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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-02

a. \ Ell
The date Of passing the tariff
.bill IS now put at July Is.
The worst hailstorm known in
the history Of Kansas visited that
state yesterday.
For the first time in years the
liquor question is not an issue in
the Iowa state campaign.
1t is rumored that President
Mckinley will suggest to congress
plan to buy Cuba from Spain for
$1oO, 900, 900.
A department store at Mankato,
which has been doing business for
several years, has gone into the
hands of q receiver.
The bazaar fire in Paris that
caused the death of so many prom
inent ladies, is said to have been
caused by anarchists.
Dorilus Morrison, wealthy
pioneer resident of Minneapolis,
died at his home in that city Sat.
urday night at the age Of 50 years.
Editor Mcdonald, of the St.
Cloud Times is mad, because the
Republicans are going to let him
serve his term as receiver of the
land Office.
Speaker Reed is working at his
list of committees, and it is stated
that they will be named on the day
that the present session Of con.
gress closes.
The largest naval review ever
witnessed took place near Spithead,
England, on Saturday last, and
was the closing demonstration of
the Queens jubilee.
The senate completed the con.
sideration of the tariff bill Friday,
but it must be gone over again and
a little tax placed on things that
have been overlooked.
D. L. Moody recently said:
"The young man of today has
great temptations. Three great
temptations are the trolley car, the
bicycle and the Sunday papers.
1t was expected by their friends
that a large number of IRISH
political prisoners would be
pardoned during jubilee week, but
the week passed without their
release.
Gen. Weyler has made request
for 10000 more troops, with
which to continue his pacification
Of Cuba. He will commence a
new campaign at the end Of the
rainy season, about Sept. 1.
A committee of senators favor
the plan for the United States to
foreclose its mortgage on the
Union Pacific road. There are
prior liens which the government
will have to take care of to pro.
tect it's interests.
The senate has nearly completed
the tariff bill, having approved
most of the free list on Monday.
The wool, tobacco and few
other schedules are yet to be con.
sidered, and the 'bill should Ger.
tainly reach the conference COM
mittee early next week.
Donne]ly has another suit
against the Pioneer Press, this
time for criticism made on Don.
nelly in the reply to Donnelly's
attack on President Cleveland in
speech during joint session Of
legislature on the day of
McKinley's Inauguration.
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one fare for the round trip from Indiana
points more than one hundred miles dis
tant.
An old soft tooth brush is invaluable in
cleaning a wheel. 1t is particularly useful
for the hubs, sprocket wheel and pedals.
Vaseiine is good for the slight oiling OF the
nickeled parts necessary at a seaside resort
where the air is damp. When the wheel is
taken out for use the oil should be wiped
off. Whiting viii shine the handle bars ard
all the nickeled parts like silver. Benzine
used in moderation is good for the rims.
That bicycling may sometimes furnish an
opportunity for the display of chiYalry and
heroism is aptly illustrated by an affair
out al Dodge City the other day. Miss
Alice Watson and Mr.. William Henry were
wheeling along near the Santa Fe stock
yards, when an Arizona steer rushed out
and poked his horns through Miss Wat
sons bicycle. Mr.. Henry sprang to her
rescue. and, Selling the steer by the horns,
held him until the lady could run TO place
of safety, after which the young man let
go all holts" and ran on his own account.
OF course, from the sartorial point of
view a skirt of three and a Nalf yards in
circumference is very superior to one of
narrower width, inasmuch it takes cOnSid-
erably more material, but to the plea that
the narrower skirt rides up is one that it is
difficult to suppose will take with any GUS
toner who has ever ridden a bicycle.
well-cut skirt will never ride up, what
always looks untidy. 1t catches the wind
and pillows up. ii fiutters against the back
wheel, and hampers the rider with the eX-
ira drapery. Worst of ALL it gives a bal
loon-like appearance, which of all evils is to
be most carefully avoided.
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The supply of Rubber.

