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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04

The United States and the state of
Texas have had controversy for long
time as to which power owned Greer
county, fertile body Of land as large
as some of the states in this Union and
lying near Indian Territory. The con.
troversy will be settled by the United
States supreme court on the 4th of March
next. The probabilities are that the
United States will gain the victory.
Then Greer county will be annexed to
Oklahoma. Oklahoma needs it, and
Texas can spare it. Vast wealth, both
agricultural and mineral, is to be de-
veloped in Greer county. It is already
we'll settled up, SO that there can be no
agricultural land boom there, but it is
possible there will be mining boom.
Both gold and silver have been found in
the county, and there are the remains Of
ancient smelling works. which show
that the early Spanish conquerors had
discovered the rich mines.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04

Tho Unissd States b going 10 be tie
strongest power among nations on this
globe. She must enlarge her navy 20 -
to live up to her prestige
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04

Everybody who has an income over
@A5oo = obliged undse the asw income
tax Inv 70 make return under oath - 60
I'm Axaat amount before the A1st Mon
day in March. Under the first return he
must include the moneys received in
1894. 1'tke san Is over q, o0ay then q
,sll Of ths income above that snoaat he
must ~ ! tar Of pr cent The'tax
will y payable on or before July, 1895
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04
Provisions and Fuel Distributed.

HURON, S. D., Dec. Enlarge guam
titles Of fuel, clothing, meat and provi-
sions, including about 5000 pounds Of
-four, were distributed among needy
people Christmas by the Sunday schools
of the city. A large supply is yet on
hand, to be given out as occasion may
require.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04

When . city council rsfuaes . apnso'
PIRATE money to investigsSO IL lohce
dapqstznsnt in wMoh acaaa.loas. oegtupe
Ion 4 openly charged 70 szht tht thing
I1sa bod bob onthstaos a Il .Nboks
q II tho city council ''stood in" with
tho police In dividing the spoilA 49,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04
The Fashionable EnOrmitY.

Tho feminine sleeve increases in size
every day, and unless some violent re-
action sets in bids fair to take more
material than all the rest of the COS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04
The Old Mans Grief.

Miss Soraper (amateur violinist)-Did
you notice that old man crying while
was playing my sonataP
Friend-Yes, and 1spoke to him. he
said your playing reminded him of the old
days when he was happy.
''Was he violinist?''
mo; he was a piano tuner. New
York Weekly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-01-04
Plenty of Opportunity.

Senator Hill never uses profanity
And even the cynical will not class this
among the virtues that thrive for lack
of opportunity. Washington Star.
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
SCENE IN THE ARENA AT MADRID.

FIGHT BETWEEN 4 LlON AND SPANISH Bull"
From The Cologne Gazette.
I never remember scene connected with tauro-
machy which called forth such lively Interest a. the
year-od bull High bets were made. and nothing
else talked OF for days: 1t seemed az II the
sold In mo time" and those who were not able 10
procure them In good time had TO pay ten ana
twenty times the original price for At In the
afternoon a regular migration took place across the
Alcala-st 70 the Plaza de Toros and this was soon
filed to the last place. Several thousand persons
could not gain admlttancc. but In consequence or
the crush. the barriers yielded, and about @O were
janmed in without tickets. and the gendarmes had
to make free use OF the butt ends OF their rifles to
and Maen. the on-tamer the proprietor OF the
lion which was captured in Senegambia In lss
patience the great moment when the two animals
should try their strength With one another In the
put up In the centre Of the arena
With a tremendous spring and loud roar the lion
entered hrst-a splendid animal and savage that
Mallen could DO nothing with him. and could mo-,
make use OF him In mis- performances. Only last
year he nearly fell victim to his foolhardness.
being dragged out OF the beasts claws almost torn
TO bits. the lion having Jusi before killed a
times and then lay down opposite the door Of the
bulls cage a second bell being rung this door
opened. and indescribable motion went through
the crowd Like lightning the bull started up and
went straight the lion, which now raised itself
and lifted It's great paws For one moment the two
animals seemed TO be one moving mass. then the
monarch Of the desert was seen 10 fly through the
cheers for spain iied the air for they evidently
considered the bulls victory as a symbol OF the
national destiny The bull took few steps
backward toward the centre or IN" cage and
awaited a new attack But as this did not come he
rushed forward and rolled his enemy about In the
sand ike a ball TIL by sudden turn the lion
tried TO get at him behind and had already struck
lie claws iniO the bulls hindquarter when he was
driven OF by several powerful kicks and was finally
again tossed. The lion now gave IN ana anna the
h1eeoe of the public tried 10 escape TIL ne was al
loved 10 slip into his cage. The result was there,
fore quite different from what the large biils posted
nm everywhere had predicted by an Illustration OF
the lion finally devouring his opponent. II Is true
most people had not expected such an issue but
woujd be victorious. They based their conviction
ON the results Of similar fights during me last
Tnr,v yoars In which the bull has trlumphed over
lions. Bengal tigers and icebears He was how,
ever not equal to the elephant for MS horns could
from the trunk sufiiced to lay him IN the DUST
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27

