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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Gold reserve, $146, 900. 1923.

Gold reserve, $146,9 $50. 1923.
The Alabama Legislature has adjourn
ID.
President Crespo favors the VENUE
ian treaty.
Corinth, Miss, will have telephone
exchange.
Snow is still bothering the prize
fighters in Nevada.
Carlists are again becoming trouble
some in Spain.
The municipal scandal at Louisville
is growing worse.
Miners at Belle-Ellen mines, in Ala
bama, have struck.
Fort MCPHERSON, Ga, is revealing in
an army scandal.
A war is on between the two big bis
cult companies of Chicago,
Hal. Nelson has been appointed post
master at Carrolton, Miss.
Sam Grant, the Georgia murderer,
may escape the gsllows.
Coal and coke duties will be increas-
ed under the new tariff bill
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, was
reelected, after a loug fight.
The Kansas senate has gone on record
against the arbitration treaty.
The Earl of Aberdeen, governor
general of Canada, is in Nashville
Last year was the most renumreative
in the history of the Suez Canal.
The Colorado House of Representa-
tiYes has passed an anti-high hat bill.
Late advices seem to assure no gener-
al war over the situation in Crete,
Presdent-elect Mckinley is suffering
from slight attack of grippe.
The wife of Congressman John Alle1
is dangerously ill in Washington.
Squire Roberts, of Morgan county
holds the Jarvis law to be unconstitu
tional.
An alleged collateral kinsman O
Butcher is plaintiff in damage suit a
Texarkana.
Live stock men talk in emphati
terms in favor of an exhibit at the Cen
tennial.
President Cleveland has reduce,
Banker Crandal's Imprisonment t.
five years.
Mrs. Ballington Booth was warml
received at the Mothers Congress il
Washington.
John H. Trice, Superintendent c
Prisons. has completed his biennia
report to the Governor.
The bill redistricting the. Federa
jurisdictions in Arkansas has passed til
senate and house.
President Cleveland has pardone
Frank Porterfeld, the ex-bank cashie
convicted of embezzlement.
Vice-President Stephenson and Sec
rotary Francis may visit the Tennessee
Centennial Exposition.
The United States minister in Greco
does not think there will be war be
tween Greece and Turkey.
Walter P. Brownlow is now the &C
knowledged leader of Southern reput
licans at Washington.
Memphis and Chattanooga men ar
going to begin an active campaign TO
constitutional convention.
Gen. Gomez is reported to have slip
ped by Gen. Weylcr, and is now be
tween the Spanish General and Hs
vana.
Cretan insurgents are preparing
: attack Halepa. The powers are becom
ing annoyed at the obstinacy of til
Greeks.
Senator Walthall is active in behal
of the Mississippi Choctaws who dc
sire to participate in the allotment {
lands.
The operations of Rhodes in til
Transvaal are being investigated i
London Rhodes himself was on til
2 witness stand.
The Southern Lumber Manufactul
ers' Association met at Memphis lal
week and ecided to take hand in til
= Centennial.
The United States senate postpone
\ further consideration of the arbitratio
treaty. In the contested election cast
, from Kentucky Hopkins was seate
over Kendall in the House.
Three hundred of Arkansas most il
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-25

The Oklahoma legislature killed the
woman suffrage bill.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-25
CABOT'5
CrGOSOts ShingIe Stains

unIIcEc r And for all rough woodwork. es-
nVUOLvi pecially shingles They are softer
RhRNN and richer in color oaSiorand quick
STABLES Better tie 'p and are 70 per cent Cheaper
EEvnCc than paint. They can not crack or
IlNVLO, peel, being IN the wood and not on
SHFnN = the surface. CrooSOte, their chief
ingredient, Is the best wood pre-,
servatve known, Mr.. Cy H. Lylc'S new house |
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-02-25

Read our advertisements.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
He Has Ten r

