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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Drifts Twelve Feet Hirh.

PALMER LAKE, Colo, April 1S.-One
Of the worst, snow storms that has ever
visited this town started here. about
7:so p m. and, has been raging furi-
ously ever since. The wind blew at
the velocity of 20 miles an hour. The
drifts are from 8 to II feet high. Pedes.
trianism ii impo15ible aid the storm
shows no signs Of abatement.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
IN A DELICATE POSITION.

Great Brit IN Liko,y to Have . Lively
Time IN Africa.
LONDON, April l3.-Great Britain is
In an extremely delicate position.
Uniformed persons think Afr ca is
going to blaze with war from Cairo 10
the Cape of Good Hope, and there ::
said to be strong possibility Of Grea;
Britain having to conquer the Tran '.
vaal, task which alone would require
at least 30, 900 troops. Consequently
it is likely that the British army socn
will be largely increased in strength as
it is considered extremely doubtful it i,
is capable of graphing with the work
seemingly cut out for it, in Africa
alone.
European Enemio. Are Alert.
In the meanwhile, Great Brita ms
European enemies are on the qui vlve.
The attitude of Russia is especially dis
quieting. Even newspaper like the
St. James Gazette expresses disgust
with the supineness Of the government,
which allows Russia to pursue her ad-
vances unchecked in the direction Of
Port Arthur, and says:
To-day Russia has got all and more
than she dreamed Of in Crimean days.
France is her maid of all work, Ger.
many is her friend, Turkey is her vas.
sal, and half the powers of the world
are dancing to Russias time"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
FOUND oEAD,N THEIR BEDS.
Milwaukee Compile the Victims Of Ar.
ssnlo PolsSutnR. J.. ;,
cSSb's EkortSGS. 6rowsng.

LINCOLN, Neb., April lS.-Another
mystery has developed in the accounts
of Maxey Cobb, late. treasurer Of Lam
caster county. AT the time Of his death
the shortage was placed at &96, 600. An
additional $4,000 has been discovered.
the account OF the treasurer at the
American National bank being short
that amount.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Ex-senator InRslls Ill.

ATcH1soN, Kan., April lS.-Ex'
United States Senator John l. ingalls,
is confined to his bed here suffering
from q severe cold contracted on re-.
cent trip North. His friends appear
worried over his condition but his fam.
lily state that nothing alarming is antlc-
ipated,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
City of Dallas Lost.

NEW YORK. April ia dispatch to
The World from Colen says: Captain
Raymond of the New Orleans steam.
ship City of Dallas has arrived and re-.
ports that his ship went down in 20
fathoms of water about 40 miles west
of this port. Passengers and crew
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA


COUNTY OF MORRlaON
In Probate Court, Special term, April 8. 1895.
In the matter of the estate OF Frank Spanfellner
deceased
On reading and fling the petition OF Dominika
Spanfellner Administrative OF the estate Of Frank
Spanfellner, deceased. representing. among
other things. that he has fully administered said
estate. and praying that time and place be
fixed for examining, settling and allowing the
fnal account of her administration, and for the
assignment nf the residue OF said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
1t 10 ordered that said account be examined
and petition heard by this court on Saturday.
the 2nd day Of May. A D.. 1885, at 1Oo'clock
m, at Little Falls, in the probate court office
of said county.
And it n further ordered. that notice thereof
be given to gil persons interested by. publishing
a copy Of this order once In each week. for three
successive weeks prior to said day OF hearing In
the Little Falls Transcript. a weekly newspaper,
printed and published at Little Falls In sal
county.
Dated at Little Falls the sth day OF April A.
D.. 1896.
BY the Court:
N. RICHARDSON,
Judge Of Probate
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Russia Denies Alliance With China.

ST.. PETERSBURG. April l3.-An Off.
cial- denial has been issued here of tho
statement published all over the world
that Port Arthur has been coded 20
Russia as result of secret offensive
and defensive alliance between the two
powers. -,,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
Many Buildines Demolishsd.

