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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18

The St. Cloud ReformatorJ
board will ask for $1l6, 900 from
from the coming legislature. Of
this amount $4,000 will be for
the completion of new cell wing,
$40, 900 for school room and dining
hall and $25, 900 for female ward.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18
Methods Of q Gang Revealed.

CEDAR RAPIDS, H., Dec. 14.-The
killing OF young Wolf by Station Agent
Benedict at Fairfax reveals the extent
and methods of the gang infesting Iowa
and johnson counties for years past
Crimes of every nature have been com.
mitted, and the local authorities were
unable to cope with the situation.
Search reveals that the dead mans
name was not Wolf, but Loescher. He
has a sister in this city. It is believed
there is fence for the gang in Cedar
Rapids
A. Child of the Age.
"Otto, you have a bad report. What
does that mean?''
Eyes, papa; teacher must have some
thing against youv'-Fliegende Blatter.
The Old. Old.
"May not be sister to you?''
She asked Of him she'd declined to wed.
He bowed, with sad and detected air.
"Any old thing!" was all he said.
-natroit Tribune
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST

immigration Bill on in the Senate, Ap.
preparations in the House.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-The Lodge
immigration bill, as the unfinished
business" will have the right Of way
in the senate each day after 2 o'clock
until disposed of and the friends of the
measure have announced their deter
mination not to cease their labors in
it's behalf until a vote shall be secured
upon it. It is impossible to say how
much time will be required on the bill,
but Senator Lodge is hopeful that he
will get it through this week.
After the immigration bill comes the
measure providing for free homesteads
on lands formerly occupied by Indians
as reservations. The question is vital
one in many portions of the West and
has been particularly prominent in Ok
lahoma.
In the house most of the week will
be devoted to the consideration Of the
army and legislative appropriation
bills. 1t is the expectation of the lead
ers that both these bills can be passed
before the recess. Should any time re-
main it will probably be given to the
committees to call up such bills as they
have ON the calendars. The recess for
the holidays may begin about Wednes-
day of next week.
FENCED GOVERNMENT LAND
Unlawful Incloaures Discovered on the
~, Coded Sioux Holdings.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., Dec. a.
Special Agent Fay of the interior de.
partment recently visited the western
portion of the cede5 Sioux lands to in.
vestigate the alleged wholesale fencing
and occupancy of government lands.
His trip was successful, as he discov.
cred large number Of cases Of unlaw.
full Enclosure of public lands, princi.
pally in the region north of the Belle
Fourche river. The Enclosures were
made by individuals and corporations
engaged in cattle and horse raising,
and vary in area from comparatively a
few acres up into the thousands.
There are number Of settlers in
that region, but only o few Of them
have made entry at the proper United
States land office for the land they
hold. The settlers expressed an inten-
ton of promptly complying with the
notices given by the special agent to
remove the fences.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18

The Republican members of the
ways and means committee of
congress are already at work pre-.
pairing a bill to be introduced at
the special session that Mckinley
will call in March. An effort
will be made to pass it as soon as
possible.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18
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Congressman McCleary denies
that he ever expressed desire to
be secretary of the treasury.
He said: The presidents cabinet
is his official family, its members
are his trusted advisers; he should
be free to select them with only
such counsel as he himself invites.
Such thin as a man announcing
himself as a candidate for posi-
tion in the cabinet would be an
impertinance. The story is alb
sured on the face of 1t. It is an
unadulterated fabrication. foolish,
sor malicious, or both. It was
started By some one who is no
friend Of mine. 4.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-12-18

The gold output of the Black
Hills for the year ending Decem-
Der 1, 1896, exceeded S., 100, 900.
It was less than $5,O0O,000 the
previous year. The promises are
that the value of the product will
be greatly increased during the
next year.
The morning times., 1896-07-05
DIRE n who want to go, no matter what their