Golfers Weekly.
The slump in bicycles, however crafty
ing, is not a surprise. 1t was one of those
things that was bound to come. But prices
won't remain where they are. Already
there is a rumor of trouble ahead. Uuless a
way is discovered by which the rubber in
dustries can be increased, or unle new
sources of supply are discovered, the man
ufacture of tires must cease. There will be
nothing wherewith they can be made. The
supply of rubber, always limited, is dmin-
fishing. Long before the era of bicycling be-
gan that supply did not equal the de-
mand. Latterly the enormous development
which, both here and abroad, the bicycle
trade has assumed has increased con-
sumption to such an extent that q positive
famine is threatened. In the circu- Instances
the parable of the wise virgins suggests
itself. Sensible wheelmen Will l8V In g
stock and the foolish ones will so no " aI'
more exactly, on foot, unless they r.. ~
TO have the means and the inclinat19 :
horses. Historically, the first no.ice D. n ~
rubber was given nearly 800 years 40 ~
g companion of Columbus, who rec0rdva
played a game with balls M &c of tree
gum. AS an article of commerce, however,
ii remained unknown until the beginning
of the present century, when attention was
called to its utility for erasing pencil
marks--hence the name India rubber; India
because of it's discovery in the West Indies.
and rubber because it rubbed out. But this
is a case of rubbing in-one Which Wheel
men will do we'll to observe.
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Detroit's big Race spoiled.

The suspension of Tom Cooper, Fred
Loughead and Mother Webb by the rae
ing board may cause a lot of trouble at
Grand Rapids and in the Michigan division.
The division meet is to be held at Grand
Rapids July % and "a, and the biggest
event on the programme was a three-cor-
uered match race between Cooper, Bald
and Kiser. The suspension of Cooper, on
account Of his deal at Port Huron, will
prevent his taking part in this race. and it
will have to be declared off.
The officers OF the Grand Rapids Athletic
Club, promoters for the division meet, are
very much disappointed and chagrined at
the action of the racing board. Yesterday
ii. W. Foltz, member Of the racing board
for the district embracing Michigan. re-
ceived a telegram from A. y. Richmond.
secretary Of the Athletic Club. saying that
the action of the board would prove the
death knel Of the l.. A. w. in Michigan.
unless the suspension OF Cooper should be
raised for that meet.
This brings up Il subject that has been
considered before, but which has never
been satisfactorily solved. Cooper was en-
tered for the Michigan division meet ana
the promoters advertised the three-cor-
nered match race extensively, making il
the feature If the meet. Ii was upon the
strength OF This race that thousands wef g
exDected TO be drawn TO the meet who
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A Mean Trick.
New York Evening Sun.


