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at Buenos Ayres, and which l had still
on board arranged forward on the look
out. dressed as a seaman. attaching a line
by which l could pull II into motion
That made three Of US. and we did not
want to ''yammerschooner;" but for all
that the savages came on faster than be-
fore. / saw that besides four at the pad
dies in the canoe nearest to me. there
were others in the bottom, and that they
were shifting hands often. At eighty
yards l fired shot across the bow of the
nearest canoe, at which they all stopped,
but only for moment. Seeing that they
second shot 30 close to the chap who
wanted to "yammerschooner" that he
changed his mind quickly enough and bel
loved With fear. - BIeno Sue s. yo va R -sss lsla
his starboard cat-head for some time.
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blessedness is in store for him.
Apples and nuts play very important
part in the mystic rites Of Halloween. one
way TO find out il ones sweetheart Is
true is to place three nuts upon the bar
of the CRATE or on the hearth, naming the
nuts for the loved one. If nut cracks
or jumps, look for another sweetheart
right away. for the one you have VIII
surely be unfaithful. If nut burns that
is sign that your affection is reciprocated.
but If two OF the nuts burn together the
young lady making the trial may as well
begin preparing her trousScau at once,
for there viii surely be an early we'd
ding.
Halloween parties must always be made
as weird and uncanny as possible, and
any one with original ideas may give
them full scope on these occasions. One
very quaint affair that l recall may
serve as a model.
In rhe first place the invitations were
most unique Witches and goblins ran riot
over the card and the utmost secrecy in
regard to the approaching event was eX-
acted. Silence, too, was enjoined, and
every one was yelled, and il certainly was
very ghostly crowd that gathered
promptly at the appointed time in the
dimly lighted hallway. Suddenly the
sound Of bell was heard. soft and muf-
fed, as If ii were high UP in an old church
tower, and as il struck the doors were
thrown open and the young people were
ushered into veritable witches den
Death heads, made from pumpkins with
a small lighted candle inside, grinned
from the mdntel, the cornices and the
most unexpected places. Huge Cobwebs
in which were monster spiders, were
stretched across the corners and over the
mirrors. Immense bats with outspread
wings were apparently flying through the
air and great owls glared from every pos
sible resting place. In the fireplace. the
CRATE had been removed and in its stead
a large caldron was simmering over a pale
green blaze.
The hostess and her assistants were
witches. gowned in flowing black robes
and crowneL with tall pointed caps. In
visible music of a weird character added
to the uncanniness of the scene. The
gentlemen were all In an adjacent room
and the hostess. taking a lady by the
hand, would advance with her and knock
three times on the door with the small
broom she carried. In answer to her
knock a gentleman would appear, and
Offering the lady his arm retire to a dis
tant part Of the room. When, in this
manner, the couples had all been paired
off the witches waved their arms and
crooned in the most approved witch
manner and the screeching of the violins
outside became truly blood-curdling Sud
denly. with a crash and bang, the noise
ceased and the room was filed with light
When the light revealed the partners that
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=: CARPET TACKS SAVED THE SHIP.
BUT CAPTAIN JOSHUA sLocUM HAD A CLOSE CALL.

Captain Joshua lSlocum. in his solitary
voyage around the world in the sloop
Spray, found new and exciting use for
carpet tacks. He thus describes an en-
counter with the natives of TERRA del
Fuego:
Canoes manned by savages from Fortes-
que now came in pursuit The wind fall
ing light, they gained on me rapidly till
coming within hail, when they ceased
padding, and a bow-sgged savage stood
up and called to me, fYammerschooner !
yammerschooner" wheh is their begging
term. said NO! Now. l was not for
so I stepped into the csbin, and, passing
through the hold. came out at The fore
scuttle, changing my slrhes as I went
piece Of bowsprit which had sawed ott
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back in the Transvaal that I might help
defend our land. Our cunning with the
gun has been handed down to us
through the generations. When trekihg
on the veldt it fell to the women to keep
the prowling lions away from the wagons.
And in time of war our women stand be-
hind the barricades and load the guns for
their husbands sons and fathers.
San Francisco will always recall three
things to my mind-fogs. hills and pretty
girls.
But I know no peace here. My heart
is full of dread misgiving. Twice have
we conquered these rooineks, but the
memory of Rorke's Drift and Majuba Hill
rankles. They fight to win this time, with
the right of might.
pray God that it may not be So but I
fear that we are doomed to defeat
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:. THE BOERS AS THEY REALLY ARE, :
NIECE OF ooM PAUL KRUGER.

