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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03

From ne Washington Pos,.

"The Kentucky brcn Ter OF mules is rather
elntcd nj, present oyer ne pr, es OF This class OF
Grass State. There has been an increase in
tho value OF mules OF more than 20 per cent.
over last year, and there Is consider bio spccn-
lltiOn in them. owing To the active demand.
Mules that sold last year from Sl0 to 900 are
now bringing from $50 10 $40. They are being
shipped 10 Memphis To he used in improving tho
levees of the Missis sippi; to Pennsylvania and
West Virginia for service in the coal mines,
and even as far as the island Of Jamaica for
work on the fruit plantations"
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Mans art. what is It? Ink and stone and Vamish.
And whether he %portrays. describes. erects.
His eye discovers soon the taint and tArnish
In all the imperfection he pe%rfectS.
Still, though It never DO to mortal given.
Perfection is, for he has felt Its spur;
And though he gain It not, still he has striven,
And love Of It has SGT his soul a's,ir.
J. EDMuKD V. COOKE.
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From the 81. Louis GLOBE. Democrat.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-Ding Gle Sui OF Foo Chow.
China, 10 leading his countrymen In a new neld OF en-.
terprise by his inventive genius. Ding Gle Sui has in
vented a machine for spinning cotton. and has lately
nled an application for a patent In the United States
Patent once. lie will shortly ne . second app,ics.
tion for additional improvements on his invention.
Tho machine marks n departure in methods OF cotton
spinning. and Is said to give evidence OF great In.
genuity.
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twenty-five Funerals In One Family.

From the York. Pa. Gazette.
Lewis Weaver. who lives in Mount Pleasant town.
ship. Adams county. has Just buried his second wife.
Mr.. Weaver has had twenty-five funerals in his family
having buried two wives and nineteen children. He
has eight children living. making twenty seven in
all. He 10 . shoemaker, has lived nearly all his life
in Adams county. and is about 10 years old. Tho
wife Just buried was IS years old.
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Cast Lots Tor y Preacher.
Elroa, a. Dhsf.I.Inkfu 49,.

LANCASTER. Sept 2t.-Yesterday lots were cast
among the members OF the congregation at the Brick
Mennonite Church. at Willow street. for . preacher
tosucceed the late Rev. Amos Herr. c. r. Herr. Henry
shenk. Henry Herr. Harry snavely. Jefferson Herr.
Frank N. Herr and Martin Meek were named by the
congregation. Tho lot fell to Frank N. Herr.
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x WORTH BEADING.
rhn Ynn., ~ Rrniufisn.


The yeast Of evolution was dropped into the weller
OF the drifting sea Of chaos long agoi
And then tho cloud shapes gathered and worldttun
noated mistlike,
Tni tho pulp of stars was hardened and the worlds
began to grow.
And the yeast of evolution worked upon the plastic
planets.
And our nro.world dubbed mountains 70 the skyi
Aud our continents emerging shook the see from on
their highlands.
And the r~cd.jawed dragons wailowed whore all life
but theirs would die.
And the yeast Of evolution worked into the blood Of
dragons,
And they persisted and their believing died awsyi
And the slowly meilowing cycles rolled their allow
paced revolutions,
And the primal Man came forward and stood naked
TO the day.
purpose,
And the hniry savage battied. clan with clan.
Till the strong. armed brute grew conscious of sdeeper
life within him.
And the soul of man grew conscious and revealed
itself to man.
Then the yeast of evolution works its great smeii.
grafton.
And the World Tree sheds it, blossoms through the
gloom.
TIL It flowers into Moses, Homer, Plato. Dante.
Shakespeare,
Flowers prophecies Of flowers that are yet to burss
in bloom.
For the yeast Of evolution works. a. hitherto. for
ever;
We are in the morning hours Of our day;
Down the overwhelming vista whose long stretches
end In twilight
We shall come on new PROJECTIONS. meet new music
on the way.
Yea, the yeast OF evolution works, Is hitherto. for
ever;
Far are now the wellowtng dragons In their slime;
Alb. but further. further. further 10 the long. long way
before us.
Ana new visions wait revealment down the thor
oughfarc OF time. SAN WALTER Foss.
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At tho Play In seattle.


