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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
IN THE SENATE.

OIL Inspector Foote Confirmed-Some Bills
Passed.
There was little out of the ordinary in
the brief session of the senate. The
committee on legislative expenses re-
ported in favor Of employing Miss Glare
Miller as clerk Of the enrolment COM
mittee at salary of s. per day, and the
resolution accompanying was adopted.
The university committee favorably
reported s. F. 1914. The rules were sus-
pended and the bill given it's final pas
sage. 1t prohibits pool rooms within =
mile Of the university, and is aimed at a
certain pool room.
The judiciary committee reported s..
F. 1856 to pass after amendment. This
is an age OF consent bill, and the
amendment which was adopted makes
the bill read 16 years instead of Is
years.
Notice Of appointments were re celved
from Governor Clough and considered
in open session. They included that OF
Fl. w. Foote, inspector of illuminat ng
oils. The appointments were confirmed
without opposition.
Nineteen bills were introduced,
among them one to prohibit the display
of foreign flags on public buildings.
Bills Passed.
The senate reached the calendar be-
fore the noon recess. The following
bills were passed:
S. F. $40 provide for appointment OF
deputy village clerks and recorders and to
define their duties and powers.
S. F. 96-To appropriate 5000 for rifle
range at Lakeview.
s, F. 9aTo amend sec 81, chap. 95, gen
eral statutes OF 1878, as amended by sec. 2,
ehap, 5, extra session laws of 1884, and by
sec. Q, chap. 80, general laws of 1885, relatr
ing to serving of writs.
S F. 6l-To amend sec 40 of the penal
code. It takes away the minimum pen
atty for grand larceny.
s. F. 67-To amend sec. 10, chap. ia,
general laws of 1893. Senator ntis' musk
rat bill.
s. F. 157-To amend secs. 100 and IA,
chap. 8, general statutes of 1878, relating
70 the Offices of county auditor and county
treasurer. It makes the term of these Of
fees commence the first Monday in Jan
uary.
s.. F. 10O-Relating to the time and man
ner of taking exceptions to the charge Of
the court in the trial of jury cases.
s. F. Officiating to the liability OF hus
band and wife for labor performed by do
nestle servants.
S. F. 1s1-Relating to the protection Of
cranberry marshes.
The senate adjourned at noon, in or
der that the senators might attend the
Press club benefit.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
STONES FROM THE SKY.

The natural philosophers have advanced
i've hypothesis to account for the origin of
the stones called ''aerolites," which occa
sionally fall upon the earth:
First.-That they are elected from vol
canoes situated on the earth g surface.
Second.-That they are produced in the
atmosphere, being formed from gases ex-
haled from the earth.
Third.-That they are thrown from vol
canoes on the moon.
Fourth.-That they were originally ter
festrial comets revolving around the earth.
Flfth.-That they are miniature planets
encountered by the earth in its endless
journey through spaoe.-St. Louis Repub-
lic
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
iucre ,sed in the ten years $500. oo7, 4ss

Now, what but prosperity could re-
suit from such all enormous increase in
manufacturing industries? Nothing like
it has ever been seen i'll any country on
the fuce'of the globe, and this wonder.
full growth and prosperity have taken
place under q protective tariff. "a
Another point III this connections; the
assessed value Of tho property of the
city Of New York has increased during
this decade 1924, ,470. Here is a
growth in a single decade greater than
the assessed value of most Of the prin.
cipal cities of the United States. Now,
right in the very height of unparalleled
prosperity, a party was placed in control
in Washington that reduced the duties
on imported products, thus destroying
confidence, unsettling prices, closing
factories, throwing laborers out Of en-
ployment, reducing wages, paralyzing
business and lessening the value of the
property of the city, the state and the
nation. If this German tariff bill is en-
forced for the next three years, the real
value of property in New York city will
be decreased, instead of increased, and
at the end of the present decade real es.
tate will not sell readily for much more
than half the price that it sold for in
1892 -!
Congress cannot tear down the protec.
ton that has been thrown around these
great industries without doing immense
harm to the labor and capital employed
in manufacturing, and also to the real
estate where these industrial establish
ments are located.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
Foreigner Pays the Tax.

