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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
PUPIL AND TASK.

OF tie $40 students in the Kansas uni
versity 1862 arc self supporting and 1OC
partially 60.
The vertical system Of penmanship aot
che Roman pronunciation Of Latin havf
been adopted in the Atlanta school. "
France has SO, 1866 public schools, an In
crease Of 1928 within q year; Ii, 900 OF them
are under clerical control. The number
of teachers is Isl, 1858, the number Of pu
pills; 4, $50, 1873. 10, r iip.sI ,...'i..,
In the state Of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, tht
government has ordered that the pupils In
all the official schools shall be taught to
write and perform manual tasks as wey
with the left hand as with the right.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
ADJUSTING A RIDING PLow.

3
vheol-that IL, the heel Of the land
ode should not quite touch the bottons
fof the furrow. Yet the plow must DO
carried level to do the best work. We
have used a riding plow for several
xears and find we can do, better worn
than with the walking pillow, except I'm
the hands of an expert plowman, and
sven then the ground must not be too
hard or the riding plow Will do tho
aettef work. III i''lt'i:9t. Z" ~. ~ '.''a'a'L
Feeding Pumpkins- sss- >>tl'-E2
i6a While there is generally q market for
III the large, ripe pumpkins at more
than their. feeding value there are d.
ways green specimens that are not sails
BE which are nearly as good for feed.
,iug purposes; Remove the seeds anc
sook chem. All the deficiencies in nutri-
sion will be- made good by some meal.
which will be better digested than Il
given without the cooked pumpkins II
.Ghe seeds are not removed, the nutr1-
asnt Of the pumpkin will be largely
asatze:ized, as the seeds have . strong
aturetic effect. II ia also important to
Ssncve tho seeds from pumpkins fed
NV 10 cows. Even the green pumpkins
my be kept till January il protected
agninst freezIn9. -AmerioanC ultivaf0E:
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15

y PPiL.ows AND NJ, PLowINo.s

EArss Conditions TO BE Net For OeeA
q II iFtl fgia and Speedy Work. IA ,a8sygSig
Having ecured good pillow and team.
3 writer IN the Ohio Farmer advises
you TO proceed Is follows; his remarks
at first concern walking plows:
II there is . differences in the height
o6 the horses, hitch them 90 the taller
enc will walk il the furrow. Use !
doubletree about three feet long, 90 e.
70 allow the horses towalk close togeth,,
C. The tugs or traces should be capable
q being heightened and shortened Att.
eIthe team Is ''hooked up there ars
sshrseS conditions 20 be mat first, the
paow must run the desired depth; SEQ
ond,l II must run level and steady;
jhird y must be Of as Aght draft u : 9 }
possibla s %5.I , .f i yi.<i5si5n n si t,,r
/. Thore is some point in the pillow.
ihat ia at the. center Of resistance. Call
that point A Gig, y; also there is
point about which the power applied
balances In the condition under CON
1deration this point is midway between
the upper ends Of the two inside traces
(see p, Fig. ~. where they join the har
ness. Let this point be B, Zig. j.. Sincs
there is a aexi BILE connection between
these two points< A and B, Fig. 1)-that
IL, there is a joint or swivel at the
olevis-the traces, tho doubletree and
the points "A and B will be in the same
straight line, as shown by A, G, b
Gig: ~ %.5@ - wy, ~, sf.5'5.' I,g
Suppose we have our clevis too high.
q at D. then the points A, B. D are
NOT in the same straight line. but D 10
above G.. Now, as soon as we. start the
team the pull on the traces will tend to
bring the points A, D, B into straight
une-that is, bring the point D down
10 c. thereby depressing the end Of tho
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
British Cable Cars.