ETUHH III NJ NtWS'
Ia Il expected that capes or cloaks. hats. wells. fans.
opera glasses. and, On rainy nights. overshoes. shall
he held In the laps OF their unfortunate owners
Naturally. some one OF thess things would no on the
moor all the time. and 1t is anything but agreeable to
. majority OF people to spend the interval between
acts making clutches under the seats 70 recover lost
articles or even to AJAX your escort to do Il for you.
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WEIGHT OF BRAIN OF WHITE AND OLORED
nInIEEA

The size of the head is given as follows, in
Acreage circumference: white 22l inches:
degrees: white, 20: mulatto, co.; pure black,
6s.s. Tho conclusion is stated that increase OF
that I'VE have, therefore, tho contrast Of the
mulattoshCinE phhysiSa.lyr and possibly ssh mora morally y
tcllcctually he Is the superior
But Mr.. Hoffman does not stop at this point
He goes a., the root %eei OF IL ' he mater matte hoy by dscer,a in
from o.S2 in the black to Q.57 in the mulntto.
as compared with O.4S inches in the white.
Prof. Kelly Miller contests every position
taken by Mr.. Hoffman. either with statistics
or argument. and he often Uses Mr.. Hoffnan,s
Whether the, race is becoming. more subject 10
constitutional diseases. and therefore sublccu
TO E Era III eN 81 "a nH iorS Mnfiasr a.'i - nn Ky
increase, We shall be in letter position to judge
after the taking OF the next census than now.
tirWatiye view o.: Prof; Millers sweeping Dc.
however, in the fact that in thirteen OF the large
cities of the country, with a porL!laton OF 22H.-
the excess OF females oyer males is $3.50, or
100 to 100. II j. a wcll-csiahlish she'd principle
that u ,considcrabl bio excess Of the female over
the male population and a high rate Of inmor;
ality go together. For instance. in the city Of
Washington, there arc $3.50 more Afr2,Anicr-
birth rate has risen from 1850 of total births
In 1879 to 26i6 per cent. IN iS'a.
The pure black may be physically inferior To
the white and the mulatlo 10 the black people.
and The statistics may be stacked against the
former and the latter in favor OF the white, but
those who have gathered the statistics admIt
that they are defective. for the most part. and
that. therefore, ii IS not possible 10 base a posi-:
tive conclusion upon them. The business of
gathering statistics of the whole subject Is OF
too recent date TO secure a trustworthy con-
clusion. The sanitary conditions under which
the mass of Afro. Americans live in all the large
cities cannot be ignored in estimating The In
creased mortality; while from tho moral SIDE
the surprise should be. not that,ihe illegitimaio
birth rate Is so great, but that 1t Is so small. a.
marriage among these people was only insti-
tuted thirty-two years ago;
z. THOMAs FORTUNE
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FT0Nl INC FETTaUuFV UIsVuTUN.
CUMBERLAND. Md Sept. 2s.-A novel sight OF SOUR.
rolls migrating &As witnessed below this city to-day.
A drove which an eyewitness estimated to contain at
least 5000 swan across tho Potomac River. About
800 OF them were killed by men and boys ee they
got into the woods
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Hay wire Around Her Heart.


From the Philadelphia Press.
MouHr HOLLY, Sept. ga few DAYS since q COW
belonging to James Casey OF Fellowship died sud.
denly. An investigation revealed tho fact that q
piece of wire had become coiled around the cows
heart, having worked Its way through the intestines.
She had probably swallowed It from some baled hay.
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Lost isis Mule. on . Hst and became . Hermit.

FTU" Wo FHIIudTTDhIu TubTIo ledger.
WILLIAMSBURG. Sept. 2S.-Charles Swain, q
h"rmit, who was once worth S40,OOO died In his
howell near Trout Run. Sunday. He was aged 81
years. During the Clay Presidential campaign,
when swain was one OF the foremost boatmen
on the Lehigh Canal, he wagered all his boats
lost
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The FuiunE.ThrouGh or TeaIun.

