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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04

Falls employed in Dudley Hosiery Mills: Il had
been deaf for years My trouble somewhat
peculiar. At FIRST was deaf only by spells; this
continued until a year ago; since then have been
totally deaf. The result Of treatment is that my
hearing is perfect
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Arc tho Masyars slavs9

French writer's, from Balzac to lola,
invariably speak Of the Magyars as ces
peuples slaves. BY what egregious error
in books on geography the French gift OF
fine distinctions has been so utterly mis-.
guided I do not know. -Aweek's stay In
Hungary will teach any Frenchman that
of Magyar proverbs there Is none better
known than the saying, "Tot mem ember
--Kasa mem etel"-that is, IA Slav is no
human being-millet pap Is no food. y
There is q radical difference between the
Slav and the Magyar difference more
pronounced than that between the Ger
man and the French. The Hungarians
have adopted few hundred vocables from
the Slav idicms, in the midst of which
they were living. That Is all. It Is like
the MEDIEVAL nobleman borrowing few
hundred zecchines from the obscure usurer.
It has influenced none of the vital organs
of the Hungarians, and they have amply
repaid 1t by allowing the mesalliance Of
hundreds of their own words with the
nambypamby squealings called Slovak
dialects. Nor are the Hungarians Ger
mans.-Nineteenth Century.
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Coast CLANS.

WASH tle clans and drain them in a
colandel fcz a few minutes, then lay
them in q large dripping pan and put
the pun into very hot oven. As soon
as the shells begin to open the CLAIMS
are cooked. It takes from seven to ten
minutes to roast them. Have covered
dish hot, and drop the CLANS into it as
soon as they are taken from the shell.
Spread over them mustard cream
sauce and serve at once To make the
sauce: Put one cup Of milk over the fire
in double boiler. When boiling, grad
ually stir into it three tablespoonful of
butter, one of -four and one teaspoonful
Of dry mustard that have been beaten
to q creamy mass. Season with salt end
pepper and return to the fire. Cook
three minutes, and it is ready to serve.
Thin slices Of brown bread, buttered,
are served with roast clans.
Wonders Of Science.
Blinks-n you have SO much trouble
with your teeth, why don't you get artifi-
cial oness The idea of being bothered that
way in this marvellous age Of scientific and
mechanical progress! got full set only
few months ago. !. ,z5~
Jinks-1ndeedl Are they q SUGGEST
Blinks- Success9 should say SO. Why,
I can almost eat with them. York
Weekly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Success with Millets.

e. A Georgian, writing to the editor of
Home and Farm, says: ~ ~
Az have been growing millets OF differ
ent kinds for 25 years and have fed it
at all stages; have cut it as many as
eight times in one year. I fed my
horses, mules, cows and hogs, and if
ever one was made sick from it in the
25 years I never knew it. am running
a dairy Of ten cows and make enough
hay from few acres to feed my mules
and COWS from November until May.
plant Early Amber and orange
canes in drills, and also SOW broadcast.
I make as second crop after wheat or
oats six tons per acre Of as fine hay as
q mule or COW ever ate. SOW one and
q half pounds Of caneseed and a hushel
of the unknown pea to the acre broad
cast. After the land is we'll broken SOW
the peas and pillow them in. Then sow
the caneseed and harrow it in, and then
the work is done. When the caneseed
is half ripe, take two horse mower and
cut the whole thing down = ~ Z!
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
STORIES OF
MOBILE BAY.

