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Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09

Senator J. S. Merrill, OF Vermont,
whose late illness, it was feared,
would terminate fatally, enjoys the
distinction of having served for a long
or period in Congress without inter.
mission than any man at present in
@either branch of ,our national legisla.
ture. His service in the House of Rep
resentatives began on December 8,
1855, nearly thirty -one years ago, and
continued to March 8, 1867, when he
entered the Senate, where he has re.
manned ever since. His present term
will expire on March 8, 1891. He
has, therefore, been in Congress, with.
out any break in the continuity ot
service, already nearly thirty.one
years, with nearly five years OF his
term unexpired. Ill.,
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Welcome rational pleasures, but reg
ulate their cost with intelligent refer
ence to your cash income. and lay your
dearest devotions on the altar Of health
ful and abundant sleep.
Philosophers and counselors of wis.
hom are luxuries with which the bov
could dispense without very depress-
ing sense of ife's incompleteness; but
grandmothers are indispensable.
Habit has made gruff old Pilot Desti-
ny careless of rocks and bars, and
wreck has become to him so common q
thing that sunken ships have little pow.
II to move him. ..s5: " =.
Let us be thankful 1t was ordained
that children shall relish childish things.
When we cease to think, the dallyino
puppets divert US. Else would the
mind turn in upon itself for sustenance,
and die OF slow starvation. :. ...'=S
There is beauty and exhilarations in
high animal life. The ponderous tumb-
ling Of puppies are the natural express
sion Of the JOY that puppies feel in be-
ing: Colts kick up their heels It is
their plan of thanksgi giving for life.
. Il you think much you are sure ia
generate ideas Those will fnd expres-
sions IN their proper place. and be
clothed as good taste demands. The cut
IOf their garments will notbe hidden
(nnder mass ct verbal furbelows and
peacock feathers.
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Apropos of the decision by the su-
preme court OF the district of Colum-
bia, that Indians are virtually foreign
ers, Senator Dawes, chairman OF
the committee on Indian affairs OF the
senate, was not surprised by the de-
cision. He said ourrelations with the
Indians were anomalous and ridicu-
lous. When we fed them they were
the wards OF the nation; when we
made treaties with them they were
foreign powers, and when we wanted
their lands they; were without rights,
like the bears or buffaloes. The only
way to settle the question was to
pass q law dissolving tribal relations
and declaring the Indians, citizens of
the United States.
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Fire insurance as carried on in some
Swiss villages Is an illustration of pub
llc spirited communities. The COM
munal authorities, instead OF treating
insurance against fire as q concern for
each householder's care, insure all
the buildings, the church, houses, sta
bles and sheds. The insurance OF the
entire village is met by one single pol
ICY and the cost is cheerfully met by a
slight increase in local self-taxation.
The plan is a. useful form of socialism
which might be feasible in small viii
lagos in this country, where the condi-
tlons are favorable. Is is simply mu-
tual insurance in another form from
that in general use.
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The Southern papers refer with no
small degree OF satisfaction to the
steady growth of Southern pine in ta-
vor at the North. For several years
past it has been sent in schooners
from Georgia to New York, where it is
largely used in building, and it has be-
gun to find its way even into the
Northwestern states, hitherto the
great lumber region of the country.
The pine of the Northwest is white,
which, though valuable for gener al
building purposes, is inferior to the
hard, resinous Southern pinefor finish
ing work, flooring, fencing and decora-
ting, and is inferior to it also in last.
ing qualities.
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EarlV Use Of rti1ler,v

When Romulus was marking out the
limits of bis new city, gunpowder was
already known. and 1000 years before
the birth OF Schawrtz, pieces OF ord
nance had been cast in China. The
Moors used guns in Spain in the Begin
ming of 1900, if not in 100. The
claims OF the Chinese having now been
generally admitted, it is supposed that
ordnance reached Europe through the
Moors OF Spain or the Venetiaus,
Neither, however, had any connection
with China. 1t is unaccountable that
it should not have been perceived bv
the Turks. who conquered the north
ern portion Of China in the early part
OF the thirteenth century, and were es-
tabllshed all around the Black Sea Witt,
the exception of strip between Yer,
ma and the Bosphorus.
1t is now doubted whether, indeed
the Black Prince did use guns attbe
battle of Cressy; but there is no douht
that Murad /. had before then employ
ed them at the battle of Cossoya On
ooth sides they were used, the Turks
having already instructed the popula-
ton with whom they were at war.
Employing artillery in the field, it was
easy reversing the process in Europe1
to apply it in fortresses; the peculiar
nature OF the Straits Of the Bosphorus
aud the Dardanelles invited it's use
10 the batteries placed above Const an
''nople IS attributed The fall Of that
city, the supplies from the Black Sea
oelns cut of: fl. = National Republican.
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The royal princes OF France lately
banished from home, had taken their
precautions against unforeseen events.
The Duke de Chartres had secured a
mortgage upon his property in Paris
OF $50, 900 francs. The count de Par
is had borrowed 100000 francs up
on his land at Eu. The Duke d'Aun1-
ale had raised 12,250,Ooo francs up.
on his landed estates, and the amount,
more than three millions of dollars.
is supposed to be invested in England
and the United States.
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Another Fraudulent Treasurer,

