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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
The Farmers Paradise.

A man on his own farm, we'll culti-
waited and kept, we'll stocked, with
good modern dwellings and barns and
outbuildings, master OF both time and
acres, tied to no hours by the calls of
bells or whistles, free to come and 60
according to the necessities of none
but himself, mostly in his own fields,
performing his healthful ]abors within
sight OF the smoke OF his own Chin
neys, is surly as rich, in the genuine
sense of that word. as any man can
be. He has othing to fear, nobody
to envy. OF one thing he is sure all
his days, and that is sufficient liv-
ing; and that is what other men are
never sure of without a single pang Of
doubt or apprehension. There is his
home, there is all the animal and in
animate machinery Of the establish
,nent, and for the rest he looks in pro-
found trust tothe bounty Of heaven.
Instead Of this unworthy and de-
moralizing anxiety to get rich, if the
average farmer, once being solidly es~
tablished, would resolve to enlarge
and exalt his life as it is, to make
more out of that, to- enjoy, as much as
possible OF what there is to be enjoyed,
to adorn and beautify his home-that
only paradise on earth-within and
without, he would find all his daily
tasks easier, even to the extent OF be-
ing delightful; he would feel rich, where
now, with more money, he feels all the
time poor; and he would rid himself
of g. false tyrant in the form OF in
ereasing parsimony that holds his
nose to the grindstone till he is flung
into his grave. If farmers only knew
it they would be the richest men on
earth.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
A Beautiful Sight.
The American Rural Home.

The American kuEat Home.
A few years ago was teaching in q
small village, and from one family I
had six scholars, the oldest twelve
years and the youngest four years of
age. The family consisted of the IA
ther, mother, and eight children. The
father was one of the finest looking
men ever saw; he was fully six feet
tall and finely formed; the mother
was 9, trail, delicate woman, and very
pretty, and looked like child. One
would never have taken her for the
mother ofeight children. Icalled there
one evening just as the mother was
getting her little flock ready for bed;
each child helped the next youngest.
The mother sat in low rocking chair.
and assisted the little ones, and held
on her lap the baby not quite one
year old. Then the five little ones
gathered around the mother and
knelt down with folded hands, and
each, commencing :. with the ED
est, said their prayers, and the
little babe kept it's little hands
folded, and when each had finished
their prayers, the mother, holding the
little babes hands together, repeated
the prayer, and the. little one tried to
say it with a cooling sound. Then each
child kissed the mother and babe, said
good night and then kissed each other
and went to bed. 81. S..s.#
think it was the prettiest sight I
ever saw. That mother was q Chris
tian, having been converted at the age
of six years, and had ever since lived
pure, Christian life. thought as /
looked on that little group, could
any harm ever come to that little
flock. walled in by such 8 mot theirs
prayerse i have known the family
ever since and have never known q
cross or unkind word to pass between
them. The boys, grown to. be men,
are not ashamed to be seen kissing
their mother cd might. How many
Of the household. and readers Of this
paper, ara training their children Ia
The path q RICH eousness? g rain up
d child in the way he should 90; and
when he IS old, he wiilnotd depart from
it, 3@
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
European Millions.
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
For many years the richest individ
ual in all Russia was Herr Steightz.
When he retired from affairs in 1860,
he held property to the value of near.
~ e2, 100000. But the richest men
in the land of the Cars at the present
time are the two Noble brothers. They
control more petroleum than any
other concern in the world. Their
wealth is really beyond calculation,
though a correspondent thinks that
ESQ ,OOO,O is not an extravaganza
estimate.
1t is to the Rothschilds,, however,
that belongs the honor of being the
richesbsamong men. Their united prop
critics pass even beyond the millions.
In the last twelve years they have
loaned to certain European govern.
ments nearly f90,OO0,OOO. Their
lordly power is shown in g. modern
instance. In 1856 the Prussian gov
eminent demanded an indemnity Of
95, 600, 900 from the city of Frankfort.
The head of the Rothschild house in
that city sent word to Count Bismarck
that If an attempt was made to force
the levy he would break every bank in
Berlin, and Bismarck was compelled
to give way. Inferior only to the
RothSchilds are the Barring Brothers,
who have Eat instantaneous com,
mand" EGO, 200, 0OO.sf
Among the richest of moderns is the
Car Of Russia, who enjoys from his
personal estate an income of So, OOO,.
900. There are several noblemen in
England who have immense wealth at
their command. The Dukes of Buc.
cleuch, Devonshire and Norfolk and
the Marquis of Butte have each Of
them rent rolls OF 94OO, 900 per an
mum. The Duke of Portland, who
died recently, left unentailed property
Of over e, 900, 900. The greater part
OF his palace was constructed under
ground. His banquet hall, ballroom
riding-school and q number of superb
guest rooms are veritable tunnels
decorated ina fashion so splendid as
| to seem, when described, like d story
Of the Maai. - : ~. y
Richer even than any OF these
millionaires is the Duke of West
| minister, who undoubtedly has the
largest income of. any individual ir
the world. His fortune lies largely ir
the Numerically opposite regions o.
London known as the West End and
Seven dials. He owns acre upon acre
of the most aristocratic domain ir
London, and his tenements cover
miles in the worst slums in the world
His income is said to amount to s1(
| a minute,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30

