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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
UNIQUE RABBIT HUNTERS.
Turkeys Caught and Killed tho Fur
Creatures on an Indiana Farm.

Turkeys Caught and Killed tho Fuv-y
Creatures on an Indiana Farm.
Colonel Ezra G. Hayes has a large drove
Of turkeys on his farm east Of Lawrence
bury, Ind, headed by several old gobblers,
that have developed into successful rabbit
hunters and have caught and killed quite
q number of these furry creatures In the
past few weeks. The turkey range EN-
braces large field covered with ragweeds
Into which scores Of rabbits seek to hide
Az soon as the big birds discover q "buJ
ny" in the maze of weeds they utter pc
culiar cry, and at once every fowl responds
to the call. and they rapidly surround tn
spot where the rabbit is located.
The old gobblers rush to the attach
while the rest Of the flock keep fitting
from place to place wherever the rabbi,
appears and by tapping the:f wings and
uttering fierce cries brighten their fou,
footed game back into the narrowing "''
Gle At last one or more Of the attackir
birds are vigilant enough to strike W.T.
beak, wing or foot the startled rabbi
This is continued until the animal is Grip
pied Or stunned and falls into their pow
er, when the sturdy gobblers finish the
chase by picking and clawing to pieces
the captured game -Cincinnati EnquiroS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
Cause For Moaning.

We have man friend whom we cali
Esau-not from, any capillary resemblance
to Jacobs 1rstborn, but because of his
quiokness In guessing the solution of q
exit which puzzled the rest of us. He saw
it ut once. Since then we have called him
Esau. Esau says that at one time in his
life he lived in the country and there met
. young and very pretty girl. She was
just at that charming, callow stage when
romance rolls the eyes and her CONVERSE
ton is carried on in exclamation points.
One evening about dusk they were driv-
Ing past peach orchard, through tho
limbs and branches of which high wind
was blowing ~ i
"Oh, Esau," murmured the girl, "just
list to the moaning of those trees, SO weird
aud almost human in. their sadness" r
II hear them" replied Esau, but, then,
II you were as full of green fruit as those
trees, I think you would moan too -
New Orleans Times. Democrat.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
Joe King's "A.c0min.~

The Illinois house roare1t over telegram
which Speaker Curtis read from belated
member recently.
J'e King represents an Egyptian" dis
tr.ct which is said not to have railroad
station or Geographic office in it. HI
never knew that Governor Tanner had
called the legislature together antil the
other day, when he went to town and got
the county paper. Then no drove 40 miles
to telegraph station and sent this mes
cage to the speaker: "I'm comm. HE and
my son." ....-. 49,: . .-.+-....
His son is . page in the house.-Nev
York World.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22

finder. He Is short but stockily built
little man, all muscle and nerve. 10 look
at HIM you would mover suspect that he
10 capable of such heroic work on the trail.
He has been Texas ranger, but since 1884
has lived in southern Alaska. Time and
time again he has been in AID out over
the Chiikoot, the Chilkat and White passes,
and he Is perfectly at home in wilderness
of snow. ~
Dalton has probably been to and from
the gold diggings more times than any
other living man, and on each trip no has
plotted men who hive come out with a
high respect for his prowcss asa guide and
a great appreciation of his powers of en-
durance. Not q man in Alaska but has
heard of Jack Dalton, and many are the
stories told Of his wonderful nerve and
pluck. He has blazed new trails where
other men followed with fear and 1nisgiv-
ings the beaten track. He is AZ years old,
and hardly looks IL, for he does not have
the weather beaten appearance which you
might expect his many bardships would
give him. a.. - e.,
Dalton arrived Id San francisco a few
weeks ago from Dawson, and IL now buck
in Seattle, where his wife Is at present liv"
ing. II he concludes bis contract with the
governments, he will soon begin his peril
GUS journey back to the beleag uercd min
ing city. He will have nothing to do with
the affair unless he is given full charge.
In the latter case he would mako his start
from Dyea II the tramways there are able
to handle freight. II they are not, he will
20 in by White pass. He would refuse to
STOOL with reindeer" but would use hardy
northorn hOrsoa and sloioha
There is no sentiment or nonsense In
Dalton's make up. He believes in the fu-
ture OF Alaska and Is interested financial
~ in mines and trading enterprises there,
but be admits that he lives in Alaska SIM
ply ''for what there IL in it," The coun.
try has not won his allegiance, and he
says that when no makes his "pile" he
will get out aud will not sigh to 60 back.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
W. ssggt$s. rg.sTa & E2f $45. ,
WIZARD BE1oE's SECRET.
OhieaEe Osld Hactory's Output of Twsaty
Fhouaand Pounds Of Peculiar Material.

