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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
III deliver you thai pork when the
quo tatiOnS are 81 81 "a ',sst5g

I'll deliver you y,,, thai pork when the
QUOT ations are 81 {. q
Soon Petersb burg fell and pork began
to gosd down SO last that the bulls were
dizzy. Richmond was evacuated and
pork collapsed. lille lying in his
bed in bIilwaukee Armour had figured
that the fall Of Richmond would knock
the price 81 pork down fifty per cent.
He had calculated we'll. The thou
sands Of barrels which he had sold at
$40 lie now began to deliver at $18.
There WAS q panic among the bulls.
Many Of Them concluded to re-
pudiate their contracts. Even Ar
mour's brokers' turned against him.
They had profted by his business
when he was making ventures, but
now that he was ready to reap his
harvest they Joined their bull trends
and refused to make the deliveries.
But Armour employed other brokers,
and remaining in New York for ninety
days, early and late pressed his debt
ors and made them toe the mark.
His profits were about 100000,
and Armour & Plankinton became
the greatest provision men in the
world. To his old brokers he merely
said: "You have, acted dishonorably
and fundamentally toward me and
I'll drive you out Of business" He
meant what he said A year later the
rival firm of II. O. Armour e. Co., was
established next door to the brokers
in question, and IL less than hall
dozen years the sign OF the latter firm
was taken down..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
For Growing Plca.

AS an excellent mixture for growing
pigs, according to the Iowa Home
stead, the proposition is to take six
teen bushels of oats and ten bushels
of corn and grind them we'll together,
then intimately mix with this 100
pounds OF oatmeal, which at Iowa
prices made q feed that costs but
about 20 cents per hundred. But
Eastern pork-raisers should not be de-
ceived regarding cost OF material, and
it would be considerably more here
than appears to be the case in Iowa,
where oats cost 25 cents per bushel
and oatmeal Sl.75 per hundred, while
here the mixture would cost us more
than corn meal. It is claimed that
corn does much more good when fed
with q little oatmeal than if fed alone,
which q careful trial will determine.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Two Veterans Compare Their
Medals.

Among the steerage passengers who
arrived from Glasgow, on the State OF
Nevada, was Joseph Blackford, an
old man, whose breast was covered
with medals. They indicated that he
had served in the Crimea, fought at
Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol,
and mad also served through the In
dian campaign, and took part in the
siege OF Lucknow. He was g. veteran
OF the Seventy-6rst Highlanders, and
was on his way to St. Joseph, Mo.
Capt. Jack Hussey, the. celebrated
life-saver of Castle Garden, was in
PRODUCED to the old British soldier as
capt. Hussey, of the; Mulligan
Guards!" Sergt. Blackford examined
with great interest tho handsome med
ais given to Capt. Hussey for his feats
OF life-saving and then remarked:
these are fne medals, indeed,
but you have not been in" such
engagements as i have been in, and
you havn't seen active service
"Wot do Icare for the battles ye've
been in, "hotly retorted Capt. Hussey.
"Thim medals were not ginned by kill
in poor divils, but by savin' thin"
Sergt. Blackford shook hands with
Capt. Hussey and then went on his
way to st. Joseph. IN. Y. Sum-.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
The Biggest Things on Earth.