The new tariff bill removes the duty
of 50 per 1000 feet on Canadian lum.
Der, but the consumer is in no way ben.
Gifted by the reduction. This is shown
in the recent arrival here Of a cargo Of
lumber from a Canadian port. consigned
to Randolph, Bently & Co. of Westerly,
for which they are charged just 81 more
per 1000 than under the old law. This
foreign dealer reaps the benefit and not
the American dealer or consumer
Stonington Conn. Mirror.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
THE WHIPPING POST.

Commodore Gerry wants the whipping
post restored in New York, but one would
hardly answer all the demands made up
on it.-Cincinnati Tribune.
Barbarous China is in position to point
the finger of scorn at New York's proposed
whipping post and say she discovered it
centuries ago.-Washington Star.
An impression in Europe that New
York is not far from the border of civiliza.
ton is likely to be heightened by Com
modore Gerry's serious move to establish
the whipping post.-ExchanQe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
'THEILEG|SLATURE.
Hard Blow Struck in the Sem
ate For Home Trade
Principles.
Mr.. J0HNS0N'S RESOLUTION.
Officers of Our Institutions
Should Buy Supplies in
the State.

ST. PAUL, Feb. Ex-senator johnson
of Minneapolis is after the officers OF the
state institutions who buy from parties
outside of the state supplies for their in
situations which can be purchased to as
good and even better advantage at
home. In the senate he introduced a
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of committee of three sena-
tors to investigate the charges that
the steward of the Rochester insane
asylum has been purchasing goods
from parties outside Of the state which
might as well be purchased here. The
committee, under the resolution, il
to have power to summon witnesses
and 20 into the matter thoroughly, and
is to report back to the senate as soon as
possible The discussion was very short,
and the resolution was sent over under
novice of debate 1t will in all proba-
bility be brought up again soon and
passed. Senator johnson said he had
found that the steward Of the Rochester
hospital was purchasing supplies all
sround the country when he could buy
the same supplies for a smaller price
right here at home, and he wanted the
matter sifted to the bottom.
The Senators Pray.
Chaplain Forbes surprise for the SEN
ators at the opening Of the morning ses-
sion was an invitation for them to do a
little praying themselves, and mes of
them Joined with him in repeating the
apostles creed and the Lords prayer.
The judiciary committee reported
favurably the house bill making Lin
coins birthday, Feb. 10, a legal holiday.
Some objection was made OH the ground
that Minnesota had enough holidays
now, but finally the rules were SUB,
pended and the bill passed.
Senator Heneman's memorial to con-
gress favoring some sort of financial
legislation was reported favorably by
I'll o committee Oh federal relations and
passed.
In committee of the whole the senate
took up S. F. 120, introduced by SEM.
tor Theden 1t is intended to knock
out the so called Rand ordinance in
Minneapolis. If this billsbecomes law,
ally qualified electOr can make COM
plant against saloonkeepers for viola
lation Of the law. The bill was finally
recommended to pass.
New Bills in the Senate.
By Howard-To raise the age of consent
to 10 wears.
BY johnson, w. E.-To prohibit the dis
charge of firearms within 1000 feet OF an
Inhabited dwelling.
BY Allen-Authorizing county commits
siouers to issue bonds for construction OF
roads and bridges.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

They Were Of an Unusually Dry Char
The session in the horse was of dry
character. The following bills were re-
ported:
H. F. ia, recovery of costs in suits
for service, indefinitely postponed; II.
F. 1O3, to detach villages from town
ships, to pass; H. F. 81, to exempt prop
erty from sale or levy under order or en-
ecution, indefinitely postponed.
The judiciary committee reported on
the report of Attorney General Childs
on the initiative and referendum. The
report agreed with the attorney general
in that to adopt the referendum might
lead to "greater evils than those it
would suppress" and hence present &C
ton would be inadvjsable. The house
adopted the committees report and tho
suggestion that the communication of
the attorney general be ordered printed
on the journal.
On general orders the house sue
ceeded in settling the fate of but three
out of 20 bills.
The house resumed business nnder
general orders in the afternoon, and
several warm discussions were had upon
pending measures. II. F. /, Mr.. Ander-
sons bill to tax unused railroad lands,
gave rise to some rather acrimon .ous
!, debate, but was finally recommended
, to pass.
New House Bills.
Twenty-six bills We're introduced in
the house during the day. Among the
number were the following.
BY Gunn-To authorize county commits
sioners to issue bonds not to exceed 2 per
cent of taxable valuation at not to exceed
6per cent interest for the repair and con-
structions of roads aud bridges.
BY Van Sant-To provide for the issue
Of school bonds by any board of education
for school buildings, such amount of
bonds not to exceed 2per cent of taxable
property and to be ss:rpproved by majority
of board of EDUCATION and city council
By f..rto--To regulate bond investment
Companies by requiring the deposit OF
i1OO, 900 cash or securities with state treas
urer for protection of stockholders; suc "a
deposit to be available after failure 1or ~
days.
BY shell-To codify the insurance law
az the state.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15