The crossest man in Gl%osterkonk.
without no doubt, Ia DR.. Bronx.
or DR.. Bronx hez got Q Jaw
That's nrner than the morril law.
An DR.. Bronx heI got . frown
That purity nearly knocks ye down
Gcel he 10 sot an stiff an tough
An made OF linkum witty stun.
Wen he comes In q sick room ho
Kicks up etarnal bobbery;
He Jaws because the airs too hot,
An cause he fnds the winders shett
He's Jest es like to scold eZ not
Cause the cold water Is too hot;
An then. mex minute. he will scoid
Cause the hot water Is too cold.
He scares the women from their wits
An gives the nurse conniption nts;
An wen he's there they want to die,
An wen he's gone they set an cry.
But we love DR.. Bronx. we do;
For DR.. Bronx pulled Todlum through
But there are few in Glostcrkonk
who waste much love on DR.. Bronx.
For even gentle Elder Priest
Says he is savage as q beast;
An Abram Murch an Hiram Howe
Say they wouldn' hev him to Q cow:
An that good soul. Amt Hester Pratt.
SEE abe wouldn' hev him to q cat.
wouldn' hev the pesky critter nigh
onless she wished the cat to die.
"ol' vinegar is honeycomb
Compared to him." said Deacon Homo.
"a bears a gentleman" said Jim.
"a gentleman compared to him."
Wall. maybe all these things are true.
But Bronx. he pulled our Todlum through.
Young Todlum he WAS very sick.
An we got smiIin' DR.. Dick;
He toll US twas no use to try;
hopeless case: the child mus die.
"Gtt DR.. Brown" my wife she cried.
He came; the child had almost died.
"No use." said DR.. Brown. "Too late!
No use. good friends, to Tight with fate"
An then my wife she turned to me-.
"Run quick an git OIL Bronx" said she.
An OIL Bronx came. How he did swear
About the closeness OF the air;
Threw of three quilts upon the floor.
An bellered out. Don't shet that door!"
He sent us nyin' here an there.
An everything we did he'd swear.
He kept us in a tremblin' plight,
For everything We did warn't right.
But we hold in-didn' make . sound
An let the Of bear thunder round.
He kept US jumpin' all night long.
An everything we did was wrong.
At daylight Todlum give . groan.
A still. faint. awful kind OF moan!
Hes going! He's going!' my wife she cried.
An fell down sobbin' at his side.
Don't bAwl so. woman; can't yer zee
Yer cub Is goin' to live" ser he.
Todlum looked up. the blessed chiidi
Into his mothers face an smiled.
"Don't make sich thunderin' hullabaloo."
Said Bronx. "Ive pulled the rascal through"
"Don't make such thunderin' hulisbaloo;
Get up! I've pulled yer rascal through"
The sweetest words that ever rung
From any seraph angels tongue
Were not so sweet as these he said
While we were standin' roun' that bee.
Ny wife she threw her arms around
That OIL bears neck with one glad bound,
Her fare was In his whiskers hid.
She Rugged an kissed him-yes. she didi
The sweetest words we ever heard.
Although. I guess It soun's absurd,
were Just them words that OIL Bronx said
While We WIRE standin' roun' that he'd:
"Don't make sich thundehn' hullabaloo.
Get upl i've pulled yer rascal through"
SAN WALTER FossL
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A report issued by the Russian Government
on the production OF platinum in that country
shows that Russia stands first in the world In
the yield Of that metal, the amount reaching
some forty times the product obtained by all the
rest of the world. 1t appears that in the year 1880
the quantity produced WAS reckoned at near
ly 5000 kilos; in 1898 il reached more than
i,4OO, the amount increasing up TO the last year,
when IL diminished on account OF the unfa-
vorably wet weather in summer. Curiouaiy
enough, though this strange metal is found in
the southern Cral. the manncr of its being
worked up Is Unknown in Russia; this Is done
in Germany. to which country tho platinum il
requires OF the worked-up article il has TO buy
back OF Germany, Tie price at present named
Is 800 marks, or about $50 for one Sllo OF crude
still rarcr metal, iridium, are found in mining
for platinum.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Printing Awarded - Bills Al
lowed and Other Matters
Considered.