The greatest wall i'll the world is the
Chinese wall, built by the emperor OF
the Tsin dynasty, about 220 B. c.,
as protection against the Tartars
1t traverses the northern boundary
ofChina, and is carried over the high
est hills, through the deepest valleys,
across rivers and every other natural
obstacle. Its length is ], $50 miles.
Among the most remarkable natu-
raj echoes is that of Eagles Nest, on
the banks of Killarney, in Ireland,
which repeats bugle call until it
seems to be sounded from g. hundred
instruments, and that of the banks
of the Naha, between Bingen and Cob
lentz, which repeats asound seventeen
times.
The most remarkable artificial echo
known is that of the castle of Simon
eta, about two miles from Milan. It
is occasioned by the existence of two
parallel walls of considerable length.
Itrepeats the report of pistol sixty
times.
The most remarkable whirlpool is
the maeIstrom of the northwest coast
of Norway and southwest of Mos
ken9sol, the most southerly of the
Lofoden isles. It was once supposed
to be unfathomable, but the depth has
been shown not to exceed twenty
fathoms.
The greatest cataract in the world
is that OF Niagara. The Horseshoe
fall, on the Canadian side, has per-
pendicular descent of 1853 feet. The
height of the American fall is l67 feet.
The horseshoe fall, which carries q
larger volume of water than the Ameri-
can fall, is about 600 yards wide and
extends from the Canadian shore to
Goat island.
The biggest diamond in the world, if
indeed it be diamond, is the Bre-
CANA, which forms a part of the
Portuguese crown jewels. 1t weighs
1850 carats. However, not a little
doubt exists OF it being diamond, as
the government has never allowed it
to be tested. It was found in Brazil
in 1741.
The largest tested but uncut dia-
mond is the Nathan, belonging to the
rajah of Nathan, in Borneo. 1t is OF
pure water, weighs 367 carats and is
Of pear shape, indented at the thick
end. 1t was found about 1850 at
Landark, in Borneo. 1t has been the
cause of a sanguinary war. Before it
was cut the Koh-i-noor, which is one
OF the English crown jewels, was the
largest tested diamond. It then
weighed 1893 carats. When in posses
sion OF the Emperor Aurengezbe twas
reduced by unskillful cutting to 1876
carats. During the Sikh mutiny it
was captured by British troops and
presented to Queen Victoria. 1t was
recut and now weighs LOG 1-6 carats.
Philadelphia News.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
euro of Chapped Hands.

A chronic sufferer during ten years
from cracked hands, who like the
woman of old vainly tried many doc
tors and much medicine, finally adopt
ed the following simple treatment,
communicated through The New-York
Witness:
"Some one told nae to try honey,
and found great relief from a few APP
plications, and then l got honey and
kept dish OF it beside my wash basin,
and every time after washing my
hands, while they were yet wet, |
dipped my fingers in the honey and
rubbed it all over my hands. It's on
ly moment OF work. Rub your
hands quickly, as if washing them;
then wipe on the towel; it will not
leave any sticky substance-your
hands being wet. the honey mixes
with the water.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Handsome, Though Unseen.
From the New York Tribune:

1dASasO1Ae, InOugh Unseen.
From the New York Tribune:
Stocking are very gay. The gold en-
broidered and beaded roses and lilies
Of the present new styles have tiny
dropping tassels5 Of silk and fine beads;
IN Others the artistic mingling of colors
has never been surpassed in har-
monlons blending Of pale olive, brown
and blue; brown and wine-color, flesh
color and 9 warm olive; dark red and
olive. Pretty stripes are seen in moss
green and rose-pink, black and red,
blue and cardinal. Vertical stripes
OF brilliant colors are divided by a
narrow stripe Of lace. Another still
:dalntier style has feet Of rose-color
ana mose-green tops, and other feet
Of delicate colors with artistic con-
' 9. z. The finest silk stockings of
plain. black haye fine ecrue silk soles,
and black lace stockings are exquisite
enough for gloves. Black. spun-silk
stockings ware finishes with unbleach-
Cd soles, and hanaason fine walking
styles have balbri feet and black
sill tops. Sober 'sray is 8 favorite
SHADE, &c q strong contrast TO the
butterfly sbrigh tness Of the Others. and
cafe al lait where i here q more milk
than there q ifee, ssRe, peacock
blue, strawberry ana al shades OF
blue make up the RS
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
4 "Lightning Calculator" ON
Vanderbilt's wealth.

