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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
FREE TRADE LOGIC.

How Southern Farmers Would Faro In
tho Absence Of Protection.
Hon. job, Gary Evans Of South Caro-.
lima has struck wealthy lode of free
trade thought that pans out 80 per GEN.
tum Of pure theoretical ore at every
shovelful, and, possessed Of an agile in.
tellect, John never allows the piokax of
deep thinking to accumulate rust by in
action.
He 10 opposed to any protection for
the farmers of the Palmetto State, for
the reason doubtless that through pro-
lection grangers secure larger share Of
our markets and receive good prices for
their products, which would engender
oelfshness.
The Hon. John longs for the silver
age, when farmers will become 80 un-
selfish as to consent with great gladness
Of heart and pureness Of mind to give
the lion g share Of our markets to for
eign producers and be content with the
glorious privilege of using foreign fab
ios-that is, provided they have any
cash or credit with which to purchase.
John lifts up the voice Of wall and
signs over the departed good old free
trade days, when the Welsh tin octopus
supplied us with tin poor in quality, but
rich in price. In fact there was always
q large amount Of richness clinging to
foreign goods as long as foreign firms
controlled our markets. The richness,
however, pertained mostly to the price.
For example, we used to pay to 10
cents per pound for foreign wire nails.
Through protection we now get better
ones for less than 3 cents We used to
pay 80. so per square foot for plate glass,
which we now buy for less than so
cents, all through protection. We might
quote further examples, including iron,
steel rails, binding wire and scores more
Of fabrics, but word to the wise, etc.
Mr.. Evans also rises to explain that
one Of the greatest boons to grangers
would be cheaper clothing through free
wool. OF course this would be colossal
blessing, so far as it goes, but very un-
fortunately Evans halts upon the very
threshold Of pure and undeflled benevo-
lence. "a.
After our farmers have &C Aented to
tax themselves for the support of gov
ernment and allowed foreign wool
raisers the full benefit Of our market
without paying dollar for the privilege,
John should also ask our grangers to
raise larger quantities Of wool and give
it all to wooden manufacturers in order
to still further reduce the price Of wear
ing apparel. #,..a.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
RESERVOIR ABANDONED.

The government reservoir which
was to have been constructed at
Gull Lake, willin all probabilities
be abandoned, a telegram from
Washing' on on Saturday stating
that Capt. Abbott, the engineer
of the war department. had asked
for transfer of $65, 900 from the
fund for erecting the Gull Laee
reservoir and dam to a fund for
improving the reservoir and dams
at Leech Lake and Pokegema, say
ing that unless these improve.
ments are carried on the dams can
only be used for storing water this
year and viii b. useless thereafter.
Capt. Abbott suggests that the ma
terial used in the construction OF
the reservoirs at those places con.
sist Of stone and cement in place
of timber. The reservoir at Gull
Lake will probably be abandoned
on account of the the excessive
demand of the land owners ad ia.
cent thereto in seeking exorbitant
sums for damages. Congress will
not consent to appropriate more
than SIS, 900 for acquiring all the
lands necessary. and party Of
men in Minneapolis claiming to
own a club house on the lake ask
$50, 600 for the land. This will
effectually stop all proceedings on
Gull Lake. Brainerd Dispatch.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08

The letter F, while old, is obscure in Or
tgin and history.
According to Blair, the first alphabet
was Invented by Memnon, king of Egypt,
about 1929 B. 9.
It is said by Chinese scholars that the
language has separate character for every
word, hence the extraordinary difficulty
in mastering written Chinese.
In number of languages no characters
exist for the vowel sounds, consonants
only being expressed and the novels in
dicated by modification of the letter.
It is curious fact that in the northern
parts of Ireland and Scotland alphabetical
characters closely resembling those Of the
Saxon were in common use until the end
Of the sixteenth century. AT
The Oldest Jewish alphabet is supposed
by some scholars to have been an adapta.
ton Of the Egyptian ideographs. Its earli-
est use in q monument Is supposed to be
the Sloan inscription at Jerusalem.
T was tow, a orossmaEk, and, though .
respectable ancient letter, indicates by its
simplicity that names among its makers
had probably become scarce when they
were driven to 60 simple an expedient.
Lin Phenician and Hebrew was larned,
the OK goad, and from its close resemblance
10 that instrument or to q thrashing fail,
both Of which were made alike In shape,
4 II no doubt tho lineal descendant Of .
picture OF one or the other Of those objectA
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
JOLTlNG OVER BAD ROADS.
Tho Majority OF Farmers Show No Inter-
est In Road Improvement.