limo or Work 1OC
young women.
She has become a
professional en-
tertainer Of chill
dren and has
found the field a
very pleasant and
profitable one.
She plans par
ties and person
ally looks after
/ l. 1~ko~koSv0
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
FREQ Trade Gifts.

Under the German tariff manufactur.
ers are given free wool, but the poor Ia
borer is given starvation wages. These
are the New Years gifts Of the dishon.
est old Democracy-benefits to the rich
corporations but conditions Of want and
misery to the wage Garner.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
Moro Clough Appointments.

ST.. PAUL, Feb. Ex-Governor Clough
has made appointments as follows:
Members of the State Board OF Health
DIR. 81. M. Bracken of Minneapolis, in
Mace of DIR. w. II. Leonard Of Mime
.aDolis; DR.. Henry Hutchinson of st.
Paul, in place of Henry Boeckmon of
st. Paul. Member of the State Board
If Equalization-C. w. Hackett OF st:
Paul. in place of Charming Seabury OF
a.. Paul. Director of the Institution
6or the Deaf at Faribault-T. B. Glen
ents of Faribault. reappointed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15

Tho Income Tax In London.
London pays "A per cent Of the in
come tax of England and Wales, and its
government and management cost about
$35, 900, 900 year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
The LARGEST Herbarium.

The Michigan agricultural college
herbarium is said to be the largest in
the world. 1t now contains IS, 900 speci-
mems
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
Stevens Ii Dead.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Feb. 9.-Hon. John
L. Stevens, ex-minister to Hawaii, is
deal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-02-15
she ENTERTAlNS CHILDREN

Miss Kathleen Shippers New Field Of L.
Dor In Chicago.
Miss Kathleen Shipper, a bright, orig
lnal Chicago girl, has hit upon new
The morning times., 1895-08-11
The Ortein of billiards..

In a letter dated 1880, which has been
presented 10 the Bbuotheque Nationale, in
Paris, highly Ingenious account is given Of
the origin of billiards. The writer declares
that billiards were invented in England
about the middle Of the sixteenth century
by a pawnbrOker named Bill Kew This
man, it 5 alleged, used in his leisure mo-
nlents to play on his counter with the three
brass balls which he hung up as a sign For
a cue he had yard measure, hence the
term Bill-yard, or BillS yard, corrupted
into billiards. This etyniology VIII hardly
satisfy Mr.. Skeat. but 1t is at least curious
as showing TO what length the speculative
etynOlOgiStS are apt togo. The mo staston-
ishing thing about it, however. is the fact
that it is the work OF a Frenchman, who
might have seen at q glance that billiards is
merely a corruption OF his own word ''bfl-
lard, - from billie n bah, the termina tion
ard being perfectly regular and natural In
the composition Of word intended to desig-
nate the table upon which thembalIs ara
used-LOndon Telegraph.
The morning times., 1895-08-11