0Aisaxs Geld Tactory's Onsput q Twenty
FhoasaAd Pounds Of Peculiar Material.
\. G. Brice, who is engaged In making
gold BY some mysterious process Of bis
own at his Chicago factory, stu with.
holds the result Of his experiments. The
long row of furnaces In which no 10 able
to generate a. volcanic heat have been
glowing night and day recently, and he
has turned out 10000 pounds of the ma
terial from which he expects to get tho
gold. No one, however, Is permitted to
enter the gold factory. and 1t Is not known
what has boon accomplished,
"The reason the ancient alchemists were
not able to make gold" said Mr.. Brice
the other day, was that they had not dis
covered oxygen, the great transmitting
agency 1t Is, in fact, my secret
The goldmaker, describing the process
by which he made the precious metal
said: - e a.ss
ave first distill the .antimony The
process Is not different from that by which
the liquors are distilled The anti1nony
Is converted into gas, which Is passed
through pipe l03 feet long and collected
in what we call the boghouse. 1t Is col
lected in the form of powder, and from
that powder this brick Is made. - He pick
ed up from. his desk heavy, irregular
shaped brick of dark, reddish brown
color. ..r.. ~,
"This brick" he. .snid, "will be found
to contain but trace Of gold, but whom
1t has been subjected for 48'-hours to the
intense heat of our furnaces it is trans
formed See, here is a brick just from ths
oven"
: The wizard held nm q brick of a curious
oale straw color. When it was broken,
there were traces of pale yellow with lit.
lie centcrs Of dark blue gradually fading
INTO yellow and cream.
"The brick, when it comes from tn.
furnace" he continued, weighs about =
quarter Of pound more than when it was
put in This is due to the absorption Of
oxygen. All the subsequent processes arc
simply employed to reduce the orc that
has been artiflcially created in the fur
mace and are not essentially different
from those employed In other smeltins
works. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
A PLOT FORA NOVEL.
one OAsred RSSdy Made For the DsspAP.
FIJI ate LiteyatOr. 49, 3& 8sl Y

A novelist In Boston - do not lHnch,
thore are n0velists In i.ustcn; yes. aIIusuc
tually living heYc-sait!. ts Ia s.i.e aGtJat,
day, ''If could only ina "a linti sore
" plot for him tree Of charge, and the
story 10 . true one: r.
In 1889 lady-a real laiy-cnme into
Birmingham LnelaLd, viii II hantlscp,e
equipagc and desired the luDdloru q tie
inn to get her husband. toi.Ig deter,
mined to marry somebody or Other before
she left the town. The u un bowed ;s:..i
supposed her ladyship to BE- in a faec;is5,s
humor, but being made sensible haW lnuyh
she was in earnest went out in starch Gi a
out asking questions
After many repulses from poor fellows
who were not esEel;.tc CN' Ugh ior such IA
venture he met with all e4tj e man, who
said he could not be in d worse condi-
ton than he was, and accordingly went
with the inDkeepcr ard maize tender VI
himself, which was all he had to bestow
on tho lady, who Immediately went with
him to one who gave sthcm,a license and
made them man midwife, on which the
bride gave her spouse E2UO and Without
more delay LETT the town and bridegroom
to find out WI no she was or unIiudle this
strange adventure. Soon alter she was
gone two gentlemen came into tho town
In full pursuit Of her. They bad traced
her 50 far upon the road, anu finding the
inn where she had put up they examined
into all the particulars Of hor conduct, and
on bearing she was married gave up Their
pursuit and turned back.
Truly. noble dame, one worthy Of q
full length portrait in the gallery con-
structcd by Thomas Hardy! 49,. *Na4ees
Why did this noble dame offer herself to
the first comerp And why were the rc.
spectacle males of the town SO backward?
There was no hint OF scandal. WEo were
the pursuers? Did she wish by one sud.
den marriage to escape one deliberately
oontrived and repugnant! Was the excise
man pretty fellow in spite OF his abject
condition. Did she ever see him again?
Did she ever regret that she had not Draved
the world and lived with him? Perhaps
the memory Of her apparition haunted
him; perhaps it reused him to doughty
Deeds It's a pity that Mir. Hardy has not
accounted for her action and her fate with
his grim irony.-Boston journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22