:
supper just as hot as they can eatit..
To find out how hot it should be pick
up q handful and hold it tightly in
your closed hand; if it burns, ofcourse
II IS too hot, but if after holding it q
minute it makes your hand feel warm
and nice it is just right. To heat the
corn put it in an iron pan or kettle in
the stove oven and stir it occasional
~. II your wife has biscuit in the
oven you better put the kettle on the
back part Of the stove and stir, the
corn often. Mind now, ! don't mean
that you are to put water in with the
corn; | mean hot, dry corn. If some
kernels at the bottom of the kettle
should get scorched, or even charred,
the hens. will eat it, audit will do them
good, too" . H.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30

God help the stranger that IS taken
sick there writes an officer OF the
United States steamship Gatena,
speaking Of Aspinwall, 1T is not un-
common for people to lie down in the
street and 5diesin broad daylight, and
when dying receives no offer Ct assist.
anre,S even in answer to an appeal for
% drink OF waite The people appear
to be hear tess as il thar iliarity
with death had made Them eallous,'
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
Earliest aud Best Potatoes,

This is the season Of the year when the
inquiry is for the best early potatoes.
The earliest varieties are the Beauty
Of Hebron, Chas. Downing, Early Dur
ham, Early Gem, Early Ohio, Early
Pearl, and Gardeners EARLY Seeding.
The Ohio Experimental station last
year, made careful test of twenty. OF
the best early varlties, as to yield and
quality. They found that Lees Fa-
vorite was the most productive, It
yielding 423 bushels per acre. And
the first ten in the twenty varieties
produced each over 800 bushels per
acre. The amount of each was in the
order named as follows: Lees Favor
lite, Clark No. l, Pearl OF Savoy, Early
Durham. Thorburn, EARLY Rose, Rosy
Morn, Early Ohio, Chas. Downing,
Watson's Seeding, Beauty OF Hebron,
Early Pearl, none Of them falling be.
low 800 bushels per acre.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
Farm and Househol
How to make styli.l !, /, Aprons.

8 - + y
Pretty, dressy aprons that have
been fashionable for 50 many years are
again brought forward among the
dainty accessories in our furnishing
stores. 81. i r. :. =. 55 .s.5. FL .j
Fancy aprons for ladies' morning
wear are growing more and more
elaborate. Fine scrim is used very
generally Tor this purpose, and they
are decorated most deliberately with
ribbons and cross-stitch embroidery.
Such aprons may be bought all ready
made at the decorative art stores, or
they may make pretty fancy work. u,
a dressy apron is made of heavy
white lace insertion alternating with
strips OF colored cambria. The cam
brio strip is of the same width as the
lace, and the two are joined by having
the edge of the goods rolled and the
edge overseamed. The new crinkled
seersuckers, combined with strips of
Russian lace insertion, is exceedingly
pretty.
A novel style of apron is in ecru
batiste. It is plainly hemmed at the
bottom and laid the entire length in
broad box plaits. These plaits are
covered half way down with embroid-
cry or colored laces, and finished with
points at the lower end, the center piece
being the longest, the sides growing
short In proportion. There are seven
large trimmed plaits.
A new apron is made by taking q
half breadth OF lawn and set on each
side an embroidered flouncing eighteen
inches deep. A fall Of narrower edging
is set on the bottom of the apron,
After this is done fold the whole ma
terial into large double box plait,
wrong side out, and then put on the
band. Narrower founcing may be
used for the sides, but the effect is bet
ter if it is wide. No pockets are made
on the new.style aprons, and they are
either finished with a button at the
back, or long wide sash ends to be tied
with a bow.
One pretty-style of apron is made OF
plain width OF coarse ecru scrim, the
bottom trimmed with Russian lace.
Above the hem is q band of drawn
work, and over this is Russian pat
tern in embroidery in dark green, red,
and orange. A broader band OF en-
broidery and drawn work is across
the middle OF the apron. Tue top is
sloped out in front and put on an en-
broidered band without fullness, and
that part that will not set in the band
without making it hang badly is left
to "hop' like the sides of the white
aprons that butchers wear.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30
Hot Corn for Fowls.