DIRE n who want to go, no matter what their
nationality is.''
THE affairs of the organization are di
rected by adults. Washington ladies prom
inent on the national roster OF officers are:
Mrs. John W. Foster, Mrs. Henry f. Blount,
Mrs. T. II. Alexander, Mrs. A. W. Greeley,
Mrs. stephen j. Field and Mrs. Henry +.
Brown, vice presidents general; Mrs. Violet
B. Jansen, treasurer; Mrs. Mary S. Foote,
corresponding SECRETARY; Mrs. julius c.
Burrows, recording secretary: Mrs. Rosa W.
Smith and Miss Aune r. Ball, registrars;
Mrs. Miranda TuliOck, historian, and Mrs.
Teunis 8. Hamiin, chaplain.
The insignia OF the society represents n
boy and girl standing on either side OF and
holding a shield bearing the stars and
stripes beneath which is a medallion head
of a child, surrounded by a spreading rib
bon with these words: For God and coun-
try. Children OF the American Revolution,
1885,
The Mary Washington Association, though
national in membership and scope, was in
cipienty a local organization. 1t is not
IN the same sense as the others an ancestral
society. Ancestors at present do not de-
terInine eligibility. Any American woman,
upon receiving the requisite nj unber ofvotes,
from the society, and paying $50 is en-
titled to hereditary life membership. The
lists are to be closed forever February %,
become active as to accommodating members.
Only the lineal descendants of the present
members will be eligible. This constitutes
the present body OF women original an
cestors to line of posterity which will pre-
serve the object and tradition of the So
ciety.
The National Mary Washington Memorial
Association was organized in the home of
Mrs. Chief Justice " aite in June. $50. AT
that time attention was called to the state
of the grave and monument OF Washington's
mother by the advertisement of Freder-
ieksburg. Va, auctioneer, who was to sell
it to tue highest bidder. This was too
much for some of the patriotic women OF
the District. and they at once came to the
rescue of a spot dearer than all others to the
hearts of American mothers, the neglected
grave of the mother of Americas S greatest
son. A charter was obtained February %.
1890, and in the Green Room OF the White
House was held a meeting. attended by
some of tile most distinguished women AT
the capital. The society has fulfilled its
aim to erect a suitable monument at tie
grave of Mary Washington. and is now en-
istent in perpetual care of the ground ana
monument, 1t is to be tile privilege of
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W0MAN'S PATRIOTIC WORK
Societies to Honor Heroes of
Our Early History.
WASHINGTON is A CENTER
Martha Washington, Daughters, and.
Children of the American RevOlu-
tiOn Headquarters Here.

