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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
A poOR MEMORY.


Which Iis, Better Half Jegs Successfully.
a Case Of discipline. Il.
MY dear said Mrs. Dillingham; to
her husband after their return from a
social call, II am very much afraid You
are getting to be a chronic exaggerator..
well )" snorted her husband, II Just
defy you to point out q statement Of
mine which transcends the bounds of
strict truth!''
AT the Fosdicks awhile ago the sub
ject OF the conversation turned upon
doctors bills and illness, and took oc-
casion to remark that had not needed a
PHYSICIANS services except when the
children We're born and when had ty-
phoid fever" 80
eyes, heard you" aE
:: swell, Of course you had to top mine
with a declaration that, barring a mild
case OF measles when you were or Z,
you had never had any use for physi-
clan at all"
"That's what said, madam, and III
stick to it'll .E.
eyes; that's the reason I'm afraid you
are developing into chronic exaggera-
tor" -. ."
"Well, I'd just like you to tell me
when was sick!'
benjamin Franklin Dillingham;, has
it escaped your memory that our we'd
ding had to be postponed, after the day
was set and l had all my things ready,
because you had an attack of brain fever
which kept you laid up for five weeks?'
"W-why, yes. I had overlooked that.
"Mr. Dillingham;, is it possible you
have forgotten how you broke your leg
while skating the first winter after we
were married, and that it was quite
spring before you got out again?"
lyon don't call that al illness, do your
"Did YOU set your own leg, or did a
surgeon do it for your
"Now, don't go asking foolish CUES
lions. That's just like woman"
''Oh! it is, is it3 Perhaps you forget,
too, that attack of dyspepsia, just after
Frank was born, which nearly killed
you, and the nervous prostration that
gave DR.. Kallowmel steady income for
three months?'
Dillingham; was silent.
AAioli, VI COu4oc, YOU NoI EelleIuDeT
that case of grip which kept you in
month only two years ago, and which
nearly carried you off entirely. After
you got over that you had
Dillingham; held up his hands.
"Hold! That's enough! surrenderr
''Now, my dear, might have contra
dicted you before the company when you
boosted about your extraordinary i'm
Inunity from disease, but l desisted.
Many wives would have done so, but 1
had too much respect for my husband to
do it,
"You are real kind"
''Yes, love. Oh, by the way. l need a
new dress and bonnet very badly! I
think can make $40 do this time"
call right, dear. You shall have it.
I'll give you a check for the amount be-
fore leave for the store in the morn
ing"
He was true to his promise.-Puck.
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land. Price, 81, eco, cash. AZ great ba rgaIn..
IS Well, ! bought the land, and Il then took q
trip down there to see 1t, but never did get to
see It, although ! found 1t BY wading on my
tptoeS IN water mp to my chin. The land Is
there, no doubt, for could feel it. But the
trouble is, it Is out in the middle and at the
bottom OF q big lake. The company says they
did not misrepresent the land In their nd.
They say the land was perfectly dry at the
time they sold it, although the lake had not
been known to be dry before In 20 years. 81
NOW, please let me know what you think
about this. Can You see anything wrong about
1t? How can utilize this land SO as to get nv
81 900 back out Of it2 Yours truly,
WILLIE AVN. Il
T. Please answer in your letter. Ienjoy
Yours truly, 81 W. "A. "a
Dear Willie, do not be cast down.
Other people have been treated just the
same and recovered. a friend Of mine
in the mountainous districts Of the ar
gentiferous west, once while in search
of q grub stake, which means a grocer
who feels like furnishing prospector
with flour and bacon for the winter with
q reward of one-half the golcondas found
by the honest prospector while the grub
holds out, saw a large, juicy eastern
capitalist perched on the incoming
stage.
Judging that he would make pretty
good picking, my friend soon got con-
tract from him for putting tunnel into
the Realization, a new mine with no
work done on it, the tunnel to be 200
feet in length, at $50 per foot, for it was
pretty stiff digging, or $40, 900. for the
JOB, on completion Dec. rs, 1877.
My friend did not begin work till aft
er winter began and tremendous fall
Of snow which totally changed the as
pect Of the mountains. However, he
worked patiently at the tunnel and tim
bered it as he went, and on the 24th of
December work was completed and the
vein struck. ~. -. !. ..az.... =
The large, juicy eastern capitalist had
the govt and so sent his prospective SON
in-law, aged %, who was the one-half
back of a college football team, to
come out and accept or reject the tunnel.
My friend, the contractor, whose name
was Honore Doolan of Salt Lake, took
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
Deeper and Deeper,

