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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-02
supsrior's Biz Gain.

WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. 1.-The
census, just completed, gives Superior
a population Of 26, 176, gain of l26
Der cent since 1890.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-02

Tom O'Neil, of Little Falls town
threshed the barley from six acres o1
ground the first OF the week, and
the Weld was 800 bushels. 1t was
considerably off color, owing to the
last heavy rain storm.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-08-02

The Balm boys, of Culdrum, run
their thresher Tuesday, and threshed
out rye for several different farmers.
The yield was 35 bushels per acre,
machine measure.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27

-fahonoherA,a Nara

Labouchere, during his early days at
Cambridge as an undergraduate, was
one evening caught by the proctors
walking about the streets with a young
woman, and they at once demanded his
name and college. He gave them, but
protested there was nothing wrong
the lady was hIs sister. "oh! come
now" said n Of the proctors, "this
woman is n OF the most notorious
characters In Cambridge" swell, SIR"
said young Labouchere, with his inimit-
able drawl. "dc you consider 1t gentle
manly on yonr part to taunt me with
that2" The proctors were not satisfied,
aud he was hailed before the v~ice-ui.an-
%rellor, who happened to be a Scotsman.
After a severe lecture had beel read
him lin dialecl on his outrageous con-
duct, LRbouchere cooily looked round
and asked whether any one would be 80
kind as TO translate what had been
said into English, as he did not under.
stand Chinese.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
VOYAGE TO SUNDERLAND.

She sails away on the sea Of dreams,
This little skipper with eyes Of brown,
As the frcfy's torch in twilight CLEANS,
And the garnish sun goes DOWN.
Her bark floats over She grimy own
To Sunderland and its silver sea;
rbe spotlcss folds Of her slumber gown
Are no whit fairGr than she.
There are angel birds in the warm, still air,
Aud the skipper laughs with her eyes o
brown,
As they sing to her old songs, sweet and rare
While her bark pillows up aud down;
They sing OF q prince Of high renown,
Aud a princess ever so young and fair; :
But whcre is the princess had ever a crown
Like the crown Of soft brown hair?
Cometh a storm over the silver sea,
That GIBBS on the dreamer's land,
And the angel birds fade out to the lee
of this singular slumbcr strand;
l. there a harbor by angels planned,
From all storms, whatever they be,
From the wicked fairies Of Sunderland
And the waves IN it, silver sca2
IN. like a flash, comes the little brow1
head,
Aud the brown eyes only see
A biIlowy blanket Of silk outsprcad
On an ocean OF dimity;
But its fcarlcsSly the skipper will flee,
With a soft little barefoot tread,
BY the chart she learned on her Bonded
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27

If the lazy people Of education and re
inement could be vigorously stirred te
action; and If, on the other hand, the
well-meaning but ignorant people
could be properly instructed, municip.
al corruption and political decadence
could quickly be arrested.
Thackeray says, "a man will lay
down his head or peril his life for his
honor, but let us be shy how We ask
him to- give up his ease"
In the same vein an American states
man has written, ut Is not the bad
citizen that needs to be reformed, but
the good Citizen The bad citizens
are . hopeless minority, the good citi.
zens a hopeless majority"
1t is well always to remember that a
vast majority Of the so-called flower
classes" are honest; they would like to
have god government If they knew
what 1t meant. When President Low
Of Columbia College was 1rst elected
mayor Of Brooklyn he had a heavy
majority against him in the poorer part
of the city. During his first admins.
tration he offended certain influential
demagosues, and an increased major
ity against him In the "lower wards
Of the city was predicted.
But with great wisdom he went late
these wards, spoke frequently, explain
ed clearly just why what he had done
was for the general interest; and the
result was a great gain for reform IN
that district, while in his own ward.
as it oddly happened, his vote fell of.
$50" said Mr.. Low, II have found that
the people In the lower wards r quite
as amenable to good leadership as those
In the upper wards"
Energy and knowledge r the two
specific remedies for our pollticel NAL.
aides
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
The Way Bananas Grow.

