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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11
THE SAND BLAST.

Something About the Working Of Thil
Wonderful Process.
General Benjamin G. Tilghman of Phil
adelphia invented the eand blast process.
It is used for cutting, boring, pulverizing
and engraving stone, glass, wood and 9th.
er hard or solid substances.
The we'll known abrading power OF
sand when driven by air or water against
hard substances suggested the sand blast to
General Tilghman and led him to make
his first experiment.. He fitted up very
simple air blast, producing but few
ounces of pressure, and by means Of a con-
centric jet of glass this air was made to
drive the sand against the object to be cut.
He found that holes could be bored through
common window glass in few seconds.
Further .experimenting he discovered that
he had only to improve the apparatus to
get increased efficiency.
The sand blast performs both heavy and
light work. For heavy work high pres
sure and great velocity are necessary. The
heavy sand blast is used chiefly for orna-
menting and dressing stone after 1t has
been quarried. For light work the pres
sure is light and the velocity low.
Letters may be cut in marble by means
Of the sand blast in the following manner:
The stone or marble is first covered with
thin sheet Of wax, and the letters are cut
in the wax, leaving the marble exposed.
Next the marble is passed under the blast,
and the sand cuts the letters deep into the
stone without injuring the wax in the
least. In like manner any ornamental de-
sign may be cut into the stone.
Glass, too, may be ornamented by means
Of the sand blast If piece Of glass be
covered with fine lace and placed under
the blast, not thread Of the lace will be
injured, but the pattern will be beautiful
~ cut into the glass.
The sand does not affect soft, yielding
substances, but quickly cuts away iron,
steel, stone, glass or any other resisting
substance. The workmen can hold their
hands under the blast and receive no in
jury by simply wrapping their finger nails
in little pieces Of soft cloth.-Philadelphia
Times.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11
The Spur.

IA Mamma" asked Sammy Snaggs,
''what is meant by the spur Of the mo-
ment?' - - sa ,.-'
'.sThe spur Of the moment Is affixed
to the heel Of time, replied Mrs. Snaggs
sagely, "and prompts to immediate per-
formance. Now, 60 to the grocery after
that bread told you to fetch half an
hour ago. = Pittsburg Chronicle Tele-
graph II
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11
The Jewel snake.

There IL belief current In all parts Of
India that . certain snake called shesh
nag, when 1t attains the age Of 1000
years, has precious jewel formed in it,
head. This Jewel, it Is affirmed, has the
quality Of sucking up the poison Of the
deadliest snake II applied to the wounded
part SEs
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11

Valeriano Weyler would be the better
Of several very large doses Of the sooth-
ing drug for which he is named
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11

King George Of Greece has had car
diao spasms. Almost anybody would
have them under the circumstances.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11

A change of three votes from the neg
alive to the affirmative in the case of
the Anglo-Amerioan arbitration treaty
would have passed it, making the neo-
essary two-thirds majority required to
establish treaty. 1t is not easy from
their speeches to define exactly the OBJ
jections senators had to ratifying the
treaty. The most tangible one is that
brought by Senator Mills of Texas. He
supposed case in which Great Britain
wanted to buy Cuba, for instance.
Now, said Senator Mills, it would be
directly opposed to our Monroe doctrine
to permit her to do go, yet by the terms
Of this arbitration treaty the United
States would be obliged to submit the
matter to arbitration with Great Brit
ain. The real reason for rejecting the
treaty, however. is found in the belief
Of a majority Of the senators that it
would ourtail their own present almost
exclusive powers in the matter Of treaty
making. The treaty Of arbitration, In
their Judgment, would have taken out
Of their hands and given into the hands
Of arbitrators various matters which
now come under their jurisdiction.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11

Cuba is properly named the battle
,carred island.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
struck a New Lead.