FARRAGuT The fight Of the
IN THE sHRoUDs soa SOU h,a ag ,,,.s g
in two years narrowed down to = con.
test for three ports, one Of them Mobile.
Having only one entrance, Mobile suf-
fered most from the blockade, and early
} in 1864 the Confederates set to work to
raise it by means Of a powerful arm.
! Admiral Buchanan. the commander Of
the Merrimac in the first monitor bat
tie. was at the head of affairs in Mo.
bile bay. with other officers Of the first
ram under him. These experts devoted
their skill and experience to the build.
! ing of the new monster, the Tennessee,
with the purpose Of dashing into Farra-
| quits squadron. About the time the ram
was ready for business Farragut brought
up four ironclads from the Mississippi,
and, placing them at the head Of his
feet of wooden ships, set sail for the
bay. The battle Of Aug. 5, 1854, was
| the result.
AS soon as it was light the feet, led
by the ironclads, steamed up the bay
opposite Fort Morgan, firing as each
ship passed the fort and receiving the
full complement of its guns in return.
In order to get above the smoke which
hung around the decks Of his flagship,
the Hartford, Farragut climbed into
the rigging, where he was dashed to the
ratlines by some of the men. Suddenly
the leading monitor struck torpedo,
careened and sank, and Farragut order
ed the Hartford to take the lead. The
flagship literally few up the bay, fol-
lowed by the ram Tennessee as soon as
she cleared her path of the monitors. It
was then flagship against flagship. @
The Hartford turned and the vessels
would have struck together bows on
had not the ram sheered SO as to receive
only glancing blow. The Hartford
gave the ram solid broadside, but the
shot rolled from her plated sides with
uot leaving a dent. At the same time
the Tennessee sent 95 pound shot
through the Hartford, killing and
wounding IS men. Farragut ordered
his ship to go at the ram again, but the
monitor Lackawanna came steaming up
on the same desperate errand and cut
into the Hartford amidships, knocking
two of her ports into one, upsetting a
heavy Dahlgren gun and completely de-
moralizing half her crew. Undaunted,
the admiral ordered another attempt,
but the Lackawanna, having only back.
ed off to gain Roadway, came up on the
other side and barely missed giving \
flagship another blow. Meanwhile the
Tennessee dropped out Of reach.
It had been Farragut's intention to
drive the Hartford upon the low, pro-:
truding decks of the ram. The wooden
hull of his ship would have been crush;;s
ed in the encounter, but with her hold
full of water she would have been able
to weigh down the monster and send
her to the bottom. 81 ..'.,% y. =
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Wild Wheat Grass.

The various species Of wild wheat
grass are the predominant hay grasses
Of the arid and semiarid prairies They
have, as q common characteristic, tough
underground stems or creeping root
stalks, and form close, tough sod. The
stems are leafy and nutritious Wheat
grass hay is eaten greedily by all kinds
Of stock. These grasses will stand a
great deal Of hard usage and are per-
feotly hardy in either drought or cold.
They are very valuable component Of
the natural range pastures. They do as
we'll under cultivation as in the wild
state, and deserve to be taken care of.
Jared G. Smith names as the best and
most widely distributed Of these species,
the western wheat grass (Agropyrum
spioatum), which occurs from North
Dakota to western Kansas and westward
through the plains and Rocky mountain
region. Wherever it grows it is highly
esteemed.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
wATTERsoN IN TIE RED MILL.
The Kentucky Editor Sees Famous Re
sort In the French Capital.