=. A lightning calculator" in the New
York Times produces the following
statements for our . 1ifcation:
I If this sum Of 5000, OOo, 900 were in
standard silver dollars it would pre-
vent such features as this:
Put lengthwise dollar after dollar,
it would stretch q distance of 4,672
miles, making silver streak from
New York across the ocean to Liver
pool. ~ &
Piled UP. dollar on dollor, it would
reach q height Of 355 miles.
Laid fat on the ground. the dollars
would cover q space of nearly 60
acres. a.
The weight OF this mass of silver
would be 1850 tons.f. 49,.
II To1transport it would require 358
cars, carrying twenty tons each this
is the capacity Of the strongest freight
cars) and making a train just about
two and half miles long. q !
On ordinary grades it would require
twelve locomotives to haul this train.
On roads Of steep grades and sharp
curves, fifteen or twenty locomotives
would be needed. Ill.,. !
In 81 bills this 5000, Ooo, 600 for
tune would assume such shapes as
this: .s" I5Z tss:s:, 80 TX
The bills stretched lengthwise would
extend 23,674 miles, or nearly the
circumference OF the earth at the equa-
tor. i q 55f I d .aHss. 5 .-.ss.
Piled up one on another, close as
leaves in as new book, they would
reach q hight OF twelve miles.
Spread out on the ground they
would cover 746 acres, or nearly the
whole surface Of Central Park, includ-
ing ponds and reservoirs. 5 8. Il.
a sale deposit vault TO cont ain these
bills would require to be % feet long,
AZ feet wide and 90 feet high.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
T1axsoed Fed In the Straw.

One Of our subscribers asks, says
the National Live Stock Journal,
whether flaxseed, fed in the stalk, is q
safe feed tor cows with calf, and for
horses and mules, and what would be
moderate daily ration of the seed il
it can be fed daily. He also asks
whether it is true that, by the use OF
haxseed, more straw can be assimilat-
ed than by the use Of other grain OF
the same yalue--say oats valued at
one-halt Of fax lin the stalk.
1t is not safe to feed faxseed in the
straw tOcows with cali, unless in very
small quantity. The seed is 80 laxa-
tive that It appears to have a strong
effect upon the fntus, and is very apt,
in considerable quantity, to cause it's
explosion. And it is not prudent to
feed this seed, in much quantity, to
cattle, horses, sheep, or pigs. 1t is to
laxative as a common food, but, at
the same time, it is one Of the best
means at the feeders command to in
sure good health to his animals. Our
correspondent can use it most profit
ably by Smelling the seed and then
grinding one bushel OF faxseed with l 5
bushels Of oats, or oats and corn; or
he can boil the haxseed and then mix
it, in small proportion, with the OATS
Or oats and corn. This ration has so
email q proportion OF f1axseed that
there is no danger of injury, and there
is still fiaxseed enough for the health
OF the COW. II the f1axseed is boiled
one pint of seed, boiled, will be enough
to mix in tho feed for two COWS.
If the seed is ground with oats, as
mentioned, the COW would eat a. little
more than the half pint here given for
boiled seed, but after boiling It has g.
stronger effects, and it would not be
safe to feed more per COW, if in calf
This ground feed, in this proportion,
is admirable for horses, mules, sheep
or pigs, and the amount OF feed per
day would be the usual weight of oats
fed to such animals.
With this combined ground ration,
horses will always have n sleek, soft
coat, and this also indicates good
digestion. 1T is true that a small
quantity, as here indicated, oiflaxseed
will enable animals to digest and as
simulate more straw than when no
seed is given. This combination with
f1axseed will be found effective in fat
tening cattle. pigs or sheep. The danger
IN feeding In the straw is that too
much will be eaten of the haxseed,
causing too great looseness.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Roasss.s and stunnx the Turkey.

: :
Roasting is the general way Of. serv-
ing tho Thanksgiving bird. and varie-
ty IS chiefly made By using different
davorinss for filling and gravy. u
me lum-sized turkey will require two
and q hall Or three hours roasting;
alaree one viii need to be cooked an
hour longer When placed in theopen
the pan should be covered over the.
bottom to the depth Of an inch with
water. and more added from time to
time Is it cooks away. The turkey
must Be basted frequently with the
..erayy ii the dripping pan, and at
sle1sts once with cold but Ger. a good
plain stnhng is made by cutting i loaf
;ofI stale bread into small pieces,a ding
enough md pepper to season II
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
A Vivid Contrast Suggested.