James A. L. Wilson OF Philadelphia,
treasurer Of the Chesapeake & Delaware
Canal company, has defaulted in his &C.
counts to the extent of$17s, 900. The facts
are that an over-issue OF bonds to the
amount of $615, 900 was made under tho
thirty-year mortgage loan OF the company
OF July, 1856, for 50, 100000. The loan
natures Immediately, and, preparations
having been made for it's extension, the re-
turn OF the bonds for certifcation at the
once would have revealed the over.issue
Treasurer Wilson did not appear at the Of.
flee, but on his desk was a note containing
a confession OF guilty knowledge OF the
fraudulent transaction. He left the city, it
is alleged, in company with Henry V. Les
ley, the former treasurer, under whose ad-
ministration the over.i issue was made.
Wilson is si1ty-fve years OF age. and for
thirty years has been connected with the
canal company, having been it's treasurer
since 1883, when he succeeded Lesley.
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The Atlanta Constitution, noting
the fact that very little headway has
been made thus far in. the efforts to
prevent the overflow of the Mississippi
River by levees, says that lit is evi-
dent that the river improvements of
the future must be on much larger
and more costly scale than anything
that has been attempted in the past,
but it is now pretty we'll settled that
the country at large does not propose
TO loot the bill"
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Financial Condition of Yale College.

President Porter gives the following re-
port OF the condition OF the funds OF Yale
college since the last report, five years ago.
During that time the university fund had
been increased $162, 900, and the academy
fund had renewed accessions of $165,234.
Out OF this $51 900 had been paid for real
estate: During that time the gifts had
been the Sloan physical labora 5ory. worth
from $50, to 100000; the Dwight
building of the same value; Lawrence col
lege worth $50, 900; Kent chemical labora-
tory, worth $4,000 to $4,000. The
theological school fund had been increased
$l52, 900, and the Sheffield scientific schoo
tnnd S13, 900. The bequests to, all the de-
partments amount to more than 81, ,6OO,-
900. This includes a share OF the Sheffield
estate, which is somewhere between $500.
600 and $7OO, 900. The total income dur
ing the last college year Was $lS7, $40, and
the expenses 1892
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A Connoisseur in Costumes.

She was walking along in her new
black satin frock, with its panels and
waistcoat of black ami cream stripes
and was fairly radiant. with the CON
sciousness of showing all beholders the
very latest and loveliest thing in com
binations, when two bad little news.
boys spoiled he blissful dream. The
first was struck as nearly speechless a.
2 newsboy ever is, that IS to say, moth
ing sufficiently wicked to do Justice "a
his feelings suggested itself to him, but.
IN order to show that he had feelings
he addressed his next friend with ..II; "a,
Billy! What's thatp'' .,,.E5 sa;,,
Billy, surveying the costume judi allv
that's our new pianner in i nebberniz.
60 case, out for an airing. She sur Is
ylyed but not because life seemed worrth rl
living. Bosto,, 1ransc,,;pt. 's'''
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09

