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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
PALATiAL HOME FORHORSES
Imperial Stables In Berlin VIII be
the GraEdest In the World.

Imperial stables In Berlin VIII he
the Grandest In the World.
The imperial tables at Berlin will
cost between 1000, 5000 and 5000, 600
marks. The plans Of the imperial archi-
tect, lime, show that the frontage on
the Spree will measure some 200 me-
tiers. The programme evolved by the
emperor calls for two riding courses,
storage room for 800 vehicles and stalls
for 270 horses, number of courtyards,
dwelling rooms for SO families Of mar
ried employees and lodging for so sim
gle coachmen and grooms. The stl bles
proper are situated easterly, two st6ries
high, with accommodation for 270
horses. Elevators and quarters for clean
Ing and polishing the. steeds are to be
found all over. The large hall where
the imperial coaches are being !:cct is q
cony fer visitors surmuuuting the
whole. Walls and ceiling are richly
decorated. One Of the riding and racing
courses will be reserved for the court,
while the other will be at the disposal
of the employees.
1t will be fully three years before the
monster structure will be entirely COM
pleted. For some time it has been the
emperor's hobby to own the finest stable
property of any reigning monarch, and
his wishes are on the fair road to graft
fcation. philadelphia Telegraph.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27

Labouchcre, the editor Of London
Truth, has delivered himself on tbs
subject of Sunday journalism in par
ticular and English journalism in gen.
eral. Much that he says is light and
airy. like his own photographic paper.
with big in every paragraph. For
example, he says that the opinions of
English papers are Of no account be-
case the articles are anonymous. That
is just like Labby. The statement of q
truth has no weight of its own. 1t all
depends on who states it. II do not
know" says Labby, "of any human
being for whom have more unmiti-
gated contempt than the man who al
lows his mind to be swayed by any
thing that an anonymous writer may
say" There can be no doubt that il
an unknown writer informed the editor
Of Truth that part cannot be greater
than the whole he would treat him
with contempt unless he signed bis
name to it, but he would certainly ex-
pect the British public to accept with
out question the statement that part
Is greater than the whole If it were
signed Labouchere.
UNCLE RUSSELL SAGE.
Uncle Russell Sage insists that it fs
an honor to die rich, and all his immedi-
ate relatives agree with him.-Boston
Herald.
1t is sad to see Uncle Russell Sage
voted down in his own church. Still,
let's hope he will not foreclese on the
mortgage.
Russell Sage is also convinced that the
people of this country are being over
educated. Some Of these days they may
become SO thoroughly educated that they
will decline to be plucked In Wall street.
Columbus Press Post.
Russell Sage has given $4,000 to the
Women's hospital of New York. Has he
caught it so soon FROM Carnegie? If he
keeps it up in the rash manner he has
begun, he will not carry out his resolu-
ton to die rich.-Chicago Tribune.
1t is said that Russell Sage has habit
Vt strolling around with his hands behind
him. This looks US though he had laid the
base of his great fortune as careful and
economic member Of some state legisla-
ture and old habits still chung to him.
Kansas City Star.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
? Little Jockey 4
| Most Popular |
K American Abroad. (!

tNdt GIlJUyeU ny
that other distinguished American. Mr..
''Tod" Sloane, jockey. All Of England, as
well as the people in the most remote
parts Of Great Britain, have heard Of
this midget pigskin knight. and his
praises are sung from Lands End to
Dunnet Head.
Sloane was recently presented to the
Prince Of Wales, and since then every
sporting peer in the realm has thrown
open his doors to him. But the dandi-
fed little chap who began as stable
boy on a western breeding farm Is not
letting pleasure interfere with bis work.
During his riding season he sticks
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
CAUGHT UNDER BESjE[A
How a Daring Diver Narrowly
r Escaped Death. ~
FOULED WITH A LOST TORPEDO.