The Kentucky Editor Sees a Famous Re-
sort In the French Capital. u
BY the light Of day the Red MILL for
that is it's name in English, is but poor
affair-squatty, squalid, with nothing
to signalize it except the elevated open
space in which it stands. Like some hor-
rid monster, recrlmbent and asleep from
dawn to twilight, no sooner does the sun
go out of the heavens and the stars begin
to shine than it yawns, rcars, and with a
great howl springs to its feet, its eyes
flaming and its jaws agape, eager for it's
prey AS your carriage mounts tho hill
through a long, dark avenue you become
conscious Of a lurid glare. You look
ahead. Before you is a place, or square,
brilliantly lighted only at the farther end.
There you behold gorgeous electric dis
playa facade of white and golden globes
and high above these the wings OF a
great windmill slowly Huntingdon the
mills even OF such false goddesses as reign
in Moulin Rouge grind slowly-the wings
being composed, Of course, of 1nyriads of
red electric lamps. The effect, though
sinister, is picturesque and novel. -
You pay your francs and enter. There
are garden, theater and dance hall,
all opening one into another, and when
you have tired of the Indifferent concert
proceeding upon the stage you can 60 as
you please and need not sip your beer alone
either in the garden or upon the balconies
on either side Of tho dance hall, where an
excellent band discourses very good music
of its kind The costumes are varied and
often pretty. The less said of the wearers
the better. :.
For liquors both ladies and gentlemen
may and do come here with impunity.
One gets so used to tho demimondaine in
Paris that its agglomeration presently
ceases to shock or even to be particularly
observed. The other evening an old man
and m old woman, probably from Green
county, were sitting at table looking on
tho fantastic scene, the old woman with
sort Of fascinated delight. At last the old
man rose suddenly, and said he, Gene
along, Mandy; this amt no fittin place for
SIGH us we, and reluctantly the old wCm-
an did as she was bid.
I have observed that women. arc moro
impressed by what they see and hcar at
Moulin Rouge than tho men wko come
here. Perhaps it is that there is in the
case Of the women an appeal to the in,agi-
nation which in the case Of the men is
wanting, for man must be callow, in
deed, who finds anything in place like
this to arouse other than his disgust. In
deed, the woman, particularly the good
American woman, does not realize the full
meaning or the extent of all this depravity.
Her sense Is lured by the fantastic. The
music, the lights, tho color, tho novelty,
catch her fancy. 1t is tho thoughtful man
who, knowing all, looks on with pity ind
horror. Courier.Journal
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
WINDMILL E1:.;caliON.
This Is the Best Form Of sunHly:ng Watl
- by Private Enterprise. "

This Is the Best Form Of Supplying Water
by Private Enterprise. ~
Irrigation by private enterprise is
practicable in its best fcrm-water rails
ed by windmill pump into a reservoir
over considerable part Of tho arid re-
gions. It is Of interest to the farmers
east of the Missouri river, for it is prac-
: ticable, and probably would be highly
profitable in every state Of the Union.
At least this is the opinion expressed by
correspondent of Country Gentleman,
who adds: %Ss
!, In certain parts CT Kansas there is an
abundant flow Of water 10 to IS feet be-
low the surface, which can easily be
tapped by wells, and tl.o water can be
raised into reservoirs by windmill
pumps at a cost that makes the irrigat-
ing Of gardens, truck patches, berry and
melon fields, etc. /. highly profitable. For
melons, vegetables and berries there is
q good market in Colorado and other
mining and nonagricultural territory.
The water is SO cold as it comes from
the wells that it must be warmed in
reservoirs before it is put on the land.
The windmill manufacturers are, Of
course, greatly interested in this form
Of irrigation, and have made wonderful
improvements in windmill pumps dur
ing the past two or three years. se
Windmill irrigation has been tested
by scores of market gardeners and
farmers in Illinois and Wisconsin, with
highly satisfactory results results that
show that this form of irrigation should
receive the consideration of farmers ev-
eryWhere.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Hero and There.

Experiments with potatoes at the
Wisconsin station favored heavy seeding
and the retention Of the seed end.
For the purpose Of making some in
vestigations with the peculiar soils of
southern Illinois, substations have been
established at Edgewood and Odin.
The farmers of northern Wisconsin
are rapidly turning their attention to
the butter and milk business in prefer
ence to other occupations.
Oregon pine has the reputation the
world over for size, strength, length,
soundness and enduring qualities.
Kafir corn should be cultivated like
sorghum or corn. The weeds should be
kent down from the start, using prefer
ably spring toothed cultivator, which
will not throw the earth much, with
tenders attached while the plants are
small to prevent covering them up.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
SAlLBOAT SPIDERS.
Tho Queer Discovery That Was Made by
Careful Observer.

