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In ancient Egypt when cat died
in private house the inmates shay.
ed their eyebrows. The killing of q
cat, even accidentally, was consider
ed capital offence.
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Now is the time to purify your
blood and Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
best medicine for the purpose.
Thousands of great cures prove that
il is the One True Blood Purifier.
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There are 600 different kinds of
wood grown in Arkansas.
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Hood S Pills are the iayorite fam
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Price Use.
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The Successful Remedy for
NASAL CATARRH

must be non-irritating, easy of ap.
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own action reach the infamed and
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ELY'S CREAM BALM combines
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This agreeable remedy has mastered
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by Absorption.
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The Balm can be found at any
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Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
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heals and protects the membrane
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AXLE
: i Il !: ''.' ' ';'' GREASE
Chamberlain's Eye and Slna
Ointment.

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Hundreds Of cases hare been cured r.
it after all other treatment lad failaA
s. cents PEI box.
Sept. 81 1895, year.
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The oldest American vessel still
in service, the schooner Polly, was
built in 1885.
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Amsterdam is the nearest Euro
pean capital to London, being only
1873 miles distant.
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GREAT SALES prove the great
~s7 merit of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Sarsaparilla sells because it
accomplishes GREAT CURES.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
Good Old Grccuback.

In the New York Sun Mr.. Matthew
Marshall tells the American people
what the greenback did for them In tho
OWL war. He recalls the facts to their
memory in view Of the systematic ef-
forts at present made to retire the gov
eminent greenbaok notes. He says:
Not only, too, were the greenbacks an un.
avoidable necessity. but In tho juncture III
which they were issued they became an ele.
ment of positive financial strength. Adding
o. they did $40. 600 900 to the circulating me.
dunn Of the country. they stimulated every.
where enterprise and speculation and furnish.
Cd means for paying not only our soldiers and
sailors. but tho army Of workmon who sup.
piled u with tho munitions Of war. Tho coun-
try became one great beehive of military In.
dustry, and tho millions In the field and ON
the sea were REINFORCED by other millions In
factories and workshops supplying tt cir wants.
The depreciation Of tho grconbacks below par
In gold served to increase their energizing
power. All sorts of commodities rose higher
and higher In price, 10 TINT nobody lost by
buying them, and everybody won, and. illu-
sorry as were the profits thus obtained, they
wero none the less efficient In inspiring cheer.
fulness and milking the war popular here at
the north. Farmers paid off their mortgages
and had money to invest, railroads which were
bankrupt began to do IN enormous business,
workingmen got high wnges, and spectators
in stocks and in nll kinds Of commodities got
rich Whenever, therefore, the government
placed on the market fresh loan 1t had no
trouble in getting money for 1t. first from our
own people and afterward from Europeans,
who, seeing our apparent prosperity and
tempted by the interest, which, being paid in
gold on a principal bought In paper. was enor'
NOUS were eager TO furnish US with all the
supplies with which we could not furnish our
selves. For all this we were indebted to the
nla
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17

Nell arose In tho air and landed her bravo
master among friends who had hurried
forward to that point.
When questioned why he did not steal
into the Federal lines at night, the scout
said: "Oh, mate and wanted to show
them rebs what Union soldier could do.
Since we've :;cen with them we'vo heard
nothing but brag. We thought we'd just
take it out Of them."
General Curtis learned from the scout
that the ConfcdoTatcs were moving to flank
him and was saved from disaster by the
timely waning which few hours delay
would have rendered valueloss.
When General Sterling Prico was on bio
big raid in Missouri. Wild Bill was with
the Texas rangers, passing 90 On Austin
man named Barnes. Price and Curtis
came together at Sandy river, and Wild
Bin had information for his chief os to the
strength Of tho Confcderates. One day he
was on picket when tho soldiers hogan ex.
changing papers. tobacco and coffee and
shortly after the barter was over Curtis
knew that his scout was near at hand.
But Will Bill saw no chance to escape and
finally decided to take the boldest method,
% before. There was q sergeant In his
company known as great braRgart, and,
finding bin in a humor for chsuenRe IN
tho midst OF q crowd, the scout dared hin
to ride him toward the cnemy's lines, TO
Geo who would 60 the nearest 1t turned
out that the sergeant Vas No ONWARD tos
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
EXHIBITION OF COURAGE.