A writer in the Ohio Merchant In
describing the banana says: 1.-THE
average tree produces four punches a
year but all are not marketable
This is a mistake; the banana plan,
never bears but one bunch of fruit.
When the fruit is removed the stalk
hearing 1t Is cut down by a stroke OF
a heavy knife. Other shoots which
CONTINUALLY spring up from the root
will each bear fruit In turn, but never
but one bunch. II properly cult.
waited, each bunch allowed to mature
should be marketable, although II
suckers be allowed to come up in.
discrIminately and in great numbers
the resulting punches Of fruit will be
small. Only a certain number OF
suckers should be permitted to grow
at one time, though it Is only by theil
growth that the crop Is prolonged
year after year without replanting.
The banana having no seed is neces'
sa lily p~ropagated from r OTIS or 'eves''
as they are called, In best locations
a banana crop may be harvested
within ten months from planting,
and IL the suckers have been properly
trained the harvest thereafter goe:
IN continuously.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27

The return trip was made after dark
and the train sped along OF a fearful
rate of speed. The excursionists wer,
all in a Jolly humor and were at til,
height of their festivities, when tn
frightful shrieking of the locomotive
whistle startled everybody. The trail
came to a full stop, and among thos,
who rushed out were the mayor and
marshal of Blue Rock.
At the head of the train they found
the engineer and conductor talking
side, from which the blood was stream
ling.
"Great God! 1t is our trampi" ex
claimed the marshal.
"You are right" said the mayor
"My poor fellow, what is the
matter2"
The tramp fell in a fainting-fit be
fore he could answer this question.
"You sce," said the engineer, e'this
nan was tramping through the woods
when he came I o the track and found
wo train-wreckcrs tampering with the
rails. Well, this tramp, or whatever
he is, jumped on the scoundrels like a
Tiger. He disabled one of them, but
the other stabbed him in the side and
ran away. See, he built a fire on the
track, and as soon as | saw it | stopped
he train"
Just then several passengers came
Up with the wounded wrecker, who
iad been seriously injured by the
ramp.
The villain evidently thought that he
was MORALLY wounded, for he made a
full confession.
al think" said the Blue Rock mayor,
"that we owe q debt of gratitude to
our prcseryer. Many men in this fix
would not have turned over a hand to
save us"
The poor tramp opened his eyes and
.miled family.
"sDid you know we were on the
uain?" asked the marshal.
ooh, yes; | saw you when You went
MP the road this morning, and | hung
about here because | saw those two
chaps acting suspiciously.
"Como now, who are you and where
Is your home?' asked the marshal.
81 am a gentleman. have forgot
ten my name and all about things that
happened years ago. / can tell you
nothing more
"By Georgcl" said the mayor, 81
he tells the truth" L
eve must take him to Blue Rock
md core for him said one of the II
party. ale shall have the freedom of
the town and the best there is in it," |.
"Thank YOU" said the tramp. with
4 smile, 81 am satisfied now"
A spasm of pain contracted his feat
ures.
A gasp, a fluttering of the breath
and the unknown was dead.
Tramp or gentleman, who was he
and what lay back of his misfortunes?
These were the questions that the
Blue Rock excursionists asked each
other on their way home.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
Hoods Pills act harmonionSIy VIII"
Cinnamon Buying Guns.

A unique sight at the present Unit
IS the number of Cinnamon who eau
De seen in the various gun stores pur'
Chasing firearms In one store on
Broadway could have been seen the
other day, a dozen Mongolians, eacl
carefully examining a rife, ana III
lnelr way expressing themselves as tC
the peculiar merits of the arm III
question. AS a rule they are solicl
tous as TO the mechanism devoted u
breech-loading, but once in a whlL'
an enthusiast would raise the rlIie u
his shoulder and in his imaginatloi
think OF the result. Dealers say ina
considerable quantities Of small arms
as well as ri es, have been oough'
ostensibly for the purpose Of shipping
to China Generally the crowd o.
Caucaslans on the sidewalk, who 0
with wondering or philosophical eyes,
accord ng to the temperamentof eacn
individual, upon the curious picture
displayed before them.-Hardwa ware.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
TOWNS OF SETTLED HABITS.
London and Philadelphia Alike In
This Respect.