My English always surprises people into
comment. True. 1 speak with less accent
than most Boer girls, having natural
aptitude for languages and having trav-
eled so much.
But the rising generation of Beers are
all well educated. Both English and
Dutch are taught in the schools. Dom
Paul understands English as we'll as I do
myself Many times when playing or
dancing for him 1 would forget and make
some remark in English. He would al
ways chide me for it, saying. "I could
speak English as well as rooinek (red
neck-Dutch for Englishman), but 1 never
forget I am Boer."
Like all Boer girls 7 am an excellent
shot and I ferYently wish that 7 were
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was thinking of a good port captains ad-
vice when I pulled the trigger. and /
must have aimed pretty straight; how
ever. miss was as good as a mile for
Mr.. Black Pedro as he it was, and no
cres. He now directed the course of his
canoe for the island and the others fol-
lowed him. / knew by his Spanish lingo
and by his full beard that he was the
and the worst murderer in TERRA del
Fuego. The authorities had been in
search Of him for two years The Fue-
night, March 8. at anchor in the snug
cove at the Turn. every heartbeat
counted thanks. Here I pondered on the
events OF the last few days, and, strangely
sitting or lying down, now began to
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laughing crowd was summoned to supper,
and there another surprise awaited them.
The decorations in the dining-room were
red, even the tablecloth being of the same
brilliant hue. Over the center of the
round table huge owl, with outspread
wings, was suspended from the ceiling
In its claws it held the ends of four long
red ribbons, the other ends of which were
held in the corners of the room. near the
ceiling, by bats, lizards and spiders The
shade on the lamp was red crepe paper
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on which had been applied owls and bats
of some black material. The punch was
red, SO was the frosting on the cake
which, by the way, was crescent-shaped
and surmounted by a tiny doll, dressed all
in red as witch. The souvenirs were
also small witch-dolls for the ladies and
owls for the men, both of which, on in
In Ireland the observance of Hallow-
cen assumes, in many respects. a religious
character. 1t Is a custom in many dis
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By MISS SANNIE
Continued from Page rwenty-one.


the wedding customs. The suitor takes
the girl of his choice to some lachergoot
confectionery. If she refuses the gift
that ends the courtship. II not he sits in
the midst of the coffee drinking family
for an hour or more. Finally he Is left
alone with the girl OF his choice. But the
wise tant according to custom puts a
limit on the length of his visit. She marks
tho wax candle with needle, meaning
that the visit must only last until the
candle burns to the mark
could tell you of many more quaint
customs, but 1t was not for that under
took this task. Rather to convince you
that Boer girl Is not semi-savage.
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trtcts to bake what are called soul
cakes" on that day, which are given to the
poor, who go from door to door begging.
The gift of cake is always accompanied
with request to pray for the souls of the
dead. The recipient OF these soul cakes
is generally very profuse in his promises
to pray and calls down the blessings OF
heaven on everything he or she can think
Of. Another custom is to burn lighted
candle in every window in the house,
which gives very picturesque effect
along the country roads.
There is a custom among the poorer
classes in England also, of begging on
Halloween, for what is known there as
dole bread" In several districts g fan
carried about from house TO house, ac-
scompanied by crowd of young people,
singing doggerel begging rhymes. Old
Hob consists Of q skeleton Of q horses
head, mounted on q broomstick. and with
a sheet wrapped about and concealing the
person who Is carrying it
Shaw, in his history Of the Province of
Moray, considers the festivities of Hal
loween as a sort of haryest-home re1oic-
ing-a thanksgiving for the safe ingather-
ing of the produce of the fields What
ever may have been the original motive
for this gathering together Of the clans
on the eve of All Saints, the young people
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On Tuesday
October 81,
is
Halloween.
Look
Out
for Your
Future
Spouse

