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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

TINT he was IN the ,swelnps on the edge q
the town not 40 rods from one Of the enc.
my's forts. BY hook and crook he made his
way down tho river, through the swamps,
many times narrowly escaping discovery
by soldiers who swarmed In tho region.
Marvellous GOODNESS was required at every
stage. Once he waited some hours while
O negro, whom he had encountered and
bribed, went to the wharf and brought
back. word of the certain destruction Of the
ram. t,l@
One moro test Of nerve before his final
escape: Late in tho afternoon Cushing
wandered near q Confederate picket oS.t
beside a, large tree. Getting the tire, be-
tween him and the picket for o screen, ! Q
reconnoitered tho ground and saw u skin
under the bank close to the men. Descend
ing to the river, ho SWAN with the utmost
stealth and loosened the boat and then Goat
cd alongside of and partly underneath the
craft until liz was out Of sight. Climbing
in, he padded OIL into the sound, where
bis frail boat was hardly seaworthy. Far
in tho night ho reached II friendly gunboat
Says his narrative, II had padded every
minute for ten successive hours, and for
four my body had been asleep with the
exception of my arms and brain" His
."Ship ahcy!" was given with tho last of
his strength, and he fell, poworless, into
the water. GEORGE L. KILMER.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
% ~ 60 81. .,- We
THEN FLOATED ALONGSIDE.

THEN FLOATED ALONGSIDE. ~.
within ten feet Of a 100 pound rifle gun,
which, as words of command heard aboard
the launch indicated, the men were train
ing upon tho assailants. II, =. t. @
Gushing meanwhile kept his place, bolt
upright at the bow Of the launch, lines in
hand. Bullets few again, and one struck
the left hand which held the detaching
line for the torpedo. In spite Of the blow
he lowered the spar to it's place, looFenedl
the torpedo and felt lit floating into3posis
tion, then at the right moment pulled the
lanyard, which dropped the weighty ham
mer upon the percussion cap. The instant
of the explosion charge of canister from
the 100 pound gun struck the launch, and
the upheaval of water from the exploding
torpedo completely swa1nped the slender
craft. %
Most men would have collapsed whom
the awful crisis was over and success won.
Not so Gushing. Paying no heed to tho
only settled slowly upon tho bottom-he
threw off his sword, revolver, shoes and
coat, and telling the men to save them
selves plunged into the water. After a
vain effort to save u drowning comrado he
struck out down the river. There was
chop sea on, and he made little Roadway
"Still," he says in The Century narrative,
"there was determination not to sink, a
will not to give up, and kept up sort
Of mechanical motion long after my
bodily forco was in fact expended. At last,
not q moment too soon, touched the soft
mud, and in the excitement of the first
shock raised myself and made one step
forward, then fell and remained half in
the mud and half in the water unit ! day
light, unable even to crawl OH my hands
and knees, nearly frozen, with my brain
in whirl, but one thing strong in NC:
the determination to escape"
Day]iS!:t shored tho napless wande7cr
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

no damage to his person. Tho inunch 49,
skillful handling was driven over the
boom at the. first attempt, but the effort
exhausted her steam, and she went at 81
snail's pace toward tho ram. BY Its very
audacity and it's marvellous success THU
stroke astoundod the men upon tho ranS
and they ceased firing. A voice again call
ed out the sailors challenge, Ship ahoyl''
The mon in the launch all gave fncetious,
replies, but Cushing responded by firing Y
load Of canister from boat howit2er
alongside Of him IN the bow From that
timo on the struggle for Cushing was ke,t.
up ny sneer 1Orc6 u physical nerve. 4 sssg
Now was the time for the deadly torpedo,
hitherto only Is possible factor III the game
to como into play. In order to understand
tho most marvellous feature Of the eNpleit
it is necessary to study the mechanism bys
which this Internal missile was tbrusiss''sst
into use. The following is condensed from
description accompanying Cushins's arr
ticle in The Contury War Book: A long;
spar was pivotcd by universal joint to-
the side Of tho launch near the bow. lt
was raised or lowered by means OF II Eai-5
yard. On tho point Of the spar was q.
socket containing q shell. held in Place -.
n pin, wbicl, had to be pulled out In ortor
to detach the missile Tho drawing OF tho
pin and tho dctaching of tho torpedo were.
separate operations performed by means
Of two lanyarls in the hands Of the oror
ator. Tho torpedo shell was constructed
to float, and when in the right positions
must be exploded by a third lanyard. To
sum up, the spar must be swung around
point forward, then lowered to tho rcquir--
ed depth, the she'll next detached and forced
out, and finally when In place fred by
force brought against a percussion cap. q,
At the trying moment, therefore, Cush-
ing had upon his person four lines to be
handled with tho utmost GOODNESS and pre-
cision. If any one movement failed, all
failed. Furthermore he had a line from
ono wrist to, the ankle of the engineer to
give signals for control Of tho boat. Tha
launch moved slowly toward tha rsA,4..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
Dreadful Eatel