The professional beggar is nothing if not
ingenious IN concocting an up-to-date story
that is likely to touch the sympathy, and
the pocket of anyone incautious enough to
listen The latest of these narratives was
sprung in the cate of hotel in Chestnut
street one evening recently. a man who
was shabby, but neat, walked up TO a group
of gentlemen, and said: Gentlemen. was
on my way to the klondike with $500 in my
pocket, and 1t was stolen from me- In
stead of having prospect to gain fortune,
L now have no prospect of getting supper
or place to sleep unless you assist me-
l am going to work all winter and save
enough to take me to the gold fields In the
spring l viii not forget you if you assist
me now, as l propose TO keep a record of
the names and addresses OF all who aid me
in my great misfortune" He took out
soiled notebook and pencil, as if he fully
expected to put down the names of all
present One of the men handed a dime
to him, and told him to run away and get
drink, and to reflect that nose paint" costs
80 cents a glass In Alaska.-Philadelphi
Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
ccHooL AND CHURCH.

The senate of Cambridge university
recently rejected by lib TO CO.. votes,
the grace to confer the title of B. ~ on
properly qualified women students.
Rev. DR.. ". III. Hickman. pastor a:
Terre Haute. Ind. has been elected
vice chancellor of De PAW university,
and has been assigned the special task
of securing funds for the current ex-
Penses and the endowment of the in
stftution.
MIR. Martin, the new manager CT
passenger traffic Oh the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad. has declared to his men
that the Sundays belong to them and
their families. and he is arranging the
schedules of the road so that they will
not have to work on that day.
The highest honor which has ever
been conferred on an American artist
abroad was recently won by Henry D.
Tanner, a colored artist of Phila-
delphia. The French government
bought for the Luxembourg gallery the
picture he exhibited in this years salon,
The Raising of lazarus
Rev. DIR. Charles II. Parkhurst has
announced to his congregation that he
will in the future withdraw from all
public work, and devote himself most
This means that he will no longer be at
the head of the City Vigilance league
and of the Society for the Prevention of
Crime, in both which capacities he has
demonstrated himself to be a master
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
wanted Her Moneys worth.

1t happened on west-bound Suffer street
car. The car was crowded. Some of the
passengers were strangers. At the corner of
Franklin street the conductor gave the sig
nal to stop. He called out Fourteen hun
bred" Nobody moved. He shouted again,
more Justify; no response. He repeated the
call, louder each time. A. last he walked
up to a lady in the farthest corner of the
car and politely told her that it was the
fourteen hundred block. The passengers
looked at him a moment somewhat per-
picked
But l want to get off at fourteen hun
dred and four she snapped at him, saw
agely.
The other passengers began to smile, and
the lady left the car in Il fit of silent indig
nation.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07

to condemn me. Aunt Mag betrayed
me, and I shot her down in the chapel.
Uncle John, I killed him with a knife
Fannie and Clara know il now. Let's
go! Let's go! III be pirate now,
and then 1 may forget"
''Silence, mani" said the captain II
did not expect willing prisoner. but
have one, it seems
why, he's crazy as a March hare,
captain"
Either crazy, or playing off, Cobb
IT was sure he was crazy, I would
leave him behind, for to be insane is
punishment enough. There's some
thing amiss. Officers after him; can
they have found out that he killed John
Lloyd? Well. We'll take him along. and
see what his condition is afterwards
lend to your oars, men, and away for
the island. This is our last trip up the
Cape Fear"
The sturdy seamen bent to the oars,
and with the captain at the helm the
boat glided rapidly down the river.
But one there was aboard who was des-
tined to never reach the island, for they
were yet three miles away, and crossing
the inless when Herbert, who had been
OASldftiy AhutlCIiHS anu tanning ~
himself, suddenly startled Black Beard
by exclaiming:
Look therel On the wateri Walking
this way. My uncle! He's comingi
comingi See the sheath knife in his
breast! and bloodi blood everywhere!
Mag! Mag! you betrayed me! Help.
help" and before anyone could drop
their oars to prevent, Herbert leaped
from the boat and sank beneath the
waters of the inlet.
Black Beard turned the boat hack,
and they caught one glimpse of a white,
upturned face, but ere they could reach
it it disappeared forever, and the boat
of the pirate crew sped on.
''He has paid his debts" said Black
Beard, land no man can do more
But to return to Orion. When Carr
and Briggs reached the chapel with
Bullion they found the Kendall car
riage still in front OF the door, and a
number of negroes standing around the
chapcl's front.
They entered the door. Nearly every
one had departed, but well in front, be-
side a pew, stood Hugh Gordon and
Tom Hill.
The officers, with Bullion between
them, advanced to them.
In the pew lay a stiffening form, and
nance of the murdered quadroon.
Faithful SOUL" said Gordon, ''but
for her delaying the marriage we had
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07

