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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28
THE COUNCILS IDEA.
Whom They Regard - Proper
Men for Positions on the
1..$ Council.

It was generally hoped that II the
council filled the vacancies IN tnat
body that they. would make It an
especial point to select men who had
such standing and record In thecom
munity that they would invite the
confidence Of tho general public In
wha teyer action they wOnld take.
The citizens meeting unanimously
passed q resolution urging that u
any selections were made the council
''use eape cial care and select men 81
unquestiuned integrity and clean
record, who will have the respect
and esteem of this community,
and who are cOns,dt req
impartial and fair minded men,"
That sentiment undoubtedly re-
flected the ideas OF the community.
Observe the, respOnse! The council.
by the votes of Martin, MecuSker
and Moegleip-select j. G. Flynn to
represent the Second ward on the
council. He lacks in, every quality
the public asked. since any posi-
ton has been denied him by popular
vote he has endeavOred to sneak
into some public Office by appoint
meme. Two years ago he secured Il
temporary place ON the council,
but the council later dis
placed him when the public de-
mand met with response. This year
he again gets u temporary place to-
fiji a vacancy, and "represents''
ward that would never select him.
1t is rich sarcasm, indeed, when j.
G. Flynn is selected to fill place
where u man Of clean record is
wanted-and that record should he
studied to appreciate the full force OF
the councils act. ~
They are sad times when j. G.
Flynn is needed to protect the ctty's
honor and credit. A cause In which
he must be used is In sore straits
and it's champions are to be pitied
ON account Of The means they must
employ.
Az for O. S. Thompson. the one
appointed from Third ward, he was
not the choice of the representative
of that ward or the people of the
ward. He is an employee of Alder
man Martin-and is the choice OF
Mr.. Martin. He is in Mr.. Martins
temporary use and will attract little
commentator or criticism. Tom
Martin has selected the Third ward
alderman-and doubtless has a man
to suit his ends.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28
cHRNGE OF FIRM.
Heron 3 L<pper Succeed
Heron Bros.-R. HERON
Sells to III. Lepper.

T45.fs "a
"a change has taken place In the
membership OF one Of the leading
firms In the city, by which the busi-;
ness OF the well known. firm OF
Heron Bros. passes into the hands
Gf Heron & Lepper-the members OF
the new tirm being A. Heron and
al. Lepper. Robert Heron has sold
his half-interest III the firm to Mr..
Lepper, and will retire for q time
from active business. Mr.. Lepper,
tho now member. is well known In
the city as a reliable and popular
Young man, and has made his home
in this city most Of the time for
several years. Hehas been employed
as locomotive engineer ON the North
ern Pacific, and for some time has
been considering engaging In bust
ness in Little Fans. Heron Bros.
have been in business in the city for
over twelve years, and the house has
an established reput a ton offair deal
ing with their customers, and does
a very large volume OF business.
The new firm therefore succeeds to
an excellent business, and deserves
The customers OF Little
Falls and Morrison county are as
sured of honest value for the money,
and fair treatment in all dealings
they have with Heron G Lepper.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

Thos. Bailey and Chas. Gravel
started Saturday evening for a visit
to their lumber camp on Platte river.
1t ia very probable that the very
warm weather of the last two days
has entirely destroyed the logging
roads in, that section. This warm
spell is a very unfortunate occurrence
for a number of lumbermen in this
vicinity, including Jones & Hatcher.
Two more weeks of cold weather
would have been sufficient for them
to have finished hauling all the logs
they have in the vicinity OF Lincoln,
and they would have been saved the
great expense OF preparing roads
and putting in camps next season.
for about two weeks work, which
seems now very probable. They
have about 1900, 900 feet. which can
still be hauled this season over the
lake, but there are abOnt 100000
feet besides, which will have to be
left over until next season unless we
have another two weeks spell OfcOld
weather. Bailey & Gravel and O..
MCGEE, numbering on Platte, are sit
uated about the same as JOnesss&
Hatcher and two weeks more would
have found DO tn Of these-concerns
ready to come down river, hut If the
season closes now they will neces-
sarily have to leave over a small
amount of logs Tor next season.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

