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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
H, II, KOHLSAAT.

When the future editor was year old, the
family removed to Galena, where young
Kohlsaat worked on a farm until he was
10 years old, when he moved to Chicago
and enjoyed three years of schooling. Flo
then began his business career as q cash
boy. Thrifty, aggressive and persevering,
he was soon travelling salesman for bak-
cry firm. He learned the bakery business
thoroughly and opened a lunchroo1n and
bakery just at tho time when the anarch-
lists trials were attracting so much atten-
ton.
Kohlsaat had a natural talent for adver-
Using, and he soon had number Of bak-
cry wagons flying what seemed to be the
red flag of anarchy. On the flags We're the
words, "This is q war for bread" People
began talking and wondering and in two
days Kohlsaat and his bread were well ad
vertised in Chicago. He made a fortune
out of his lunch and bakery business,
bought an interest in the Chicago Inter
Ocean and became successful newspaper
man. A year ago he sold out his interest
in The Inter Ocean, and he has since been
looking for q good paper. The death of his
old friend, James w. Scott, gave him the
opportunity he desired, and he is now in
full control Of Tho Times-Herald and
Evening Post.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
News and Notes.

Small potatoes are usually the result
of putting too much seed in hill.
In this country 20, patents for in
ventions pertaining to vehicles have
been allowed, 1875 for harvesters,
4,13O for thrashing machines and / ,022
for plows
It is claimed by one who has tried it
that the application of hot linseed oil
will tighten up the loose fellies of q
wagon and keep them tight.
Keep ahead Of the weeds in the onion
beds by free use Of the wheel hoe.
Try tablespoonful of nitrate of soda
to each cabbage plant, scattering it well
around. KIT.
The Nebraska Queen contains card
from Professor c. E. Bessey of the uni
versity experiment. station. denouncing
the new plant sachaline in unqualified
TERMS
The best time to make clover hay is
when the clover is in full bloom.
Irrigation Age claims that the grower
Of two acres or more Of strawberries can
afford irrigation to insure full crops and
fine berries. ...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
State Boundaries,

In the wake Of the proposal to read
Just the boundaries Of states and terri
tories in the arid belt on the lines Of wa
tersheds instead Of in the meridians and
parallels of latitude comes a proposal
from the mining regions Of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and Michigan for new bound
aries. The proposal made by the people
Of the mining regions is to form new
state from the portions Of the three states
mentioned which border on Lake Supe-
rior. They claim that their interests
would be far more identical than under
the present boundaries owing to the fact
that the country designated is almost if
not entirely mining and timber land
while the rest Of the territory Of the
three states is largely devoted to agri-
cultural, and manufacturing pursuits.
Western Rural says that if they succeed
in persuading the three state legislatures
to submit to the division the new state
will be called Superior with Duluth for
capital.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
INTERIOR OF HOSPITAL CAR.

furnish abundant light and a movable
partition running the length of the car di-
vides it into compartments for men and
women. The ventilation is all that could
be desired, water heated by electricity and
cold water are ready for use at an instant S
notice, electric bells communicate with
both platforms, electric lights dispel tho
gloom when the car is running at night
and, in fact about every useful appliance
and convenience for hospital work is to be
found in the car.
The floor is Of quartered oak, double,
with asbestus filling to deaden sound and
pivotal trucks of special construction, hay
ing two sets of equalizing springs over the
oil box in addition to the springs that car
~ the car body, aid in the humane design
of easy and noiseless movement. Under
the center of the car is an inclosed spaoa
for stretcher splints, a water tank an ics,
box and other necessary paraphernalia.
The car is warmed by six electric heaters
placed along the sides and is controlled by
electric breaks.
The body of the car is painted white and
trimmed with blue and gold, a pleasant
contrast to the usual funeral black of the
ordinary ambulance. On each side is the
legend, est Louis Health Department,
Ambulance Car" and the Geneva red cross
is conspicuously displayed to emphasize
the humane offices of the novel vehicle.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
A GREAT TARIFF CROP.