Experiences Of Lieutenant Henderson In
the Gold Coast Hinterland.
When Lieutenant Henderson was cap
tured recently by the natives of the Gold
Coast hinterland, they got into wordy
discussion as to how they would kill him.
The victim listened awhile till he was
weary of it. "Oh, WE'LL" he said, II can't
be bothered with your arguments! I'm
very sleepy. Let me know when you have
made up your minds" And off to sleep he
went. The unexpected performance saved
lis life. His calm Indifference persuaded
Eamory's men that they had to do with
some one of immense Importance. Unwill-
Ing to take on themselves the responsible
ity for his death they sent him unframed
to Samory's court, In the Jimini country.
Once again Lieutenant Henderson saved
himself by like exhibition Of courage.
He found Samory on q throne, surrounded
by 1000 warriors. Yet when motloned to
do homage on his hands and knees he did
nothing Of the sort. He simply sat on the
throne beside Samory, shaking that mon.
arch warmly by the hand. Thanks to this,
and to nothing else, he was accepted as the
representative of great sovereign instead
Of q captive doomed to death. Ho talked
to Samory Of the queen, and Samory talk
ed of himself. Thus a mission which might
have ended, as so many African missions
have ended, in terrible silence and sus.
picion Of unspeakable horrors did, in fact,
end in valuable basis of future relations
between Great Britain and q Mohammedan
power.-New York Tribune.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
THE BEEHIVE.

The bee lifo is longer or shorter just In
proportion to tho labor 1t performs.
Disturbing bees during cold weather 10
one of tho most disastrous things that can
be done.
A locality plentifully supplied with
Glover and Eastwood Is paradise for tho
beekoeper and his bees.
+ You need be seldom troubled with
swarming II all the queen cells are taken
out before they arc scaled over.
The workers are dwarfed female bees
and 80 small that they never become i'm
prcgnated and do not lay eggs.
Bees are the best friends of the growers
Of small fruits because they fructify tho
flowers ard cause the fruit to mature
Honey improves with age. The older
IL Is the finer the favor. Comb honey
should bs kept In moderately warm room.
DULY Two Will Go. >
MINNEAPOLIS, May IA Journal
Washington special says: The as.
alignment Of three Minnesota regiments
to Chickamauga was clerical error.
Only two will go there. The Thir.
teenth will 60 to the Philippines 10
ordered.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
MEXICAN FISHING RIGHTS.
Waters Covered by . Concession Now
Open to the World.

Waters Covered by . Concession Now
Open to tho World.
Some three years ago Louis Mendolson
Of San Diego, CAL, secured q concession
from the Mexican government giving him
control of the waters of the coast for fish
ing purposes from the Mexican line to the
twenty sixth degree of latitude, over 400
miles down the Lower California coast
Mr.. Mendelson's idea was to organize q
big syndicate to dry and pack portion of
the vast schools of fish which inhabit that
coast. Difficulties, however, prevented bis
carrying out his project, and some time ago
he had to abandon what promised to be.
come q concession Of great value.
The Mexican government has recently
made official announcement that those wa
ters are open to the world, and as result
the fishing companies with headquarters
In this port are preparing to send fleets in
to those hitherto "unflshed" waters which
are known to be fairly swarming with
barracuda, Spanish mackerel, rock cod,
pompano and a dozen other varieties OF the
1nest fish in salt water.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
BAD WEATHER ROADS
NEED OF HIGHWAYS THAT ARE Al
WAYS SMOOTH AND HARD.

20 Long - the Farmer stays ct Home
Roads Don't Bother Him - When He
Goes to Market His Trouble Begins.
State Aid In Road Construction.
Perhaps never does the need Of good
roads manifest itself SO strongly in a
community of farmers as where they
attempt to carry on cooperative en-
terprise such as creamery or a cheese
factory. So long as the farmer remains
Ut home on his own land it makes no
difference to him whether his roads be
smooth as asphalt or rough and stony
as mountain pass, or whether they be
hard and level like the English high
ways Of macadam or soft and sticky like
the ground about the pigsty, says Cy-
cling Gazette. 1t is only hen it comes
to going to town, especially if it be
with load of crops that the condition
of the highway outs any figure. And it
becomes more important than ever
where farmers are obliged to drive to
creamery each day in the year with
their milk.
In most of the states dairying has
only Of late Lecome a great industry,
but its continued growth calls more
loudly than ever for the construction OF
roads which will enable the creamery
patrons to deliver their milk without
wearing out their horses whenever the
weather takes an unfavorable turn.
Wet weather roads are needed here,
and dairying can never be complete
success without them. Ex-Governor
William d. Hoard, the president Of the
National Dairy union. is strong advo-
cate of good roads. His experience has
taught him how essential they are to
dairy farmers. As vice president Of the
Wisconsin League For Good Roads Mr..
Hoard has most foroibly stated the case
from the dairyman's standpoint.
"Modern dairying," says Governor
Hoard, lis usually grouped around the
creamery and the cheese factory. On
good roads, where from one to two tons
of milk can be hauled to the factory
with ease and safety, the cost is natural.
~ lower than where much less guam
tity can be hauled. 1t follows, then, that
the condition of the roads is direct
living factor in the cost Of hauling.
A limited calculation would give you, I
think, a new view Of the situation.
There are in Wisconsin, for instance,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
be tcrt beside the scout until the bank Il

