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Little Falls weekly transcript., 1897-04-16
TIE FILE DID IT.
1ts High Notes Inspired the Bird and
as.@13rOu.ht Back Its Voice.

Its High Notes Inspired the Bird and
4aa.svEsrou=ht Back Its Voice.
ThSa&ite of certain Cleveland man is
a'lover Of birds. She knows great deal
about the domesticated sort, their diseases
and their capabilities, and she lavishes
tender attention on several choice fcath-
cred examples. II
Some time ago one of these birds, a pet
canary, suddenly stopped singing. He was
young bird with remarkably sweet
voice, and some singular distemper seemed
to have seized upon him. After various
attempts at voice restoring his mistress
declared from the depths of her bird love
that nothing would bring back his voice
save similar sound.
But one day, while the silent bird was
swinging in his cage upon the side porch,
the next door neig ghbor, who was enjoying
q half holiday, got out his carpenter tools
and started in to make some repairs to
one of his fences. When he reached the
handsaw, it's condition didn't suit him,
and he found file and proceeded to sharp
en- the dull teeth.
AS the first excruciating squeak of the
file fell upon the birds ears he started up
in exoitement. At the second he opened
bis bill. At the third he poured forth
wild flood of melody that was simply mar
velous. His voice had come back, and the
horrible file on the blood curdling saw had
brought it.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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SWEETS.

Galactose Is that kind Of sugar which
exists In milk.
Butter scotch" and "barber pole' can
always be sold.
The word "carsmel' is Of Greek origin
and signifies simply black honey.
Iaevulose Is that sugar most liberally
found ip honey and various fruits.
The sugar cane is variety of grass
whose saccharine properties have been de.
veloped by cultivation.
Inosite is q peculiar form Of sugar which
is found In the muscular substance of the
heart and one or two other organs
According to Mullhall, the world pro.
duced in 1910, $4,000 tons Of beet sugar.
In 1889 the production was 2, 7s0, 900 tons.
1t Is said by statistical authorities that
in the brewing and mailing business in
this country nearly 100, 600 tons Of sugar
are annually employed.
The sugar cane of China is said by bot.
anists to be an entirely distinct species
from that Of India, and this fact is sup.
posed to Indicate that the development of
sugar cane was carried on Independently
by two different nations ut the same time.
In 1867 the consumption of sugar in the
United States was "a. pounds per head OF
population. In 1894 the consumption had
Increased to 66.4 pounds. The fall in the
price OF sugar, caused by improved process
es of manufacture, and the enormous in
crease in the amount of beet sugar are no
doubt responsible for this increase
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DAIRY AND COW.

The Arabs use cancels milk as n sul,sti
tute for that of tho COW.
Devons were first imported into thi
| country in 1917 for Cation g. Patterson O.
Baltimore.
Butter made from camel's milk is said
to be Of an exceedingly rancid flavor, nc
matter how fresh.
Dioscorides mentions butter as made in
his time from sleeps milk. 1t was used
melted instead of oil for salads.
Competent authorities estimate that
Franco has about 100000 COWS, which
are almost exclusively pasture fed.
Bad milk is bad because it contains an
undue proportion of casein, while the al.
lowancc Of sugar and butter is dispropor.
tionately small.
koumiss, the stimulating and intoxicat.
ing rink invented by the Tartars. is made
from fcrmented milk, that Of the mare
being generally preferred.
The Roman writer's on agriculture al
ludc to butter only in the most incidental
even in the third and fourth centuries it
was used solely rs IN ointment.
Plutarch mentions visit paid by q
Spartan lady to Bernice, the wife of Dcro-
tarus, tetrarch OF Galatia. This lady
smollcd SO strongly of sweet ointment and
Bcrnice Of butter that thoy could not en-
dure each others presence
In 1850 the total amount of cheese man
ufactured in this country was 1O5, 535, 983
pounds; In 1890 the total manufacture
was 256, 761 1893 pounds, of which IL, 1885,,
81S pounds were made on farms and 238, .
O35, ,OG5 pounds were manufactured in fac
tories.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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WOMEN'S WAYS.

