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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

Steel railroad cars, capable Of
carrying fifty tons, are now being
built, and several roads are order.
ing them. The metal cars have
bren in experimental use for some
time, and railroad managers are
b. comming convinced that they
are practical and economical.
Their general use would also add
much to the iron industry Of the
country.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

G. w. Putnam, of Anoka, died
OF Friday. He had served the
county for forty years in various
positions and had been county
editor for the past fourteen years.
H. WAS defeated last mouth, and
died before the expiration of his
term.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

Russ. Harrison got too gay, and
raised the flag at Havana without
orders.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

The Now York Sun has been
pu olishing some rather rich read
ing matter in the way Of speeches
in Congress delivered many years
ago against the several purchases
of territory by the United States.
Leading men protested against ex-
panson, and mach the same theo.
RES were advanced as are now press.
ed by the Little Americans.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

The Nicaragua canal commission
places the cost of the big ditch at
$l35, NIO, 900.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

The Arbuckle people have made
a cut in prices of sugar, and are sell.
ing direct to retailers.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-12-27

The Carnegie companies took
nearly 0OO, 0OO tons Ct ore from their
iron mines in Lake Superior district
this year.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
Flavorinx WITH Lcaye..


A French investigator has found that
by the addition of the leaves of fruit
trees which in themselves have no
marked flavor to s%accharine solutions
undergoing alcoholic fermentation Q
very marked bouquet of the fruit is de-
veloped. Thus, by immersing pear or
apple tree leaves in ten or fifteen per
cent. solution of sugar and adding q
pure yeast, which by itself gave rise to
no marked flavor, after fermentation q
liquid was obtained which had q strong
odor of pear or apple. respectively, and
an excellent flavor, and on ~distillation
gave an alcoholic distillate in which the
aroma was still more marked. Vine
leaves act in a similar manner, and it
may be possible to improve the bouquet
OF u poor vintage by the addition of
some leaves during fermentation. The
results are. far more marked when the
leaves employed are from trees in
which the fruit is approaching MATURE
ty. Jacquemin infers that the flavors
Of fruits are due to a body elaborated
in the leaves, possibly of a glucosidal
nature, which is not transferred to the
fruits until the latter approach maturi-
ty, and is then acted upon by the spe-
cial ferments contained in the fruit
juices and develops distinctive flavors.
Inter Ocean.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
LIES BRIGHT D
why We Should All Try to Extract
ALI the Happiness and Enjoy.
naent We Can.

You have troubles, it may be. So
have others. None are free from them;
and perhaps it is well that none should
be. They give sinew and ton to life.
fortitude and courage to a 1t would
be a dull sea, and the sailor would never
acquire skill, where there was nothing
to disturb its surface.
1t is the duty of everyone to extract
all the happiness and enjoyment he
caA within and without him; and. above
ell. he should look upon the bright side.
What though things do look a little
dark. The lane will turn, and the night
will end in broad day. In the long
run the great balance rights itself.
What appears i'll becomes well, that
which appears wrong, right. Men are
lot made to hang down their heads,
and those who do only show that they
are departing from the paths OF true
common-serse and right. There is more
virtue in one sunbeam than in a whole
hemisphere Of the clouds and gloom.
Therefore look upon the bright side. Cul.
tivate all that is warm and genial-not
the cold and repulsive, the dark and
morose.-Leisurc Hours.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

and, lcaping In among the live stock,
over n fence IL feet high, he killed two
oxen, three cows, two goats and a dom
key. A herder saw him as he entered
and left the Enclosure, and he declared
thatthe lion did his work inside Of three
minutes.
The excitement now spread to all
villages within so miles of Mount Mas
s:na, and the soldiers were about to
be ordered out again, when a party OF
French hunters arrived from Port st.
Louis, on the coast. They numbered
six, and as they made ready to hunt
down the beast they we're joined by
four officers from the garrisons. BY
the offer of large brides about 20
natives were induced to lend their as
sistance, and the hunt was entered upon
with great ardor.
The 30 or more men were divided
into parties of five each and stationed
at different points to beat over certain
territory. For the first three days moth
ing was seen of the lion. Then one
night as four out Of the five men in
n party slept while the fifth stood
sentinel, the lion made a sudden dash
up to their horses, killed three and van-
ished. This was at ten o'clock. At
midnight the beast was in another
camp IA miles away. He had entered
camp and was looking into the door of
q tent wherein wv men slept, when the
sentinel saw him and fired his rifle.
The lion did not bound away, but
stared ut the sentinel for a few seconds
and trotted of. Two days later, after
the parties had consolidated and were
beating along the banks of a %ravine,
one of the hunters suddenly disap-
peared. His rifle was found soon after.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
SHOULD v MARRY.
some Women Who Are UNIT to
Manage q HOusehOld or become
Helpful Mothers.

