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Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-24
AID ASK / OR
Governor Altgeld Appeals for
Assistance for. Pullman
y Strikers.
THOUSANDS ARE DESTITUTE.
Pullman Requested to Help
His Old Employees but
Refuses.

CHICAGO, Aug. Governor Alt
geld has issued the following proclama-
ton addressed, "to the people of the
state of Illinois, and especially to those
of the city Of Chicago
"There is great distress growing out
of the want Of food in and around the
town Of Pullman. More than 1000
families, or in the neighborhood of
5000 people, are utterly destitute;
nearly four-fifths Of them are women
and children. The men have endeav-
Ored to get work but were unable to
do 50.
Gas rule the men are a superior
class of laboring people, industrious,
capable and steady, and some of them
have worked for the Pullman company
for more than 10 years. Those who
have been given work can get food but
are still in ..
Such an Impoverished Condition
that they cannot help their neighbors if
they would. The county commissioners
of Cook county, as oyerseers of the
poor, have rendered some. assistance,
but owing to the limited appropriation
they can furnish relief but for short
time.
eve cannot now stop to inquire the
cause of this distress. The good people
of this state cannot allow women and
children by the hundred to perish Of
hunger. I therefore call upon all
humane and charitably disposed citizens
to contribute what they can toward
giving relief TO these people,"
Before issuing the proclamation Gov
ernor Altgeld sent a lengthy communi-
cation to Mr.. Pullman, calling his at
tention to the situation and saying of
the strikers:
The Appeal to Pullman.
''lt is claimed they struck because
after years Of toll their loaves were SO
reduced that their children went
hungry. Acceding that they were
wrong and foolish, they had yet served
you long and we'll and you must feel
some interest in them. They do not
stand on the same footing with you, SO
that much must be overlooked. The
state of Illinois has not the least desire
to meddle in the affairs of your com
pany, but it cannot allow whole COM
munity within it's borders to perish of
hunger. The local overseers of the poor
have been appealed to, but there is a
limit to what they can do. I cannot
help them very much at present, SO, un-
less relief comes from some other
source, shall either have
To Call an Extra Session
of the legislature to make special ap-
preparation, or else issue an appeal to
the humane people of the state to give
bread to your recent employees. It
seems to me that you would prefer to
relieve the situation yourself, and es-
pecially as it has just cost the state up
wards Of $5O,0OO to protect your prop
erty, and as both the state and the pub
lie business have suffered enormous loss
and expense on. account of the disturb
ances that grew out Of the trouble be-
tween your company and it's workmen.'
To this Mr.. Pullman replied at length,
giving the position of the company in
the present situation but declining to
follow the suggestions for relief in the
governors letter by canceling all rents
due to Oct. and by giving all old men
work at least half the time.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-24
walker WIN Accept.

NEW YoRK Aug. 90 Aldace +.
Walker has cabled the Atchison reor-
ganization that he will accept the re-
of the Atchison system He
snow in Paris and will be ii New
York Sept 2, and immed ediate1y upon
his arrival will qualif
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-24
Waterworks Association.

8 MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. % The 18th an
.nual convention Of the American
WaterWorks association opened auspi-
cciously at the West hotel during
the morning. The attendance was
large and decidedly representative Of
the best interests Of waterworks All over
the United States.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-24
Shot and Robbed.

ACKLEY, Il Asng. g g John Peters
manager of the + Frudden Lumber com
pany of this place, wss shot BY q high
WY imam and robbed of $5OO. a.
Peters recovery IS doubtful.
Little Falls weekly transcript., 1894-08-24
Chicago Union Stock Yards.


CHICAGO. Aug. "a, 1894.
CATTLE-Market firm and natives 5AlOc
higher. Natives $I6.; westerns, s2.50035O:
Texans, $2.Nl3 o..
HOGS-Market fairly active; good grades
g tribe higher. Sales ranged at S5.O5m
se g lor light; S4 89ol for rough packing:
packing and shipping; pigs, $4OO05. 10.
& SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market firm.
5Ou0 's'.--,'sls
Chicago Grain and Proyisions.
CHICAGO. Aug 21.lso4
CLOSING PRI0Es.
g.s y q HEAI-Firm. q. August, 6333z05lz<c: Sep
telaber. 1D555sc; December, 6856 6N5s56c
CohN--H1 l6 H1ghsr. Angus, 5z3lG septem-
easn, August, 8l,zc:
September. 3Oz May, az ~
3l3.55 ss'ts ss''1 81 g.
g 9. ARD-I IIisher. anuary.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
Dyed HI. Lawn Red.