All large American cities and many
smaller ones are familiar with the street
or propelled BY the cable system. a
grip underneath the oar q manipulated
BY the motorman, who grasps with \
the moving cable in the slot beneath the
street OF releases it when be wis'hesi e
stop the car. gs;ii stJ "a sS.tiat &t5g u
Mr.. Hiram s. Maxim, the airship In,
ventor, has discovered that Brixton, .
suburb Of London, has adopted the
American cable street oar---that IL the
American cable car with variations.
He did not recognize the American cable
system at first, since leach car was pro.
vided with q small and extremely ugly
LOCOMOTIVES" He could not understand
what the locomotive was for and sques-
toned the grip1nan, who explained Q .
a@"Well, underground here Is a wire rope. Thia
ere thing goes down through this ere siot
and clamps the rope. and the rope pulls the
locomotive, and the locomotive pulls the car
riage. don't you seer s..tts.| ,s'si.Rs
sWhat is the object Of thu locomotivei'' ID I
tsWhy, to draw the car, Of course. ~ VIII
! "But why not put the clamp on tho car ana
dispense with the locomotive altosetherS' ~
After he had Thought the matter over .
short time asked again. Y.}ssfj 4,gf.sIysye]
"Whas is the use Of the locomotive ',,,f,, ~.
His reply was: a. -'''.. - 90.
''I'll be hanged II I know" .,.,,,.. ,.,f,.. .
. Now, IL this system had been introduced
into country like Germany, France or Spain.
the natives would have had sufficient respect
and confidence in American engineers and sys'
TENS to haveput it up in the exact manner that
1t was imported, but as the English engineers
were used to q locomotive and wished to make
some change in the American model they add
ed the locomotive" which certainly looks
very awkward and is without question sni
lperfuous -.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
CORNER MANrELP1EcE DESIGN.


az artistic wood mantels approximatinP
in stately beauty to the colonial style.
with its moderate ornament raised or
sunk, are preferably selected by many
to fine marbles. They accord we'll with
overinantels of wood and are more asso.
ciated with the furniture, making less
distinctive figure, but withal eminently
appropriate, taken in connection with
the surrounding woodwork.
At the present time the enameled
pressed brick mantel is coming into no
tice as an artistic, attractive and home
like fitment. A pleasing example 10
shown in design for cozy corner.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
Artistic Mante1pieces.

TO the materials out Of which man.
tells are made there seems no bounds.
Maiolica and terra Gotta have long put
In claims to acceptance. At the Paris
exhibition the Dresden manufacturers
rested their credit on china mantele,
and the zinc workers of France supple
specimens in the metal they handle.
Just now Decorator and Furnisher tells
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
PROPERLY ADJUSTING A ,.Low.

PROPERLY ADJUSTING A FLOW:
beam and making the piow run too
deep, or if the ground is very hard ID
Will run on it's nose. = i'.r. -. :
Again, il we place the clevis 100 low,
u at E, the doubletree will be ,beloo
the points A and B, and the pull OF the
team will lift the end Of the beam and
mako the pillow run too shallow. The
different holes in thu pillow .clevis m1,se
b tried until the pillow runs level. ii~j
: Suppose next day we have = TALLER
tea.n. We must eithe. raise the clevis
a lengthen -ae traces. Let the point
3 be raised to4H by the taller team
The line Of draft will be- A, D, n, 70
No must raise the clevis, but by length.
sning the traces the clevis may remain
Of G. Let q be the height Of D, yet
smaller BEAM then the clavis must DO
lowered to E or the pillow will run too
deep. K shows how the, pillow may b.
made to run at the proper depth ia hard
ground, since the longer, the traces
are the less does the tear tend to lift
the pillow ont Of the gror.,d, 1T in soft
ground it is better to hitch as close A.
possible (B, Fig y to prevent the plov
from sinking into the soft bottom of the
furrow. we use q wheel on the beam
Of the pillow we hitch, the oievis 20 it il
. little above tho g, 40 the wheel will
Just hug the ground mugly. This vii;
conclude the adjustment as to depth.
VI BY referring to Fig: q the second adj
3ust1nent3 will be understood. s, T, ",
Y represent the upper ends Of the
0aus&5 The line Of draft is from tho
pplnt P Gig. % to the point S(Fig.a j,
Jling through o. The direction Of tho
1usrow will be parallel to the land sidr
C. the plow. Now, if our plowg is tai.
ing too much Gland, = and we shouM
move the end Of the pillow beam to the
right, or TO r in Fig. Q, it can easily
30 seen that as soon as the team starts
~ end Of the beam will be pulled over
o ~ position o and the pillow will
hsve the position shown by tho dotted
tpss. Consequently it must cut q mar
aowsr furrow, and we will get the OPP.
posite result by m.rsiug the beam to the
ether side. --s-~-e,- r..------~--~
The foregoing principles apply to the
}fiAing plow Gig. 81, with this differ
snce: If there is a furrow wheel. az
shown in Fig. 8 at w. the whole weigh,
o1 the pillow should be carried ON this
a.. - tt,...
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15