est In Road Improvement.
With the same patience that the early
settler waited for the railroad to be
built must the advocates Of good roads
wait for any decided action to be taken
for the betterment Of our public high
ways, say, the Whitewater wis. Jour"
nal.
For the last five years our roads have
been the topic of the press, but we fail
to see the good effect that this should
have had on the minds Of an intelligent
people, and, strange as it may seem, the
farmers are the very last ones with
which this matter finds any favor.
While our city cousins have long since
protested against the slow, uncomfort-
able horse car and compelled the com
panies to build expensive electric lines
with palace cars, we are cOntented to
Jolt along in cumbersome vehicles over
nearly as bad roads as those our grand
fathers travelled in early pioneer days,
and farmers who read from time to
time of the large sums Of money spent
by the government in making public
improvements would vote against an
equal amount being expended on our
highways.
For a proof of this fact just see with
what reluctance most farmers work on
the road, even when we'll paid for their
labor; better paid than they often are
for the work which they do on the
farm, and yet a greater proof is the
fact that in many of the towns in this
county they still cling to the old way
of working out road taxes by allowing
a man so much for bis team, plow or
shovel and giving him ten hours story
telling.
At rough estimate there is between
90, 900 and $15, 900 expended annually
on the roads in this county. If part of
this large sum of money was invested
in machinery used in making roads, and
then have the work done by body OF
men working under a county overseer
who had proved his ability as road
builder and civil engineer by passing
q satisfactory civil service examination,
we could get more and better work
done. Such man could be obtained
for moderate salary, and the work
done would be more uniform and salts
factory than that done by pet overseera
who are appointed regardless Of ability,
but because of some political pull at
town meetings. s2ss&>f E.-,
OF course there are exceptions to the
general class Of farmers who are work.
ing and talking to the best Of their
ability for good roads. II IL to be hoped
that success will in the end crown their
efforts.
Austria is the country most lenient to
murderers. In ten years over 500 persons
were found guilty of murder, Of whom
only % were put to death.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
TIL; LISTENER.

Lasker. the chess champion, is studying
mathematics at tho University Of Heidel
berg.
Senator william B. Bate Of Tennessee
began life rs an underclerk on q Missis
sippi river steamboat.
Rev. DR.. John Watson (Ian Maclaren,
has declined the call from Presbyterian
church in London and will remain in Liv
erpool.
Bill Nye is the name Of the proprieto
Of barber shop at Beaver Falls, Pa, and
the owner takes great delight in painting
1t all over the building he occupies.
Lord Mansfield has been a member o.
tie London Carlton club continuously
since 1889. Gladstone joined the club in
1888, but left it in 1859 for political rea
sons.
Mr.. Bradley Martin finished the shoot
Ing season at his Scotch estate, Baln,acaan
by five days shoot, which resulted III q
bag of 5,4O0 head Of game. There were
ten Runners.
Mr.. Lewis Hall, who died recently in
Cambridge, was the man who helped Gar
rison out of the carpenter shop when his
life was threatened by the mob during the
famous Garrison riots.
Rev. DR.. Theodore L. Cuyler, the
Brooklyn divine, once wrote to Thomas
Carlyle, asking for an interview, and re
ccived a characteristic note in reply. It
said simply, "Three p. H., T. c."
Justice Horace Gray of the United
States supreme court will be privileged to
retire next March, when he will reach the
age of 20. But as he is in vigorous health
he will probably continue in active service.
Governor Powers of Maine says that
when he was a young justice of the peace
he married couple, later secured them a
divorce, married the man to another WON
IN, secured them divorce and later re-
married the original couple.
William Harper, chief of the bureau of
information of the Philadelphia CONNER.
cial museums, has arrived homo after a
trip around the world taken in the inter-
est of the museums and the commercial
organizations OF Philadelphia.
President Cleveland could not dictate
any matter which required consecutive
thought and always wrote his messages
entirely. President mckinley, however,
can take q half hour now and then from
his duties and dictate his messages and
correspondence to q stenographer.
Lewis Weaver, who lives in Mount
Pleasant tow nship, Adams county, Pa,
has bad 80 funerals in his family, having
buried 2 wives and 10 children. He has
children living, making ~ in all. He is
q shoemaker, has lived nearly all his life
In Adams county and lie about 20 years old.
Carl Meyer, who has been the right
hand man of the Rothschilds' London
house for many years, has announced that
he is soon to retire, alleging Ill health 40
q reason. But men in the "city" say that
he has boon offered partnership in an
other house. His salary from the Roth
schilds was $40, 900 year.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08