They do not haze at Vassar, bui
the class of '88 saw fit to "recognize'
the class of $50. A correspondent oil
the Tribune gives this account OF the
affair:
The parlors OF the college were
thrown open and decorated with rugs,
draperies, pictures and knickknacks.
On either side of the entrance stood a
young grill evening dress one OF whom
handed the visitor a dainty pro-
gramme, the other a pipe bound with
ribbon. "When before did q pipe sig
nifty war?;' thought the visitor. The
light of the first room was so tempered
and softened that one would fancy an
effort had been made to initiate moon
light, but q Laughing freshman explain
ed: ''This is the freshman room.
There is nothing green about us you
see, and no one would know to what
class we belonged if the sophomores
hadn't dressed our room in that col
or" Surely enough the light came
through green shades, green scarfs
were wound round the pictures. green
was tossed over the backs OF the
chairs. In the next room stood the
presidents of the respective classes
receiving side by side, the one adorn-
ed with Jacqueminot roses; her class
flower, the other with yellow and
white chrysanthemums, while behind
them appeared the figures 'ss in yell
low and white flowers, the gift of the
freshmen to the sophomores. There
was much introductive jesting and
congratulating. Then tumblers filled
with soapsuds were passed around
and even the officers of the college
joined in blowing soap bubbles. Sud-
denly hush spread through the
rooms. The president of '88 advanc-
ed to q position which commanded
the whole suite, and with perfect dig
nifty and self-possession gave q brief
address of welcome to the freshmen.
Pipes and glasses tinkled out applause
as she concluded, and '89 took her
place to thank her, elder sister for
her generosity and sympathy. Pres
emily there was another break in the
gayety. The voices of 88's choir rose
from a corner singing welcome to 80.
Then with grave courtesy q fair damsel
escorted them to the refreshmentro room
across the hall. Afterward there was
dancing, only the young ladies taking
part, until the 10 o clock bellsounded,
and white draperies futtered away
through the corridors in every direc-
tion. It was hard to realize that
the entertainment had been furnished
by girls Of from 18 to L.; that every
|decoration, every device had been
theirs alone, and that this reception,
in which the whole college seemed to
take q profound interest, was their
substitute for the traditional sopho-
more and freshman haze.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08

Philo NIL. Shepard, Ok Cashier Of the
New York Central Railroad mt Buffalo
disappeared last june. There Was ..
shortage IN his accounts. Hs has.
been found living on q farm near Wal
do, Fla, with his family. The detective
found that their names were all Miller.
Mrs. Shepard says her husband did
not embezzle, but only overdrew his
account She appears not to bed
woman 81 business, or else q grim rim
ilpker.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Farm and Household
Farm Notes.

II The state agricultural college at
Hanover, n. H, graduates three al.
legged farmers 3 year at an expense OF
Sc, 900 each. a. s$5.s '.s.3s
A rich man with q constitution able
to endure all the medicine that is
thrown into him is a treasure to doc
tors and druggists. sss. ..e 5.:
n It is said that some of Tennessee's
leading f1ockmastkrs have resolved to
abandon tho business, owing to the
unequal competition between 800, 900
sheep and SOC, 900 dogs. II
A california farmer sent twenty
eight tons of mustard seed to New
York in q single shipment.
h One of the best methods of interest
ing children on the farm Is to encour-
age them to exhibit and compete at
the fairs. They soon take an interest
and pride in everything they see, and
the habits thus implanted develop in
TO business qualities and methods on
the farm as they grow older.
Prof. l.. B. Arnold suggestively re-
marks that in our artificial way of
eating and drinking, by guesses, as it
were, or under control of morbid in
stinct, only 2 IL per cent. of the pop
ulation die OF old age. Perhaps as
many more fall victims to accidents,
mechanical influences and epidemics,
while the remaining 95 per cent ara
prematurely carried of with the nu-
merous diseases common to the coun-
try, the great majority of which can
be traced to what goes into the
mouth.
AS surely as the seven lean kline, the
seven scarce years, followed the tat
ones in Egypt, SO surely will poor wheat
years follow the present abundant
ones; and no Pharaoh going to store
up a seven years. stock in advance.
Prairie Farmer.
Kindness to animals always pays.
A we'll known stockman, writing OF his
own experience in this direction, says,
''The stock owner who realizes this
great truth and acts upon it at all
times and makes his animals happy
and comfortable will never need a hos
pital or a burying ground ON his prem
ises."
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
ArmOur's Provisions Speculation
During the War.
From the Chicago Herald.

