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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
A PLAUSIBLE RASCAL.
Hungry Joe Numbered Many Famous Mon
Among His Victims.

Francis j. Alvany believes that whit Is
worth doing ut ull is worth doing we'll.
That is why he excels in his vocation,
which Is the gentle art Of extending tho
glad hand to the stranger within his gates.
His proficiency In this pleasing profession
has won for him the tito Of Hungry Joe,
the king Of bunio men.
The bunko king has for tho pnst eight
years been leading II retired life at tho
Maryland pcnitcntinry, where he was in
curccrntcd for swintlling Il Bultimorcnn
out of $1,000. Having paid tho penalty of
tho law for this indiscrction, Hungry Joe
walked out &C tho doors Of the pcnitcntiary
tho other day IL free man and proclaimed
himself now man. Flo has turned hon
est" and says he is going to become n
bookmaker and follow tho races. He is be-
lieved to have ample capital for this enter
prise as it is s,id that he has hidden away
nearly 100000.
Alvnny was born in Baltimore 40 years
ago. He was from IL respectable family
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
The Russian Code of Honor.

Two young Russian officers attached to
the Orsk infantry regiment recently quar-
relied over their cups in a cafe chantant at
Orenburg, and one of them struck the 9TH
er across the cheek with his open hand
The subalterns were intimate comrades,
and the aggressor made an ample and sat-
isfactory apology when he came to his
senses. This was cordially accepted by his
friend, but the regimental court of honor
decreed that the officers should fight, and
duel was arranged with pistols at 90
PAGES. The young lieutenant who had re-
ceived the affront and forgiven his friend
was hit in the thigh and crippled and con-
sequently Is untitled for further service.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
Talo Told by a Cat.

Supper party last night great sue
cess. Miss Tabby, who sat on the edge
of a chimney pot, fell down the chin
ney into the nursery fire CRATE, but she
tells me this morning that she slept in
the baby's cot all night and is none the
worse for her adventure. We had con-
cert after supper, and Mr.. Tortoiseshell
sang beautiful song about "the three
little kittens who lost their mittens, ;"
and we all joined in the chorus. I no.
ticed that a man in the opposite house
threw three slippers and a jug of water
out of his window. wonder what he
did it for? Some Of the kittens worried
the slippers into bits afterward in that
playful manner the dear little things
have. We finished up with a severe
fight with half dozen unlimited cats
who wanted to partake Of the remains
# the feast. Our side Won. ..~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
MRS. A. AS SHE APPEARED SEPT, %.


Stead says: eff my belief in tho double
were to be accepted by scientists and
jurists, tho whole fabric Of our criminal
jurisprudence would be ovcrthrown. When
the double is proved to exist, tho alibi will
no longer be y valid defense in the courts
Of law. And as the alibi is ut present our
chief and often our only means of defense
against slandcrous and criminal accusa-
ton, do not feel anxious to convince tho
skcptic Of the existence of phenomenon
that would render us all liable to be nc
cuscd, without possibility of IL fcnse, of
| committing any and every crime condemn
ed by tho decaloguc.
Il have seen md established by irrcfu-
table proof tho identity of two doubles.
One of these Is moro remarkable than any
on record. 1t is tho cusc of Mrs A. Her
home is in Bayswatcr. 1 had invited her
to come to tho Congregational church of
which am Il regular attendant. Ono Sun
day morning she came dressed in blue
cloak and close fitting small bonnet. She
is of very striking appearance, and tho Pc
culiarity of her attire attracted consider
able attention. She came early. Two of
the dcacons spoke to her. The minister
noticed her, and both In tho choir and
many inquiries Us to who she was.
Shortly after TINT Sunday Mrs. A. fell
i'll. I SOW her on Oct. at her house. She
wus IN wretchcd condition. She told me,
however. that Oh the previous Sunday
night she had been seized with IN uncon-
trollable desire to attend service at our
church. l urged her not to ovcrtnx her
strength with such Il task, ind she PROM
Used me that she would not.
On Sunday night, Oct. 10, during the
singing Of the first hymn, saw Il figure
IN black glide very rapidly down the aisle
and take the same scat near tho choir
which Mrs. A. had occupied on Sept 20. I
recognized her rs she turned. 1t was Mrs.
A. She was dressed throughout in tho
deepest black and wore large black hat,
which had seen her wear In London. She
seemed so haggard and i'll that was SURF
she would faint before tho service was over.
She did not stand up during the sing
ing, but sat alone in the pew, close to the
side aisle. The pew opener gave her book,
which she took with an absent mir and
laid on tho ledge before her. During the
service tried to catch her eye. but got no
sign Of recognition. She sat throughout tho
service more like dead person than q live
ono.
When the last verse Of the final hymn
was being sung, she suddenly laid down
the hymn book, moved down the aisle with
swift steps and disappeared from view.
tried to catch her eye, for had full view
OF her face and recognized every feature,
but she gave no sign Of recognition.
Believing that Mrs. A. must be seriously
i'll and might faint between the church
and the station, hastencd after service to
the railway. made a careful search, but
could not find her. When returned home.
members Of my family spoke OF her having
been in church and Of how miserably she
was looking.
On Monday morning received q letter,
dated Sunday evening ut 0 o'clock, telling
me that two hours before she had been
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
A Dead Man on Trial.