Thousands suffer from Catarrh or
cold in the head and have never
tried the popular remedy. There ia
no longer any excuse, as a l" cent
trial size of Ely's Cream Balm can be
had of your druggist or we mail 1t
for 10 cents. Full size so cents.
ELYBROS.. sc Warren st., n. Y. City.
A friend advised me to try Ely's
Crea m Balm and AFTER using 1t six
weeks, believe myself cured from
catarrh. 1t Ia n most valuable REM
edy.-Joseph Stewart, 6N Grand
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
Sarsaparilla
WHAT YOU 'LowIN FOR EGGS,
Tho Question That Puzsles . Modern
Youu1 SaleaWomRn. u

Tho Question That Puzsles ModsRz
Young Saleswomsn. Is
This was In one of the big retail houses
in the shadow.of Grace church. The mar
was Enthusiastically farmer-not thu
rounded, successful and assertivo farmer
of the present, who can take care of him
self, but the elongated, cadaverous, CHR
whiskered, wind wasted farmer who helps
bis wife in her Homework and who Otter
wears her apron. He carried basket
The care which he bestowed upon thiE
basket was proof that it contained eggs.
He finally reached the shoe department
and asked q young woman If she had any
shoe backing. She showed the old gentle
man several brands. They were In bottles
and some in pink covered boxes. The Gus
toner shook his bead. 49,.
II want some If that blackin." ht
said, "that have had all my life and thai
my father bad. 1t comes IN big, round
box bout the size Of q ba y f1apjack, and
has yallow label on it and picture Of q
gamecock seein his reflection in the polish
of boot that a niger has just shined up
Amt you never seen any such black1nf'
Tho young woman, who had that day
been transferred from tho book depart
mcnt because she had offered new novel
to a man who asked for "Pilgriln's Prog
ress,' said she had never seen any such
and that she bad never heard of it.
''lt would ortshino all CREATION said
the old gentleman, land would turn wa
tor like eoose's back. \ box of 1t USED
60 last in Our house II whole year. Which
do you think is ne test, tins in the bottle
or the Eox:" ..
The young woman c5]'leinrd tho quail
ties Of each Is size u!.i!crs1ULu 1t.
''I hen this in The bottle is tor " immin's
shoes and ills in the box is for men 81
You say you put ii Ga with Eanhin rag
same as you Go salvc? And itll keep the
leather from creakin ard II turn watcr2'
He was assured on these points, nnd
then in hesitating manner he asked
across the showcaso:
"What are you 'lowin for eggs todays"
The young woman did not understand
How could shep She had never lived II
the country. She had never sold goods n
the general merchandise store at the cross
roads. But the foorw>,lkcr who was called
in had kved in Wu.nsocket and ROUND
about. He knew that tho good old gentle
man had eggs which he wanted the houst
to take at the highest cash price in ex
change for goods.-New York Sun.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
Consumption p ositively Cured

