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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

ST. Cloud. Journal Press: r. "
Griffin & Bros. will turn out this. season
5000, 900 cream colored pressed brick a,
their yards east of this city. They have
orders for nearly this number now on
hand, and will turn out their first kiln in
a few days. They will burn next yea,
between ten and twenty millions.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

Elk River Star: Why is it the lum.
bermen never strike for the eight hour
system? The boys usually putin sixteen
TO eighteen hours good hard work per
day and are surely entitled 10 reduction
of hours if any body is. >
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

Tie Northern Pacific has contracts for
shipping SC, 600 head Of young d 4 cattle TO
the West. L s4a5ss ss.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

A heavy Storm passed over kans rs
City on Tuesday, destroying several
buildings and killing about twenty -fye
people, mostly school children.
Many new and xsrava gants pension
bills are before congress Aene are
introduced 70 put their oriEinators on
record, and. with no hope Of enacting
them. 4, ., s. 5.s &. Il. s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

Carefully prepared crop reports from
all parts of the country show that the
wheat crop for the present season will
probably be larger than last year,
although smaller than the great crop Of
1884. In the winter wheat states the
acreage is not large and the yield is very
promising. In the spring wheat country
the acreage is larger than ever before and
the prospects are excellent for a large
yield. Altogether, the outlook for q rise
in the wheat market il not very fatter.
ing, and it is generally predicted that the
price this fall will be lower than it was
in 1856. ;.sss5. III
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-05-14

The eight hour labor movement has
generally proved unsuccessful, but it has
won In many cases. In Chicago large
number of the employers aud employees
compromised on nine hours pay for
eight hours work; the original demand
was ten hours pay for eight hours work.
OF the $4,000 men who quit work in that
city on May 1 on demand for the eight
hour system not more than e-fourth
are still staying out, and all will soon be
at work again. The agitation should
and will continue, and in few years the
hours for labor will be lessthan now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

We give i'm this issue DR.. Spinney s
reply to the item started by the MI
Pleasant Tribune and reprinted, with
evident relish, by the st. Louis RcpuJ-
Lcaa. These papers should have taken
little pains to ascertain whether the
DR.. Spinney there mentioned ana the
DR.. Spinney of Alma were one and the
same, before publishing an item capable
of doing great harm to gentleman OF
undisputable integrity and also to an
institution which promises to he second
to none in the state. The Agents Herold
was a poor source from which to
CLEAN information and, strange rs IT
NAV seem to Bro. Brown, there are
apt to be people with similar names
i'm this great world. This is not DR..
nney's first experience with ms
double, and now that it has been 50
clearly proven that the other DR.. SPIN
ncy, fraud and quack, is in nowise con-
ne ted with the Dr. Spinney who IS 10
have charge of the sanitarium. the only
proper thing for the editors of the
Tribune and Republican is to apologize
rs gracefully as possible and make rep
aration by publishing the Doctors eX-
PLANTATION. So far as he is personally
concerned he would pay little attention
to the item aforesaid, but having the
interest of this institution at heart he
deems it best to take cognizance OF it
and nip in the bud all such attempts to
stir up a prejudice against the institu-
ton and himself.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
What is the best school reader?

TO- Should the teacher ask visitors
TO hear recitatiOns?
IL. If a man has served term in
state prison does he forfeit his right of
suffrage?
II. What is the latest great inyen-
ton?
Is. Should teachers use sarcasm with
pupils?
II. Should gentleman, or lady
teacher be preferred to teach Il sum
mer school?
10. How many teachers have writ
ten reviews? What is the subject
Is. Should more attention be given
to spelling than to pronunciation?
L. When should we commence to
teach the sound of letters, and diacrti
cal marks?
Is. Is the theory and practice of
music necessary in day schools? If so,
why SO neglected?
10. What would you do with visitors
who conducted themselves disorderly
during school hours?
20. How many teachers employed
in Gratiot county?
p. Do YOU allow younger pupils to
bring dolls and toys to school?
% Would it be Il good plan to have
uniform set of text books through
out the country?
%. What would you do if you had
taken Il summer school-of forty-iive
pupils-in which the pupils in reading
were one book too far ahead?
"A. What shall be done with those
who visit a school frequently, say from
one to four times every week?
%. Should teacher have set time
every day tosteach the effect of alcohol?
26. Should a gentleman or Il lady be
hired in Il winter school?
-. How long should an exercise in
penmanship continue, and should Il pu-
pill be allowed TO practice at amy time
he may choose?
2S. How many counties now in Mich
igan?
%. How can pupils make up lost
lessons when the instruction is oral?
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
Woman in Journalism.
\ Few of the Gpntlcr Sex Who Do
Good Norl, for the Press In
This State.

The little army Of women writers
for the press is constantly increasing,
though there are still only about 800 i'll
this country who do regular editorial
work on papers of position. Those who
assist in other departments would swell
the number considerably. Below are
mentioned Il few of the names best
known throughout the state in the var
ious capacities of journalistic enterprise.
Mrs. W. III. Marvin, of the Utica
Sentinel. is keeping up her end Of the
management of that paper with cred
liable energy and ability. Mrs. Mar
vim ) name appears at the head of the
columns as local editor and sole Office
manager, while her husband poses as
proprietor and outside manager, Evi-
dentlyno conflict of duties occurs in the
Office of the Scatinl.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Rayne, former editor of
The HolmbOld, is still retained on the
editorial staff of the Detroit FIRE. Press
anu - hiIoNi 10 oIlC lIlc HlDSl III lllldIll.
talented newspaper women in the
country her sketches and poems being
widely read and admired. She recently
advocated Il school of journalism rs Il
practical and needed institution.
Mrs. Fred Slocum, wife of the pub
Usher of the Caro- IdrctiSer, writes.
reads proof, keeps subscription list
or runs press to aid her husband in
his business. 1t is not unlikely that
Mrs. Slocum composes the larger half
of the concern either, even though it be
one of the livelst most thriving of any
in the state.
Said that the state editress of the
Detroit Erniag NcrS will be suppressed
ed by the former Architect of that
column, Gil II. Osmun. Suffice to say
that few of its readers have noticed any
change in its pithy items, which have
followed very closely the style of said
architect"
Miss Hattie Smead, who retired with ,
the charge Of management in the Lam
sing State RCbuJlicda, made the state
CONVERSATIONS Of that paper for eleven
years.
Mrs. \. j. Church. of the Owosso
Press. who has edited that journal for
IS years. fully demonstrates what Il
women can do with pen when she
tries.
Miss Marion Carr of the White
Pigeon JoUadl, has made the columns
Of that paper sparkle with bright items
and crisp comments.
Miss Conway, who formerly did good
work on the Paw Paw Northern. is still
engaged in that employment at Kala-
ma2oo.
Miss kittie Darke does the local work
on the Sand Lake Kent county. Times.
and does il well. too.
Miss G. NJ. Fleming, the talented
Young lady who has made the Alma
RECORD one OF the best local papers in
the state has sent out new edition of
itWh and HdH. which was SO rII-
bounced out of existence
for Il timc-whcn the Detroit Post
was merged into the TibuBe. The
present publication is Il thrce-columm
'olio. in which all the old members of
II. * III. are invited TO return and make
he sheet "a lively aud worthy success
" of the late deceased. Miss Flem-
ng is ably fitted To succeed in the new
undertaking.. Port Huron Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

in Il better knowledge of the hrmln
form divine, by those who were So for
tunate as To he his listeners. The fol-
lowing complimentary resolution was
unanimously adopted:
RCS0lcCd, that we, the citizens of
Bloomington, Illinois, who have had
the pleasure of attending and listening
To the lectures of Or. y. Is. Spinney,
during his short stay amongst ms, feel
truly thankful for the privilege SO apt
and accomplished teacher of medical
and physiological science. 10y saying to
all men and women everywhere, go and
hear him-Bloomington Telegraph.
Since 1879 have been member of
the American Institute of Homeopathy
Il National Society which meets the
29th of this month and which | should
attend was it not that the Sanitarium
requires all my time and attention.
In proof of this will submit To YOU a
portion of Il letter from the President
To me
INDIANAPoLIS. May 10, 1856.
Ny DEAR DOCTOg -
desire to remind YOU that the Thir-
ty-ninth Session of the American Asso-
citation of Homeopathy will convene at
the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. y.
Y, Tuesday, June 18th, 1856, at 9
O'Clock Il. IN.
desire also to remind YOU that you
YOU are member of this body, in
good and regular standing, and that its
doings are matters of special importance
to you. You are therefore under 0bli-
cations to do what YOU can to further
its interests and thus enhance its inilu-
ences for good, both at home and
abroad.
Yours fraternaly,
o. :. TUNNELS"
In conclusion let me say, if these
papers 50 interested i'm the success of
the Alma Sanitmium need more refer
ences in relation to my professional
history and ability | will most gladly
furnish the same and give them the
names of hundreds Of physicians and
thousands of people who have con-
suited me during the ~ years of my
stay in East Saginaw, Detroit and
Alma, with our work in almost every
town i'm the State.
ANDREW b. SrINNEY.
Alma. June 18th. 1856.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
Got TO Stand it!

Mr.. A bought his wife one bottle of Par
melees Blood Purifier, and now he thinks
he has got himself into business. for she
derived so much benefit from it that she
must try another bottle or two and be
permanently cured There is no Purstier
known so efficient IN its workings as this
Only 81 90 per bottle Sold by b. 5. Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

STRAYED-From the premises of the
subscriber, in the town of Seville, Thurs
day, June 10, IL bay mare about ii years
old. contracted in the fore feet, flesh
shrunken away from shoulders, had
with her a gray yearling colt. Suitable
reward will be given for information
of the above named animals.
1w. j. l.. DICKERSON.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

DENTISTRY In compliance with the
earnest solicitations of many patrons, !
will visit Alma professionally on the Stll
and Goth of each month, in the afternoon
Of each date. Will be found ut DR.. Suy-
dams drug store. j. +. Goss, Dentist,
St Louis Mich. If
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

FRIDAY MoRNING-10 O'CLOCK. LO-
CAL TINE.
/. Music.
,. Secretary's Report-Eya Sturgis.
8. \ selection-C. NJ. Challin. Pom
peii.
4. Hints on Reading-II. l.. Beebe,
Ithaca.
). DicuSsion of Queries.
AFTERNOoN-1:30.
l. Music.
.. The Teachers Preparation Nee
essary for the Pupils SuccesS,-A. n.
Howe, Spring Brook.
8. District School-Ida Caesar,
Bridgevile.
4. Oral Geography-Minnic Me
Curdy. Estela.
5. Discussion Of Queries.
6. Music.
RECESS.
|. Needs Of the Country School
Sup't j. y. Mccall. Ithaca.
>. What the Pioneers of Gratiot
County Have Done for Education
VIM. j. Mofctt, Elwcll.
3. Hints on Methods Hannah Mcy.
Forest Hill.
/. Discussion of Queries.
EVENING SESSION.
/. Music.
,. Devotional Exercises.
3. Music.
4. Lecture by Prof. E. NJ. Hopkins,
Elm Hall.
B. Music.
SATURDAY MORNING-S O'CLOCK.
/. Music.
>. Discussion OF Queries.
3. How to Teach Physiology. Illus
trated-I. y. Brainard, NJ. d.. Fenton.
4. Causes of Bad Government
Neil McCallum, Wheeler.
,. How to Obtain Good Government
J. y. Day, Blanchard
RECESS.
|. Music.
>. Discussion of Quesies.
3. Election of Officers.
4. Miscellaneous Business.
.. Discussion Of Queries.
LIST OF QUERIES.
At the last session of the association.
held at Ithaca, Il number of questions.
in which many teachers were deeply in
-erested, remained undiscllssed for lack
IF time. or because they were not hand
'd i'm until near the close of the meet F.
ng. At the request Of the president of
he association we publish Il complete
list of these queries. that teachers may
came prepared to answer or discuss
hem at the beginning of the coming
session.
/. Are not the district teachers eX-
oected to teach more different branches
han they really have the time in one
ERIN TO teach?
>. Where can Iprocuc misccllmcous .
BOOKS cheaplyy
3. Is it necessary to teach seven
in writing?
4. Should teacher repeat the pupils
answer for the purpose of wording il .
better or of making it heard by the class?
.. Should change be made in teach
rs if only one family finds fault with
he present teacher?
6. What is your opinion Of the pro-
POSED bill for making the township the
school district.
Z. Should third grade teachers he
equred To pass examination in civil
government?
s. Should pupils be compelled 10 re-
main III the room during religious morn
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
Farm for Sale OR Rent.

Good 100 acre farm mile from Davis
school house. mile West If Maple Rapids
ad, South West of Alma 3! miles. About
so acr, $ cleared. Enquire at Farmers
Hotel, or at Spicers market.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
BUSINESS ZOCAL.
Farms for Sale.

Six so acre lots. partially improved and
wild, will be sold at "A bargain.
j. w. MCLEOD,
Alma, July, ?,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

Shloh's NItalizer is what You need for
Constipation, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness,
and all symptoms Of Dyspepsia. Price
10 and - cents per bottle. Sold by Il. :.
Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

Group, Whooplng Cough and Bronchitis
Immediately relieved by Shiloh's Cure.
Sold by b. :. Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18

Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
is sold by us on Il guarantee. Ii cures
Consumption. Sold by Il. 5. Webb.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-18
PEDAGOGUES IN SESSION.

Thirty Fourth annual Meeting of ,l,r Gra-
tiot County Teachers Association, tn he
held at East Fulton, Jun" - and :6.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22
The Violinisf.

know that one of the greatest violin
lists / have heard told me that Paganini's
studies were at the time so unusual and
so difficult that they were considered an
enigma which very few undertook to
solve, and it would be interesting to
know how many would now be able to
solve it in a satisfactory manner. He
played on two. even on three, strings at
the time without doing what Ole Bull
did, cut the bridge straight; he played
arpeggi in double stops, or made a
series of staccati marking the melody
in pizzicato. He passed, as have be
fore said, for having achieved such
supernatural tours de force by super
natural pact, and the superstition of
some people who credited this nonsense
went so far that lady who heard hir
in Italy, and would not believe that an,
human being could so far surpass all
his fellow-creatures without extraordin-
airy means, followed him to the stage
door, where stood his cab with a black
horse. She swore he never touched the
ground; that there was a fiery cart with
two black horses, and he went away
through the air. So in Italy they told
little Mozart that it was his bewitched
ring which accomplished all his feats
on the piano, until he took off the ring
and quietly put it on the desk. p -
unpublished letter of Vieuxtemps, this
great violinist, when, at the age of IA,
he heard Paganini here in London,
seems unable to give an idea of his adj
miration and delight at Paganini's per-
Torrance of ''Le Streghe" CTheWitches).
In one paragraph he says: His bow
was fabulous in rapidity; his certainty
Supplying. never even doubtful note;
he was infallible." Vieuxtemps. one of
the most remarkable composers for the
violin during the second quarter of our
century, and himself one of the great
celebrities, says in that letter: How
can l give an opinion of him moi,
pugnlee?" Paganini, in the boldness
of his new ideas and in their execution,
in his harmonics in thirds and sixths,
was amazing. When he played the
PRAYER from "Mose" on the G string
alone. he took the barytone voice as
written, then the soprano voice an
octave higher, and led into the major
part with such triumphant power that
Rossini, who had composed it, said it
was doubtful whether Paganini did not
effect as much on the violin string as all
the singers in theater put together
Temple Bar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22

A SHORT time ago it was given out
that paper rails had been made and
successfully tested. Now the same
material has been utilized for making
pipes, and certain quantity of such
pipes have been exhibited in Vienna.
The process Is as follows: Strips of
paper, the width of which corresponds
with the length of one pipe section, are
drawn through melted asphalt, and
wound upon a mandrel When the
pipe thus made has cooled, the man
drel is withdrawn, and the inside Gov
cred with kind of enamel, the nature
of which comprises the main secret of
the invention, and is therefore not
made known. The outside is painted
with asphalt varnish and busted over
with sand It is stated that such a
pipe will resist some two thousand
pounds internal pressure, though the
thickness of the stuff is only about
one-half inch.-Chicago Herald.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22
ANTI.ERS OF DEER