bride of Ignatius Donnelly, the aged
Shakespearean student, author and poll.
tician, Is a tall, fair haired, graceful Nor
wegian girl of barely 81, with such an
abundance Of youthful charms that there
ia small wonder she captured the heart Of
the sage Of Ninenger.
Miss Hanson was born in Eidwold, near
Christiania Norway, on Feb. 9, 1877. Her
parents were of an aristocratio family and
at one time were wealthy, but through
the reckless generosity and mismanage'
lnent of her grandfather the Hanson for
tune disappeared. While she was still a
child her parents came to America and
settled In Minneapolis. Miss Hanson,
after leaving the grammar schools, took a
course in. business college, where che
learned stenography and typewriting with
the intention of earning her own living.
For ten weary months she sought employ
ment and at last, about two years ago, Sc
CURED poorly paid situation in legal
agency. She had worked there but a short
time when the stenographer employed by
Mr.. Donnelly in his newspaper Office was
taken i'll and Miss Hanson was sent.for to
take her place. She supposed that the
situation was but temporary, but the first
0tOAO4A0pAA0 NA0Ns
Since then Miss Hanson has been con-
stantly associated with Mr.. Donnelly, help
Ing In the preparation of new book. He
found her an invaluable assistant, was
charmed with her refined manner, her
beauty and her intelligence and before he
was aware Of 1t was head over heels In love
with her. Miss Hanson, with wonan's
intuition, knew 1t long before he told her,
and when be finally did pop the question
she was not bit surprised. She said yes,
and then they were both extravagantly
happy. Now she is busy preparing for the
big wedding, which Is to OCCUR some time
in February, and she Is not bit disturbed
by the fact that Mr.. Donnelly's grown'up
sons and daughters, some of whom, have
children Of their own, do not like the pros;
pect of having pretty young stepmot4er,
Mr.. Donnelly is 66, and, althoCHh so6,e,
what gray and u little bent, is Still Hale
and vigorous. !
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22

BY having few people about who believed
they had seen his machine perform won.
ders So Inventor Nickum has let into his
workshop two or three men who say they
have seen the new light. One of these 10
the landlord of the building In which he
lives and works, a man who has aided him
in financial way. Another Is nearby
grocer who has also helped the inventor
and the third Is the editor Of Logansport
newspaper. |..AH
Not great deal 10 known about Nickum
IA the place where he lives. He was born,
strangely enough, In Darke county, O.,
about 40 years ago. Az d boy be lived tor
! time ii Kansas and then he moved to
Indiana, where be has lived ever since.
made widower for the second time when
he was only %, and has no children.
About six years ago he settled In Logans-
port and has supported himself by making
models and doing mechanical repairing.
Since his residence In Logansport he has
lived the life Of recluse, seldom leaving
his quarters and rarely being seen on the
streets. According to the story which Is
told Of the alleged discovery of the new
light, 1t was made accidentally about throe
years ago. Nickuin was working on an
order for half dozen models Of the solar
system when he became convinced that
the theory of gravitation was wholly
wrong. This set him to thinking and ex'
perimenting, and in the midst Of his in
vestigations he stumbled upon the princi'
pie of the new light. Since then he has
been working night and day to perfect 1t.
jealousy he has guarded his secret. The
doors and windows of his laboratory hav
been fitted with an elaborate system OF
locks and bolts, and Of late he has the en-
trance to the stairs leading to his quarters
guarded by relative who has come on
from Kansas for the purpose. His brother
has also been summoned from the same
state to take charge Of the inventors bust
ness interests. Here is what Mr.. John w.
Barre, the Logansport editor, has to say OF
, his visit to the secret Workshop:
II saw the light produced by Mr.. Nick
um. It was In the shape of a sphere of glass,
inside Of which was the light. The lamp
was not connected with wires or otherwise
with outside objects that might have pro.
duoed light"
But Mr.. Nickum pretends to pose, and
here Is something that smaoks of oharla.
tanism, to he not only the inventor of a
perpetual light. but the discoverer Of en-
tirely now principles Of science which up
set all existing theories, including the law
of gravitation. MIR. Nickum fatty denies
the existence Of any such force. He Ia
writing book, in which he will exploit
his new theories at length. Among the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
"A PERPETUAL LIGHT.
INVENTOR CLAIMS " WILL BURN FOR
EVER WITHOUT RENEWAL.