General John Wooster, the Amerl'
can whom China recognizes as her dis
interested friend, long ago advised the
officials there to reconstruct tho army
and navy. He likewise modestly sug.,
gested that nobody could take charge OF
the reconstruction more scientifically
than a number of officers from the
American army and navy. But China
did not take this kind advice, and now
she lies helpless, Perhaps, however, i
Is as well for the fame Of our army and
navy that she did not adopt General
Fosters suggestion. No foreign officers
could do anything with people in
whom the national spirit is as feeble
and Indifferent as in the Chinese. The
contrast with Japanese patriotism ehows
that China, the Oldest nation, is at
lsncth also dying nation. .: 500. S'' :
.. Electricity and Food. .a,,r
=, it is by, no ,aeans impossible that fu,;
ture generations will obtain food di.
rectly from the atmosphere and else
where by chemical action, combining
gases in such away as to make the es-
sence Of fruits, meats and vegetables
now grown with infinite toll and pains.
Soma experiments made by Mr.. Willard
9. Day Indicate that i such . time ever
comes electricity will play an important
part in the artificial preparation Of foods
Mr.. Day is said to have already sue.
ceedef, in extracting from grasses, corn
and grains the essential elements Of but
ter and cheese and combining them to
make these articles. Weare not informed
O. to whether he can make q correct arti-
Gle Of thick, rich, sweet cream or not.
II he can, then his fortune is made, fol-
bis srtifcially produced dairy foods are
entirely free from the deadly microbes
that sometimes make their haunts in
cows milk and cream. Mr.. Day proc
ess 10. to extract the vegetable oils and
other things necessary, from the corn,
grasses, etc., and combine them in the
right proportions to make butter and
cheese. il& W t}A!GtC&5G{
- A powerful electric light is one Of tho
chief agents used by. Mr.. Day in bis ex-
periments. He finds besides. that such
Q light, when thrown upon meats and
vegetables in a certain way, will pre-
serve them in a state almost fresh for a
long time. Applied more powerfully,
the same light will dry them hard and
tough, preserving them in this state al
90. By the Day electric curing process
four pouQds Of meat can be reduced to
one, which may be soaked in water and
brought to it's natural size and almost
to it's natural condition again. Fruits
and vegetables are treated in the same
way This is an important discovery fol
expectant Klondikers to take note Of
Here as elsewhere electricity promises
to prove itself. the most powerful and
willing servant of man. We have not
indeed touched SO much as the hither
verge of its field of usefulness.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
Improved Roads For Misslssippi.

Mississippi now has road law.
which 4 properly carried into effect.
and II xelt in effect for q material
length Of slime, will probably give the
state a system Of public roads superior
to any that it has ever had and perhaps
superior to that Of q majority OF the
southeYn states. Mobile Register.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15

In order to protect our commercial
interests and the rights Of our citizens
it is imperative that the United States
should have warships in commanding
positions all over the world. Our COM
mercial and other relations with the Ma
tons have so changed in the past half
century that it is necessary to modify
our former, position Of isolation. One Of
the points where one or two of our
cruisers would have been useful was
Haiti du:ing the recent trouble with
Germany there. The United States,
without being in the least unfriendly or
unjust or aggressive, must make itself
respected, even il II takes q dozen or 20
more cruisers TO- doit. a couple Of war
ships ready to be- dispatched at "a hours'
notice to- any part Of the globe would
be mighty persuader to induce the
quick payment Of inst indemnity and
the good trea 1 Of a, American acs' citi'
4o0a IL: ,uIHf MD al I+e.1rsaffr gyt.,.+
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-15
Farmer ISv1 the 1eea.

