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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
CouRTsHlP.

Nothing In this life could ever be such
perfect happiness as courtship would be if
it were.
Courtship is frank. It classifles women
and men as angels and '.brutes. = And
no doubt they are. s
In corrtship people can be happy 50
hours and miserable week, all in one day
Of standard length. 4
Courtship Is the name usually given to
the issue and acceptance of challenges for
the matrimonial combat.
Courtship Is rainbow gateway to o
cline Of storm, quarantine station out
side the port of disillusion. 4 4
Courtship Is the philosophy stone. It
transmutes all it touches to gold
times FOOLS gold, but it shines.
Courtship is q magic lens through which
q plain face becomes to one pair Of eyes
beautiful To others the lens Is clear glass.
Courtship and marriage are sometimes
resorted to as means Of livelihood by
dukes, bigarnists and others Highway
robbery Is more honest. New York Re
COr(1er
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Wooden Swearing.

hope, dear children, . said q
!nokher, that you will never let your
IIaips speak profane words But now
ant to tell You Of kind Of swearing
a heard . good woman speak about not
Hapng ago. She called it wooden swearing.
It's q kind Of swearing that many
PEOPLE besides children are given to
when they are angry. Instead Of venting
sf1ieir feelings in oaths, they slam doors.
ck the chairs, stamp on the floor,
fuW the furniture about and make all
noise they possibly can.
Isn't this just the same as swear
she said. It's just the same kind
feeling exactly, only they do not say
80 awful words, but they force the
nitme to make the noise, and 80
~ III wooden swearing.
hope, dear children, that you will
40 any Of this kind Of swearing
It is better to let alone wooden
ring and all other kinds of swear
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
4 mat MILLION Stamp Business.

That M.ll1on stamp BUSINESS.
Here is what Golden Days tells about
THAT much talked Of matter Of collecting
n. 900, 600 stamps:
you care to collect 100000
stamps, almost any dealer will give You
1 475 for the lot. Of course it may take
ten years to collect LOCO. 900, and 81. so
year is not extravagant pay, but that
sis your lookout. The dealers who buy
& these enormous numbers look them over
carefully and sort out all the rare ones,
and the remainder are shipped to Eu-
rope, where they are disposed Of at Il
profit of 4 or 5 cents per 1000. This as,
ssnred profit, together with what is mado
con the few rare ones which are suro to
Sbe found among SO many, makes the in
avestment q very good one. One dealer
sin Boston paid an old lady $125 for
~ 900. 900, which she had been 20 years
scollecting. He disposed Of them ut q
profit Of $475. Still it could hardly be
aid that he made the money easily, for
took three persons, spending the
q lzeater part of each evening, three
months to look them all over"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
The Elder Was Frank.

Elder Baker, who fourished in rural
district Of New England a good many
years ago, was a strictly honest but pain
fully frank cd man. One day he was ap-
preached by old Zeke Bill, a man Of doubt
full reputation, who said: i.
Lookee here, elder, / want to make a
request Of you, an it's this: I want you to
promise me that you II preach my funeral
termon if you outlive me. Will youS"
Y 'Why, certainly, Zeke; certainly. /"
e An want you to preach it from the
text, An honest man Is the noblest work
Of God y
"I'n do it, Zeke; I'll do it, and I'll add
that I'm sorry there's such poor speci-
men in the coffin. New York World. n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
THE scoRcHER CARRIES BABY.


\ He Fails 70 SEQ Why People should Con
sidsr the Practice Dangsreus.
Ting-a-lingl Ting-a-lingi
Funny how careless tGamsters are about
getting In the way regardless Of the fact
that I havc baby strapped to my wheel
! And they take up 90 much Of the road too.
think I'll start an agitation for a law to
the effect that all vehicles must be built
Y to run on two wheels tandem, 80 as to put
them on the same footing as the bicycles.
Look out there! Haven't you learned to
ride a. u, i.
n oh, ah-1-ah-b beg pardon, Miss
Bloomer. Very glad to see You. Ididn't
know you had a--ah q h That is, whose
baby is 1t that you have out for q rider
Your sister,R OF course I might have
known it If I'd only stopped to think This
lis my nephew on my wheel. I've made II
. point to tale him out with me ever since
some inspired idiot Of pedestrian tried to
Z start O crusade to stop 1t. And, now
think Of it, you
Look out for that stone. You'll bounce
the baby SO high that it will never come
back. 55.s ~ gs.z;
a As was saying, don't recall that you
showed any great anxiety to take the bnby
5out with you until this agitation began.
But suppose it needed something like
that to show how good it is for babies ]
confess never would have realized 1t If II
hadn't been for the outrageous fuss that
was made about It,
Sit still, you imp! You nearly tipred
me over. IS &. i
8 never saw anything SO restless as this
kid-that IL, this baby nephew OF nine
But he is enjoying himself He likes ex-
citement. We just grazed trolley car
awhile ago, and you ought to have heard
him crow. Thought it was great spcrt,
and
Ting-a-ling! Ting-a-ling- ling ling!
Turn out there. Do you want to run
over these babies? rs
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
!. FAMOUS MONS De PLUME.

