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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16

mot exactly" was the reply. <I'm
going down town to-day. Shall I get
what I need?" -.-s .
tsOf course, ma" he answered, ten
derby, thinking it was some new pat
ent medicine dear to the heart of wom-
an. f1'll tell, the clerk to give you
what money you want, as I shall be
/ out. w..
Imagine his surprise to find his wife
had drawn $40. If he had not been
in good and regular standing he
might have uttered some strong words.
As it was, he spoke il a tone of voice
that would have frightened sneak
thief: .eMa, what could you mean by
taking $7O?"
That was enough for to-day she
said, calmly, though it will take more
when the making Of my dress is paid
fort got my cloak at q bargain, and
"a new dress, and bonnet and shoes.
You said to get what I needed.
Haven't earned that much, dear g
of course, ma, J" he said, softening.
teBut you never cared before for look
. ingwell. : 3ssss.
But / do care" she cried, "andsI
must take care Of myself since there
Is no one in the world who loves me
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16

Ter his offspring seemed than his wife.
RI wonder if it is my fault that he
always thinks of the children first?
Mrs. Mason thought, as she cut the
cake her own hands had made, be-
cause it was special kind her husband
enjoyed. -. :.
That evening the girls noticed that
their mother did not wait on them as
much as usual, though she looked with
pride on her sweet blossoms of l6
and Is as they left for a happy ever
ing. MIR. Mason went down town be-
fore watch meeting, Tommy and Katie
were bundled into bed without cere-
mony or medical treatment, and Mrs.
Mason sat down before the fire to
think of the coming year.
"Are you sick, ma? Lizzie won't
have breakfast ready" was Mrs. Ma
sons greeting from her husband as
she awoke on New Years morning.
"Tell Mary to dress the children.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16

family of the pleasure of taking care
Of you and showing their gratitude?"
Mrs. Mason was used to her friends
plain speaking, but this time it sank
deep into her heart. When she
reached her own home she felt for a
moment that the boisterous welcome
of the children compensated for the
work and care they constantly occa-
stoned. Mr.. Mason came in, and his
wife turned a patient, smiling face to-
wards him.
INA, can't you watch the gas more
closely? 1t was so cents more this
month. What, girls, did you get your
new waists made out? Your grand
mother used to do all the sewing, and
did not have some one to do her work
either. Ma, 1 brought oysters. Can't
you cook them? We like your soup
better than Lizzie's."
Mrs. Mason was glad to put down
the two heavy children who were sit
ting on her lap and escape to the
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16
The Christmas Atmosphere.

Getting ready for Christmas makes
these weeks in December full Of pleas
ant labors and anticipations. The ma
jority of people are not millionaires,
They do not have full purses with
which they can go to the shops and
buy their Christmas presents without
regard to cost. They have a little
money, and it requires a good deal OF
planning, Of invention and loving
thought, to make it go around. Often
times the money is only enough to
buy the raw materials from which
patient and skillful fingers will fash
ion the gifts. If we could look into
many home we should see the chill
dren planning some surprise on Christ
mas morning for fathers and mothers,
and the parents in turn consulting
how to manage to give the boys and
girls what they want. It is this mu-
tual thoughtfulness for others that
imparts to these December days pc
culiar atmosphere. It will soften the
heart of the crustiest old bachelor to
60 into the Christmas shops and over
hear the consultations among pur-
chasers as to what they shall get. Even
as you walk along the streets you OBJ
serve a peculiar light in the eyes of
the women shoppers. They do not
have it at any other season of the
year, except perchance when they are
making ready for a wedding.-Boston
Waterman.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16

the father sometimes insinuated he
would be bankrupted because Of the
expensive girl; but the little woman
trusted God ,to.help her at her best,
and everyone rejoiced in the bright,
Appy mother who was the inspiration
Of the home. <, >,ae 81" =. s.>.s
The next New Years eve, when Mrs.
Mason was in her friends little home,
she pitied her loneliness, and said:
. IT wish you would marry, Kate" + d
IT wouldn't object if I had such a
good husband as your John, = was the
laughing answer. Being good to your
self has helped even him, has it .not?!"
Is EYES," answered Mrs. Mason, Il
have learned that we cannot love our
neighbors as ourselves unless we first
love ourselves in wise way Myra
Goodwin Plautz, in lions Herald.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16
ways gives the tickets to the rest