Charles w. Haines Of Cincinnati, who
is "a years old, has five fingers on each
Of his hands. but no thumbs. In the
place Of his thumbs are perfectly-form-
ed fingers similar In appearance to an
index finger, only a little longer. The
remarkabilitY of his cas- is that nature
SO arranged it that the first phalanx,
unlike other fingers, has a ball joint ar
t~iculating with the first metacarpal in
a way that enables him to turn the in-
ger about In any direction, even upon
the back OF his hand.
Haines is a silk bandage weaver, and
by the aid Of his thumb-fingers he can
reach into the loom and catch up brok-
en- threads and tie them with one hand,
not being compelled to use a hook like
other workmen. He says that on ac-
count of his hands being so constructed
he can save time and do more work in a
day than anyone ut his shop. Like
Miss Sayers, Haines IL q musician. He
Is a good performer on q either. and
when not employed at his work he
spends q great deal Of time playing
upon this difficult instrument. He can
pick the strings more nimbly with
what serves him as a thumb than with
his other fingers, and he verify believes
that nature furnished him with q de-
formity that has proven q physiological
benefit.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

houses Of the national legislature. The
Presidents message. read between the
lines, does not indicate that he has aban-
doned Cuba, but rather that he hopes in
the future to achieve the practical indie
pendence of that island should SPANS
present efforts to restore peace prove
Ruthless, and by methods which will be
the fruits Of natural causes, and which
will not necessarily bring on wal between
the United States and Spain.
Other topics which will be sur to cause
much talk throughout the world, and
some Of which may be the subject Of ac-
tual legislation, are revision of the imm[
grafton laws, bankruptcy, pooling by rail-
ways. rehabilitation Of the interstate conn
merce commission, prevention Of scalping
Of railway tickets, the Central Pacific
Railways debt to the Government and
the revenues of the Government under
the Dingley law.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

~ time. EVEN In 20 large . place % Mad
rid, . By careful inquiry n might find
out al about the business, I take It."
very likely; but the game 10 not worth
the candle. This vindictive old wretch
has positively renounced his granddaugh-
ter-nothing would be gained by unearth-
ing him"
"Who knows? Nineteen years may have
made a considerable difference In his feel
ings. II he is still alive-a lonely. miser-
able old mamie might be very glad to
acknowledge the granddaughter Of whom
he wrote III such brutal terms"
MY dear Nestorius, 1t il. like you to see
the thing in that rosy light. You have
but to take up an idea-to be interested
IN a ~qucstion-and that fiery spirit Of
yours breathes around it and wraps it in
a luminous atmosphere in which all out
line is lost. How much more likely that
the old brute is dead; or, ii alive. 80 much
the more of a brute by the passage of
those nineteen years? Anyhow I shall
not turn sleuth-hound and hunt him.
what are you going to do with those
copies?"
keep them.'
They can have no interest for you"
'Ihey can have none for you, rs they
are In u language you don't understand"
i am on the point Of taking up Spanish.
1t has always been a reproach to me that
l am not able to read Don Quixote in the
original"
I'll give you a translation of these let
tiers, and keep the Spanish for my palms,"
Upon my soul one would think you
were smitten by that girl of my broth
er's."
." am not smitten by her, but I am
deeply interested in her fate. Good
night"
"Good-night." answered Lashmar,
modify.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Exploit Their Own Hobbies.

The Railway and Engineering re
view raises the question whether the
present tendency toward heavier track.
more powerful locomotives, and larger
cars has not reached its practical limit,
II, indeed, 1t has not already exceeded
It. The fact that q railroad Is primar-
lily designed and operated for the pur-
pose Of making money IL too often lost
sight Of, and some officials in charge OF
the various departments are apparent.
" impressed with the idea that its
chief usei 10 for the exploitation Of their
various hobbies."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Remembers war OF 1912.

"Aunt" Aurelia Fuller, the oldest
woman on Cape Cod, who was 100
years ct age this week, m of revo-
lutionary stock, and was born within a
stones throw Of the house in which
she now resides. Part of her present
dwelling was construe1ed Of lumber
from the old house In &&kich she was
born. Her father wasak*farmer, and
Aurelia was n Of q family of nine
children, all Of whom are dead except
a brother, who is a great many years
her junior. When the war of 1912 broke
out she heard the news, and remember
the haste with which her father and
one Of his neighbors left for the scene
of battle, which was at the time when
the man-of-war Nimrod sailed into
Vineyard Sound and bombarded the
town Of Falmouth.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
To Replace India Rubber.