The women of Washington and the Dis.
trict share the distinguished ancestors of
their brothers, and with more leisure, per-
haps excel them in patriotic busyncss, II
not in enthusiasm, Ever since the organ
cation Of the societies, whose open sesame
Is patriotic genealogy, and whose obie,t {
is the preservation Of the numberless his
toric points, which al about US lie neg
lected, the women have stood well up to
the front in their devoted interest in the
reclaiming of forgotten history.
washington city is the national head
quarters OF at least three extensive pa
triotic societies, whose memberships wholly
or In part composed Of women. They have
suites OF rooms, custodlRns, and other ap
purtenances, which give them the appear
ance and convenience OF the busy head
quarters of the national political parties
The members cooperate enthusiastically
in their work, and with frequent frictions
among themselves, indicative OF The earnest
interest which is felt in the various works,
the movements go forward with the quiet
progressiveness, which marked the wisdom
of the snail in the fable.
Notfour years ago there was some shifting
OF noses a nd winks of eyes when the patriotic
societies were mentioned, and disparaging
hints that they were only excuses to Kill
time and give women titles, and afford
them an opportunity to wear badges. All
that is changed now. The woIthiness Of
the work has been proven, and woman's
capacity for The very ones
who sneered and limited are now eager
to wear the honorable insignia that dis
tnguisheS them as descendants of men
and women who dared speak for right and
liberty when the power of wrong and Op.
preston was the stronger. The growth
of the societies has been phenomenal and the
unobserved first meetings of clusters of
few women here in Washington have borne
fruit which is In evidence in every part of
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the land. The evidence is not merely local
societies, but many patriots graves, siiita-
bly, marked, a better knowledge of the ob
scure pages of national history, revival
Of interest in all things patriotic, and maga-
zines devoted to the Interests of the organi-
cations.
This uprising of patriotic women may be
counted as one of the great and significant
demonstrations of the end of the century.
Nearly 10000 women are active in the
interests and movements of the associa-
tions.
In Washington there are representatives
of Colonial Danes, Daughters of the Revo-
luton, Holland Danes, Daughters OF the
Cincinnati the United States Daughters of
1912, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associa-
tion, and this city Is the national head
quarters of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the National Mary Wash
ington Memorial Association.
In object, organization, eligibility and
all but gender, the women's societies cor
resnnnd 10 all the main points with TIE mems
societies.
COLONIAL DANES.
The Colonial Danes of America CORE
spond to the colonial wars societies. They
are the female descendants OF citizens of
distinction prior to 1776. There are in
fact two OF the societies identical in all
but membership, but one is practically
local to New York city, and is rather elite
and social than active and patriotic. Miss
Lizzie Nicholas OF this city is national treas
urer. The national council was .eld here in
April. The local membership is in each
instance limited in an Indirect way, and
members must be attracted to the society
by invitatoin.
Tile officers of the District society are,
Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, presi-
dent; Countess Esterhazy, Mrs. Mary Jesup'
Blair, Miss Elizabeth b. Nicholas and Mrs
Elizabeth Amory Ernst, vice presidents;
Mrs. Rosa Wright Smith, secretary; Mrs
Harriet Selden Heth, treasurer; Miss
Eugenia Washington, registrar, and Mrs.
Louisa Wolcott Knowlton Brown, histo
rian. There are fifty-eight members listed
in the last booklet of the District society
The badge consists of a round disc. with
a center of light blue enamel, and the figure
OF Colonial Dame in gold, modelled in re-
lief on the same. Around the center OF
blue enamel is a circle of white enamel.
with the title of the society, Colonial
DANES of America" in gold letters, flush
Surmounting this is the modelled figure Of
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future descendants of the present members
to care for this historic spot. Miss Waite
was elected president soon after lier moth
er's death, and she knows the work inti-
mately.
Mrs. Margaret Hetzel is the national sec
retary, and, though the membership lis
limited. there are members in every State,
and each State has its vice president and
branch society.
The Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of
the Union recites in its very title the pa
triotic work which it has set aside for its
own. AS the tomb Of the mother of George
is the especial care of the Mary Washington
Association. so the tomb and homestead of
tile Father OF His Country is the care of the
Mount Vernon Ladies'. This society is the
senior OF all the others in point of time of
organization. The founder of the assoc,a-
ton. in 1854, was Miss Ann Pamela Cum
bingham, of South Carolina. She was tlo
first regent. and was succeeded in 1873 10y
Mrs. Manchester Laugtton. She died in
1891. and the present REGENTS Mrs. ustin
Van Rensselaer, Townsend. OF New York ia
great-grauddauglter of Gen. Philip Schuy
lcr, and great great granddaughter of p hiiip
Livingston. tile signer or the Declaration OF
Independence). In thirty-two States there
are regents. The patriotic charity OF the
members OF the associations and the reve-
nues from the admission fee tO the grounds
and mansion at Mount Vernon enable the
ladies to preserve creditable tue most pre-
The morning times., 1896-07-05
A NEW ECONOMY.
What II Travelling Man Discovered at
Kansas Hotel.
Kansas EfU Times

