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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
"A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE HOUSE
Full OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
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porn just as good ms another ard "a great
deal better than some" Unless the son OF
a gentleman be gentleman he Is no more
entitled to tho name suggesting refinement
than man is entitled to the name Of gon-
eral whose father before him was Il general.
One must win his own laurels or go un-
crowned. a., ~
Birth to marked degree is an accident,
and those who are considered to be we'll
born are ofttimes tho most objectionable
elements of society and the most danger
GUS associates. One need but watch closely
the daily record Of tbcso on both sides OF
tho Atlantic whose birth gives them pres
tige in society, to prove that education
and cultivation of high morals and man
ners go farther toward making refined 50.
ciety than all tho good or blue blood that
evor flowed through the veins Of royalty
and tho nobility. Of course, it would be
tho height Of absurlity to argue that all
men arc born equal and it would be as IL
logical to argue against the superiority Of
bloo.lcd animals Of tho race course Oyer
tho ordinary draft horse. However,, lhe
nobility u culture and refinement s4ould
have PRECEDENCE oeor tho nobility Of birth
ant! rank. Philadelphia Press. M
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
An Ct.oylcsS Region.

"In that country onco known rs the
Great A mcricnn Desert, embracinga por-
ticn Of Texas AID Arizona, there are no
cdors," said citizen of Dallas to re-
porter. "Thcro luscious grapes and many
other fruits grow, especially near tho cross
timber country, but there is no perfume;
wild flowers have DO smell, and carc&sses
of dead animals. which in dry seasons are
very plentiful, emit no odor. 1t was al
ways supposed to be q treelcss plain, upon
which no plant could grow or breathing
thing could 1.-Two, but large part OF it Is
now successfully cultivated, and but for
the rarity of the atmosphere, causing the
popularity I have named, and The mirages,
which are even more perfect than IN the
desert of Sahara, no one would look upon
it as barren country now. Another sim
gular feature common to the desert land
Is that objects at great distance appear
greatly magnifed. A few scraggy mes
quite bushes, will look like noble forest.
Stakes driven into the ground will seem
like telegraph poles. Cincinnati En-
Quirer. &
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
Pasturing Sorghum.

Sometimes it kills and sometimes it
doesn't. Why it kills or why it doesn't
kill no fellow has yet found out, says
F. D. Coburn, who is credited with the
fo1lowing:'
Many cattle have died within an hour
or even a half hour after being given
access to growing second growth sor-
ghum, or Kaffir corn, their owners find
ing to their sorrow that these were dead
~. On the other hand, there are appar-
emily just as many owners who will
testify that they have raised sorghum
for years, and their cattle have had free
access to it in we'll nigh all its various
stages and conditions only to thrive and
wax fat. 81. ..@.E... .r..l...l.a
never heard Of any losses by cattle
pasturing On first grown sorghum nor
from eating the second growth after it
was cured. I would have no particular
fears of the latter, but as to the green
stuff have seen enough to convince me
Of it's being chad medicine" sometimes
lin fact, many times. I suspect that
really much of the trouble arises from
turning hungry cattle wholly unaccus-
toned to it where they eat too much and
too ravenously, especially soon after a
frost or about the season Of frosts."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
FRAME WITH TIN I.ABBET,

FRAME WITH TIN RABBIT.
cially the case in cool weather, and
loosening them jars the frames and
greatly disturbs the bees. To overcome
this trouble, an Ohio apiarist, who has
used with an advantage tin rabbet,
describes it for the benefit Of others, in
q communication to Ohio Farmer:
Fig. represents frame and hive. A
is the top bar Of frame; B is tho side Of
hive, and F is the tin rabbet. Fig. 2 rep
resents more clearly the tin rabbet. G
is the part the frames rest on, and E
and D are the parts to be attached to
the hive g should be about three
eighths of an inch high SO as not to
pinch any Of the bees when the frame is
hung on the rabbet. E, and D can be of
such dimensions as will best suit the
rabbet in tho hive, which should be as
deep as the top bar is thick where it
rests on the tin rabbet, plus the depth
of the tin rabbet. This will make the
top bar of frame level with the hive.
The tin rabbet is very cheap and very
easily made and will be found quite
convenient, and the hive is just as easily
made for the tin rabbet as not.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
Popularity of the Corn Harvester.