Tho queer Discovery That was Made Dy
a Careful Observer.
1t was reserved for DR.. McCook to dis
cover 1. mode Of locomotion used by some
spiders, but previously unknown to natu-
ralists. When studying the habits of Ger
tain water spiders, he shook the branches
Of a tree that stood by the water's edge in
order to procure specimens. A number Of
spiders fell, uld all travelled back to shore
in ways familiar to the doctor, with the
exception Of one spider, which seemed to
| move across the surface Of the water with
out any motion Of it's legs.
When it approached the shore, the doc
tor placed it far out on the pond again
and watched it more closely. In a few
moments it resumed its peculiar method of
travelling and he saw positively that it did
not use its legs. How, then, did it cross
the waterp The gentle breeze blowing
against its body could hardly have driven
it ut the rate it was going, for that 1t was
moving along at a fairly good pace was
evidenced by the little ripplets which
streamed out on either side of the circle of
rigid legs.
1t occurred to the doctor that perhaps
this little mariner was sailing under an
invisible sail. In other words, that per-
maps Cne SrlCer nlu leC OuG u numDer Oh
silken threads as the aeronaut spiders do,
and that, instead of carrying it through
the air. they caused it to skim rapidly over
the surface Of the water.
AS the curious little chap approached the
land again, the doctor held his cane out
about two feeu above the spider: In a mo-
ment it came to halt The mystery was
solved. As he had suspected, the tiny
craft was really sailing under invisible
sails, and as they came into contact with
the Doctors cane they adhered to it 50
firmly that by sudden movement Of the
stick the spider was lifted clear out of the
water.
1t Is just possible. that gossamer
j. thread runs from the tip Of each leg to the
one next 1t, thereby forming a diminutive
silksn float for the spider to stand upon,
but on this there is no certainty. How
ever, we could hardly ask for anything
more wonderful than spider that Is a
sailor, and his own sailboat, and his
own sailnaker, all in one.-Our Animal
Friends.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
LAYING Their Plans.

Sea Serpent Tramp Have you planned
where to spend your summer, Willy
Whale Tramp-Oh, yes. III just work
big bluff on the beaches somewhere
Where'u you hang outs
Sea Serpent Tramp North shore, as
usual, with my everlasting tail of woe
Boston Courier. 5,s 81 3
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CAPTAIN JOHNSTON.

her shield. Her CAPTAIN JOHNSTON.
heavy iron port shutters became jammed
by the heavy shots rained against them
and only with difficulty could be open
ed to run out the guns for firing. Ad-
miral Buchanan and the pilot were both
wounded, and as finishing disaster
the rudder chains were cut in two by
an II inch shot from the monitor Chick
asaw. *'
Buchanan was Frustrated with bro
ken leg and sent for Captain J. D.
Johnston, the master Of the ship. Said
he quietly: They've got me, Johnston.
You'll have to look out for her now.
This is your fight, you know" john
ston responded: "All right, sir. I'll do
the best I know how" At that instant
the vessel careened 80 as to throw john
ston of his feet. The Lackawanna. in
q third attempt, at least, that morning.
had at lastp put in her blow. She struck
the ram while running at full speed,
cut into her stern and crushed the plank
ends for the distance of three feet above
the waters edge to five feet below. The
only perceptible effect Of the shock up.
on the ram was to cause her to list
heavily.
The loss Of the smokestack made it
impossible for the engineer Of the Ten
nessee to keep up enough steam to stem
the tide, which was setting against her
at the rate Of four miles an hour. There
was no rudder to keep the vessel in po-
sition for firing, and after consulting
the wounded admiral Captain Johnston
went out upon the top Of the shield with
q white flag. One Of the heaviest ships
Of the enemy's feet, the Ossipee, was
then steaming rapidly forward. intend
ing to sink the helpless ram. Seeing the
flag Of truce, Commander LIE Roy Of the
Ossipee, stopped his ship, but the momen.
tum carried her heavily against the Ten.
nessee. At that moment the commander
hailed and said: "This is the United
States steamer Ossipee. Hello, John
ston, how are your LIE Roy-don't you
know me? I'll send q boat alongside for
you" Johnston and LIE Roy had been
Bosom friends in the old navy.
The strength Of the Tennessee lay in
her armor and the massive spur or ram
at her bow. Had other things been equal
the armor and iron beak would have
made her the most terrible Of all the
dreaded rams of the Confederacy.
GEORGE Il. KIIMER.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Law In MOnt4na.

"You can rely ON it, said the Montana
man, "we believe in strict enforcement
of the letter Of the law. In fight recently
one man literally buried his dirk in his
adversary's hip. And do you know what
they did, Why, the sheriff actually arrest
ed the wounded man and had him fined for
carrying concealed weapons "-Boston
Courier -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
white French Artichoks.