because the divorce is a thing many OF them
do not care TO be concerned with at all But
the subject has grown to such dimensions
that action is deemed imperative.
Corporation law, however viii not come
under the head OF a dubious subject In
fact it is one matter with thich every law
yer attending must feel some anxiety
to be connected with The subject has
grown to immeasuTcahIe Importance
The lawyer with not one corpora ton
among his clients is nowadays deemed Of
no account whatever. THIS very fact
has been embarrassing to both the corpo
ratiOUs and the Bar For it is charged
that the attorney becomes little better
than a lobbyist He is compelled to pro
tect his clients against the law making
power, even when that power Is excited
Tor the public good. The remarks Of Mr
Justice Brown, &C the Supreme Court Of
the United States, made before the law
school at Yale, have, for this reason, at.
tracted the greatest attention. said the
justice:
Though ! am unwilling to believe that
corporations are solely responsible for our
municipal governments, the fact remains
! that bribery and corruption are SO uni
versal as to threaten the very structure
| of society. Probably in no country in the
world is the influence OF wealth more
! potent than In this aud in no period of
! our history has it been more powerful
! than now. Worse than this. however, is
| the combination of corporations in So
! called trusts to limit production, stifle
| competition and monopoliZe the ueceSsi-
| ties of life. The extent to which this has
already been carried is alarming. and the
| extent to which it may hereafter be car
ried is revolutionary. Indeed, the evils
| of aggregated wealth are nowhere seen
| in more odiuus form"
Justice Brown will himself be dele
| gate to the meeting, and, as he has been
| invited to make an address on the sub
| ject his words will have special sig
| nificance
Hon. Thomas K Cooley, of Michigan
| is on the executive committee and Will
| have general control OF all the arrange
| ments. His address oD railroad law
| promises to be of unusual Importance.
| AS an Interstate commerce commits
! sioner, he has had extraordinary facil-
| tiles for studying the question In
| ternational law is matter he has also
| at his fingers ends, and upon W hich
he has written widely circulated text
books. General John w. Foster, how
ever, is to have that subject. There is
not probably an American living with
more experience in that obstruse branch
| of legal lore than he. 1t Seemed at first
| as if he would be unable TO attend the ses-
| sions at all, but his engagements have
| been modified and he is to make one Of the
most interesting OF the addresses.
To that famed Jurist, Joseph w. Choate,
has been accorded the honor of enlightening
The morning times., 1895-08-11

pattern, naguey plants in long, sweeping
perspective.
Wen. it is from this plant that the natives
make pulque.
Pulque is the juice taken from the heart
OF the maguey and allowed to ferment for
one day. After that time it must be con-
sumed within twenty-four hours, or II is
positively useless The railroads that run
through the principal maguey districts
operate fast early-mOrning pulque trains
in much the same fashion that the roads
that run through Orange County, y. Y,
operate eany-morning milk trains to New
York. From the depots it is hustled In
wagons and on the backs OF porters to the
inuuneraDle saloons and from thence dis
pensed to the public.
Mescal and tequIa are two native ri
walls OF pulque. Mescal is a sort Of a cousin
of whisky, although to the eye it is as clear
as water, and tequIa is TO mescal as
brandy is to whisky. They are both
WrIng from the heart OF the naGuey plant.
In a low part OF the country, where pUlque
cannot be produced, the natives use mes
cal, for this Bev~age is, of course, capable
or long Journeys, and where d native can
get pulque ne usually prefers it.
The effects Of pulque, as witnessed in
the natives, does not seem TO be so
pyrotechnic and clamOrous as are TIE
effects of certain other drinks upon tie
citizens of certain other nations The
native. filled with pGlqUe, seldom wishes
to fight. Usually he prefers to adore his
friends. They viii hang together in front
OF a bar, three or four Of them, their legs
The morning times., 1895-08-11
CONGRESS OF LEGAL LIGHTS
Coming Gathering of Law
yers in Detroit.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
Men Whose Names Are
Famous Will Talk
and Vote.

There are many famous lawyers in this
country, in fact, we have more lawyers
of real greatness than any other land on
earth. 1t is not necessary TO allude to
their prominence in public affairs nor to
the important part they play in every sphere
of life. Now, all these limbs OF the law
are getting ready for their coming con-
clave at Detroit, which opens OF. the 2Sth
tional assembly OF the American Bar AS
sociation, perhaps the most remarkable
professional body ever organized. 1t be-
gan its existence in 1878, and to-day not
a lawyer Of national prominence is outside
of it. Every State has local bodies in affili-
alton with the parent order. James G.
Carter, of New York, is the president.
There Will be some hundreds OF delegates,
many of whom are prominent judges A
resume of the subjects VIII convey more
adequately than anything else an idea OF
what the lawyers propose to do The i'm
portance OF their debates and resolutions
may be understood from the fact that when
ever the bar association officially recon-
mends change In our statutes IL is almost
invariably accomplished
Divorce will be one OF the vital issues
AT its last meeting the Divorce Law eform
League invited the cooperation OF the bar
In effecting changes in our procedure con-
nected with this subject. Many of the law
yers are unwilling to deal with the matter
The morning times., 1895-08-11
A JAG OF PULQUE is HEAVY
It VIII Fill Ones Vision With Sea
Serpents.
stephen Crane Describes the Horrors
OF Pulque Inebriety in the
City of Mexico.

