Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-09-30
ESPECIAL Correspondence.1

her, although not just in the same
spirit they were begun. The young
woman in the case promptly put an end
to all efforts to find the lieutenant. She
was quite as charming and attractive as
tho majority Of girls who marry Ger
man officers, but the man was an excep-
ton to the rule even Of those officers
who talk Of the possibility Of ''reiche
Amerikaenerin" as a wife in q way
that makes 1t difficult for the average
American to control himself.
An Attractive Place.
Ore Of the most popular places in
New York, although 1t is rarely noticed
in tie newspapers, BE- the aquarium.
which occupies the old Castle Garden
in the Battery. Here between 10 a ~.
and p. NJ. there is q constant stream
Of men, women and children passing In
procession before the countless speci-
muns Of the fish tribe from almost every
quarter OF the globe. 1t seems pity
thst The hours the aquarium is kept
open arc sosshort.. Thousands Of people
who might otherwise be glad to visit
the collection are prevented from doing
20 by reason of the limited time. No
stranger to the city should fail to visit
this attractive place. There 10 no other
fish collection equal to it in this coun-
try. except perhaps the one In .Washing-
ton. - - ~ '%:.' =
Additions are constantly made: to the
Castle Garden aquarium, and every
once in awhile something especially at
tractive is brought in. This makes it
interesting for those who are frequent
visitors. i f.. -;
Whatever may be the evils Of the
'paternalism'' that provides these
places Of entertainment for the people
at the expense Of the city treasury there
is certainly no other investment Of pub
lilo funds that yields 20 large dividend
Of public pleasure and instruction, ex-
cept, Of course, the money that is spent
on the public schools. The aquarium,
the Art and Natural History museums.
the parks, the Fairgrounds for children.
the FREQ baths, the recreation piers,
rooted over and opened as breathing
places for the inhabitants Of the crowded
tenement houses, the botanical and
geological gardens that are to be, and
the great public library which only
awaits the official action Of the board Of
estimate serve to make life in the city
broader, happier and safer. The city
money that is put into them is as we'll
spent as il put into aqueducts and docks.
A Descendant Of Boone Nearly Starved.
The great-granddaughter Of Daniel
Boone was saved from being cast into
the streets. Miss Grace Boone is the
daughter of Anna Boyle Boone, the au-.
thoress, and has a brother in the volun-
teer army. He was her sole means Of
support. She had been endeavoring to
secure work, even of a mental sort, but
was unsuccessful. She was unable to
pay her room rent Of 41.25 and would
have been dispossessed had not her case
been made known to the society that
looks after those deprived Of support by
the war. When rescued, she was almost
starved, and abe is only one among the
many similarly situated In this great
center Of sunshine and shadow - i
GOOD times 63pOoeO0s - ..
A tour Of the, financial district brings
out the cheerful fact that the big in
vestment companies are more than
pleased over the trade outlook. Every
ono Of them figures upon financial sue.
oess, founded upon solid figures. Never
since the close Of the civil war, they
~. have 20 many industrial enterprises
been projected, and the boom, they be-
iieve, will be solid and enduring. Ono
could fire or . shotgun in Wall street
without hitting bear. They bob up
occasionally, but, to use the slang Of
the floor, ''they won't stand the gait. !"
= -,s,-,<.l :, Meals Z. Gut Rates, s
:. "A we'll groomed man who would not
yield up his address was arrested at the
Waldorf Astoria because he could not
settle 90 check. The magistrate be-
fore whom he was taken fined him o.:
which he paid. This il b new way 70
obtain Z swell meal at cut rates :
...' JosEPH Russz1i.