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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21
Oharc Gal for Sale.

Morrison county charcoal now
manufac ctured and sold By Larson &.
Berg Of Elem lg burg Leave orders at
q Y. Berg ssstore.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21
Little Business Done at
=. the Special ~
Tern.
AGRAM MAN COMMITS suicide
Joseph Lauer, Old, Blind
and Insane, Hangs Him
self with Binding Twine.

A special term of district court was
held by Judge Searle Tuesday after
noon.
Alillie Hanson was granted a d.
vorce from Thomas Hanson. The
plaintiff said she was married March
Z, 1895, and that the defendant
deserted her the 18th of the follow
ing month. On similar grounts
divorce was granted to Lille E.
Walters, of Royalton, fl ON VIM. H.
Walters.
In the case of Ben Lambert VS.. the
Pine Tree Lumber Co., the court
sustained the demurrer Of defendant
that the complaint set forth no
cause of action. Lambert sued to
recover the "bonus" given by the
lumber company to employees who
work until the close OF the se2son.
In the case OF JAS. Gravel VS.. the
Little Falls Imp. & Nav. Co., motion
for a new trial was argued and SUBJ
mitted. Gravel received a Verdi Gf
1915 from a jury at the last regular
term Of court for damages to his
land caused by flowage. The de-
fendant seeks a new trial.
The following were granted second
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21

Sidney, (Wash.) Independent: A
letter from Vergne Gorst, dated at
Dawson City Nov. 28th, states that
August Nelson is there and is work.
ing for SIS per day. August took
up a fractional claim on Last Chance
and on the strength OF his good luck
got on high old drunk. L. G. Merz
is cooking in the Dominion restau-
rant. Alex Gooch has a claim on
Gold Bottom. Mr. Arnold, of Crystal
Springs, reached Dawson all right
and visited with Vergne for day or
SO. Vergne speaks Of the shortage,
and to be on the safe side, traded a
box Of candles for two sacks of -four.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21

Mr.. and1Mrs Austin Grimes have
taken theShouse owned by Miss Amy
Masten, opposite W. A.. Buffers.
residence. E. . E. E ,.,.... 81 -a T.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21

St. Paul Dispatch: When the
county superintendents OF schools
came together in St. Paul during the
Christmas holidays, they strongly
advocated uniformity in the exami-
nation Of candidates for teachers
certificates. They requested that
the state department. OF public in
struction continue to furnish the
questions, and the examinations are
to be held on the same day in each
county. There are three sets of ques-
tions at each examination, and the
dates for the spring examination
have been set as follows: Set /,
Tuesday and Wednesday, March l
and 2; set 2, Friday and Saturday,
March 4 and 5; set 8, Thursday and
Friday, March ii and -.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21

8 FOR DOUCETT;E.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21
GERM ANY.

Franz Sellers
Ben Cekala
Carl Hoppke
Robt. Hoppke
RUSSIA.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21

Jack Anderson
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-01-21
New SforBI
Fresh : ): Goods! {: d s
W|'M N. IO.t8:H|.IE]|:;::''Hi|;i Z Z 4
Below is onr partial list, all
Otllor goods equally low:
Corn, Buckwheat Flour,
Graham Flour, Corn Meal

Don't Fail to See Our Teas:
Good tea for 25c. so cent tea for 35c
.ssss.s SCI 60 cent tea Tor SOC.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
CURIOUS FREAK OF SUNLIGHT.
Window Washer on the Masonic Temple
Blended In with Huge Structure.

Yesterday afternoon while a group
of men were sitting in the office OF
lawyer in the Real Estate building one
of them CHANGED to glance out of the
window which is toward State street.
Up on the coping Of window of the
seventeenth floor Of the Masonic Tenn
pie he saw queer object moving about
in the sunlight in a peculiar manner.
1t nearly filled the window frame,
seemed to project outward and also to
blend with the enormous structure.
Flashes of brilliant light were mingled
with colors so dark as to counterfeit
night. Suddenly an arm of the object
rose up toward the upper sash and it
looked as If the temple were about to
crumble to the earth. 1t was a terri
flying spectacle, as the freakish light
was playing all kinds of fantastic
tricks with what was a living body. At
last the object reached down and
threw up the lower sash. Then man
leisurely disengaged his harness from
I. framework and stepped inside the
room. He was one of the force Of jani-
tors sent out on that perilous ledge to
wash windows. From where the group
was seated he appeared as a pygmy.
Judging from the amount of space he
covered in that window front he is one
of the largest men in the city. He went
about from window to window as care
lessly as did the people passing along
the street some 200 feet below him. But
for a time his figure was so mixed in
with the building that the latter ap-
peared to bulge outward as If in a
state of imminent collapse.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
American Soldiers Way.