When the green carnation died a
natural death two years ago many peo-
pie shook their heads and feared some
thing worse would take its place. And
these wiseacres had not long to wait,
for several young gentlemen appeared
at the next years Goodwood with scar
let and bun lilies Of the valley in their
button holes. But 1t still remained for
a gentleman who owns a trim villa on
the summit Of Muswell Hill-not many
hundred yards from the whilom famous
Alexandra palace-to carry out the idea
on a tribe more extensive scale. The
other afternoon he gave garden party,
when, imagine the nstonishment of the
earlier arrived guests to behold lux
urious lawn covered with grass, not
green, but of dark Turk ~ red, close
ly bordering on purple. All admired it,
however, and reveled in its warmth of
tint-comparing the lawn to an i'm
mense red rug. 1t afterward appeared
that the lawn had been cut up into sods
and the grass roots impregnated with
a chemical dye before being put back
again, not once, but thrice. in as many
successive days. The dye was then
conveyed to the grass blades.-London
Answers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
Te Transform Old Books.

The books we love best have usually
the most worn covers. Constant use
has dimmed their brightness and yet
these are the books which are always
on our table or in a book case near at
hand. Now that Christmas Is coming,
let them have a new cover. There are
any number of new ideas for book
covers and any of them make delight
full Christmas presents.
Something effective. and inexpensive
as well, is made of gray canvas, hand
painted, with red poppies, and bound
with gay red taffeta ribbon. This cover
need cost only few cents. Covers OF
pongee silk, bound with brown rib
bon, and having some suitable quota.
tion embroidered in brown floss and
gold threads, are very pretty.
A sentimental young woman mas
slipped over the binding of her favor-
ite book a gay little silk cover made
from a scrap of her first ball gown.
The silk is light blue in color and ID
bordered with the ulOnograms OF the
different men she danced with. suede
book covers are convenient for mag
azines as are covers made OF thick
water-color paper. The latter have
two sheets joined together at the back
by ribbons braided in and out through
little holes, which are pierced along
the edge of both sheets of the paper.
The front sheet Of the cover Is hand
painted.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
rers.ction in c.E.-s1skins.

Housekeepers frequently wonder
why it is that they cannot make bis
cult and cake that are light and palat-
able and that taste as delicious as the
biscuit and cake made by their mothers
and grandmothers, the delightful
memory of which even to this day
creates . sensation of pleasure to tho
palate. The trouble arises from the
highly adulterated state of the ma
terials they have to work with, par
ticulnrly the cream-of-tartar and soda
used to raise or leaven the food.
Cream-of-tartar and soda that are now
procurable for domestic purposes con-
tain large quantities of lime, earth,
alum and other adulterants, frequently
from S to 25 per cent, and consequently
vary SO much in strength that no per-
son can tell the exact quantity to use,
or properly combine them, to insure
perfect results. From using too much
or too little, or because of the adulter-
ants in them, bitter, salt, yellow or
heavy biscuits or cakes are frequently
furious to health.
All this trouble may be avoided by
the use of the popular Royal Baking
Powder. Where this preparation is
employed in the place of cream-cf-tar-
tar and soda, its perfect leavening
power always insures light, flaky,
digestable biscuit, cakes and pastry,
that are perfectly wholesome and free
from the impurities invariably present
when the old raising preparations are
employed.
The Royal Baking Powder, we are
informed by the most reliable scien-
fists, is perfectly pure, being made
from highly refined Ingredients, care
fully tested, and SO exactly proper
toned and combined that it never fails
to produce the best and uniform re-
suits. An additional advantage in its
comes from the fact that
bread or other food made with it may
be eaten while hot without fear of in
digestion or any unpleasant results,
while being equally sweet, moist and
grateful to the palate when cold.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
9QsAn's Bonnet.