In last week Royalton Banner 1T
was stated that residents OF Buck
man town were circula ting petition
asking for the discontinuance OF the
post-office at Dixville, and it was III
timated that John SchmOlke, a Buck
man merchant, was at the bottom OF
the matter. In a letter to the
Banner MIR. Schmolke says the charge
lis false. He did circulate petition
asking for a change in the time OF
arrival and departure of the carrier.
in order that the mail could be re-
ceived at Buchanan and Dixville with
less delay. This request was granted.
The carrier now leaves Royalton at
2 d. m. instead of l p. m, and the
mail is taken by the carrier the same
day it reaches Royalton instead OF
being laid over two days. The Ban
ner says it is a question if petition
for discontinuance Of the Dixville
Office ever existed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

BY the encouragement OF Grand
Chancellor Milman the majority of
knights of Pythias who were pres
ent at the meeting called for Friday
evening decided to continue the
lodge, and the following officers
were elected:
G.. CA. H. Bryan. --.
N. C.-JOhn Foss.
Prelate-F. Southmayde.
M. at A.-C. H. Rogers.
M. of F.-S. &. Crowley.
NJ, IT E.-F. Hoffman.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28
SIXTH DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
One Will Be Held at Aitkin and tn
Other at St. Cloud.

ST.. CLOUD. Feb. 2O.-ThC Sixth dis
tnct Republican congressional COM
mittee met in st. Cloud tonight and
called the delegate convention
to meet at Aitkin March
%. The representation is to be
the same as for the statecOnventiOn,
which meets the next day in Min
neapolis. The congressionl nominat-
ing convention is to he held in ST..
Cloud, and the date is to be set by
Chairman f. B. Bougherty, OF Du-
luth, with the proviso that it shall
not be later than thirty days after
the national convention. The basis
of representation for this is to be
two at large from every county and
one delegate for each $50 votes cast
for Congressman Towne in 1894.
1t is practically conceded that
Monroe Nichols, of Duluth, will be
one of the two delegates from st.
Louis, and for the other place it
looks like h fight between G. F.
Hendryx, of Sank Centre, and A. D.
Davidson, of Little Falls.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Two Vacancies on the
Council Filled by APP
pOintment.
Electric Light Resolutions
Passed Over the Mayors
-.s.S Veto.

The city council met II, adjourn ed
session at council chambers Thursday
evening. There were present Presi-
dent Hoffman. Alderman FramptOn,
Martin. Mecusker and MOeglein.
The matter of appointing alder
men to fill the vacancies In the
Second and Third wards was
brought up and the following nomi-
nations were made: 4. r...
Second ward-J. e. Flynn nomi-
mated by Aid. Martin and L. y. Brown
nominated by Aid. Mecusker. Vote,
j. e. Flynn, 8; L.. D. Brown, 2.
Flynn was declared elected.
Third ward-Geo. Clarke nomi-
mated by Aid. .Framption and O. =.
Thompson. nominated by Aid.
Martin. Vote, Thompson, 8; Clark
2. Thompson was declared elected.
The two newly appointed alder
men were present and after the oath
of office was Administered they took
their seats in the council.
BY consent of all the. members Of
the council the ordinance repeating
the license on thea trical troupes was
given it's second and third readings,
and passed.
The question of what was to be
done in the case of Mrs. Jos. BOis-
jolt, which has been before the cOun-
Gil for some time was brought up
and the city attorney said that from
all evidence he nOwcOuld obtain. she
was rightfully Il resident OF Brain
erd. On motion the president Of the
council was instructed to take the
necessary steps to send her to that
place.
The bill of Thos. Bohan, in the
sum of $H5.26. for repairing sewers,
which had been laid over, was con-
sidered and allowed, less $15.O5 for
unauthorized work. Amount al
lowed. $7O.2l.
The resolutions annulling the con-
tract with the Electric & Water COM
pany for street lights, which. were
returned by the mayOrtO the council
without his approval, were brought
up and tie question, shall the resolu-
lions pass Notwithstanding the may
Or's veto. was voted upon. res ulting as
follows: Ayes, Martin; Thompson,
Flynn, Mecusker and Moeglein;;nays,
Frampton and Hoffman. President
Hoffman declared the resolutions
passed.
The council then ON motion adj
iOurned.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