A man may kiss and make up, but a girl
usually "makes up" before she kisses
Pittsburg News.
When woman finally becomes a good
cook, it does her husband no good. She
goes off on cooking lecturing tour
Atchison Globe
An Ohio girl who was balked in her at.
tempt to commit suicide got married in.
stead, showing unquenchable resolve to
make some one miserable. e.-Chicago News.
They have some queer girls in Dakota.
A young man asked one If she loved him.
She replied in the negative. Thereupon
he burned her house But she still insist
ed that she did not love him.-Kansas City
Journal.
Representative Walleck's idea that wom-
en- can t be notaries is simply preposterous.
Any ono who knows anything ut all about
tho scx knows that it Is the easiest thing
in the world for woman to make o man
swear.-Chicago Post
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GENERAL DODGE.

Then he went west, where railroads
were building. As early as 1858 he con-
ceived the jtlea Of building railroad to
the P:cifc and made reconnaissance in
that year, crossing the Missouri on II
raft and sleeping in an Indian tepee on
what is now the site of Omaha. It was
rot until he had seen the civil war
brought to an end and had helped settle
the Indian troubles in the northwest
that ht had /; chance to begin his chosen
wo:l:. In 1866 he resigned his commits
sion and as chief engineer and construct
or b1ilt tie Pacific railroad. Later on
he took ,hargc Of the construction Of the
Texas and Pacific railroad.
These two achievements have given
General Dodge 1; civic standing of such
stability that he could almost afford to
have lis brilliant military career for.
hotten. He is born leader of men and
no one will dirrute his place at the head
Of that vast body which on April 81 will
sweep up New York's magnificent Riv-
erside drive to the great white tomb
where rcstt,:o :shcc q of the nation s hero.
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MissOuri's New Laws.

The Missouri legislature has adjourned
sine die. Among its cnactmonts are an
antitrust law, with an exemption of agri-
cultural products in the hands of the pro-
ducer; a law to punish political intimida-
ton by corporations or individuals; re-
quiring foreign insurance companies to
transact their business through licensed
local agents, and taxing their net pre-
miums per cent; to encourage the estab-
lish1nent of public libraries; to permit
pool solling; making reduction OF 25 per
cent in stockyard charges; to prevent rail
roads from extending their lines by acquir-
ing other lines; allowing aliens to acquire
title to real estate under FORECLOSURES; pro-
hibiting the employment of children un-
der IA years of ago where there is danger
Gus machinery or noxious gases, and one
substituting party ballots for the general
blanket ballot.
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AN UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIAL

From the DCnlOcTuL, AttOHtQ, 1cIOSs
"Being constantly asked by many of my
friends if Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People were doing me any good, l offer this
unsolicited testimonial and answer. Never
| having seen well day since had typhoid
fever last summer, l could retain scarcely
any food, my limbs and joints ached and
panied all the time. 1t was misery to me to
rise up in bed and my mind was clouded, in
fact was physical wreck and felt that my
life was drawing to q close, and I must con.
fess it was without regret on my part as my
sufferings were almost unbearable.
"Since I commenced to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, at the solicitation Of my wife,
have taken four boxes, and feel like new
man. My appetite is good and l now retain
what eat, my limbs and joints are free Of
pain and have gained ten pounds in weight.
NV life feels renewed and while not yet en-.
tirely we'll, feel so much better that un-
hesitatingly assert that l believe Pink Pills
for Pale People .goot. medicine fol: what
medicno 3 are %ll eaVe life undeF al ereum' s
stances or in all cases, yet do honestly be.
licve that they have prolonged mine, or at
least, where oil was dark and gloomy and
full Of suffering it has been changed for the
better;
no: know of my taking it. Neither am
paid fer this statement, but give it freely in
answer to friends and the editor of this
paper"
{Signed.) JOHN BAuGREss. Atlanta, Texas.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
9th day of March, 1896.
r. NJ. BLAYDEs, Notary Public.
Regarding the above testimonial Of John
Bargrcss, beg to say that no. man stands
higher for honesty and veracity in all this
~ ~ ~ VIII. WRIGHT.
Editor and proprietor of the Democrat
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are prepared by the DR.. Williams Med
icine Co., OF Schenectady, N. Y, firm
whose ability and reliability are unques-
toned. Pink Pills are not looked upon as
patent medicine, but as prescription,
having been used as such for years in general
curing various Affections made it imperative
that they be prepared in quantities to meet
the demand of the public, and place them in
reach of all. The; are an untailing specific
for such diseases as locomotor .ataxia, partial
paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu.
after ft effects Of Ia grippe, palpitation Of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, and the
tired feeling resulting from nervous prostra-
ton, all diseases resulting from vitiated hui
erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as suppress
sions, Irregularities, and all forms Of weak:
ness. They build up the blood and restore
the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks.
In men they effect q radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork, or ex.
cesses of whatever nature.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the ele.
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists or may be
Company, Schenectady, n. Y, for so cents
box, or six boxes for $3.50.
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An Unprecedented
Gain in Weight
A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty-three
Pounds by Using a Nerve Food.
one OF THE MOST REMARKABLE g..
=. ~~: $50. RESULTS ON RECORD.
Eto,n the Gassets, Yonks@s, N. r.