Dragged For Hours Head Downward
In Utter Helplessness-Weird Con-
test Between Death and Time Gauss
ed by q Leaky Dress.
In all the fact and fiction written of
the submarine diver there is nothing more
thrilling than the veracious and plainly
told story of an adventure which befell
Seaman Diver Young of the British bat
tleship Hood in Suda bay, off the island
Of Crete. ... ..
A practice torpedo launched from the
|battleship had, through disarrangement
of it's mechanism, plunged straight down
ward and buried nearly half its length in
the sticky mud Is feet below the surface
of the bay. A practice or "baby" torpe-
do costs about $4,000, and efforts to re-
cover the lost one were at once put under
way.
Diver Young had donned a brand new
dress for the occasion. He went over the
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
Nautical Evolution,

II believe" said Uncle Allen Sparks,
ut is customary to call common Jack
Tar seaman. But when he gets to be
an admiral IT'S t5e fashion to speak OF
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
Bad Results.

"Henry. you said before we were mar
ried that you would never let me do any
cooking"
"Yes: and now wish had said that
sou needn't even try" Detroit Free
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
SLOANE IN ENGLAND

r m bassador
Choate Is al
ready very pop.
ular in r n g.
land, but his
popularity can
in no way be
CO m p AIRED to
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
Wild west shows should be prohibit.

Wild west shows should be prohibit
ed by law from visiting university
towns. 1t Is simply barbarous to put
the students to such strain. The ef-
fort Of education is presumably to get
the wild west out of them. not to faunt
it in front of them. Princeton recently
showed how it works. A wild west ex.
hibition came to that town, and the
college boys found that it was too much
for them. They let out a warwhoop
dug up their ancestral tomahawks
tried to scalp the professors, and finally
ambushed the whole shooting match.
It took three days to get their war paint
off and spank them back to proper dill
gence and obedience in the fine old pa
ternal way that DR.. Patton has
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27

Thousands of conservative readers
will be glad t. hear that Miss Rhoda
Broughton has written a new novel
called the "Game and the Candle.
Probably NO English novel of our time
has been read by so many people with
genuine delight as this author "Good-
by. Sweetheart 1t is the very best ex-
ample in romantic literature of wom-
ans most charming work. It may lack
the subtlety of "Jane Eyre" but it
has qualify of sunshine and human
Interest that "Jane Eyre lacked.
Admiral Dewey's home coming is de-
liclously free from any undue haste. He
is not rushing into our congratulations
with breaf:1eck speed. The navy de-
partment expected him home about the
last Of Jnfy, but allowed him to take
his own time, ard. as be has concluded
- 10 SO, he Wiz rot get here till Octo-
bcl IL, - u say. he will take his
time w,in ;l4e same good sense and cool
ness with s1hch he took Manila.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
~ EfSpGElN|
MEs !{Ijz
GIRL WITHOUT TALENTS.
Making the Most OF Her Every
Day Qualities.

Many modest, unselfish girl, who
does not regard herself as remarkable
either in mind, appearance or manner,
asks: Where is there place for a girl
to-day who is not beautiful or talented,
who cannot play or paint or sing, can
not permit herself to write an essay for
a literary club, and has no ability for
leadership writes Mary Baldwin in
the Woman's Home Companion, of
THE Girl Without Great Gifts" For
such a one the history of an everyday
girl who met fulfillment and wrought
from common material a wonderful
life-fabric may be offered. She was the
plainest of family, and as she grew to
maldenhood gave no sign of possessing
anything that would not seem possible
to the most ordinary person. Her sis
tiers had each gift But nobody ex-
pected anything great from Miss Mar
garet, and she never dared to hope that
she could fill any place of Importance
even in the smallest circle. AS is often
the case with the inconspicuous girl of
the family, she became a general help
er, and was called to assist and fill gaps
in the home service. She learned
through all this to get away from her
self, and in effect said: L cannot do
this, but my sister can As soon as she
could accept this she was no longer a
lonely girl, but imagined that she had a
sort of partnership in the achievements
of those whom she helped. Let it not be
imagined that she had never expert
enced regret that she herself had been
overlooked in the distribution of gifts;
there were bitter moments when she
suffered on account of the fact, but this
was before she had given herself wholly
to the purpose of forgetting her loss
and helping others. As soon as this be-
came fact she began to receive of the
blessedness of giving, and the mental
and spiritual enlargement of her COM
pensation worked itself outwardIy, so
that she became a very attractive per-
son. Finally the prince came, and the
slipper fitted the stay-at-home sister,
and she became a princess before
whom many hearts bowed in the SINGER
est reverence
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
HOW TO BOIL CLOTHES.
Much Harm Is Done by Leaving Them
In the Boiler Until They are
Virtually Cooked.