The, board of county cOmmissiOll'
ers met at 8 O'Clock Wednesday
morning, pursuant to Adjournment
All members present. s5
The following resolutions were
adopted: 5.E 5.5
Resolved, that the hid OF the Tran.
script Publishing company be and 's
hereby accepted, being the lOWes1t
bid for the publishing Of the county
financial statement. for Is cents per
folio for first insertion and IS .enta
for each subsequent insertion; also
to publish all printing that must re
published in the official paper at the
same rates As quoted above. The
bond of 81, 900 accompanying the bid
was approved by tie board. ;
1t was further resolved that the
bid of the Morrison County Democrat.
he and is hereby accepted. being the
lowest bid for the publishing OF the
proceedings of the county board u
commissioners and all other matter
Except the tax list. financial states
ment and matter required by la " t0
be published in the official paper) for
IS cents per folio for first insertion.
and IS cents for each subsequent 1n-
.ertion. Bond of 81, 900 accompany--
ing the bid was approved by the
board. %%8
Further, resolved, that the bid OF
the Little Falls Printing company,
be and the same is hereby accepted.
it being the lowest bid for the pub
fishing Of the delinquent tax list of
1895, az - cents pr descriptions.
Bond OF $1,000 accompanying bHi
was approved by the board.
1t was moved, seconded and car
rieu that the petition Of Luther
Snow and others for the formations
Of IA new school district be granted
IA hearing at the July, 1887, session
uf the board. %Sa
The following named persons were
selected to serve as grand jurors AZ
the March term of the district cOufE:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08
Trade Conditions.

The usual dull season that comes
after the first of the year is now on,
and merchants do not look for any
great increase in business until
spring. The last week has been
fully up to the average for the first
week of January, but the volume OF
business done is not near as large as
during the fall months.
Wheat receipts have been light,
and decline Of two cents has
occurred in the last week.
Butter and eggs are in good
demand and bring good prices.
Other commodities are quoted the
same as during the previous week.
The following is the corrected price
list:
wheat-No. I hard. Tic; No. 1. Northern 7oc
No. 2, 81; No. 8. 66c.
Flour, patent process, s., per @ 5bl' A'eo'
Bakers per bbi $3.50
Ground feed, $3.50 per ton.
Bran-$9
Shorts-Sl0.
Oats IS a 20
Corn-2O @22 per bushel
Dairy butter-12%c q 1Sc.
Eggs-1S q 200
Fat cattle-2A @ 2Hc.
Cows-2c.
Veal dres sed-5 a 6.
Hogs live-S2 a $2.25 per cwt.
Fresh pork "a
Mutton dressed to &c.
Cut meats. to 1910.
Chickens. 6 @ &c.
Lard, SC.
Potatces-2Oc per bushel
Beans-75c per bushel.
Onions-35 q 40 per bushel
Apples-S1.25 "a 800 per Dbl.
Peas-75c per bushel.
Lemons-25c a SOC per dozen.
Oranges-3O a 3oc. per doz.
Granulated sugar-l6 fbs. for 9L
Kerosene. 15c per gallon.
Hay-S5.00
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08
Give 1t a Trial.

On receipt OF ten cents, cash or
stamps. a generous sample Will be
mailed of the most popular Catarrh
and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream
Balm) sufficient to demonstrate It's
great merit. Full size Soc.
ELY BROTHERS..
Sc Warren St.. New York CITY.
MY son was afflicted with catarrh.
! induced him to try Ely's Cream
Balm and tha dtsagreesble catarrhal
smell all left him. He appears as
we'll as any one.-J. G. Olmstead,
ArcOla, III.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08


carried the application OF Sofa P.
Morrill, for correction of assessment
and abatement OF personal property
taxes was recommended to the
state auditor for abatement.
The application of the Pine Tree
Lumber company for correction OF
assessment and abatement of per-
sonal, property taxes in the town Of
Pike Greek, was upon motion recon-
mended TO the state auditor for
alb a atement.
A communication from Hurting &
Son, asking that their morgue be
designated as the county morgue,
was upon motion accepted and
ad opted
Board adjourned sine die.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08
Rail Prairie Items.
Office in Lindbergh Block,