be 1ert beside the scout until the bank q
the river was reached
Wild Bill managed to let the Yankees
on tho other sido know that he was one OF
the reckless riders, and they trained their
shots upon tho sergeant, but failed to
bring him down. At last some one In tho
Yankee orowd-there were thousands OF
both armies looking on-oried out, "Bully
for Wild Bill!' "Then the sergeant sus-
picioned me, said the scout in telling this
Atory, "for he turned on me and growled
out, BY God, believe yer Yank! And
he at once drow his revolver. But no was
too late, for the minute he drew hiH pistol
I put bali through him. Imightn t have
killed him II he hadn't suspicioned me. I
had to do it then"
As the sergeant rolled ont of thu saddle
Wild Bill took his horse by the bit and
dashed into tho water. The Yankees set
up tremendous shout and opened fire on
the Confederates who were popping at the
scout AZ he sat erect In saddle and stoered
for the opposite bank. To screen himself
from tho fire Wild Bill slipped of his
horse, and holding to bis tail with one
hand remained almost wholly submerged.
ut was the hottest bath I every took, !"
he continued. "Whewi For about two
minutes how tho bullets zipped and skitted
on the water! thought Twas hit again
and again, but the rob Sharr~hooters were
bothered by the splash we made. and in a
little while our boys drove them to cover
and after some tumbling at the bank got
into the brush with my two horses with.
out scratch. felt sort Of proud when
the boys took me to camp and the com :
mander thanked me beforo lot Of gems
erals "
After the war a boon comrade Of the
dead sergeant fought duel with Wild
Bill in tho public square of Lawrence, Kan.
Bill shot him dead, then turned on a
crowd Of his friends, but thoy declined to
take up the quarrel.
Wild Bill could fight when driven to the
wall as we'll % play the part OF deceiver.
Early in the war he made himself terror
to border desperadoes by killing ton mon
single handed His victims were the no.
torious MoCandless gang Of cutthroats who
trailed him to house near the Kansas
border while no was guiding some Federal
cavalry from tho plains to the states. Tho
scout had revolver and rife, but only
seven shots. One shot killed MoCandless,
who had jumped into the room where Wild
Bill took his stand when he heard the des-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
PREDICTIONS ALL WRONGS,
Festivities Have Not 10 the Lss's sssssdaf
Business. .8

Festivities Have Not 10 the Lssas ssetsdfS
Business. v 55 ..8
NEW YORK, May l4.-R. G. Dun 81
90. q Weekly Review of Trade says:l
Hostilities have lasted long enough to
kill mssy predictions. If but few AIMEE
deans. Tho European notion sbss the
United States would begin having ~
bad half hour, the theorist's notion thst
"everybody knows a great panic must
follow tho outbreak of war;" the conn
mercial buyers notion that everybody
would be ready to sell everything cheap
II war comes, tho notion that it would
pay to horde money until the emer.
gency had passed. have all been made
laughable already. The only panic
was when the money lenders were
wondering what deadly impossibilities
tho unknown might have in store for
them. The only hindrance of industry
has been due to waiting Of buyers who
looked for lower prices.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
Dogs That Are Popular.

Fashions in dogs change as const family
% fashions in other things, and the
bulldog is now in high favor. A recent
show Of French bulldogs in New York
was great success. Ladies' petted and
fondled the strong, bright, lively little
creatures that were on exhibition. At
another show tie bull terriers outrank-
ed all other classes Of animals in mum.
Der.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17
Japanese Matches and Umbrellas

The Japanese are capturing the match
and umbrella trade in India ard Burma.
They sell a much better quality Of matches
IN these countries thar those made in Eng
land for about half the price, and Japanese
umbrellas can be purchased In Burma Tor
% cents.-New York Tribune.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17

ORDER life with
oil its untan,ed
nature has phases
which speak loud.
or than sermons Of
mans nobler side.
Who're all Is good
1t 10 easy to take
tho pace. Old
plainslnen who re-
member what the
wild west was like
30 to 40 years ago
are making a hero
of Wild Bill Hio-
kok,a border char
acter who died
with his boots on
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17