To Replace India Rubber.
The bicycle has created such q
demand for india rubber that 1t has set
inventors at work to provide a substi-
tute. An Englishman, Charles Grist,
claims to have produced q material
which will take the place Of rubber In
many Of its uses. He has named It
"oxilin," and 1t appears to be an ok
died oil. Oxidized oil is not new, but
the inventor claims that he is the first
person who has eve succeeded in COM
pletely oxidizing II. In connection with
the oil he Uses vegetable hbers. 1t is
stated that oxilin will perfectly replace
india rubber for a large variety Of pur-
poses, such as hydraulic packings, wire
iDsulations, etc., being impervious to
mineral oil and standing q temperature
Of from 200 to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
in its natural and vulcanized forms re-
spectively. 1t win be sold much cheap
Ell than india rubber.-Minneapolis Tri.
bune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

Why he should b angry he never stopped
to AJAX himself.
THE hussy," he muttered; 1.-THE artful.
incorfigible hussy. This 10 the kind Of
woman who leads men to ruin, who SUBJ
verts class distinctions, who creeps into
foolish women's houses and steals a hus-
bands heart from his lawful WIFE,"
He raw her standing alone at the end
of the terrace, above that tennis lawn
where he and Clarice had played 20 often
In days gone by. Nestorius had gone back
to the house. She was leaning YEARLY
against an antique vase, gazing into the
night
He could not command his temper; that
white hot fire in his breast must need0
have some relief. Silence, calmness, were
alike impossible. There is an unreason
ing anger which must be satisfied, even
at the loss OF self-respect, which II sure
ly the heaviest price that any man can
pay for self-indulgence. He walked
quickly to the spot where Stella was
standing, he placed himself by her side,
but was not able to see her face, which
was turned from him.
WELL" he began, in his harshest voice,
you have taken the measure Of our
statesman, Miss Boldwood. He IL q man
peculiarly susceptible to nattery, espe-
cially a woman's flattery, and your little
bit Of melcdrama just now must have
delighted him."
She turned quickly and faced him,
white a. death as 1t seemed to him, In
that dim light. Her face cleaned upon
him like the face Of q ghost. The large
dark eyes, wet with tears, alone had q
look of life.
"Were you listening and watching 10
from some corLer, Lord Lashmar?" she
asked, cOntemptuously.
(To be c0ntinued.) .
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Tho Swedish Policeman.

In Stockholm q policeman's lot 10 that
Of q, dignitary. He must pass an ex-
tensive examination, after which he
wears . handsome uniform and occu-
pies quarters provided with hne furnt
ture, hot and cold baths and q piano,
with free singing lessons. The Swed.
ish police system Of telephones and
electric bells b hardly sQualsd any>
Wheeo else In the world.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

SNuOtr0ck.
why. Jimmie. what VA that yelling
I heard from your backyard this morn.
ingrs
IL was : ~sunstruck cass. ma'am.~
su1gtzuck casers
sYoA masAm. I'm IL ooo.s-0ove
Iana 41o1n Dolog.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
CONGRESS AT WORK.
OPENING SCENES OF THE LONG
SESSION.

Important Acton May BE Taken Early
in Both Houses-Hawaii Is Likely to
Be Annexed-Friends of Cuba Are
Hopeful.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09
Annual Grind Begins,
Wash.nRtou correspondence:

HE regular or long
session Of Congress,
as it is called, be-
u there is no
constitutional limi-
tation upon the per
iod Of its duration,
opened at noon Mon
day. The leaders
and a very large ma
jority Of thu men,
bers Of both houses
participated in the
opening ceremonies.
and President Nc
Kinley made the
journey to Washing
ton from the bedside
Of his dying mother
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-09

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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17

Ferris Comedians closed q week r
engagement ut the opera house Sat
urday evening, with a very clever
vaudeville performance. At the con.
clusiOn of the performances, q pig,
" ighing about sixty pounds, was
slren as q prize. Ruses Il Baker was
the lucky winner. The conditions
were that the man who was awarded
the prize must go up on the stage,
catch the pig and carry 1t to the
front OF the house. Russell respond.
ed promptly to the call of his name,
and carried out HE part of the pro-
gram. The stage was converted in
to pen and the pig was in the in.
closure. A short foot race between
Russell and the pig was all. and his
5pigehip was landed sQuenling Justify
across the prize winners shoulder
Russell carried the animal tO thu
front part IT the house ami gave II
t. some boys. The Ferris company
left today to play a weeks engage
ment at Brainerd.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
WEYLER AT MADRID.

