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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
Fresh Fruits the Year Round.s

y "a L5
Ihe cold storage system has opened
up possibilities n the way Of securing
fresh fruit ana vegetables the yasi
around that were not dreamed Of 4 a few
years ago. Instead Of ii great rush, with
prices down to nothing in the flush sea-
son Of apples, peaches and other fruits
followed by their disappearance from
market altogether, the cold storage plan
enables them to be Kept fer months and
sold gradually, good price being yeah
lied on them steadily. OF apples put ill-
to cold storage this fall already the
owners can get SO cents barrel more
than they could have done when the
fruit was first stored. Even Strawberries
may be kept fob a considerable length Of
time. The fruit is cooled, and an aver
age temperature Of about IS degreesis
maintained around it by the same means
as market houses and meat packing es-
Establishments are refrigerated. Ice is not
used, but chemical process which pro-
duces intense cold through the aid Of an
ammoniacal liquid. A Kansas cold stor-
age establishment which netted its. own
ers profit Of between $4,000 and
$40, 900 last season cost in the first place
$50, 900. The advantages to the con-
sumers Of fruits are even greater than to
the people who sell the fruits. TO be
able any time Of year to obtain apples,
peaches, etc., in good condition is a
boon. Al
The main trouble has been that The
fruits have not been always i'll good con-.
dition when they come from the cold
storage. The pears in particular, which.
look so tempting in city markets this
season Of the year, are as tasteless as
shavings. But no doubt defects in keep
ing will be remedied in tinse.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

IF there is one thing more important
than another for the nations Of America,
both north and south, to do, it is to have
survey rs made and get cast iron boundary
lines fixed as soon as possible.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
Where kissing IL Unknown

Excepting where they have adopted
the habit from other more civilized folk,
kissing is unknown to the Australians,
New Zealanders, Papuans and Eskimos
Il is curious that peoples Of the tropical
south seas and the icy north should pos
/ sess this solitary point Of agreement
s1nstead4of Kissing they efub moses To-
gether. It has been noticed, however,
that when they have acquired the kiss
1 ing habit they stick to it.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

It is always amusing when country
neighbors dispute and go to law and
fight about their petty farm boundary
lines, refusing to arbitrate. 1t is just as
foolish and petty when nations do the
same. This view Of the case is respect
fully commended to Mr.. John Bull.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

Great is science. No, sooner was the
news we'll spread abroad that DR.. Du-
bois had discovered the missing link in
Java than up steps the celebrated Pro
lessor Virchow and throws cold water
over the whole find. He says the skull
Of the missing links skeleton undoubt-
eddy belonged to an ape, while the thigh
bone could be that of either a man or an
ape. The teeth look like human teeth,
but "are not identical with them. = So
far it appears as if DR.. Dubois had made
out q very good case, for teeth that look
like human teeth, but are not identical
with them, and thigh bone that may
have been that Of either man or an ape
are just what we should expect in re-
spectacle missing link. But science must
make doubt out of something, and Vir-
chow says it cannot be proved that the
bones belong together. y ~ I'D
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

And now it is believed that the gold
mines of Buckingham, Va, are eminent-
" valuable. Let the good work 60 on.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
Those Who Are Always With Us.

Those Who Are Always With U.s.
Once more the cities, great and small,
and the country townships and districts
have on their hands those who mustSbe
subsisted on charity. The number is hot
diminishing, but rather increasing, from
year to year. All, both those who must
give in charity and those who must be
supported, will have to be provided for
as may be the present winter.
The ever increasing number of these
unfortunates and the ever increasing
burden they entail on community will
be apt to commend to charity authors
ties next spring the plan inaugurated BY
Mayor Pingree of Overwhelmingly, that
of asking property owners to donate va
cant city lots on which men and Women ,e !,
who have no means of support can plant
gardens and raise vegetables for sale or
for their own use, as they may choose.
In Detroit, in New York city aud elses
where this system has been 50 success
full that it will doubtless be more and
more widely, adopted. Some charitable
aid is needed in the beginning t9;carrI
ont the idea successfully, such as buying
seeds and tools, but this expense is not
great and can easily be met by appro-
priation from the public charity fund.
One Of the best results of the system
is that it very quickly draws the divid-
ing line between the poor who will work
and those who will: not. Among those
who raised garden vegetables on the lots
donated by William Steinway on Long
Island last summer were numbers of
men who had been once we'll to do, some
of them being college graduates. -, ,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
Disappointed.

Landlady-1f You don't pay by to-
night, you must leave. I can't stand
this any longer.
student-Calm yourself. I will write
to friend Immediately. e.. r
Landlady-Will he lend you money?
Student-Oh, no, but think he has
q vacant room !-Buch fur Allie. :. -. =.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
A Devoted Father.