1t is probably rare anywhere that court
sits in Judgment on the dcad In the city
of Schwaidnitz, Silesia, Elorian Meisel,
bureau chief in the tax office, had been SEN
fenced to 10 months in Jail for embczzling
funds and forging documents He died q
maniac soon after he was sentenced. His
widow had the case reopcncd and proved,
by competent expert testimony, that the
deceased had been demcnted at the time
he committed his forgeries. The court
thereupon reversed the first sentence and
the deceased mot guilty"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
MRS. AS DOUBLE AS SEEN OCT. 10.

MRS. AS DOUBLE AS SEEN OCT. ID.
taken violently i'll and really thought she
was going to die; that the physician who
was summoned had administered mar
cotic and RELOCATED her to bed, where she
had since remained
was startled. and others had plainly
seen her at the church. Upon rereading
the letter the thought flashed upon me that
the only supposition that could reconcile
what had seen and what she had written
was that the figure in black had been her
double. But. then, to prove it.
went to Bayswater. The housekceper
told me upon my arrival that Mrs. A. had
been i'll and had not left the house on Sun
day hight. Mrs. A., whom l saw imme-
diately afterwart1, told mo the same story.
She said she had not thoroughly wakened
Unit! 0. when she had written me the let
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
Salvation by Spirits.

Among a list Of new trademarks pub
lished in The Wine Trade Review is rep
rescntation of the Paris Arc de Triomphe,
with the following particulars attached:
"Fermented Liquors and Spirits.
liam Booth, trading as the Salvation
Army, merchant, 90, Clerkenwell road, E.
c.; The essential particular of the trade
mark is the device, and the applicant dis
claims any right to the exclusive use of the
added matter 19O,615."
And 90 this Is the way of salvationl
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
Thomas JeFe-son's Delightful Boyhood
and College Days-Two Kinds OF
Tourths-A Cats Tale.

