend. Without it
our farms will soon become barren
wastes, equal to the deserted cotton
fields at the South, or the mullen
wastes OF Virginia.
Experience has convinced us that
no crop Of wheat, oats or rye should
be raised without sowing clover early
In the spring ON winter grain, and with
spring grain as early as the grain is
sown. No matter if it be intended to
pillow up the land again the next fall
for corn or other crops. The fertiliz-
ing effects OF the clover, even in so
short a time, will pay more than
double the price of the clover seed and
for putting it in. You cannot SOW
too much clover, nor too many acres.
1t is never in the way in c,1ltivating
succeeding crops. but adds largely to
amount OF yield.
On winter grain we would recon-
mend sowing clover in March, on the
last snow Il you can rely on weather
prophets when it will come SO as not
to he too late. On spring grain It is
best not to sow clover with other
grain, as it will get buried
by the seed too deep. Sow att
erwards AMI harrow it in with q light,
wide slanting tooth harrow, or
brush drag. Don't wait Tor the dark
OF the moon don't wait for the Other
( grain to get started land especially
don't wait until it is too late. II will
not in the least grow too last and
smother the grain. Ia this respect i
never smot theirs, or hinders the growth
OF any plant, but, attracting moist
/ ure from tho atmosphere, aids
wheat, oats and barley s. dry weath,
6, and does no injury q vet. 81
course. IN such = spring and summer
- the past, failure q clovsr seed tc
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
How Masy an Old Maid Does q Much Good .
Twenty Married Women.

lilgS. 80 SO %Eis't &f|28
Now Masy an old Maid Does y Much Good .,
vi 81 Twenty Married Women.
From the Contemporary Review.
Every girl who is entirely dependent
on her male relations position
which, considering all the ups and
downs OF life, the SOONER she gets out
of the better-ought by the time
she Is old enough to possess any
money to know exactly how muchehe
has, where it is invested and what it
ought yearly to bring in. BY this
time also she should have acquired
some knowledge of business-bank
business, referring to checks, dividends
and SO on--and as much OF ordinary
business as she can. To her infor.
nation OF a practical kind never
comes amiss, especially the tire gold
en- rules, which have very rare OK
ceptions: No investment of over five
per cent. is really safe; trust no one
with your money without security,
which ought to be as strict between
the nearest and dearest friends as be.
tween strangers; and, lastly, keep all
your affairs from day 20 day in as &C.
curate order as if you had to die to.
morrow. The mention of dying sug.
gests another necessity-as soon as
you are FL years OF age make your
will. You will not die a day the soon.
er; you can alter it whenever you like,
while the ease of mind it will be to you
and the trouble it may save to those
that come after you is beyond telling.
1t cannot be too strongly impressed
upon every girl who has or expects
that not undesirable thing, "a little
income OF her own" what an exceed.
ingly fortunate respon sibility this
is, and how useful she may make
it to others. Happier than the lot Of
many married women is that OF the
"unappropriated blessing" as I have
heard an old maid called, who has her
money, less or more, in her own hands,
and can use it as she chooses, gener-
ously as wisely, without asking any
body's leave and being accountable
for it to no one. But then she must
have learned from her youth upward
how to use it; she must not spare any
amount of trouble in the using of it,
and she must console herselffor many
a lonely regret-we are but human,
all Of us--with the thought that she
has been trusted to be g. steward OF
the Great Master. Such an old maid
often does as much good in her genera.
ton as twenty married women.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
your nose with the finger Of the left

!! our nose with the finger Of the left.
hand thus. 4 ##. 81 #$I/ {. 81.
Poor Smith more than suspected he
had &c been made q victim Of q joke, the
hero OF q tale with which Jones would
regale many a Masonic brother with
infinite relish. Certainly he never
seeks to discover the sign by becoming
q Mason. AS to Brother Jones, he
has risen higher and higher in the
Craft, and is not molly P. G. D. J. o.,
but z. M. NJ. p, E.. A. P. and KY. 2;
also, L. L. D. A. s. S.-Fraternal
Record. ~ I.f
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19

statistician Lorin Blodget makes
this statement Of Philadelphia year-
" output Of textile industries: Car.
pets, $38, 600, 600; cottons, $25, O00,.
900; worsteds. S25, o0o, 600; hosiery,
.$1S, 600, 600; woolens, $15, OO0. 900;
silks. $4,000, 600; total, $13s. 0QQ.,
600. .,..z
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
How to Fight = Cold.