An English naval officer who was an
eye witness of the incident tells this
story of the American troops In
Manila: 1.-The city was quite crowded
with both American and Spanish SOL
diers, and they seemed to be on the
friendliest terms. AS / was crossing
one of the numerous bridges across the
Pasig river, l saw a native Filipino
spit in the face Of Spanish officer and
then run to the American sentinel who
was guarding the bridge, demanding
his protection. 1t was some time be-
fore the Filipino could make himself
understood, and the sentry took some
time tc catch on to what had been
done, but you can imagine my surprise
when he handed his gun to the Spanish
officer and caught the native by the
nape of the neck and the seat of his
trousers and pitched him off the bridge
into the Pasig river. Then he calmly
took his gun from the Spanish officer
and began pacing the beat as If moth
ing had happened. The American SOL
dier may not be so military as his
brother of Europe, but he is made OF
the right stuff"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
BACKBONE OF THE NATION.


1t is from the farm and the country
districts that the great brain power of
the country has come, is coming today
and must come in the future, writes
Edward Box in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. Instead of deprecating country
life and saying that to Give in the
country means to live out of the
world" intelligent people know that
the free, untrammeled life of the coun-
try unquestionably gives broader
views. The human mind always grows
to suit its outward surroundings.
Originality and a development for
greater things has naught to check its
growth where one can look with
earnest eyes from nature up to natures
God. To speak of "the ignorance Of
the rural regions" is to stamp oneself
as an ignoramus not the country peo-
pie. There is a soundness Of core and
intelligence In the back country OF this
nation of ours that people who live in
cities and think themselves wise never
suspect We can talk all we like OF
social revolutions" and kindred evils
that are supposed to threaten this ma
ton. When they do threaten our in
stitutions the danger signal will not
come from the back country. Such
thoughts are born and fed amid the
foul atmosphere of the cities. In the
clear country air Of the farm nothing
threatens the country and when any
thing in the shape of a socialistic,
anarchistic revolution does menace
this land, the true voice which will
stamp it out will come from the coun-
try. The backbone Of this land rests
in the country and on the farm.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
When Birds Begin to Sing.

An ornithologist, having investigated
the question of at what hour in sum-
mer the commonest small birds wake
up and sing, states that the greenfinch
is the earliest riser, as 1t pipes as early
as 1:30 in the morning, the blackcap
beginning at about 2:30. 1t is nearly
4 o'clock, and the sun is we'll above
the horizon, before the first real song
ster appears in the person of the black
bird. He Is heard half an hour before
the thrush. and the chirp of the robin
begins about the same length of time
before that of the wren. Finally, the
housesparrow and the tomtit occupy
the last place on the list. This inves-
tigation has altogether ruined the
lark's reputation for early rising. That
much celebrated bird is quite slug
gard. as II does not rise until long after
the chaffinches, linnets and a number
OF hedgerow birds have been up and
about.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
NEWS OF DEWEY'S VICTORY.
A Man Made s4oO with One Newspapre
I'm Alaska.


I'm Alaska.
Papa" Cobb, the old Harvard ath-
lete, who returned from Dawson on the
Roanoke with big bag of gold, tells
the following story about patriotism
for the stars and stripes at Dawson,
says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
"One day a man showed up in camp
with single copy of a newspaper con-
tanning the first account of Dewey's
victory at Manila. This single paper
was the first intimation we had of the
great things our navy had been doing
and 1t was sought after more eagerly
than gold. An enterprising Yankee
purchased it for $40 and then hired
Tammany hall for the evening. He
charged so cents and packed the hall.
He read the paper to the crowd and
after every sentence there was regu-
lar warwhoop. 1t made the walls or
the building tremble. The success OF
the venture was so pronounced that he
rented the hall for the next night and
reaped another harvest. He made S4O0
off that one newspaper and sold it to
miner who was going into the diggings
for $50.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
GOLD HOOKS AND CLASPS.
Some Costly but Concealed Accessories
OF Feminine Apparel.