this Bcardsley whom certain cHver parsonage
famous all over Europe had in mind when he
was asked to give his opinion OF The Yellow
Book school OF art and its members. They don't
know anything about H." he said. They haven't
anything to do with art They are the men
standing idle In the market-place because no man
hath hired them" 7; Is true that more than one
publishcr has hired Mr.. Beardsley and they have
even found employment for some OF his would-be
imitators. yet the criticism quoted above was
sound one and IT stands There Is something super
Huous about Mr. Bcardsley and his work. some
thing anaemic and fruitless. That much has been
surmisel from his drawings before this II is still
further gathered from the physognomy which Is
renroduced herewith. Some admirable elements OF
n purely technical nature are preserved In Mr..
Beardsleys drawings. but they express nothing
deep natural springs OF his time. and this Judgment
somehow falls aptiy into line with the impression
gets from this representation Of his personality
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
NOT LEE NONE.

From The Chicago Post.
He had taken off his shoes and was down on ms
hands and knees in a closet searching Tor something
when his wife noticed him. .,,, 49, ,o ABBA,
What are you looking for. William? she asked
''My slippers" he replied 4. s,,, oh.
"O6 I gave those old things away to-day she
said. -, T., ,rrrse
You gave them away" he repeated ana i tnen NJ m
.dded solemnly: "Mrs. Mfier. are you tryihe 10
drive me away from homer?
'Of course not u , a., l.. tn,orrun.ed
"What Is home without slippers? ne intc,rup'eu,
"Whst is an evening at home with heaVy shoes on
your feet? Mrs. Mfier, what do you thhk eo"S"-
tutes home? ., -. q" .h. rro,ested
..Of course CAM ne exclaimed i can sel nem ",
palr Of stif- -soled slippers and spend thirty days IN
..The others were torn and
That's why liked them They were comi4,.ao'e;
When I got them on things seemed homenhe. -
was settled for the evening and four horse Team
couid not get me out again. But now-now, am
roadv Tor The club or the theatre or any othcr
MACE Slippers Mrs. Mifier. help TO make the dii,
ference between the home and the ONCE ana oo
slippers make the difference greatest.
II can't see Why - h,,
..Of course YOU can't No woman ever can Dut
I tell YOU II | running things Ia make ever
woman take a course In slippers Tnats VIVA, "
needed more than suffrage or anything ese III '"a'
line Just slippers. nothing but slippers .,,
He got up, stamped around the room IN ms stoSn-
ing feet for a minute or two. and then put OH MS
:'This isn't home" he said bitterly ''It isn't bit
like II. I'm going to the club.
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27