There is only one way out of dishonesty
and that is to tell the truth. The process:
of lying out ofit," SO called, is only sure
way OF getting more deeply mired. This i.
we'll illustrated by tie following story:
A man of doubsful II utation was on hi.
way home one night and came across pile
OF planks which for some reason had beer
unloaded upon the roadside. He couldn't
or thought he couldn't, resist the tempta
ton to steal one Of them.
He could not go through the village with
it and so took a cut across the fields, By
and by in the gathering dusk he wandered
into boghole and sank in the mire. The
more he struggled the deeper he, sank, I'm
til, getting alarmed, he cried Justify fol-
help.
His shouts brought neighbor with {
lantern.
why, Jones, what does this mean?'
asked the good Samaritan. How in the
world came you here?"
II was in a hurry to get home" said the
thief, land so cut across. Then got into
this bog. The more tried to pull myself
out, the deeper got in, and finally T went
back to the road and got this plank to see i
| couldn't get myself out with that."~
Christian Secretary.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19

Suddenly, as the good ship swept before
the tempest, land was seen directly ahead.
A moment later she was upon the rocks,
and the cruel waves were goring her sides
like the horns of an angry bull
The shrieks and curses of the human
freight mingled with the bowling gale.
A slim man with a sandy goatee shouted
through the storm:
"Captain"-
Buffeted and beaten, his voice rose above
the tumult.
-"what coast is that?"
1.-THE Cannibal islands," came the hoarse
reply. y
Are you positive it isn't New Jersey?"
"Positive' .E
Because" explained the slim man, 'Td
rather drown than go ashore when it was a
sure case of being eaten.''
Saying which he climbed into the life.
boat, and the light of hope was in his coun-
tenance. News-Tribune
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A STRANGE CASE.
How an Enemy was Fooled.

The following graphic stat oment will lie
read with intense interest: 81 cannot describe
the numb, creepy sensation that existed In my
arms, hands and legs. had TO rub and beat
those parts until they were sore. to overcome
in measure the dead feeling that had takers
possession of them. In addition, l had :.
strange weakness in my back and around paJ-
waist, together with an indeseribabis gone
feeling in my stomach. Physicians said It
was creeping paralysis, from which, accord
ing to their universal conclusion, there is nc
relief. Once ii fastens upon a person, they
say, it continues its insidious progress until
1t reaches vital point and the sufferer dies
Such was my prospect, [ had been doctor.He
q year and a half steadily, but with no par
ticulaT benefit, when saw an advertisement
OF DIR Miles, Restorative Neryine procured q
bottle and began using it. Marvellous as II
may seem, but a few days had passed before
every bit o. that creepy feeling had left me,
and there has not been even the slightest
Ind LEGATION OF It's return. now feel a.
well as I ever did. and have gained Ten
pounds In weight though bad run down
from 10 to 1877 Four Others have used pr
Miles Restorative Nervine on my reconeli-
datiDn, and 1t has been as satisfactory In theE
cases as In mins. ri mes Kane, La Rue, y.
DR.. Miles Restorative NefviIie Is sold by Ill
druggists on u positise guarantee Or sent
direct by the DIR. Mi lies Medical CO.. Eisbart,
Ind.s on receipt OF price. u per bottle, SIX
hotties Tor 81. xpress prepaid, ~ Is Tree IRON
oDiates or dangerous drugs
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF TIP"
my eye, and stood there for moment,
with the magazine in one hand and the
bullseye in the other, and read few lines.
1t seemed to be a nightly interesting
story. Whoever had been reading the
magazine had sat in big leather chair
which still remained alongside the table.
I sat down in this big chair, stood the
bullseye on the table at my elbow, where
its light would strike the pages, and began
to read and became so interested that
forgot that Twas there on business.
Il don't know how long had been read
.ing-maybe 20 minutes or so-when felt q
hand on my right shoulder I looked up
and saw standing alongside of me a tall
man in dressing gown. He had a lamp
In his right hand. He had touched me with
his left, and that hand still remained on
my shoulder. He looked down upon me
coolly. [ confess that SO far as was con-
cerned was surprised, and when he asked
me what was doing there 1 was at first
actually too fabbereasted to reply, but
finally told him 1 was reading story in
that magazine. He asked me what story
WAS reading, and told him. I thought
saw just the faintest flicker of smile on
his face at that, but couldn't be certain
aboutiG. =
"'What do you think of it?' says he.
u had come back to myself by this time,
and told him thought he ought to be
able to see what I thought Of it himself;
that was interested in it enough to let
him come down and find me there reading
it, but that wouldn't undertake to say
what thought.about it absolutely until I
had finished reading it.
"'Well,' says the man, don't let me in
terrupt you. Go ahead and finish it,
HE was looking perfectly calm and cool,
just as he had been when I first looked up
at him. He set his lamp down on the ia
bic by the bullseye, and pulled up a big
chair himself on the other side, and got an
other chair to put his feet on. He had only
slippers on, and suppose he thought his
feet would be cold on the floor He sat
down in the big chair, put his feet upon
the other and pulled his dressing gown up
around his legs, making himself quiteAcom-
Portable. Then he picked up book off the
table and went to reading..while he waited
for me to finish the story. When had
finished it, the man said:
",'Well, what do you think of it now?
"And told him-and that's what did
think about it-that l thought it was i'm
mense.
1.-THE man laid down his book and got up
on his feet again. He picked up his LAM
and stood there for moment holding it
and looking at me. He said nothing, but
it was perfectly clear to me that he was
about to politely bow me out of the house
laid down the magazine, and picked up
my bullseye, and moved toward the door
just as might have done if had been a
guest: The tall man opened the door and
calmly bowed me- ont~~As went down tho
steps heard him boiling the door after
me. i-SE
you know wondered who he could be.
but whenI came to find out wondered
that hadn't thought of it myself before.
He was the man that wrote the story,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19