The purpose of boiling clothes is to
expand the fabrics by steam and thus
to loosen the dirt and allow it to drop
out; there is no good, but actual harm
derived from cooking" the clothes;
they do not require ''cooking,'' but
cleansing, and when they are cleansed
that is sufficient. Hence, within half
an hour after the water first begins
to bubble they should be Immediately
removed and plunged into clear, cold
water. While the clothes are boiling
they may be turned with aclothes-stick
but must not be punched or lifted in
such manner as to tear them. The
common custom in many households
of putting the second boiierful of
clothes into the boiling dirtied water
from which the first boilerful has been
taken is wholly opposed to good laun-
dry work. When the cook wishes to
keep the juice in the meat that is to be
cooked by boiling she plunges it into
boiling water. When she wishes to ex-
tract the juices and have them in the
water for soup, ETC., she puts the meat
on in cold water. If you wish to get
the dirt out of the clothes instead of
driving it into the fiber, put the clothes
on in cold water, and do not allow them
to remain in the boiling water soiled
by them till they are dyed yellow
GentleWOman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15

sionally try pair of cones, one ahead
of the other. Sometimes the cones
would be slender, like closed parasols,
and sometimes he would use blunt ones
that looked like smaller parasols
opened. The axis or central rod was
long enough to allow of setting the two
sets of attachments at different dis
tances apart. When wings were be-
ing tested the latter were secured, not
to the axis. but to spools that could be
slid along the rod. The cones were also
adjustable One kite had no less than
four small cones on the same shaft.
The cord was attached at different
points along the axis. to vary the angie
IF the stick with horizontal.
Prof Bell found his three-winged
kites the most interesting, although
he does not report any serious results
of Importance from his series of trials.
The Weather Review says: Perhaps
the most remarkable kites were made
by giving a twist to each of the three
or four individual arms, and allowing
each spool to revolve independently of
the other set. This freedom to revolve
seemed to make no difference with the
flying, but decidedly increased the
steadiness of the kite. The pull on the
strings was not sensibly diminished
when the wings revolved, as compared
with that when they were stationary.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
SALT WATER BATHS.
They Give Tone 10 the Entire sysseR
and Keep the Skin Healthy.
Soft and Clear.

For hand bath Ia bath given to the
body by use of the hands only. or by
sponge or clOth) place handful of salt
in basin as ordinarily filed for wash
ing. Allow the salt to dissolve. or
hasten the action by stirring it with
the hand. The water should be as cold
as you have vitality to withstand Use
no soap. Battle the entire body. Do
not neglect the face and neck in the
free use of the salt water. This bath
has an exhilarating influence, tones
the entire system, and gives to the skin
a healthful condition that amply repays
for the time and trouble involved. If
used in the winter it Will be an-excel-
lent preventive of colds, besides being
substitute for face cosmetics. No
chapping, no roughness of the skin and
no clogging of the pores viii trouble
the person who Systematically and reg
ularly takes a bath of this sort. Or
binary table salt or rock salt will do,
but viii not do so we'll. The sea-salt
contains medicinal properties not
found in the others. Whether one eN-
ercise or not, the body should receive
a daily hand bath of cold or cool water,
especially in the summer, either upon
rising or before retiring.-Edward b
Warman, in Ladies' Home Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15