You've heard perhaps of Mr.. Long,
A lion fierce and great and strong,
And what to him befell.
Well. now, song Of him I'll sing
('Twill make you laugh like anything).
4 funny tale I'll tell.
Two children bright and gay has he.
The one, q little girl, and she
Is called Rosanna May:
The other one you'll soon know we'll,
The frisky little Lionel
Such happy children they!
Now, Mr.. Montmorency Long,
His love for them Yves very strong
He dotted on those cubs.
He'd much prefer at home to stay
And play with them on Saturday
Than to go out to clubs.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

Hostess-After had finished singing
last evening, Mr.. Gusher told me ap-
preciated music thoroughly
Galleries.. He told me he thought
that was the reason you didn t sing Of
tener. -Truth.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

~ VI. A. FOkrIER. NJ. D.. en-. Graduate
". OF Victoria University Montreal, Canada
Surgeon to St. Gabriel H ospital. Office hours
to 10 u. m. and = to p. Office at residence
corner OF First street and First ave- N. E.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

ON SUNDAY OUT THEY GO.
So to the barber's they'd repair.
L II was . kindly, gentle bear
Who kept the BARRIERS shop;
4 And Mr.. Montmorency Long
Would say. ~ think-I may be wrong
Ny head is like a mopl'
4 80 Mr.. Bear would curl his name,
And comb his whiskers out again,
And make him look so gay,
And then he'd turn to Lionel,
And make him quite little swell;
Then take Rosanna May.
And 30 On Sunday out they co..
And, oh, they made goodly show,
80 fine and trim, all threel
They laugh at Mr.. Long at clubs,
But, since he loves his little cubs,
He's very dear to me.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

r NJ. ROBERTS. Physician and Surgeon. M.
IL Philadelphia, Pa J. p. G. c.. London,
England. Specially: Nose. throat and ear. Is
RHODES BLOCK, LITTLE FALLs. MINI
Office hours 9 TO II a.. m. z TO 4 and to 8 D. m
Telephone. = .3
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

nR. MlLl.SPAUGH physician and sA,rgenD.
~ Office il Fvnrs new block. Office hours
to D. ms: and to 8 p. m. &a&t.S
kesluence corner Third street and Third avenue
southeast Telephone ut residence.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24

Mabel (who has been taking part in
amateur theatricals)-Oh, am go
tiredl had to stand all the evening!
Marie (who was in the audience)-My
dear, you have not had to stand nearly
as much as we have. Pick Me Up.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-01-24
LL<,Aa...
MEDICAL.

~ &. TRACE, Physlclan nnd Surgeon. Butler
" Block. Office hours from to Ii .. m. 2tO
5p. IN. Residence on East Rn1e Of Fourth street,
south of Oak st. ~ Surgeon to n. r. X. r,
Sur6s"p to st. Gabriel's hospital. z b E
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Among the many stories which are
going the rounds concerning the Rev.
Peter Mackenzie, who died the other
day, is one which shows he was thor
ough believer in muscular Christianity.
Many years ago, after delivering lee
ture in country village in the north,
he was returning to his hosts house
along a lonely road, when he was ac-
costed by robber. The latter was
believer in the right of might, and re-
quested Mr.. Mckenzie to turn over all
the cash he had got. well, my dear
man." said Mr.. Mackenzie, you know
I'm big enough to thrash you. If it's
money you want, I'll give you half
crown" The robber would not accept
this very charitable offer. Mr.. Mac
kenzie "doffed" his coat and gave him
what the man is now pleased to call
"a dashed good hiding" That thrash
ing did the man great service, for he
left the paths of vice and be-
came one of Mr.. Mackenzies numerous
onverts.-EXchange
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

