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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
Was Once an Athlete.

"You would never think to look ut me-
remarked Father Hines, the Woodland
prelate, as he slapped the front of his vest
and surveyed an expansive girth, "that 1
was once an athlete. Yes, sir. 1t Is fact.
once performed feat that could hardly
be duplicated. WAS in Virginia City dur
ing the bonanza days. A couple Of men
were engaged in duel with revolvers on
the main street in front of tho express Of
fee. was in tho office. At the first shot
broken glass fell all around me- saw the
express agent dodge behind the safe, and
thought that would DO about the best
place for me, but I had to climb over q
partition nine feet high to reach the safe.
got there, but never knew how. tried
to climb that partition again when the
shooting was over, and I couldn't jump
.::igh enough to grasp the top Of it with my
bands. San Francisco Post.
The new moon coming between Q and
p. m. means changeabls weather In sum
mer and in winter fair and pleasant
weather.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH.

Mark Twain is at work on q new VOL
pme describing his tour around the world.
w. Lewis Fraser, art manager Of The
Century Magazine, made his start In life
in Canada.
James Payn recently declared that Car
lyle was free from afectation of any kind.
He had not even Manners
Louise Imogene Quincy and Stephen
Crane are becoming known In France
through recent translationA
Puvis de Chavannes' last three panels
for the Boston Public library, REPRESENT
ing Philosophy, Chemistry and Physics,
Paris.
Sir John Millais is said to have achieved
the distinction Of bequeathing nearly
$3.50, 900 In personally, which Is by far the
largest fortune ever accumulated by an
artist wholly by his art.
Mrs Stowe found the winter bad sea-
son In which to write "Cold weather,"
she said, "really seems to torpify my
brain. l write with u heavy numbness
For writing some parts want warm
weather and not to DO In a state Of a
froze and thawed apple.
Advices from South Africa confirm the
report that Olive Schreiner, the South
African writer, Is in somewhat straitened
circumstances. Her homo III Kimberley
Is u very small place, consisting OF two
rooms and kitchen. The author docs
her own housework and may be seen any
day cooking dinner on a paraffln stove In
the dining room Of the tiny cottage.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
Tho Way It Acted,

A tailor named Sam Smith from a
country place visited q large wholesale
warehouse and ordered quantity of
goods. He was politely received, and one
OF tho principals showed him over the g.
tablishment. On reaching the fourth floor
the customer saw speaking tube on the
wall, the first he had ever seen.
"What Is that?" he asked.
"Oh, that Is a speaking tube. 1t Is q
great convenience We can talk with 1t to
the clerks on the first floor without taking
the trouble Of going down stairs"
"Can they hear anything that you shy
through itr'
Eyes, and they can reply"
"You don't say so. May talk through
it,"
"Certainly."
The visitor put his mouth to tho tube
and asked:
"Are Sam Smiths goods packed YETI"
The people in tho office supposed 1t was
the salesman who had asked the question,
and in O moment the distinct reply came
back:
mo. We are waiting for q telegram
from his town. He looks like slippery
customer. "-Waterbury.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
HIGH AND MIGHTY.

Ex-Empress Eugenie battles In milk ev-
cry morning.
The king and queen of Siam have sent
their two sons to England to be educated.
The Prince of Wales on more than one
occasion has had his - fortune told" pri-
vstely. p.
The dowager empress Of Russia e1oels
In driving troika-three horses abreast
the two wbeelers being kept ut q trot,
while the third maintains gallop.
The Duke Of York, although hardly q
good public speaker, has ut least no trace
in his pronunciation Of tho German accent
which 10 80 marked In the Prince Of Wales.
his father.
Only three native poten tates Of British
India arc entitled to u salute OF 81 guna-
namely, the lnAharajah Of Baroda (Gaek-
nor). the nizam OF Haidarabad and the ma-
harnjah Of Mysore
Queen Victoria 8 physical condition is
such that she never stands on hor feet for
two minutes ut time. She is wheeled
from room to room, and at all court and
other functions sits constantly In q low
chair.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
COLD BATHING.
There Is Nothing That Is So Refreshing
.n and InyigoratlnR.