i corresponden writes: ~ You
want ID make. your fowls feel good
and thankful give them hat corn Tor
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30

quite eagerly. MISS DAlCOn cells me
she is to leave in June"
"Oh, yes. I shall be out then.
am quite grown up now" Nab assur-
ed him with much naivete and q little
dignity; but she blushed like rose
over the young mans next words.
Very we'll, ] shall look for you,
and yo,, must give me your first dance
at the University BALL / will dance
with no one else until, you appear. Do
not disappoint me. ] shall know
what to think if I see you. It will
show you care q little for my wishes,
in spite of ell your teasing for you
have teased me sadly, haye you not
Miss Mab?'' s
But TO this Mabel made no sort Of q
rejoinder except BY that blush.
Shesat and ought about il all when
the carriage had taken them at last
to the station, and she was LETT alone
q in the sunny, deserted drawing-room.
!, Miss Dalton was gone, all the lesson
books were put away she was agroWn-
UP young lady, a. she said. Her time
was her own. AT tho present moment
/ she MS mistress 81 that great house,
ard had half 4 dozen servants st her
command. When the carriage came
back she was at liberty to got into it,
sAnd order the Gilman ~ convey
hsr round the park Her sisters might
~ shocked, perhaps, at such indie
i,sndence, but then they should not
haNe lett hsc And yet, III spite 81 III
his trsed ar I, md grandeur 40 Gin:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11
l.egal.
DUNCAN & O'CONOR,

frOfh6US at Lar.
CTATE OF ILLINOIS, Ia SALE COM
- TY-ss. In the circuit court, Ia UtpbeJ Io", A.
u. 1886.
Vineria Fowler, Harlow Fowler and Harlow NJ. F"w
Ter rs. George Hunt, Attorney General OF Illinois
Charles Blanchard and Sidney r. Blanchard. Executors
of the last Ill and testament of Esther s. Chapman
deceased. Emma K. Fowler, Benjamin ". snow. Julia
W. Snow, Eva f. Wood, Ida l. Cove. The CungrcgA
tlonal Church OF La Sale, Illinois The Mefhodist
Church of La Sale Illinois, and The Old Ladies Home
of Chicago, Illinois In ChdncefE.
Affidavit Of non .rcsidencel on Emma f. Fowler,
Ida l.. Cove and Eva r. Wood. implicated with the
above DEFENDANTS having been fled in the clerks office
of the Circuit Court Of said county notice Is therefore
hereby given 10 the said nonresident dcfenulnts that
the complanants ned their amended bill of complaint
in said court OF the chancery side thereof on the 2th
day Of August, 1885. and that thereupon summons
issued out Of said court wherein said sui no" pend
Ing returnable the second Monday IN the month uf
October next AZ is by law required.
Now, unless you, the said non resident defendants
above named Emma X. Fowler. Ida l.. toNe ana
Eva E. Wood, shall personally be and appear before
said Circuit Court the first day Of tlt next term
thereof TO be holden At Ouaws, in and for the said
county on the second Monday in October next, and
plend answer or demur 10 the said conplanants bill
Of complaint, the same and the matters and Things
therein Charged and stated will be taken As confessed
and n decree entered against you according 10 thc
prayer OF said bill WILLIAM ". TAYLOR Clerk.
Ottawa Illinois, August 1rh 1886
DUNCAN OJoNoR, Compits SOlrs AuS<'-l"
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What Does IL Matter?