We were wondering if Rail Prairie
\ items, as they have been getting
\ d qnfte noted 1atelyys;; you'd 90 through
: this snow blockade, II they do you
will hear from us again ere long.
Miss Ivy Wilson has closed her
school in District 40 and gone To her
home at Sauk Centre.
Mrs. Stewart, of CrescO, Iowa. ls
visiting her parents, j. G. Barthol-
lomew, and amily this week.
Miss Lottie Mushatt who has been
confined to the house the past few
days with Ia grippe, at this writing
is much improved.
Hans Paulson was at Motley on
business Wednesday,.
The Rail Prairie mail was three
hours late Tuesday on account OF
the blockade.
III. Gray has closed his school in
the Miller district and gone to little
Falls. We are sorry to lose Mr..
Gray from our social circles.
Rail Prairie has progressive
Christian EndeavOr society with a
large membership, meets every
Thursday evening at O'Clock.
Come everybody and make success
of the good cause.
Ole Paulson was at Lincoln on
business Wednesday.
VIM. jones has returned from
:sibley we'll satisfied there is no place
like home.
Chas. Nelson and Martin, Enke
have wood saw at Lincoln run by
1O.horse steam power and are pre-
pared to furnish wood any length
to all comers. Jas. Mcmillan is their
right hand man.
Christ Anderson was at Lincoln
on business Tuesday.
Well, I may come around again
soon JACK FROST.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08
Darling DOings.

Student Martinson, OF st. Peter.
held, services here Christmas, and
also on New Years day. y '1sfs
There is talk of bnilding Il Swedish
Lutheran church in this neighbor.
hood the coming spring.
"A number of new settlers have TO-
Gated here this winter.
What we need is depot, post
office and store.
Farmers have been busy hauling
wood. The roads were excellent
until the thaw the last of December.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Motion made and carried that the
petitions of Lorenzo Barnhart, Philip
Desmarias, M. N. Young, Gustaf
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

Mrs. Leases home in Wichita,
Kan, was sold at sheriff's sale
Wednesday and was bought by the
for $3.50.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

wsen Batv was ssck, we gave her Castosf9
When she wa< a Child, she cried for CastoriA
Vhen she became Mis-, she clung to Castoria.
Vheo she had Children. shs gGve them CaseeeiD
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-01-08

HOnmAn, >. GtSSlhk ana Joseph bAl
lick be laid over to July meeting.
Melton made ana carried that tn,
petition of Win. e. Bailey to pun
chase certain lands in town AZ, rang
% for delinquent taxes be laid owe
till March meeting,
| On motion made and carried
the petition OF p. II. Newman fol
the abatement OF taxes was recom
mended to the state auditor f"l
| abatement.
Upon motion made and earn nd the
application OF +. Craven for aiate
ment of taxes on swh OF nwA. section
-, township 40, rauEr3l wnsrejectcd
Moved and carried that theDetitiol
of Anton Tremhrell to h. set off from
school district No. 7S to distric No,
IA, be rejected,
The following bills were allowed:
F Il Stuart, constable FEES. I d
II F BOhan, work on court
mousse ...............:........". l02 W
a A Morrill,, cons table fees.
allowed in part................>. 3 II
L Signor, copying orders...... 23 40
Emma Schable, witness fees. -
Mrs BOckhUrni, - t" l2
The annual report Of Reef Of
Deeds Henry Goulet for the year 1896,
showing fers, collections and emolu-
nrnts aggrega ting $2.47l.1O, was
presented to the board and approved
The annual report of 'Jailor Crest
for the year 1876. for boarding county
prisoners, showing the total amount
received for that work to ne $5l9 04.
was presented to the board and
approved.
The annual report of Clerk of Court
l.. Signor for the year 1896. Showing
fees received as clerk Of court in the
sum Of $l,795.1O, was presented Il"
the board and approved.
The annual report OF Sheriff II. A.
Rider for the year 1896. showing
money received during that period
in the sum m SS2,172.S3, and expridi-
lures for railroad fare. hotel bills,
etc, In the sum of $l,3S4 81. lea wing
Il balance Of 81, 1888. As. was presented
and approved.
A motion was made and carried
that the chairman appoint n pnr-
chasing gscomln,Ittta. Tor the, ensuing
Term. Tha ciairman appointed
com missioner Geo. LaF0nd as such
committee.
The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved that l.. w. Aver he and Is
hereby appointed supervisor OF as
sessnents for thecOunty Of Morrison
for the year 1897 and he 1t further
Resolved that said supervisor Of
assessments is hereby directed to
examine and estimate the value OF
the lands in town AZ, range %.
The application OF the First Ma
tional bank for correction OF ASSESS
ment and aba tement OF taxes was
upon motion recommended to the
state auditor for abatement.
The application of the German
American National oenk for cOrrec-
ton of assessment and abatement OF
taxes was upon motion recon-
mended to the state auditor for
abatement.
Trho f.,ll<, ~ n n t,}I1o x,oro N11nxUn6.