When Susan puts her bonnet on she
tips it on this side and that and kinks
her curls up, and anon she plasters
them out fat. She throws her head to
left and right and turns it round back
side before, and then she pats her
bangles light, then turns to look once
more. And often one whole hour Is
gone ere Susan gets her bonnet on.
When Susan puts her bonent on she
stands before her mirror there, while
patient, uncomplaining John waits
with the calm of blank despair. She
holds her head this way and that and
pouts her mouth and jerks her nose,
then on her heels she settles fat, then
stands upon her toes. And all this
while waits patient John, while Susan
puts her bonent on.
When Susan gets her bonnet on It
well repays the tug and stress, for then
she stands a paragon of unexampled
loveliness. And when she pins 1t with
the pin that seems to stick right
through her head, John thinks 'twould
be a mortal sin, for which the wretch
should be struck dead, to speak a word
Of blame upon the way she puts her
bonnet ON.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
., the melee m lend !. hand with thi.

| of the melee, I'll lend hand with thii
| business tomorrow"
'Yes, sir
.And, Betsy"
"Sir?"
where did you learn to make such
delicious coffe? Bring in q cup al
CLce. I'm ready to drop with wcar.
ness, and it is like dream Of Arabia" /"
| And Flora Lee, with the Tapping edge
of her sun bonnet concealinS the anus.
ed dimples around ter mouth. broC eht
In the oysters and coffee, danked by
pile of feather like wafiies.
Il declare, Betsy" cried the Rev.
Eric, facetiously, III you were q. trifie
younger and prettier I'd marry you
myself, and make sure Of wafaes and
coffee like this every night"
Would you, sir ?" said the soi-distant
Betsy.
"And we'll make . compact, Betsy, =
merrily went on the young clergyman,
as he helped himself to butter, ito 6nash
the house-cleaning ourselves tomorrow,
and save Aunt Della the work and wor-
ry OF it,"
"Yes, SIR" said Betsy; but please,
sir. it's all done, except tacking the
carpets down"
"Who did it?"
II, sir, please. and Mrs. Dove and
Adonijah. And please, sir, I'm going
to finish it myself tomorrow; and
please, SIR" fiinging back her SUM-
bonnet and disclosing . coronal Of
bronze brown braids, q pair Of very
rosy cheeks and eyes full of fun, "I'm
not Betsy at all. but Flora Lee, entirely
at your service"
The Rev. Eric Hale stared with
round-eyed surprise. ~
Miss Lee7"
Exactly" =
did you make the cofree?"
II did"
"And fry these brown-jacketed oys-
ters and stir up these waffles!"
"Yes, Mr.. Hale"
"And scrub the rooms?"
ayes, sir, and dust the coruices, and
washed the windows and took down
curtains to soak, besides other items
too numerous to mention" mischievous-
ly added Flora rather enjoying the dis
comtiture of the young clergyman.
Miss Lee, beg your pardon"
what for, Mr.. Hale?"
"For always having regarded you rs
the most useless and ornamental of
creatures. recant. own that you
are equal to any emergency"
And when, later in the evening, Mrs.
Dove crept out, with her head tied up
in eau de cologne, she found her
nephew and Flora Lee playing chess
together.
Its all right" said Mrs. Dove to
herself.
1t was all right And Mrs. Eric Hale
won her frank, unconventional hus-
band. not through the medium of dress,
or jewels, or waltzes, or flower shows,
but through the grim realities Of clean
ing house.
Il wanted genuine helpmate, and
1 have found one,' said the Reverend
Eric.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
American wom.n'. Dictionary.

Air-castle-An aerial structure built
upon a foundation of wedding cake.
Baby-A young child of either sex
possessing hundreds of joints, all OF
which are set in motion upon being
lifted or otherwise disturbed.
Crank-The woman who agitated
something which does not interest us.
Don't-A term implying assent to the
rising generation.
Genius-Our child.
Husband-A verb signifying to man
age with frugality. Also a noun signi-
flying one who manages with frugality.
Ice-cream saloon unlicensed
bank where funds are deposited.
Journal-A newspaper announcing
bargains.
Kiss-A renewal Of hostilities.
Lady-A gentleman of the new
school.
Money-Said to be stamped coin used
as a medium of commerce. Seldom
found.
Nice-Everything that is not lawful" "
Onion-A vegetable that is much
eaten by those who sit next to us in
street-cars.
Politics-A narcotic administered by
men.
Quiver-A receptacle for Cupid's
darts. A Saratoga trunk.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
THE LAW ON UMBRELLAS.