M6hy BuNoIn8S O0m0lDhOds
:ABnENE, Tex, April ia. terrific
storm, the velocity Of the wind being
"a, miles an hour, accompanied BY m
ir5h Of rainfall, swept over this section
ddring the night. In this place four
residences and half 1 dozen workshops
were demolished and many buildings
unroOfed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
FLOODS IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Continuous Rain for tho Past Twenty.
four Hours.

four Hours.
HURON, s. D., April 1S.-The heavi-
est rain of the season prevailed here
during the night. accompanied by hail
q few miles northwest and south. The
earth over this part Of the state is
thoroughly soaked, and much land in
the James river valley is too wet for
seeding. The James river has risen
several inches in the past IL hours, and
low places in every direction are filed
with water, =.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
SIX MINERS KILLED.

Massz,ns At the St. Lawrence. Near
Butte. Exploded.
Butte. Mont. April ia terrible
explosion occurred at the St. Lawrence
mine by which Con Lowney. John
Quinlan. Ed Shields. James Dyer.
J. McVey ana P. O'Rourke lost their
lives. &c.,, -:
This accident, sdaed to that at the
Basin. where seven men were sacri.
doed. and another victim who attempt.
ed tc reach his comrades in the shaft.
was yesterday added to the list. has
spread a gloom Of horror over the city.
FOUND DEAD IN THEIR BEDS.
ldiiwsuk.. ,coupf., I'll. Victims Of Ar.
,t.. ..esnio .PelsonIng. ..,. y: .,
Milwaukee,, April iy.-John Hoefs
and, his wife Mathilda we1s found ,dead
in their beds in their, home on Booth
street. Al post mo1tem examination
showed that deathwas esussd by Ar.
senic poisoning. II IL believed that the
poison was administered in coffee. but
whether it was taken accidentally or
with suicidal inteht. or whether the
couple were murdered. is not known.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-17
SHERIFF'S SALE.

L1NDBERGH, BLANCHARD & LINDBERil
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
An Up to Date Miracle.

This curious story comes from cele-
brated shrine at Wilma in Russian Po-
land In February Russian, who can
not now be identified, brought 3. to the
parish priest Of the Ostra Drama chapel,
Father Franklewicz, several very large
wax candles, with the request that they
might be kept burning night and day as
a votive Offering before Our Lady's
image.
The request excited no surprise, as
even the schismatic Russians have de-
votion to the Madonna, and frequently
bring offerings to the shrine, but as it
would have been imprudent to leave the
candles burning all night without
watching. the sacristan was told to sit
up in room near By the altar. About
midnight the watcher extinguished the
candles. Asked next morning why he
had done so, the man declared that in
his sleep he had repeatedly heard the
cry, "Put out the candles!' and with
some natural feeling of awe had done
so.
Upon careful examination, the can
dies turned out to be hollow and filled
with gunpowder. There is no doubt an
attempt had been made to destroy the
famous Madonna, which for so many
centuries had been looked upon, even
by the Russians, Us the mighty protec-
tress of the Catholic th.-London
Tablet.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
St. Bernard Dogs.

A St. Bernard dog is IL handsome pet
and SO Intelligent that its owner always
grows fond of it. But it is care, es-
pecially as the warm months come on.
The heavy coat makes the poor animal
suffer intensely with the heat. Usually
it will take refuge in the cellar and lie
there on the stone floor, painting loudly,
with tongue lolling and an expression
of suffering III the great eyes that is
piteous to see. 1t is highly dangerous to
try clipping the coat, as has been done
by rash friends of the much enduring
animal The dog cannot stand less de-
gree of covering, and yet it is uncom-
Portable in Cur summers with what it
has. Really. from May to October a St
Bernard dog is more pain than pleasure
as G possession. New York Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
Mi,sionnries and Native morale.