THE very mention Of Halloween calls
up visions Of ghosts and witches
and all kinds of uncanny things. 1t
IS the one night in the year when
1 even the uninitiated if they are
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
LITTLE FALLS MORRISON CO,
AS AN ExPERIMENT.a
HsTmissien 70 Organise Natives CIV
Brooks, OTIS and HonrH ",

fsTmissien 20 Organise Natives GlvGl
I Brooke. OTIS and Henry 'ss ss
WAsHlNaroN. March IL. Permisi0p
has bcen sent to General Brooke. ~ ca
BE-; General Otis. in the Phillippins.
and General Henry, in Porto Rico, "a
organize an experimental battalion of
natives, It is believed this policy can
Be carried on successfully in Cuba, thnS
relie.inx the regular troops, and & the
same time giving the island the basis of
: native army which will learn Ameri-
can discipline and form valuable nu-
cleus of q military force in the days of
independence.
Il In Porto Rico there is need for q sort
Of mounted polire. and these necessarily
will be natives, with American ofacers
in the higher grades. I'D" ! :sss d
Army officers do not believe anything
can be done in the PHILIPPINES with M.
tive troops, at least for the present.
Accordingly orders to General Otis have
only, een to look over the ground, leav-E
ing the actual use, of native froopsto
the discretion of himself and General
Lawton. y. 5E1
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'G0MDl, !, SUSTAINED.
Majority s. cubans Support the
Old General as Against the
IL Military Assembly.
slatter's Act Deposing Him as
& Communicating Chief Cen-
Il Il orally Condemned.
Effect ON THE SITUATION
confidently Expected That the
!. Army Will Accept $3,OOO,-
GOO and Disband. 7
Assem- bly, Was Never Officially
Recognized by the Ameri-
can Authorities.
Effect | on ON THE ! j SITUATION !

H HAVANA, March Ex-Governor Gen.
4ral Brooke was notified of the de-
position of Gomez and was much in
Sterested to learn the details Of the ~
:sembly's proceedings. He said he could
not express an opinion a. to the effect
of the assembly's action upon tho future
relations between Gomez and the United
States, particularly in the matter of dis
bursing the q. .OO0, 600 offered by Wash.
ington to the Cnban troops as a condi.
tion Of disbandment, but the impression
seems to be aDorR the American ALL
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
Items of Interest to Ladies.

Items of Interest to Ladies.
Among the big crates, casks
and cases opened up here to-
dayare two cases of fancies for
spring dresses. They are as
pretty as pretty can be; cheap
too and very new, So there
you have newness and pretty
ness and cheapness all at once.
This will be on sale this Satur-
day, one kind in McGregor,
McDuf and Stuart. tartan; it
is worth 80 cents per yard, we
sell it at l5cper yard. Another
kind of goods of the same
shades as above only a little
lighter, it is worth 20 cents a
yard, we sell it at l0c 9 yard.
Embr0ide derieS at Little Prices.
Our offer of a few weeks ago
was received so enthusiastical-
II that we have made another
effort in the same direction.
We have secured 4 few thous.
and yards Of the same kind Of
embrolderies. This is the kind
of embroidery you begin by
liking but do not fully, appre-
ciate until you have washed
| it a few times. They are
the kind that stands Tubing.
They do not get stringy
because they are made
on q hand machine, not rolled
off by steam. a. &c a yard
your choice of 1000 yards of
J very strong, we'll made goods;
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
DECLINED ADVANCEMENT.