John, dear, wish you'd lend me your
knife" she said
Yes, love-
"And just ask Sarah TO bring down nv
big apron out the bedroom, and a dust
er, and some parafin, and the wash leath-
And the wash leather. Anything elses''
Yes; Thomas must clear out the yard
and sweep it up bit. And / shall want
some copper wire and the screw hammer
and that bottle OF stuff for renovating
leather and an old brush
is that all? Ire you going to repair all
the furnitureS"
Don't be silly. I must have some stick
ing, plaster and a few bits of rag and a
pail of water
Nothing elses 1t sounds like surgical
operation or a second edition of house
cleaning"
Il wish you wouldn't interrupt when I'm
trying to think of things. Let me see;
there's nothing else-oh, yes, L must have
a pair of scissors and my garden gloves
and some securing paper''
Good heavens! What has happeneds /
hope it's nothing seriouss"
Bless the man, no. I'm only going to
overhaul my bike '-Pick-Me-Up.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
CHAPTER NXVI.
WITH \ CRY OF TRIUMPH BOW LEGGs
FELL FORWARD INTO THE VERY MOUTH
OF THE MAGAZINE

WITH \ CRY OF TRIUMPH BOW LEGGS
FELL FORWARD INTO THE VERY MOUTH
OF THE MAGAZINE
On the night of the 18th, as Black
Beard and his men were seated around
the festive board. he remarked:
This, men. is our last night on the
Carolina coast Tomorrow we will
make division of the spoils, stow all
aboard the schooner and sail for some
point agreed on, where we will scuttIc
and sink the craft and scatter. Each
man Will have wealth enough to live like
a prince. hope Bullion may return in
time
What about the magazine? asked
Gibbs.
We'll carry 4 goodly quantity of the
powder and ball. We must have a good
nights sleep, as this is the last one we
spend on the island"
At midnight all was silent in the
cabin, and then it was that the revenue
boat. Mervine, landed 40 men, among
whom were Carr and Briggs.
Bullion led the way with the two Off
GERS on either side. When they got
around to the estuary and down the
ledge where the schooner lay. there was
not man of the 10, from Capt. Brooks.
of the Mervine. down to the cook, bur
that expected to return 70 Wilmington
with untold wealth.
Every man was armed to the teeth,
and when Bullion gave three sharp
blasts from his whistle at the entrance
of the cavern, every man was right be-
hind him.
The door swung back, and all rushed
forward. but noiselessly- They passed
the second door and stood in dimly
lighted cavern. There was shoulder
ing fire burning at the upper end of the
cave. and they could see many forms OF
men lying about in different attitudes,
but they had little time to observe. for
suddenly Cobb, who had admitted them,
cried: Awake. Black Beardi Awakei"
As he cried out, he fred his weapon.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
= Cruel Husband,

on ask for a divorce on the ground of
cruelty, do You, madam" asked the Judge.
Yes, your honor, replied the fair PLAIN
DO you mean to say that your husband
has used bodily violence toward you:''
oh, no, sir He never struck me, but
Here the applicants voice broke as she
thought OF the indignity, and she sobbed
bitterly.
But what, madam" asked the Judge.
klndly- Tell me what your husband did -
Why, Judge, once he spoke real cross to
dear Fido'
And the tender-hearted woman burst into
fresh torrent of tears.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
The MAJORS BIG sToRx.
idea OF His Wife Giving Him Five
Dollars Took the Rrixe