50 Il was the farmers. who originated
he state aid law Of New Jersey and
who carriedtit into execution, with its
vastly beneficial result, not only in the
state, but as en- example to many other
states. Il was also the farmers who
hui.t the excellent CauaDdaigua roads
In New York ut their own cost f''L'"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-16

II am the only foreign Journalist present
az the insuwent congress at Malo Los.
which has been selected as the temporary
capital of the revolutionary government
Early this forenoon Aguinaldo. accom-
panled by a large stan Of generals and
ministers moved IN state from the con-
yontlon now occupied ne his military
headquarters 10 a church half mile dis
tnnt.
Here he was received By the assembled
delegates and conducted 10 the platform
ln the chnnccl. from which he delivered a
brief message. The substance OF the mes
sngc was c0ngrntulatory on the happy
termination of the revolution and com
plctc conquest OF territory. te made a
nowcry appeal TO the delegates. asking
them. hy the memory Of the illustriOus
patriots of Philippine history, TO follow
tha example ~ Eng'And, France and
America In preparing "a constitution and
promulgating laws TO secure the complete
and permanent liberty of the people OF the
Philippines. The message excited but
little enthusiasm. because Il was absolute
ly non-commlttal.
The assembly then proceeded lmmedi-
ately TO Organize preparatory to the dis
cussion on the proposed constitution and
the code OF laws and the election OF a
president.
"a strong party, intoxicated By the
present measure OF success. favors oppo-
sitiun to any foreign proteciorate, being
confident that the people can govern
themselves. Wiser councillors strenuously
or~osc such a suicidal policy. Apparently
unRnimity now exists only in determin-
alton to free the Islands forever from
Spanish rule. This is the universal feel
Ing and will probably prove the control
ling power In the determination OF the
final action OF the congress"
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VOLUNTEER OFFICERS WILL
SOON BE MUSTERED OUT
1t Is Believed. However, a Large Number
OF officers VIII Leave the Service
with the Close Of the War.

WASHINGTON. Sept l5.-The war de-
partment will soon take up the question OF
mastering out a considerable number OF
the general officers Of the volunteer army,
including majOr-generals and brlgadiers,
now that the volunteer forces have be-
reduced so largely. All the regimental
officers have gone out OF the service
with their respective regiments, but the
entire force Of the general officers will
still be on duty. The first attention OF
the department will be to organize the
several corps and divisions on the basis
of the reduced number OF regiments and
when this is done general officers will be
named as corps commanders, etc. Reor-
ganlzation can be affected with about
half the general officers now In the ser
vice. so that when new assignments are
made. those officers remaining unassigned
will be mustered out.
II Is believed, however that with the
close of the war a considerable number
Of higher volunteer officers viii signify
their wish TO leave the service and will
resign so that the number which It Will
be necessary to muster out will be COM
paratively small.
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CUBANs WANT ABSOLUTE
INDEPENDENCE OF ISLAND
They Fear the Americans May Capture
Their Trade and Reduce Them TO
Poverty Through Competition.

! HAVANA. Sept. l5.-The prominent fea-
turo OF the situation is the feyerish and
widespread agitation OF the Cubans in
favor OF the absolute independence OF the
island at all costs.
This violent impetus given TO the aglta-
| tion for independence is the result, appar-
emily OF the arrival OF Mr.. Porter, and
the examination he is making into tariffs
municipal taxation and other matters OF
internal government. which Cubans had
expected TO handle and administer them
selves.
Porter's operations are viewed with sus-
piclon by an important section Of Cuoans,
who keep on calling meetings against tine
usurptlon OF privileges purchased at such
sacrifice"
They insist on absolute freedom, unre-
strained, and liberty, or a fight TO the
death"
One reason why many spaniards who at
first favored annexation have now
changed their opinion Is that they fear
competition OF American rivals as store
keepers, hotel managers, and restaurant
keepers They are afraid that the Ameri-
cans, instead OF coming to buy out their
establishments and stocks at fabulous
prices, based upon old Spanish duties, will
open shops next door, import goods at
duties under the new regime, ruin their
business and reduce them to poverty, Ex-
aotly the same spirit prevails among
planters.
The deduction seems to be this;
With Cuba independent, no foreign cap
ltal and no competition; with Cuba under
American rule competition against which
Cubans would not have energy or power
to succeed.
These questions are uppermost in every
mind, making general uneasiness and ds-
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COLORADO REPUBLICANS.