The roman who proudly declare.
that she cannot even hem a pocket hand.
kerchief, never made up q bed in her
life, and adds, with a shipper that she's
'been in society ever since she wat
15," should never marry. And there
are others. The oma who would
rather nurse a pug dog than q baby.
The woman who thinks she can get S..
COO worth Of style out of $1,000 salary.
The woman who wants to rcfurn;sh
her home every spring. The woman
who buys for the mere pleasure of bny.
ing. The woma who does not know
how many cents there are In a dollar.
The woman who thinks men are angels
and demigods. The woman who would
rather die than to wear q bonnet two
seasons old. The woman who thinks
that the cook and the nurse can keep
house. The woman who thinks il is
cheaper to buy bread than to make it.
The woman who buys bric-a-brac for
the parlor and borrows kitchen uten.
sis from her neighbors. The woman
who thinks she is an ornament to her
sex il she wins q progressive euchre
prize.-Minneapolis Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
1dfk$5pnEn
,,Mt@s]zE51
IN THE sUNDAY-sCHOOL.
Some Reasons Why Women Are In
lntteIy More S~rccessful Teach.
eRs Than Men.

"The chief and underlying cause of
The Decay of the Sunday-School,'"
says Edward Box in Ladies' Home
Journal. is the selection of incapable
and incompetent men as superin-
tendents. If men of broader views and
keener perceptions were s%uperinten-
dents of'our Sunday schools, the neces-
sity for a few changes in the teachers
would at once be apparent. and they
would be promptly made" writes MIR.
Box. "One of these changes would be
that the masculine element in the &C.
tive conduct would begin and end with
"a superintendent, a competent assist
ant or two, aud a systematic librarian.
The soonc that our churches realize
that women, and women alone, should
be the teachers of the young in their
schools, the nearer they will come to
the idSai condition. The more a woman
has to do with a child, the better for the
child. And the more sympathetic, ten
der and well-bred women and the few
er men we have as teachers in our Sun
day schools, the better il will be for
the children and the schools. But no
woman, occupied in business during the
week, should, either of her own volition
or under pressure, allow herself to be
permitted to net as teacher in a Sunday
sshool. When a woman is engaged in
business for six days of n week her Sun
day should be to her a day Of rest. Her
place in church or school on Sunday
should be that of auditor; not of work
err. . A little higher order Of in
telligence is vitality necessary in our
Sunday school classes. We demand this
of u teachers in our secular schools,
and parents have q right to ask it Of
the Sunday school. It is not enough
that the Sunday school-teacher should
be spiritual; she must have intelligence
wherewith to apply her spirituality to
the very best advantage and by the
most attractive methods. Young girls
are to-day teachers who should be in
classes. To bring home n spiritual les
son to the mind of n child is not play;
1t is an art, and calls for experience
with children, a knowledge of human
nature. an understanding of the very
highest and deepest truths of life"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
NVftS1AtVNANNNt
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WAANAANAANAAM