who, do you think honestly owns the KAN
J sas Pacific Railroad, the Gould family or
the people?
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE.
Everyone who ever investigated the merits
of our Government postal system, admits
the great saving to the people, and the
almost perfect system, over the once pri-
vate owned, monopoly, managed service.
The telegraph and telephone are like the
postal system, a means for the transmits
sion Of intelligence. All great govern
ments have long since owned and operated
the telegraph system, and more than half
Of them also own the telephone. On the
government owned lines of France, ames-
sage can be sent across the country for 10
cents, while the Western Union will charge
81 for the same. In England it costs IL
cents for a - word message from Southern
England to Northern Scotland.
Government telephones in Austria cost
$50 year. against $50 to $l25 in Boston.
kilograms in that country cost cents with
the additional charge of two fifths of cent
a word, short dispatch costing to 10
cents. That gigantic monopoly, the Western
Union, has watered stock capitalization
Of $40, 900, 900 on a plant that never cost
cent over $50. 900, 900, and, in order that
big dividends may be paid, the people are
charged five to ten times what there is any
need Of. This huge monopoly had CAPT
tai stock of $3.50, 700 in 1858. During the
next eight years this capital stock Melted
s17, $40, 146, besides nearly $50, $50, 500 (O
water, having then q capital of $40, 56S, 300.
In 1874 this watering concern paid 4l4 per
cent in dividends, and one year since S10,-
600, 900 have been paid in net earnings for
twelve months.
An investment Of 81, 600 in Western Union
stock in 1853 has paid in stock $50, 900, and
in cash dividends 500, 900, or an average of
about 300 per cent Of dividends each year.
Neither the Republican nor the Demo-
cratic party can control these giant
monopolies. There is only one safe way to
control wild brute, and that is to kill it,
The control of public utilities by private
corporations is the main cause of corrup-
ton in politics, and the only cure is to have
all the people admitted to an equal share as
we now have in cur Post Office. Then
wholesale bribery and corruption will cease
at once
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Carriers are marvellous creations this
year. Unhygienic persons who persist
in wearing the circular ones have regu-
lar CONNECTIONS" from which to choose.
Some are made of bands of elastic al
most covered by tiny rufTles of narrow
ribbon and butter-colOred lace. An inch
wide piece of elastic will permit about
four outstanding frills of each. The
bow in the middle is made of the lace
and ribbon.
Somewhat less befrilled are bands Of
elastic edged with narrow ribbon ruff
files and fastened with bow and buckle.
The buckle may be of any sort-gold,
silver, or studded with mock jewels.
The monogram of the owner is usually
engraved on the buckle. Some of the
carriers are of elastic incased in a puff
fling OF pompadour silk, and these are
particularly effective.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

The abuse of the pardoning power is
one of the striking facts in the history
of human methods Of dealing with
crime. AS commonly exercised, it has
been serious evil, not only in its di
rect effect in arbitrarily RENTING pun
ishment which, both for the good of the
evil doer and of society, should be al
lowed to work it's natural effect, but
in the expectation which is encouraged
in the minds of those who plan tho
preparation of crime; that even if
convicted and sentenced they will be
pardOned.-Rev. William l. Nichols.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
THE GERMAN RAILWAYS.

The Government of Germany has, since
lS4S, obtained possession of nearly all the
railroads in the country. The cost of COT
double what they cost in the United States.
Some of the reasons being the chang;@S OF
water courses, the solid stone bridges, the
building of gass works for lighting stations,
ETC., and passing through Notifications.
Statistics for the year 1890 show a net
profit from operating the $1,000 miles of
government roads of St19, $50, HI OF
nearly 81, 600 per mile.
The average passenger rate for the year
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
Silvcring Mirrors.

A method of silvering mirrors, pro-
ducing mirrors of much greater bril-
lancy than those made by ordinary pro-
cesses, has been discovered by Herr
Hans Boas of Kiel. 1t is based on the
fact that when a heavy metal forms
the cathode of vacuum tube contain
ing trace of hydrogen, the electric
current volatilizes the metal, which is
deposited as a firmly adherent and
highly polished layer on the walls at
the tube.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
THE CRY OF HUNGER.
BY WILSON HUNT Sites.

All day have wandered along the cold
street
My soul is sad, l have nothing to eat;
All day am striving, striving to live,
But the world it is cold, it has nothing to
give;
The rich and the proud in palace and hall
Heed not my prayer or hear not my call,
Heed not the cry that ascendeth to heaven,
The cry Of the poor to above nothing is
given,
The poor who go sadly along the cold street
With nothing to do and with nothing to eat.
II.
I look in the windows that wealth hath
adorned,
And feel in its glare what it is to be
scorned;
Hungry and friendess, to misfortune a
slave,
I Journey along with no hope but the
grave,
l wonder amid the rich and the strong
Who dream not of pity, who geek not of
wrong,
While coldly they from me in arrogance
turn
To mock at my prayers, my pleading to
spurn
While all forsaken go through the cold
street
With nothing to do and nothing to eat,
1 see the rich splendor of wealth an Of
power;
see where the Lordling hath builded his
tower;
see the proud temples that reach to the
sky
To darken its blue and to dazzel the eye.
l hear from their arches the outhews Of
praise,
/ see DER their alters the golden lamp
blaze,
And 1 wonder if God that wealth doth
adore
Hath place in his love for the outcast and
poor,
As wonder along DER the cold cheerless
street
With nothing to do and nothing to eat.
".
When falleth the nights dark shadows
around,
And stars in the vaults like jewels abound;
/ see in his glory the rich in his halls,
Where the chandeliers glow o. er his lux
ury falls.
1 hear the proud music and see the mad
show,
And curse their vile splendor, their glitter
and glow.
1 feel that if heaven were just it would
give
Peace to the starving who suffer to live;
'Twould come to the outcast, zen out il
the street.
And pity him there with nothing to eat.
V.
IT'S thus go sadly from day unto day
Unanswered the prayers that Ionce used
to pray,
Feeling the bitter cold blasts of despair,
Breathing curse when once breathed
prayer,
Heaping up hate in my desolate soul,
Bidding the deluge to thunder and roll,
Cursing the proud, the merciless clan,
That fatten and thrive on the less favored
man.
Awaiting the day when justice complete,
Will give to the lowly morsel to eat.
VI.
Grind ye, we powers heap on us shame
And to the fuel that besets with flame,
Men flee ye, rich pirates forsaking your
halls,
When the midnight of ruin shall darken
their walls;
Men, We in your anguish to the mountains
shall flee
Or seek the wide heart of the storm beaten
sea-
Your sails and your prayers shall then
avail not
To lessen your woe to tighten your lot;
For We too may feel that curse SO complete,
Nothing to do and nothing to eat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
AN ADVENTURE IN THE SOUTH.
Tho Insects Down That Way Are Of
Brobdlgnagian Size.