the heritor OF some Of their qualities ana not Inc
imta;or there is sound reason IN The phrase.
Although Mr.. Thomson does no great quantity OF
work for the weekly press and lte for the I n9n,ny
zine that his drawings first appeared and In his
latest volume 1t will be found that the Illustrations
edi,ed edf TA"S The nsdSs' Ensss illustrator ii When
started. and whose friendship with Mr.. Hush
Thomson dates from those eary days whsn h the sp
IN the market places OF the publishers ms was IN
1884. when Mr.. Thomson was young man not much
over twenty. There was plenude OF discourage
ment In this first attempt upon fame put Mr
Thomson tells with some enthusiasm now ms good
who at once asked him TO cal. and gave him
Later. he saw MIR Frederick Macmillan. and
offered engagement on the staff Of the magazine
which he was delighted 10 accept. And from this
time forward" says Mr.. Thomson. these kind
TO Mr.. Carr's advice and guidance IN those carry
days that my work took the direction which II
showed an unerrng eye for both virtues and fail
ings in the drawings which he criticised ana
at me until my crude IDEAS OF pen and Ink took
tience'
Thus with Mr.. Carr's aid and without much
previous art education Mr.. Thomson started upon
the career Of an illustrator wnich mas proVSd on m
may add. profitable. alike TO the public the
publishers and the artist
Although Mr. Thomson Is an lrshman 'he was
born Coleraine in ls6o) like one or Two o'h1r
gifted Hbernians we know. NJ lives IN fns;anl
and although ne has pitched his tents by Inc pleas
an, South Downs AZ Seaford. the Sussex coast:
he enjoys London and rs beautiful natural As wei
Albeit the best-knoWn works of this arist-the
drawings that have made his reputation. are OF
figures and, horses and IN pen and ink. his own
water color landscape. The portrait which Is given
shows the artist asrde his IA orlte hobby. In the
Mr.. Thomson goes 10 sec the pcturc-sho"s II Is 10
the landscapes that he turns with the greatest en-
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
A SCHOOL FOR SALZSNEY.
, London Daily News.

From The London Daily News.
An interesting scheme OF commercial education
has been organized by the Cowper Street Old BoyO
Club. Of which the indefatigabe Rev William
Rogers Is president. The scheme Is worked out IN
series OF ''classes for saesmen In these the best
features Of the Continental schools are added to the
particular requirements Of Engshmen The routine =.
OF business Is left to be learned In the business II
self and the subjects taken are apecinc In their
relation to trade. Elocution is included on the
ground that the cultivation Of the voice 70 OF the
first Importance for business man. and the a1iiity
to express ones thoughts clearly and enectivey -
essential in a salesman Languages are taugnt on on
mastery system Commerciai c1nvesscSsv cSsn ~ and
clerk in the foreign tongue Mock auctions are Ia ia
stituted in which every student - expected to PIG
or oifer some object Tor sale English Is rarely S
heard Shorthand is another subject ana sucn
rough sketching Is taught a: may assist salesman m
in his description OF an article Combinatlons IN
colors % textiles and designs also dealt with In
this class far they appeal nrs 70 lae %
9yen and are supplemented when possible BY prae-
ficai work where the student Is taught to micro.
scoplcaily examine anaiyxe or produce the nnisaed
article he Is dealing with samples 't rr,ic sr,r,es I'm "a
nucleus of q trade museum Visit. to factories and
stores are organized and trade chats aSe beougb>
about with MANUFACTURES
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
yyrRopUcED TO HIS AUDIENCE.

From The Memphis Commercial Appeal
Eli Perkins Is lecturing in the western part 81
Kentucky. and that reminds The Hop hopkinnsvMiile M
morst last visited the capital OF Christian several
years ago: His audience" says The he XensSek, tuck
people-that Colonel AL Clark, who Was to intro
duce the lecturer led him to the footghts and pre-
ing each Of them by name. Perkins was completely
nonplussed He was covered with confusion, de-
VAS on him and ended by inviting all hands to 80
with him to a man. Most Of them went. and
Ell has never been here since"
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
AN UNSOLvED PROBLEM.

From The Cincinnati Tribune.
81 don't see why you fellows etunnelly max
ing fun Of ouah people drinking good whiskey: re-
ma arked Colonel Blugore TO the visiting NoTtherEei
"ISut you do get away with good deal or H.
Won know" said the Northern gentleman ,
"SuttnIy we do. sub. And we go TO chu en-, sun
And we eat ouah meals three times day. sun
I;uf youah little penny -a-linehs don't seem TO see
anything funny In that"
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
THE DUKE AND THE SCRAP or PAPER.

From The Realm.
Not long ago walking In the .,,ds garden at at
Hawarden with Mr.. Gladstone: What would you
do with that?' he said suddenly. pointing to bit
OF newspaper lying on the lawn Il think "a PICK
"Ahi Well this Is what do with It," said Mr.
Gladstone Thereupon he placed the point OF MS
twisted the stick round and round. and with much
deIterty left the bit OF paper in the soil and out
~ sirhf ..The Duke OF Buccleuch taught me TO
do that he said. as we resumed our walk 1T is
good for the ground.
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
THE "PENAXDTyK NAYS" WORK.
From The Washington Star.