There were five of six of them sit rsg about
the stove IN the drug store, and they had
been telling pretty tail stories. The drug
gist was a man OF some husor and iDveT-
ton and he coneocted a mixture OF great
potency and fine favor, composed of So.
frumenti, saceharum alba, cortex Unions,
carophyilus aromaticus and aqua pura q.
s. This mixture he proposed to administer
and the party at once began to stretch their
inventive powers to the fullest extent 4
toilet soap drummer was appointed Judge,
and the prize mixture, steaming hot, sat IN an
eight ounce graduated measure upon the
edge of the stove
The colonel told war story of the Nun
chausen variety, the squire related a hunt
ing adventure that evinced decided genius
for evading the truth, and the postmaster
made strong bid for the prize with snake
story big enough to make the sea serpent
Jealous The others followed inturn, and the
last man, the MAJOR; entered the eompetl-
ton. The major had in his mind a remark
able narrative about a dog that he owned
that did some wonderful things, and he be-
gan his story in this way
Last Wednesday morning Il got up
little later than usual and gent down to
breakfast. Most of you have seen that
brown setter OF mine He's good deal
smarter than most men. Well, that dog
was in the dining-room when went in
As L came to the door, my wife, who was
awaiting me, said:
John, when i went to wake you up
this morning, / found this five-dollar bill
on the floor. You must have dropped It
from your pocket when you undressed last
night. Then she handed me the biA- Now,
that dog of mine was"
Wait a bit," said the toilet soap drum
mer, you needn't go any furt her with your
story. The prize is yours. I'm a married
man myself, and that lie you'v We Just told is
one you'll never improve on i hereby rem
der a decision IN your favor
As there was not single nan in the crowd
not voice was raised in protest against
the judges verdict.-Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
is A DEATH TRAP.
A Novel Plan of Protection to the Cit5
OF Halifax.


1t is probably no: generally known
outside of the English officers in COM
mand of the station that Georges is-
land, in Halifax harbor. is a huge pit
filled with water, and that if an at
tacking party succeeded in passing the
forts at the entrance to the harbor and
landed they would be precipitated into
the water and drowned. The surfacs
of the ground is sodden and plante>5
with shrubbery. and is apparently
solid, but the only really solid part OF
it is a narrow board walk on which
the sentries pace to and fro. In case
an invading party took the island for
the purpose of commanding the city OF
Halifax they would break through anG
fall into the pit about Is feet below
the surface. The excavation-was made
about 60 years ago, and the secret was
kept for not less than 30 years
It was not until 1867 that the dis
covery was made by two men in boat,
driven ashore in a gale One of them
attempted to make his way to the
dwelling occupied by the garrison and
suddenly disappeared His compa mon
happened to get a footing on the board
walk. Discovered by the sentry, he was
summarily elected from the island, be-
ing placed aboard his boat and being
sent adrift in the storm. He succeeded
in reaching Halifax. The man who
broke through was drowned. The
story got spread about. but was not
believed, and as no civilians are per-
mitted to land at Georges island the
peculiar system of protection is to-day
practically a secret--N. Y. Mail and
Express.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07

been too late to prevent it. Let us
place her in the carriage, that she may
be carried to Kendall
The next morning the officers conveyed
Bullion to Wilmington, where he was
informed that only by leading the way
to the rendezvous of Black Beard could
he save his life, and in that event he
was promised pardon for past offenses
and IA goodly share of the plumber cap
tured.
Life is dear to all men; it was dear to
Bullion. Besides. he argued: IF I lead
them there, Black Beard and the crew
will vanquish them, and I will strike
hard blows to pay them back for max
ing me turn traitor
To save his life he yielded, and prom
ised to lead them to the pirates strong
hold.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
Reflections of a Bachelor.

Some folks are so humble that when they
get to Heaven they will go way around and
knock at the back door
When man gets excited in an argument
he always says it does make him mad to
hear people talk so foolish
Nothing makes girl so mad as for a man
to pretend not to notice when she has fixed
her hair up the way he likes it.
When a man goes out to shoot bear and
ends up by picking huckleberries, he is very
apt to tell it the other way round.
A man will go to the devil for a woman,
and woman will go to the devil for a man
if she can't get one from somebody else.
When a man has to work hard to get
along his wife always says it's because he's
SO good natured he lets people impose on
Hmm. Y. Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
AFTER INDIAN WIVES.
Whites Who Wish to Become Squav
Men and Secure Valuable Lands.