How the Wilson Bill Has Cheapened Liv.
ing For the Workman.
It has yielded a 16 per cent increase
in the importation Of foreign goods,
made by foreign labor, and displacing a
like amount of American labor.
1t has yielded nearly IL per cent de-
crease in the exports Of American prod
ucts and merchandise, thus cutting of
just so much more work and wages fol-
Americans.
1t has yielded a great flood Of foreign
grown woods and destroyed the sheep
raising industry on American farms and
ranches. Incidentally it has helped tc
yield a shorter supply Of sheep fo1
slaughter and assisted the Chicago meat
ring to put up the price Of mutton. ~
It has yielded more foreign imports
by 800, 900, 900 worth, and yet it has
yielded a decrease of 10 per cent in the
amount of importations free Of duty.
McKinley's act even had more liberal
free list.
1t has yielded more taxation and rev.
enue on imported foods, necessaries OF
life, such as sugar, tea, coffee, fruits,
rice, fish, vegetables and provisions gen.
orally, than the old 1890 tariff by about
50 to $1.-New York Recorder.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
THE TROLLEY CAR AMBULANCE.
A St. Louis Innovation That Will Doubt
less ExtCnd to Other Electric Roads.

A St. Louis Innovation That Will Doubt
less Extcnd to Other Electric Roads.
Trolley cars and ambulances are. not
usually far apart for any great length Of
time, especially in Brooklyn, where los
people have been killed since the electric
roads began running, and St. Louis has
concluded to get them even nearer together
by combining them. A trolley ambulance
car for the special use of the health depart
ment is now in successful operation on
the electric roads of the city and seems to
be great improvement over the old fash
toned horse ambulance that dashes through
city streets like a big black dog with a
very noisy tin can tied to his tail. Tho OBJ
ject of the trolley ambulance car is to af-
ford = safe, quiet and painless means Of
transferring injured persons and other pa
tients 10 the hospitals, and it does its cr-
rands Of mercy SO we'll in St. Louis that
other cities will doubtless hasten to adopt
the innovation.
The entire car is 80 feet long, and it's in
terror measurement is "a feet The doors
are wide and easy Of access for men bearing
stretcher, the interior is finished in cher
~, II large and partly frosted windows
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
AMBITIOUS HERMAN KoHLsAAr.
His Career - Cashboy, Baker, MiMionalrs
and Great Newspaper Owner.

His Career ~ Cashboy, Baker, hIillionalrs
and Great Newspaper Owner.
Herman H. Kohlsaat, the brainy young
Chicagoan who recently paid nearly H.
600, 900 for controlling interest In the
Chicago Times Herald and Evening Post,
was working for IS a week during the
great Chicago fire in 1871. He was q boy
OF 10 when the flames devastated the city,
but he displayed the same audacity, fertil-
ity of resource and promptness to act In an
emergency that have been such conspicll-
GUS factors in making him the successful
business man that he is today. The books
Of his firm were in the path Of t1e flames
end if they were destroyed tho firm would
be ruined. Finding himself unable to hire
or even buy horse Kohlsaat ran down Il
street until he finally came across horse
and buggy hitched in front Of house.
Without inquiring who the owner was or
asking for his consent Kohlsaat Temporal
rily stole tho team, returned to the store Us
fast as the horse could trot and saved the
books. The horse was afterward returned
to his owner.
Kohlsaat was born in Edwards county
Ills, March 20, 1863. His father was
German, and his mother was English.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
Corn Culture.