Much has recently been published
about artichokes, and it seems that the
large White French artichoke is quite
an Improvement over the old Jerusalem
or the Brazilian Red. An analysis by the
Kansas station shows this artichoke to
be almost equal in food value to Irish
potatoes and superior to turnips, ruta
bagas and pumpkins; while it is much
more prolific than either.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Ambition.

Ambition becomes displeasing when it is
once satiated. There Is reaction, and,
as our spirit, till our last sigh, is always
aiming toward some object, it falls back on
itself, having nothing else on which to
rest" and having reached the summit 1t
longs to descend. s5e
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Named 4 Full Ticket.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 29.-The Popu-
lists at their convention held here ad-
hered to the straight middle Of the
road" policy Of nominating full state
ticket. The straight out Populists
numbered 2 to and they used their
power freely, turning down every meas
ure that seemed in the nature of an en-
dorsement of the Democratic state or
national tickets.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
C0rks.

On an average every champagne cork Is
utilized for three separate bottles before it
gets broken or thrown aside as useless.
ling pail for soda water corks. London
Graphic.
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the target at
close range for
100 guns, whose
concentrated fire
began to tell on
her vulnerable
spots. Twoof the
double turret
m onito rs, the
Chickasaw an d
Winnebago, were
stationed under
her stern an d
poured II inch
solid shot upon
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Raises the Reserve to 8112. 900, 600.

Raises the Reserve to 8112. COX, 900.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-The Boston
banks again came forward during the
day with an offer of 81 200, 600 in gold
coin to the treasury, and Philadelphia
offered 100000. If the departments
get all in sight the balance will be
raised to 4112,OOO,OOO. The withdraw
ais during the day were s209, 300 in gold
coin and 6,O44 in bars.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
STRAW HAT FOR THE HORSE.

STRAW HAT FOR THE HORSE
broiling hot weather? Protect his head.
You need his brains as well as his mus
cles, and stewed brains are of no use to
anybody. Don't cut your new straw hat
up, but do something to keep the horses
head cool is the advice Of Rural New
Yorker
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Too Civilized.

eyes" said Mrs. Tufthunter, "geniuses
are so disappointing"
'sDo you find them dulls" asked her
sympathizing friend.
ooh, no. They're pleasant people, but I
invited De Cadent and Sculpit to my coun-
try house for week, and neither of them
did an outre thing all the time detroit
News, at 49,. =.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
New York Democratic Convention

New York DemOcr0tio CONVENTION.
NEW YORK, July 29.-The Demo.
cratic state central committee has de-
cided to call the convention for the
nomination of state officers to meet at
Buffalo on Sept. Is. No other business
was considered at the meeting.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Horse and Rider Drowned.

BARABoo, Wis, July 29.-As Bert
Sweetland's 16-year-old son was riding
a blind horse over the Barboo river
bridge, at Lavalle, the animal walked
off and both were drowned,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
A Timely Suggestion.

i Some thoughtful man has cut holes
in an old straw hat, thrust the horses
ears through them-and there you are.
Why should not horse wear hat this
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-31
Destruction Complete.

WooNsoCKEr, s. D., July pa most
destructive hail storm swept over the
country northwest of this city, extend
ing from line directly west of here
into Beadle and Hand counties and COW
ering strip of country about six miles
wide. The destruction, of crops was
complete.
In the Apiary.
Some beekeepers use trap az tne
entrance Of the hive. This trap allows
the workers to pass, but catches anu
holds the queen when the bees swarm;
A new hive il placed upon the Ola stane
when a swarm comes out and the ola
one moved to new place. The BEES
not finding the queen with them' re-
turn to their old location and enter the
new new hive, supposing it their own home 2.
and as they are going in the queen !.
released and goes in with them. Thus
they are really led to hive themselves.
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AS the Tennessee
THE BATTLE
WITH THE RAM.

Iackawanna she dropped into the midst
of the main feet, and the battle Of Mo-
bile bay began in earnest The ram was