&AS- S~'~~ $1,000
the hand of the one-half back and led
him away to the tunnel. Lighting a
stub of candle at the mouth of the tun-
mel, he led the youth inside among the
timbers, but the candle gave sizz like
wet 6recracker and went out.
"Never mind, said Honore, II know
the way. Take my hand, and we will
go in where Twill light up again at the
far end Of the tunnel" "
So they logged on, the young man
meantime freezing slowly to death. At
the terminus of the tunnel Doolan knock
ed off some pieces of the ore, while the
candle again flickered and went out.
Hand in hand they started out, fasten-
ing tapeline at the inner end and I'M
winding it as they walked.
Doolan ostensibly put the specimens
OF ore in his pocket, but really had some
in his other pocket, which he preferred
and with which he exchanged on the
way out through the dark.
The young man was, oh, so glad to get
back to camp and warm up, and Doolan
opened case of stomach bitters. The
young man showed his ore to a delight
ed audience, went to Denver with Doc
Ian and paid him off, after which he
went on east, and Doolan drank spar
king 1noselle for q week at breakfast,
lunch and dinner. He then went to Aus.
tralia, where he is yet.
When the large, juicy eastern CAPT.
talist came to look at the Realization
mine and put men and machinery into
1t, he saw on the lumbar region of The
backbone of the continent what looked
like the timbers for covered bridge
200 feet long, for Doolan had dug hi
$4,000 tunnel in the snow, and whe1
"hit had done gone off" the mine was
renamed the Dennis. .. .
| Choke back your sobs, Willie, ant
try it DER again. That's the way w
must all do. Look up, not down; out
not in, Willie, and lend hand! Yours
truly, -
l.
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Both Sides Of the Question.

A man and his wife stood on the Brook
lyn bridge. He was a philosopher and i
talker; she was woman of action. A tug
was hauling a long line of barses up the
river.
Look there, my DEAR said hs. ..Sucn
Is life. The ting il like the men, working
and toiling, while the barges, like the wo.
men, are''
His wife gave him no time to finish the
sentence.
Il know,"she said; ''the tug does Pill the
blowing, and the barges bear all the bur.
den. Million.
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Love's stratage,sl.