always gives the tickets to the rest
of u.s. ''-=,'
=, 7 9 Lizzie, you'll have to arrange TO
look after the children an hour each
afternoon, for I shall lie down then, -
Mrs. Mason said to her maid the next
day. sa5 e., ...
II can't be bothered with young
uns,' was the answer.
Every WE'LL was said in such firm
tone that the young girl relented.
They all noticed that the mother &C.
casionally read in the daytime thing
MIR. Mason had not been brought up
to in his New England home, but
which was common enough in Mrs.
Mason's early days.
The fourth day Mr.. Mason could not
contain himself: II can't see but you
are looking better than usual, ma,
though you don't act as if you were
well. I had thought to send up the
doctor to-day. Is it tonic you
need?"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16

enough to do it," then, not being a
very t@new woman" she put her head
down, and sobbed aloud. Those tears
led to long talk that put matters
on Indifferent footing with the hus~
band and wife, and this much of the
conversation came to the girls as they
went through the hall: 81 can't help
thinking, dear, you are to blame for
the girls being So selfish and lazy
But the father got this back, for later
he overheard this interesting remark /:
cts mas sweet disposition that has
made pa SO selfish and neglectful.
Think of ma dismissingGLizzie and get.
ting girl who can cook! I am going
to turn over new leaf myself. ]
wonder ma has not sunk under such
work and care.'
Of course the new leaf got crumpled
sometimes. The children clamored 70,
their devoted slave, and the girls
grunlbled because they had to take
their part in the household care, and
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-12-16
! Twas Ever Thus.

$50 Ted I've been trying to catch Dol.
" under the mistletoe, but Miss An
.tumn seems to be the only one I can
find there.
Ned II seems to be an instance Of
the wrong girl in the right place. =
Judge. s5s Ss5t
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

The editor of the Courier has worried himself into premature old age over the way Coy. McCord is looking after his friends and the heartless way he has of treating his enemies. Hughes didn't suit the Courier. Neither did Zulick, nor in fact any man who has ever held down the gubernatonal chair. Is it possible we will have to cast one to order?
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Within a few months the keel for the new battleship the Ameri- can Boy. will be laid. Millions of patriotic children throughout the Union have contributed to this fund and day by day it is swelling to grand proportions. Let every little one in Mohave county give ils mi e and forever feel pride in aid- ing in the construction of a mighty defender for our glorious republic.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

It is thought that owing to the risks of importing sulphur from European points the article essen- tial in the manufacture of gunpow- der will go to 100$ ton. On the Colorado river near its mouth are great mountains of sulphur and the demand for the product ought to cause these vast deposits to be energetically worked.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Spain has 2jO,0JO,0U0s in gold bonds outstanding and has only a few thousand dollars in silver to pay them with. Nearly every coun- try on earth is in just the same fix that Spain is in. The bondhOlders own the country and the people are bound body and soul !o them. When the shylocks atteGIpt to col lect their pounds of flesh will come the great uprising that will sweep ths vampires of finance from this terrestrial globe. Our own nation, if allowed to drift with the current, will in years to come be in the sad financial plight that Spain finds itself. The patriotic few now in congress are trying to put on the brake before the tuboggan slide is reached. but their efforts are futile. In the debate on the war revenue ! bill in the senate the other day, Senator Lindsay, of Kentucky, a gold democrat, acknowledged that the Am -rican bondholder was not patriotic; that he was only after the i almighty dollar and would deplete our treasury every time it would pay him to do So. And yet Lindsay was willing to vote the country into the bondage of such leeches. Some day there will be an uprising in America that will made the Paris Commune appear as a picnic in comparison and the victims will be just such men as Lindsay and his bond boodling friends.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

A derision interesting to placer miners was given in the district court at Leadville, Colorado, a few days ago. The case was that of the Eli Mining and Land Company against the Clipper Mining Com pany involving the rights of placer and lode claimants. The court held that "the location of a placer mining claim has the exclusive right to the possession thereof, and a prospector cannot enter within the boundaries of a placer claim for the purpase of making loca- ton unless there has been an abandonment by the placer claim ant"
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Aguinaldo, the insurgent leader in the Philippines, is making Span ish residence in Manila undesirable He has already killed or captured 2000 of the regular troops and is gradually drawing q cordon around the doomed city. As soon as the Americans arrive the surrender of the city will be asked for and if refused Dew ey will Lombard. Its occupation by Americans is but a matter of few weeks.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11