!, AAoshsr Wisard Turns Up In LOgansport,
ma. ana Clsisas 70 Have 1Gads Disoov'
cries Grsssss Than Edison's or Tssla's
n n Book e. stsrtle Scientists. as ...s.%
Astonishing claims are frequently made
for alleged inventions. There are 90 many
wonder workers In tho wizard business
Just now that people are becoming skep'
4 tical' We have not forgotten Mr.. keeIy.
whose miraculous motor has never NOTED
single mote. So 1t Ia with no little sus'
picion that most people will regard s. b
Nickum Of Loehnsport, Ind, who CLAIM
to have invented q perpetual light which
costs nothing to keep going and once light
ed will keep on going forever:
Even the undaunted Tesla, who On
Aounces new miracles with periodical reg
ularity, has made no holder or more star
thing claim than this. According to the re-
ports, this new light apparently comes
from chemicals which are inclosed In .
glass globe from Which the air. has been
exhausted. The globe is entirely detached
and may be carried about, set down on
table or hung up anywhere, yet the ligh
CLOVIS on Night and day it Is there a.
long as the glass IL uDbr0ken.
II Mr. Nickum Is only q fraud or .
crank, he is q most daring one. II no real
IL has invented such light, he Is on the
threshold of undying fame Think what
such un invention would mean to man
kind! Everlasting freedom from the bond
age Of gas and electric light bills, rclease
from the oppression of tho gas trusts and
combines, dcliverance from the nuisances
and dangers of kerosene lampsl Why, .
grateful people could do no less than can
onize the giver of such q giftl
But 1t Is not ut all certain that this Mr..
Nickum can do all he says he can For
long time Keely Kept public confidence
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
RUSSELL SAGE'S PAPER.
It 10 Reported That He Will Embark In
Conscientious Journalism.

xt 10 Reported That He Will Embark u
Conscientious Journalism.
Wall street is persistent in saying that
Mr.. Russell Sage, having become disgust
ed with the policy and lack of enterprise
Of journals which devote themselves az
olrsiv ely to Wall street happenings, haa
entered into negotiations to start rival.
It is reported at the Typographical un
set type on Mr.. .Sage's paper and that
the offices for the publicatio have been
secured in the big syndicate building.
A prospectus was passed around Wall
street and the commercial districts Of the
city some months ago inviting subsorip'
tions for "a new and conscientious journal
in the interest of honest finance" It was
understood then that the scheme was the
outcome of Mr.. Sage's dislike Of the sx-
listing journals.
1t became a joke at the time a. to
whether 1t would have for title The
journal of Puts and Calls or The Bulletin
of the Sage, and 1t was stated authorize
lively that it would stand unequivocally
for q Gould standard ,s,. - ~ :>az' -
:: Mr.. Sage said today: ~ am not 70 b
an editor. The editor Of this ticker ta1N
Is about all can attend to at my advanced
age It would be impossible for me to
come down to my Office and work all day
and then work until midnight With blue
pencil What's blue pencils anyhow II
were to conduct a newspaper, 1t would be
nice and clean and truthful. It would
have q motto or text.
"But have you no interest In q journal
which will be published soonf" the mag
nate was asked.
I'm not going to be itseditor, " was ths
reply II don't care. to say any more
about the matter "-Exchange.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22

THE N1CKUM PERPETUAL LIGHT.
4 astonishing statements which he makes
are the following: That all matter IL Of
one kind. that there Is but one kind Of
power; that all space from system to sys-
tenn is occupied by matter which IL not that
intangible substance called ether, and that
the atmospheric pressure, instead of being
( is pounds to the square inch, is really 30
tons Most people would prefer that Mr..
Nickum should furnish ns with his won.
sderful light and then quit, leaving science
right eide mp MARK NORRIS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
a FAIR MORSE BRIDE.