Marion Harland is the assumed nalne OF
M. Virginia Terhune. lis
Mrs. G. M. Kirkland chose Mary Cal
yers us her pen name when publishing q
New Home. !"
Sir Walter Scott's little known Tales
4 81 Ny Landlord" was published over the
curious nom de plume Jededinh Cleish-
botham. s ss5 II
Thomas dc Quincy is better known as
the English Opinn Eater. 1t Is painful
reference to the vice Of which he was long
the victim. vi II
Rey. George Ross wrote over the name
Of Arthur Skctchley. An eastern maga-
zinc Gays that 1t was the name OF school,
boy friend. 5fss
John Oxerford, whose critical writings
excited wide comment at the time; the
were given to the public, wrote over the
name of An English Playgocr.
The early writings Of Rev. Charles
Kingsley were published as written by a
Chartist Parson. The chartist agitation
of his early days no doubt suggested the
name
W. Gilmore Simms, the novelist, selected
Isabel as his nom de plume, probably un-
der the impression that feminine name
to masculine production would add in
tcrest.
Douglas Jcrrold, the noted contributor
to that most dismal Of all English publ
cations, the never ought to be admired
Punch, wro' over the name Of Barrabas
Whitefeather. The name was coinage Of
his own.
Archbishop Whatcly, the celebrated To-
gician and controversialist, assumed the
nom dc plume of A Country Parson. In
his carly life he served for a time q country
church, ard it is supposed that the renlelr-
brance Of this fact influenced his choice
ST. Louis Globe Democrat. .
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
rhs latest Boy on Earth.

The Fattest Boy on Earth.
ac very latest boy on earth and
1t child for his age, SO his father
i1g Is q ST. Louis youngster named
8 The New York Journal tells that
only Z years old yet, weighs the
nc amount Of 100 pounds He
net 40 inches around the breast
W Britt Is only 4 feet 10 inches in
but he measure 29k inches
l1is thigh. This fat boy has been
zct health since birth. When
r. weighed s u pounds.
M now going to school daily. The
learns the fatter he gets. He ID
good natured. All fat boys are
tnresl. Il i'll tempered, they
Ut thin.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Authenticated.

HubbyMy dear, If all that hear
about you is true
Wife ! assure you it is. l started the
scandal mysei. You don't suppose I went
into society to be buried alive, do your
New York World.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
R.f.rr,nr to al Authori :, 3.

Police Justice-You were brought here
last night, sir, in condition Of maudlin
intoxication. What have you to sayp
Rounder on see, your honor, I went
out with the Ooys and opened a few bot,
ties, and then before knew IT. oh, well,
your honor, you know how it Is yourself.
New York Press. Z.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
~ ODD 1illiard lIatch,

A novel ;. atch at billiards was played
recently at one Of the west end London)
clubs One player was attired in o full
suit Of armor and wore on his hands ten
Berlin wool gloves The other wore
boxing gloves. The game was ], 600 up,
each player giving the other $50. The
man with thA smtttens' won.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Tho Explanation.

The messenger boy enters painting, and
the man who called him looks up in wild
astonishment.
Ny boy, he says, you haven't been
runningp''
Yes, sir" replies the youth. It's rain
In outside. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10

1sric,s harbor now has . chan.
d eet wide and 80 feet deep. The
dues i've ,,an,. aholished and
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
YOUTHS DEPAR MT,
what the EuSle Tells On Board Of q War
N q ship That Million Stamp Busi-
ness The latest Boy.