~ UesAQWOOU III 1909. OVOr OV years dSO
Wild Bill abandoned civilization as 1t was
along the Missouri and went to Now Mex
loo. where he began life as cow pnnoher.
Ten years later he was ono Of the best
known men on the plains.
Wild Bill was a nickname given to
James B. Hickok, an Illinois boy who ran
away in early life and lived among hunt
srs and trappers In the mountains. When
the war broke out, In 1861, he enlisted in
. regiment which served in Missouri and
BIZ exploits as scout were upon the
tongue of every officer and soldier Of both
aranies in the ransmississippi region.
With constitution touKhened to outdoor
NE, marvellous strength, GOODNESS and au.
dacity he was just the man to play tho
double role required on the border, where
warfare was irregular and a soldier took
his life in bis hands the moment he stepped
beyond the beaten track Of armed columns
One incident told in Missouri just after
the war took place during Curtis expedi'
ton into Arkansas In 1864. Wild Bill and
. companion who shared his adventures
were in the enemy's lines travelling with
tho troops. Wild Bill had assumed In the
southeso army tho name Of dead Con-
iedeFe<e and was looked upon as loyal to
camping with the southerners for q month
or more and learning their plans the
scouts set out one day to rejoin their
rical manner, but perhaps it was the only
Information of vital Importance to Curtis
was feeling the Confederates, who appear
= 81 n& to- ,k 10th hot
q thin limo Of cavalry were drawn up In
front of the Confederates to amuse them
with false motions while awaiting the
seen to move out from the front Of the en-
elny's line and move slowly toward tho
Federal cavalry skirnlshers. Little hoed
soon the Confederates commenced firing
at the lone horsemen. A wall OF smoke
arose along the whole front, for every man
In tho southern ranks seemed to think tho
battle was on.
The two riders spurred their steeds to .
gallop sud were quickly followed by .
cloud Of smoke. Then tho Federals knew
colonel OF tho outpost quickly deployed a
nally the riders halted at what proved to
be a wide ditch which they had not seen
In advance and could not leap. They
tarned and rode back toward the Confed-
crate lines, and the Fedorals thought for
moment 1t was only false movement to
cover some deep design, but after going
back few lengths tho riders wheeled In
the face of an awful fire, delivered In part
from enemies but few rods away, and
sped once more toward the Federal lines.
Ouly ono reached there, however, and him
the foremost advancing sk,rmishers REQ
ogDizcd as Wild Bill, tho scout. His com.
panion went down before reaching the
ditch, horse and man shot at tho same
<imo by tho two pursuers who had been
almost at their heels In this second run
When his companion foil, Wild Bill gave
the reins to bis gallant horse Black Nell
and turned In his saddle. The lockers on
cav the two Confederates tumble from
their saddles, and at the same time Black
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-17

STOUT 2, 500 cheese factories and cream
cries. To each one of these every morn
ing there comes an average Of say 40
farmers with their milk. Now that
number Of factories or creameries rep
resents 100, 900 farmers who certainly
ought to be interested in the improve
ment of roads from business stand
point. In all kinds of weather, every
morning in the year, rain or shine, good
roads or bad roads, must they take their
milk a distance varying from half a
mile to five miles to the factory and
haul their skimmilk back over the same
route. Dairy farmers as rule are the
most enterprising and progressive OF
any class Of farmers. Does not their own
fortune as we'll as good name require
that they get together at every cheese
factory and creamery and unite cooper
atively for an intelligent building Of
good roads?''
Better means of communication are
becoming more and more essential, not
alone to dairymen, but to all farmers
alike. Farmers should be made less de-
pendent upon the weather. Agriculture
in the United States has developed to a
point where time is valuable In this
pursuit, and it should be made possible
for farmers to get to town after rain
when the land is still too wet for farm
work. Many of them would avail them
selves Of this opportunity if they had 1t.
But they cannot themselves undertake
the construction Of good roads upon all
main lines of travel leading to market
towns. No community Of farmers could
burden itself with their cost.
The city population is interested In
the Improvement Of country roads and
should contribute to it's expense through
the medium of state aid. This is being
done in Massachusetts, in New jersey
and in Connecticut. New York and
PENNSYLVANIA are about to introduce
similar system. By the state aid system
the expense Of country roads is divided
between the state which pays from one
third to one-haf of their cost, the own.
ers of the adjoining property, who pay
about one-tenth, and the county.
State and county taxes being levied
upon every taxpayer in proportion to
bis wealth, the state aid system makes
it possible to obtain contributions to tho
cost of good roads from railroad, insur-
ance, street railway and telegraph com.
panies and from the wealthy citizens in
the cities, thus relieving the farmer Of .
considerable burden which would fall
entirely upon him if all roadbuilding
was to be done by the township officers,
through township taxes. II the farmer
wants good roads, and We know that be
wants them, he should insist upon state
aid in their construction.
RESULTS ON THE DIAMOND.