ing. In front of the binders board
should be hung cambria of whatever
hue, gray of black is preferred, for a
background. Some subjects require a
light one and some dark one. Hence
the material should be hung in such
way that it can be changed readily.
In order to get good supply of light
from above a rejecting screen is pro-
vided. 1t should consist of white cloth
"a sheet, for instance. Beginning at
distance of IS inches from the side wall
one edge of the sheet should be fastened
to the ceiling. The lower edge of the
cloth should be stiffened with strip
of wood, like sail. Then the screen
ought to be inclined away from the
window at an angle of about As degrees.
Another screen, hung from the ceiling
or mounted on feet at one side of the
sitter, out of the range of the camera,
Will assist in lighting one side of the
face more than the other in full face
picture and in Illuminating the face for
profile view. The magazine here re-
ferred to goes on to say:
where the photograph is to be a
full-length figure OF a three-quarter
full length. care must be exercised that
the upper part of the subject is not
more strongly lighted than the dra-
peries nearer the floor. 1t is we'll, on this
account, to spread on the floor white
| sheet or number of newspapers, so
that the light may be reflected upward
against the lower part of the figure.
Where n person has light curly or
fluffy hair it is best to illuminate the
hair brilliantly by setting the top
screen about as shown in the illustra-
ton and then arrange the side screen
to reflect light on the face in an up
ward direction, so that as far as pos
sible its stronger shadows may be soft
ened and too much contrast prevented
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
PECKSNIFFIAN PALAVER.
MckinIey's Hypocrftica1 Declaration
of His Philippine
Policy.

1T Will doubtless amuSe the weaFied
cynics of European diplomacy to read
President McKinley's ingenious an
nouncement that he proposes to subju-
gate the population of the Philippine is
lands for the well-being of the people,"
and to rule them by foreign fiat with
charity for all
This hypocritical cloaking of the real
intent of conquest under fair-sounding
names is a feature of land-grabbing
which has long been abandoned by the
greater powers of the old world. 1t
had its days in the eastern hemisphere,
possessing certain temptations to the
novice and welding certain infiu
ence over the minds of people who
shrank from robbery at the outset. But
it was shoddy subterfuge, wearing
threadbare in a very short time, and it
is now regarded abroad as the garb of
the "cheap man. in world politics. It
will be impossible for the president of
the United States to assume it with dig
nifty.
The big land-grabbing powers of
Europe nowadays are frank in their de-
spelling of weaker nations. They seize
foreign territory with a candid ac-
acknowledgement of the fact that it's pos
session means to them a widening of
their commercial horizon and a
Strengthening of their militant power.
The well-being of the peoples whom
they subjugate is not pleaded as their
reason for conquest. They do not pre-
tend to bend the conquered races neck
to the yoke with charity for ALL" You
don't hear them talking of benevolent
assimilation" with an oily whine wor-
thy of Mr.. Pecksniff.
President Mckinley should be more
manly in his declaration of purpose. He
should say outright that he proposes to
hold the Philippines because the world
hungry trusts to whom he is subject
demand the Philippines as booty and
plumber of war. There will be no adj
ditional danger to the president in max
ing this acknowledgment. The people
already recognize the fact as the con-
trolling influence behind the presi-
dents expansion policy-St. Louis Re.
public.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
Worry flinders Digestion.