The experiments of Professors King
Of the Wisconsin and Hays Of the Da-
kota stations go to show conolusively
that on good corn soil the depth Of the
blowing had nothing to do with the root
habits Of corn. 1t appears to have been
proved that the artificial hill is Of no in
fuence, save to assist in drying out soil
that is, as a rule, quite dry enough for
the full growth of the plant. When one
understands the habits Of corn roofing,
he will readily see that fiat culture, and
inducing the large feeding roots to de-
velop in the surface soil and send the
feeders down into the deep soil from
them, is the natural way, and that root
pruning is not best, even in years Of full
average rainfall.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
Growing Tomatoes by the Acre.

There are several ways Of growing to-
matoes, but plan which is liked by
many and especially when not more
than an acre is planted, is as follows,
says The New England Homestead;
After blowing tho soil thoroughly and
then narrowing in half or whole ton
of some good fertilizer, check off the
land five by five feet, and at each inter-
section of the burrows drive down a
stout stake Is inches in the soil, leaving
three feet above. In a triangle about
this stake set three plants, IL or 10 inch
es from the stake Before the plants
fall over encircle them and stake with a
broad strong band, drawing the plants
in Just little. IF the band is placed
about Is inches from the ground it will
be sufficient to hold up the fruit from
the ground, but if the vines grow very
large a second band may be put on later,
but one is usually enough. Each hill
should yield, at the very lowest, if the
land is good, a peck Of tomatoes. AT five
by five feet there will be /, 742 stakes or
hills, and with three plants to the hill
1t will require 1926 plants per acre. If
preferred, two plants may be set to the
stake, and the hills reduced to ~ dis
lance Of five by four feet. using 1856
plants per acre.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
4 SURPRISED FOX.
He Didn't Know That Cranes Wore Both
Fighters and Runners.

Fighters and Runners.
A long, lean crane stood motionless in
the big cover down on the fats late one
spring afternoon watching, for q fish or
frog to come within reach Of his pointed,
heavy bill. A cold wind was blowing
md ruffled up the birds feathers in way
to make him shiver. A brown bird started
to fly past the still figure, then there was
quick jerk, and the brown bird disap-
peared. The thin crane looked as though
he felt better. After bit he waded to the
shore and stood on the bank looking into
the water as If for a fish or frog.
As the sun was shining red for mo-
ment through crack in the clouds fox,
sleek in winter fur, came into view from
up tho creek, looking here and there for a
mouse or better game. He had started
early that day, probably in tho hope that
he might capture bird. He stalked a
crow, unsuccessfully flushed two or three
brown birds, sneaked up wind at a wood
chuck and got a little mole. Then he saw
the cranes back and neck over the bank
and straightway dropped back on to his
launches to calculate q bit. Ho worked
his wcy toward the crane SO slowly as not
to be noticed till within ten feet of the
bird, when the birds head came around
with startled suddenness. The fox stop
ped, and the crane looked indignant. The
fox took two steps nearer, and the crane
bristled up his neck feathers and drew his
head back as if to strike. Then the fox
cav that the crane would fight. If any
thing can tickle fox, it is to have bird
stand fight.
The fox took two jumps lightly for
ward, then yelped out in pain. The crane
A<,I II = &c. ~
bare. He grabbed the crane by the leg,
end then, like pug dog pulling string
tied ball, ran around in circle, tripping
gave the fox glancing blow behind the
shoulder, driving the fox away a yard and
gaining time to get on his legs again.
Then the fox came at the crane, and
once more the crane struck at the fox's
eye, this time successfully, for the point
of the bill picked the eyeball open. The
fox skunk back and started to run, while
the crane, with six foot strides and half
spread wings, set after him. Then came
q race fit to make a woodsman howl. The
cranes head stuck out straight before his
body, while his long pipe stem legs stretch
cd out fore and aft alternately, twisting
around each other as the fox turned sharp
corners, with his tail Rugged close, ears
laid back and mouth open. Foxes are cred
tied with being creased lightning runners,
but the crane made this fox hump himself
30 keep out of the way.
At last the fox went under wire fence,
turning sharp to do it. Tho crane struck
at him. not noticing the wire, and the
cranes neck struck on the wire, while the
bill split OH barb, hooking the bird fast.
Lem Lawson killed tho fox at long range
with rifle, and the crane was captured
alive, only to die later:-seaberry IN. "
Cor. New York Sun.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
Bonaparte's Center Side.