Whites Who Wish to Become Sauavx
Men and Secure Valuable Lands.
According to the recent ruling of the
interior department August Is was the
last date-on which it was possible to
qualify as a Cherokee citizen in the
Cherokee Strip" and as a consequence
great number of scheming white men
were hunting Indian girls for wives, to
take advantage Of the laws and become
a squaw man before that date
Each Indian girl is entitled to 16O
acres of landin the Indian territory and
a share in the large sum of money held
in trust by the government for the
Cherokees. Thousands of white men
have already acquired valuable lands
by marrying into the tribes, and all the
eligible Indian maidens were being
courted with as much ardor as titled
foreigners display in their efforts to
win the hearts and fortunes of Ameri-
can heiresses.
Notwithstanding the mercenary mo-
tives of their suitors, the Indian girls
readily accept marriage proposals from
white men, observation having taught
them that most squaw men treat their
wives with more consideration than
boom in the matrimonial market be-
came greater as the day approached
when citizenship rights might no longer
be acquired by marriage. and all the
ministers on the reservation and even
over the Arkansas border had their
hands full. Many of the Cherokee girls.
despite their dark skins, possess con-
siderable beauty and much intelligence
and some of them are graduates of the
best Indian schools.
The results of intermarriage with
whites are being watched with interest
by students of the Indian question, and
the belief is gaining ground in the west
that the allotment of Indian lands in
severalty and the gradual assimila ton
of the Indians by the dominant racewiTl
in few years relieve the government of
the problem that would otherwise never
be satisfactorily solved.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
CHAPTER XVII.
cit IS NOT ANGUS BRUCE, THE PILOT,
WHO SPEAKS TO YOU NOW"

1T IS NOT ANGUS BRUCE, THE PILOT,
WHO SPEAKS TO YOU now
The shock of the revelations of The
night of October 10 was severe one to
Fannie and Clara HILL
Fannie had been completely pros
trated ever since, and the wedding trip
had been abandoned. Clara had borne
up much better, for with her there was
sense of thankfulness that the cere-
mony had not been performed which
would have made her the wife of
Lathrop; and far greater one, that An
gus Bruce was neither Black Beard nor
the murderer of John Lloyd.
AS to Lathrop; there was an uncer-
tainty as to y hat had become of him.
Carr and Briggs had stated that
Hendricks, before he left Bullion at
the hoodgate, had said that if Black
Beard got that fellow. Lathrop, he would
leave the coast" Thus they thought
that for some reason he was after him,
but what that reason could be they
could not conceive, as it was now known
TO Il certainty that Angus was not the
dreaded Black Beard.
Bullion, be it remembered, was not
aware that Lathrop had fallen into the
hands of his captain, and consequently,
without any certain information, the
search for him was kept up for a
month At the end of which time, all
came to the conclusion that he had
either committed suicide, in some I'M
known locality, or that he had en-
countered the pirates when he fed
from the chapel, and had been carried
away by them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
Fine Was RENTED.

Judge Campbell had just heard the evil
dence against a young Mission hoodium
charged with disturbing the peace.
4 think you're guilty, young man." de-
clared the judge Funds in the treasury are
running low, so l guess I'll have to get. in
something toward my salary, as I'm getting
hard up. I'll fine you five dollars
Iou've got more money than / have"
pleaded the prisoner
But l haven't. Show up what you've
got" and the judge emptied his pockets,
which contained just 50 cents in change, on
the desk
The prisoner turned all of his pockets in
side out and produced 25 cents
You are worse off than / ann said the
Judge. Fine RENTED You may go.'-San
Francisco Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
Almost Inside Out.

The stomach that is not turned thus by
shaking up on the ''briny wave" must be a
well fortified one The gastric apparatus can
he rendered proof against seasickness with
that stonachic so popular among travellers by
sea and land -Hostetter's Stomach Bitters-
1t defends the system against malaria and
rheumatism, and subdues liver complaint,
constipation and dyspepsia
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
VERY Dangerous.

A man pointed an unloaded gun at a
friend and pulled the trigger
"See," he said, gleefully. Il have ex-
ploded superstition; there is no dan
ger in an unloaded gun"
And straightway the friend struck him
on the head with all his might.
1T seems to be a dangerous weapon
for fool to play with after ALL was
the consolation he offered, as the man
bound I'D his wound.AChicag 90 Record
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
fro BE Continued
Proof.

.Jinkles is in love, remarked a young
man.
How do you know?''
I've seen him out bicycle riding four
times with the same girl
THAT doesn't prove that he is in love
with her"
no. But they were on q tandem,
and she weighs at least $50 pounds
Washington Star.