City of Mexico, Aug. 4, 1a96.-The
first thing to be done by the investi-
eating tourist of this country is to be-
gin to drink the national beverage, pulque.
The second thing to be done by the investi-
eating tourist is to cease to drink pulque.
This last recommendation, however, is
necessary to no one. The human inclination
acts automatically, SO to speak, in this
case. If the great drunkard OF the drama
should raise his right hand and swear
solemnly never to touch another drop
of Intoxicating puIque as long as he lived
SO help him heaven-he would make him
self ridiculous. 1t would be too simple.
Why should a man ever taste another drop
of pulque after having once conided with
it?
But this does not relate to the Mex
The morning times., 1895-08-11

idea among the citizens OF the great and
growing North that the South was cOnserYa-
tive to retr0gression, and that the principal
characteristics Of the Inhabitants was iHdo-
lenoe Col. Hemphill knew better, and
so did Col Evan Z. Howell, the proprietor
Of the Constitution, and so they commenced
20 boom the idea il took like wIldnre.
Every one seemed 10 see the opportunity,
and in less than a week from the Time OF
Col. Hcmphills idea was sprung upon Capt.
Howell, the idea had become reality, and
a committee was formed 70 carry the thing
forward.
The almost immediate result was that an
administ tration was formed, headed by
Charles A. Collier, Of Atlanta, TO see the
thing through, and open the South for prac-
ticaly the first time Mr.. Collier, the presi-
dent and director general, is prominent
banker, is about forty seven years old, has
ample means, and a great ceal or IN
fluence. He has had considerable expert
ence in matters OF this kind, having been
the chief motive power in the Piedmont
exposition OF 1887, which paid all eX-
penses and had $4,000 left over. Under
his direction there has been collected in
Atlanta and the immediate surrounding
country, over $4,000, 900 10 complete the
the grounds and buildings, the former, now
ever, having been already in good shape
Or course, the women came in for share
Of the work This WAS 10 be expected,
from the presence OF Mrs. Loulie NJ. Cor
don, one Of the board or women managers
of the Worlds Fair, and who has been
rightly styled "the most popular woman
in tho South" The }-dies OF Atlanta took
up their share OF the undertaking with as
much energy as did The men, and elected
Mrs. Joseph Thompson president of their
board. Mrs. Thompson, like Mrs. Palmer,
is the wife OF a wealthy hotel proprietor,
was educated at the same school that trained
the Chicago lady, and like her, is O very
beautiful woman. Mrs. Gordon, who is n
sisfer-in-laW Of the Georgia Senator Of
that name, was made president OF the
Woman's Congresses, and made q member
at-large OF the board. / do not think that
have ever met q woman who possessed more
executive ability, coupled with as great a
capacity for hand work and as much tact,
than las Mrs. Gordon. Her connection
with any enterprise is a guarantee that
It win be creditably carried through with.
The board chose for The site OF the ex-
position Piedmont Park, abeut two miles
from the center OF Atlanta. The park,
already in q state OF Improvement, pic
turesquely placed ON rolling ground, and
with plenty OF water TO be converted into
lakes, lay ready to the hand Of the improver,
unlike Jackson Park, at Chicago. which " as,
mostly, a great sandy waste.
Too much praise cannot be bestowed
upon the architect Of the exposition,
Bradford L Gilbert. OF New York, Tor his
wisdom in the general scheme OF laying out
the grounds He realized ihat. coming SO
soon after The Chicago Fair. ihc Atlanta
Exposition would bc compared 70 the
former. and the only hope fer a favorable
comparison lay in making as wide a diff
terence as possible Lie was given a GER