In a less tragic If similar way was an
other wager once settled. 1t was between
two cousins. boy and a girl, and it con-
cerned how many more wafhes could the
one eat than the other. This time it was
the girl who had a twin sister. The two
looked just alike and were equally fond of
wafIies When the boy cousin challenged
one Of the twins to a waftieeating contest
she intended that everything should be
open and above board, but in this she had
reckoned without the boyish appetite. The
contest occurred not at meal time, but in
the course Of an idle morning. Honors
were easy for awhile, but at the ninth
waffle the girl began to scent defeat. 1t
was all she could do to attack the tenth,
while the boy devoured his as though he
had just set out. The very sight of the
eleventh was the last straw. Subterfuge
there would have 10 be. With a hasty eX-
cuse the girl rushed from the room.
Quick" she cried TO her twin sister, go
I'm the disling room and beat Cousin Joe at
waffle-eating. He'll never know the diff
ference" The twin grasped the situation
at once Before her fresh appetite one
waffle after another vanished as if by
magic. At her twentieth actually her
ninth his rival asked for another It's
no use" cried the boy, you've beaten me-
/ couldn't hold another morsel to save my
life" Not until years afterward did he
learn that he had been eating waffies that
day against not one girl but two.
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Robt p Porter, in Philadelphia Inquirer.
Science and sanitation have done and are
doing much 10 improve the cohuitlon anu
maintain in health and strength the wage
Garner and his family. Improved drainage,
the condemnation Of buildings unft Tor hu-
man beings to live in, the erection or
model dwellings, public parks, play grounds
and public baths, all make Tor an improve
ment in health and a consequent increase
in length of life. Take the death rate or
London, for example. In l6S5-not a sickly
year-one in every twenty-three Londoners
died a death rate of 43 and "A per l,OO1. In
1874 the death rate was about . per l,OO0.
At the present moment, the London death
rate is 1f.9 per 1000. SO that, in spite OF the
enormous increase OF the population ana
the difficulties which such an increase al
ways places in the way of sanitary admin
istration the mortality of London is less
than One-third OF what II was three CEN
turtles ago. Equally striking are the facts
with regard TO the mortality Of the whole
of England and Wales during the last sixty
years. During the ten years from 1893 to
lg47 the mean annual death rate for Eng
land and Wales was % per 1000 while
for the ten years from 1881 10 1891, II was
1871 per 1000. This implies on an estimated
population Of 600 that 1900 persons
were kept alive in each year of the latter
period who would have died in each year
Of the former Still more important and
convincing is the testimony of Henri
Monod an official Of the ministry of the in
terror for France. Monod was dissatisfied
with the waste of life in France and came
to England to investigate the results OF
English sanitary administration. He found
that II the English death rate prior 10 1881
had been maintained during the ten years
from 1881 to 1890 no fewer than 100000 per-
sons would have been lost who were pre-
served alive. Following this calculation
upon the same lines. 1t appears that In
the fifteen years, between 1880 and 1890, the
saving actually effected amounted 70 nearly
a million and half-1 42l. Il2. These hg~
ures are convincing enough In themselves
to show that science has indeed made splen-
did progress and has demonstrated the
value of sanitation I'm the preservation OF
tatt n ~
ike Altgeld never speak Of tl.ese great inn
provements which have been made nor
give credit for the work done by thousands
Of workers in the field of social science.
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The Kfngfsher.

Bird upon the gaunt dead bough,
Monarch of the moor art thou,
Greedy. gross and chattering-
Sportsman never, though a king.
Poised and motionlees, a flash
Brings thee to the brook; and plash.
Out again, a golden streak,
Luck and laughter in thy beak.
Then away upon the wing
To thy graceless gluttoning,
In thy dark and hollow halls
Tunneled in the sober walls.
Grave Of face and gay of air,
Thou art neither here nor there;
Half a hermit, half a clown,
Be thy crest a coWl or crown.
Yet, racluse upon the pine,
Treasures Of three worlds are ttiney
World Of water, world of air
And of the crags and crotches bare.
While thou sittest cold and dumb,
What conceits Of mind must come
What of sorrow, what of sin,
thou wildwood harlequin?
Dost thou, monk, oh. never long
For fine fellowship and song,
Dost thou laugh, then laugh on, if
Thou but sway the solemn cliff.
Bird upon the gaunt dead bough.
Monarch STILL if monk. art thou,
Greedy, gross and chattering-
Sportsman never, though a king.
River Falls. Wis. Edwin T. Reed.
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would not attend without something of a
special nature to attract them. Large sums
of money were expended. Now by the ac-
ton of the racing board, not on account
OF anything that the Grand Rapids people
have done for which they should be pun
ished. but for an act for which thsy ought
not to be held responsible, the race is de-
clared off
1t is equivalent to OK post facto law, and
ought not TO have any more recognition in
the government of racing matters than the
attempted enforcement of such law would
have in the civil gOVerpmeTN of a State
1t is the rankest kind of Injustice TO the
promoters. 1t means conliscation. The
Grand Rapids people threaten to declare
the division meet of entirely if Cooper is
not allowed O race
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
A Safety Match.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The youth in the tan-colored cycling suit
turned to tbs white-moustached man with
Il deferential gesture.
Pardon me, Mr.. Bards' he said but
will you permit me to ask what kind of
matches you prefer for domestic use?"
''Matches?" echoed the old gentleman
Matches for domestic use? What an eX-
traordinary question! Why, safety match
es. of course"
The young man smiled.
Then Mr. Bards" he said permit me
to inform you that your daughter Millie
and l eloped on wheels this morning and
are now back for the customary parental
blessing"
He blew lightly on his whistle and the
lovely girl darted into the room.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
Responsibility of the wheel.