The famous "pen-and-ink man" who has been
getting in his deadly work. During the last year
two Treasury notes OF his workmanship. for 500
usual artistic style. being done wholly with pen and
brush Nobody would hesitate to take them No
ciew has even found to the identity OF this ex-
traordinary criminal. who seems to pursue his fad
nurely for the sake OF recreation 1t cannot posi-.
biy pay as an industry. He seems to produce two
notes regularly every year. usually for $780, and they
must take pretty nearly all his time.
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
THE FANTASTIC BEARDSLEl.
HOW HE LOOKS AND DRAWS.

There is the Aubrey Beardsley Of his own sketch
pubshed in The yellow Book" fantastic. not
clearly lccipherab.e and extremely aesthetic There
is the Aubrey Beardsey or the photograph from
which our illustration is drawn. or the two, mat
ono mos, seems 10 be accepted which We owe to
tho camera II Is the photographed portrait which
seems best TO summarize this volatile young mans
oualtles OF vanity and bounce. Ii must have been
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27

where he can taste the sweets Of fame by touch
Ing one OF his victims on the and saying:
You think me an honest and respectable man?
! am not. / am colossal and accomplished
liar! Gaze on me and admire" But we are
getting there. And the English translation of
those solemn Latin words "ReQuiescat in pace"
which figure on nearly every tomb. arc ac-
qurins new significance. since a double mean
Ing can be applied 10 the phrase Let lie
disturbed" FX-ATTACHE
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
HUGH THOMSON.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE YOUNG ARTIST.
From St. Paul's.

From ST. Pauls.
Many new methods OF black ana white-the use OF
mechanical aids. of pencil chalk wash. and the
wonderfully prepared pap-rsdo not greatly attract
the illustrator of the "Cranford series His almost
invarlable means Is pen-and-ink line. and as his
work is almost entirely for book illustration he is
wise in his choice, for the chic and hppant fashions
OF the big illustrated journals would lose all their
value within the confines OF book and in
junction with type. Some critsrsr speak OF Mr..
Thomson as. artistical:y the child OF Mr.. Edwin
Abbey and Caldecott and If 1t is meant that he Is
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
WHEY THEY TURNED AWAIT.

From The indianapolis Journal.
Unkeitom-I hear you turned people away In Jay
port.
Barnes Tormer-we tried to. but they wouldn't
20 until they got their money back.
New-York tribune., 1895-01-27

deed-it IS hoped he VIII take himself away III the
course OF another week.
Mrs Iannlng and her children sailed from Green
ock Among he keepsakes she carried with her and
s,il treasures was a copy Of Scottish songs collected
by Robert Chambers and given to her by Carlyle In
1884 Il got her chambcrs's two volumes OF songs
bound into one. for mos, acceptable parting sift
and left my i.lc Prudence" Morton. p. 1867
and "Coection OF Prose and Verse from the Best
English Authors by Arthur Mason NJ. A.. with
this inscription: ITO Janet Carlyle. with Jane
Welsh Clrlylc's ATectlonate Re6ards-Comely
Bank. lst OF January. 1921" Two years after her
arrival in Canada her mother died. The news came
to Ler Ia this letter from Carlyle:
scotsbrg. Ecc.efechan. IS December 1853
My Dear Slster-This letter brings very sorrowiui
news TO you. probably the sorrowfullest may ever
have to send from ScotsbrIg Our dear and good oid
calmly at last. the Sunday just gone christmas
noS the h n at o. ten e es ame and stand
ing In sorrowful reverence AT her bedside our poor
suffering mother had lain in heavy knd or ssep
Unexpectedly to the watchers, 80 sudden was IL,
had to saenss are over V and she has
fought her fight well and nobiy; and as tor us-ws
to love us since came into the world is gone to
God her Maker and This is the heavy news
spare You the sorrow and tears 1t will occasion
For above year and half past our dear mother
In August gone a year her weakness and sufrerings
were quite painful to me- and 1t seemed uncertain
things. She had no disease at that time nor after
ward but the springs Of life were worn out; there
was no struggle left Within the last six months
the decay proceeded faster and was constant.
Our noble mother. too. behaved like herself In
all stages OF her Illness; quaed into terror
lamentaton or any weak temper Of mind had a
wonderful clearness OF Intellect clearness OF heart
affection. piety and simple courage and beauty
about her to the very end. She passed much OF
her time I'm the last weeks In a kind OF sleep
used to awaken with a smile (as John described
II to mel and has left sacred remembrance with
all OF us, consolatory I'm our natural grief
| have written to Alick this day. good many
other details; and have hidden him send you the
you probably in asking Tor IT, viii send this to
him I am In great haste. tomorrow CIhursday.
18th Dec1 being the funeral day. and many things
occupying still l VIII therefore say no more
be satisfactorily and easily adjusted before | re-
turn to Chelsea, and then It VIII be somebody's
For the present | will only bid God bless you.
dear sister, you and yours-and teach you to bear
this great sorrow and bereavement (Which is one
chiefly to your heart. but to her n blessed re-
leD. In the way that Is ut and worthy OF the
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-31
THE ELYTON COMPANY.