This Respect.
In her article on "The Myth of the
400," In the July Cosmopolitan, Mrs
Burton Harrison tells of an American
calling upon a lady In London and find
Ing her seated in a big chair by the
window and engaged In some sort Of
needlework. A young man came in and
paid his respects, as it vas her day at
home, and then bowed himself out
Three years later the American was
lagain in London, and again he called
upon the lady. 1t was her day at home,
and there she sat In the same chair by
the same window with the same nee
dlework, or some very like 1t, in her
hand, and, more remarkable still, the
same young man called and made the
same remarks he had made three years
before. Mrs. Harrison tells this aneca
dote to show how unchanged things
are in England, and how you are pretty
sure to find people just about as you
left them. The illustration Is a good
one, but l can match 1t with q better
one over here.
l have the pleasure Of knowing a
family in Philadelphia, who have lived
in the same house for forty years. As
the children Of this family grew up,
they developed a musical talent from
In the law, as well as skilled with the
bow. Every Sunday, between IL and 1
O'Clock, 1t was the custom of the father
and the son to play classic music, the
father being first violin, one son viola,
one second violin, the other vioIoncello.
They played well, and, as 1 lived near
err Philadelphia in those days than I do
to-day, 1 dropped In at these rehearsals,
as they called them. Five years ago I
was In Philadelphia on a Sunday. I
had not seen my old friends In fifteen
years, but l was sure they were living
at the old place. 1 walked around to
the house, and, as l mounted the mar
BILE steps, I heard sounds Of music.
Could It be possible that q rehearsal"
was going on7 Yes, sure enough. There
sat the father, his hair SNOW white,
with his violin tucked under his chin,
and the three "boys"-fathers them
~selves-all playing away as they had
been doing since they were children.
To be sure, they were married men
and did not live at home, but they met
every Sunday morning at their fathers
for the usual music. I expect to run
on to Philadelphia again before long,
and, though 1t has been at least Ave
years since I was at my old friends
house. I expect to hear the music on
Sunday morning. for I shall time my
visit so as to include a Sunday.-Criac
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
ramartrne,s Audac,tv.

Thirty years ago even the greater
poets were not paid as literally for
their verses Is the lesser mes ara
now. One poet, however, had the
audacity to fix his own compensation,
and to cur its payment Tho
name OF Lamartine, poet, historian,
and statesman. occurs only ozce Ia
the back numbers Of the Revue des
Deux Mondes, the great literary
periodical Of France 1t is appended
to several verses about which the fol-
lowing story is told:
At the time of the fabulous suo
cess of the 'sHistory of the Giron-
dins," Monsieur Buloz, editor of tho
Revue, begged the poet to contribute
something 10 prose for his periodical.
Lainartine consented, making a con.
dit.on, however, of an advance Gay.
ment of A, 900 francs. On receiving
the money, as a sort of acknowledge.
ment Of the favor, he handed the
publisher q copy Of verses, saying that
he could print them II he liked as or
earnest of his promised articles.
Then came the revolution OF 184a
One day Lamartine. then Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, received a call from
Buloz, now his bitter enemy. "I
have come" said the editor Of the
Revue des Deux Mondes, Ito ask you
to pay me the 1000 francs / lent
you"
Certainly, with pleasure" an.
swered Lamartine, taking four crisp
thousand-franc notes out OF a drawer
Of his writlng-table.
Buloz, quite unprepared for thi,
prompt way of ~transacting business,
faltered, "But then, lowe you some
thing for those verses"
"Oh, that is of no consequence; do
not mention that" said Lamartins
:arelessly.
'sExcuse me, Monsieur lie Ministre,
but the Revue des Deux Mondes pre-
fers not to be under obligation" said
the editor, very stiffiy.
"Ahl then the mater is very easily
adjusted; let us call 1t 4, 900 francs"
and Lamartine replaced the notes 10
his drawer, locking it up carefully.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
CHIEF.
de Is a Very important Official in the
Govcrnmeut of SInRapore,