New York Evening Sun.
1t begins to look as though the man or
woman who is not a cyclist is not alto
sether alive, at least is not in the full tide
of living. He is left: he is a dereict. She is
never wholly left, but if she do not wheel
she cannot now be viewed as in the van of
the procession. Tennis is all very well in its
way, but it is a last years birds nest. The
briny surf is not without its own peculiar
charm but the wheel now leads up to it..
The most cursory inspection of the high
ways recalls the feeling coupletS addressed
to the widow Machree:'
Sure the birds go in pairs,
And the rabbits and hares,
And even the bears
All in couples agree"
And so do the cyclists Signs that never
fail proclaim that the wheel Is to be re-
sponsibe for much What the parsons miss
from the contribution box they may look to
make UP in fees later
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
Outing Racing Team Disbands.

The Outing racing team has disbanded
for the season, and if Sanger, Kimble, Da-
vid, Becker and the others are seen on the
track again it will not be as men paid to
ride the Indianapolis wheel, though most
of them will continue to use the wheel
unless they make contracts with other
firms. During the season the members of
this team and other riders of the Outing
.wheel have started in III races. The rec
ord of winnings is seventy-nine firsts thir
ty-three seconds and twenty-five thirds.
Fourteen were road races, in which were
won nine time prizes. Six were match
races and five of them were won by Out
ing riders. OF the seyenty-nine firsts thir-
ty-three were professional events and for
ty-six amateur. Four track records were
broken out of four attempts, the last being
the lowering of the record at Washington
Park, this city, by Tom David, from 1:W
for half mile to 1:05.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18

The bicycle can't be downed. One Of two
passengers on the Sandy Hook boat that
carried a Fourth of July crowd from New
York laid a wager with the Other that there
were more than 800 bicycles aboard A
deck hand counted 80.
The bicycle album is the latest novelty.
In this dainty little volume the cycler jots
down the number of runs she has made
the routes she has taken, and any little
adventures that may have occurred. The
album is bound in russell calf and the own
er's name is stamped in gilt letters on the
cover.
The railroads have fixed the rate to the
L. A. ". division meet to be held In Terre
Haute Aug. 10 and II at one and a third
fare for the round trip from points within
one hundred miles of TerTe Haute, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18

Chica go Post

chicago Post
He came into the office with business
like air that deceived the clerks, and they
let him walk right into the private room
of the head of the firm.
Il have here" he said "a most valuable
little book. 1t tells of some lovely spots
near Chicago and how best TO get TO them"
It's no use returned the head of the
firm, promptly; L have no bicycle"
Sadly the peddler left He had no desire
to waste his time, and well he knew that
the time had come when the beauties of
nature are only for the man with a wheel.
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NUN
Got at the Root of the Trouble,
and Cured Mrs. Louisa KubIer
OF Severe Dyspepsia After
Other Means Had Failed.

Mrs. Louisa Kubler, No. 1C4 West Yer
mont street, Indianapolis. Ind, says: "a
short time ago I had a very severe attack
OF dyspepsia and had all the terrible eff
fects Of that disease after eating. There
was severe pains in the stomach accom-
panied with nausea. / tried a number of
remedies and also prescription from
local physician, but got no relief whatever
Then l went to Munyon's doctors They
prescribed for me and in two days began
10 feel less pain in the stomach. The full
ness and nausea have left me and my meals
are now a pleasure instead Of a disagree
able task"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
Free Doctors For the People.

Eminent doctors at your service free.
II you have catarrh or any throat or lung
complaint call and receive free trial local
treatment We positively cure catarrh.
personal letters answered, with free med
ical advice for any disease.
Open A. VI. to p. NJ. Sunday, 10 to IL.
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pIen i'm NIitigntiou.