Many Of you know what an important
Y part the bugle plays in military opera
( tions on shorc--how it assemblies vast
B bodies Of men. deploys them for battle.
regulates their fire and sounds the
{ charge, which even dumb animals un-
#.derstand and obey, in a desperate rush
4 for victory. Tho voice Of the commander
! gives the order But since his voice can
reach only those near him the bugle
\ takes it up and carries it in piercing
notes TO the most distant ear,
So. too, on board Of man-of -war the
bngle is used to make an order pene-
trate tie uttermost parts OF the ship,
from deck to hold. from stem to stern
and from quarter deck to masthead.
From morning till night it is calling
officers aud men to routine duties, and
IN battle it is directing nearly their ev-
cry movement and inspiring them to
their utmost endeavor, says Lieutenant
John II. Ellicott in an article in st.
Nicholas describing what the Bugle
4 Tells OIL Warship. .
At the time assigned in the morning
orders the officer Of the deck gives his
first routine order: Sound the reveillel
Call all hands!" At once there ring ont
J, in the hitherto silent ship merry bugle
notes Known to almost all Of us To
them have been fitted the words: "a
8 can't get 'em up; s re-.
can't get 'em up:
can't get 'em up in the morning +
can't get 'em up: &
I'M s5 / can't get 'om up; .s
can't get 'em up at all. T.
The captains worse than the sergeant:
Tho sergeant g worse than tho corp raj;
The corp Is worse than the private.
3s But the majors the worst Of all
can't get 'em mp; @
can't get 'em up;
can't ret 'em up in the morning.
can't get 'em up;
I ant get 'cm up;
can't get 'en up at all. s---,
The last note is followed by the shrill
whistle of a ooatswain's mate and tho
prolonged, hoarse cry Of "'A-a-a.ll
ha-a-nds!"
Then on the decks below you can hear
the master 1T arms rushing from ham
mock to ham mock, giving the sluggards
! d slap and shake and repeatedly cry
ing:
Heave ont; hoave out and lash yupl'
There is one call TO quarters moro
Imperative t, an .he others. Its notes are
shigh aud rarid, like n danger cry. It
means To TIL g,ls!' and is sounded
without warning by day or night No
muster is aw ,itcd then. Every man flies
to his station, ;tul tho guns are cleared
away and loaded without waiting for
an order, for the call means that tho
enemy is & Lard.
ss$ Il o'clock III The evening comes the
call known IS ''tattco, = AT the Last
note Of tattoo the ships bell is struck
twice for 8 o'clock, and the boatsWain's
whistle seats -. s ~ dcwn! Ever.
man must then turn into lis hammock,
neither lse is sleepy or net, fer al, IN
sicsl il made by the master at als,'s
Ito sec that al have Gone So Then souu,s.i
flat lat, long, mournful call. "taps. ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Hurrah for the bonny blue flag
That bears q single star,

original Texas flag had been q blue fly,
with white star in the center, and when
the Texan troops took the cross they re-
tanned the lone star. ya ss5Ss
The crossmade the Confederate flag con-
spicuous in battle, and it was retained to
the end, being twice modified. On the bat
tlehag Of 1862 the crossed bars extended
from corner to corner, making an easy
target for Union guns, and that arrange
ment gave place in 1868 to one with a
white fly, having q reduced battlefag as a
cornerpiece. But the white so prepondel>
ated III mass that tho color became almost
invisible in a strong breeze, and tho flag
looked like u signal Ct truce. 10 remove
this objection aWide. vertical bar OF red
was placed OF the Other ode Ct tho lily.
There wcs 10 nist1,king this symbol, and
it satisfied the south, IS TIC textures OF
the old flag still ren,aiIcl-tac st;:rs, ard
the red, white ard blue.
The flags Of the Forty ninth Georgia
and tine Sixth Ke':tic.1y cry types " the
Confederate battlctlags Of tho cast and
west, as they were first designed with the
mammoth blue cross, with white stars and
borders, on q red ground. NJ
The Sixth Kentucky belonged to tho re-
nowned Orphan brigade Of that state, q
name bestowed by General Breckenridge
aftar tho hattie ~ Mnrfreesboro. Previous
to the hattie these men had been referred
3 IL as ornhnns. becanse thew were expatri-
ated sons 81 Kentncky. disfranchised and
disnwnefl Nv their native state for Joining
the Confederacy. At Murfreesborp they
lost their loader. Colonel Hanson. the ia
ther Of the BRIGADE. who was killed while
leading them. under the fire Of a52 Union
cannon-a Are. that not only moved down
ranks Of men. but laid the III LOT the for
est low as with the smiling hand Of a tor
nafio. Tins they became doubly orphaned.
Professor Shaler. Of Harvard. in his study
81 Man and Nature IN America = speaks
Of the men composing this brigade as IL
lustratinv the hi0hest tyne Of American
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Tho New Wonan.