hdRSdS Guy IuteS.
The travelling man who always Sun
days. in Kansas City when in the vicinity
because his best girl lives there, was in a
cheerful frame of mind and told all the
stories he knew. One of them is, perhaps,
worthy of record:
Last Wednesday," said he, Il was in a
little town down in Kansas. i took lunch
at the only restaurant in the town. l or
dered a dish of strawberries, and the waiter
brought me a heaping plate of them. Fine
berries they were, too. l was surprised
at the liberal quantity served, and said
so.
"'Cheapest thing we've got,' said the
waiter.
when got ready to eat them looked
around for the powdered sugar. The waiter
came to me and said: Want powdered su-
gar?' 1 said did, and he went away and
came back with little powder gun, such
as they fire insect powder out Of. from
which he squirted sugar over and into
the berries.
".Powdered sugars mighty high said
he, AN berries be mighty cheap. We gen
orally sugar the berries ourselves whea
they ask for sugar.
THAT'S a new one on me- says 1.
".well the boss is mighty close, says the
waiter, AN has got to cut corners to make
a livin'. Some hogs used To come in here
and put spoonfuls of sugar on plate of
berries. an SO he thinks up this scheme.'''
The powder gun has its advantages when
one powders on the economical Kansan's
method. because it squirts the sugar into
the crevices and puts some sugar on the
top berry instead of all the sugar on the
top berries.
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Tin16 TOld .
By Skeletons
Marvellous Clock Owned by an
Indian Prince.

Here is a clock which not even nim-
ble-fingered Swiss could have turned out.
Two-thirds of the way around the world
there has Travelled the strange story of
this clock-the most marvellous that ever
clockmaker dreamed OF.
This fabulous piece OF mechanism, so
weird in conception, so infinitein delicacy,
is the property of an Indian prince in one
of the inland districts of the empire. 1t
was the work of the vastly skilled artisans
Of the East, and the only white man, prob
ably, who ever set eyes upon IL was the
English army officer who went to the pal
ace of the nabob as bearer of messages
from the English government, and, retuIn-
ing to the coast, told of the marvel he had
witnessed, says the New York Journal. =
The dial of this clock was outlined in
gold upon carved slab of some peculiar
marble and beneath it was suspended, be-
tween two uprights, silver gong. Then a
broad, fiat surface of marble spread out be-
fore that, Uttered from end to end with
miniature bones and skulls, and here and
there tiny silver hammers, with little round
balls for heads. The bones seemed to be
entirely disconnected, and looked only ike
so much rubbish remnants OF the tiny dead.
The clock stood in the dining hall where
the ceremonious meal was being served,
aud as 1 O'Clock drew near the prince
called the visitors attention to rustling
among the dry bones. With faint clatter
they began to rise and come together,
Skull set itself upon the shoulder structure,
aud from the mass of dry bones one tiny
skeleton rose complete, with little ham,
mer clutched in his boDy fingers. He stood
beside the shining gong until the minute
hand pointed directly to the hour. :.
Then, with a quick swing, he drove the
hammer against the shining surface, and a
silver note, fine as a thread, burst forth
and echoed away in soft cadences among
the distant pillars OF the place. Before its
whispers ceased I'm the stiffness the little
skeleton had, just like the ghost OF John
James Christopher Benjamin Binns, ''gonc
down again." and the scattered bones lay
motionlcss once more upon the marble
plain.
At2o'clock the same ceremony was gone
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cious historic shrine in our country. Mr..
Harrison II. Dodge. of this city, is the super
intendent of Mount Vernon. and the advisory
board consists of Mr.. Justice Field. NJ.
T. n. Carter. OF New Jersey; Mr.. James =.
Carter, of New York, and DR.. Toner, OF
Wash ington-
There is not in Washin gton u formulated
organization Of the ladies affiliated with
the United states Daughters of 1912, which
corresponds to the mems society of the
war OF 1872. 1t is hereditary in elgI-
bility and similar in objective character
to the other patriotic societies, although its
proximate object is to perpetuate the'men
ory of the heroes of the last war with Eng
land. There are known to be a number of
Daughters of 1912 in the District, ana
many Others are eligible to membership, so
that formal organization may not be a
remote possibility, iDasmuch as the spirit
of the times is toward the formation of their
patriotic and historic societies. The emblem
of this society is simpler than many of the
others. 1t consists OF a fiye-poihted Star,
set against a gold anchor The star is en-
ameled in dark blue, and has Isle"
stamped upon il. The edges are bound
in gold. The effect is decidedly pretty.
There are the more important and exten-
sive of the womeD'S societies active in th,.
city and District whose reason dates back
OF the civil war. The women are devotedly
in earnest in their work, and are achieving
considerable along the lines which they have
marked out. They have made their impress
oD the trend of thought, and Il more profound
and exhaustive attention to colonial and
revolutionary history, m1nne ers, customs,
traditions and love has been given by the
publishers. Aside from the Mount Vernon
Society the organizations are comparatively
young. There is no questioning their phe-
nominal growth. Whether the movement
is fad with limitations, or is popular be-
cause it calls out a responsive hitherto pent
up interest in national history, is a question
which only a few years to wear off the
gloss of novelty can tell. AT present the
interest is at fever heat, and much of good
has been and will be accomplished before
the fires of enthusiasm shall have died out.
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through with, save that this time two fig
ures rose from out of the heap of bones, "a nj
each struck one sturdy stroke.
As the hours Went on the wonder grew.
The dancers and musicians came, and tn.
feast continued in East Indian splendor.
But hour after hour of revelry was regis
tered by the uprising of one more of tie
dead, TO beat irto the understanding or the
revelers the solemn message that another
hour had died out of human-life and van.
isneu INTO human history.
At midnight, when the whole twelve had
struck the resonant silver, and told out to
its finish the story OF an idle day, the
feasting ceased, the feasters fled and dark.
nesq enwrappcd the clock and its m MYSTERY.
or its history, of its wellnigh magical
workings, its proud owner would say moth
ing
The morning times., 1896-07-05