Wealth and glory, place and power,
What are they worth 10 me or you
For the lease Of life runs out in an hour,
And death stands ready to claim his due
Sounding honors Of heaps Of gold,
What are they all when all is told?
4 pain or pleasure, a smile or a tear
What does it matter what we claim?
For we step from the cradle into the bier,
And n careless world goes on the same.
Hours Of glalness or hours Of sorrow,
What does il matter TO US tomorrow
Truth Of love or vow Of friend
Tender cGresses or cruel sneers--
What do they matter TO us in the end ?
For the brief day dies and the long nigh
nears.
Passionate kisses, or tears Of gall,
The grave will open and cover them all.
Homeless vagrant, or honored guest,
Poor and humble, or rich AMI great,
All are rackcd with the worlds unrest,
All must meet with the common fate
Life from childhood till we are old,
What il it all when all is told?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11
Biographical Sketch Of Colonel
Dick Taylor.
(CONCLuDED.)

CONCLUDED
AT the conclusion of our last article we
left Col. Taylor at Springfield, enjoying his
share, and the larger portion thereof, of the
glory Of the removal of the capitol from
Vandalia to Springfield, and the success of
the canal bill. lie had become the personal
friend of both Abraham Lincoln aud Stephen
A. Douglas, then scarcely past boyhood, and
able men in modern history. Lincoln was
reading law at Springfield, and Douglas was
engaged in the same study at Jacksonville
These young men were attracted to each
other from the day Of their first acquaint-
ance, probably by reason Of the similarity
Of their intellectual tastes anu pursuits, and
perhaps more by the remarkable gilt of ma
ture TO each-genius Alike in their warm
social feelings and rare mental and orator.
cal ability, yet they differed in almost every
thing else except talent as widely as the
poles Douglas was short and fat, and pos.
sessed hnely rounded ana remarkably
large head, animated by a pair of brilliant
black eyes-"windows Of the soul which
varied in their expression momentarily from
fierce hate, scOrn OF any sort of passion and
burniag eloquence TO beaming in the tender
ness of charity and love, rejecting upon the
outer world each particular mood and tense
Of the godly mind that animated them.
Douglas was then quite young aud in the un
pleasant grasp of poverty, and dressed in
accordance with his means, or, rather. want
OF any. The father of the writer remem
bers to have seen the future Little Giant"
in the summer of 1885. wearing chip hat
a pair Of jeans trousers, cowhide shoes and
q hickory shirt while at the same time
the young orator was storing his great brain
with facts and figures, flowers Of rhetoric
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11

No trouble "Do you have much trouble
in getting your children to take medicine ~
said Mrs, Green, addressing Mrs, Black.
None at all" How did you manage it,
"Well, for instance, when l want my boy
to take castor oil, pour the oil into glass
and say: Here, Tom, drink this; but you
needn't ask for any more Then he drinks
it with apparent relish, believing that am
not anxious for him to take It, He always
asks for more. Oh, NJ; 1t Is no trouble to
get my children to take medicine. "-Ar-
kdnsao Trdgeler
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11

In many localities Hoods Sarsaparilla is
In such general demand that 1t is the rec
ognized family medicine. People write
that "the whole neighborhood is taking It,
etc" Particularly is this true of Lowell,
Mass, where IL is made and where more
of Hoods Sarsaparilla Is sold than of any
other ssrssparilla or blood purifier. 1t is
the great remedy for debility, scrofula, dys-
pepsia, biliousness, or any disease caused
by impure state or low condition of the
blood. Give IL trial.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11

Girls of II marrlageable age do not like
out by following the subioined instructions,
the young lady doing the figuring; Tell
her to put down the number of the month
in which she was born, then to multiply it
by two, then add five, then to multiply it
by fifty, to add her age, then to substract
365, then to add ll5, then ask her to tell
you the amount remaining. The two fig
ures to the right will denote her age, and
the remainder the month of her birth For
example, the amount is 500, she is % years
old and was born in the eighth month
See! Great scheme.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H., says,
Having received so much benefit from Elcc.
trio Bitters, feel it my duty to let suffering
humanity know it. Having had a running
sore on my leg for eight years, my doctors
told me | would have TO have the bone
seraped or the leg amputated, used instead
three bottles of Electric Btters and seven
boxes Of Bucklon's Arnica Salye, and my leg
is now sound and we'll" Electric Btters are
sold at 80 cents a bottle and Bucklen's Arnica
Salvc at 25 cents per box, by d. Lorraux.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-09-11