AS soon as oppression of the chest,
obstruction of the nasal ducts and
unusual lassitude indicates that a
"cold has been TAKEN" it's influence
should at once be counteracted by the
purest and coolest air available, and
the patient should not stop to weigh
the costs of a days furlough against
the danger of a chronic catarrh. In
case imperative duties should interfere
the enemy must be met after dark by
devoting first halt of the night to an
outdoor campaign, and the second
half to an encampment before wide
open window. If the fight is to be
short and decisive the resources of the
adversary must be diminished by g.
strict fast. Temporary abstinence
from food is the most effective and at
the same time the safest method for
eliminating the morbid elements of the
system. Towards the end of the year
a damp, sultry day-catarrh weather
lis sometimes followed by a sudden
frost and at such times I have often
found that six hours inhalation OF
pure, cold night air will free the OBJ
structed air passages that on the fol-
10 wing morning hardly slight huski-
ness Of the voice suggests the narrow
ness OF the escape from two weeks
respiratory misery. But, aided by
exercise, outdoor air OF any tempera-
ture will accomplish the same effect.
In two days resolute pedestrian can
walk away from g. summer catarrh OF
tnat malignant type that is apt to
defy halfopen windows. But the spe-
citic of the movement cure is arm exer.
cise-dumb bell swinging, grapple-swins
practice and wood chopping. On a
cold morning (for, after all, there are
ten winter catarrhs to onein summer)
woodshed matinee seems to reach
the seat of the disease by an air line.
AS the chest begins to heave under the
stimulus OF the exercise, respiration
becomes freer as 1t becomes deeper
and fuller, expectoration ceases to be
painful, and the mucus is at last dis
charged en- masse, as if the system
had only waited for that amount
of encouragement to rid it.
self of the incubus. A catarrh can
thus BE- broken up in single day.
VI WIZ AoAO AtblA NcCA LAcuACG SlAOulI@
be frugal and cooling. Fruit, light
bread and a little cold, sweet milk is
the best catarrh diet. A fast day,
though, is still better. Fasting effects
in perfectly safe way what the old
school practitioners tried to accom-
plish by bleeding; it reduces the semi
febrile condition which accompanies
every severe cold. There is no doubt
that by exercise alone a catarrh can
gradually be worked off," But in
doors it is apt to be steep uphill
work, while cold air-even before the
| season of actual frosts-acts~ upon
| pulmonary disorders as it does upon
malarial levers; it reduces them to q
less malignant type.
! A combination OF three spechcs-ex.
ercise. abstinence and fresh air-wil]
cure the most obstinate cold.-Dr. Os.
valid.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19
Haking Cheese.

Betsey Jones tells in the Farm Jour-
nal how to make family cheeses. She
says: The milk should be heated to
s4deg. and enough rennet added to
begin coagulation in 20 minutes and
complete it in 40 to As. Then cut the
eurd as fine as beechnuts. Heat slow
ly, raising the temperature one degree
in five minutes until SO deg. are reach.
ed, constantly but gently stirring the
curd to prevent packing and to secure
even heating. Hold at this point with
an occasional stirring, until the curd,
when u handfulis taken up and squeez-
ed together, say as hard as you would
squeeze to milk an ordinary cow, will
at once spring apart and become
loose again. Then draw off the whey
while it is yet sweet, the temperature
being reduced to 81 or e2 deg and let
the curd stand till it is sensibly set.
Put to pres at 8Odeg. and cure in a
room at IS to 7Odeg.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-19

grow IS inevitable, and no farmer
should be dis ouraged. Butsow clover
with q prodigal hand, and your farm
will constantly grow more productive.
your hogs will grow more healthy and
thrifty, and your cattle will more
thoroughly show their good breeding.
and the proprietor show his good
sense.
Learn to raise your own clover seed
and alittle foryour neighbours. Clover
seed will always be a good price, and
will amply pay for saving the second
crop for that purpose. But in saving
look out for heating must or mould.
If this fall the crop of clover seed in
the clover meadow be very small and
limited, save it all. 1t will pay. If
there is not enough to induce q clover
huller to visit your farm, store away
carefully the hay with the seed in it.
And when the time comes, scatter the
hay where you want clover. Clover
will make the farm, rich, and the own
er richer, and the stock on the farm
the richest
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-31
" F17aKll'7iF " uIR7
Surveys.

Surveyor General Greene furnishes the
following to the Helena papers for pGbli-
cation. 1t will be of interest to many of
our readers
HELENA, March 23.-DEAR SIR: AS an
item of interest to your readers and to the
people of the territory at large, take
pleasure in informing you that the COM
missioner of the general land office has 50
modified his instructions governing sur
veys In Montana as to authorize surveys
wherever actual settlers will be benefited.
| have every reason to believe that
within the next sixty days contracts will
have been made TO the full amount OF the
apportionment and the same approved by
the commissioner.
B. H. GREENE, Surveyor Gen'.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-03-31
Cabinet Session.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-To-day' ses-
sion of the cabinet was devoted to the cone
sideration of measures designed to secure
a more rigid enforcement of the Chinese
restriction act necessary with reference to
preventing the landing of Chinese labor-
ers without certificates. 1t represents
that trouble constantly arises in cases
where immigrants claim to have lost or
mislaid their certificates and bring wit
nesses to prove that they were in this
country at the time of the passage of the
act and were actually provided with the
certificate prescribed by law which enti-
tied such persons to return to the United
States after visit to China.
Another question considered by the
cabinet was in relation to the affairs Of the
Union Pacific Railway company and the
steps necessary TO protect the government
interests therein.