1nere Is Nothing That Is So Refreshing
| and Invigorating.
\ 1t is said that cleanliness is next to
goodness, SO that presumably tho person
who is both godly and clean Is tho nearest
to heaven. Whatever truth there may DO
IN this statement one thing Is certain, that
the person who Is scrupulously clean and
who INDUCES in baths frequently is rs
near to comfort and health as Is possible
on tl.ls earth.
10 those who take a morning sponge
bath in cold water daily there Is nothing
80 invigorating and refreshing. 1t stimu-
lates the whole system into active service.
But everything may be done SO that in
stead Of doing good it proves injurious.
With the cold bath the person who stays
In too long or long enough to get chilled
may do himself lot Of injury. The first
thing is to sponge the body with a soft
sponge, then with the bath brush rub tho
body until it Is all in glow, rinse off and
dry with II rough Turkish towel. A bath
OF this description never fails to tone up
the system and give good appetite.
For those who cannot stand the shock
Of q cold bath the water may be left stand
Ing In the bathtub overnight This will
take the chill off and prevent the shook ex-
perienced when the water Is freshly drawn.
Those who have not tried taking cold
sponge bath every morning we recommend
to try it. They will, after they get accus'
TONED to it, rather go without their break.
fast than their bath.
There is nothing SO Identifying to tho
complexion rs q morning bath.
In cases of insomnia there is nothing SO
conducive to sleep as warm bath taken
just before retiring.
For good, healthy skin and complex
lon bathe ut night just before retiring with
hot water, using pure soap. Rinse In
cold water and rub little cold cream on
the face. For tan and sunburn the juice
of lemon rubbed we'll on the face before
going to bed Is said to prove most benea-
ciAl.-Life and Health.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
A Labouchere Card Story.

A story which Mr. Labouchere tells about
his prowess at cards concerns Khalil Pasha,
q Turkish diplomat who dissipated for
tune in gambling. When he was Turkish
ambassador in St. Petersburg, he lost sew
eral million francs at whist to tho Rus
slams about the court which he paid like a
gentleman. "He once saved me-" said
Labouchere, "from heavy loss. He, q
Russian and I sat down one evening to
have quiet rubber. The Russians have a
hideous device Of playing with what they
call q zero-that is to soy, zero Is added to
all winnings and losses; so that ten stands
for 100, etc.
"When Khalil and tho Russian had won
their dummies, found, to my horror, that,
with the zero, I had lost about 81, 900.
Then it came to my turn to take dummy.
I had won game, and my opponents had
won game, and we were playing for the
odd trick in the last game. II I had failed
to win it, should lose about 28, 600. Only
two cards remained in my hand. l had
marked up six tricks and my opponents
five. Kha1ir had the lead. He had the
best trump and thirteenth card
"The only other trump was in the hands
Of the dummy. He had, therefore, only to
play his trump and then the thirteenth
card to win the rubber, when he let drop
the latter card, for his fingers were Of
very 'thumby' description. Before he
could take 1t up pushed the dummy's
trump on 1t and claimed the trick. The
Russian howled; Khalil howled. They
said that this was very sharp practice. I
replied that whist is essentially game Of
sharp practice, and that was acting In
accordance with the rules. The lockers on
were appealed to and Of course decided in
my favor.
"Thus did I make, or rather save, &C.,
900 against Russia and Turkey In alliance
through the fault Of the Turk. "-Pearson's
Weekly
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
The first antislavery society was organ
ICED in 1775 at Philadelphia.
Advertising the Farm Products.

Advertising the Farm Products.
A butter print Of some design showing
by whom the butter is made will be OF In
valuable service to any ono sending choice
butter to market. Customers soon learn
to recognize brand that denotes quality,
and If the article gives satisfaction better
prices can be obtained than those quoted.
The farmer who endeavors to excel should
adopt some method to make known the ar
ticles offered by him, not only with but
ter, but anything else that can be marked
before being sold. The farmer can adver-
tiss az we'll as the merchant, and he will
find that by so doing he will increase the
demand for his prod uctions If he will aim
to supply only the Observation-Disclosures
Record
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
A MODEST HERO.
He Boldly Disclaims. Credit For brave
y. Deed Attributed 70 Him.