Popularity of the Corn Harvester.
The most popular machine of the year
is the corn harvester. The successful
handling of a big corn crop has always
been worrying job for the farmer
The chances are now that he will be
able to sit on bis machine and cut and
bind at the rate Of an acre per hour,
says Rural New Yorker in report con-
corning the working of harvester on
the famous Ellerslie farm. It aver
ages an acre an hour and picks up the
corn III good shape. When silo filling
begins on that farm, they cut 200 tons
per day. The harvester must run day
and night to keep up the supply. Every
three minutes ton Of corn is crowded
through the cutter and carried up to the
silo top. It cost $3.50 last year to cut
the corn ready for the wagons. This
year the machine does it for less than
half that amount and leaves the bundles
in better shape for handling. That is
the way these inventions work. They
give increased power and saving to the
great enterprise and take more or less
manual labor away from the ordinary
Workmen. 4,s s,- 5s..-.s-g. x
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
ELECTRICITY In Agriculture.

In Electric Power is chronicled the
successful experiment of Danish farm
er in the use of electric power for thrash
ing. He has hitherto had all old fash
toned thrashing machine drawn by
horses. Three pairs of horses have
worked the machine with about 800
turns per minute, the horses being
changed four times per diem. The pow
er transmitted in this way is, owing to
the nature of the machinery, irregular,
occasioning considerable loss of time to
the workmen employed. By the use OF
an electric motor to propel the thrashing
mill this disadvantage is removed, The
power is transmitted evenly, stoppages
are avoided, the thrashing is more speed
lily effected, and the machine itself is
spared considerable wear and tear. A
stationary steam or oil engine drives the
dynamo, and the current is conducted
through cables Of suitable length to any
given point il or outside the barn where
the thrashing takes place. *2 s. 4
At the farm where the experiment
has been tried the force is generated by
six horsepower oil (petroleum) engine.
The distance between the oil engine and
the thrashing mill is about 40 yards.
A speed of 1000 turns of the mill per
minute can be attained, and it is clear
" demonstrated that the thrashing pro-
ceeds with very much greater ease and
rapidity than formerly. It is especially
worthy Of notice that the speed does not
vary even when the mill is very full. II
the thrashing mill is moved, of course
the elect1 omotor must also be moved. It
is therefore placed upon sort Of sledge.
Another advantage in the use of cleo
tricity in the transmission Of working
power may be mentioned-viz, that the
electric current can, without extra ex-
pense, produce two lamps in the barn
and the machine house.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25

What can be accomplished by irriga-
tion has been demonstrated in northern
Colorado, the garden spot of the west.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
PARKED BY . Joke.

One Of Henry Clay's most formidable
Kentucky opponents was John Pope, a ono
armed man, for many years member Of
congress and at one time United States
senator. He was once running against
Mr.. Clay in the Lexington district, and
the contest was close and exciting.
AS election day approached Mr.. Clay
heard that an Irishman In Lexington
who had always been one Of his political
supporters had announced his purpose to
vote for Mr.. Pope. Mr.. Clay went to see
him and inquired the reason.
'sFaith, Mr.. Clay, y said the man, "an
I've concluded to vote for the man who
has only one arm to thrust into the treas
ury. youths Companion.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
A CHEAP lsOOTuOuSE.

ridge and other plates, and for roof use
old rails, poles or something Of that sort
covered with cornstalks, straw, weeds,
pine boughs or other litter, to IL
inches in depth, and then with a foot OF
soil. A ventilator may be put in tho
rear end, and the door, facing the south
gable end, in front. Everything must be
made snug and tight, SO that there is no
chance for frost to touch the vegetables
stored inside Such a root cellar is a
capital place for the winter storage Of
celery, cabbage and roots Of all kinds,
even potatoes, and also for apples. IN
short, it is good thing to have, both
for the home grower and the market
gardener. ~.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
GENERAL FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES.
In Command Of tho Army of the Potomac
YyhiIa Grant Got n Mint ,Julen.