 Spanish diplomats are hard at work at European courts endeavor- ing to get an agreement of inter- ventioL in Hispano-American af- fairs from the powers It is hardly possible that any nations will give the matter serious thought at this time. It is true that in Europe nearly all of the bonded de of Spain (l,9OO,00O, ,000S) is held and the loss ot this vast amount of coin causes serious apprehension, but at the same time war or even prep. aration for war by a number of na- tious would cost fully as much and in case of defeat i; would take many millions more in the way of indemnity. On the other hand Europe nisunderstands the temper of Americas if they delude them. selves into the belief that our gov ernment will accept European in- tervenlion. We intend to hold all we have laid hands on in the way of Spanish territory and if Europe will but wait short time longer we will be able to accept their gauge of battle.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11
hope that when our soldier boys

hope that when our soldier boys have crossed the broad Pacific they'll fall upon Manila's dons in manner most terrific. And also, when we get a whzck at those in Santiego, our boys will set a ring ing cheer from Cuba to Chicago. And I am sure Sampson will prove to be Spain's dread Nemesis, if he is not held back by boards afflicted with paresis. -El Paso Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Four men who took part in the battle of Manila have arrived in San Francisco. From their descrip- tion of the great battle it is simply a miracle that the American ships were not sunk and the loss of life very great on the American side.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11
It is now said that the board of

It is now said that the board of strategy at Washington has given Sampson entire authority in the matter of bombardment oi Cuban Notifications. All the board has done is to keep Sampson posted as to the movements and whereabouts of the Spanish fleet. This news is a hard blow to the growlers.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

If the spanish fleet was not in Santiago de Cuoa harbor last Mon- day Sampson apprised Gen. Pando that he still knew where the forti- hcations were. The greater part of Santiago's big defences are now as badly lost as was Ceveras' fleet a few weeks ago.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11
Pr sident Mckinley will ma

President Mckinley will make a hard fight to have congress agree to the annexation of Hawaii, and we hope he will succeed. The is- lands should have passed into American hands years ago. Speaker Reed and the sugar trust are using every means in their power to de- feat the presidents pet scheme.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11
OFFICIAL WAR BOOK

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 Mention this psppr.
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Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Flagstaff is to have a 60,000$ water works the contract having been let to the American Asphalt Company of Los Angeles As so m as the new works is completed the Flagpole people will be treated to the unique custom of getting water with their whisky.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

In Oregon the republicans made a clean sweep last Tuesday over the combined forces of the populists, democrats and silver republicans. The plurality for governor will reach 10000.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

We are nov established in onr new market next door to the the MINER of. flee and are carrying s full line of stall ted beef, pork, mutton, etc. Spring chickens always on haod
 J. c. PHgLAs, Prop,
 J F. PHELAN. Manager.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

The Prescott Courier has not yet given to an expectant public the glad and gleesone news that Gro. yer Cleveland and Tom Parish were raising companies of volun. teers to lead to glorious victory against the Spanish horde.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Mark Hanna has not yet offered to lead an army against the Span ish. Mark. like Grover Cleveland, knows that there is but one Mark Hanna.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

It is reported that big gold strike has been made on Teslin Lake. The gravel runs 300s to the ton. la cubic yard of gravel weighs over ton.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11
sI,ooo REWARD.

In consequence of ihe acts Of certain nn' yrir eipled pe,tons iu interf' ring with the right of owners of placer mining cisims on he Colorado river. which rights were acquired by virtue of prospecting aud locating la ac- coIdance with the Revised Statutes of the United States, end as such Interference has prevented the sale of a claim. and if allowed to continue will preyent the sale Of other claims, now we, the undersigned. prospectors and locators Of placer mining aims, situate near the Colorado river, in the Territory of Arizoua aud the State of Nevada, II pay the sum of ONE THOUSAND q, ,Ooo) DOLLARS for such evidence ss will lead to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who have infringed, or shall in snysay attempt to in- fringe upon our rights In the premises. by re. moviug monuments. destroyilg location no. tices or in anyway attempting to destroy the evidences of our location.
Mohave County miner., 1898-06-11

Yankee Dewey came to town, The town was called Manila, Yankee Dewey fired his guns And sank a hot hotilla.
 -Anaconda Standard.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18

Tie great Importance to the United
States Of the Nicaragua canal has been
clearly demonstrated in several Of the de-
Velopments Of the war with Spain. First,
eEzs the long trip OF the oregon to joir
xhe Gest off Cuba when had the canal
been IN existence, three weeks would have
EuGiced instead Of the three months con-
Eumed. The transfer Of the ship to At
Azntic waters proved to be a most wise
wuylsion, for in the fight off Santiago the
Oregon took rank as one Of the best boats
In TIE line, and in the chase after the
cristobai Colon she supplemented the
ggUer Of battleship with the speed Of a
hist cruiser But the long trip around
subiested her to a heavy strain. 1t was
only besause she proved to be Of crack
construction that she was able TO go at
onee into action with the feet and give
50 admirable an account of herself. Then
eams the question Of coal. which, It was
soou seen. would play a prominent part,
not only in this war, but in future wars
whsTs sea hghting would be a feature.
EattIeships and fast cruisers without coal
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18