Thomas Jefferson was born c., tie "a
Of April, 1913, Oh his fathcr's planta-
ton in Albemarle county, Va. Virginia
was almost wilderness then. The JEFF
Persons ncighbors were few and far
between. Young TON WAS put Ga q
horse when his legs were still very
short, and he soon learned to ride like
acavalryman and swim his horse across
a stream without dincEing Was ever
boy more delightfully."- situated for the
equal development of mind and body?
Without going off his fathers land he
could shoot deer, wild turkeys and all
sorts of game. He often met friendly
Indians as he rode through the forest,
and they taught him their craft IN
hunting.
Jefferson grew up frank, kind and
full of fun, and he and his violin were
sought after far and near in the scat
tered society Of the Virginia wilderness.
At II he was long legged, freckle
faced, sandy haired, sturdy lad, who
was about equally devoted to music,
books and hunting He excelled in all
kinds of manly games.
Dut t1l0 I1luo 14uu L1OW COWo "ACA AA0
had to break away from this delightful
home life, and, with his mothers bless
ing, start out in the world to make q
man of himself and fulfill his great
destiny. He mounted his favorito horse
and trotted off to college ct Williams
burg, full five days long ride from his
home.
He did not forget his fiddle, you may
be sure and he stopped Oh his way sew
and made himself agreeable. On this
trip he made the acquaintance of Pat
rick Henry, who was then known as an
awkward, ugly, country fellow, but
whose fiddling dancing and readiness
to make fool Of himself to amuse 9TH
ers made him tho life of every gather
ing he was in.
Fifteen hours day Of hard study was
what this intellectual giant Of a boy al
lowed himself as mental food. All the
exercise he had was QUO quick canter on
horseback every evening at dusk before
his candles were lighted. AS soon as he
could see the hands Ct the clock III the
morning he was up and at work again.
His beloved fiddle was much neglected,
though he took time from his sleep to
"snatch kiss' from it occasionally.
There was no danger that he should for
get how to handle the bow, as the music
was hidden in his soul and bound to
come out. i
After two years Of college life he
graduated with the highest honors and
began to study law. Some time in the
future you can follov him carefully
through the great career he was SO we'll
fitted for by this bcyhood described in
Golden Days.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
THE PSYCHIC DOUBLE.
w. 7. Stead Firmly Believes In
Its Existence.
GIVES REASONS FOR HIS BELIEF.

The Famous Editor Describes Case of
Dual Personality That Came V ithin His
the Alibi.
William T. Stead, the famous London
editor and reformer, believes thc,, arc such
things as doublcs-not doubles in the or
dinarily accepted sense of one person re-
sembling another, but spiritual doubles,
with bodily forms so material to all SEEM
ing, that the eye Of tho beholdcr cannot
distinguish the double from tho main self
of the original.
In a recent newspaper article explaining
his reasons for belief in the double Mr.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
DUO DE MORNY.

quartz crystals and signed paper to that
effect. The Polish prince and a dozen 9th
ers were fooled in the same way. Even the
stones stolen ~ by the valet and sold at
half price were of the same character.
These two daring impostors, it Is said,
took 81, 600, 900 out of Paris in two months,
and so skillful was the work that had they
been arrested the law could not hold them.
ALFRED r. CALHOUN.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
HoniCides In Italy.

EVERY two hours homicide is commit
ted somewhere in Italy," is the startling
way in which Baron Garofalo puts the fact
that there are 1900 homicides a year in
that country, 10 times as many as in
France and IS times as many as in'Den-
VnarE
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
Tho Devil Doesn't Use Salt,

Reginald Scott (154O-99), the greatest
opponent of witchcraft of his time, cites an
affirmation of Bodin that as salt Is a sign
Of eternity and used by divine command in
all sacrifices so I'VE devil loueth no salt
il L-y .gs . .e. t-.s.-=a
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
Smart Little Yankee Sailors.

Alfred Grover Latin is 10 years old,
and his brother, franklin Landseer,
only 6, but they are as much at home
on ship as any old deep water sailor
man. They can shin up to the crosstops,
box the compass, confound the cook and
spin yarns that would put even an an
cient mariner to the blush, says the New
York World.
They are the sons Of Captain Latin
of the Yankee clipper Landseer. Their
mother has followed the sea for II
years, and ships cabin is about tho
only home the youngsters have ever
known. Alfred Grover took ship when
he was only weeks old, and Franklin
was born on the Landseer when she was
sailing through the China sea.
The boys have sister, Gladys, who
was taken to sea when she was 8
months old and remained aboard ship
until after her tenth birthday. She is
now at school in England.
Alfred Grover, who is stocky, black
eyed little chap, is every inch sailor.
He has crossed the equator 20 times,
sailed around the world four times,
made several voyages to China anG IN
dia and once crossed the continent from
San Francisco to New York. Long ago
he learned the name and use of every
rope, spar and sail. His father says that
the boy just owns the ship.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-07-24
Two Kinds Of Fourths.