The first person to report the pres
ence of the Lion of Massina in
the province of that name in the
French possessions in the Soudan
was a soldier. The province takes lis
name from a mountain 500 miles east of
the sea coast. A single soldier was C
panying the mail rider between the
military posts of FL Banty and WalIa-
do. and they were riding by night on a
road skirting the base of the mountain.
Lions had been plentiful in that local
tty before the establishment of the
posts, which were 25 miles apart, but
the garrisons had been turned into lion
hunters until the game had been ex-
terminated or driven out. In the year
1872 soldiers and natives killed 20 lions
and trapped Is alive. During the year
1873 not even the roar of Il lion was
heard within 80 miles Of either post. At
five O'Clock in the afternoon of May 5,
1874, the mail rider and trooper left the
post of Ell Banty. At half-past seven.
when they had made a distance of
Is miles, and were about to water their
AofSSS q StiSdin SioSSiuS TIE uISu-
way, the lion suddenly appeared.
1t was now night, but there was a
full moo shining directly on the road.
The lion sprang out of the cover of
some bushes directly in front of the
horses, and for a long minute the two
men had a fair sight of him. They
could not at first credit the fact that
he was a lion, owing to his great bulk.
Subsequent measurements proved him
at least one-third larger than any lion
Of which there is any record. As soon
as the horsemen realized what was be-
fore them they turned to fee. As they
did 20 the beast sprang upon the mail
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
WHITE TIE AND YOKE
Trimming u Dark Cloth Dress
At Small Expense.

A white embroidered yoke is one OF
the most tasteful things that can be
worn upon a dark dress. There is q
neatness about it that is almost hyp-
motto.
As no white yoke will outlast a dark
dress. the yoke must be ptachable. !.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

can be made Of embroidered muslin or
pique. 1t ean also be made of white
A pretty tie is Of the same material
as the yoke and fastens under the chin.
The yoke may be in the form Of lapelA
tLan turn back from q tucked center,
in which case it is very easily detached
from the dress. These white yokes
will be a characteristic Of the wool
dress Of spring.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
A Window in New York
syn.e uAD.
Copyright. Isoa

Curtains had been hung SO as to
make a little room Of the saloon
window, and seated on q wooden
chair in the window was : rather
seedily-dressed man, who sat with fold
ed arms and eyes fixed on the buildings
opposite. Around the window was a
crowd of 300 men and boys, jostling and
peering and hardly saying a word to
each other, while a policeman kept .
lane clear down the middle OF the side
walk.
what is it?" l asked of the officer.
as he came to a halt for a moment.
Dunno" was his curt reply.
"What is it," l asked of three or four
| different ones in the crowd.
Dunno" was the reply of each one.
I squeezed my way through the
crowd until l got close to the window.
| The man inside sat stiffly erect and
seldom moved foot or finger. He didn't
look like a hero, and he wasn't clothed
as a champion athlete. After gazing
| at him for Is minutes without catching
on to anything. l went inside and asked
| Of a nan behind the bar:
"Will you please explain what sort Of
an exhibition this is?"
"It's no exhibition" he replied.
"But there's a man in the window"
"Yes."
"Isn't he on exhibition I"
"He may be-"
"But il he isn't why is he,there7"
"Dunno."
When the barman had served two
thirsty customers I returned to tho
charge and asked:
rs the man in the window . bridge
jumper, or anything Of that sort2"
II guess not"
HAS he saved anybody's LIE or per-
formed some daring deed?"
Not that I know Of"
HE looks like . common sort Of
man."
"Yes, he Is"
"In fact, I'd take him for a.tFamp."
$50 would l."
my friend" I continued. with one
last desperate effort. sis he sitting
there in that window with any p~artiau-
lar object in view?"
Haven't I told you I didn't known"
shouted the barman, az he flashed up.
HE came in here and asked II he
might sit in the window, and as /
hadn't any other use for it I told him
to sit and be hanged to him. That's
all I know about It, and now don't
bother me any more!"
It was a New York window and .
New York crowd, Of course. and for
three hours more the crowd hung on
and gazed and wondered. and then dis
solved grudgingly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