DENVER. Sept. 15.-The republican
state convention made the following nom
nations this afternoon.
Governor. Henry r. Wolcott; lieutenant
governor. Charles W. Noble; secretary.
W. r. BrisbIn; treasurer. Fred o. ROOF;
auditor. George F. Adams; attorney-gen-
eral. C. C. Goodall; superintendent OF pub
lie instruction. George Humphrey.
The platform. after commencing the ad-
ministrotion Of President Mckinley. says:
''The republican party is. and always
has been. blmetallic party. The repub-
llcans OF Colorado are earnestly devoted
to the cause OF bimetallism. It has no
sympathy with mono-metallism, and be-
lieves that the final imposition OF single
standard upon the people Of this country
would work irreparable injury. Its mem
bers believe that the proper place for the
republican bi-metallist is in the ranks OF
the party and not out OF II. In the
future, as in the past, the republicans
who represent Colorado at the national
capital will be found working for the res
toration OF silver True bimetallists are
necessarily believers in hard money--gold
and silver--as the basis OF our national
circulation"
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MRS. BoTKIN WILL
MAKE A HARD FIGHT.
She Claims to Have No Fear Of the Evi
dence Presented to the Governor
for Extradition.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 15-Chief OF
Police Lees has carefully compiled the
evidence he will submit to Governor Budd
in the Botkln case. He has gathered be-
tween this city and Dover, Del, nearly
forty affidavits bearing on the murder OF
Mrs. ]. p. Dunning and her sister Mrs
Deane by means of poisoned candy sent
by mail
The reQulsition from Governor Tunnel
OF Delaware. for the delivery of Mrs
Botkin to Detective Mcvey of that state
is accompanied by warrant sworn to by
John b. Pennington. father of the murd-
cred women, charging Mrs. Botkin with
the murder of Mrs. Deane. Besides the
warrant are numerous affldavIts from
Kent county, Delaware, establishing the
murder Of the two women.
other affldavits give in detail the cir
eumstances OF the case, nearly all oil
which have heretofore been published
In a sworn statement Mr.. Dunning says
that ne believes the handwriting on the
envelope Of the anonymous letter when
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DEMANDS MUST BE NET.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l5.-The state de-
partment tonight gave out the following
concerning the discussion today between
the members OF the cabinet and the peace
commissioners:
1t is possible to state authoritively that
the commission goes to Paris fully pre-
pared to follow course OF action mapped
out for II as result Of the consultations
Of the last two days.
"At the very outset It will be made
clear to the Spanish commissioners that,
as in the case Of the preliminary protocol,
there can be no deviation from or modl-
iication of the demands made by the
United States.
The decision arrived at by the presi-
dent, after full consultation with the
members OF the commission, subsequently,
received the cordial and unanimous ap-
proval OF the cabinet at the meeting this
afternoon,
"As previously announced the commits
sion sails from New York Saturday"
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reached his wife In July. 1897. was that
Of Mrs. Botkin. He could not identify the
writing on the box which contained the
candy as he had not seen Il. The only
new point Is contained In the affidavit
Of Mark Green. drug clerk, who declares
that in the latter part OF May. or early IN
June. while employed at 1902 Market
street. he sold . cents worth OF arsenic
to a woman who said she wanted II for
the purpose OF bleaching straw hats Her
appearance, he said. resembled that OF
Mrs BOtkin.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin and the attorneys
for the defense claim TO have no fear OF
the evidence that will be presented TO
Governor Budd by the prosecution. rney
base their confidence on the alleged abil-
ity OF the accused woman to establish
complete alibi. The alibi win cover a
period dating from the day Clerk Frank
Green claims he sofa Mrs Botihn arsenic
In the Owl drug store to the day she was
arrested in Stockton.
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anti-convention stages between the forces
seeking the nomination for governor. with
George +. LOunsberry on the one hand
and John Addison Porter. the presidents
secretary. on the other Porter forced the
hghting on a platform avowedly con-
structed as opposed TO the state organiza-
tion OF the party. The surprise Of the dag
was the Unexpectedly overwhelming VIC
tory Of the Lounsberry forces. Louns-
berry Is a wealthy shoe manufacturer OF
South Norwalk ana brother OF ex-Gov-
ernor Lounsberry.
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HILL WILL HELP.

NEW YORK. Sept. l5.-Business assoei-
ates IN wall street Of President J. J. Hill
Of the Great Northern. today admitted
the truth Of the rumor that he will prob
ably be a factor in the reorganization OF
the Baltimore& Ohio. He admitted that
he had not acquired an interest in the
property. but that he expected to. II was
denied that II was in contemplation to
Identify the Baltimore & Ohio in any way
with Hilrs northwestern property. The
matter is purely Individual and not as
representing his company.