In Command Of tho Army of the Potomac
While Grant Got . Mint Julep.
Tho cobbler who mcnded my shoes was
named Bigly, and he was always called
general, which somehow did not quite
oomport with my idea Of the cobbler.
True, lie had been soldier during the
whole Of the rebellion, but just what kind
of a soldier did not know. True, also,
he had lost his leg at Gettysburg, but 1T
was q dozen years after the war in tho NC
cidental upset of u traction engine drag
cling u t!lrashing machine into the field
Still he was General Bigly" in the conf
mon parlance, and one day asked him
about it.
weren't you in tho ar1ny?" inquired.
eyes, sir," no answered proudly and
promptly. .'...
"Sce much flghtinge"
"From April, 1861, to September, 1865. y
81 notice that everybody calls you gen.
eral. What was your rank? Wero you
gene,'alf'
II was in command Of the Army of the
Potomac, SIR" he said. as truthful in tone
as any man ever heard speaks
"Oh, COME" laughed, II never beard
of General Digly in command OF that
army. You arc giving me CUFF, as the
boys say"
ats true as gospel" he insisted.
"Tell mo about it, If it's all tho Same. 4"
"Well, you soc, it was this way" he
said, peggihg away at the shoe in his lap,
and not looking squarcly at me. II was
in tho Army Of the Potomac when General
Grant took charge, and I was Il sergeant.
used to know tho general out In Galena
when he wasn't so much, and no was
mighty friendly with Inc and matlo mo his
orderly. used to so every place with
him, riding over tho fold and that kind OF
thing, and sometimes there wasn't nobody
but me and the general riding around fol
miles together. Well, one day we had rode
out along the road and we come to little
place where man lived that could make
the finest mint julep in the whole state OF
Virginny. knowed about the place and
SO did the general and when we struck 1t,
I could kinder see his mouth watering, for
mint juleps didn't grow on trees in them
days in Virginny. When we got opposite
the gate, the general sorter stopped his
boss and looked over at me, and shut
down one eye soft and easy. .l
"'Bill,' says he-he always called me
Bill in private Bill, will you do me ia
vorp'
. Anything on top Of earth, general,
says I. What is it?'
"'Will you be kind enough to take com.
mand Of the army while 60 In here and
get mint julep9'
"'Of course I will, general, says I,
Strengthening my back as II I had ram
rod stuck down it and, coming to q salute.
g Thanks says he, 'and please hold
my hoss at the same time.
Then he went in, and for about 10
minutes I sat there on my boss like Ma
poleon crossing the Rubicon and was In
command of the Army of the Potomac,
and ever since that time the boys have
called me General, and didn't see any
use of saying they shouldn't. Washing.
ton Star. ia
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
VenciOuS,

A young man whose vsracity Is unim-
peaohable tells the following touching
story to the Monticello (Fla.) Constitu-
ton: On q plantation few miles from the
city there lived In great felicity pair OF
ducks. But the old drake, being Of rath-
er pugnacious disposition, was sentenced
to be shot Several hours after the sem
tenoe was executed his mate was observed
to droop, and shortly thereafter she died,
Enthusiastically Of q broken heart. The
truth Of this story Is vouched for. I WIN
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
On the Country Road.

The horsepower corn harvester and
the machine husker bid fair to solve the
problem Of utilizing the stalks in our
great western cornfelds.
Prairie Farmer tells that q large
number, Of farmers in the central por>
ton Of Minnesota have been expert
menting in moderate way with winter
rye, with success in nearly every case.
VI Experiments at the Utah station make
it appear that in vineyard irrigation
subirrigation gives more fruit per vine
than surface irrigation.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
TO BE IN GOOD SOCIETY.