Some Costly but Concealed Accessories
or Feminine Apparel.
Sometimes a man will make a vague
mental calculation as to the cost Of
the costume and jewelry worn by a
smart society woman of his acquain-
tance. AS to the diamonds or other
gems displayed he may be able to form
tolerably accurate estimate. Some
men can ever make a shrewd guess at
the cost of an evening gown, and these
pride themselves on being able to tell
within few dollars just how much
the fair ones outfit represents in mon
ey. Seldom does it occur to him that
q well-dressed woman is as particular
about what does not appear to his eye
as she is regarding exterior effect. For
instance, there is the big gold hook
exactly in the shape of the ordinary
everyday eye, which is secured to the
corset to support the skirts. That hook
IN plain gold will cost S.. In the duch-
css Of Marlborough's trousseau to
every pair of corsets was fastened one
of these gold hooks. If the hooks are
set in jewels, diamonds, sapphires or
emeralds, they will cost many times as
much as the one of plain gold. And
the corset clasps! The steels for the
front, covered with white kid, have
in each of the little gold buttons, over
which gold loops fastens, a diamond
which will cost $50 at the lowest cal
culation. If they come direct from a
jewelers. they will cost more. And the
clasps for side elastics, also gold, with
a diamond or two set in one of two
places where they will be least in the
way, will cost $55; and these are only
two or three small items purchased,
and good sum Of money expended.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
THE HABIT OF SULLENNESS.
It Often Throws Happy Life All

Speaking Of sullenness, by the way,
nothing Is SO beneficial for these
dumb devils" who sometimes enter
nto and possess certain folk as good.
ousing ruction, whereby the offending
demon is shaken out of them as you
would shake snakes and vermin out
Of box, says the Philadelphia Times.
Nothing else touches them. Kindness
leaves them unmoved; gentle remon-
STRANGE leaves them obdurate; of graf
tude they know not the first letters
which spell the word, and they are as
gnorant of those which make out the
'orm and substance OF their own ad-
vantage.
They are like watch which has
stopped by reason of a hitch in the
wheel which only a shake-up can re-
lease. And In like manner, when they
are shaken up by a good rousing rue
ton they come out of their demoniacal
dumbness and the wheels of their
humanity turn as it is right and fitting
they should. With the fiery on their
own side a counteracting ruction may
answer at times and rarely, but it will
be only at times and very rarely. Two
storms meeting each other create more
havoc than benefcent clearance and
two scolding wives or rageous men
are apt to come to mutual grief. On
the whole, we repeat the phrase and
the sentiment with which we began.
Like fire, the use of ructions is a good
servant and bad master. To the
wise. who understand time, seasons
and occasions. it is a most valuable
instrument. To the foolish, who en-
ploy 1T foolishly, 1t is destruction to
all concerned But, then. fools do
make havoc OF all they touch. bad or
good as it may be.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
UNFORTUNATE MISTAKE.
Dramatic Incident Between the Porter
ard the Winsicw.