Mr. r. B Greeve. merchant. Of
ChilhOwie. Va, cprtities that he had
consumption, was given up to die,
sought all medical treatment that
money could procure, tried all cough
remedies he could hear Of, but no
relief; spent muny nights sitting up
In a chair; was induced to try Dr..
Kings New Discovery, and was
cured by use Of two bottles. For
past three years has been attending
to business, aud says DR.. Kings
New Discovery Ia the grandest
remedy ever made, IN 1t has done a"
much for him and also for others III
his community. DR.. Kings New
Discovery ia guaranteed for coughs.
colds and consumption. 1t don't
fail. Trial bottles free at l.. d.
Brown sdrug store.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
A Pleasant Feature

is the dining and cafe car service, serving
a la carte meals, attached to fast trains
running from Minneapolis and St. Paul to
Milwaukee, Chicago :and Eastern and
Southern points, via WISCONSIN CEN
TRIAL LINES. Your nearest tickle tagent
can tell you about other pleasant features
on the Wisconsin Central.
Jas. c. Pond, Gen. Pass. Agt., Milwaukee,
Vic
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Iostimony 20 That Ehect From South
arn Democratic Newspaper.

Testimony 20 That ENect From south.
srn Democratic Newspaper.
Notwithstanding the sneers Of calam.
ity howlers and prosperity obstruction.
ists the year 1897 has been one OF excep.
tional success in many lines Of business,
and as the beginning of an era of better
times it has surpassed the most san.
guine expectations Of conservative and
thoughtful men. The experts of the COM
mercial agencies agree on the wonderful
Improvement in the general business
tone Of the country, aud trade statistics
show that the exports Of the year. con-
trary to the prophecy that q protective
tariff would destroy our foreign trade,
have eclipsed all previous records. The
growth of production in such leading
industries as iron, woolens, boots and
shoes is larger than ever before, and
only in cotton manufacture has there
been any evidence of serious Distress
This arises from overproduction grow
ing out Of competition with the cheap
labor and more advantageous location Of
the cotton mills Of the far south and is
. natural cause which would operate in
times of even the highest general pros
perity.
This prosperity is not confined to the
manufacturing and exporting interests
Of the country. With but few exceptions
the farmers have found remunerative
markets for all their general produce,
and the growers of wheat and tobacco
have enjoyed veritable bonanzas 1t is
to be regretted that the farmers who
raised cotton and peanuts have not par
ticipated in the prevailing good prices,
but it is not to be assumed that they
restricted themselves to those two arti-
oles when they have had such impress
i've experience Of the Importance Of di.
versifying their crops.
As to the condition of the general
mass of wage earners, there is no ground
for complaint on their part. They have
not felt the stringency Of the times OK.
cept in the diminished opportunities for
employment. Throughout the late peri.
cd Of depression and hard times the Az
erage rate Of wages was maintained at .
standard far in excess Of anything JUST.
fed by the earnings Of their employers,
and that, too, against market Of con-
stantly declining prices for the COM
modities Of life, so that it is evident
that the wage Garner who had employ.
ment was better of than ever before in
bis life, and that he is now still better
of in the increasing opportunities for
employment.
The situation is not only satisfactory
now, but the future is full of encourage
ment. We are upon the eve of reform
in our banking and currency system
that will bring repose to the govern
ment and confidence and strength to
trade. All parties are practically agreed
upon the necessity of national bank.
ruptoy law, and this will open up
sources of credit which have heretofore
been sealed by the conflicting laws in
the various states relative to collection
Of debts. Altogether the year has been
one Of glad fruition and, as we see it, ia
the harbinger Of even better things next
year. The tide has undoubtedly turned.
Petersburg Index-Appeal (Dem.).
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
Steel Eu"> way.

Secretary wilson las given directions
to General Roy StCEe, chief of the
bureau of g.td 1Cads at the department
Of agriculture, to construct a sample steel
roadway ut the NEST convenient loca-
ton he can find at the Nashville expo
sition, where it may be seen and studied
by the visitors who will attend the ex-
position during the summer. Secretary
Wilson thinks the steel trackway for
wagons is the easiest solution of the
good roads problem, particularly in the
west, where stone and gravel are scarce,
and the soil is deep and sticky.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
The Time 70 he Very wise.

Ex-Governor Pattison must have
emerged from the seclusion which pri.
vate life grants, for his name is once
more mentioned in connection with tho
Democratic nomination for governor Of
Pennsylvania. II the Republicans are
wise, they will elect the governor next
year; IL otherwise, the Democrats may.
Chester Timea
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
For Sale.