The failure Of the English Protestant
missionaries i'll west Africa to recog-
nizc the difference between the minds
Of the Africans and their own, and thei1
tendency to regard tho African minds
as SO many jugs, which have only to be
emptied Of the stuff which is in them
and refllcd with the particular form Of
doctrine they, the missionaries, are en-
gagged in teaching, is certainly one
among several causes of the mission
failures, and it works in very various
ways-by eliminating those parts OF
the fetch that were wholesome re-
straint and putting in their place the
doctrine of the forgiveness Of sin by
means of repentance, etc. This part OF
the Christian doctrine the negroes are
very devoted to.
have tackled several mission trained
men and women and asked them how
they reconciled it to themselves to go on
in the way they were doing, openly con-
trary to the teaching they had received.
What they say will not write down. !
should prefer to give verbatim report
of the observations of sea captain
when the steering gear has broken
down, but it amounts to the statement
that they know they are doing wrong,
but they intend to repent in time. Cant
you cannot call it, because they quite
believe it. Several times have been in
tight places with backsliders, and they
have turned their entire attention to
this repentance, pouring out full confes-
sions of their i'';quities instead Of
lending q hand tat would save their
lives The popularity of q Ito me) very
unpleasant little hymn on the southwest
coast that has chorus of
A little talk with Jesus
Makes it right,
All right.
demonstrates their view of the affair
no doubt sound doctrine, but bad for
negro morals in this world. National
Pavjpw
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06

Jerusalem. Comfort one another viii
these words May the hand of him who
shall wipe away all tears from all eyes
wipe your cheek with it's softest tender
ness. The Christ Of Mary and Martha
and Lazarus will infold you in his arms.
The white robed angels who sat at the
tomb of Jesus will yet roll the stone
from the door of your dead in radiant
resurrection. The Lord himself shall de-
scend from heaven with shout and the
voice Of the archangel. So the Dead
March in "Saul'' shall become the
"Halleluiah Chorus -
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
Independent Order Of
Reehabi1es
In NORTH AMERICA.
THE OBJECTS AND AIMS.
Information of Interest to Temper
ance Workers and Those Seeking
Refuge From the Tempta-
tions of Strong Drink.

THE more important object Of this
L Association is Mutual Benefit in
the exercises of Temperance, Forth
tude and Justice, securing to it's
membership sympathy and relief in
times of sickness and distress; and in
the event of death, the decent OBJ
servance of the necessary funeral
obsequies; and is based upon and
seeks, the extension of the principles
of Total Abstinence from all intoXi-
eating drinks.
The Order has three subordinate
branches, viz:
Primary Tents, composed of white
male persons between the ages of 16
and 55 years of age, who believe in
the existence and omnipotence of
God and are willing to sign our pledge
of total abstinence, are eligible to
membership.
Persons over age may become hon
orary members.
Female Tents, composed of white
females 10 years of age and upwards,
a Junior Branch of Boys from 10 to
16 years, and Juvenile Tents, for
Children of both sexes between the
ages of s and 16 years.
Each branch has service especially
adapted. 1t has been found that by
working in separate branches of the
organization, there is more freedom
of action than when all ages and
sexes are thrown together. Each
branch of the Order is represented in
the higher body, and a fostering care
is exercised over all alike. Thus with
the men and women, girls and boys
all united under one head the l. D.
of R. is as an irresistible army NOV
ing on to victory.
The Order has, and will continue
to prove blessing to our country,
not only in proving an asylum for the
reformed drunkard, but by inducing
the sober and religious part of the
community to unite in securing the
rising generation from the evils of
intemperance, and ultimately hand
down to generations yet unborn, the
benefits of sobrietY.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
HE SNEEZEO A BULLET.
Peculiar Experience Of Man Who Was
Wounded In the Civil War.