but it was our or five hours before the
mystery was solved. Then his dead
body was found on an open spot three
miles from where the lion had
stealthiIy crept up and seized him from
behind. The beast had caught the man
by the shoulder and given him such a
wrench that his neck was broken. The
only marks to be found were ON the
shoulder. The body had not been
dragged. but carried, and the lion had
not turned aside for any obstruction.
The record from May, 1874. to April,
1875. a period of about IL months. was
astounding. During that time the lion
killed fourteen soldiers. 81 natives, 20
horses, As head Of cattle, IA camels, Is
donkeys and about so goats. He kept
16 villages in constant terror, made two
roads SO unsafe that travellers ceased to
use them, and the main road between
the w military posts mentioned had
to be kept guarded and patrolled by
troops. The beast wandered about by
day as well as by night, and in the
course of "a hours would sometimes
travel a distance Of 10 miles. On one
occasion at two o'clock in the after
noon he suddenly appeared OF the high
way in front of a squad Of cavalry num-
berlng IA e Before a man had time
to fire at him the lion sprang upon the
lieutenant in command, dragged him
from his saddle and was of with him.
He seized the officer by the thigh and
carried him as a cat does a mouse. The
men dismounted and pursued, and the
body was dropped and recovered after
a chase of half a mile. It was then seen
that the officer must have died Of fright.
The teeth of the lion had not ever drawn
blood, nor could any injuries be found.
l give you the record just as it was
furnished to the French consul at Port
st. Louis. Because OF their failure to
kill this dreaded beast two colonies
were transferred to other posts, and the
prestige of the garrison greatly suf-
fered with the natives.
About the first Of April, 1874, three
separate parties arrived at St. Louis on
tie same day, One was from Paris,
one from Cape Town, and one from
london Those from Paris and Lon
o had been SEN over by the ROYAL
geological gardens to secure the lion
as a cIsriosity-the one from Cape
Town was in the pay of q great Amer
lean circus company, and happened to
be there when they heard Of the Lion
Of Massina. Each party went up the
country at the earliest possible mo-
ment. and in due time all were heard
from. The object was to capture the
royal beast alive and unhurt. Az soon
as they arrived at the district, the par.
ties separated and each began its work. !
No wild animal ever had such a lot of
keen and crafty hunters at its heels
The French party took the plain and
its four villages to the west OF the
The English took the forest
aud plain to the south, while the Amer
went to the north. The country
to the north was hill and valley and
plain, and there was but one village
80 miles Of the mountain.
Every sort Of trap and pit1au adj
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

rider and bore man and horse to the
ground. The trooper was not pursued,
and when he returned to Ell Banty and
reported what had occurred, a squad of
20 men was ordered out. On reaching
the spot where the tragedy had oc-
CURED they found plenty of evidences
scattered around. but it was not until
next day that they found the bodies OF
man and horse. The lion had killed the
smashing the skull over the right ear.
The neck of the horse was broken. The
man had been picked and carried along
the road for half a mile and then flung
aside. The body of the horse, which
weighed about 1900 pounds, had been
dragged through the bushes a distance
of so rods and partly devoured. At
one spot where a ravine seven feet wide
crossed the lions path, he had lifted the
body clear of the ground and leaped
across with it.
This was the beginning of q series of
adventures and tragedies which made
the big lion famous in many lands.
Forty soldiers from each garrison were
detailed to hunt him down, and were
assisted by 200 natives. The hunt was
kept up for two weeks, during which
time the lion killed three natives, two
soldiers, and four horses, and escaped
unwounded. From the first it was
realized that he WAS a queer beast.
He never roared at night nor growled
when s%pringing at his victims. Not
wi;hstanding his great size, he moved
with the celebrity of a kitten and the
craft of a fox. While the soldiers were
looking for him in front he would APP
pear in the rear aud kill a man or horse
and be off without noise. One night he
crept between the c~amp-sentinels who
were wide awake and only 80 feet
apart, and penetrating to the center of
the camp and being obliged to leap
over a dozen sleeping men, he seized a
corporal who was smoking beside a fire
and carried him off. The poor soldiers
cries alarmed the camp. but the lion
got safe away. He did not kill the
mar to satisfy his hunger, but dropped
the body after carrying it half q mile.
Ill IO CdSC IN uC Oot dAy " liz 4OkU0u
victims, but would sometimes devour
almost the entire body of a horse. Aft
er a fortnight or so the natives re-
fused to render any further assistance,
claiming that the beast was possessed
Of an evil spirit and even understood
all that was said about him. The SOL
diers could accomplish nothing without
them, and the hunt was therefore
abandoned for a time.
During this interval Of about 20 days
the lion visited q native village called
Ehokko and killed two men, three wom-
q boy and five head of cattle. He
entered the place just after dark. and
Ms work vas completed and he had
vanished before any general alarm was
He simply trotted through the
village from east to west and knocked !
people aside as he went. After killing i
the cattle he picked up q dog and car
rjed the cur over five miles before drop
ping II. Three pights later he visited
smother village 20 miles from the first,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

