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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

When Bryan wore his voice out
ION his trip, Bland proceeded to
tell what the free silver campaign
meant. In a short speech at
Tyrone, Pa, he said: "The great
masses of the laboring people of
this country are interested more
than they have ever been hereto
fore in the issues of this campaign"
Yes, they are interested, when
such men as Bland and Bryan are
trying to change the money stand.
ard SO that dollar in wages will
mot represent much more ,than
half as much in purchasing power
as it does now. It is the most i'm
portant one to the ]aboringman
that has been fought in this
country. L.: f. IL. I.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
"BI4 ENOUHH.v

In Bryan's speech in P Pittsburgh
Monday night his theme was that
the United States was great enough
to make it's own financial laws.
He said: z.
"A nation that is not able to
adopt its own financial policy is
too impotent to legislate on any
question where the people are
concerned s.=
It is very nice to praise the
power of the nation, but with all
its power thought to retain some
honesty. When the free siIverites
ask that this nation declare 9Th
grains of silver to be of the same
value as 1922 grains Of gold, they
ask to have our Gown financial
policy a dishonest one. If the
nation should declare feathers to
be dollars, it would be our Gown
financial policy and 1t could be
adopted. But if the people gen.
orally opposed tit would not in
dictate that the nation was "too
inpotent to legislate on any ques-.
ton where the people are con.
cerned.'" The people Of the United
States are not so foolish as to cut
the value OF their money standard
nearly in two, drive gold out of
circulation, and demoralize bust
ness just because the silver mining
interests taunt them with the
statement that if they do other
wise they will be using the same
good sense that all other civilized
nations do. This hatred Of for eign
countries is new proposition for
these recent free traders. ejH
Elk President H arrison viii
open the campaign in New
York for the Republicans ny a
speech to be delivered Aug. Is.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Do you see those two men walking up the
street? One has a vigorous, firm, elastic
step, his head well up, his eyes bright-a
picture of sound and perfect man. The
other is bent, his knees weak and unsteady,
listless air about his whole makeup. He
has the appearance Of one who is broken in
health and who has to whip himself to every
task. The difference between these two men
is i difference of nerve power. With nerve
: power comes energy, enterprise, force, vigor
all things which make existence enjoy
able; without it the muscles cannot act, the
brain cannot think. Bear in mind that life
is nerve power, and if you wish to keep it
( you must feed the nerves. Do not simply
stimulate them, but coax them-feed them T.
Give them the food which will renew their
life and make them sound and healthy, that
they may ward off disease. B.
Probably paralysis is the nearest disease to
nerye-death that we know, and we therefore
cite case of it below, to show what GER
do to feed and absolutely restore almost
hopelessly wasted nerves.
There are but few in the Saginaw Valley
but who have known personally or made the
acquaintance indirectly of w. H. Dawson,
61S Union Avenue, Saginaw, Mich, West
Side. 1t is here that the hand Of sickness
has fallen heavily and caused man to be-
come widely known and extremely pitied:,
It is the hand of fate that often nips in the
bud that which nature has started with the
greatest predictions for the future. Until
three years ago w. H. Dawson has known
hut little of sickness and pain but the last
few years have brought with them untold
suffering. With many doctors taxing their
brains for something that might benefit, ell
remedies known to the scientific medicine
man were applied and without avail. The pa
but still fingered to fulfill wonderful mis-
sion which will be the cause of less suffering
among his fellow creatures. It was that un-
seen hand directing all things who permitted
this one man to live in misery so that the
world might become enlightened.
To hear the pitiful story of one who has
suffered who could not move muscle for
through the aid of a wonderful medium
might lead one to believe that miracles are
performed in this day and age: They are,
but not as in times of old. This time it is
through the hand Of man that life is
restored. t3f'3 NJ
''Until the fall of '92, ;, said Mr.. Dawson,
to reporter, was rs hearty and as full of
to be, in fact sickness was then unknown to
me. About this time I was taken sick with
la grippe and after having two relapses my
spine became affected. This trouble grew
worse rapidly and in March of '93 was
completely paralyzed from my. waist down.
3 Having taken everything my doctors could
prescribe without any effects, decided to 60
to the Indiana State Institute at Indianapo-
lis hoping to receive at least some benefit
from their specialists. was there for a
period of ten months during which time
was taken sick with scarlet fever which left
me in worse condition than ever before.
*As soon as was able was removed to
Saginaw for my friends could not see any i'm
provement under this treatment and besides
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