"Co1nmute1 for life!' }z,... e.. -.,E
/ To tho wrt':chod man the words brought
no JOY or comfort. r'-.
i "Bettcr C:suth!n no Mllrmured, ethan
to drag out ! miserable existence in soil
tudo. Doomed, while life lasts;'- ~.
z Again ho groaned- 5
"To catch trains and ferries, to carry
bundlcs!' Fl H. ..a.
{ That day his wife had made the first
payment--on tho 20 year plan-of buy
ing a house in the country.-New York
Recorder. ~ '.-t.a
The Rev. Robert Collyer, while at
the breakfast table Of one of his friends
in the country near Boston, was asked
by one of the family, .'Mr. Collyer, do
you enjoy as good all appetite as you
have in years past?" TO which be re-
piled, "My dear, if lose the appetite
! now have, hope no poor man will
find it. = .~
Frederick the Greats father was in
the habit Of kicking the sbins Of those
who differed from him in argument.
One day he asked courtier if he agreed
with him Oh some discussed point.
s"Sire,'' he returned, cit is impossible
TO hold different opinion from a king
who has snch strong convictions and
wears such thick boots " ----..-.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
AnOka's Potato Crop.

Anoka, MIMI, Dec. 8. The Anoka
comfy starch factories will shut
down this week for the season. It's
output ia the best in the history Of
this industry in this county and the
North west. r. L. Halls factory has
made u run OF three months and has
ground 2SS.60O bushels Of potatUes.
turning out !. 800 tons OF starch. The
Farmers starch factory has made a
much shorter run, hut has used 1885,
700 bushels and has turned out 600
tons of starch. The ST.. Francis
factory started still later, and has
used $500 bushels and turned out
400 tons of starch. making a total Of
over 100000 bushels Of potatoes used
and 1890 tons of starch nanufac-
tured in Anoka county. One bushel
Of potatoes will produce eight
pounds OF starch. The farmers OF
this county have been paid about
$5O,OO0 for their potatoes. The fac
tories will make short run in the
spring. They receive only about
one-half of the crop. The remainder
has been sold and shipped by rail or
stored in cellars. Those who had
facilities for storing them have great
quantities waiting for a rise in price,
and yet there is ready sale ON the
market. The potato crop in Alioka
county this year is over 100000
bushels.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

Editor .HeDdryx, OF the Sank
Centre Herald, did an hours Mis-
sionary work on Editor Stivers
regarding the silver question, while
in Brainerd last week. He came out
about as fortunate as some Of the
Christians in Aremenia. x
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

ERVE Is a word
used in many
senses. The phys.
ical courage and
intrepid dar ! II e
displayed by
Gushing in tho
destruction of the
Confederate ram
Automatic with Il
torpedo, thrust by
his own hand, rs
1t were, against
her sides, has been
~ 49, f<>r h{c
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