The &. A. R., camp fire held in the
post hall in the old court house
building last Friday evening. was a
pleasant and successful event in it's
several features. Short patriotic
addresses were delivered by Rev.
VIM. Moore, J. II. Rhodes, E. F.
Shaw and E. s. Smith, and each one
of the speakers not only. interested
the large audience but was loudly
applauded for the high patriotic
sentiments expressed. The musical
part of the program was an espe.
cially pleasing feature, consisting OF
choruses, duets and solos by some OF
the best singers of the city. The
supper was well patronized and
Melted the promoters considerable
sum for their labOrs.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

Flynn should test his standing
with his .'constituents" by running
for alderman. There are lots OF
other things he should do that he
Will not.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-02-28

T. j. MathiesOn reports an at
tempt by farmer to defraud him
which, though not showing the in
ingenuity of the person who took P.
w. Blake in on the butter deal the
other dav. was a more barefaced
robbery. He bargained for live
hog, which he was going to ship in
a carload lot to St. Paul, and in
structed the man who brought the
animal in to have it weighed on one
OF the hay scales of the city. The
hog was accordingly weighed and
unloaded, and when the sleighs in
which the animal was weighed were
reweighed. the weight Of the hog
was given at $50 pounds. Mr..
Matthleson is experienced In buying
live stock, and was convinced that
there was fraud in the deal some
where, and investigation showed
that the man had a lot of stuff con-
cealed in his wagon, which he
dumped in an alley on his way to
the cars. The man acknowledged
his guilt, and the animal was again
weighed and did not weigh half as
much the second time. The amount
which Mr.. Matthieson would have
lost had not the deception mis-
carried was about 81. Mr.. Mathie-
son desired that the affair be pub
lished that other dealers might know
the class of people they will some
times have to deal with, and said
that the mans name was Joseph
Manka.
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

with the neighboring railroads to all parts
OF the kingdom, so that iron or coal can
be taken from the mills and furnaces close
to the mines and in the course of few
hours brought without change to the side
of the ship in which it is TO be used.
The Pembroke dockyard is the best
adapted for building operations. 1t COM
prises some seventy-seven acres and has
eleven building-slips, which are covered by
substantial shiphouses. IL has, however,
but one dock and no basins, and but few
shops and stores, and cannot be used as
fitting-out station. The dockyards at Key
ham and Devonport are really one. They
contain in the aggregate 140 acres and are
connected by a tunnel, through which q
railway has been laid, and locomotives be-
longing to the yards transfer men and ma
terial from one yard to the other The
building-slips ana most of the drydocks
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IAN ATHLETE SHOULD NEVER SMOKE.

[Sketched by "CaR" artist
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wrong, such as mince pie, plum pudding,
lobster salad, Welsh rarebit, ETC.. but it
does mean that roast beef, mashed pota-
toes, stewed tomatoes and fruit is not
going to hurt anybody except those whose
constitutions do not happen to agree with
any particular article. 1t sometimes oc-
ours that one thing or another will not as
simulate with PERSONS system, although
he may be perfectly healthy in other re-
spects.
Another thing: Do not suppose that you
must confine yourself to any particular
kind of provisions, as it is most desirable
to have constant change of diet. not only
because we need great many ingredients
in the system, but also because it takes
the edge off PERSONS appetite to live on
about the same bill of fare continually
But care should be exercised in this mat
Ter by all, particularly by those running
any distance. Moreover, diet should be
more closely observed within two days of
a race.
One of the great troubles that racers are
afflicted with is known as kinks" This
means that after a man has run a half
mile or so he begins to feel a pain in his
side beneath his lower ribs; some call it a
"stitch." If the race is hard one it
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10

OF the Kings ships and gallevs. In 154O
the area of the yard seems to bave been
about eight acres and fronted on the bar-
Dor on portion of what is now known as
the Kings Stairs. Cromwell added two
acres to it and Charles ii added eighteen.
Between 1867 and ITO thirty acres were
reclaimed from mud flats and additional
ground bought from the town, so that by
l1l2 1t comprised ninety acres, but about
stoned additional land. and from that time
to this there has been steady growth in
size and capacity.
at present the system of docks and ba-
sins begins with a tidal basin, entered
from the harbor by an opening 100 yards
wide and having a depth at low tide of
thirty feet. There is ii deep dock and two
locks at the head of this basin with twenty
eight feet OF water at low tide. The locks
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in the entire United States army-26, 600
and these men are paid over SS,000,000 a
year in wages.
The greatest of all the dockyards belong
ing to the Government is that OF Ports
mouth. 1t contains 300 acres, has over
5000 employees, five building slips for ves-
sells of the largest size and fifteen dry
docks of varying sizes from the largest to
the smallest These drydocks and basins
are all connected with wide and deep
canals and basins in which many vessels
may be laid for repairs. The dockyard at
Chatham is the second IN the Kingdom,
has about 54o0 employees and covers over
100 acres. The map on this page of THE
CALL gives in detail the Portsmouth yards
with their various buildings, basins and
docks. 1t was at this yard that the Col
hngwood, the Camperdown, the Colossus,
the Edinburgh and many other of the
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U.S,A.