The production of silver in the
United States has averaged about
s.5O, 100000 ounces a year for
several years. 1t is worth less
than 20 cents an ounce, or less
than $35, 100000. If the free
sssllverites can carry out their
I program and reduce the standard
dollar to the value Of the bullion
nm silver dollar the product Of
mines will be worth over IS, 900,
200 of the then dollars # half
The present receipts are paid out for
wages then the mine owners have
left at present values silver. worth
& $17, 500, 900, as the wages paid are
$17, 10000 If the same wages
will turn out that much silver
after free coinage is adopted the
mine owners will have nearly
I 15O, 600, 900 left each y rear above
wages. It is no wonder, therefore,
that the silver senators have been
working for years for free silver,
and that they have left the Re
pub ican party when it refused to
M u more for silver" The silver
mine owner who gives hundreds
sof thousands Of dollars to the
Popocrat campaign fund is putting
\ Iii money where it will do the
most good. The workingman
Who votes for this Popocrat ticket
~ putting his vote where it will
O him the most harm.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
STORIES OF
lTE]E SIEGE of
LEXINGTON.
1 A GALLANT - o. Q ne 81 s-Mu1ll-
n,,,,uu NC gan's story Sof the
OsrGNon. siege Of Lexington.

IV3YUA
DISPENSE siege Of Lexington.
Sept. 10 to 30, 1851, was never official.
" reported in detail. After his return
from captivity he gave the narrative 81
the form Of a lecture. His command 81
about ., 900 men seized Lexington Sept.
8 and was soon besieged by 10, 900 Con
federates under Price. The final attack
was described by Colonel MulligaD az
follows: "At 9 o'clock on the morning
Of the 18th the enemy was seen APP
preaching. His force had been increased
10 10, 900 men. with 10 cannon. They
came as one dark, moving mass, their
guns cleaning in the sun. their banners
waving and their drums beating. Ev-
erywhere, as far as we could see. were
men, men, men. Our earthworks cover
ed an area Of IS acres, surrounded By q
ditch and protected in front BY what
were called confusion pits and mines
Our men stood behind the breastworks
None trembled or paled, and q solemn
silence was over all. The enemy opened
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

On the winlow Of stationer in
New York this paragraph is pasted
saws the Boston Globe: 'suntll
now the world has never seen men
who were getting their pay in the
most expensive dollars begging to
be paid in dolIors worth about half
as much, for no other reason than
4 to make a few mine owners rich !.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

q t erri BILE fire
with their can
non on all sides
O mr. 9 p l 9 q
brought intelli-
gence that it was
the determine
ton Of the enemy
to make q grand
rush, overwhelm
us and bury us
in the trenches
Of Lexington. On
the morning Of
the 10th the fir
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

"A poll Of several Of the railroad
shops and saw millsat Minneapolis
shows an overwhelming majority
Of the laborrrs to be for Nc inley
and sound money. THE voting is
done under the Australian system,
and each man votes as The thinks,
and no one knows now he voted
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
"A COLD FACT.

Globe Democrat: As the cam.
paign progresses the laborers Of
the country will certainly grasp
the important fact that under the
free coinage policy, dollars would
not be distributed by the govern.
ment like garden seeds, but would
have to be worked for the same as
at present.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

"A telegram from La Crosse,
Wis, says: Local saw mills are
likely to close earlier this season
than ever before. Not one Of
them would be RAINING now If it
were not for the necessity Of car.
ing for the logs which Ihave been
turned through the booms.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

The Wisconsin authorities have
forced the elevators. at I West Su-
perior to adopt THE 4 Wisconsin
system Of grain grades, on all
grain received. The elevators
have all closed on account Of this
action.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Roke Smith, Or Cleveland's cabi-
net, has returned to his old.time
free silver position. The Demo-
cratic party cant drive some
people away.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Professor Cesare Lombroso has writ
ten learned disquisition explaining
why women are greater liars than men.
Are women greater liars than men?
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

Mr.. Ryan Of Virginia, on General
Weyler: "He is very polite gentle
man, with q jaw strong enough to bite
a nail in two'' 5.. e&+r, Il z
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
REPUDlATION.