Loves stratagem.
You never saw u gal surprised
n Like Jimmy kenyoI's sister . &.
The night tlntt Bill Mckee devised
The scheme By which he kissed her.
The Two We're standin at the gate,
To whistle she vas learnin,
Her lips We're temptin, and twas Late
! 10 Kiss 'em Bill was yearnin.
To whistle you must do like this"
Said Bib, and, leanin over, ztS
de showed his, puckered, to the miss.
Whose own. as red as clover.
Soon puckered in the self same wav.
Then, woul5 you believe it, mister.
Ere she could turn her head away :,
The cheeky chap had kissed her.
The color famed into her check.
Her neck was dyed with bushes.
She trembled so she could not speak,
I An down among the rGshes
The brook ieaped' up TO tell the flowers
That bert their heads to listen
How Bill Mckee taught Susie Powers
+ The Old, sweet game of kissin.
Isorter guess she liked the game,
For many hours they tarried
Beneath the sumach's flags O. flame,
An in six months they married.
seed Bill yesterday go by,
i A baby carriage wheelin.
he never knowed or thought then
know all about his stealth.
Chicago Mail.
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EQUAL to the Occasion.

A melodrama of the most stirring kind
was being given at a the" ter in a small
provincial town. In one Of the critical
scenes the hero sudden became aware
Of the fact that he come upon the
stage minus bis poni.rd. Without mo-
ment's hesitation he made dash at the
traitor, exclaiming:
''Die, villain! meant to strike thee
with my dagger, but left the weapon
in my dressing room. and will therefore
strangle thee in the presence of this iu-
dulgent audience"
1t is scarcely necessary to add that
this variation from the original brought
down the house.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
i CONVENIENT s1pEBoarD.

a Coy i31S V1atsSS.AI
tools or can command the work Of an or
binary carpenter at small expense, this
convenience may be homemade. The
Art Amateur recently geve some eide
BOARD designs. the simplest Of which is
-e reproduced Il is about y feet long
and about feet o inches high When
made Of wo. q that does not harmonizs
with The woodwork OF the dining room
and IFS other furnishing, it may be
stained the s1esiirs hue and then var
nisheti.
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NOTICE..

U. 5. Land once, st. Cloud. Mimi,
Dec. 2. 1898.
Complaint having been en- tered at this office
by hester Otto against Gideon Gotta for abandon.
ing his homestead entry No. 144l0. dated April
5, 1889. npon the lots No. r. one ~ two and Isl
three section 1S township l32. range 20. in Morri
son County, Minnesota with a view o the cancea
ton of said entry. the said parties are hereby
summoned to appear at the Office of Isaac E
STAPLES, Clerk Of Court. Little Falls MINI. or
the Srd day Of February, 1894 at 10 O'Clock a. IN.
TO respond and furnish testimony concerning
said alleged abandonment.
A. BART0.
Sfpr
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
All In Order.

Lawyer-You say you made an exalnina.
ton of the premises. What did you find'
Witnssa-oh. nothing of consequence. A
beggarly account Of empty boxes, as Shake.
speare says. r.
Lawyer-Never mind what Shakespeare
says. He will be summoned and can testi.
fy for himself, if he knows anything about
the case-Tit-Bits
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19

BegRars swarm % IN Malta that the only
way go avoid being pestered by them is to
put out your hand and anticipate then,
q nth their own ~ Inning, live me some
i sain !. poor nj e "a Me rery
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19

81 suppose you extend the courtesy of
your hotel to people who are in the same
line of business?"
Certainly, sir. What hotel do you rep
resents"
81 don't represent any hotel, sir, hut I'm
IN Inr D1unv i,rrvlrtz=-=- C.=.: 49,
sths,sams ~ oehsstss, .:ss. ...NE.s.ss.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
SUPPLYING One.