Two Kinds OF FourthS.
In the village school was each lad and lass,
The trim little teacher alone looked cool
She was teaching the fraction class,
While the boy in disgrace
In the lowest place
Sleepily rubbed his round red face.
"What IL half?" Then bright little lass
Answered the question as pat as could be,
But the inattentive foot of the class
Never q single word heard he.
His thoughts were astray
That warm spring day,
But where they were wandering, who could
say3
"What is third" With learned air
A lad made answer both true and wise.
Then the trim little teacher laid snare
To catch the boy with the dreamy eyes.
To his lot fell
The question: "Teu
"What is fourtha You should know it we'll. -
"Why, rockets, cannons and noise" he cried,
"To show we are glad our country's free!"
The trim little teacher looked Mortified.
"Now. what in the world do you mean?''
asked she.
Then he blushed rose red,
And he hung his head
~ was thinking Of Fourth Of july" he said.
-Standard Doaionor
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-12-24
Gold Medal Contest.

A declamatory contest will be
given a. Bcrryviile, Ark on Jan.
Is, 1897, under the auspices of the
Alpha Society of Berryville.
One gold medal as first honors
will be given to the best declaimer
and one as second honors for the
second best.
This contest is given for tho
young men only, and any young
man nnder the age OF Is, who has
attended school in Carroll county
within the years of 1895 90 may
enter.
ANY one wishing to enter must
send their name To the secretary OF
the Alphia Society by the lst OF
Dec. b896.
The societies IF Carrollton, Green
Forest, BerryvIlIe, and Eureka
Springs arc asked in particular 20
send one Or two to enter this CON
lest.
Address el' your mail to the
secretary of the Alpha Society.
MAMIE KIRTLEY.
Secretary.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-12-24
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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-12-24
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

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acres in cultivation good house barn and out
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and springs. Situated oil two leading county
roads. One mile from school house, church and
post Office. l other words three good homes
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The Green Forest tribune., 1896-12-24
A Household Treasure

D. w. Fuller, Of Canajoharie, N. Y.
says that be always keeps DIR. Kings
New Discovery in the house and his
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would not
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doubtedly the best Cough remedy; that
that he has used it III his family for
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that is claimed for it Why not try a
remedy so long tried and tested.
The Green Forest tribune., 1896-12-24
:. DIR. KINGS -.
ROYAL GERMETUER.
rheussaa. Of Certificates attest tho fact.

Me. L. r. Collier. Kosciusko. Miss. sayss I" Ny
bowels would act from ten to twenty times day. Of
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aod my kidneys were very badly out Of order. was
treated by the best physicians and they satd could
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The San Francisco call., 1896-03-26
DEATH OF A SAN JOSEAN,
Jasper Babcock's Eventful Ca
reer Draws to a Peace
full Close.
Made and Lost Two Fortunes in the
Early Days-Active in Cali.
foTnia Politics.

SAN JOSE, CAL, March 25.-Jasper
Babcock, well known in sporting circles, a
pioneer of the Pacific Coast, and one of
the most energetic and enterprlsing OF the
early residents of California and Nevada,
passed away in this city to-day at the
age of "a years. He was native of
Ashfork, Conn. While he was young
his parents removed to New York.
There, up to 1882 he was heavily en-
gagged as a contractor in the construc-
ton of railroads and canals. In this
capacity he built fifteen n1les of the New
York Central Railroad. After his removal
to San francisco IN 1852 he continued the
same work there, and successfully carried
out many OF the extensive grading con-
tracts in that city in early days.
Through the illegal issue OF large
amount of city script by Henry Meiggs,
who fed, Babcock lost over 100000 and
became bankrupt. He finally paid every
cent of his debts, however. Afterward he
was successful in mining in Nevada, but
lost all finally in tum BILE in stocks.
Babcock was also active at one time IN
politics in this State and Nevada. In 1859
he was elected as a Douglass Democrat to
the Legislature of California. He was then
a strong Union man and fnally went into
the Republican party. In 1876 he was
elected to the Legislature from Storey
County, Nevada, and became Secretary of
State of Nevada, in 1878, for term Of four
years. In 1889 Mr.. Babcock moved to San
Jose, and has since resided here.
One daughter, Eleanor Barry, the ac-
complished actress, survives him.