It's terrible cried the new woman.
What is, dear" meekly asked her COM
panion in marriage.
Why, it's impossible to keep my bloom
srs creased. New York World.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
Making Others Gay.

s.Sqs Making Others Gay.
Badger Is great In philanthropy, isn't
her,
''What makes you say COZ
"Why, look at the funny whiskers he
wears just to amnse other people. - Chi
cago Record.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
a POINTER FOR BLossY.
10 the Experienced Ego He Had ~
Chance OF Success. sss

Chance OF Success. &sss
"Now, Blossy, come on. You promised
to tell me all about it this morning.
s"rhats right; but it's an awful task.
I'm a broken man, Tom. y can see noun
ing to live for. Memory is haunting ana
hope Is dead. : Z $ts
~ HPshaw, old boy. Throw your shoulders
back, set your teeth, throw of those blue
devils and face the world like q man.
You re not the fellow to strike your flag
at the first defeat. Act according to my
tactics. Deity lead up to the subject OF
leap year proposals and then 60 at her with
4 feryor of love that cannot be resisted.
.tNo. I'm an ass, driveling idiot.
had q speech all made up, Tom. Oh, I
Thought it was a cuckoo. mixed up en-
twining tendrils, the innermost temple Of
nv heart, loves holy flame and all that
kind Of rot. Oh, yes, had In q verse Of
poetry too. "
swell, that might do. '5.9
''It didn't do. had my little proposal
Pat as the alphabet. l repeated 1t Q dozen
times on the way to the house. After we'd
talked little bit told her I'd made up
my mind to quit cigarettes, and when we
shook hands over it saw my opening, but
my speech was gone as though 1t had never
been. turned pale, cleared my throat,
stammered, sputtered, mopped my brow
and shook like an aspen leaf.
..Why, B,ossy,' she said, you're III.
I'll call papa You know the old gentle
mans a doctor.
"'No, not i'll, Margie, only stricken with
love for IS. ".
"sNow, don't excite yourself, Blossy.
Sit right down in that ecsy chair. Ill
have papa with you in minute. Keep
real quiet, Blossy.'' e..
g But Margie, Marg'- She was gone,
and in came the old doctor looking like
grim adversely in tho flesh. Had he worn
thick shoes instead of slippers I would
have jumped through the window. Ee
felt my pulse, made me stick out my
tongue, asked about my habits and even
made me unbutton my vest while he lis
tened to M heart. That was fendish.
Then he told me to get right home to bed
and to remain quiet for a few days. Sup
pose I'll get bill. = ~
1And didn't she try to help you out at
any stage of the proceedings?"
Not once " 3 -
" "Blossy,.you had better turn the tide OF
your affections in some other direction. -
Detroit Free Press.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-10
FIGHTING FOR FLAGS
coLoRs THAT UNION AND coNFED.
ERATE SOLDIERS DIED FOR.
Changes Made In the Oflcial Flag of the
y South The ..Owld' Flag Of Ireland and
the ..Bonny Blue Flag" Of Texas-B reast-
IN works Made OF KcntucIklans.