Culture and Refinement to Have Prece.
dence Over Birth and Rank.
High moral character and education,
whether it be of booklore or that Of obser-
walton and good example, polish Of man
ner and good habits, are the requisites Of
good society. One whose ideas Of social
equality were rather democratic than ex-
elusive YVES heard to remark Zone man Il
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
The BEST SIZED ] FARM. !
FOR the Average Western Fns.aer Who
af Grows Grain and Fat Animals. II

For the Average Western Fnssner VINO
Grows Grain and Fat Animals. A
''What acreage is most profitable to
the farmer not sIecialist?" was a
query up for discuss; on il the columns
Of The Rural Now Yorker not long ago.
4 a farmer writing from st. Clair county,
Ills, pronounced 200 acres just right
for southern Illinois. He, however,
vonltl substitute for fl. animals dairy
stock bred for butter. lie would divide
q farm Of the G.ze mentioned into four
fields Of about equal eize-- No. for
wheat, No. 2 fer cCr.l and oats, No. 8
for pasture and No. 8 III clover and tim
othy, which could be pastured il the
fell-could sustain 40 to so head Of,
dairy stock and would produce OH ,n
average per year 1000 bushels Of wheat
and all the feed necessary for the cattle
and horses, with the exception of bran,
which must be bought. If the farmer
himself is good worker, lie would need
two hired men the year around
The best sized farm for the average
western farmer should be largo enough
TO warrant the purchase of tho hest i'm
proved labor saving machinery, writes
farmer from northern Illinois. He
says Then again it should not be SO
large that two men could not do all OF
the work with few exceptions. It
should not be so large that all coarse
fodder cannot be fed OH the farm. even
the corn fodder-not on the root, but in
the barn. Any farm that has the corn
husked standing is too large for its
operation, even in the great corn belt.
With the help of tho four horse gang
pillow, harrow and disk pulvorizer, the
hay loader, corn binder and corn h11sker
and shredder the best sized farm should
contain about 200 acres, with two men
to grow the crops during the summer
six months, and the same two nlcn TO
manufacture the greater part OF the
game crops into fat ant. fertilizer during,
the winter six months. "~s,.
A Wisconsin correspondent named 100
acres as the best sized farm. He writes:
This amount could be worked with two
teams, one hired man by the year and
one eight months during tho summer.
An Iowa farmer said: All things con-
sidered, 100 acres is about the size farm
that the average farmer can work most
economically. There are many things
to be done OH farm that one man can.
not do to advantage, and Il good farmer
can find all the work two men can do
on grain and stock farm of 100 acres.
An intensive farmer also specified go
acres as the right amount for tho aver
age western farmer provided he is al
lowed to keep hired hand. II not, 80
acres is large enough. A Colorado rep
resentative said that i'll the greater part
Of the farming cocutry Of Colorado,
which is under irrigation, an average
farmer owns from so 70 100 acres.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
Wintering Vegetables.

"IuCeTJHk vsa.CIaOASSs
For the market gardener who wants
to put his products to the best markets
and supply customers with some green
stuff the year around. and during win.
ter especially with celery, onions, car
rots, cabbage, perhaps apples, ETC., a
roothouse is Indispensable. T. Greiner,
writing from La Sale, N. Y, to Amer
lean Cultivator, says: ~ ..
The simplest, cheapest and most SEN
sible ones which I have ever seen in sui
cessful operation were put up something
like the one represented in accompany
ing illustration. -
The floor Of such n ''root cellar" is
sunk in by excavation about foot Or
two deep. Drive few posts to support
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25
Fau Flowing.