The population Of Broo oklyn, N, |; ].
by the federal census 81 1880 was
500, 5es. The compilers Of the new
directory OF that city, just published
(which contains 175,761 na1nes), es-
innate that the present popu lation is
1884, s,O75--an increase of 2O1, Ala in
less than six years. !=#$~~ -
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John Owen Snider OF Hartford Gty. Ind.
has been walking eighteen hours day on
an lmprovised track for two years, to wear
! OF several layers OF flesh he imaeines has
grown on the soles OF his feet. He has now
walked co. 900 miles.
The Garfield statue, by Niehaus, which
cost ~, 600. will be erected in Cincinnati
during tho summer. The statue with the
pedestal is twenty-seven feet high.
The prominence attained by Frank Her.
aid, the Nicetown pugilist, has at last been
| recognized by the great American champion.
and match between him and the new as.
pirant is on the cards. Sullivan said re-
Gently: '1ll give anybody q show. This
young fellow, Herald, may be better than
the others, but think I'm better than he.
III meet him when Pat Sheedy tells me to,
and II Herald can best me, all right"
Edward McGill publisher OF the Court
journal, q law paper, who was indicted by
the grand jury Of general sessions on a
charge OF criminal libel against the United
States Mutual Accident association. has
been arrested and will be prosecuted forth
with.
The members Of the committee on uriyil-
eges and elections say that their action on
the Payne case will not be reconsidered:
that it was taken after due reflection, and
THAT they are prepared to stand by it, and
Will give their reasons when they m AXE their
report to the senate.
+. 9. Tonner OF Pomona, Cal.. bought
4OO acres OF land a few weeks ago for
$4,000. Since then a. great oil we'll has
been discovered in that region and he has
been offered $500, 600 for the property.
The marquis OF Lorne will contest the
Seven Oaks division of Kent in the coming
election as Gladstonian ca ndidate. The
conference Of the Irish Methodist church
BY q vote OF 137 to % has condemned Mr..
Gladstone's home rule policy.
The prospects OF Dawes Sioux reservac
ton bill in the house are growing gloomier
day by day. 1t is true the report OF the Indi-
an committee has been made a continuing
order from day to day, but as the house new
er reaches the calendar from day to day
the committee seems likely never to ha
heard It will not have any place in the
order OF business which Carlisle, Morrison
and Randall are to arrange rs appropriar
taon, land forfeiture and interstate COM
merce bills seem likely to take all the re-
manning time the house is likely to have at
it's disposal. Despite this lack of time.
however. il looks as if the Springer bill ior
the division and admission OF Dakota
would get show. .t%
Postmasters commissioned: Wisconsin:
Balsam Lake, J.. W. Coark.s Mime.
sofa: Ramstead, II. P. Hanier. New Offices
estab blished-Minnesota: Bucks Mills.
Becker county. #T ?
Gen. John F. ST. St. John says a prohi-
Dltion amendment would be adopted in
Pennsylyania BY 80, 900 majority.
George Cleveland, of Edgerton, Mass.
found 3 curious ~ coin, OF date 1902, in the
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09
Reserved School Sections In the Territor.
iea.

Land Commissioner Sparks, in reply ia
inquiries by Delegates Voorhees, and Toole,
OF Washington and Montana territories.
respectively, relative to the policy OF the
department in respect to prosecutions OF
persons occupying reserved school sections
in the territories, says:
ecnool sections are not subject to appro.
is not the practice OF this office to recon.
mend prosecutions against bona fide set
tiers who so upon such lands with a view
OF ultimately purchasing from the state
when admitted, and grant thereto shall
have been made, but only in cases where
parties are despoiling the land of timber
or other valuable produce, or when persons,
firms, corporations or combinations are
usurping the use of such lands unlawfully.
Enclosing them or otherwise, dominating
their control to their public injury and the
deprivation OF the rights OF others,
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ndensed General n NeWs.
Interesting Domestic Episodo.


I Fred Bosse and Mrs. Theodore Wolf ar
graYed in ST. Paul IN search OF their respec-
tive vile and husband. III March last Mrs.
l.' Hosse s Hand Theodore Volt eloped from
Chicago, and have been living il ST. Paul.
4 warrant was issued from the municipal
court ior their arrest on the charge 81 adnl-
terry, and officer Scheifer detailed to serve
u: Mrs. Bosse was found in rooms at 1873
West Third street, and Wolf at the Van
Hoven live stock establishment. Both
were brought to police headquarters, where
the wives and husbands met. Mrs. Bosse
who ls very pretty woman, tainted away,
and this happening at just the right mo-
ment, her husband relented and agreed to
forgive her and take her back to Chicago
with him. Mrs. Wolf had a talk with her
better hall, and, upon his pr omising to be
more loving in the future and to send her
enough money each week to keep her and
their child the complaint was withdrawn,
Bose and his wife left on the noon train
and Mrs. Wolf on the evening train for
Chicago.
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kindr ed pre-
siding Fl on.
K mute Nelson
was, renomina
ted for congress
by accla ma.
ton, tlhe2Trav,
.erse delegation
not voting.
Among the res
. olutions adop
ted are the fol.
. lowing: Resoly.
ed, That we in
1sist upon q ma.
fterial aud iu
dicious NC.
tion of the tar.
ZEE nn~: u
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A Colored View