So De THE TRYING MOMENT.
sides would protect his men from the fire
of the forts and land troops whom the
fighting on tho ship would arouse to action.
Gushing knew all the bearings around
the wharf, and trusting to the same luck
that carried him past the picket in the
river proposed to steal past the ram and
land his men upon the bank above, then
rush aboard the vessel. To his amazement
q large fire was blazing upon the bank
near the ram, and the scene was as light
as day. A voice from the ram challenged
the strange flotilla and quickly repeated
the cry. In an instant all was changed.
First thinking of the enemy left in the
rear, he ordered the cutter to cast loose
and row swiftly down stream to silence
the picket. .%r..[ r.. -.
~ Designating the enemy's sharp chal
lenge, Cushing directed the launch toward
the ram, but as she ran close he saw
fender Of logs doomed about her 30 feet
from her sides. This was another unlock
ed for obstacle and showed clearly that the
enemy had prepared for the emergency.
At the moment Of this discovery the Con-
federates on the ram opened sharp fire Of
musketry both from rifemen on deck and
on shore. That was moment for courage
the nerve that sustains a soldiers heart in
q crisis Of personal peril. The launch
steamed ahead, coming abreast Of the ram
near enough to allow Cushing to examine
the boomsof logs and also near enough to
give the enemy o better aim. Satisfied
that the logs had been long time In the
water and were covered with river slime,
he quickly decided to drive the launch
over them and get near enough to strike
with his spar torpedo. On turning about
In his place at the bow Of the boat to order
his engineer how to proceed Cushing re-
oeived h charge Of small shot across the
back, which ture away his coat, but did
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
ao4RD or EDUcxt'T.IloN,',
Numerous Billie allowed and
Other Business Trans
acted az Saturdays ,:1 z.
Meeting. 81. Is

The board of education held Its
regular monthly meeting Saturday
in the office Of Secretary Ellenbecker
at tile court house. .
A. r. Davidson was elected presi-
dent protein in the absence Of Presi-
dent C.. /. McNair, who was out of the
city.
EOn motion duly seconded and
carried. the following bills were al
lowed: - '*'a
II. j. Martin work In Central
building........... 30
j. W. Berg, supplies.............. rs u
Pine Tree Lumber 90, wood 80
p. j. Tomelty. hand bell, Col "
umDlA....... .......................... q 20
F. Ellenbecker. ..................... III "a
Newman & Buck man............ ] so
H. Il. Tuttle & Son, weekly
papers for high schOOl........ Is 80
P. Medved, stamped envel- *
ODpS... ........................... + OO
II. j. Sutleff, 81 cords OF Il
wood at 1926 per cord..... is GA
Jos. Manta. l5X cords VI
wood at 1926 per cord....... IS A
John WetysOck. l6 cords of 49,.
woOdyat 1925 per cord...... 36 90
John Bowman, setting pump. i
at Columbia schOOl........... 5 80
p. w. Blake, supplies.......... 4 -
Richard Bros. supplies........ 5 40
Electric & Water Co. water
for Columbia and Central
schools to Jan. l, '96.......... Is IS
Franklin & Co. high school
SupDlle6 .......................:...... ~ 81
John " smaK high school
supplies ............................ 81 ~
d. D. Merrill & Co., library. ll9 AZ
u. $. School Co., maps and
desks ;. ...,......................... Us OF
CHM & Co., text bo0ks.......... 219 50
Silver, Burdett & Co., text
books ........... ......... 1872 "a
CHM Il Co. text books .......... 4 80
st. Paul Book and Station
cry Go. text books. ............ $50
Same, text bOoks................ 5O4
The purchasing committee was in
.structed to purchase storm sash 10"
the Lincoln building II the same were
considered necessary by Supt.
Thatcher. - e.. ~ &-..s
It was moved and carried that the
teachers salaries for the month Of
December be issued for theaamounts
equal to three weeks salary. se3
The purchasing committee was
also instructed to purchase 100 cords
OF green oak or maple wood for the
independent school district of Little
Falls. adjourned.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
CUSHlNG'S NER y +.
WONDERFUL PLUCK AND SELF con.
TRoL OF THE TORPEDO HERO.

His Albemarle Expedition . Trying Cam.
psign-At Last tho Enterprise Rested
Upon His Goodness Under Fire-An Awful
Crisis Met without Flinching.
copyright, 1895, by American Press Associa
ton. Rook rights reserved.]
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13
THE INDEPENDENT,
~ ~ l.. * I ri & = :.
a. NEW YORK. ( +H
X Religious % Literary and
Family Newspaper. - =.