Messrs. James T. Woodward of New York and Messrs. Billings and Baldwin of Montgomery, directors of the Elyton company, are here attending a meeting of the board of directors of that com pany. These gentlemen express great satisfaction at the marked improvement they find in the condition of their com pany and the general business outlook here. Mir. Mcdonald, the new president of the company, is giving an intelligent and fruitful supervision to all the affairs of the company. and is exhibiting a lib- erality in all his dealings that promises much for the future. The stockholders of the company are becoming more con hdent every day that the future has much in store for the company. Birmng ham has had all the humps and measles and whooping cough. of infancy, has cut its teeth. and is now steadily entering upon an era of development and prosper ity that will surpass its past.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-31
A KEYNOTE.

One of the editorial cuckoos says that the following language of MT. Cleveland at Atlanta sounded the keynote of pa- triotism:'
 'I hope I may, therefore, be permitted ill conclusion to suggest, as a most i'm portant lesson taught by this occasion, the absolute necessity to our national health and welfare and consequently to our individual happiness as citizens of careful discrimination in our support of policies and in our advocacy of political doctrines between those which prompt the promotion of the public welfare and those which simply seem to serve selfish or sectional interests"
 Was there ever such a collocation of in consequential words to convey a minute idea of most commonplace insignifi- canoe?
 AnalyZing this key note" we find the president calling upon us to advocate doctrines that prompt the promotion of the public welfare. That is just exactly what every citizen is trying to do. But unfortunately human nature is so con. stituted that every one who sees that a public measure will aid himself, his friends, bis neighbors and his section, ad- vocates it as a measure of public well. fare. The president wants his Buzzard' s Bay neighbors relieved of paying duty on coal and iron ore. and therefore he holds it to be a measure of such over- whelming public welfare as to call forth denunciations from him upon the only tariff bill that the democratic party has been able to enact since 1S4G A rule that applies to Buzzard's Bay should work just as well when applied to the coal and iron mines of Alabama or to the silver mines of Nevada. The president may not understand that selfish. local, sec tonal interests may be just as patriotic as the consolidated interests of E Pluri- bus Unum. If a lesser man than the president had used such language it would have been regarded as twaddle; but coming ex cathedra it becomes the key note of patriotism. Vive la baga- tellei
Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-31
CHARLES WELLBORN,
Who Is Under Sentence for Fraudulent Use of the Mails, Writes Touching Let
 ter to Friend.

Charles Wellborn, whose vicissitude before state and federal tribunals has excited considerable interest and who is now under sentence of the United States court for fraudulent use of the mails, yes- terday penned the following letter to friend in thls city:
 Birmingham, Oct. 2S, 1895.
 Dear Sir: Life is a narrow veil be- tween the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. Every life, no matter If it's every hour is rich in love and every mo- ment jeweled with a brilliant joy, must In its end become tragedy as dark as can be woven of the wool and warp of myste- ry and death.
 For one friend like you I would ex- change all the gold in American coin ana diamonds from the markets of Golconda. Whether at wind, sea or among the breakers of that farther shore shall ever remember you with passion of love equal to Damon.
 "I go in a few days for the peniten- tiary, but sir, cherish the truth that my star is yet in the Armament of world and self A life that has been misspent and misguided will reap rich reward in the cultivated garden of my future.
 "Billy, God Is just. He hears my prayer that to you and your lovely wife may come only moments of joy and pleasure. That in resting from life's journey you may sleep beneath a wilderness of flow CTS. Initial moments of the millions of charity you have bestowed upon disap- pointed mankind.
 My dear friend, the human family is fast running into razor back hogs.
 "A tear of sorrow drops as I bid you goodbye.
 Omega. Your admirer
 % E WEILBORN.p