y ash. 81 - J hat advantage has yer
go't' g'' 1rom belongin to desc heah secret
Liberty p p. rs rs "
feteln De fust place, if yer gets
: SICK 'le yer has foah dollars week. 4 OATS
not much, but sposin' yer dies den yer
s gge1s Sooo' 'l and yer can hab heap OBJ
fun fur dat money. =
Wash. -. OATS 50, hadn't thu,1nk oh
aat. 9 ! bleeves = i jine de DARK Risin'
Sons ob Liberty myself 1sras SIT
tngs. q. 81 :,
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ss. ine largest match factory in the United
s.a.ss asa Z situated and turns out
oO matches 10 one day when run Is Il,
s1unS ss eapscttg. That enor1l,ous production
klsss one match par q every man, woman
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MINNESOTA ST a TE NEWS. E u s
congressman Nolson Renominate /,
can convent

At the fifth Minnesota District Republi
can convention, held at Brainerd, G. F.
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where it bears heavily upon the agricultur
al interest We approve Of the action O.
our congressman in voting for the consd
Grafton OF the only bills that have been
presented to congress looking in that di
rectien.
Resolved, That we highly appreciate the
services of Hon. Knute Nelson as our ren,
resentative in cong ess. The extensive
territory and vast interests OF this district
devolve upon it's representatives extra or
binary labors, and Mr.. Nelson has Ger
formed his duty with fidelity and honor.
Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09

Nurzburg, July IAN express train on
the Stuttgart d Berlin railroad run into q
local train, demolishing the latter. killing
and wounding many persons. So lar nine
are known to have been killed. S
London Gable: Gen. Boulanser, the
French minister OF war, has shown actiyi-
ty OF late which is causing an increased
sensation in Paris. He is reported to have
said to his fellow minister's: ''If choose
to send you to the Mazas prison, Gen.
Saussier is not the man who could prevent
me. His dismissal OF Gen. saussier from
the military goyernorship Of Paris is made
q pretext for accusing him OF aspiring to q
military dictatorship. &. $ss.,.,.ss3 s5..
A movement has been started in Wash.
langton TO place statues OF Calhoun, Web.
ster and Clay 10 three Of the public squares
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Col. CoWille, of the ''old First" living
about a mile below the city OF Red Wing.
was severly gored and bruised in the legs
and breast by his bull. The colonel being
cripple was unable to get away from the
brute, and was at his mercy until help ar
rived from his hired man. He was attend
ed By DR.. Jaehing, who says his injuries are
very severe, but not fatal
The public debt was decreased by So
SO61, 81 during June. .. -
The president has approved the follow
ing: The act to reduce the fee on domestic
money orders for sums not exceeding IS:
the ACT making allowances for clerk hire to
postmasters Of the first and second Il aa
postoffces; the military postof1ice army
apEro opriation bill; the act granting leave
OF absence to the employees of the govern
nent printing offices, and the act relating
to public building at Des Moines, Iowa.
Senator's Sabin, German and Blackburn
went to the White House to intercede with
the president in behalf of Cadet johnson
OF Minnesota who was to have graduated
At the West Point academy, but as under
arrest at the time his class received their
diplomas, and awaiting trial for assaultins
q fellow cadet. It was the first time Mr.
Sabin has been out OF his house since his
illness He 10 interested in the young man
because: he comes from Minnesota, lwhile
Gorman and blackburn went with him at
the request of some OF y ohnson's class
ma tee. But the president was inexorable,
and declined to interfere in the discipline Of
The academy. szzs.:
Sc. NJ Gillet, near Scooba, Misc, shoots
4 atally Mr. and drs. Barlow. sS.;: S.
ss Prot Dwight is installed as president Of
I Yale college. ..5ss &.
About $50. O00. 600 ieet Of logs are hung
Up on the Ghippexa and tributaries. 2||''
s. The project az Hiding q great bridge
across the Potomac at Washington as 4
memorial to lincoln and Grant. which
Senator Spooner emb died ii an tamelitl.
sment 10 the sundry civil bill, 1is Vel con.
.ceived.
Daily Republican., 1886-12-11