Aliss Hanson, the Pretty typewriter Whom
Ignatius DonheIly IL Soon to Wed.
And. though you're but twenty while Ara
past sixty today;
What need we carey Well our happiness share.
Old December shall marry young May.
popular Ballad.
Marion Olive Hanson, the pretty young
typewriter girl who 10 soon to become the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
An Interesting Find.

A structure of sun baked blocks Of clay
was recently unearthed by workrnen In
gravel pit few miles north Of Richmond,
Ind. 1t is 4 by feet in size, and was evil
IDENTIFY built in = prehistoric age. Thor
ough investigation will be made deeper In
the pit and around it, In expectation Of
she discovery Of evidences Of q settlement
OF prehistoric people at that point. Great
interest IL felt In the dnd.-New Yors
9sr3huna - 81 -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
Well Behaved Norwegians.

The Norwcgians of MI classes are the
best behaved people in Europe. It Is often
argued that an AristOcracy is necessary to
give, by example a high tone to society
hut Norway is almost the only country in
'Aazr0pa without nm .aristocracy or any pre-
tensSons to one. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
stesl nilliard Balla.

IS Az the supply Of ivory Is becoming
abort, billiard balls of cast steel are being
used in Sweden. By making Thorn hollow
the weight il made to correspond with
that Of ivory balls.-Philadelphia Inquirer
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
No other Announcement Needed.

I When q young couple are persistently
seen on a tandem even on cold days e
doesn't need tho bell on the handle bar %
suggest ring. Times.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-22
, ALAskA's PATHFlNC'
1ogk Daltsn, WIS May Tako til"
& f Expssiitis1 20 Dswso., f';r

Jack Dalton, the lnnn who m - d.
miasioned to pilot tbs COVER 'rt ... ..
ton that il to take = snn,>yt u
Dawson City, 10 the great Als.s...u, j,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19

Lake Providence. La, Feb. 8. 1893

Lake Providence. La, Feb. 8. 1893.
The Hon. Police Jury of East Carroll
met pursuant to adjournment.
Honorable Robt. Nicholson,
President; H. H. Graham, Phil Nc
CURE, P. ID. Quays and c. A. Voelker;
Yancey Bell, Clerk.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Mr.. Andrew Jackson, Jr.. President
of the Police Jury of West.Carroll, rep
resenting same. appeared before the
board, who was authorized to make
some arrangements with this board for
the letting of ferries on Bayou Macon.
After hearing the gentleman and dis
cusslng the question with him, the fol-
lowing resolution offered by Mr.. Voel-
ker. was adopted:
Resolved, That all ferries on Bayou
Macon be let jointly by this parish and
West Carroll on Wednesday, February
23rd, instant a. Lanes Ferry fora term
of five years.
The proceeds to be divided equally
between the two parishes.
Resolved, That the following tariff he
and is hereby fixed for crossing Ashton
Ferry:
For four horse team, Scots round
trip.
Two horse team, 20cts round trip.
One horse team, 15cts round trip.
Horsemen, 10cts round trip.
Resolved. That the tariff on all other
ferries be fixed by the lessees thereof
Resolved, That bond for Ashton
ferry lessee be and is hereby fixed at
| $3.50 and for other ferries at $25 each.
Messrs. Voelker and Mcclure were
appointed committee to advertise aud
let ferries or Bayou Macon jointly
with West Carroll.
On motion, duly carried, Messrs. Nc
CURE and Voelker were authorized to
let contract for building dirt crossing
at Bills bayou
The following offered by Mr.. Quays.
was adopted:
Resolved. That the yearly allowance
to the East Carroll Guards be and is
hereby increased to the sum of 800.
At the suggestion of the President,
the meeting day was changed to the
End Tuesdays in January, April. July.
October and December.
The Finance Committee made the
following report. which was adopted:
Lake Providence, La. Feb. 8, 1898.
To the Hon. Police Jury-We. the
Committee ON Finance. recommend the
approval and payment of the following
claims presented at this meeting, and
that the President be authorized to war
rant for same: