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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Farming . Noble Occupation.

Charming is something beyond mere
hoe exercise" Agood text that, iron
the Rural New-Yorker. Farming is
more, far more, than digging, shovel
ing, hoeing, chopping, saving, blowing.
narrowing, planting and the myriad
OF mechanical operations which go to
make up the routine ofevery day work
which often becomes severe toll and
drudgery. Farming is brains put to
use. Farming is the life with the most
healthful, most beautiful, most emo
bling surroundings. Farming is the
highest phase of manufacturing, for it
deals with life as the most potent fac
tor in the processes of the art. Farm
ing IS commerce, and the good buyer
and seller is the most successful farm
er, who must watch the markets OF
the world, the course Of supply and
demand, and shape his operations &C.
cordingly. Farming feeds all the world,
and furnishes material for it's clothing.
Farming may control the world in
commerce, politics, legislation, educa.
ton, social and moral status. for the
farming population controls the ballot
boxes and with its health and good
blood added to educated brains, it's
path to power were easy. To the
farmer the best and greatest in life is
possible.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Earth Floor for Horses.

Mr.. J. w. Waywick favors earth
floors for horses, as preferable to
plank, which afford harbor for
disease.breeding secretions of filth
none the less dangerous to health be-
cause unseen. As evidence o: his
position he cites. the following facts, in
The Western Agriculturist:
"At many of the stock exchange and
livery stables where horses are kept
for sale or traue,<a part of the floors
are nicely and purposely prepared for
the improvement Of the condition of
horses that have been badly injured
in the feet, limbs and shoulders. What
is the remedy; these men employ and
rely ONT The earth floor, that has
stood the test of all ages. It acts as
a preventive of the many evils that
necessarily. originate wherever the
plank floor system is brought into
use. It requires little more labor to
keep an earth floor in good condition,
than to keep the plank floor in e.
pair"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18

The value OF the tin annually import,
ed into the United States in she shape
OF tin plate and block tin reaches the
sum Of over $25, Oo0, 900. For years
ehorts had been made TO discover
2 profitable tin mine in the United
States, and although the ore has been
discovered in many places, no locality.
discovered prior to 1880 produced
the tin stone in sufficient quantity to
make it profitable. A man named
Cox. It 10 said, was the first to rocop-
nize the cassiterite in the gravel wash
ings IN the Bear Gulch tM a. country
ontemporansously tin stone n IS dis
covered at the Eta mine which vas
3at that time being worked for mica. &,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
than q pure love, Just SO long there
will be miserable, dlsapp ointed and
ill paid wives. n 4
i Discourse ON woman. work.

5,# Discourse ON Woman's Work.
Standard Magazine. Il 5zs> : Il, s.E
Nothing is more thoroughly mis-
taken than the idea that a woman
fulflls her duty by doing an amount
of work that's far beyond her strength.
She not only does not fulfill her duty,
but she most signally fails in it; and
the failure is truly deplorable. There
is no sadder sight than that Of q brok-
en-down, overworked wife and moth
era woman who is tired all her life
through. II. the work OF the house
hold cannot be accomplished by or.
der, system and moderate work, with
out making lie treadmill of labor,
then for the sake of humanity, let the
work go. Better to live in the midst
of disorder than that order should be
purchased at so high a price
The cost OF health, strength, hap
piness and all that makes ex-
istence endurable. The woman who
spends her life in unnecessary labor is
by this very labor untitled for the
higher duties of home. She should be
the haven of rest to which both chill
dren and husband turn for peace and re-
freshment. She should be the careful,
intelligent adviser and guide of the one
and the tender confidant helpmeet OF
the other. How is it possible for wom-
an exhausted in body, and, as natur-
al consequence in mind also, to perform
either of these? It is not possible.
The constant strain is toogreat. Ma
ture gives way beneath it. She loses
health and spirit and hopefulness, and
more than all, her youth, the last
thing that a woman should allow to
slip from her; for no matter how old
she is in years, she should be young in
heart and feeling, for the youth of age
is sometimes more attractive than
youth itself. To the overworked wom-
en- this green old age is out of the
question. Her disposition is often
ruined, her temper soured, her very
nature change by the burden which,
too heavy to carry, is only dragged
along. Even her affections are blunt
ed, and she becomes merely a machine
"a woman without the time to be
womanly, a mother without the time
to train and guide her children, wife
without the time to svmpathize with
and cheer her husband, a woman so
overworked during the day that when
night comes her sole thought and most
intense longing are for the rest and
sleep that will probably not come,
and even if they should, that she is
too tired to enjoy. Better by far
that everything go unfinished and live
as best she can, than entail on herself
and family the curse of overwork.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18


Rose did not reply, but bent closely
over the sick man, hergaze seeming to
pierce his very soul. He returned her.
look, with one as earnest; I stood q
little back of her, but now stepped
forward, when the man transferred
his gaze from Rose to me q moment
only he looked, when CHASTITY smile
broke over the poor, thin face; q skele-
ton hand and arm were extended
toward me, and a feeble voice said 80
low that I had to bend to hear it.
"Sister Elmer, don't you know me?
Thank God, I'm home again!" .
"Great heavens! Brother Will" I
exclaimed, shocked beyond measure,
and falling upon my knees before the
litter. %%:..* !: )
Poor Rose was forgotten, and when
Thought of her and looked around
for her, one of the men was Just saw
ing her from falling as she was about
to faint.
Running to her, I cried: "Don't,
Rose! don't faint; be a brave little
woman, now, and help me to get him
home." =
The brave little thing, by a. strong
effort, recovered herself, and came up
to the litter, timidly extending her
hand and trying to smile through the
tears that rained down her face. Will
looked at her piteously and hungrily,
as one starved for the sight of a dear
familiar face.
A hospital ambulance was called,
and We were all soon at home, where
Will was quickly laid in a clean, cool
bed, our family doctor in attendance,
and the work Of restoration begun.
When able to give US some account
OF himself, Will said, that during the
retreat from Bull Run, az
he, with some of his comrades, were
attempting to preserve some kind of
order and to rejoin their regiment, a
small party OF the enemy's cavalry
dashed in among them, and with
pistols leveled at their heads, de-
manded their surrender. AS the con-
federates were two to one, resistance
seemed hopeless, and they were
marched of.
They were taken direct to Richmond.
thence to Danville, where he, with
! Others, had been kept confined until
their exchange could be effected. This
was delayed by various circumstances,
his illness once or twice inducing the
prison authorities to send him to the
hospital, and it was after one
of these turns of illness that
he was finally exchanged. He
knew nothing of the singular similar
ity Of names of three members of the
three regiments, but remembered that
g. number of the I'd Ohio had been al
most cut in two by a cannon ball, for
he stood near him, saw him throw up
his arms, and heard the screams of
agony.
To restore HIM to health was not a
work OF days or weeks, but of months,
and the war clouds had begun to dis
perse when Will was able to start,
once more, on his quest for fortune.
But before this he had obtained Roses
pr omise to be hls bride when he had
the nest ready, and on a. bright June
morning, the following year, she was
borne from us, fearful and smiling, to
town on the broad prairies of ILL
nois, where Will had established him
self and made his home nest; and there
we leave them.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Thinks Love ID Pay Enough.

A Wife, in Boston Globe.
In all our marriage services, If I re-
member rightly, some such stipulation
is made that we shall Glove our hus
bands" It is, as understand it, the
principal part of the contract. Let
those wives who are clamoring for pay
ask themselves if they understand this
part Of their obligation. Let them
ask their woman's hearts if they know
what love is. If they do not they are
not wives, and if they do they will be
patient. Tennyson says in "Locksley
Hail."
Love took up the harp OF life and smote on
all its strings with might;
Smote the chord OF self that trembling
passed in music out Of sight.
The wife who values her labors for her
husband at so many dollars and
cents has not lost self in her love for
him. She has not yetexperienced the
holy Joy of giving all and asking moth
ing. When his mind and body are
alike wearied and overcome by the
toll and care, the disappointment
and injustice, the never-ceasing con-
1icts of life, he will never be refreshed
and strengthened by the society OF such
q woman. He will have to turn to the
wineroom, thepoolroom, or still worse
thaving no one to remind him that he
is better than an anin,al), he will
finally seek distraction in some form
Or other, for there are very few men
who can quietly eat their heart out in
silence as we women do. The wife who
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Farm and Household
Farm Notasi.,

s 3 5
DR.. Greenfield. Of Guthrie, Ky, re-
Gently sold . hog weighing /, 800 Ia
pounds, which is probably the largest
hog Of which there is any knowledge.
It is being exhibited. a
The United States imported III past
nine months Ito, O89 pounds Of but
ter, valued at $25, 932. .. s.ss.. /:
Mr.. A. j.. Wilkinson, agricultural
editor of The Whitewater Register,
who attended about one-third Of the
winter series OF farmers Institutes of
Wisconsin. remarks that "'Theory'
was in light demand. What are you
doing? and How do you do it?' were
the questions which man was ex-
pected to answer" X
The cough of an animal is always
suspicious, indicating disorder OF the
respiratory organs. When cough is
started or increased by pressure on
the throat it indicates bronchial dis
order, which often precedes or accom-
panies disease of the lungs. The cough
OF bronchitis is short, sharp and hack
ing, while that of lung disease is deep
and hoarse. In purchasing any ami
NAL, the presence of cough should be
a serious objection, as there is great
risk of a fatal ending.
Prof.P. D. Penhallow concludes that
the "annual rings" of growth in trees,
IN cold climates, are an approximately
correct but not always certain index
OF age. In warm climates however,
the rings are ofno value in this respect,
as the growth is more likely to mark
a period OF rainfall than the yearly
hot season of summer.
The kitchen garden cannot be con-
sidered complete without at least a
few rows OF sweet corn. It is not very
many years ago that few messes OF
green corn from the field were consid-
cred great delicacy for the dinner
table. That time has passed and now
the farthest backwoodsman scarcely
thinks OF doing without sweet corn
during its season. By planting those
varieties that will ripen in succession,
it can be had fresh from the garden
from the first OF August until FROST.
Let your sitting hen come off the
nest daily. Allow her to roll in dust
box near by. Give her food and drink
regularly. In cold weather see that
she goes back before the eggs chill.
Cover her sitting box with coarse bag
glng, If she seems inclined to give up
her work. Mix a little powdered char
coal with the soft feed and it will as
sist digestion and prevent disease.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Farmers, Plant Small Fruits.

That the mere setting out and occa.
sional hoeing of a few strawberry
plants where formerly corn. potatoes
or other staple crops have grown
would insure for the following year
enough OF this luxury for family use is
true, but acceptance of the fact re-
quires q faith possessed by compare
lively few of the farming public. If
only one variety is wanted, the Cum
berland, all things considered, will be
found q most desirable kind, though
to extend the season it is we'll to
plant one of tho favorite later sorts.
That choice blackcap raspberries can
be planted and cared for the first sea-
son with about the same labor and
skill necessary for an equal number of
hills OF corn or potatoes is yet to be
learned by vast number; and that
to insure successive years of fruitful
ness ordinary care and culture is all
that seems to be required; Of course,
condition Of soil as regards fertility
and drainage having much to do with
quality and quantity.
Grapes also should be found on every
farm. 10 economic space the vines
may be planted and trained alongside
OF outbuildings, thus affording con-
slant source of enjoyment during the
fruiting season. A large Brighton on
my grounds, trained to the side of tho
carriage house, is regularly yielding
delicious fruit, and by being allowed
to reach off into the branches of a.
nearby sugar maple still greater re-
suits are looked for. In view of these
facts, should we as farmers continue
to deprive our families of these luxu-
ries so healthfuE so easily prepared for
the table; and always so highly appre-
ciated by the ladies OF the household,
whose duty it is to prepare palatable,
inviting and healthful food each day
the year round? Let us avail our
selves of all means so easily at hand,
to alleviate their manifold cares and
anxieties-often more numerous than
the Sterner sex are aware of.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18