Rear Admiral Higg'nssn shd Lisutsna.s
+ Ward Are MSsisst,
WASHINGTON. March l8.-Rear Ad.
miral Higginson has declined the pro-
motion offered him on the ground that
his services have not beenpf such con.
spicuous merit as to wartIht it. Lieu.
tenant Aaron Ward has falso declined
promotion because he would in accept
ing it prevent his classinats from even
reaching flag rank. .-,<
"a An Asarchist Outrage. .-ni1
PARIS, March l3.-The sEclair con.
firms the report that the government
inquiry regarding the explosion Of tho
naval powder magazine at Ls Goubran
shows that it was not of accidental ORR
gin and much credence is now given to
the ru,nor that it was an anarchist out
rage. ~.. '.. tn
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
REBELS. B Is. RETREAT /! A
General Wheaton's Brigade a,
San Pedro Macati Begins
t-. the, Advance.
Assisted by a Gunboat tn
RI Enemy Is Driven From
the Jungle. -. =. :.
!. HEAT PRos1RA1Es 1eoo;;
Many OF the Boys Overcor
and Compelled to Drop i
N. '''~' Out OF Line. .%@
Attack Planned by Filipinos
Fallo Through . Loss "
of Courage. ~
Sss4S.a yS5.

lfaaurlil t1snersalll Vines
sun,as newly "a divisional brigade
advanced st7 sssn. 1tt San Pedro Ma
oati for the purpose of corral1ing tho
enemy. s.s.'. \. ~ : b ..... .s..
u is now moving on Pasig, meeting
with slight rssistenoe, as the rebels sre
in full retreat. =. :. ,- syS.5a&s -. ssS
a gunboat Is clearing the jungle
along the river banks which have been
carried as far Is Guadalupe.
The purpose Of the move is to clear
the country to Laguna de Bay. .
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HAD PLANNED AN ATTACK

Courage II tAs Filiplno~ Failed When
the Time Came to Strike.
MANILA, March 13.-The Filipinos
apparently had planned an attack upon
the lines Of General Otis and General
Hale during the morning, but their
courage seemed to fail, though they
fired signals and afterwards kept up the
fusilade along the American front for
an hour. Our troops, in obedience to
orders, refrained from shooting with the
exception'of two companies of newly
arrived men, who replied until they had
suppressed q regiment Of Aguinaldo's
red brigade. This body Of rebels seemed
under better leadership than most Of
the others and white man was seen
among the officers endeavoring to lead
the attack, but apparently all efforts to
endure them to leave the trenches were
futile. ;&.... s.. :.
The American authorities in Manila
say the city is now 80 effectively po-
Iced that serious outbreak 10 impos-
aible. They believe that the natives
are cowed. j,
The presence Of the families Of OIL
Gers is discouraged and many are leav-
ing on board United States transport,
some going to Japan for temporary resi-
dence. General Otis has remarked:
Manila IL no place for women. This
Il war, not picnic" ~
Picking Up Brltish sshjeets.
The British cruiser Narcissus has
sailed for various ports in the island Of
Luzon to take on board British subjects
VINO desire projection.
The Twentieth and Twenty-second
infantry and seven companies Of Of the
Oregon volunteers marched to San
PEDRO Macati during the afternoon to
ioin General, Wheaton's new divisional
/, brigade, which is to consist Of the
Twentieth and Twenty-second infantry,
eight companies Of the w Washington vol
unteers, seven companies Of the Oregon
volunteers, three troops Of cavalry,
mounted, and q battery Of light aEtil-
1ery.
although the rain that fell during
the morning cooled the temperature to
90 degrees, many dropped from the
ranks overcome by the heat. Several
soldiers were sunstruck in the streets
Of Manila. Most Of them were men
not yet .scclimated. s..-...a
Brigadjar Ganeral Charles Kina baa
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14