Undenominational, substantial and impartial. A
q paper for clergy men, scholars, teachers.
u business men and families. 1t discusses
|; every topic OF the day-religious. theo-
n logical, political. literary, social. ar
~ stistic and scientific. It's contributed
sN M articles are by the most eminent s
sA a A sss writer's ~ the Ensliah language.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-12-13

1t employs specialists and distinguished writ
ers as editors OF it's Twenty. zone Departments.
paper particularly fitted for lawers. DOCTORS
clergymen. those engaged in business, young
people of both sexee-men and women who read
and think for themselves.
"A pauer especially valuable for those inter-
ested in Fine Arts, Science. Music.
A paper giving valuable Information upon
Finance. Life insurance, Commerce.
paper for Sunday School Workers, those
who have a Farm. Garden or House Plants.
5A.papeT for the family, old and young.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
sPRAINED AIS ANKLE.
Captain of the Lawrence Football Team
Hur4- Work of the Tenn.
To the Sporting Editor State Journal:


Captain of the Lawrence Football Team
Hurs- Work of the Tenn.
To the Sporting Editor State Journal:
LAwRESCE, Sept 21.-Captain Armor,
of the university football team, met with
a serious accident yesterday afternoon
while in regular practice on McCook
athletic field. In scrimmage the
young mans ankle was thrown com
pleeIy out of place. Coach Hector
Cowan and others set the injured mem
Der, and Captain Armor was taken to his
home in d carriage The injury is ex-
tremely painful This cripples TO q GER
tain extent the universe y football team
at least for few weeks.
The team practice was showing up in
great shape. Williamson. last years
able captain, arrived IL Lawrence yes
terday and will play at his old position
as half back. Ia this way the absence
of Armor will not be noticed appre-
ciably. "Shorty' Hammill will soon
be in training with the team, and an
fort is being made to get Pope aud
Plat out to play. The team will be a
very strong one.
Captain Armor will be laid up for at
least two weeks, and maybe more. Last
year he sDrained his left ankle in the
Michigan Kansas game in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
DEATH OF Ma5t WEBSTER.

A host of friends will be panied by the
sad news of the death Of one of iopeka's
best citzens. Mrs. E.iz j. Webster, who
for twelve years resided at SIG Harrison
street. During the iast six years Of her
life she had resided with her son, I. IL
Webster, southeast Of The city
Mrs. Webster WAS born II years ago
ia Charleston, south Carolina. She lived
many years in Catskili. n. Y. and New
York city. From the latter place she
Game to Topeka eighteen years ago.
ller husband, George Webster was a
prominent Baptist minister in the state
of New York and died about twenty
years ago. He was buried atSCatskill in
one OF the most beautiful cemeteries in
the country, where, at her request, she
will be taken for interment. Tue funeral
was held at the family residence yester-
day at 2 o'clock. Rev J b. thomas of
the First Baptist church, Of which she
was a member, preached the funeral
sermon. For severa! years she had been
a serious sufferer from heart disease,
and last year for several months it WIS
feared by physicians aud friends that
she might die almost any day. But she
rallied and for several months W as com
paratiVelv we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
LOOKS TO TOPEKA.

Whenever wichita Wants Information
She Comes to the Source of All Know
ledge.
Wichita is prospecting. One of her
citizens, Robert Thomas, has written to
the assistant treasurer of the United
States at Topeka, inquiring about gov
eminent bonds with view to buying a
few hundred.
The reason the letter was addressed to
Topeka is becsuse of course the people
of Wichita think Topeka is the only
place in tho world the letter was turn
ed over to Col. J. J. Hit of the govern
ment land office.
Thomas wanted to know what were
the smallest denominations of bonds,
whether more will be issued soon, how
many were on hand and whether the
government would redeem them at any
time Strnnge to say there was no refer
ence to the enforcement of the prohiDi-
tory law in the letter and no wall of dis
1rBSS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
CHURCH CONVENTION.
The Christian Churcnes Of Kansas t.
Meet Here Mkt Month.

The Christian Churches Of Kansas to
Meet Here N-xe Month
The annual convention Of the Christian
churches of Kansas Will be held in To-
peka October 70 Il, at the FIRST Chris
tian church on Topeka avenue, between
Sixth and Seventh streets.
Monday evening, October Z, President
Howard c. Rash OF oalina, III. e. HarlnA,
Atchlson; and President 3. .. Ayles-
worth of Drake university, Des Moines,
Iowa, will give addresses Their topic
will be, Raise the STANDARD HIGH"
An interesting programme will be
given each day, and between eight and
nine hundred delegates Will be present.
Three of the most notable addresses
will be given by WON III. Dr.. Arabella
Merritt will tell Of her mission work
at Bilaspur, India; Mamie Nesbit Of
Washington, D. c., will also tell of mis-
sion work. and Mrs. Kate Ellis. state or
ganizer of Missouri, will talk of women
and Christianity
Revs j. H. Harden, Cincinnati, and B.
0. Aylesworth of Drake university.
Iowa, will be present during the session.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
ALTERNATE PAGE FOLLOWS
A MILE TRACK MAYBE.
Talk of Constructing One South of
the Asylum.
GENERAL NOTES ABOUT SPORTS.
The Pool Tourn:.r1aert at the Athletic
Club Roonss-aElseellan cons Items.