she has been suffering alone all these
weeks, not daring to show her anxiety
az ], his sister, was free tp. do. TAX
ing her up laid her on the couch;
soon her eyes opened; shb hooked at
me q moment, then turned her pale
face away. I bent over and kissed
her silently, q food Of tears and q.
pressure Of the hand was her assur.
ance that she knew understood.
It was near daylight when my
husband returned, pale and weary;
and q glance at his face was enough to
tell me that he had no comfort for us.
He had telegraphed ITO the COM
mander Of the two Ohio regiments,
and discovered that there were two
William Marstens;' one was reported
missing and the other Killed; the latter
had been seen to fall, but the body
had been left on the field.
As the northern army began to re-
cover from the decentralization of de-
feat my husband and myself. thought
It possible to obtain some definite
tidings Of my brothers fate, and, &C.
companied by my father, a physician,
we started for the battlefield, stop
ping at Washington to CLEAN from the
survivors such information as they
had to give. We learned that viii.
liam Marsten had certainly been killed,
as one soldier had heard the scream
that followed the deadly ball, and a
comrade had told him that it was a
William Marsten Of one of the Ohio
regiments, which one he did
not remember. From the rolls
of both regiments the two were
missing. But here a very strange thing
appeared. The other regiment of the
brigade, the I'd New York, also had a
William Marsten on it's rolls, and he
was safe. So it appeared that there
were three OF the name, one in each
regiment, and all three had met diff
ferent fate. Had the name been Smith,
or Jones, or Brown, it would have ex-
cited no wonder, but we never consid-
cred Marsten common name, and
yet here were three of the name IN one
brigade.
We went on the battlefield, but
amidst the debris of the struggle, and
the new.made graves, we could find no
traces of our lost, and sadly We turned
homeward, my father looking aged and
broken. When my husband and
reached our home in Philadelphia, we
found poor Rose looking white and
anxious, and to her mute appeal OF
inquiry, We could only reply by silent
and sad shake of the head. No words
were necessary.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
Lack of System.

It is astonishing how much people
lose for want of system. A girl rises,
dawdles about dressing, gets late for
breakfast, and then the best part of
the day is gone. A young fellow has
finished his work; ne idles about with
q few friends, and before he knows it
it is half past nine O'Clock, and the
first part of the evening is practically
wasted. Any quantity of work can be
crammed into lifetime if there be
only organization and application.
No matron or maid, sitting down, for
instance, to make counterpane,
could do the whole at one sitting; but
q quarter of an hours work every day
would accomplish the whole task, long
as it is, in the course of O. few weeks.
The minutes, too, have an odd trick
of slipping away so swiftly that if they
are not caught and applied to good
purpose, they are wasted in manner
which leaves the years periodically
blank. The young husbands who come
home in the evening and grow sulky
because their wives are untidy, and
find the fireplace with the days ashes
in it, and who are told by their spcuses
that there has been so much to do
that time for tidying up could not be
found, may be sure that Ii; system is
lacking somewhere. The heaviest
days work can be got through, either
by the Preside on the wife's part or
out of doors on the husbands side, if
time is only taken by the forelock,
everything begun early, and every
thing, too, systematically carried out.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

