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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Ii Hung Chang is certainly coming to
visit us next summer, on his way home
from representing the emperor Of China
at the coronation Of the emperor and en-
press Of Russia. Some enterprising man
ager should induce Ii to make tour Of
the watering places and lecture
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
Ancient American Civilizatioa.

Ancient American Civilization.
Everything comes to light at last, and
stt seems that oven the prehistoric ruins
sof Central America are at length ex-
splained- those mighty palaces and tenn.
pies through whose broken arches the
trunks Of trees. themselves older than
tho discovery Of America. shoot upward
TO the sky. ~
A number Of years ago DR.. Augustus
lie Plongeon and Mime. lie Plongeon
spent several seasons wandering through
the forests of Central America. study
ing the ruins which have bafled the
arcb@ologists Of modern civilization.
Some results Of these curious explcra-
tions have been given to the world in q
volume called Queen Moo and the
Egyptian Sphinx" DR.. Le Plongeon
finds in the Central American ruins
traces Of civilization, an advanced one.
which is older than that Of Chaldea and
Egypt There is evidence. too, that the
Phoeniciansa and Casthaginians: visited
America fully 500 years before the be-
ginning of the Christian era. J.,
81 When the Spaniards conquered Mexico
and the surrounding region. they found
many books describing the ancient Maya
or Central American civilization. These
they destroyed. every one. as they sup
posed. One, however, il known to have
escaped. the Troano manuscript. This
DR.. Le Plongeon secured. From It and
from other sources he finds that the
Maya people used the present convenient
decimal system Of enumeration. and also
that they were a. advanced az the
French Of today in making the meter
the basis Of their linear MEASURE. The
explorer unravels from monumental in
scriptions, aided by the Maya book, the
story Of the destruction of the lost con-
tinent Of Atlantis. He has been the first
to discover the key which can decipher
the inscriptions upon the ancient Cen.
trail American ruins.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

The gold crushings Of the South Afri-
can Rand district for the month Of jan
nary amounted to 10000 ounces less
than in December. No wonder. The
reason is found In too much politics.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Colonel Nicol. who deposed Balling.
ton Booth and his beautiful and elo'
uuent wife from their place as COM
manders Of the Salvation Army in
America. issued a manifesto requesting
everybody to pray for everybody as soon
as he had contaminated the deal Now
let Colonel Nicol go of into quiet cor
ner and do some good, strong praying
for himself.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

There we're about 500 less votes
cast in St. Cloud this year than at
the previous election. The Mel
rose vote increased greatly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

The St. Cloud Times has IN
direct information from London
that France will soon declare war
on England.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Not Altogether Inappropriate.
"How is trader" inquired the aoquaint-
ance who had dropped in.
"Dul]," gloomily replied the undertaken.
II wish I could think Of sHne business to
run in connection with this. - 1
''How would fire insurance dor" asked
the visitor, after some reflection. Chicago
Tribune. -5 -.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

It is a question liable to come up Of
ten in these times whether divorced
man is required to pay alimony to his
former wife when she marries again. II
he is, then mankind will agree that it
is hard on him. In New York state it
has been decided that the alimony
ceases il the wife marries again.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

That is a good bill, with touch of
grim humor in it, the one introduced in
to the house of representatives by Mr..
Cummings calling for an international
conference to take measures in the in
terests of humanity and sanitation for
the protection of animals and steerage
passengers ON ship board. It ought to
mass. -.. a..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

When the Spanish people wish to
make particularly offensive or violent
demonstration either against their OWE
government or against friendly foreign
nation, they make the demonstration
and then blame it on the students Of
Barcelona. It is q good way to escape
responsibility. -.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
Uitlander and Boer.

- UitlandeF and B0eF.
Il seems that the foreigners In the
Transvaal want to be Englishmen and
Beers, too, at the same time. The editor
Of The Review Of Reviews let's some
light upon the field Of their pretensions.
showing that there is indeed nothing
small about them. They wish to "main-
tain unimpsired their British citizen
ship and yet also exercise as much au.
thority in the Beers country as the
Beers themselves. A nation that
would permit this could be NO nation
at all. a
DR.. Shaw says further: "When they
become in good faith citizens Of the
Transvaal, they will possess a locus
standi that will give them perfect
right to urge all the internal reforms
they wish" The pretense that the nit
landers pay nine-tenths of the taxes for
keeping up the Transvaal government is
disposed Of very simply. When the
value of the goldflelds possessed by the
uitlanders is compared with that Of, tho
modest little farms Of the Beers, it will
be seen that at the same percentage of
taxation the gold lands would yield ten
times as much revenue as the agricul-
tural lands. Il
Finally. If the uitlanders want
schools in which the English language
is taught, nothing is easier than for
them to establish and support such
schools. They are rich enough, anybody
knows. "
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
Just tho Thing.