The antlers of deer are occasional
~, though very enormously, called
horns. from which they differ essenti-
ally In every respect except that of
growing from the head of the animal
which produces them. True horns,
as seen on oxen, are never she'd; they
are formed of horney or animal
material capable of being softened by
heat, and usually semi transparent.
Antlers, on the contrary, are but tenn
porary; they grow annually, being
shed every year. In place of consist
ing of horn, they are formed of most
solid bone, which grows from the
forehead. Their rapid growth, which
only takes few weeks In the year, Is
due to the blood vessels in the velyety
skin covering the budding antlers,
bringing the bony material and de
posting it in the form of an antler.
When this is fully formed the velvety
skins dries up, and the hard, firm,
solid antler, with which the stag can
attack others or defend itself, Is left,
the dried skin coming off in long
strips, which may often be seen on
the deer in the geological Gardens.
At the end of the season the base OF
the antler, where it springs from the
bone OF the forehead, is absorbed and
the antlers fall, leaving a raw place,
which quickly skins over, and in due
time another pair of antlers-largeI
and with more points than those OF
the preceding year-take their place
With the exception of the reindeer
the females are distitute of antlers
There are many distinct families OF
deer. Some, like the red deer, having
cylindrical horns, with sharp points
capable of infiicting the most fatal in
juries; others, like the fallow deer
have the antlers fattened out into
broad plates.
Stays are gregarious, herd consist.
ing Of one male and several females
for whose possession the males fight
in the most furious manner. Some
times in their violent rushes against
each other the antlers become SO in
extricably interiocked that they can
not free themselves from one another
in which case a slow and painful
death by starvation is the fate OF both
combatants. There are few museums
that do not contain specimens of the
skulls Of animals that have persisted
by this singular acciuent.-LORdOr
Queen.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22
How He Fooled SCotty.

"Scotty' is a very cute barkeeper at
a very prominent downtown hotel. He
has served more drinks and been beat
fewer times than any mixer of cocktails
in the city. But to-day he was out
witted 4 man who was decently
dressed sauntered into the bar-room
from the office, talked leisurely about
the climate, and expressed pleasure that
he had emigrated from the East Then,
thrusting his hand deep into his pocket,
he asked for "a little whisky" The
bottle was placed upon the counter.
well, as this is the first to-day, and
my blood is sluggish, l guess I'll take a
big drink" he said.
Then he filed up the glass and drank
the contents like veteran. While
fumbling in his pockets as if searching
for bit the customer said that when
he came to Sacramento he knew but
one person, and that was Lame John
son."
L never heard of him." said Scotty.
What? You don't know Lame John
son?n queried the fellow Lame John
son, who walks this way?"
Stiffening his right leg and pushing
his hand deeper into his pocket, he
limped across the bar-room, suddenly
struck the swinging doors with his
hand, darted cut and ran away at full
speed. The beaten barkeeper rushed to
the door, gazed down the street, and
philosophically said:
''Well, guess the fellow earned that
drink, but | would like to black his
eve" Sacramento Bee.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22

HE RECOLLECTION OF AN OLD Man.
How we have progressed, you may
understand when | tell you that was
an interested student of our country's
growth when its population was only
one-fourth of our present sixty mil
lion; that I can recall the birth of
eleven of our thirty eight States; that
L well remember when there was not
a steamship on the seas; when there
was not railway locomotive operated
IN the world; when the lightning mes
senger 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 semibarbaric rule; when the
Northwest, with its now brilliant stars
in the galaxy Of States, was known
only as the home of the savage, when
the coming Empire State, in the
Southwest was tossed in revolution
by adventurers; and when schools and
newspapers We're luxuies enjoyed only
by the Authorization A. X. Nc
CttTe's address Before the Washing
ton and Lee University.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-07-22

A Book AGENTS TRIcK-A friend of
mine was telling me the other day of
the sharp trick which book agents
play in order to gain entrance to pri-
vate houses for the purpose of exhibit
ing their wares. The favorite scheme
at present seems to be the following
The agent arms himself with list of
some of the prominent residences,
with their occupants, and a package Of
calling cards executed in the most
fashionable style. He then starts out
to make his call" He stops at the
residence Of Mr.. A., rings the bell,
and politely requests the. servant to
be kind enough to hand this card to
Mrs. A. The servant naturally suppos-
es him to be fashionable caller, and
announces to Mrs. A. that "a gentle
man wants to see her" Mrs. A. there
upon spends half an hour in making
herself presentable, and descends to
the parlor to fnd-a book agent.
[Tableau. My friend suggested that
book agents should be compelled by
law to wear a uniform, so that ser
wants may be able to distinguish
them from gentlemen"