ApproprintinE an Umbrella IL Kei.
ther Larceny nor DisorA .rly Con.
duet.
The umbrella question has been be-
fore the courts. this time with some
thing of triumph for the borrowers
of umbrellas. The legal status of the
umbrella is not very clearly fixed; but,
If the case is to be taken as . ruling
one. the old idea of species Of COM
in the courts. y.
The borrower Of an umbrella in Chi
cago was charged with larceny and
disorderly conduct. His defense was
that the natural promptings of human
nature when he went out into the rain
induced him to take the first umbrella
that he could lay his hands on, with
the usual intention of returning 1t.
When he did SO the charge Of larceny
was nonsuited with the consent Of the
plaintiff, and the charge Of disorderly
conduct was dismissed. From this we
are left to conclude that II the borrow
ers do not, with malice aforethought
and by force of arms, seize, secrcte
and permanently embezzle the umbrel-
las of others, the law will not submit
them to the penalties in such cases
made and provided.
Exactly where the line of demarca-
tion 10 drawn is an unknown territory,
for the reason that no man ever did
take an umbrella except for the tempo
rary purpose of the passing storm and
with the full though tacit Intention of
returning 1t when he was through with
it. If any villain has been hardened
enough to steal umbrellas, merely to
satisfy the vicious desire of dishonest
acquisitiveness. he can be given over
to the penal discipline Of the law. But
as there are no such persons, that Is q
mere abstraction.
AS to the usual method Of appropriat-
ing the umbrella under the conjunction
of sudden rain, and the absence of
any other umbrella. the law recognizes
community Of use like that Of the
telephone or the watermelon patch.
This may be a recognition of the ties
between the common law and the law
of human nature. 1t is certainly dis
Greet, because If the law said anything
else the people would go on borrowing
umbrellas just the same AID the idea
of turning the country into a vast penal
colony to prohibit umbrella borrowing
is at once self-defeating and too awful
to contemplate.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
TO AID EMPLOYEES.
A NEW SCHEME OF THE w. l..
DOUGLAS SHOE co.
VIII Furnish Their Help With Medical
Attendance.

William L. Douglas, the president Of tho
world-famed W. l.. Douglas Shoe Co., has
always had great personal interest in the
army of men and women who inhabit the great
factory at Montciio during the working hours
of the day. and who make the greatly adVer-
tised s. shoe.
He is great believer in the idea that manu-
facturers should have this personal interest In
the condition of their employees, and feels that
IL the idea Is carried out to the extent That Is
possible. that IT will result ultimately In Inc
breaking down OF The barriers which have been
built up between employers and those whom
they employ as 1t would convince the work
ingmen that their employers were hot tneir
enemies, some OF them seem to think now,
but their friends with u desire to do all for
them that was in their power.
Having strong feelings upon this point, IL Is
only natural that Mr.. Douglas should give the
matter some study and acluaint himself with
the result OF the trials OF similar plans in other
places. He is satisfied that the scheme he has
originated is good one, and he has now put 1t
to practical test.
He has handed to every person in his employ
and they form q small army-a card which
will enable them to secure free medical attend
ance.
This is practical Illustration OF Mr Douglas
idea. and will surely be appreciated by the
hundreds who receive the cards.
The plan is o good one.
Speaking Of the w. L. Douglas Shoe Co. 1t
may be said that their factory Is the only one
In Brockton where the principle OF arbitration
is recognized and has full sway. Mr.. Douglas
is firm believer In the principle and has been
since the establishment OF the state board of
arbitration. He claims that labor troubles
would not be as frequent as they are II manu-
facturers and help would recognize this great
principle and adopt 1t.
The baldheaded man will not be harassed
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
DIFFICULT TO FIND.
Young Country Girl Tells . Pathetic
Story in . Police Court.