Globe. Democrat: It is better
for a Democrat to repudiate his
party than to vote with it for the
reputation Of honest debts. 81
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
a. j. Blethen, who was promnni-
nent III newspaper circles il Min
neapolis for some time, is now
editor Of the Times, at Seattle.

ALI the gambling houses IN
Butte, Mont, have been closed.
They have been running unm r'poo
Tested for over twenty-five years.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14

ing was resumed COLONEL NJ Mol1Ll1AN. +:
and continued all day. Our officers had
told the men that if they could hold out
we would be REINFORCED, and the men
watched anxiously for the appearance
Of the friendly flag under which aid was
to reach them. But they looked and lis.
tened in vain, and all day long they
fought without water, their parched
lips cracking, their tongues swollen
and the blood running down their chins
when they bit their cartridges, and the
saltpeter entered their blistered lips
''The morning Of the 20th broke, but
no re-enforcements had come, and still
the men fought OH. Our cartridges We're
now nearly used up, and it was evident
the fight must soon cease, when, at 8
o'clock, an orderly came, saying that
the enemy had sent flag of truce.
With the flag came note from General
Price asking why the firing had
ceased. returned it with the reply,
written on the back, 'Idon't know, un-
less you have surrendered. Ithen dis
covered that q major Of one Of my regi-
ments had raised a white flag. Our am
munition was about gone. We were out
Of rations and had been without water
for days, and many Of our men felt like
giving up the post. They were orde1tl
back to the breastworks and told toshse
up all their powder, then defend then1.
selves the best they could, but to hold
the place. Then a council Of war was
held, and the question Of surrender put
to the officers, only two out Of six being
in favor Of fighting on. Then the flag Of
truce was sent outwith our surrender. :"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-08-14
INCIDENTS Mulligan's foes at
-. 80, 49,, =, - -, the siege Of Licking.
ffiaG u GSfb' ton were innnmera-

INCIDENTS Mul11ean 1oes ~
OF THE SIEGE. the siege Of Of; Icing ing
BILE. He was outnumbered six to one.
His men had but 40 rounds and only q
few days. rations. At the beginning of
his investment Price cut the besieged off
from the river. and men and horses in
the Federal lines were compelled to de-
pend upon the cistern supply. On the
morning of the 10th Of September it
rained heavily, and the men spread out
their blankets, wringing the water out
Of them for drinking purposes after they
had become well soaked. H.. ttr -
4 The first day Of the fight, Sept. Is,
the Confederates took the Federal hospi-
tai. Mulligan and his men thought that
the enemy had violated the rules of
warfare and fred upon the yellow flag.
The Montgomery guards of the Twen
third Illinois regiment Irish brigade)
charged on the run and recaptured the
building and in retaliation killed every
armed man found in it. The position oc.
cupied by the hospital was one Of stra-
tegic importance, which accounts for the
Confederate attack in that quarter. "lr
Colonel Mulligan attributed the loss
Of his intrenchments at Lexington to an
artifice Of the Confederates the second
day Of the attack He said .'They had
constructed q breastwork Of hemp bales,
rolled them before their lines up the hill
and advanced under this cover. All our
efforts could not retard the advance of
these bales. Round shot and bullets
were poured against them, but they
would only rock little and then settle
back. Heated shot was fired on them
with the hope Of setting them on fire,
but they had been soaked and would not
burn ss5.s
At first the bales were dipped in the
river to wet them, but the water so in
creased their weight that the men could
scarcely roll them to the crest Of the hill
where they were most needed. After a
time they were rolled into position and
then saturated. The Federals having
second time been dislodged from the
hospital height the Confederates threw
out from that position wings on the
right and the left, covered with the wet
hemp bales These furnished protection
for several hundred men. The COM.
mander OF, the assailants at that point
says that On the morning OF the surren-
der he advanced his defense Of hemp
bales very near to the Federal intrench-
ments and opened fire with fatal effect.
When Mulligan entered Lexington, he
u 49, a q ~ nNN
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-12-10
TO STOP PRISON COMPETITION.
State Manufacturers Organize Against
Prison Product.