The Pool TOurnament at the Athletic
Club -aEiscellaneous Items.
DR.. Brownfeld, John Lonberg and
Hank Lindsey are the instigators of a
movement to purchase eighty acres of
land south of the asylum and build on it
a regulation mile track.
DR.. Brownfeld said today that num-
Der of horsenen living outside of To-
peka have agreed TO contribute money
fol the purpose, and that there was no
doubt that the movement would meet
with the approval of ali the horsemen in
this section of the country.
He said: The track will be built this
winter and race meetings will be held
here every spring and fall. The idea of
man being compelled to go a hundred
miles to bet dollar on horse racei
Wen have a track if 1 have to build it
myself"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
new RowLINe RULES.
They Have Been Revised and Radical
Changes Made.

4nSY nave Been h0VLSG0 anu 4SAO1CA4
Changes Made.
NEW YORK., Sept 21-The new bowl
ing rules, as revised by the American
Bowling congress, which met in New
York city last week, have just been
made public. Some radical changes
were made. Every rule appertaining to
the fame of ten pins was thoroughly
ver-hauled. Rule nine is probably the
most important.
1t changes the game from three balls
to each frame to two balls, and in no way
interferes with the present method of
scoring.
The next convention of the American
Bowling congress will be held in Brook
iyn during next January. 1t is expected
that by that time every bowling order in
the United States and Canada will be
able to send delegates, and thus make
the congress the national body for bowl
ing men.
Thomas Curtis, of the Elephant Club
Alley, Brooklyn, is president of the new
order, and Samuel Knapp is secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
Leavenwortia IsowIing.

Bowling club of Leavenworth, at Kar-
mans grove Wednesday night the scores,
with the exception of O. Z. Mann's roll
of 242 in a practice game. were very
poor compared 10 those made on the T.
a. AS alley, where 220 or better is a
nightly occurrence. The score in the
re sular roll of the Royal club was as fol-
lows: Herman Heinrichs. 100; John
McGraw. 1859; Herman Vetten, ISL,
Henry Kitlaus. IA; o. E. Mann, 1873;
Herman B4ochb7rger, 127; Robert
Burns, 120.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21

Dr. Bye's Balruy OILS for caucer is a
positive and painless cure. Most cases
are treated at nome without the services
of physician. send for book telling
what wonderful things are being done
by simply Amounting with oils. The
combination IS secFef; gives instant re-
lief from pain, destroys the cancer mi
crobes and restores the patient to health.
Thousands OF Cancers, tnmOrs. catarrh,
ulcers, piles and malignant diseases
cured in the last three years. If not
afflicted cut this out and send it to some
suffering one. Address DR. Bye, Kansas
City..Mo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21
MILLION CLUB MEETS.
What Kind of an Exh bit Shall Shawnee
COuuty ma.

What Kind of Exh bit Shall Shawnee
COuuty s ma.
The Shawnee county branch of the
Kansas Million club was organized last
evening at the office Of Phillips & CLANCY
in the Columbian building.
The following officers were elected:
President, j. ,. CoItIns; vice president,
p /. Bone br AXE; secretary, John T.
CLANCY; treasurer, J. W. Thurstoo. A
fuance committee consisting of J. W.
Thurston. Frank nj Stahl and Ii. NJ.
Phillips was appointed.
A meeting Will be held at the council
chamber next tuesday, evening to decide
upon b kind of an exhibit to be ar
ranged Tor Shawnee county on the pro-
posed Irain to be sent through the east
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-21

John Lonberg's Air Medium, 2:2516,
by Happy Heir. has just been brought IN
from the Illinois circuit where she won
first money at Salem and La Harpe. She
went 10 Liberty yesterday to start in the
races at that place. Mr Lonberg ha
yeArling and sucking colt that are full
brother and sister to Air d edium, which
he values very highly, as their dam died
q short time ago.