ard the Winsiow.
Frequently, in the an nsiety to dis
cover whether the strange craft were
a friend or foe without betraying her
own presence, a torpedo boat was fired
on by her own friends. says Harpers
Magazine. sgShe blockading squadron
were taking no chances OF any kind OF
approaching dark little craft and used
the western method of shooting first
and inquiring afterwards. In the ex-
element consequent on the signal
'Enemy's torpedo boat sighted even
torpedo boats engaged each other. This
happened one of the first nights Oh
Havana. The moment the signal was
made, all the scouting vessels in the
vicinity converged at full speed to-
wards the point where the signal stars
had been seen. Suddenly out of the
gloom of night and right across the
bows of the Porter rushed dark OBJ
jeot, the sparks from its tunnels and
the dim outline marking it distinctly
as a torpedo boat. No questions were
asked by the Porter. for we knew no
other torpedo boat Of ours was on that
section of the blockade. There was
heavy sea and dense clouds of black
smoke were sweeping down between
us from our low tunnels. This fortu-
nately caused the first shots to go wild
ard instantly, in answer to our fire, the
night signal was shown. 1t was one
of our own boats that had come from
Cardenas with dispatches, and she was
looking for the flagship. A joking
apology and hearty laugh from US
all ended our little encounter and the
two boats parted, not to meet again
for weeks-not until the Porter, re-
turning to Key West from her cruise
to Porto Rico, found the Winslow bat
tle-scarred and torn by the enemy's
shell, her captain wounded and her
executive officer and five of her crew
dead. 1t was no laughing matter this
time.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
The Worlds Letter Bag.

Two-thirds OF all the letters which
pass through the postofiices of the
world are written by and sent to peo-
pie who speak English. There are sub
stantially 500,000,000 persons speaking
colloquially one or another of the ten
or twelve chief modern languages, and
of these about 20 per cent, or 10000
90 persons, speak English. About 90,-
100000 speak Russian, 75,000000 Ger
man, 55 100000 French, 45,000,000 Span
ish, 35,000,00O Italian, and $4,000, 900
Portuguese, and the balance Hunga-
rian, Dutch, Polish, Flemish, Bone
mian, Gaelic, Roumanian, Swedish,
Finnish, Danish, and Norwegian. Thus,
while only one-quarter Of those who
employ the facilities of the postal de-
partments of civilized governments
speak, as their native tongue, English,
two-thirds of those who correspond do
so in the English language. This sit
uation arises from the fact that so
large a share of the commercial bus
mess of the world is done in Eng
lish, even among those who do not
speak English as their native Ian
guage. There are, for instance, more
than 10000 postoffices in India, the
business of which in letters and pa
pers aggregates more than 300,O00,O0
parcels in year. and the business OF
these offices is done chiefly in English,
though of India's population, which is
nearly 300,000,000, fewer than 100000
persons either speak or understand
English.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
HOLLAND HOUSE.
Center of All That Was Brightest and
Most Intellectual


EDglishmen have no idea of society
in tae continental sense. Banquets,
balls and parties, public and private,
have always formed an accompaniment
to the parliamentary session; but the
select coteries which meet almost daily
in Paris-in the informal gatherings
termed Salons" where friendships are
cemented with that mixture of grave
and gay conversation in which our
mercurial neighbors eXcel-are foreign
to the English life, says the Pail Mall
Magazine. In it's records, as well as i'll
it's surroundings, Holland house stands
out brilliant exception in this re-
spect. 1t is unique among English
homes, standing as it does in its own
lovely gardens, surrounded till lately
by the fields of Kensington, now in the
middle of a densely populated district
and within a walk of the center OF
London. It has ceased for half CEN
tury to be country home and, though
1t has changed hands repeatedly, its
treasures remain intact. It's architecture
is Characteristic; it's portraits and
busts recall all the most interesting
personages who have lived there. Ev-
cry room is filled with rare objects and
historical relics; it has neither been
robbed to pay death duties nor spoiled
by vandal taste. 1t possesses, more
over, a special interest as the center
round which revolved for nearly half
a century all that was brightest and
most intellectual in an age of strength
and great achievements-those whose
influence so profoundly affected the
political events OF the day.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
Neneering.

Veneer cutting Is trade In itself;
veneers are both hand cut and machine
cut; the former are generally consid-
cred the best. A leaf of veneer is no
more than one-sixteenth of an inch:
overlaid with 1t common deal becomes
to all appearances oak, walnut, SATIN
wood, rosewood or mahogany, Just as
you please. Sixty square feet of We
neering can be turned out by ma
chine within the minute; an inch of
wood will yield thirty-two veneers.
In this country a specially thick ve-
neer is cut; instead of papering the
walls OF house, they are sometimes
veneered with mahogany, walnut,
birdseye maple. This veneer is so thin
that 1t must be backed up with paper
to give Il strength. The best wood
for the purpose is got from trees that
have grown slowly in poor soil. Rich
ly figured yeneers are obtained from
the roots of trees. There is a good
market for them among the makers of
nfo n aforta nocao
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
r. n. DAVIS CLOTHES,
Soldiers Gave Them Back and Cheered
for the Young Correspondent.