are themselves splendid docks, capable of
receiving the heaviest warships from the
tidal basin. They lead to the repairing ba-
sin, which is an artificial pond or lake
with twenty-five acres and thirty-five feet
of water at high tide. This depth of water
can be made permanent by the closing of
the lock gates. From this basin lead out
four other basins or docks with a depth of
thirty feet of water. There is a rigging
basin of fourteen acres and a pentagon-
shaped fitting-out basin of fourteen acres,
on one side of which is an immense coal.
ing station.
There are other basins and docks, and
around all are immense Notifications. In
side are the many storehouses and variou
shops and mills, while complete network
of railways connects all parts of the yard
with the docks and basins, and the whole
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are in Devonport, while the shops ana Mt
ting-out basins are in the keyham va rd
a curiosity to be seen in Devonport Is a
huge floating platform in the drydock ana
intended to be submerged ana useo 10
noat OUT vessels while under repair.
All the other dockyards in Great britain
are secondary to those mentioned, except
ing, OF course, several belonging TO private
firms.
The principal dockyards belonging to
foreign powers are as follows: Germany
klel, Dantzic, Wilhelmshafen: Kussla-
Cronstadt, st. Petersburg, Nichoiaieir
and Sebastopol. Austria-Pola and Trieste.
ark-Copenhagen. France = Cher
oourg, Brest. LOrient, Touion ana Koche-
fort. Spain-Cadiz, Cartagena. Italy
Naples, Spezzia and Castellamare.
The yard at Wilhelmshafen is on the
North Sea, while Kiel and Dantzic are on
the Baltic. That of Kiel is the most i'm
portant, and most of Germany,s great
ships have been built there. over va, ,OoO,
OO0 mas been spent on this yard, with It's
basins, locks and docks. The great North
Sea canal, the magnificent harbor OF klel,
ten miles long and very deep, and the
splendid Notifications surrounding tne
yards. make this one of the best located
and best adapted yards in the world.
In Russia the dockyards of ST. Peters
burg and Cronstadt are on the baltic, lne
others on the Black Sea. A new yard Is
being built which promises to eclipse all
the others. 1t is in the province of Circas-
sia and fifty miles from the Black Sea, on
the straits joining that body to the sea OF
Azof
The most important of the French dock
yards is that of L'Orient, in the northern
part of the Bay of Biscay. Its environ
ment resembles that of Portsmouth, n.
H. There is also large military station
here, and the entire yard is about 12O
acres in extent.
Cherbourg is the most imposing OF the
The San Francisco call., 1896-05-10
HE Is l39 YEARS OLD.
Lived Fifty Years in Siberia and Has
just Ended Pilgrimage on Foot.

The st. Petersburg Gazette says Russia
has the oldest man on earth. Its Moscow
correspondent tells of him thus:
There appeared this week in the office of
the police surgeon an aged man who
wished to have his injured hand bandaged.
The surgeon bound up the wound and
then began talking with the patient.
He learned eventually, from document
ary evidence, that the man was born
IN 1857, during the reign of EN-
press Elizabeth, and therefore is 139
years old. The old man, whose name
is Kusmin, said he was native of Mos
COW. and from his twentieth to his eighty
sixth year had been coachman. In his
eighty-sixth year, however, he had upset
his master. Count, and the Counts
brother, had hurt both seriously and had
been sent to Siberia, where he had lived
until 1893 In that year he decided to re-
turn home, and he arrived in Moscow in
1894. He at once started for Kieff on a
pilgrimage, from which he had just come
back. He was much grieved to find that
all the friends OF his youth were dead.
"kusmin's eyesight is undimmed, his
hearing is good and he is a splendid
walker, as his pilgrimages have shown.
Up to his one hundred and thirty-fourth
year he never tasted whisky, but now he
allows himself an occasional drink"
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counted for by perfect assimilation Of the