NJ don't look much like a living skeleton
now, do y And yet two years ago weighed
Just seventy-two pounds" said Mrs. j. w
Coffey, of IS Warburton Avenue, Yonkers
N. Y, to reporter. And we agreed will
her, for she certainly looked anything but
living skeleton, but rather bore the appear
ance of q plump and attractive lady in ex
cellent health and spirits. Continuing SIT
said:
Il had lost my appetite and was wastin,
away in flesh, losing some fifty pounds in .
few months. Doctors said was threatened
with consumption. Il was under what wa
regarded as frst-class medical treatment
but it had apparently little or no effect, fol
I kept getting worse, until was SO weak
that I could not attend to my household
duties and could hardly walk. My husband
and everybody who saw me thought surely
that would die, and there seemed no help
for me.
"Tonics and stimulants and medicines oil
seemed useless, and grew worse and worse
until at last resolved to seek some new
remedy - one entirely out of the usual line
seemed to take away what little relish
might perhaps otherwise have had for food
A friend told me Of some wonderful cures
effected by DR.. Williams Pink Pills fol
Pale People and bought box. The effect
from their use was noticeable from the first
and soon appeared almost miraculous, for it
seemed pretty nearly like the raising of one
from the dead
IL soon commenced to eat something I
had scarcely done before for weeks, and soon
logan to gain in flesh and strength. | went
one day to the DOCTORS Office and he was cur
had to confess that L had been taking the
pills, and he was broad-minded enough to
advise me to continue what was evidently
doing mo SO much good. I took, in all, six
boxes, and increased in weight from 70 to
125 pounds, which is my regular and normal
weight"
"Well, yes. My work is that of q trained
nurse, which means. as you probably know,
irregular hours and at times great exhaus-
ton. During the two years since my re:
covery have had many engagements, and
through them all have continued in good
health take Rlea%s1re in beafrpRs af Ing. ssat tss
medical discovery. I know Of other cures
effected by it. A friend Of mine suffered
greatly at her monthly periods. One box
relieved and three boxes cured her. But l
know of no case equal to mine, for my situ-
alton was critical, desperate and almost
hopeless"
Mrs. Coffey has lived in Yonkers for six
teen years, and for twelve years has followed
the business of attending the sick, excepting
only the period of her illness. She has
hundreds of acquaintance and friends who
know her to be capable and trustworthy.
Many Of them know how very ill she was
rills have large sale in Yonkers and West
chester County, which will be greatly in
creased as their merits become better known,
for they seem to be one Of the medical mar
vels of the age
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GENERAL DvDGe.
A Friend Of Grant Will Marshal the Great
E$fr. A. Grant Parade.

A Friend Of Grant Will MsEshel the Great
rE a@ Grant Parade
Nothing could be more fitting or up.
propria.e than that the man selected AZ
grand marshal of the great parade in
connection with the dedication Of the
Grant mausoleum in New York should
be General Glenvilie NJ. Dodge. In war
and in peace General Dodge was Grants
trusted friend. During the Vicksburg
campaign, when the protection of the
exposed flank CT Grants army was Of
tie utmost importance, it was Major
General Dodge whom he put on guard.
Many ti,a>s General Grant spoke Of his
valor and truc' wort Illness, and when he
retired to private life and settled down
in New York city General Dodge be-
came one Of bis mcst intimate friends.
After the death Of the great soldier and
statesman Gcneral Dodge became one of
the most active of all these who sought
to honor the memory of the departed
hero. He was made vice president OF the
Grant Monument association and presi .
dent of tie Grant Birthday association.
General Dodge was born in Danvers,
Mass, about 66 years ago. BY his own
efforts he was graduated as civil engi-
neer from Norwich university, Vermont.
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FIESTA De YUMA.
Fitting Climax ta Five Days of Rovelry
In an ArizOna Town.