Aside From Few Enthusiasts His Arrl-
XIII ~ val Passed Unnottoed.
MADRID, Dec. l8.-Leutenaut Gen.
sral Weyler arrived here during the
sfternoon. He was received at the
railway platform BY General Azcar-
rsga. former premier; General Borrero.
former commander OF the Sixth Army
Corps. and by number Of Republic.
ans, Carlists, Conservatives and Roble'
doists. s@$,5.' *''' >.<' -" w 90
As he alighted from the train they
cheered him and then carried him
shoulder high to the entrance of the
railway station, where he took car
rage and was rapidly driven of. There
was NO further incident, the public ap'
pearing indifferent ri; ~. a. ]
The partisans of General Weyler pre-.
tend that a crowd OF s,00o people ten
dered him an ovation with shouts Of
"Long live Weyler." death to the
Yankees" and the like. Va. ... r..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17

st. Cloud Times: A decision OF
Secretary Bliss. of the Interior de-
partment, which has just been re-
ceiveds at the st. Cloud land, Office.
will be scf great interest t" lsany
people in this district. The decision
reverses the ruling Of the depart
ment upon the construction of the
act 81 March 2, 1889, in whichait was
held that those who had filed appli-
cations. for additional homestead
entries prior to that date were ell-
titled to do 50. BY eddit'onalh"ne
stead entryis meant that where a
person only proves up on a part ni
1870 acres, say SOFacres for instance.
he ii entitled to make an entry for
thu. balance. Under this rn!ing al
are entitled ~ this rr;;v'lng e.. y.s,} ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
/ White Caps at Work.

81 Brainerd Journal: Last Monday
John rhUrnthwaitt.. John Peacock.
John SpOrnitz and F.. W. Zaffke
were brought before Judge Alder
man charged with whitecarping a
local preacher named j.. r. Chase.
The parties all live about thirty
miles north Of this city. Chase
claims that last Friday night about
fifteen masked men came to his house
and handled him roughly and order
ed him to leave the country. He
and his wife claim to have recog-
=nized the above named four m.n,
nOtwi thst nding the masks worn.
The men declare they were not with
the W hitpcap party. The case was
continued to next Monday morning
The trouble is said to have grown
out of rnmor IN the neighbarhoOd
that the local preacher was in the
habit of committing adUlterv. and
the W hitecappers decided to call him
down from his nerch. .....- Z.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
Kropp Search Abandoned.

The search for the body of John
Kropp, Of st. Cloud, who was
drowned in Ten Nile lake, Otter Tail
county, has been abandoned. The
search continued while the lake was
open, aud was resumed after ice had
formed. >. :. Chute. of st. Cloud.
had charge of the recent work, and
had four assistants The party
thoroughly explored the bottom "i
the Luke for an area uf at least 5M
rods square. from the spot where the
unfortunate man was last seen to
the point where his boat was picked
up. Holes were cu+ In the ice and
every foot of the bottom searched
with long steel rods. Among the
things found was the skeleton OF a
buffalo,. - FL .A<..
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
SEkY7lAN MINISTRY OUT.

New &" llnet VII! Command Confidence OF
e. Natives and Foreigners Alike.
iFcxr AU PRINCE, Dec. l3.,-The Ell.
tire ministry has resigned. AS yet the
composition OF its successor has not
been definitely settled; but several we'll
known names are mentioned that will
command tho confidence Of Haytians
and foreigners alike. Sunday morn.
ing, alter attending mass at Notre
Dame, President Simon Sam made q
circuit Of tie city on horseback, escort
ed rs his staff officers, but without
special military display. The city has
now resumed it's normal aspect.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
GOOD LAND SALES.
The Land Business has Been
Active this Fall-Many
Sales.

H-nning Landau. agent for A. f.
.J.,husun 4 Co.. reports that land
sales iu Morrison county have b"tll
very good during the past ,nll; much
better than f.'r any time during the
pusr three wears. Most III the saleE
nave beer. inA.le to settlers from tie
older farming communities III South
err minnesota and adjoining states.
Many Of the new comrrs brought
considerable means with them and
are able T., bring their farms under
cultivation quickly.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
ITALIAN CRISIS STILL ON

III Nudint Having Trouble Formin;; His
%>. New Cabinet.
ROME, Dec. 13.-An official note an.
nonnces that the Marquis di Rudini,
having 80 far failed to form new cab.
met, visited King Humbert to acquaint
his majesty with the state Of affairs.
The success Of Di Rudini has been
prejudiced by the hesitation Of the Mar
uuls Visconti Vcnosta, minister OF tor
elm affairs in the late ministry, to &C
copt tho 1ore,gR portfolio in tue recon-
struoted cabinet, which. it IL understood,
would include Senior senardell. ..-s,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
From Friday's Daily. s NJ IA 4. N
DISCHARGED HE MRiI,
Habeas Corpus Pro edings
Dismissed Lundvall Taken N
n to Nebrasla. s Ss