Just tho Thing.
Mr.. Goodheart-So times are dark with
you, are they' -,
MI. Onizuppers- Dark as midnight.
MI. G.-Would q SO bill brighten them
anyP s.o.-s. g.. #.-s
Mr.. O.-Brighten theml A ten would
be regular < ray.-Boston Courier
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

The ''snap" Democratic city
convention for St. Paul adjourned
forever" after electing tempo
rary chairman. That is good
pointer for the Democratic nation
al convention this year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
Helping elum People.

There is something hne and high ana
ennobling in the thought Of helping
alum people To lift them to the plane
Of comfort and cleanliness, to provide
table napkins and bathrooms for them.
to train them to eat with their forks
instead Of their knives, to teach them
good grammar, to train their ears to tho
sweet harmonies of the music Of Wag-
uer, and especially. to have them say
"Vogner" instead Of plain Wagner
what can be more alluringy .a~
Yet there are obstacles in the way Of
realizing this kingdom Of ssthetioism on
Garth, obstacles that the church and COL
lege settlement people little count ON
when they begin the delightful and
philanthropio work Of elevating tho
masses. The worst obstacles is the mass
60 themselves. They do not want to be
elevated. At least many Of them do not.
That lively philanthropist Edward
Atkinson, who has certainly tried to
help the masses with his wonderful Al
ladin oven that cooks half dozen things
at once and keeps the house warm and
gives light to read by besides and costs
20 much that the masses cannot afford
TO buy it. this amiable MI. Edward
Atkinson has spent some time visiting
tho poorer Glasses in the sweatshop dis
tricts. In one boarding house in tho dir
tiest quarter Of Boston he found . man
reclining ON the steps in oomatoss
condition. Anybody not from Boston
would have said he was just plain
drunk. It will also be news to many
people that any quarter Of tho town OF
Boston could be dirty. At any rate.
though, the comatose boarder had drop
ped his savings bank book. An inspeo-
ton Of it allowed that he had $500 de-
posted, plenty to live in clean locality
and be respectable. yet from deliberate
choice he took the dirtiest part Of Bos-
ton for his residence.
Some benevolent people who pitied
the condition OF the poor IN being DO
prived Of. comfort built neat little COT
tages and provided each with a bath.
room. The consequence was that one
family occupying the cottages used the
bathtub to pack the family pork in.
They said that was the way they did In
Canada. Another slum family found the
bathtub the greatest possible oonven-
fence as an ash bin.
Such are some Of the sad results of
trying to elevate slum people. The only
way seems to be to let the old slum-
mers go their unclean and improvident
gait and begin on their children. It
caught young enough, these can be ele-
waited. At the same time the stiffest
possible sanitary laws. rigidly enforced.
may reach their parents somewhat.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Tams Bi1by, chairman Of the
Republican state committee and
private secretary of Gov. Clough,
is sure that his employer will be
nominated for governor. That
being his faith, why not have the
convention at the usual time!
There is no good reason for
postponing it until September.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Holders of Northern Pacific
securities are notified chat two
thirds of the security holders have
accepted the plan of reorganization
recently formed, and that all
others who wish to join in the
plan must file acceptances before
April %. J. P. Morgan, of New
York, and Drexel & Co., of Phila.
delphia, are the American man.
ayers, and the Deutsche bank, of
Berlin, the European manager.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

u The Minneapolis lumber cut will
be considerably reduced this year.
M Measles in the White House
prevented a cabinet meeting on
Tuesday. a.5. :,.s +
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10
Color Photography.

t&s SVAV3 i A4VcV61UPAys
The discovery Of how to successfully
photograph in colors has been reached
in a curious way by DR.. Selle, a Ger
man. He based his experiments on the
tdictum of Helmholtz that there were
three primary colors-red, yellow and
blue. DR.. Selle used peculiar shades of
the primaries, crimson, pale yellow and
blue green. The process is as follows
The operator takes first gelatin film,
colored with aniline the peculiar shade
of crimson he uses. Then, cutting off all
rays but the red, he photographs the
picture in that light. Next he cuts off
all rays but the yellow and photographs
the object upon a yellow film. Finally
the photograph is taken upon the blue
green film under the blue green light.
Then the three films are pasted together,
and the result is the reproduction Of the
object perfect in it's colors. Flowers
have been photographed by this process
with especial success.
By the utilization of this discovery
poor persons will be able to fill their
homes with beautiful pictures. The
photographer will Off need to group
artistically flowers and any other objects
in nature and reproduce them in all
their vivid beauty Of coloring. 1t seems
even possible by this process to photo
graph clouds and the sky in their nat
ural colOrinR.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Elevator and Flaz Seed Burned.
BURLINGTON, Ia, March S0.-The
elevator and about 10000 bushels of
fax seed, property of the National Lin
seed Oil company, burned here last
night Loss $50, 1000.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