Detroit Free Press.
"All the evidence goes to show that you
We're scorching," declared the court ANY
thing to say for yourself?"
Yes. your Honor: that woman with a
rolin' pin IN her hand ridn' after me as
hard as she could peg, was my wife"
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MUNYON'S IMPROVED
HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES

a separate cure for each disease-are sold
by all druggists, mostly 25 cents a vial
with them every one can become their own
doctor. Thousands of homes have no
other family physician than Munyon's
Remedies. Hundreds Of Indianapolis people
have been cured.
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The "Hut,, Wants Them All.

Here is how the Terre Haute Gazette
voices the sentiment of the Prairie City
cyclists in regard to the proposition that
one or two of the state championship races
be given to the Associated Cycling Clubs
meet, to be held in Indianapolis Aug. IA:
"A life-sized kick is going to be made by
members of the Wabash Cycling Club if
they don't get the championship events for
the division meet which will be held here
in August. The Associated Cycling Club
of Indianapolis want to gobble up a cou-
pie Of the championship events for a meet
which they are to have there soon Here
tofore the city getting the division meet
has secured the six championships, and the
boys want to know if they are not entitled
to everything after working SO hard to
is a member of the State Racing Board,
and he says that Indianapolis will not get
one championship event If he can help
himself and he believes that he CAM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
The National Meet Card.

The programme of the two days racing
at Philadelphia next month during the L.
A. w. national meet, with the prizes
awarded in each event, follows:
Friday, Aug. e.
One mile, championship; amateur: Reg
ulation l.. A. w. medals
Two mile, handicap; amateur: Six prizes,
valued at $35, S25 $50, SIS, $40, S..
One-third mile, scratch; amateur: Four
prizes, valued at S35. $25 $15, $40.
One mile, championship; professional:
Regulation l.. A. w. medals.
One-quarter mile, championship; profess
sional: Regulation l.. A. w. medals.
Two mile, handicap professional: Cash,
first, $3.50; second, $751; third, $50; fourth, $50;
fifth, $40; sixth, SO.
One mile. 2:05 class; professional: Cash,
first, 500; second $50; third, $50; fourth, S20'
Saturday Aug. T.
One mile, handicap; amateur: Six prizes,
valued at $35, SIS, $40 SIS, $40, S..
One mile, open; amateur: -Four prizes,
valued at $50, $25, 49, So
Two mile, championship; amateur: Reg
ulation l.. a. w. medals.
One mile, open; professional: Cash, first,
$3.50; second, SIPS; third, $751; fourth, $50.
One mile, handicap; professional: Cash,
first, $50; second, SIS; third, $50; fourth,
$3.50; fifth, $40; sixth, $40.
Half mile, championship; professional:
Regulation l.. a. w. medals.
Five mile Championship professional:
Regulation L. A. w. medals.
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He'll is the dominant note in the Holy
Rollers belief-a hell of real birthstone
burning with flames which eternally tor
ture but never consume the bodies of the
damned. For this hell is destined every
one who does not accept the faith. Yet it
is possible to check the course in the river
of death even on the brink Of the awful
gulf Toward this river of death run thou
sands of tributaries, the vices and weak
nesses of humanity depicted in the accom-
panying chart, which the Holy Rollers dis
tribute in great numbers.
This strange sect has been operating In
Ontario county for some time. They have
been the wonder of the community, yet not
wholly without good. Stories Of men re-
claimed from drunkenness and vice are
many. Children have been cared for, and
those who have been converted are ac-
knowledged to lead upright lives. OF the
total enrolment in the country, all are re-
cent converts except Eastman and Miss
Chase, who came from the southern part
of the State.
The hold which the Holy Roller faith has
taken on the people of Ontario county is
scarcely conceivable. They come from far
and near to the services, and all fairly wor-
ship Eastman. One enthusiast two weeks
ago brought his cows and pastured them in
a field near the tent. This was SO he would
have no necessity of Withdrawing until
that series Of services was at an end. Many
at the people sleep In their wagons or on