There are at least 500 members of the
society In the District. Miss Virginia
Miller is the District regent. There are
six chapters in Washfngton-the Army and
Navy Ghapter, COLUMBIA Chapter, Cont
mental Chapter, Dolly Madison Chapter,
Martha Washington Chapter, and Mary
Washington Chapter.
The Daughters Wear n beautiful badge
of gold and blue enamel. 1t represents
u spinning wheel of thirteen spokes, rep
resenting the thirteen original states, and
the name of the society on the rim. On
the circumference are thirteen small stars
This is set against d distaff. The cOlors
are blue and white.
The first work OF the Daughters was CO.
operation with the Mary Washington mon
ument enterprise. They are now inter
ested in erecting here in Washington a
Continental Hall. which will beSthe place
of meeting of the Continental Congress.
1t will contain u Colonial. and Revolution
airy museum and library, which is now
accomplishing. and lectures will be given
there through the season on historic and
patriotic subjects. The hall when CON-
pleted will have cost over 100000, for
which only small fra ctton has SO far been
raised. The energetic women are, how
ever, Determined and have confidence in
the patriotic cooperation. OF The national
membership 10 ultiIudtetN sOiNc 'hS iihuu-
cial problem attached to this enterprise.
CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION.
A society buta few months over year
old is the Children of the American Revo-
luton, whose headquarters are likewise
in Washington. This organization is a
protcge of the d. A r.. AT the Continental
Congress or the Daughters of the Amer lean
Revolution held in washington in February,
SSI, airs. DtiIlei LolnnDp, eye mt vi tine UId
Concord, Mass, Chapter, D. A. R., origin
ated the idea and made-thc proposition
that such a society should be formed. The
movement met with the heartiest approval
on all sides, and by the unanimous vote Of
the congress Mrs. Lothrop was put in
charge of the future organization.
., The object of the society is lest stated
in the presidents own words: THE Ma
: tional Society. Children Of the Revolution,
was formed that the members may help for
ward to patriotism and good citizenship.
not only those who are eligible to member
ship In it, but also those who are not
eligible. Those who belong to it will not
he true to their trusts as descendants
<of their sbroad-sonl ancestors If they
forget for moment the many ways and
'mean6~tyy which they can band together
the active membcrs and those others who
though ineligible, may ne associated with.
them in patriotic work aud endeavor. The
local societies are expected to urge and
invite In all public meetings all those chill