-N
I Government Of singapore.
The great drawback to Singapore
and IN a lesser degree to Penang and
1ther islands in the neighborhood of
he Straits Of Malacca, is that the
dense and impenetraole woods with
which they are clothed afford shelter
to countless tigers Of a very ferocious
description. 1t has therefore been
found necessary to create an ofilcs
which is called In English ''ti err
slayer-in chief" to the Governor OF
the Straits Settlements, says the
London Telegraph. Singapore is but
a short way from the maitland, and
the tigers have for many years been
ID the habit OF swimming across the
stra t and issuing forth at night from
their Businesses 10 prey not only on
the flocks and herds OF the natives,
but occasionally upon young children
and unprotected women
To those who are aware of the pro.
iclency and courage shown by French
sportsmen In their pursuit of big
Carnivora 1t will be no surprise to
learn that the Governor of the Straits
settlemeu IS has just selected a citi-
zen of that aspiring nation-M. de
Gancourt by name-to fill the post of
"tiger-slayer-in chief" at Singapore.
It appears that M. de Nancourt has
killed 800 tigers with his own rifle,
against a bag of only 400 made by
Major General Probyn, the WE'LL
known English shikarri. Some of
our Partisan contemporaries claim
credit for the French nation as sup.
plying an Official akin to their own
grand louvetier for employment in a
British colony. We are reminded by
our lively friends across the channel
that until NJ. Du Chaillu encountered
and slew the gorilla we knew moth
ing as to the existence and habits OF
that formidable monster, and that
the greatest of our living hunters,
Mr.. SelOus, Is of French origin. n
NJ de Nancourt Is also to keep down
the number of tigers haunting the
jungles and woods Of Singapore and
taking toll of the native Inhabitants,
neither the latter nor any other Br t.
lsh subject will take any exception
10 MS nationality.
The great bulk of the population
Of Singapore, numbering altogether
nearly 200, 900 souls, are Chinese and
Malays. who, like the natives of
India, look to white shikarris to rid
them of dangerous and savage beasts
of prey. In the meantime the i'm
portance Of Singapore and Of the
nkHa, f-14n -l1nnfno GrlaN
! rltain in its neIghborhood demands
that what is called 1.-THE SC urge of
the co.ony"-the tiger-should be
kept within reasonable limits. We
hear, therefore, with sat sfaction
that a stiger-slayer-in chief to the
Governor of the Straits Settlements"
has been created for this purpose.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
Elm Demidoff, a Russian Whose Wealth
Is of Recent Creation.

Like the English millionaires,
those of the Cars domlDions mostly
derive their revenues from landed
property. While the Briton, how
ever, devotes a large part Of his
gross income toward improving his
possessions and to the amelloration
OF the lot of his tenants In one way
or another, the Lussian, on the 9th
er hand, extracts every farthlng that
he can from his property and spends
it upon himself, the result being
that agriculture In Russia is going
from bad to worse, that formerly fer
tile and productive estates have now
become barren and impoverished, and
that while the ~peasantry are In a
state of misery bordering on famine,
the mobiles themselves have been
obliged to mortgage or sell their
lands, and are at the end OF their
financial tether. or course, there
are some exceptions, such as, for in
stance, the Y%ousoupoff the ] cmI-
dolls and the Scheremetieffs. The
wealth of the Demidoffs is so vast,
according to the New York Tribune,
that 1t is beyond calculation. and
strangely enough the fortune is OF
relatively recent creation, its founder
having been a country blacksmith In
the days of letter the Great. IL was
while travelling 10 the Ural Mount
aims that the latter broke one Of his
most valuable English pistols. A vii
lage smith mended 1t so quickly and
so well that the Car was delighted
and asked the mans name. "Eemi.
doff, 1 shall remember you," said he
as he rode of. The poor man was
beginning to think that Peter had
forgotten him when there came an
oncial document adorned, with the
imperial seal, granting him the free
hold OF a great tract of crJwn land
In the neighborhood Of the village.
Denidotf went to work on bis new
r-opertg, and found there inc xhausti-
He mines OF iron, silver, and mala-
cmSs. Young Elm Demldotf-he
does not bear In Russia the Italian
title of prince generally pref ed to
his name by foreigners-is at the
! present moment the richest man In
the world. Princess Y%olsoupoff,
with her great turquoise mines, COM
ing next in rank. Fortunately, both
OF them are more free-handed and
generous than their respective imme-
date predecessors as head Of the
family the late Anatole DemidOi
and The late Prince YousoupoT hav-
ing been alike renowned for their
meanness and avsrlce, of which al.
most incredible stories are related.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27