No Boldly DisclalmS CreUs rOE OsS
- Deed Attributed to Him.
Recently in Gloucester, Mass, q mem
Der of the Detroit Free Press stah became
acquainted with Captain Bickford, whose
experiences as first gunner on the kear-
sarge in the celebrated engagement with
the Alabama are Of considerable interest.
The captain is now residing In the old hsh-
ing town. He wears medal, one OF the
few presented by Uncle Sam to his brave
sailors in the war, upon which appears
words showing that 1t Is a testimonial Tor
valor performed in the noteworthy engage
ment. This battle royal took place on sun
day, June 10, 1864. The armament OF the
Kearsarge was seven guns and that OF the
Alabama eight guns, including loO
pound Blakely rifle. The Keesrsarge had
.63 mon and the Alabama 149. This was
the most important sea fight of the war
between two ships, the Alabama being
sunk after an engagement lasting hour
and 30 minutes But three men were
wounded on the Kearsarge.
It is tradition at Gloucester that Cap
tain Bickford received his medal for throw
ing overheard one Of the eneny's shells
which lighted upon the deck Of the Kear-
cargo The captain was asked about this
and laughed heartily.
'"Throw a shell overboardl" he repent
cd. CHOW that is good. Yet I have read
about such things In books written about
sea fights and histories of heroic deeds fur
nished to children in the schools, but be-
Neve such a thing Is impossible. In tho
first place, a shell is timed to explode in a
certain brief interval, q fraction Of Sec
ond after striking. In the next place, q
she'll Is a very heavy article to handle. Did
you ever try to lift ones II you have, you
won't believe all that Is said about people
throwing an enemy's shell overheard.
"Suppose a she'll rested on the deck.
How long do you think it would walt for a
man to come and pick 1t up, stagger to
tho side beneath its weight and then heave
IL out into the ocean, BY the time he took
three steps toward 1T off it would go. He
had better jump overheard himself and let
the shell take care of ITSELF
"What did you get the medal for, cap
tainp"
"Don't know; never found out. 1t WASH t
for heaving shells overheard though. That
would make a nice story to tell iandsmen,
but sailor aboard q man-of-war would
have his own opinion about the yarn"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
POSTAL CARDS.
How and Where They Are Made, Counted
on.l printaI.

How and Where They Are Made, Counted
and Printed.
In 1879 congress passed an act authoriz-
Ing the postmaster general to issue postal
cards, and the first in the United States
were on sale in May, 1878. Postal cards
are manufactured by private firms or cor
porations The government invites bids
and awards the contract for their manu-
facture at stated intervals. 49,
The postal card "sheets' &hre about 80
BY 20 inches in sizo and IRE exactly fitted
to the plates from which the cards are
printed, each plate covering 70 cards, 4 in
width and 10 in length.
The printing Is done by experienced
workmen, and as the sheets pass into the
presses tho number of cards Is accurately
recorded by registers. TO prevent any tam
pering the registers are securely locked ev-
cry night.
After the sheets are printed they are put
aside until thoroughly dry. They arc then
passed through q machine called the slit
ter" which cuts them into strips Of ten
cards each and neatly trims the edge OF
the outside strip. These strips are then
passed transversely through another ma
chine known as the "cross cutter" which
outs the strips into single cards, and they
drop into q rotary hopper containing ten
compartments
The moment each compartment has re-
ceived 25 cards the hopper revolves and
throws them all out upon table Elm
ployees, usually girls, then take the cards
and bind the perfect ones In packs OF %
each. Other girls take the packs, and aft
az carefully reoounting them put them In
cardboard boxes containing 30 packs each
and they are ready for shipment
More than 300, 900, 600 postal cards an
used annually in the United States, and
1t requires no less than 720 tons Of paper
to make them. Times.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
HOWE'S HOMlLIES.
II people hate you, you probably dest