Tho Insects Down That Way Are Of
Brobdlgnagian Size.
Gentlemen" said the man with the
yaller whiskers, as the talk turned on
mosquitoes, II believe in giving every
insect a fair show, and I'm not the
man to talk agin mosquito behind his
back. 1 never had an adventure worth
relating with the pests, but my brother
had. My brother was sober, con-
scientious man, and never knew him
to exaggerate in the slightest"
Where did this adventure happen?'
cautiously queried the man with the
stub nose.
Down in the swamps of Louisiana,
sir My brother was one of the en-
gineers Of railroad survey. One day,
while all alone and making his way
through a swamp with the water up
to his waist, mosquito suddenly
rushed upon him and bit him in the
thigh. But for his desperate efforts my
brother would have been killed then
and there. AS 1t was, he was laid up
for three months"
"Your brother told that yarn, did her
sneered the man with the double chin.
Certainly he did," replied the man
with the yaller whiskers. GAS / said
before my brother never exaggerated.
am liar myself, but he was the soul
of truth"
"Your brother saw the mosquito, of
course?"
"Of course. He said it was fully nine
feet long, and the spread of its jaws
would take in nail-keg. When 1t
rushed at him it splashed water twenty
feet high"
Look here, my friend" said the
stub-nosed man, didn't it ever occur
to you that it was an alligator and not
mosquito which attacked your broth
err"
Never. Ny brother was man with
the highest respect for truth. If 1t
had been an alligator he would have
said so. l might have lied about it.
but nothing could have tempted him
to. And then he said the thing flew
away after being beaten off. Now, do
alligators fly?"
SIS your brother still living?" asked
, the man with the double chin, as his
| neck began to redden.
"Alas, sir, he is dead. Yes, he died
as he lived--a truthful man. Why do
you ask"
"Oh, wanted to call him liar on
a postal card, but he probably doesn't
get any mail where he is now"
You think he lied, do you?"
'l'm sure of it,
"Then gentlemen, you will please ex-
cuse me from any further part in this
conversation. l am a liar myself, as
I have admitted, but cannot stand it
to ne VI my dead brother slandered. He
said mosquito and he SAID it few, and
as I am a fighter l will withdraw and
try to think what my brother said
about The mosquito tearing down bushes
with his tail as he spread his wings"
Detroit Free Press.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21
How She Led Him On

"Josiar," said Mrs Corntossel, would
you fight eff they was a war;"
"Yes-sir-ree," was the earnest reply.
every time"
can git up in the gray dawn ter
the sound of bugle an not make any
fuss cause we didn't hev nothin' but
hard tack fur breakfas'?"
Course"
"Well, I'm glad to hear it. IF ye're
willin' ter do all that we surely won't
have no fault ter fin bout gittin up
at o'clock Tomorrow mornin' an
lightin' the fire, SOS kin cook we some
pancakes tibet wouldn't be despised by
nobody"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Papa" said Bobby, pointing to the
iron dog that stood on the lawn, docs
dogs like that ever bite?"
mo" said his father; 'but that one
parked once"
Really" cried Bobby
eyes" said his father. 81 stumbled
over him one night. and he parked my
shins. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Dear me, Adelbert," said the poets
wife, this stuff don't make sense"
"T know that rs well as you do said
the poet. 1T isn't intended to make
sense. 1t is to make dollars. 1t was
ordered by a magazine"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-02-21

Exception is taken by the Fishtown
philosopher to the claim of metaphy-
stefan that it is impossible for hui
man body to do anything against his or
her will
dat amt on de level" he remarked,
with animation. why? Because !
got er brother who went ter jail
against his will. And OATS straight"
philadelphia Call.