Colonel Sidney Cooke of Harrington,
Kan, one Of the managers Of the Ma
tional Soldiers home, tells Of peculiar
experience in the army during the civil
war. At the outbreak of the war he was
strapping New England boy, with
strength and vitality which stood him
well during his army life.
After taking part in several engage
ments Colonel Cooke was shot in the
head and left on the battlefield as dead.
The Federals retreated from the field
and the Confederates soon occupied it
Colonel Cooke, who was then private,
was aroused to consciousness by some
one Juggling at his boots. The boots
were very fine and the pride Of his boy
ish heart, having been given to him by
the dear ones at home
"Ain't you dead, Yank?" asked the
Confederate as he ceased Juggling to re-
move the boots from the feet Of the
wounded boy.
On being assured that Cooke was not
dead compromise was erected line
Confederate brought the Union soldier
some water and carried him to a Con-
federate surgeon In return he secured
the coveted boots
Cooke had long convalescence and
finally recovered sufficiently to be sent
to Andersonville prison, where he suffer
ed, in addition to the privations OF
prison life, great pain from his wound.
This suffering continued even after his
release and his discharge from the army
at the close Of the war.
One day, long after the war was over,
Colonel Cooke, who had settled in Kan
sas, was seized with violent spell OF
sneezing. Just in the midst Of it the
bullet was expelled from his nose.-Chi-
cago Record
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06

The biggest and best marked hooking
birds are found within a belt OF oo
miles north and 80 miles south OF San
Antonio.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
Whau Rum VIII Do.

Rum will scorch and scar the brain,
Rum will mad the heart with pain;
Rum will bloat the flesh with fire,
And eternal thirst inspire.
Rum will clothe with rags the back,
Make you walk crooked track,
Change your meat to naked bones,
And to wrath your tones.
Rum will rob the head of sense,
Rum will rob the purse of pence;
Rum will rob the mouth of food,
And the soul of Heavenly good.
Rum the jails with men will fill,
And the dungeons gloomy cell;
1t rouses PASSIONS deadly hate,
And pours it's curses DER the State.
Rum the Christians love will cool,
Make him break the golden rule,
Bind his soul to errors bands,
And to evil turn his hands.
The next District Tent meets at
Saxis in July. High Tent meets in
Norfolk, Va, second Tuesday in
August.
The field is wide, the laborers are
few, but the enemies of our boys
must realize the motto Of the Order
of Rechabites.
The saloon must go. Rechabites at
tend the meetings and help to save
your boys.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06
HIGH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

JOHN R. MAHoNEY, H. T. G. r.
= Washington, D. @.
j. A. CUNNINGHAM, H. T. D. R.
Homecoming, Md.
JAMES H. DONY, H. T. S.
Anacostia, d. G.
JAMES L. BELOTE, H. 7. T.
Norfolk, Va.
L. F. QUIGLEY, H. V. 81.
GAINESVILLE, o.
GEO. W. GLENN, P. H. T. G. r.
Sykes, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06


79:Accomack :SaXlS Friday, Rechebite Hall
Atlantic Sanford saturday Z"
:Pocomoke ;Accomack Thursday 4"
:Meersvllle :Mearsvlle saturday, G. T. Hall
ALERT ;Gullford {"
Progress .SaXis Wednes'y, Rech'e Hall
25:Alliance :Pocemoke Tuesday ="
l8;Acme :Saxis sunday
25:Arabian sanford Tuesday
advance ;Sazis sunday
Annex
Ten or more persons are necessary
for the formation of a new Tent,
larger number will lesson the costs to
each.
Address all communications to
GEO. W. GLENN.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-06-06

Tie Calls Down tho Wrath OF the Almighty
Against War. but Later He INDUCES In
Sentiments That VIII Please Belligeront
.Jinroes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-25
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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26
THE MADONNA DELLA SEDIA.