II people hate you, you probably deserve
Few men are wise enough to always
know what Is best for them.
If woman speaks we'll OF rival, 1t in
dicates that she is more just than she Is In
love.
Marriage is like all other troubles-tho
people have good time while getting In
to 1t.
Men and women arc not as good as en-
gagged people think they are nor US bad as
married people consider them.
No matter how much man admires q
woman, it is never safe for him to 1nti-
mate that she is not good looking.
The habit of looking for grammatical
errors Is 80 strong In a schooltescher that
no man who wants to win the regard OF q
teacher should write her q letter. -Atcht-
son Glot.s
A Delicious Spanish Drink.
And ut this hour tho town belched forth
beggars, and every boy demanded TO be
our guide. But 1t was unaided we found
our way, now to the beautiful doorway OF
O plain, yellow wished house standing IN
some silent, remote little square. and now
to an old Moorish courtyard, it's graceful
arches disgraced and dishonored; now to
an angle in the street overlooked by high
balcony gay with Moorish tiles; to a
church hot and sweltering, as II 1t had
never had time to cool, the silks and jew
els Of Christ and the Virgin cleaning
from half seen affairs; or to hanging gar
dens Of p6lms as luxuriant as they should
be in tho town where was planted the hrst
palm that ever grew from Spanish soil;
or to whatever chance loneliness there was
in the monotonous perspective OF low,
white houses. Nor did we need guide to
show us the way to the cafe, where we
drank the most delicious cooling drink
that was ever yet made. 1t is worth while
to be thirsty in Spain, for it's helada, or
crushed ice favored with lemcn or orange
or banana, is the daintiest device with
which this thirst could be quenchcd, and
there is no town in Spain where 1t Is to be
found in such perfection as at Cordova.
But you must be fairly boiling to appre-
ciate it.-EHzabeth r. Pencil in Century.
Behind Her Fan. !,
You're all my fancy painted, Jack.
Yet understand never can i:
Why you, OF all my lovers, lack !.
The grace to flirt lady, fan.
HE.
"'Tis true, and pity it's it's true,
The dreadful fact which you assert;
But, since cannot firt fan.
Permit me, love, to fan firt. 90
M. V. T. Duncan IN Truth.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
No Autographs For Her.

A certain family whose home IL in
the suburbs If London have in their
employ a cook whose ways arc invari-
ably so methodical and her cooking so
near perfection that were she to leave
her present home one-half OF the mis-
tresses in the district would be eager to-
secure her services. Never by any chance
has dinner been late at Myrtle Villa, or
the joint under or over done, neither has
any policeman crossed it's threshold. !,
But, treasure that she u.s. she came near
to making a change of residence at the
close Of her very first months stay.
On the morning Of the day upon which
her wages became due her mistress rel
quested her to step into the study where
her master was waiting to pay her. In
O few moments she rushed from tho,
study to the kitchen, where she had,
left her mistress, and in less time than;
it takes to narrate had given that aston-)
ished lady notice.
"But whatever Is the matter, Mary?'|
inquired her mistress "What LAS your
master said or done to annoy your"
HE hasn't said nuthin,' REPLIED
Mary % she fourished check in her
mistress face, "but he's on'y given me-
this for months slavery. Not me. \
amt no ortygraph collector, I amt !"
Amusing journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
Theory That They Were Forged by Monks
Of tho Middle Ages.

Theory That They Were Forged by Moaks
Of tho Middle Ages.
In the seventeenth century Father Har-
douin, q French Jesuit, maintained thnt
the great majority Of what we consider to
be the Greek and Latin classics arc In real
ity forgeries, tho work of medieval monks
This view has met with no acceptance
among scholars, but it nas recently been
revived, at least 10 far US concerns the Int
in historian Taeitus, and supported by
able arguments, II w ere to believe wri-
ter in L'Ermitage, who claims that tho
theory has been 0njustly neglected by
scholars. We quote part of tho article:
IAN Englishman, Ross, in very curl
GUS book entitled 'Taoitus and Braccioli.
MI has advanced the idee that the histor-
ical works known under the name Of the
Annals and the Histories and attributed
to Cornelius TaoitussS ate not at all the
lost works Of this illustrlptis writer, but
historic pamphlets against THE emperor of
Germany written by ono OF. the secretaries
Of Pope Martin v, Poggio Bracciolini,
and published by him under the name Of
Tacitus. This thesis has been taken up
and developed almost to Che point OF dem
onstration by a French savant, M. Hoch-
art, whose two volumes on The Anthem
ticity of the "Annals and Histories" Of
Tacitus' will remain as one Of the best
specimens of that scientific penetration
and t:.at intelligent and fine erudition that
give to French learning place apart from
that Of other nations. This work, be 1t
understood, has get all the critics by tho
ears. The professors are scandalized that
any one should dare to demonstrate to
them that what they have besn taking for
al original work of the first or second con-
fury is of the fifteenth century, and they
have organized against the author con-
spiracy of silence. Nothing is more curl
Gus than to see the traces Of their feeling
shown indirectly by series Of little invol-
untary and almost forced admissions. In
brief, the assertion of M. Hochart remains
untouched, and Russian savant is at this
moment occupied with showing that II the
DE Moribus Germanum' Is q work Of the
fifteenth century, with the authenticity
of this work disappears all that deplorable
theory of the pretended regeneration OF
Roman character by German purity, chas-
tity and virtue, which has worked so
much evil In recent years "-Literary d.
pest.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
AN ABsENrMINDED MAN.