These purposes made Bonaparte at once
the most gentle and conciliatory Of men in
some directions; in others they developed
and hardened his i1nperiousness. His cor
respondence mirrors both his mildness and
his arbitrariness. Every letter to the d.
rectory abounds in praise Of his officers
and men, accompanied by demands for the
promotion of those who had performed dis
tinguished services. Writing to Genera.
Clarke on Nov. 10, 1906, from Verona, he
Gays, in words full Of pathos: Your neph-
ew Elliot was killed on the battlefield OF
Arcole. This youth had made himself IA
miliar with arms Several times he had
marched at the head Of columns. He
would ono day have been an estimable otfi-
Ger. He died with glory in the face Of the
foe; he did not suffer fora moment. What
reasonable man would not envy such
deathS Who is he that in the vicissitudes
of life would not agree to leave in such a
way world SO often worthy of contempt?
What one Of us has not hundred times
regretted that he could not thus be with
drawn from the powerful effects Of calrlm-
nv, of envy and of all the hateful passions
that seem almost entirely to control hui
man conduct"
Perhaps these few words to tho widow
of one of his late generals are even finer:
"Muiron died at my side on the battlefield
of Arcole. You have lost husband that
was dear to you; I, a friend to whom l
have long been attached, but the country
loses more than us both in the death of an
officer distinguished no less by his talents
than by his rare courage. If can be OF
service in anything to you or his child,
pray you count altogether upon me-"
That was all, but it was enough. With
tho ripening of character, and under the
responsibilities Of life, the long sought for
style had come at last. It is martial and
terse almost to affectation, defying trans
lation, and perfectly rejecting the charac-
ter of the writer.-Professor W. NJ. Sloane
in Century.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
METHODS or IRRIGATION.
Hlooding and Furrows Arc Most Largely
nF%5 Practiced at the West.

>F% Practiced ut the West.
A writer in American Gardening
groups the methods Of irrigating land
into three classes-aooding, burrows and
subirrigating. AS the first two are more
commonly employed at the west, what
the writer says under these heads will be
here reproduced. He says concerning
flooding:
For grain fields and alfalfa meadows
the water is spread out in thin sheet
over the entire surface. It is taken from
the secondary distributing bitches
through small gates into shallow trench
es If the land is level, it is laid off in
to squares Of from one-haf to three
fourths Of an acre by means Of burrows,
but if there is considerable slope it may
be terraced or the checks may be mar
row, with bank at the lower side to
hold back the water. When water is
needed by the crop, the gates are opened
and water is admitted to the burrows,
from which it is allowed to spread out
over the highest check until all the
ground has been covered, after which it
is turned upon the one next lower.
This method is very wasteful Of wa
ter and is not we'll adapted to other than
sandy soils, as, if clay is present to any
extent, the surface will bake and crack.
The amount of water required for this
method Of irrigation varies with the soil
and crop, rs we'll as with the season and
locality.
In Colorado it is estimated that the
duty Of water, or the amount that
stream Of water flowing ut the rate of
one cubic foot per second will irrigate,
is from so to 80 acres, but in some parts
Of California it seems to be several
times this after the first season. As
rule, from two to three waterings in
season are given.
For such crops as are worked by the
horse the water is applied in burrows be-
tween the rows, but if the land is level
and the crops are hand worked it is
thrown up into beds from Is to so feet
wide, along the crests Of which the wa
ter is carried in shallow trenches, over
the edges Of which it runs and soaks in
to the SOIL Any surplus water passes in
to the dead burrows between the beds,
by which it is carried off. A similar
method is used for irrigating orchards
aud small fruit plantations, the water
being carried in trenches between alter
nate rows Of trees, to each of which
q branch trench leads, the water be-
ing allowed to soak into the ground the
best it can, or checks are forced by
throwing up ridges around the trees, in
to which the water is admitted.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
every Low Prices"