State Manufacturers Organize Against
Prison Product.
Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 3 -The meet
ing of the manufacturers of the state
was held this afternoon at the rooms of
the Merchants and Manufacturers as
ISOLATION to consider the contract labor
system. The meeting was called to or
der by I. M. Blackstock, OF Shelley
gan. Fred M. Mann, of Milwaukee,
was made chairman, and L. c. May
hew, of Milwaukee, secretary. Among
those present were: John G. Spencer,
Fred M. Mann, G. Freschl and L. G.
Mayhem, of Milwaukee; Thomas M.
Blackstock, F. A. bennett, j. M.
Kohler, William Rietow and John r,
Reisse, of Sheboygan; Fl. W. Bolens, OF
Port Washington, and Albert Raabe, OF
Chicago, secretary of the Western
Chair Manufacturers association.
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THE DYNAMITE DON'T WORK
If the Ice Breaks Suddenly at Chippewa
Falls Results will be Awful

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. by
namiting the ice gorge has continued
for two days, but the pack will not
yield, and the situation remains criti-
cal. The water is slightly lower than
the highest point attained, but there is
no safety as long as the dam of ice
holds together.
The danger at Eau Claire is known
to be even greater. If the gorge
should give way all at once instead of
gradually. the immense pack of ice and
logs would be hurled like so many pro-
jectiles over the city. Experts have
little hope of relieving the situation by
dynamite, as the slush, or anchor ice
yields little to each blast and then
closes in again. A sudden thaw would
mean devastation.
The anomaly is presented of two cit
les praying for opposite things. A
sudden breach in the dam would save
Chippewa Falls, but would destroy
Eau Claire.
The trouble seems to be due to the
saw milling industry on which both
towns are largely dependent for exist
ence. Immense booms" used to hold
the logs until they can be utilized by
the mills, have been constructed across
the stream and today these booms are
offering the frightful menace to hun
dreds of people. A sudden change in
the weather caused the formation of
immense quantities of slush ice above
the Dells dam and the gates of the dam
have proved insufficient to carry it off.
The dam is between Chippewa Falls
and Eau Claire. The former fears
back water, the latter rushing deluge
of logs and ice.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The fac n
'';'s:I'" &>M2zzez$u - ;!;S

The Kenosha Union is kind enough
to administer a rebuke to the NEWS
this week for using the words day or
two" when it meant week or two"
Let us have the floor now long enough
to say that z. G.. Simmons, Jr., did not
go to Texas Wednesday and the Keno
sha foot ball team did not go to Lake
Forest Thanksgiving day. Now, in his
own words: "The publisher of the
Union should investigate matters OF
this kind before he allows them to ap-
pear in his columns"
1t pays to be sharp in this world.
There is no doubt about it. Not long
since a book agent was in town who
had new way of introducing himself
to his friends and enemies. He never
called on any but professional people
and would approach them with this re-
mark, / am making collection OF
autographs in your city and would be
much pleased to obtain yours" One
lawyer was sharp enough to ask him
| W uCtG AO W0HbOO Aiu1 W pun LILO ttupO-
graph to, and found out sooner than
the agent intended that he was to
sign a pledge to subscribe for some
publication. 1t pays lawyers to be
sharp as we'll as other people.
Runaways come not singly but ir
batallions. There we're several We'd
nesday evening but only Ole resulted
in any excitement. A horse belonging
to the Singer Sewing Machine agency
was hitched somewhere on Bond street.
when the strap which held it suddenly
became unattached and the horse find
| ing himself free took advantage of bis
| freedom fora little run. He found bis
way, by a clrcuitous route, to Main
street, and sscame down that street
raising great commotion among
teams and pedestrians, and frightening
many until he fran into farmers
wagon at the corner of Park and Main.
thus breaking from his own wagon anC
throwing some wheat from the farmers
into the road. His course was finished
at Grifin's barn, where he stopped
from sheer exhaustion from his long
run.
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The fac n ,,m
'Is :s ! INHzzezzx 1 s.;sE