7 will toll you while can
OF an absentminded man,
And an absentminded man was he
Who forgot an unkind word
just as soon as 1t was heard,
Such an absentminded man was he.
In political debate,
Now, I can most truly state,
Such an absentminded man was he
His opponent on the street
With handshake he would greet,
Such an absentminded man was he.
Once he left goodly store
At poor old widows door,
Such an absentminded man was he,
And, although twas eli the same,
Quite forgot to leave his name,
Such an absentminded man was he
You see
Such an absentminded man was he.
Caroline F. Needham in St. Nicholas.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
How Ho Discovered tho Key.

Mrs. Lumkins (returning home from q
holiday)-For goodness sake, George,
where are oil my dresses that I left In tho
cupboard in my room, and what Is, that
big burned spot on the front lawnP <
Lumkins- tell you how 1t was, Ma
ria. You wrote homo that II wanted the
hoy Of the billiard room would find It II
the dress pocket of your polonaise In to
cupboard. didn't know q polonsise from
q tennis racket, and I couldn't possibly
ind tho pocket. So took all your dresses
out on the lawn, built q fire under theM
and ashed the key out Of the ashes.-Pear
sons Weekly,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
Something About to Happen.

"1'm feelin sorter queer this mornin,"
said the oldest inhabitant ian don't
know whether I'm goin ter have the chills
or bolt the party. Better tell the family
ter steer clear o. me; thar's no tellin what
may do durin the dayr'-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
Tombs That VIII Tell No Story.

If In our funeral customs we thought of
posterity, the practice Of honoring the
dead with fowers-which In some recent
funerals has prevailed on so extensive a
scale-would give way to some more en-
during tokens. 1.-THE flower fadeth, and
indeed generally how empty our tombs
will be of archaeological interest to the an.
tiquarians Of future centuries! 1t Is curl.
Gus to reflect how much Of our knowledge
Of antiquity and how many of our recov-
cred treasures of ancient art are the result
Of the practice Of burying trinkets and
utensils with the dead. Ancient tombs arc
thus full of information, and, we may add,
Of puzzles, for the meaning Of those OK.
quisite little Tanagra figures found IN
Greek cemeteries has not yet been convinc-
ingly explained. The tombs Of the modern
world, when they are dug up by the curl
GUS of after ages, will contain no buried
history, no buried art, no buried treasure.
To the Archaeological they will be full only
Of emptiness, which, however, will itself
carry it's lesson with 1.-THE lesson of tho
greater spirituality OF the faiths of the
modern world.-LoDdon News
1HE CLASSICS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
The Little Toe to Go,

A comparative anatomist says that
the little toe has got to 60; that it is a
useless appendage, already showing
signs Of degeneration or whitening
away. It is proved that the horse. in
the course of several centuries, has
dropped four toes and now travels on
one, and some think that mans pedal
extremities are bound to follow a sim
liar line of evolution. In the horse it is
the middle digit which has survived as
the fittest. In man it will be the first
or great toe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

Soliman I, sultan Of Turkey, was
styled the Magnificent on account of the
splendor of his clothing. On state occa-
sions he is said to have worn 81. 600, 600
worth of diamonds.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

"You are late this morning." said the
foorwalker to the bookkeeper.
eyes," replied the latter, II was out
last night
GLOW much?" asked the doorwalker.-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06

The Arabs, anxious to impose upon
travellers, often sell as genuine mummy
wheat grains taken from their own
fields.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-11-06
The Old Story.

The Old Story.
Broke, broke, broke.
And back at my desk, o seal
Blistered and freckled and broke, broke
broke
Yes, broke with q capital B. ,..
Baltimore News.