RAPHAEL S Madonna della Seggiola or
Sedia has always been esteemed one Of
the finest masterpieces of the prince of
painters. Chiefly admirable from the
artistic point of view for the candor,
suavity of expression, grace and purity
of contours and simplicity of coloring,
the general effect of this group of the
Virgin, the infant Jesus and st. John
the Baptist is most charming in its nat
uralness and chaste beauty. 1t belongs
to the second manner of Raphael after
what Ruskin in his Modern Painters
calls his "fall," namely his departure
from the principles of Perugino, his
early master, but in reality after Ra-
phael's own taste had been formed not
only from his studies under Perugino but
from Fra. Bartolomeo and Garofalo and
by his wider occupation with other art
lists Of his day. especially Michael An
gelo.
II the reader wishes to judge for him
self of the fall" of which Ruskin
speaks. namely Rsphael's departure from
the principles of Perugino, let him turn
to Morelli's italian Masters in Ger
man Galleries" and compare Perugino's
drawing of the Holy Family, now in Ber-
lin, with the Madonna della Sedia, or
with Raphael's own early drawing, after
Perugino, for his picture. "The Virgin
in the Meadow" The only surprise is
that Raphael for so long copied and
leant upon master to whom he was
so incomparably superior.
The explanation is to be found in the
almost entire absence of self-conscious-
ness or of jealousy on the part of that
glorious painter who has reigned supreme
in art for more than three hundred
years, with scarcely rebellion of any
prominence against his authority except
that OF the pre- Raphaelites of thirty or
forty years ago, championed by Ruskin.
The Madonna that everybody recognizes
as the best representative art has yet
given of the Virgin mother Of Christ is
to be found only in Raphael's great
drawings and paintings, and among
these the Madonna della Sedia justly
holds a high place. yielding only. per
haps, to the still more renowned Sistine
Madonna.
This picture originally adorned the gal
lery at Florence, but was brought to
France by Napoleon and exposed for a
time at the Museum. Afterward it was
placed in the palace of Bonaparte at st.
Cloud, aud is now one of the attractions
of the Louvre. The half-tone given
above is fine representation. H.L.F.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-12-26

Stuyvesant to annihilate New Years day
it perished. d.under the chill breath OF
modern indifference and .formality. For
over two centuries the target companies
paraded the streets and shot at marks,
and the whole scity turned out to pay
visits. It..was like great family re-
union. At the beginning of this century
the streets we're thronged. on New Years
Day with all who scould not ride; and
great four horse stages packed with hi
larious mobs of men rode from house to
house visiting any.and every friend OF
any one of the stage load, eating and
drinking at every house. The newspa-
pers all had New Years addresses deliv-
cred by the carriers. containing many
yards of grandilo4uent poetry; good
cheer and unstinted welcome were every
where seen.
The Evening Post of January 2, 1857,
lamented some falling off in visiting, and
records also significant diminishing Of
the arrests for drunkenness. But the
final collapse came in our own day. For
two or three years chilly recognition,
not welcome, of visitors was shown in
repellent basket hung on bell ham
die. Then that last leaf on the tree
vanished. and with it every outward ex-
preston of the old Dutch hospitality,
unpretentious, cordial; broad-spreading,
truly genial; deeply is it lamented.
Tn ~, oI
New Years was not much of holiday.
There was some exchange of gifts, fol-
lowing out an English custom universal
| from the king and queen down to the
humblest citizen. But old Urian Oakes,
that stern old Puritan minister. with the
chilling ingenuity of all of his sect in his
day in finding something either heath.
enish or Popish in every form of amuse-
ment, asserted his belief that the observ.
ance of New Years tides in any way
savored strongly of superstitious rever-
ence for the heather god Janus; SO the
celebration of New Years sadly dropped
and died in New England as did that of
Christmas, Easter, Shrove Tuesday,
Whitsunday, and all the holidays and
holy days Of the Church of England.
| The Pilgrims made no note of their
first New Years Day in their new home
in the new world, save by this most COM
monplace record, I'VE went to work be-
times" On New Years Day in Boston
in 1897 Judge Sewall recorded that he
was wakened by levet or blast of trum-
pets under his window. And he cele-
brated the New Year of the new century
1700 by very poor poem of his own
m aking which he had cried throughout
the streets of Boston by the town bell
man.
BROOKLYN, N. Y.