Supplying One.
Papa" said Jimmie, who is just learn
ing his multiplication table, "why isn't
there subtraction table?'
"There is, my son. When you sit down
to dinner and begin to eat, that is sub
traction table. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-01-19
i d HA IL a H No Pay.
4 u T-v y @ No Mustache,
I No Pay.
4 nj Cali or Write.
4 -. " AH "a H PROF. G. BiRKHcLz,
\ so1l Masonic Temple
So $3.50 - Chicago.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment Of
the sum OF four hundred and ninety-two aud
seventy five bnndredths dollars. which is
claimed to he due t the date OF this notice. upon
q certain mortgage. duly executed and delivered
by Daniel S. Nooers and his wife Martha j..
MOOers, mortgagors, to George W. Thaver,
mortgagee. bearing date the LIST day of August,
1890 and, with a power OF sale therein contained,
duly recorded in the office of the reyst of deeds
in and for the county OF Morrison and sta te OF
Minnesota on the LIST day OF September, 1890 at
10 oclock a. m, III book 4 OF mortgages, page
465, and no action or proceeding having been In =
stltuted at law or otherwise, TO recover the debt
secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given, that by
virtue of the power of sale contained ia said
mortgage. and pursuant to the statute ia such
case made and provided, the sail mortgage will
be oreclOSed byu sale OF the premises described in
and conveyed by said mortgage VIZ: The south
half OF the southwest quarter and the south half
OF the southeast quarter in section one. town
ship forty-two. range thirty-two, and the south
half OF the southwest quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of section
twenty -nine township forty one, range thirty, all
in Morrison county and state of Minnesota. with
the Entertainments AID appurtenances; which
sale will be made by he sheriff of sh0 Morrison
ouse. in the city OF Little Falls. in SAID county
and state, the 18th day of February, 1884, at
10 O'Clock q. m. OF TINT day, at public vendle. to
the hiShesl bidder for cash, to pay said debt
of four hundred and nirety-two and seventy five
one hundredths dollars, and interest. and the
taxes. II any on said premises. and fifty dol
lars, attorneys fees, stipulated in and by
said mortgage in OF Foreclosure nd h. dis
bnrsements allowed by law; subject rtielnp-
ton at any tiI.e within year from The day oil
sale. as provided by law.
Dated Dec. 2Sth \. d., 1858
GEORGE w THAY.R.
Mort gnge1;
c, A. F. A. liSpaERGH, Attorneys.
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STATE OF MiNNES0TA,l District court.

STATE OF MINNEsoTA,} nNtrirt court
COUNTY OF MORRISON. J Judicial District.
Maria Louise Carver, NJ artin GarveT,i
an infant, by Charles Fl. Webster
his guardian nd Item and Kate
Agnes Carver, an infant. By (harles
Ii. Webster, her guardian I'D Item.
Plaintiffs
Victor Rudeck and-Hudeck. his wife,
whose q rst name is to the pliiniE.
unknown. Francis Rogers nnI
George Gessel,
DEFENDANTS.
The State Of Minnesota to the above named
DEFENDANTS: You and each OF you ale hereby
summoned and required to answer ths complain
OF the plaintiffs in the above entitled action
which complaint has been fled III the office o
the clerk Of the above named court, at the City
OF Little Falls, Morrison County, Mmnesot..
and to serve copy of your answer TO said com
plant on the subscriber at his Office in the City
of Minneapolis, Hennepln County, Minnesota
within twenty days after the service of this sum
mons upon YOU exclusive OF the day OF such ser
vice; and ii you fail to answnr the said com
paint within the time aforesaid. the plain tits IL
this action will apply to the court for the relie
dema nded in said complaint. together with TIN
costs and iisbu rseflents of this action
Dated July 10th. 1893.
F. B. WRIGHT.
Attorney for Plaintiffs
300 Century Building,
Minneapolis. Minnesota.
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BILL / N Y 3 AND VIC.
HE WRITES FRO THE QUEENS DRAW
ING ROOM, BUG BINGHAM PALACE. !.

Sending IN nm Engraved Gard with q Nota
s.ss Of Introduction From an Assistant En-,
bassador Adventure with Poor Girs
Letter From Home.
Copyright, 1893, by Edgar w. Nye.l
QUEEN's DRAWING ROOM, BUcKINa-
HAM PALACE, 8 o CLOCK P. M.
Most every one, even in America, has
heard OF the queen Is drawing room. All
over the world one reads of it with won
der and admiration. Many Of my friends
who knew me as a poor boy with all
the chores on my hands, as well as a
large brood of warts, will wonder when
they read that Little snufiies, as l was
called as a babe, is here in the queen IS
drawing room, noted the whole world
over.
called an hour ago, just too late for
dinner, and asked the major general
commanding the approach to the front