Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
NOT THE RESULT OF CHANCE.

NOT THE RESULT OF CHANCE.
what Energy and Public Spirit Have Done
For New jersey Town.
The good effects of q village improve
ment association are nowhere better por'
trayed than in the town Of Englewood,
N. J. Founded in the ea1E days OF the
village by earnest and unselfish men and
women who ever had its best interests
at heart, this association has quietly but
persistently exerted an influence that is
recognized and appreciated by all who
review the progress of the town. A visit
will convince any one OF its value 1or
good.
The broad, macadamized and we'll
shaded streets have succeeded the Ill
kept. bumpy turnpikes; we'll appointed,
roomy and nicely located hotels have
taken the place of the primitive hostel
ry commercial buildings, fine in archi
lecture and we'll supplied with stocks,
stand in the places once occupied by the
petty traders, and stately mansions, sur
rounded by lawns and gardens, lock
upon the streets from behind artistic
hedges and massive walls.
The historian Of the place wisely says
that this change did not come about by
chance or by haphazard. 1t was tracea-
BILE to certain laws, one OF which was
the evident determination on the part of
those who first came to the neighborhood
to make it and keep it desirable place
of residence. This desire, which came
with the first sett lers, and which con-
tinues to the present day, never took
form in blooming" methods 1t never
created imaginary values for real estate
nor field for the land sharp; but it did
create in the community public spirit
which has never waned, and which has
done the place more real good than any
number of "booms."
This public spirit has shown itself in
the readiness of the people to devote
time and money to necessary improve
ments Tho consequence is that the gas,
seweraGs and water systems, roads, side
walks, Sshools and safeguards against
fire and crime have received due atten-
ton and are all as nearly perfect as the
best endeavors of those who are most
interested can make them.
The Italian Disaster.
The various and varied spellings Of
names in. Abyssinia make it difficult to
tell just where the fight took place in
which Italy lost at the hands Of host
of semisavages 5000 of the flower of
her army. 1t was the third successive
defeat the brown men had inflicted on
the Italians. 1t is definitely known that
this last battle took place several days.
journey from Massaua, the capital Of
the Italian colony. The Italians had in
vaded Abyssinia in the expectation of
wiping out Mene]ek's army. Instead.
Menelek wiped ont, the Italians. The
Abyssinian army numbered. 100000, at
least four times as many as General
Baratieri had. The brown men were
we'll equipped with guns, too, thanks to
that commercial spirit which permits
the traders Of any European nation to
sell deadly weapons to any horde Of saw
ages who want to fight nation with
which that of the trader is often in
friendly and close alliance.
The terrible blow to the arms and
prestige Of the Italians undoubtedly
came because they moderated the power
Of their enemy. It will now take the
whole resources Of King Humbert to de-
feat the Abyssinians, if indeed he can do
it at all. The late disastrous battle,
which, like so many other great fights,
took place on Sunday, may be followed
with the loss to Italy Of her two sister
members of the triple alliance, Germany
and Austria. If Italy cannot defeat a lot
Of half civilized Abyssinians, Of what
use will she be to Germany and Austria?
There are evidently grave troubles ahead
for Italy in her bankrupt condition.