I recall very fully the moment
and the place when I first heard OF
Don Qulxote, while as yet / could not
connect it very distinctly with any,
body's authorship, writes William
Dean Howells in his literary autobi.
oQraphy In the Ladies' Home Journal.
/ was still too young to conceive of
authorship even In my own case, and
wrote my miserable verses without
any notion of literature, or anything
but the pleasure Of seeing them
actually come out rightly rhylned
and measured The moment was
at the close o! summers
day lust before supper, which In
our ,house iweI had lawlessly late and
the place was the Kitchen where my
mother was go ng about her work,
and listening as she could to what
nv father was telling my brother and
me and an apprentice Of ours, who
was like a brother to US both, of a
hook that he had once read, We
bows we're all Smelling peas, but the
,tory. as 1t went on, rapt US from the
moor employ, and whatever our fingers
we're doing our spirits were away in
that strange land OF adventures and
mIshaps. where %the,feyered life Of the
Knight truly without fear and with.
out reproach burned itself out 1
dare say my father tried to make us
understand the satirical purpose of
The book; I vaguely remember his
speaking Of the books Of chiyalry it
was meant 20 ridicule, but a boy
.onld not care for this and what /
|longed 10 do at once was to get that
book and plunge into its story.
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
1eLEaRAeneRs, eLuNpEhs.
some VI the Many Coumon Ones ana
How They Are Made.

How They Are Made.
iThere are many errors made IL
the transmission OF messages which
are entirely uncalled for, but ever
with these there is not one blundeT
made TO every 5, 900 words passing
over the wires" said a telegraph
operator to a Pittsburg Dispatch
man. "That is, Of CT urse, in the
main offices, where the most expert
operators are employed. l don't
think the same can be said of all the
branch Offices An error which has
cost the business man many dollars
and yet for which we a find no
cause is mixing of the numbers
fifteen and 1fty. There is no excuse
for the error, yet it occurs more
frequently than anything else. They
seem to be the fated numbers Of the
telegraphers. We have notices
posted above each instrument con-
corning 1t, yet such mi takes will &C.
cur. Words ending in tn are fre-
quently rendered ty,' which is very
serious when numbers are being sent.
For instance, sixty might be rem
deIed sixth or vice versa. This is
caused by the similarity In the teIe-
Graphic characters for the III and ~
The former is four dots, while the
latter is made by two dots, space, two
dots. A stroke OF lightning or the
wind bringing the wires together,
or perhaps the unsteady hand OF the
operator, who sooner or later is
a ected with 'teleg aphers' paralysis
might separate the four dots and
change sixth into sixty Some.
times the dots stick together and
make a dash; thus a seven, which is
two dashes and Two d IT'S, may be-
come a five by having the last two
dots stick max ng the character
three dasheS. Losses OF considerable
amounts have frequently been caused
by dots sticking. Some operators
who are afflicted with a paralysis
cannot make a letter h. which Is
four dots. They either make five
dots, p or six dots, 49, Ihave seen
some operators try to make six con-
secutive dots to represent the num-
Der six, and would not be able to
stop short OF ten or twelve. This, of
course is caused by the disease.
There are many error that the GUS
toner must take the blame for. Two
and ten are most often mixed on &C
count of careless writing. Then the
word can't freque atty has the "
left of, which. Of course, changes the
whole sense, Of the thing. Can't
should never be written In a tele-
gram, 1t should be spelled OUT
cannot"
"Terhaps the most iudicrous error
which ever came to my notice" said
a well-known operator, "was In a
telegram from Atlantic City. 1t
was the record of the drowning OF
a man, and after detailing the pIte.
Gus scene, and the brave efforts to
save his life, 1t said: 'Ju t as brave
John Smith reached his side he threw
up his hand and, with a look itoward
heaven, cried out: "Ninety -nine."'
1t was a rather startling exclamation
for a dying man, and the operator
sent back to know what was meant.
He was told by the sender that 1t did
not mean 'ninety-nine,' but Lulu
the name Of his sweetheart. The
character for lu' is a dash, two dots
and a dash, which is the same for
the number nine. No wonder he
made a mistake"
The Penn's Grove record., 1895-09-27
A Studio Trick.

In the corner of an artists studio in
his city is an ingenious arrangement
If screens, upon one of which, over an
aperture about the size Of a face, is an
inscription: tIikenesses taken in
,tanteously." The innocent visitor
peeks through the hole and is aston.
shed to behold an exact likeness Of
himself as q hump-backed iailer in q
Icarlet coat, opening a prison door.
The secret of this effect is simple. The
iailer is q life-size painting strongly
rendered. The place for the face is
,ut out and q mirror inserted, reflect
ing the features of the spectator. The
conception of the amusing fantasy is
not entirely original IT was impor-
led from the studio of Wiertz, the
Belgian artist. Philadelphia Record.