The cat has served to teach mankind
an all-important lesson concerning the
working of the stomach. The Y rays
directed upon a cats stomach have
demonstrated that any irritation or dis
agreeable nervous excitement arrests
the progress of digestion DR.. Fritz
Lange, of Munich, who makes a special
study of the stomach, performed a
series of experiments, which resulted in
this interesting discovery After the
cat had eaten the Y rays were turned
on, and DR.. LANCE watched the animals
stomach through a fiuorescent screen
Then he irritated the cat by placing
live mouse just beyond its reach. Dr.
Bange was able to observe that diges-
ton was absolutely interrupted by the
irritation of the animal. Briefly stat
ed, the lesson for man is: Don't let
anything bother or interrupt your din
ner.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
PORTRAITS AT home.
Valuable Suggestions for Amateur
Photographers for Handling
the Light, Etc.

Although all kinds of interior work
are much more difficult than outdoor
work for amateur photographers, ow-
ing to the difficulty Of managing the
light, nearly everyone who has a cam
era tries the former sooner OF later. 1t
is not at all uncommon to begin on
protraits, which require good deal OF
experience and technical knowledge.
In the gallery of an artist one usually
finds that the studio is provided with
a skyHght. The amateur is rarely able
to command one. However, in a re-
cent issue the Mechanic Arts Magazine
made some excellent suggestions on
this point.
1t was recommended that an ordi-
nary side window be shaded up to a
height of about five feet from the
floor by means of bookbinders' board.
This can be cut to fit the window cas-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
M'KINLEY,s POLICY.
Government by Proclamation and
Peace Through Sub
jugatlon.

In his speech at Ocean Grove Mr. Nc
Kinley gave this brief definition of what
he called 1.-The presidents policy in con-
nection with the Philippines"
Peace first, then. with charity for all,
establish a government of law and order,
protecting life ard property, ard occupa-
ton for the well-being of the people-a
government in which they shall participate
under the stars and stripes"
He prefaced this declaration with the
assertion that ''our flag does not mean
one thing in the United States and an
other thing in the Philippines
Our flag in the United States means
government of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people," Does it mean this
in the Philippines?
AT home our flag means govern.
ment with the consent of the governed %
Are we asking the consent of the Fill.
ipinos to establish a government for
them, as the president puts it?
At home our flag means mo taxation
without representation" Mr.. McKin-
ley purposes to tax the Filipinos. Does
he mean to give them representation in
our congress?
At home our flag means the suprem-
acy of the civil over the military power.
VIII it signify any such thing in the
Philippines for years to come, even after
the inhabitants have been subjugated
The most that ''the presidents poll.
Cyl promises, after Occupation" by
our forces, is government established
by him, through military power, in
which the inhabitants shall ''partici-
pate under the stars and stripes"
However benevolent and beneficent
this sort of government for the Filipinos
may be, it is not the sort of govern
ment that our flag means in the United
States; it is not form of government
recognized in our constitution; it is not
a government established or authorized
by congress, but is directly contrary to
the letter and spirit of the resolution
adopted by the senate after the ratifi-
cation of the treaty with Spain.
1t is in fact military satrapy that
Mr.. Mckinley proposes-governmen by
proclama ton.
One of Mr.. McKinley's predecessors
i'll the executive office got into no end
of trouble by proclaiming and defend
ing and endeavoring to enforce what
he called my policy" Is not the in
cumbent of the white house following
the same line?- Y. World
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
The Ace of an oyster.

He who wishes may find out the exact
Ige of an oyster, though he has not the
tell-tale evidence in teeth. The lines in
the groove of the hinge of the shell tell
the whole story, each line representing
a year. An oyster is of age at four
years-that is, he is old enough to vote,
take care of a family and go to mar
ket. Going to market is a disastrous
undertaking. for four-year-old oyster
is particularly palatable. BY this it
must not be supposed that after an oys-
ter has passed the four-layer period
and has five or six or even ten wrinkles
on his shell he is a back number. In
deed, there are records of oysters be-
ing eaten just after celebrating their
18th birthday. and in most cases they
formed a delicious meal. Thirty is
an unusual age for an oyster TO attain.
because few are given an opportunity
to live so long. If left to enjoy life in
his own way, it is quite probable that
the oyster would become an octogena-
rian, or even centenarian.