OK S @% ~-~%|%~S~NN
Kenosha wants every dollars worth
of trade it can get to be prosperous.
Every dollar spent in Chicago is q
dollar taken from the prosperity of Ke-
nosha. Now that the holidays are
coming show yourself lover of your
city by trading here.
General Weyler is the Prince OF
Butchers. He would make a splendid
tackle for woman's football team, or
Lord High Executioner for the Sultan
of Turkey but he very much objects to
going so far out of his element as to
have to fight with armed men.
We want to call the attention OF
Manager Rhode to the fact that the
public is making strong kick on the
heating of the opera house. Wednes-
day evening it was too cold to sit there
with any comfort. If the house is to
be an enticing place to go to it
must be kept comfortable for the audi
ence.
Prof. Fontana gave the denizens OF
this Office a private mind reading test
this morning. Considerable effort was
made to wander all about the building
in hiding a given article, but the pro-
lessor didn't wander any. He went
directly to the spot blindfOlded, and
did not bulge two inches out of direct
course to it.
One of the most diplomatic acts of
which America boasts is the marriage
of her rich heiresses to foreign nobility.
Of late club has been organized in
New York for the promotion of these
marriages. 1t will take care OF all de-
tails with reference both to the title
and the estate, and act as kind of adj
vertising agency in such affairs.
People are ready to let their study
go now and forget all they learned in
the last campaign. That is not right.
The impetus given to careful consid-
Grafton of public questions by general
election can be profitable only if it re-
suits in constant scrutiny of legisla-
ton and it's results. The next four
years ought to be full of instruction for
the American people.
A grand Swedish entertainment will
be held at the Baptist church Thurs
day, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p. m. Missionary
W. E. Hedberg will deliver lecture
on the mission work in Japan. He
will dress in Japanese costume. Dec
lamations will be given by Rev. c. L..
Mailman, of Waukegan. Songs and
music will be rendered. Look for the
program in this paper next week.
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FoNTANA s MIND READING.
Some Very successful Tests Made We'd
nesday Evening.


The feats of Prof. Fontana in the art
of mind reading were very successful
at the Rhode opera house Wednesday
evening, and every test was made on
exactly the same lines as those which
amazed the world when Bishop and
tombstone first began their public per-
formances a few years ago. A COM
mittee of gentlemen hid cards about
the auditorium and the professor had
very little trouble in finding them.
Then he had three of the committee
pick up six articles from various people
and hide them all in one place. Blind
folded he went to the spot and found
the articles at once, took them to the
stage and then distributed them about
to the respective owners of them. The
tests were very good ones indeed.
The second part of the program,
however, was quite disappointing.
The professor got an almos5 entirely
new class of subjects on the stage for
his hypnotic performances and it hap
pened that there was hardly a one who
proved of much value. He managed
to get one fellow fastened into chair
so he could not get up, but beyond this
the tests all failed. 1t was quite I'M
fortunate for both the operator and the
audience.
The advertised stone breaking act
was performed successfully, just as it
has been seen here before.
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Kntghts of pztnias elect ofncerg.

Red Cross lodge, K. of P, elected it's
regular quota of officers Wednesday
evening for the ensuing year as follows:
G.. CIV. j. Craney.
Y. C.-Norman L. Baker.
P.-Milo M. Smith.
M. of W.-David F. Vaughn.
M. of Phillip Hartman.
M. of Ex.-Sigel Conley.
K. of r. & S.-R. M. Holderness.
M. at A.-Walter Jansen.
Trustee John FL. Blair.
Representative to the Grand Lodge
Dwight House.
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A New Pickle Factory.

W. B. Cole, of Pleasant Prairie, has
gone into the business of packing Gu
cumber sweet pickles and chow-choW.
They are all home packed and are of a
very fine quality. Mr. Cole has started
the business in small way and will
increase his facilities as the demand
grows. Wednesday evening he left
some samples of his product at this Of
fee and they are pronounced very fine.