The persons who make the most
money ont Of gold mines are usually
those who sell them.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

Read this quotation from Johonnet:
IA careful study of general moral laws
will reveal the fact that hitherto in the
world too much Stress has been laid upon
the duties of children to parents, while
too little attention has been given to the
duties Of parents to children, this for
the reason that books upon duty have
been written by parents and the chill
dren's side Of the question has been ig-
nored -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

The Australian voting law does
mt always keep out dark horses.
C. T. Woodbury. was elected mayor
Of Anoka Tuesday, although his
name was not printed on the
ballots. G. L. Baxter was on the
ticket for mayor at Fergus Falls,
and was elected but a man whose
name was not on the ticket came
within seventy.fve votes Of de-
featlng him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-04-10

On the bonds deposited with it to Sc
cure the national bank circulation the
government pays a net interest Of S.
142, 1877 every year, as Matthew Mar
shall shows in the New York Sun. This
money of course comes out Of the pock-
cts of the people in form Of taxes. The
banks depositing the bonds therefore
make money both of their own circu.
lation and off the bonds they deposit as
security for that circulation. They get
interest for their own bonds lying idle
in the United States treasury.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
Colonial Literary Taste.

The annual report OF the Public
Library OF New South Wales states
that the total huber Of volumes now
in the library is 110,6ll. The re-
ference library was opened for Bob
days, aud the attendance rose from
l3l, 53l in 1894 to 156,388 in 1895. In
the lending branch the number OF
borrowers has risen from 5,986 to
6,150, and the number OF volumes
borrowed from 89,217 to 90,S20.
Some figures given show that fiction
comprises only 11.33 percent OF the
volumes in the lending branch, and
29.2 percent Of the total issues, and
that on an average each volume Of
fiction was borrowed 9.5 times
during the year. These figures are
interesting in view OF the fact that
most of the popular libraries OF
Great Britain and America the
works OF fiction comprise from 40 to
80 percent OF the volumes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
Long-Buried Treasure.

AT Trieste three experienced divers
are just now engaged upon highly
interesting tack. In 1911 terrible
explosion took place in the harbor
there, the causes Of which have
never been explained. Much loss of
life and property was caused, and
the Danae, French frigate, was
sunk. The divers soon ascertained
the position of the hull, but all
efforts to raise it have since been
vain. The vessel contains f120,000
in gold, and the valuable jewels of q
French princes. The French Gov
eminent, moreover, have offered a
high price for any guns which may
recovered. The divers now at work
have succeeded in laying bare part
of the ships skeleton, and they hope
to raise it with crane.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
Largest Tun In The World.

At Fresno, California, on the ST.
George vineyard, has lately been
erected gigantic wine-cask or tun,
beside which the famed great tun of
Heidelberg sinks into insignifcance
1t is the biggest in the world. For
about $50 years the older tun has
been the celebrated far and wide for
its immense size, and nothing on
the globe could compare with it. 1t
was built in part Of the picturesque
castle Of Heidelberg, the finest in all
Germany, itself erected at the end
of the 18th century. The great tun
holds $4,000 German gallons, or
$4,000 English gallons, while the ST..
George tun holds almost twice as
much.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
A Fruitful Vine.

Emma Hare, carrying young
child, and living at Harrow-rd.,
College Park, answered to a sum-
mons at Harlesden for assaulting
young woman, and she summoned
her husband for assault.-Mrs. Hare
asked to be allowed to forgive her
husband. She incidentally men
toned that she was another of 27l"
Mr.. Bird: Twenty-seven?-Mrs.
Hare: Yes; the eldest is 35, 4 lots Of
twins, and this is the youngest in my
arms.-Mr. Bird: Is that child
yourse-Mr. Hare: Yes; that's the
last card in the pack. NaughteD.-
Mr.. Bird: You ought to have had
the Queens Bounty, or something
Summonses dismissed.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
ATTENTION sPoRTsMEN.