south-The sOwld" Flag OF Ireland md
the .Bonny Blue Flag" Of Texas Breast-
works Made OF KontuclIans.
Tho custom in the Union army was to
have each regiment carry two flagsa regi-
mental, with the state coat of arms ell.
blazoned upon plain blue field, and ma
tionnl, the stars and stripes, with the name
and number Of the regiment. The rcgi-
mental flags Of the Irish brigade (New
York;, for instance, We're OF deep green,
emblazoned with the harp, sunbnrst and
shamrock. All Irish regiments in the serv.
Ice carried such flags How deeply Celtic
enthusiasm could be stirred by the banner
Of green was illustrated during the repulse
Of Pickett at Gettysburg. Cowan's First
New York battery was ordered in to re-
Heve Cushing's about the time that Arm
istead's men had reached the stone wall
A simultaneous movement was made by
the Irish brigade from the left toward the
threatened point. One Of Cowan' s drivers,
an Irishman not especially brave, hesitated
about urging his team forward where the
missiles flew thick and fast. Suddenly
Erin's banner flashed from behind a ledge
Of rock and caught his eye. Rising in his
stirrups, he exclaimed, !" Mither of Moses,
the ovid fagr' and dashed and spurrvd
his horses on with q display Of zeal THAT
his captain, by the most profane appeals,
had never been able to arouse.
AL that can be said Of northern bottle
flags can be said of southern ones too.
Each seeding state sent out troops OH it's
own account, and with them, as symbol,
its own colors, usually the coat OF arms Of
81 bob 0ns, Ill ,,1h
were the famous Palmetto Of South Caro-
lima, the Pelican of Louisiana and the
Lone Star or Benny Blue Flag of Texas.
The flag Of the Forty seventh North Caro-
lima bore the dates May 90, 1875, and
May 20, 1861, the dates CT the revolt Of
the colony against England and Of the
secession Of the state.
The first official flag Of the south .v:is
the stars and bars, a flag partly copied
from the Union banner and bearing such
o strong resemblance to it that tie two
were not distinguishable in the field In
battle the opposing commands became
hopelessly cntangled, as in the first Bull
Run, and though the results were bloody
enough to suit the occasion the southern
crs thought the slaughter was not well
distributed, and began to Introduce new
colois as pssColc Istgs, ia Wy SUITS tLu
bars for civil and headquarters use. A flag
known as u "battlehag" appeared i'll 1869,
and the cross, similar to that of the Cres-
cent City flag of 1861, was its principal
emblem. This flag consisted Of a red fly,
with two blue diagonal bars, having mar
row white borders crossed in the center
The bars were white stars mum bered &C.
cording to fancy. Some Of the Texans PIN
ned their bars with a single star. The
famous flag song, s5s
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-27
BY A RISING VOTE
The Manhood of Georgia, in Convention AS
sembled, Declared That Prescription Be-
cause Of Religion Is Undemocratc.

Macon, Ga, June 2e.-The following
resolution reported by the platform COM
mittee of the, democratic convention, in
session here yesterday, was unanimously
adopted by the convention by a rising
vote:
Whereas, The constitution of the
United States and the constitution of
Georgia guarantee to every citizen the
right of civil and religious liberty; and,
Whereas, The democratic party from
dts inception at the formation of the gov
eminent has been the exponent and de-
fender of political liberty and religious
freedom; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the democratic party of
Georgia, in convention assembled, renews
its obligations ITO the fundamental prin-
ciples of civil and religious liberty and
hereby denounces and condemns as un-
American and undemocratic any associa-
tion or organization, political or other
wise, that is guilty of illegal warfare and
wanton persecution of citizens on account
of religious faith, and that seeks to de-
prive them of the rights and privileges or
American freemen. We further declare
our devotion to the inalienable and con-
stitutional right of every American citi-
zen to worship God according to the die
tates of conscience.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-27
A NOTABLE OCCASION.
Reunion of the Murphres and Bynum Families
in BIount County Today-Llke Sands
on the Seashore.

A reunion of the descendants of Solo;
mon Murphree and John Bynum, who
settled in Blount county In 1917 and 1918,
will be held at Ebenezer and Corinth
churches, located six miles northeast Of
Oneonta, in Murphree's valley, today.
Mr.. Murphree was born in 1854 and
Mr.. Bynum in 1888 and the total number
of their descendants Is estimated in the
thousands. The two families have mar
ried and intermarried until their rela-
tionship cannot be computed While a
great number have moved to other
states, there are yet several hundred in
Bount county. Invitations have been
extended to all who could be located to
attend the reunion, and preparations are
being made to entertain $500 people.
The programme will consist of music
and speeches. The reunion will be opened
with short speech by Rev. Stephen ALL
good, stating the object of the meeting.
Historical Sketches of the Murphrees
and Bynums''-R- T. Robinett.
The Benefit of Social Intercourse"--
Rev. George #. Hewett
THE Moral, Religious and Social In
fuence of the Two Families"-Rev. Will
liam Hullett.
The reunion will close with singing
1.-THE Old Ship of Zion" and a general
handshaking, followed with the benedic-
ton