A lot on Seventh street, between
First and Second avenues northeast.
with a good seven-room house, and
100 acres of land within mile OF the
city limits for sale cheap. Inquire
at Richard Bros store.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
"A keYlS1On.

The Rev. Saintly-Ah, well. the paths
OF glory, you know, lead but to the gravel
Rising Novelist-Nonsense. The path,
of glory lead to the lecture platform.-Chi
eago News.
China at present seems to regard
England as her great and good friend.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
Couldn't Got Out.

Couldn't Got Out.
my wife was lost all day yesterday"
"LostP Where?" a.
|r" She went shopping in big department
store and forgot to take her ,nsp. "-Chi'
ergo Record.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08

The state league of Republican
clubs will meet in Minneapolis
March %.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08

:; OF the $6l, 7lS, 600 in gold mined in
this country the past year Colorado
produced S29, 600, 900. yt&.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08
SPARkLERS.

It Is rumored that old fashioned canoes
are coming into favor again.
Pearl necklaces of the dog collar style
continue to enjoy an immense popularity.
Effective ornaments for the hair are gold
fillets studded with brilliants and cabo-
ehon opals.
Jewellers have supplied an infinite vari-
ETY. Of bangles to meet the growing de-
mand for these ornaments.
Jeweled butterflies and Louis w bows
are fads of the moment, being much worn
In the hair; also on the corsage.
New enameled lockets enriched with
gems resemble chatelaine watches and are
worn in the same fashion, depending
sometimes from chatelaine pin and some
times from q long chain.-E]sie Bee In
jewelers. Circular.
PENALTIES,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-08

The penalty of q pretty cook is an empty
larder.
The penalty Of a godfather is silver
knife, fork and spoon.
The penalty of interfering between man
and wife is abuse, frequently accompanied
with blows from both.
The penalty of buying cheap clothes is
like going to law-the certainty of losing
your suit and having to pay for it,
The penalty of remaining single is hav-
ing no one who cares button for you, as
abundantly proved by the state of your
shirts.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
THE ALPHABET.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-07-30
WARS IN The FUTURE.
An Austrian OMscer's Forecasts as t.

An Austrian, ORcer's Forecasts as to
Duration and Mortality.
AN interesting book On the statistics
Of war has just been written by Capt.
Otto Berndt, CT the Austrian head
quarters staff, and publishe ed in Vienna.
The great war; os the iuture (accoTd
ing to the. author) willnot be between.
single states, but between groups Of
countries. Enormous numbers j of
troops will thus be engaged, and this
will counteract the tendency Of modern
arms and explosives to shorten the dur
alton of a war; so much so that it is i'm
probable that the wars of the future
will be much shorter than the wars of
the past. Several months but not
more than a year," is the authors es-
innate of the likely length Of a:war.
The costs of future wars will, Of
course, be millards; but, on the. other
hand, Capt. Berndt argues that the loss
of life will be less. In the seven years
war the percentage of those killed was
%; in the wars of Napoleon only 10.
while in the Franco-Prussia war it de-
creased to IL. This con tinuaI tendency
to decrease is due to the fact that.al-
though SO many more shots are fred
than formerly, comp aratively fewer hit
their mark. In the wars of the earlier
half of the century one shot in every
40 took effect, but in the Franco-Pr
sian and later wars only one in 400 or
$50 has reachedits aim.
The loss of life would increase if
soldiers became more daring, but this
is extremely impro bable. The havoc
wrought by shrapnel and the mod ern
cartridges must necessarily make a
s :I b greater impression on ae. troops
thandid the q shioned cannon balls
and bullets, and Il the uture there viii
not be the same, clouds Of smoke to
( hide the horrors of the battlefield. The
soldiers nerves will thus be tried to a
much greater extent, and u artial valor
is likely o diminish rat her than to- In
crease. This will tend to produce a de-
crease of the number killed
Various other nterestiRg points are
touched upon by Cal pit. Berndt +, hose
conclus ions2a ire, IN man cases contrary
to these general accepfe Jenna
Cor. London M all.