A LII SHOOTING OF GAME ON THE
"A lands of Moanalua, Halawa and Aiea
lbeiow the Government road and Mauna-
Ina, Island of Oahu, III. l., is strictly pro.
hibited without the necessary permit,
which can be had upon application TO j.
NJ. Dowset., at his Office on Merchant
Street, Honolulu.
s. NJ. DAMON,
3s1-1w j. / D0WSETT.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-09-22
EREawoN CATTLE STATION.
REV ARD OFFERED.

A DIAMOND STUD HAS BEEN LOST
"A A liberal reward will be paid to the
finder, at the Office of THE INDEPrNpEkT,
corner of King and Konia Streets.
3I2-tf
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
loariiII 2

the peculiar combination, proportion and
process used in preparing Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, and which give it merit peculiar to
itself. This is the secret of its wonderful
power, Of its wonderful sales, of its won
derful hold upon the confidence of the
people. This is why it cures Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Catarrh, Rheumatism, all
Humors, Kidney and Liver troubles, Dys-
pepsia, That Tired Feeling, builds up the
nerves, creates an appetite and strengthens
the whole system. Its merit, its sales, its
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09

The New York Trust Company paid
Rhine $48. 500 in three checks OF 1926, 900,
$1,000 and $l4,500. If it were all for
Rhine why didn't he take it in one
check is now the question. 1t looks
like he was then fixing for a divide. 1t
would seem that it must all come out.
The banks cashing these checks will
know who got the money. II however
Rhine collected them he alone holds
the secret.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
Lou Prices
REHD THIS!

We have made a careful survey of the Clothing, Hat
and Shoe market.
Through all the travelling statesmen with the largest
Wholesale houses, and also through our Special Buyer in
New York city, and we are up to date on prices and quail
lty. And will be able to show you the pretiest and best
line of Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Gents Furnishings
ever shown in Laurens. All we ask is to come and see
Tor yourself-get our prices and see the goods.
Thanking our Friends and Customers of this and
surrounding Counties for their liberal patronage in the
past, and heartily extending them an invitation to make
our store their headquarters when in town we are your
friends,
Davis Il Roper.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
Gentlemen Of the Green BAG.

The following were admitted at Co
Honor. Atticus Hagood Dagnall, VIII
liam Fritz Norton, Bryant Hillary
Henderson, Charles Julius Redding,
William Joseph Thomas, George Ker-
shaw Laney, Walter Taylor Green and
John Thomas Duncan.
Hurry for the wool sack, young gen.
tlemen. The Bench is softer than the
Bar.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
Some PersImmons.

"Persimmon'' won the great Derby
stakes for his owner, His Royal
Highness, the Prince OF Wales, on We'd
nesday last. ALI Britain was inter.
ested. Wait till about the Sd of No
vember when with little pellets OF pa.
per we settle the handling of ten
thousand millions or so-enough to
buy the little British Isle and put it
into our pockets.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
Close "TrImming."

Congressman Elliott has been UNI
seated and the negro, Murray, seated.
South Carolina will o be as sadly
dismembered as the yankee soldier
who lost both arms and both legs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09

A miracle has happened. There is
no applicant from Edgefeld for the
office Of bank inspector-with its salary
Of $4,000 and expenses. - Edgefield
Chronicle.
Laurens Is in her normal condition,
brother, her man gravitating to the
Altar Of Requests as chickens como
home to roost.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
The watch is now upon the Rhine.

Platform of the Columbia State: For
President, Horace Boies, of Iowa; Vice
bama. Platform-The free coinage of
silver; State banks of issue; q ven
tariff; an American foreign policy; OBJ
servance OF the will of the people.
All right except as to men and
money.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09

Charleston has shaken the dew from
her main and is moving. She will
land.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09

at is refreshing in these days of
demagogism to see q politician practice
what he breaches. "-Columbia Regis
ter.
Our c%otemporary applies the doc
trine to Oregon, on the Pacific Coast,
near tho setting sun.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-29

A parliament % which tho discus.
sions arr carried on Ia three different
languages Is probably unique.
The country where this singular fact
occur. il well known TO English tourists
viz, Switzerland. Hut fow, believe.
have ever had an occasion to be- proscnt
nj tho sitting q a Swiss parliament
Tho languages spoken by the mem.
ber arc French. Italian aud German.
Italian, true, IL not Us often employed
as the other two. the members for Tos.
hin, u canton In the south, very often
delivering their speeches In French. As
almost every educated Swiss speaks
French and German, members arr there.
fore able 10 understand each others
speeches, although spoken Ia a different
language to thuir own.
IL also often happens that when q
French speaking member wishes 10
make u stronger imprc.sion on the Ger.
man speaking part II the house be- de.
liyors his speech Ia German. and also
vice versa. --P,arsou's Weekly.