spring gun had been tried ovee and
over again without success The French
and English parties tried the two first
again on every road and path and
around every village, but though the
lion continued to roam about as before
he was too sharp to b. caught.
1t was left TO the Americans to catch
him. finally, and they did 1t in . very
simple way. They spread fish nets on
the inside of several cattle pens, and
did moi hunt for the lion at all. At the
end Of two weeks he came at midnight
enc night 10 kill cattle. No one heard
saw him unit! he leaped the fence,
and was entangled in the nets. Other
nets were quickly thrown over him,
and in a few minutes he was SO tam
glcd up as to be helpless. Between ten
and - o'clock he had Travelled a dis
tance Of 70 miles. At ten o'clock he had
killed two COWS tied at the door Of o
hut. and left them to make the
Journey across the country to the cattle
pen which proved his destruction.
When 1t became known that the
dreaded lion had been captured the ma
tives assembled to the number Of 5000
10 view him. On his way down to tie
coast he was gazed at by at least a.
600 people. His captors were offered. a
high as $4,000 in gold for him, but he
was not for sale. In Port st. Louis he
was put on exhibition, and in ten days
over $500 was taken in at the door. He
was placed aboard of a steamer bound
for Havre, thence to be sent to New
York. but in ten days was found dead
in his cage, though seemingly in per-
feet health up to the hour be died. An
autopsy proved that he was deaf and
dumb from the day of his birth. He
could not as much as whine MOI could
lie have heard the report of a rifle at
bis ear. That he was dumb many had
but that he had run his
caurse and made such a record with
one of his chief senses missing has al
been considered marvellous by
those who know the story.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
Bow to stiRen I.aces.

The best kind of starch to use for
stifening laces. handkerchiefs, wash
ing silks, or any other thin fabric il
made with gum arabic. Put an ounce
OF gum arabic into a bottle and pour
over it a cup of cold water. and place it
over the fire until the gum is dissolved;
then strain it through a fine sieve or n
piece Of c~heesecloth into apother bottle.
When it is cold add to it half a gill Of
alcohol and it will be ready to use when
needed. For dainty laces half . tea
spoonful Of the starch mixed with .
half crpful ct water will give ample
stiffness. Larger amounts should be
added according to the nature Of the
different fabrics.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
HE BUTTERFLY GIRL IN cHALL1E.

THE BUTTERFLY GIRL IN CHALLIE.
any challie that will wash. 1t does not
necessarily mean the imported goods.
but rather n fine, firm, solid colored ma
terial that launders perfectly.
The skirt can be laid in double-box
plaits. front and back. and over the
challie dress the little maid wears a
withdrawn yoke or collarette, which is
put on after the dress is buttoned.
This can be done up as often asst is
goiled.
Very high boots are worn to guard
against thistles and dew.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
How she G.essea.

Maud-Don't you think these new
pictures of me are lovely?
Marie-They are, indeed. Who took
them-De Camera?
Maud-Yes. What made you think he
took them?
Marie-I see he is advertising that he
has the most ekillful retoucher in
town-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04
To Insure safety,

Mistres-So your cousin sails for Ire.
land on Saturday? You must let her
take your photographs home to your
mother.
Katy-Indade, ma'am, thin ships do
be rollin' an tossin' 80, 1 think I'd bet
ter sind me photographs by mail.-N.
Y, Truth.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

Dim lights are very much prettier
than a glaring illumination, 10 gay
nothing of being cheaper. Rose shade,
are very becoming. II your landlord
insists upon giving you electric lights
BY all that is artistic veil them with
rose silk. or silk of the prevailing shade
ct your room.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-04

He-They say Walter is the best shot
in the county.
She-Wcll. l don't believe II. He
kissed me In the dark, the other night
on b nose.-Yonkers Statesman.