d. A. Bradford, wholesale paper dealer OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, writes, that he was Sc.
riously afflicted with a severe cold that set
tied on his lungs; had tried many remedies
without benefit. Being induced to try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption, did
so and was entirely cured by use of few
bottles. Since which time he has used it in
his family for all Coughs and Colds with
best results. This is the experience OF
thousands whose lives have been saved by
this Wonderful Discovery. Trial bottles
free at D. Lorriaux's drug store.
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Here in the parlor cool and sweet,
Scented with roses from the garden,
wait the coming OF her feet,
And vainly try my heart TO harden,
For she is cold-ah here's fan
Lying outspread upon the table
A dainty toy from far Japan
1t must be yours, fair, blue'eyed Mabel.
Upon it four old Mandarins
Travel about at fearful angles.
Umbrellas balanced on their chins,
And round their necks great golden ban
gles,
Their robes seemed rufiled by breeze;
The tints would drive Turner frantic;
But then, at is SO Japanese
And that, Of late, is quite romantic.
Here, just beneath this purple cloud,
Is one dark space-and shall find it?
The thoughts dare not speak aloud
My pen may tell her, if will it.
II shall Though never good al verse,
For four short lines I'm surely able
There Certainly have seen worse,
That neat line, Coy, charming Mabel.
Il hear her step And now the "swish"
OF silken skirts, the staircase trailing,
When will she see il? 0, | wish
Ny courage al at once is failing.
IL brave i, out y Miss Clair, found
This fan, and wrote some nonsense on it
Perhaps you'll read il. III be bound
You'll laugh at my poor awkward sonnet,
But If YOU knew-could but show
Can it be true that smiles she smothers?l
30. thank you. She'll be pleased, | know,
For, Mr.. Bond, that fans ny mothers?
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Reliable Testimony.

Parties who desire to know the virtues of
Swlfts Specific as curative agent should
send a postal card to the Swift Specific
Company, of Atlanta, Ga. One of Its
strongest testimonials Is from Major sid.
ney Herbert, the well known journalist,
who was permanently cured of bad case
of rheumatism by taking 1t, and later was
greatly benefited by its use while recover.
ing from an almost fatal attack of malarial
fever His testimony is voluntary and I'M.
questioned.-Southern Culticator, Karch,
1886.
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DYSPEPSIA

Causes its victims to be miserable, hopeless,
confused, and depressed in mind, very irrita-
bic, languid, and drowsy. 1t Is disease
which does not get we'll of itself. 1t requires
careful, persistent attention, and remedy to
throw of the causes and tone up the dlges-
tive organs till they perform their duties
willingly. Hoods Sarsaparilla has proven
just the required remedy in hundreds OF cases.
~ have taken Hoods Sarsaparlla for dys-
pepsia, from which have suffered two years.
tried many other medicines, but none proved
so satisfactory as Hoods Sarsaparila."
THOMAS COOK, Brush Electric Light Co.,
New York City.
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The democratic PROPRIETOR of The Mama

The democratic proprietor of The Napa
(Cal) Reporter is D. w. Hackett, and his
fathe. is the republican nominee for sheriff.
Recently the republican convention took
place, and made ticket composed largely
of Nspa men, Hackett, jr., made report
of the proceedings of the convention, and
headed it; "Napa Hogs 1t All" Then he
took nap until his paper had gone to
press, and when the edition had been
printed he woke up very thoroughly, for
the heading read Papa Hogs II All"
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Where has Manning gone for the sum.
mer?n
de has gone to Watch Hill, sire"
Where, Daniely' queried the President,
reused from his reyerie fora moGent, only
to relapse again.
ITO Watch Hill, sire"
"Cm-um," soliloquized the President in
an almost inaudible voice, "thats kind Of
Manning. I'm going to watch Hill myself
this summer and next winter and next sum
mer, too"
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From Arkansas,

| was terribly afflicted with rheumatism
for about a year; was treated by several
physicians and tried all popular rheumatic
remadies; spent eight months at Hot
Springs without obtaining relief. In DC
tober last | commenced the use of Swifts
Specific, and have been almost entirely re-,
lieved. III. NJ. REEVES.
Conway, Ark, March s, 1886.