A Bradford report Of its wool trade
said: Manufacturers are better en-.
ployed than they have been for a long
time, mainly on account Of the revival
in the American trade, but merchants
find that the competition with the
American makers is SO close that it is
only the present very low prices which
make it possible to carry on this bust
ness" The Every low prices" which
are forced upon US by the Bradford COM
petition under the new tariff, mean
Every low prices" for American farmers
who raise wool, livery low prices for
American producers engaged in manu-
featuring wooden goods and Every low
prices for American labor engaged
either on the farm or in the factory:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
In Time of Drought.

Professor Roberts makes the point
that stirring the upper part Of the soil
in dry time is better than q mulch to
preserve moisture, because cultivation
tends to keep the roots below the stirred
soil, while mulch draws the roots to
the surface-not good place for them.
He mentions the effect Of cultivation in
dry seasons in California, where they
have no rain from May till September.
Yet in orchards and vineyards he saw
the top soil as dry and''fi as an ash
heap, but one could kick away this dust
and find moisture three or four inches
beneath the surface.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
4. STUDY OF THE LAW.
The New Tariff Includes Low Wages 90
!" %g& "&.s Small Profits.

V00 NOW y0x1n XnCAuuoo AV"
, Small Profits.
The new tariff law, the tariff law OF
the reformers which was to gladden. the
heart Of the American farmer and fatten
the pocketbook Of the American me-
chanic, hes been in operation for SIX
months.
The law is now old enough to be
studied. 1t has been in the statute book
long enough to show results. Every
American knows what the Democratic
promise to repeal the Mckinley law
brought upon the country. The promise
has been kept. Now, what is the effect
Of the promise SO kept?
The effect is wide and startling. 1t
includes a new public debt, low wages
and small profits This can be said gen
orally. Specifically it can be said that
the manufacturers in England and on the
continent of Europe are daily increasing
their sales in the United States. Goods
are coming into American ports by the
shipload. This is good thing for the
national treasury, but it is bad thing
for American labor. A bar Of iron made
in England and sold in this country de-
prives some Americans Of wages which
are theirs by right.
The new law, therefore, is not filing
the pocketbook of the American work
man, but is emptying it. This is fact
that can be proved by Democratic figures
set down in Washington and gathered
by Democrats from Democratic customs
officers.
The new law, the law Of the burden
Efters, has been, we have said, in effect
six months. During the eight months
just past the American farmer has been
gradually but surely squeezed out of the
foreign markets with his staple prod
ucts. He has lost market for $47. $780,
900 worth of his wheat and for 80, 000,-
900 bushels Of his corn. The price Of
cotton has fallen I'd cents pound, and
foreign sales show decrease of 1,10o,-
600 bales.
The Democratic tariff law, therefore,
has helped the foreigners, but it hasn't
helped any Americans but those who
have been appointed to collect the in
come tax.-Cleveland Leader.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-14
Stacking tho Hay Crop.

Farmers who lack barn space arc com.
PEELED to stack or rick q portion Of their
hay crop. An Ohio Farmer correspond
ent, who prefers stacking to ricking,
says: As a rule, stacks are only about
half as large US ricks and consequently
can be built in about half the time.
This is quite an important point, espe-
cially if the weather is inclined to be
"catchy." A stack with ten foot bot
tom, and requiring only two or three
loads of hay for it's construction, can be
put up in half day by two men, and
when the force is strong enough to ru1'
two wagons, in much less time.
The farmer quoted thinks that hay
saves better in stack then in a rick in
awet season, because the stalks or stems,
especially Of the extreme top Of the
stack, all slope downward like the stalks
of cap sheaf Of wheat. Bnt this can
not be said of the stalks or stems Of hay
in O. rick