counted for by perfect assimilation of the
food.
"What shall I eat 2'' is a question that is
frequently asked by the beginner; but it is
large question and not easily answered in
the space at my command. Perhaps l can
give a satisfactory substitute in a few
words. Eat that which is wholesome and
use your own good sense in the matter.
Fried and greasy articles should be
avoided.
There was in my acquaintance a young
man who was going to take part in very
i'm portant race. a friend observed him
at dinner and was struck with astonish-
ment at his diet so close to the contest.
On questioning the young athlete the
friend discovered that he ate pretty much
what was placed before him at the table.
This upset all the friends theories on
the subject of dieting in training. 1t
is a fact, however, that home cook
ing is about as good dieting as one could
wish, if the digestion is in good order and
the aspirant is careful to study the sub
jeet. This does not mean that it is ad
missible to eat all sorts of stuff that any
body with common-sense would know is
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would not be surprising to see the racer

Would not be surprising 10 see the racer
quit at three quarters of mile. Some
times, however, a man struggles along
either in great pain or at slower pace.
The difficulty is very easily explained; it
merely demonstrates the presence OF an un-
necessary amount OF liquid in the bowels.
This liquid may be tea, coffee, beer or even
water, according to the habits OF the sub
lect. Any one is liable to be affected in
this way; and as far as water is concerned
for one who does not take violent exercise
considerable quantity acts as a cleanser
to the system, much as the rain water
hushes and cleans out the sewers in a city.
But for one who takes violent exercise
and preparing for race it is a different
thing; the system does not need the same
cleansing because there is more persp ra-
ton and far heavier breathing-both of
which have a tendency to throw off the
quently liquids should be avoided as much
as possible. have found that three cups
full of iquid each day is sufficient to sup
port life comfortably, especially in this
climate.
In regard to the question whether al
coholic liquors of any kind are necessary
or even admissible in an athletes bill of
fare, | wish to say that it is my decided
opinion that no liquor of any kind should
be INDUCED in. The use of liquor in train
ing had its origin among English profess
preparation for contest they were
generally self-indulgent and intem-
perate the effect of which was that
when it became necessary for them 20
train down for q race they absolutely could
not get along without liquor OF some kind,
so ales and wines were used, not because
of any merit of their own, but simply be-
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French dockyards. 1t has a number of
basins and dryd ocks, but it is an artificial
port and has very exposed situation. A
very extensive breakwater with strong
fortihcations protects it from the sea,
while it is also fortified by land ap-
proaches. The yard possesses no natural
situation or advantages, and owes its
origin to Napoleon l, under whose dIrec-
ton many of the present works were
begun and prosecuted in the face of enOr-
nous difficulties. The yard contains 260
acres, has eleven slips, eight drydocks and
three basins, besides numerous shops and
buildings. The basins are excavated from
solid rock, and are faced and coped with
massive granite. The slips have perma-
nent shiphouses. The quays, basins and
slips which characterize the French yards
are all OF such permanent and massive
character that if duplicated in the United
States would cost US not less than $780,
000,Ou0
1t will thus be seen from the foregoing
details the value the powers of Europe
place on their dockyards. Yet in our
country, outside of several private yards,
the entire cost OF our dockyards may be
placed at $4,000. 900. There is in all the
world no place more fit by natural advan-
tages than the harbor and surroundings of
San Francisco for dockyard. And it
would pay the Government over and over
again to erect drydocks of the largest size,
with basins and building slips at Mare
Island, which can be absolutely protected
from any outside enemy. The coal of We'll
lington and Puget Sound, and the iron of
California. with the timber, are all so con-
venient that without q change it can be
brought right to this yard and converted
into ships of war. A large Government
foundry for supplying both army and navy
with high-power guns should be erected
under the same conditions at Benicia Ar
senal, and there is but little doubt that the
first real war we have will see the accom-
plishment of these two projects.
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6RHE failure of Congress to pass ap-
propriations for the construction
of Government dockyaId on the
Pacific Coast, cf greater extent