Fitting Climax t. Five Days of Rovelry
In an Arizons Town.
YUMA, A. T., April IL. La Grande
Fiesta de Yuma wound up with W!ld
West sports and Spanish bull fights
which constituted a crowning feature
of the five days revelry. The feature
of the first show which drew crowds
was the Spanish bull fight, headed by
the renowned bull fighter Captain Car
los Garcia from Juarez, Mexico. Cap.
tain Garcia and his troupe Of tereadors
and picadors, including La Carlota. q
female bull fighter, displayed wonder
ful skill in fighting the fierce animals,
but magnificent black bull, Porfirio
Diaz, proved himself almost invincible.
and before he was dispatched in the
third fight in which he was used, he
caught Captain Garcia upon his long
slender horns and ripped open the
mans jaw. Captain Garcia's wounds
may prove fatal.
After goring and badly mutilatine
Garcia. the bull, stung to frenzy by
the torments of the toreadors and pic.
adors, charged full at the bull pen and.
though it was strongly built, after sew.
eral desperate attempts he smashed
into kindling wood a panel Of the pen
and charged into the grounds sur.
rounding the amphitheatre, which
were filled with people Many were
injured. The roulette table, stacked
with gold and silver coins, was tossed
high in the air, and the money scat
tered in the dust. Straight through
the crowd the enraged animal sped,
out into the main street of Yuma, but
fortunately no more people were in the
way After long chase and hard
work, the bull was returned.
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An active skin and liver are the best
safeguards against obesity.
A simple remedy for hoarseness and tic
king in the throat is gargle of the white
of an egg beaten to froth In half a glass
of warm sweetened water.
To cure sleeplessness, noted doctor
saws, let the feet be put in water as hot as
possible before retiring. Hot water is also
advised by physicians to be taken inter:
nally. It quiets excited nerves and is good
for indigestion, these two being causes OF
much insomnia.
To prevent bruise from becoming dis:
oolored apply Immediately water as hot
as can be borne comfortably, changing the
cloth as soon as it loses its heat. If hot
water is not to he had at once, moisten
some dry starch with cold water and cover
the bruised part with 1t.
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An Error in Longitude.

WASHINGTON, April 10. The unal-
)otted lands of the eastern end of the
Southern Ute Indian reservation in
Southwest Colorado probably will be
opened to settlement this summer by
presidential proclamation. Though the
allotments have been completed, the
question of opening has been deferred
for a long time, owing to what seems
to be- conceded grave error in fixing
the 1O7th meridian Of longitude. The
meridian probably will be established
late in Nav.
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BINGER HERMANN.

for he once served as receiver of public
moneys ut the land office in Roseburg,
Or, and is thoroughly familiar with
the land laws and their effects on west
ern interests. As land commissioner he
has charge of the survey, management
and sale Of the public domain and the
issuing OF titles therefor, whether de-
rived from combinations of grants made
by former governments by sales, dona-
tions or grants for schools, railroads,
military bounties or public improve
ments He draws a salary Of ID, 900 per
year and is aided by an assistant COM
missioner and chief clerk, besides q
large number of accountants.
Mr.. Hermann was born in Lonacon-
ing, Nd, in 1843 and was educated in
the rural schools of western Maryland
and at Independent academy, now Irving
college, near Baltimore. When still a
young man, he removed to Oregon, where
he taught country schools and studied
law. In 1866 he was admitted to prac-
.tioe before the supreme court Of Oregon.
Since then, though he has been almost
constantly active in politics and has
held many Offices, he has continued to
practice his profession.
At the age Of % he was elected a
member Of the lower branch of the Ore
gon state legislature, and two years
later he was elected state senator. He
was deputy collector of United States
internal revenue for southern Oregon,
and in 1871 President Grant appointed
him receiver Of public moneys at the
Roseburg land Office. In 1882 he was
elected congressman from one Of Ore
gon's two districts and represented his
state in the house for five successive
FERNS. He was member OF the house
when President Mckinley was repre-.
sentative and served with him on COM
mittees .@S5g2
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CROWN JEWELS.