Soldiers Gave Them Back and Cheered
for the Young Correspondent.
Here is one to the credit Of Richard
Harding Davis. After the battle
heavy travelling bag or trunk was
found with no owner at hand to claim
It, says q Nashville American corre-
spondent. Several negroes Of the Tenth
cavalry regulars opened 1t and found
variety of fancy shirts, trousers,
stockings and such like. These they
Immediately confiscated and began to
bedeck themselves with. Shortly after
Richard Harding Davis came upon the
scene from another part Of the field.
He saw he had been despoiled, but en-
tered no complaint. An officer of tho
regiment, however, began to make in
quiries. He asked where the clothes
came from and was told. Turning to
Davis, he inquired: Are these your
clothes?" Mr.. Davis bowed in the af-
firmative. "Then, men, you should be
doubly ashamed of your conduct. You
not only did wrong in opening the
trunk at all, but you have made
brave man your victim. When we
were fred on from ambush by the
Spaniards Davis here was right in
front Of our column, pointing out the
Spaniards for us to shoot at. A SOL
dier was shot down by his side. He
picked up the gun and began firing i'm
mediately. He has Just returned from
the pursuit. Take off those garments.
Mr.. Davis, in behalf of my soldiers,
apologize for their thoughtless corr
duct" There was cheer given for
Richard Harding Davis, which the big.
broad-shouldered young war corre-
spondent acknowledged with a smile.
and the incident was ended.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
THE MONKEY BREAD TREE.
Fruit Used to Prepare the Acidulous
Drink to Cure Fevers.

Drink to Cure Fevers.
Cape Verde-that is, the Green Cape
lis said to owe It's name in part TO
which adorns the whole of Senegambia
and Guinea with its green elliptic
arches; a full-grown tree presenting
ut distance almost the appearance or
a forest, says the Philadelphia Press.
According to Adamson, trees are met
with having a diameter of thirty feet.
although the height OF the tree is mod
crate, varying from fifty to sixty feet.
The lower branches, however, shoot
out to an incredibly length, at first In
a horizontal direction. These are COW
cred with an immense foliage which,
from its weight, causes them to bend
toward the ground, and thus there is
presented a huge hemispherical mass
OF verdure, 120, 40 or even 15O feet in
diameter, and perhaps sixty feet in
height. The fruit is an oblong, dull
green, downy body, eight or nine
inches long, containing several cells,
in which there Is a number Of hard
shining seeds, immersed in soft pulp,
which is scarcely juicy. From this
pulp the native negroes prepare an
acidulous drink, much used in the fe-
vers of the country. The bruised
leaves in dry state form substance
called halo, which they mix with their
food and imagine it useful in checking
or counteracting the effects Of profuse
perspiration. All the soft parts of the
tree are emollient or mucilaginous.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1898-12-20
EVOLUTION OF A PARIS GOWN
1t Is the Result of Almost Infinite Col
liberation.

The Paris gown that bursts full
blown on the eye of the client is not,
as the public believe, creation of the
nnAat drassr,n akar himself. nor is the
great dressmaker responsible for the
fashion, says Scribner's. This model
gown is the result of an almost infinite
collaboration. Up in the garrets of the
rriss-cross streets live modest class
of artists that make projects. They
get their inspiration from old portraits
at the Louvre, at Versailles, from ele-
CANT women in the driveways Of the
Bois, or from some hazard. They
modify, develop, combine, following a
drift which they do not control, till
they have produced novel idea that
the public is likely to accept, and that
is, therefore, salable. Their projects
are fixed in sketches and they are
known as marchands de croquis.
Others of these specialists make up
their projects in cloth, and are known
as marchands de modeles. These oc-
cupy more important rank than the
first, since the models form a demon
stration that the ideas can be realized.
The model merchant is in relation
with the manufacturers, who provide
her with the new materials they have
imagined and whose interest it is TO
have their truck" presented to the
great dressmaking houses and so
launched on the market.