The true value OF coal tar ON the farm
has not generally come to be recognized i.
AS preserver of wood 1t Is the best
and the cheapest of anything We have.
This product may be obtained from gas
works at q very slight cost, and when
properly applied goes great way in
its use. Any wood surface to be OK.
posed part of the time to moisture
will be made to last very perceptibly =
longer when given q covering of tar.
Those who have tried dipping soft
wood posts, such as willow and poplar,
Icertify that the agooG nede to last in
the ground equal 20 ths best seasoned
oak. Well ourbing, the lower boards
sof fences or buildings, barn floors, in
fact anything exposed to moisture, will
be well preserved If given a covering OF
hot tar. As disinfeotant it is consid.
cred very valuable, and should be sp-
piled to the walls and roosts of poultry
houses ard to the soiled portions Of pig
pens. The best condition in which &c
lapply it, as rule, is while hot. 1t Ii
In this way the cheapest and forms
much better preservative, yet il can b'
lapplied rs paint, by thinning will
turpentine when in p melted condition
This will be found more expensive, q
lturpentine costs about bO cents Rai
Ion. The ordinary way of ta'ring post
lie tD dip them; the process is convenien
and the result most effectual.
A long trough-like vat, provided witt
q sheet.iron bottom and the whole 80
over back fireplace, makes very con
venient arrangement Two men, eac
provided with hook made of heav.
wire, stand At each end of the vat, AM
n are able to perform the dipping with
:, great deal OF speed The tiInber shoul
be well reasoned, so that all the opsr
, Iings. resulting from cracking, may bt
come filled with the hot liquid and rer
. Idered impervious to water. Ii boarde
roofs be covered with tar, water wi
j., run from them with greatest freedom
Cast-iron implements may be rendere
= Irust-proof by dipping iu hot tar, an
I the covering will be equal to the be-
japan finish,
Daily Republican., 1886-12-11

Tall girls are the fashion this season.
Heretofore the little, fairy, short girl
has mad it all her own way, but this
year the lithe, will0wy, tall girl laughs
at her little sister and wears the wide
stripes and sprAwiy figures which adorn
the new handsome winter dress fabrics,
with an envable feeling that her time
has come. The midget sisters will have
to fall pack oD plain goods and small
figures of last season, for they will
hardly dare to disfgnre their pretty
proportions with the sGrfpes which will
take from their already too short LENGTH
or the hinge clusters OF blossoms which
would completely obscure their rotun-
dity. A worse luck IA that the Sty lish
|coachman's cape 30 jauuty to the tall,
slender girl is absolutely ridiculous on
q little figure of four or Ave feet tall.
In these new designs, which average
about the size of o dinner plate, the
ground colors are pink, amber, gold,
blue and flesh, and the blossoms are Of
crimson, umpkiu, orange, ruby and
terra-cotts, In effective and brilliant
con ntraet.
Daily Republican., 1886-12-11
Agrioultnral Agents No

l., Il. Lee b Co., the great agricultu.
raj implement msnufactuIers,a at Spring.
feld, Ohio, have been giving their 400
agents In different parts OF the country
a grand entertsinment. They havs had
them all at Springfield this week, bore
ihe travelling expenses of each, paid
their hotel bills, and gave them free ac-
cess to all the places of smusPment in
the city. Amongst these who have
been enjoying the good will OF this lib
eRal minded firm are their indefatiga
bio and jealous agents Honorable
| Charles q. McWhorter and john E
MoWhorter, Of this city, who will nj
doubt be inspired from the kind treat
ment they have received to do better
years work for their employ era thsr
they have ever doue before. The Messrs
Mc W Whorter are expected home to-day
Daily Republican., 1886-12-11

Warrington Topics,

There was no session Of the Senate yes
terday. The House met, but Immediately
adjourned, out of respect to the memory
OF Representative Abraham Dowdney
of New York, who died early in the morn
ing.
The Democratic members OF the ways
and means committee are divided on the
tariff question. At conference Mr..
Hewitt suggested as a compromise his
own bill, but Morrison declared that u
must be his own bill or nothing. He will
attempt to get it up, but with small pros
pect that the appropriations will be thrus
| aside for it.
The Special Congressional Committee
to investigate the strikes in the South
west, of which Mr.. Curtin, Of Penna., l
Chairman, will hold an adjourned meet
ing in Washington on January Sd, whel
additional evidence can be offered. An
party interested can place On file with
the committee such briefs as they see fiji
Daily Republican., 1886-12-11

The Jenney Electric Light Company,
who are now endeavoring to obtain
right OF way through this city to erect
poles and wires, furnish an improved
arc light. which is adapted to lighting
stores, buildings or streets. Several
cities and towns In the West are lighted
by this com. my, and their system is
said to possess many advantages over
any other now in use. If Council grants
their petition it is probable that they
will secure the building at Third and
LON bard streets for the present, or a,
least until they become fully estab'
lished, when larger quarters will be
i naoe searV,