are aa helpless as without guns or pow
der and that country whose provisions
for cpn for-Its nests are lacking cannot
be accounted as strong on the sea. sta.
tistics as 10 the worlds coal supply are In
strictlye pn this point The United states
and Great Britain supply twc.thirds OF an
the coal mined, Great Britain heads the
list of producers, with the United states
standing second, But nearly the whole
American supply comes from eas, ot the
Rocky mountains, The possibilities in
Alaska have not as yc, been osccraincd,
On, even unusual developments thcrc
would not meet the requirements ot the
case now that The Pacia, Is to be the
iheaicr of such tremendous activities,
with the United States as prominent
actor IN ,hc drama. Nor would g be POS.
siblc 60 remedy the Hmcalty simply Oy
u;llislno the railroads across the conti-
nen, They would no, be sufficient 60
Iano such supplies as viii Dc needed, But
the canal supplcmen,ing those means OF
moving coal 70 the Pacac would solve
the question completely and TO the Ameri-
can advantage. II the present congress
AZ the shor, session does not provide Tor
building the canal, the question Is certain
to be first In importance Tor the next con-
grrss 20 settle.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18

4 proverb says that virtue hath Its own
reward,. and. our war with Spain, the only
ana in the history Of the world undertake
en- BY a great nation for pure humanity
sake. IS bringing us rewards entirely un-
looked for at the outset Not only has 1t
been the means Of uniting our country
and restoring the national spirit as one
hundred years Of normal conditions could
not have done. but the pe,uniary ana
commercial returns will make It the bes;
investment any nation ever made. Amer
Ean ships. machinery, armament and
guns are now acknowledged 10 be the
best IN the world, and profitable contracts
m these lines will be placed here by many
af the governments in both the old ana
new world. And not only in :hese things
has the superiority OF American manufac-
tures and resources been recognized. the
Telegraph reports this morning state that
hrEe orders for army supplies are to be
placed in this country by England, Russia
aud Japan. In fac, the increasing de-
Eand abroad for American goods and the
consequent broadening Of this nations
foreign trade is the feature dwelt upon by
men Of affairs everywhere. There is no
reason to doubt that great as were the
results last year, still greater results viii
BE- achieved during the coming and sue
cgeiiug years. American skill and the
superior quality OF many Of the articles
which It produces are being recognized
by The world at large and are furnishing
an important stimulus to all lines Of trade
and manufacture.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18

Al Astoria II is Insisted that Portland
d an interior point, and that Astoria
should be made common seaeoard
voint. Suppose that should be done
uhatf Then Portland as an interior
point would be given lower rate ana
the conditions would be practically un-
changed. ships will always come TO
Portland. and water carriage between
Portland and the sea will always be less
costly than land carriage.-oregonian,
An that Astoria asks is to be put on the
sane common point level with Seattle ana
Tacoma, and she will meet all other Gues-
tlouz Of competition that may arise. SO
far as Portland's right to an interior
point rate would then be concerned, AS
aoria, as the natural point Of competition
with the Sound or San Francisco, would
have no complaint to make. The o. r, s
\. Co. now insists that 1t cannot afIord
% divide the rate received on grain from
waIia waila because the rate IS already
down to the lowest productive point Let
rs sc how this contention is borne out by
the physical facts in the case. The o. r..
a y. Co. is now receiving the same rate
srura WalIa walla 10 Portland that Is
charged by the Northern Pacific from
the sane point to Seattle and Tacoma.
Tha distance from walla walla to Ia
souz by the Northern Pacific is 81 miles
and to Seattle Sss miles. over an eleva-
tion OF nearly 400 feet through the Cas-
sade range. From walla walla 10 port
hnd, over the o. R. & y. water level line
Il l. 2ss miles. and by way Of the A. & c.
R r, continuation OF the water level
route. to Astoria. the distance is Si2 miles.
II the Northern Pacific can AFFORD TO carry
wheat over the mountains So6 miles TO
Seattle al the present common point rate.
whT cannot the o. R. & y. Co. sffOrd to
s-Dd the wheat down the level OF the
>oIsmbia river to Astoria at the same
rateg - ~. !lzss4s.,-....A.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-08-18

About one month ago my child. which
is fifteen months old. had an attack Of
dlarrfIoea accompanied by vomiting.
gave Il such remedies as are usually Civ
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and we were convinced that UNLESS Il
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