The queen of Denmark is fine musi-
clan and likes to play ducts with her
daughters.
Tho only living person who has written
opera librettos in four languages Is the
queen of Roumania. She has produced
ibrettos in French, German, Swedish and
Roun,anian.
The Princess Louise loves to collect old
silver, and when she Is In London she
spends much time in visiting the shops.
One Of her favorite pastimes is salmon
fishing, and she Is very skillful at this
sport.
The ex empress of Russia is fond of
cooking salmon, and when the czar was
out on his fishing expedition ut his favorite
resort-the Langilla salmon fishery In
Finland-she used to accompany him and
assist in cooking the fish in the spacious
villa built especially for the purpose.
When the sultan wants to see play, he
sends out for company and attends the
representation in his dining room. Be-
fore the performance he hands the man.
ager some original jokes of his own to be
added to the dialogue, SO the troop Is at
least sure of one appreciative listener
Skating 10 Order.
It looks as if the twentieth century
people would be able to have skating in
August at any place they wish. Science
has made it possible for shrewd business
speculators to manufacture ice at pleas
ure by machinery and to produce skat-
ing rinks where nature would be too
churlish to do SO. It will thus be prac-
ticable to have ice carnivals at New Or
leans, Mobile or Charleston as brilliant
and exciting as those over which rain
bow electric lights play at Montreal or
St. Paul.
q The miracle is wrought by means Of
the refrigerating machinery which has
made it possible to ship fresh fruits
from California to the Atlantic coast
and fresh meats and butter from Aus
tralia to Great Britain.
One of the most popular amusements
in New York city the past winter has
been skating upon rink thus artificial
ly constructed. High society took kindly
to the idea and several millionaires,
Cornelius Vanderbilt among them, were
the financial hackers of the scheme.
Ladies who were social leaders patron
lied the refrigerator made rink and be-
came most skilled and graceful skaters,
much to the advantage of their health.
Best of all, the enterprise has paid $780,
900 the present season. The icefield is
more level and perfect than those nature
makes outdoors and dressing rooms and
refreshment rooms, likewise music by
the band, are an accompaniment.
With this kind of rink the season can
be prolonged indefinitely and in New
York it is expected to last till May /.
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A Poet to the Administration.
Ivoted for you, major;
Kept the middle of the road,
And want to 90 to Athens
Just to finish up III ode.
An ode on "Greece,"
Ere the war shall cease,
And I'm certain when they read 1t. hsy'N 60
hollerin for peace!
] voted for you, major
I II ain very sure Of thisO
And T want to write poem
On the famed Acropolis.
/ Some lines on "Greece,"
T. Ere the war shall cease,
And I'm certain, when they read 'em, they'll
: 60 hollerin for peace.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Water Ruins Tracks,

GREAT FALLS, Mon, April 13.-Great
Northern tracks east of this city are in
bad shape, with the bridges shaky.
The high water has caused the damage.
The general sentiment among cyclers
Is growing against the hoodlum who
scorches. He is as much a public enemy
as a mad Texas steer let loose in city
streets, and he should be stopped as
summarily.
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Trial Of HAndsome Elk.

SIOUX FALLS, April la.-In the
United States court Handsome Elk,
the Brule Sioux, was arralgned for
murder. He is one of the most notori.
Gus of the bad Indians and shot DO
liceman while resisting arrest.
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The RetOrt Spicy.

The New York Press says that "Jnmcs
Barnes, a we'll known sportsman of Bing-
halnton, recently caught a three pound
bass, inside of which was perch, and in
side the perch was minnow which had
been used for bait, thus making three fish
at one bite" This was not "three fish ut
one bite," but three fish at one lie, and
that vernal fabrication Is much older than
The Preas.-Chicago Times-Herald.
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Killed In . Glove Contest.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April ia
youth named Harrison was killed in a
glove contest with boy named Tobin
at Hampton. Harrison's neck was
broken from blow from Tobin in the
first round and death was instantan.
eOus.
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At Least Six Lives Loat.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 12.-The
latest developments in the Knoxville
fire are that at least Elk persons lost
their lives in the Hotel Knox. A large
force of men has been at work all day
excavating the ruins but the work is
not more than one-third over. The
hotel register has not as yet been
fnnnd
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EIGHT Coats and o Sofa.

Surveyor Welsh Of the port of Kansas
City ought to be happy and contented
man. Both he and his wife trace their
ancestry back to the nobility of the old
world, and Mr.. Welsh is entitled to wear
Ave coats of arms and Mrs. Welsh has in
herited three Moreover, they arc the
proud possessors of sofa 1875 years old.