In the rotation of crops we find q spe-
cies Of rest for the ground. It is certain,
too, that no two sorts OF grain draw ex-
actly on the same chemical constituents
in the soil This gives the lungs OF the
farm, if we may SO speak, an opportu-
nifty for the coming year to fill again
with the necessary breath. Nature, how
ever, is very much assisted by fallow
blowing, says the Iowa Homestead,
which advises its being done as early as
possible for several reasons, among
which are: First, the stubble turned
under is good manure and OF that
character which aerates the soil; Gee
ond, there comes up dense aftermath
from the scattered grain which, unless
pastured, makes good mulch; third,
fall blowing saves good deal OF work
in the spring, when the farmer is hur-
ried, as a rule. Then corn in many To-
calities does the best on fall plowing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-25

TT. wisconsin Central Llnee
Run
Two fast trains daily between st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago, MIL
waukee and all points in WISCONSIN,
making connection in Chicago with
all lines running east and south.
Tickets sold and baggage ,,hecked
through to all points in the United
States and Canadian provinces.
For full information regarding
routes, rates, maps. folders, etc., ad-
dress your nearst ticket agent or
JAS. G. POND, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
,2.#., Milwaukee, Wis.
LISA /.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
MURPHY AT MILWAUKEE,.
Brewers Done Up on Their Native
Heath.

Heath.
Special to the Globe.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. H.-There
was disappointed crowd of fans at
the Milwaukee ball park this after
noon. They went out with the expec-
tation of seeing the Brewers wipe up
the earth with the Minneapolis team.
The Millers and the Brewers have al
ways been the most bitter kind of en-
emieS, but this time the crowd was
not gratified in witnessing the down.
fall of the despised Minnesotans.
There was a large crowd for a Sat
urday and the local boys were out to
win, but the day was not theirs and
in addition the umpire was against
them. Cushman made a decision in
the first inning that gave the MillerS
four runs and practically the game.
There was enough excitement to please
the most enthusiastic, but the Brew
ers could not put enough ginger into
their work to win out Twice the OPP
portunity presented itself, but each
time the effort failed. The game was
a battle between the pitchers from the
start and there was little difference
in the effectiveness of either. Baker
was hit hard in only the first inning,
and had the decision been different
the chances are that he would have
won his game.
His support was not as good as that
accorded Fraser, and only four of
the runs scored by the visitors were
earned. In the seventh inning Baker
had two men on bases and one out.
He purposely gave the next man his
base on balls and then proceeded to
double up the next two men: 1t was
pretty play and the crowd applaud
ed him to the echo. The catching of
Wilson was also a feature
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-18
HOLSTERS LEADING WELL.
Though Two Others Still Have a
Chance

The tabulation of the games won and
lost by the various teams of the West
ern league shows that Indianapolis still
has commanding lead with a con-
siderable majority of its games to be
played at home. This appears to give
the Hoosisrs very decided advantage
over its competitors, but an analysis
of the situation indicates that there is
still pretty struggle in prospect for
the bunting. On Sunday Indianapolis
will play with the Chicago National
league team in Chicago, and Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
will play off four games it has with
Grand Rapids and Terre Haute. After
these are out of the way, the Hoosiers
will have to play ball for everything
they get, as their other twenty-nine
games are with the four teams next
below them in the list, seven each with
st. Paul, Kansas City and Milwaukee
and eight with the hard-hitting Mime
apolis aggregation. Playing ball with
these is not like playing with the three
teams at the foot of the list. While
Indianapolis is thus having the fight
of it's life, both Kansas City and st.
Paul, with the exception of seven
having it comparatively easy with the
teams of Detroit, Terre Haute and
Grand Rapids. The st. Paul team is in
buoyant spirits at Kansas City, and
| will fight for the pennant to the last
ditch. The Apostles have played
seventeen games in the seventeen days
of August, winning twelve of them,
and, with the exception of crippled
catchers, the team was never in better
shape. 1t will play today at Kansas
City, Tuesday and Wednesday at Mil
| waukee, and Saturday, Sunday, Mon
| day and Tuesday at Terre Haute. The
last four days of August the tug of
war will come between st. Paul and
| Minneapolis in the home of the Hoos-
| iers. If Indianapolis takes three of
these four, she will no doubt land the
| bunting. st. Paul will play two games
! in Detroit on Labor day, Sept. 2, and
! games on Sept. 8 and 4. st. Paul will
/ then pick up Grand Rapids and come
| to st. Paul for three games, Sept. g, Z
and s. From Sept. 10 to % ST. Paul will
play at home threa games each with
Detroit Terre Haute, Indianapolis and