A Young Country Girl Tells Pathetic
Story in . Police Court.
Before police Justice on the North
side slim, pale girl was brought. says
the Chicago Times. She wore no hat,
her hair was tangled AND clinging to
it were fragments of dead leaves. Her
gown, doubtless himsy pieco Of finery
carried through the country by ped
dler, was faded and torn, and her toes
showed through holes in her shoes.
She had not the appearance of hard
ened sinner; her mouth did not be-
speak long career of vice, and her
eyes, though red had not the dull blur
OF continued dissipation. The justice
looked sharply at her.
| "You have not been here BEFORE y
he said half as deliberation and half
Us question.
"No. sir" Shame and grief were,
in her voice.
..What is tho charge against herP"
the justice asked.
..She was found drunk and asleep in
Lincoln park" an officer answered.
The justice looked at her; she looked
down. "How old are you?" he asked.
"Twenty-two," she answered.
"Where is your homer"
..My home was near Mucwanigo, III
Wisconsin. l haven't been here very
lIspg. I came here expecting to find
office work but failed. l didn't know
where to go. l wandered about AMI
finally got work i'll a cheap restaurant,
and l worked there for a few days for
nothing and the thing failed. don't
hardly know how l lived along
after that, but know that last nighs 5
was Sandering about the streets.
The air>yas cold and I was hungry.
There WIS no place open for me and I
wen. into saloon. 1 knew it wa,
wrong to go into the place, but where
wac to go? ! know that there arc
places for girls to go, whore food and
beds are provided for them, but they
ure always far off, while the. saloon is
always at hand. You have to hunt to
find the good places, but the bad ones
stand always in front of you. don't
know why this should be so. but it is.
A number of men were in the saloon
drinking, and one OF them, sitting vt
Il table, told me to sit down and have
u drink. told him that I wanted
nothing to drink, but l would like to
have something to eat. He ordered
something and ate it, and then ht,
insisted until drank glass OF beer
| don't know how many glasses /
drank, but l know that it must have
been good many, for l recollect try
ing to dance. l sang old-fashionec
country songs, and they made me
drink more I don't know when l
left them. The next thing 1 know
was shaken by u policeman in tho
park"
1t was a long time before the JUS
tice said anything He sat looking at
the girl, at her torn gown, at the leaves
in her hair.
"You don't want to be q bad woman
10 you?" he asked.
She looked up at him with quick
surprised glance, and tears were in
her eyes. "No, SIR" she sad. "What
l have seen of bad life makes me hate
it. 1 know that I'm not very smart,
but can work if have the chance. !"
"And you shall have the chance, !"
the Justice answered. "Sit down over
thero."
"Are you going to send me to jailP"
"No, I'm going to send you out to
my house, and l hope that hereafter
you'll not find the good places 30 far
away and the bad ones SO close at
hand"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
Breakers Aheadi

Prudence, foresight, that might have saved
MANY q good ship that has gone to pieces
among the breakers lis q quality conspicuous
by its absence and among none more notably
than persons troubled with inactivity Of the kid
neys and bladder. When these organs fall on
in duty grievous trouble is to be appre-
nendcd. Bright's disease, diabetes, catarrh,
and stone in the bladder, among the dis
cases whi ch o disregard Of early symptoms
confirm and render fatal. That signally
effectual diuretic, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, willard let no one SO troubled forget
this-remedy the symptoms Of approaching
renal disease and check its further progress.
Equally ef1cacious is the B itters for constipa-
tion, liver complaint, malarial and rheumatic
trouble and debility.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
Deafnes. Can Not be Cured

by local applications, as they can not reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There il
only or. one way to cure Deafness, and that Is
caused by an infiamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube is infamed you have d
when it is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its nor.
NAL condition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh)
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrl
Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. ]. CHENEY, Toledo, o.
esy Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills. &c.
The tramp has reached the hey-day Of
his prosperity when he Is allowed to slecE
n the rn
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
A Very Good Reason.

Proud Mother, exhibiting her sons
drawings - Don't you think, Mrs.
5morltalk, that Tom has talent?
Mrs. S.-H He has, indeed. But,
tommy, dear, why did you draw my
picture with my mouth wide open?
Tom-Because pa said you never
close it.-Truth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
He Saw.

Editor-Great Scottl I'll be ruinedi
Why did you buy all those drygoodsp
Wife-Do you see that thing in
your paperp
.'See whatp"
THAT paragraph about fool women
spending all day shopping without
buying anything. I'd have you know
that am not one of those fool women;
no, indeed,n
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
He wM Tired.

Mr.. Kiclsers, at Z p. m.-Maria,
can't you go down stairs and bring up
the fre-shovelp I'm too tired and
worn out even to talk.
Mr.. Kickers, one hour later at the
ward political club. dancing on chair
-Hurrah! Wow! Three cheers for
Willyum Swipers! Who-o-op-wow! hi
yi-yi--wow!-Ch Record.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
No Occasion for Fun unctillousness.

.'Is that your umbrella, sirP" In
quired the stranger in the brown suit,
hurrying after the stranger in the drab
suit who had just got off the train.
"My dear SIR" answered the other,
"there need be no form Alities in this
case. We both saw it in the vacant
seat at the same time. You got 1t
first. see it is a gold-handled affair
and congratulate you. Good dayl"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-12-06
Judee Charles A. Gayarre the ven.

Judge Charles A. Gayarre, the ven
cradle historian of Louisiana, who has
been seriously i'll during the summer,
Is now restored to his usual health.
Judge Gayarre will be ninety years
old on the LIST of next January. His
home on Prieur street, New Orleans
Is one of the most attractive spots n
the lower parts Of the city.