Gold cannot buy happiness, and she
parents who compel their daughters to
marfy foE station or money commit q
RFievOus Sin against humanity and God.
And 4 woman who maEFies q ohurl for
his wealth will End that shs has made q
terrible baFaain-thak her life will be
QUO Of gilaed misery and her old aQe
will be like eKag on the black aide Of
Q desert mountain, where cold moon
beams sometimes glitter bat no birds
sinG, bus Wild storms howl and hoarse
thunders roll, and thrsagh the sweeping
storms shall be heard the stern voice Of
the great God saying; Your riches are
corrupted, your garments are moth
eaten, your gold and silver are eankerad,
and The rust Of them shall Be q witness
against you, aud eas your flesh as II IL
were fire.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

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wints aad Fag rain that made the uiahl
eatsiae aupisasant fhe peFtieFes uers
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tee praetlsAliy bad ne bsst q tie froni
pAFloE sItualinn.
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. d yUa knos think that WAsa ~ Are
maFTaed I cneht b garry tie purse.
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thanghtfuily. that's What I sntand. az
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sAAa ave miautes.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

sell for 81. 81 so, $40 so, SIS 50 ess
$16 so and $18 are sold elsewhere witk g
advance Of So 30 above our price for -
same quality. ~
Boys Suits,1o to IL years old. that
sell for 81. 4 90, 3, 3 90 g. 8 so. z and : "a
ARE sold elsewhere with an advance NJ M
above our price for the same quality.
Boys suits, 4 to 10 years old, that ws -
for So, 2 so, 2 rs, 8 25, 8 5O4, $50 and
|are sold elsewhere with an advances ~ 81
above our price for the same quality.
In Furnishing Goods, Hats, Boots Sho.a
Trunks and Valises we surely can nos "a
|equalled as we sell you those Goods n
wholesale prices, thereby saving you Gle s.
tail merchants profit, which is quite an |fsn
land worth saving.
Do not be misled but come and visit our
establishment before you purchase and com
pare our prices, and you will be readily Goa
WINGED where you can do the best.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23
THE BOOM STILL CONTINUES.
REMEMBER STOCK
OF COST s.
Immense eut n prices . Clothing inauguraeO by
THE PALACE CLOTHING HOUSE.
THE PALACE CLOTHING HOUSp
"
MEMS, YOUTHS AND BOYS CLOTHING. FITR.
NISHING GOODS, HATS, BOOTS AND SHOES
which we have been Oerng for the past thirty days.

Never in the history Of Puget Sound has
Clothing been so a atsuch ruinous low prices|
as now. and we will continue to sell Goods
at the same prices as in thepast month until
all is disposed Of The immense quantities
of Goods that have left our premises daily
can be taken as acriterion for the amount Of
business we have been doing, especially In
such stringent times as we are at present
subjected to; but in its very face our bust
ness continues to boom, and surely there
must be good reasons for people investing
their money in wearing apparel so cheerfully
For every dollar purchasers invest we give
81 so worth Of Goods as compared with
prices Of other stores, and that is surely an
object for US getting the preference over our
lcompetitors.
Mems Suits that we sell for $4 rs, So,
SIS So SO, So, So, So and $40, are sold else
where with an advance of So above our price
for the same quality. Mems Suits that we
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-23

PoRrHn AsHx's PRrvATz Many
people who know 81 the maeniaoance
Of ths palasial ear recently constructed
IN California for Porter Ashe. the mil
lionaiEe, and many others who know
that Warren HaztinRsof Port Townsend
d travelling with MF. Ashe &c his private
secretary, viii read With interest the ap
pended Telegram from Chicago to the
San Francisco 0hr0niclss . The private
palace car owned By Porter Ashe. which
has been standing IN The Illinois Central
Railroad yard for q couple Of weeks, waE
broken into on Wednesday night. JulJ
18th, b. setof thieves. After carrying
away lot Of blankets and q quantity
u California wine. the thieves pro.
coeded 10 break Up she interior Of the
car, and damaged it 70 the extent Of
5000