~ The habeaa corpus 'pItlceef1tnxA IA
the case III Chaa.. Lundvall., wanted
in Nehrask 4 ON a charge Of grand
larceny were dtsn'issed nv Cs'nrt
Commission Shaw yesterday after
noon. ami the prisoner was turned
over to sheriff Rider, who will take
him to the state line and there turn
him over to the Nebraska officers.
|. Attorney Rhodes, for Lundvall.
attempted to secure a pOstp.nement
until today, but it was denied. and
the habeas corpus writ was dis-
charged. Il
Under the laws OF the srnte the
sheriff has the power TO deputise an
officer from another state to take
the prisoner to the stare line. but In
this case the governors warrant
was specific in directing Sheriff Rider
to take the prisoner to the state line.
30 Sheriff Rider. with the prisoner,
and accompanied by Officer Tadlock,
Of Nebraska, started gu the early
morning train 70 take Lundvall
back to answer to the charge against
him. a..' a. ....,.... ......,
This case Twill he quite expensive
tn the county OF Thurston, Neb.. but
officer Tadlock says the people there
are very anxious that something he
done to prevent parties from dis
posing OF mOrtgagtd property.
which is becoming u common offense
in that section. @"% F ,4* & !
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
ANOTHER INSPECTOR.
Wonder If He Will Be Eaten
Up and Make q False
Report #S

Tho following telegram from
Washlngton appears in saturdays
.PiOnser Press:
/. ..The postmaster general has or
llpred all inspector 10 proceed -
LATHE Fails. M,nD.. and make IN in.
vesttxatiOn az to the ad Visibility OF
rem owing the pOstOffie &C that plact.
from It's present quarters. The build
Ing now occupied by the p.,stOfi1ce II
the prOpertyOf ex-senator Buchanan
There 10 D faction Of the Republicans
who desire to hnYes the Office re.
ln,,ved to q building owned bv j. H..
Rhodes. The Rhodes faction con.
tend that the pOstOdice IL now situ-
atpd next to 4 saloon, and further.
that the Rhodes building is more
centrally located and easier ut access
to larger number Of the pa irons al
the Office than the Buckman build
Ing. An Inspector was recently sent
10 Little Falls. but 1t is claimed thai
he Ia a Democrat and that he wa
biased In his Judgment. In his report
he recommended that the pOstott
BE- retained at It's present location
REPRESENTATIVE Morris has placed the
claims Of both parties before tht
postmaster general with the request
that the matter he settled ON it,
merits" =
That is news to Little Falls people.
1t was known that Inspector 'chiele
IN ade false report, hut the next
..move'' was not known. 'Thiele MOI
only made as strong u report az h"
COT ID for the Buck man house loca
ton, but he got a little too epthuSi-
nstic and informed the department
that the postmaster desired to have
the office remain where 1t was. H.
should have been better instructed.
as that lie couldn't stick. ~~,s:. @E2 q
Any fair and honest report Will
favor q removal to some place nearer
the intersection Of Broadway nno
First streets. ... a.. &4..
We belive the department will tul1'
down any corrupt and false report.
II the recent program continues l.
will prove a rather expensive way Of
keeping tenant.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-12-17
SPAIN WILL. NOT, ACCEPT.
Madrid Imparcial Calls on the Country TO
# jsE.@:a Get Ready 70 Fight. '''s's -

Madrid 1mpArctnl Calls On tne Countty %
81 j~.e% Get Ready 70 Fight. '' 'F': -
M MADRID, Dec. l8.-The impartial
publishes s.rong article in which it
declares Spain Will not accept the right
tof President Mckinley to intervene in
Cuba, iii case the war il prolonged and
demands that the government adopt
the same energetic attitude towards the
United Suites as Germany adopted
toward Hayti,4 because President Nc.
Kinley's message was equivalent to
questioning the right Of Spain's sover'
eighty in Cuba.
Continuing, The impartial insists
thar, Spain must prepare for all event.
uaiitlos and augment her navy "by Or
gan,zing a subscription in which the
whole nation, from the queen TO tho
most humble subject. should part4cl.
pate"