rum CueSulCdSO herald.
During the war provisions were scarce
and in great demand, and in the win
ter of '64-'65 pork was selling at $40
q barrel, with an upward tendency.
The pork business was then largely in
the east, with New York as the centre,
and most Of the packers and operat-
ors were buying literally for future
use, and were firm believers in the
continuance of high prices. But one
night Phil. Armour lay awake in his
bed, thinking of the pork market, the
war, the armies and the generals. He
saw that Grant and Sherman had re-
bellion by the throat, and that the end
was nigh. Pork will come down with
the confederacy," concluded Armour.
before going to sleep; prices are now
artificial and inflated, and when Rich
mond falls they will drop" His par.
eeption was keen and his action rapid.
At four o'clock next morning
he was up, and an hour before
daylight he was at the bedside of his
slumbering partner. The first train
for New York had as passenger q
modest young man of thirty-five. q
western butcher en- route for the
metropolis to make a million OF money.
Soon he amazed the New York opera.
tors by selling pork short. The spec
ulators and packers from CINCINNATI,
Buffalo, st. Louis and oil around
took Arnour's pork as fast as he Of
fered it at $40, wondering why this
green young man was thus rushing to.
~ ,. *
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
Art Of Conversation.

The art of conversation is not cult
waited as carefully as it should be-
We are, as q general rule, either dis
tressed by the silence OF timid or indif-
ferent persons or bored by the loquac-
ity of bralnless gabblers. Parents
should impress upon their children
that they have place to fill, and that
they must be able to fillio gracefully;
that a person who is not able ito pay
for his place. can have no status in the
social world, and that he must learn
in early life to "make conversation" "
Matters of int crest should be discuss
ed in the home circle, and each, accord
ing to his light, should give his quota
Of ideas to the general fund. Some
one has APPLY said: "Conversation
should be q ball tossed from hand
to hand gracefully and without vio-
lence, neither endangering the players
nor the object Of their play" The
shining lights among conversational
SITS arc those who suggest ideas, who
draw out the thoughts of those with
whom they come in contact, and who
are able to tell the common story of
life in an entertaining manner. An
incident in my experience illustrates
this. At q summer resort the table
at which it was my lot to sit had fall
en- into = state Of stagnation. 4 It was
impossible to carry on any converse
tion owing to the apathy of those
preset One evening two brothers,
we'll Known in literary circles, joined
the guests at the table, and in less
than ten minutes there was feast Of
reason and flow Of soul that was men
tally refreshing.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
fs.,ll CT ~.

Cisterns become foul from organic
matter chiefly flowing in with the
water from tho ROOF. The only way.
to purify theRater, while III the cistern,
q to THROWN soup substance 81 sub
.stances that will cheu,ic ~ unite With
the impurities, forming an. iinsoluble
compound that will d preciipitated
10 the bottom. II6ssol yed alum will
Affect this hut will leaye tho ater.
shafd 1ypertnangAnat e 81 potassa /,
store, recipit ate Tho impurities
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-01-08
The "Lemon Verbcn0."

= The sweet-scented "Lemon VERDE
ma" Of our gardens (Aloysia citriod o
ray holds foremost place among
Spanish herbs. Every leaf OF it is
treasured and dried for winter use,
and it is regarded as the finest cordial
and stomachic in the world. 1t is
taken in two ways--either made into
a decoction with hot water and sugar
and drank cold rs refresco and ton
ic, or, better still, with the morning
and evening cup Of tea. Put a sprig
of lemon verbena, say five or six
leaves, into a tea-cup, and pour tho
tea upon it; you will never suffer from
f1atulence, never be made nervous,
never have cholera, diarrhea or loss
of appetite. Besides, the flavor is
simply delicious; no one who has once
drank their pekoe with it will ever
again drink it without sprig of lem.
on Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.