tnorltles that q the assembly has never
been officially recognized by the United
States government its action, 60 far -
Washington ID concerned, will not
amount to moro than the resolutions Of
any other body Of individuals. The q.
seanbly ID being
ssresely Csasarsa hy Cuhsns
On al sides and there were many popu.
lar demonstrations ii favor Of the de.
posed commauder-in-chief, the crowds
shouting, Long live Gomez Death
to the assembly"
General Gomez has received numer.
our visitors, all Of whom assured him
Of their affection and loyalty and that
the declarations by the assembly coulf;
not represent even the army as the ele,,.
tions which gave its members thei
present positions are really voidable f.
illegality and political jobbery. The,
10 no doubt that the majority Of ill.,,
public support him a. against the a.
sembly. The general opinion is thu
there 10 no reason why the United.
States government should not con.
tinue to u. .-. 4....e...l'
i: Treat with General Comes -
in the matter Of payment of the troops.
It is said ON good authority that the
pay rolls Gomez is preparing to hand
General Brooke are most complete, full
and fair, and when the army learns
he can aid the troops in procuring
q, ,00O, 900, whereas it is problematicsl
whether the assembly can obtain any
thing, there is little doubt a. to the
ide the army will take in the contro.
versy. General Comes enjoys the full
confidence Of the American military
authorities and although he says he il
glad Of his new found liberty. since it
will enable him to return home. it is
not believed he will leave Cuba at pres.
ent. He has always insisted that all
active share IN distributing the money
would fall to him. and there seems NJ
good reason why he cannot continue to
act "a General Bro''';2's = v;sH", ..,. |
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
GOING TO THE BLACK Hills.
limos Central Surveying . Line il
South Dakota. sssss33

49," South Dakota. 1'5s.sss .sss
+ YANKToN, S. D., March ;13. The uM.
inois Central is at work running STR.
tvey through Clay, county with the
intention of extending its line to tho
Black Hills. Its first objective points
Wheeler, Charles Mix county, yta
Yankton, Tabor and Tyndall. At
Wheeler the line will cross the Mis-
souri, river and extend in as nearly an
air line asspossible clear to the Black
Hills. The grounds for a station at
Vermillion have already been surveyed
and staked out and the right Of way ~
now being secured. It is said the line
will be built this season. g,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
Here Are Some:

some ask l0c a yard for this.
At lOc a yard your choice of
$500 yards of good quality
well worth 15c a yard. At IL
and l5c the zoe quality goes.
Newest Laces. Il.
All the new laces which you
have seen on model dresses
are here and are on view, and
there is almost an embarass-
ment of new suggestions for
trimming the coming seasons
gowns. Today we would like
to have you look at this re-
markable line of beautiful
Jaces and the prices as usual
reasonable. You can find laces
here from one cent to one
dollar a yard, and at any price
between.
Some White Bed:spread Talk.
Here is a richness cheap. It
IS only. recently that the goods
began to come to Little Falls
il case lots. A case lot of bed
spreads means 240 spreads. 1t
IS only stores of this size that
dare buy such quantities. In
buying lots of this kind we get
them fresh and new from the
factory. We save the COM
mission mems profit and also
the jobbers profit, this goes to
you.
At IS cents
a nice soft white spread rs
~ so inches; big enough for.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14

little week
National the width the
| th6ywn
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
PAY HONOR 70 HEROES.

eoldiey lead 60 lse Received With Fitting
: G$ss. $.5F% Ceremonies. r
WAsHINaroN,1 March rs. The secre-
IL folloy ing ort1er
20 Major General Wesley Merritt at
Governors Island, New York:
BY direction Of the president, you
viii. upon the arrival of the Roumania
with the remains Of the soldiers who
were killed or have died at Santiago
and Porto. Rico, fire . fitting salnte,
order al dags han-masted and detail 4
guard of honor to see the caskets taken
of the ship and expressed to their for
mer homes. The Roumania is expected
to arrive very soon. Will telegraph
you tomorrow or as early as possible the
exact time" s' =. 's-.% j
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JuNkETINe ALL RIGHT:
Minnesota House Defeats . Bill Creating
- q Visiting Committoo.

Minnesota House llsfeat. = Bill Creating
q: Visiting Committso.
ST. PAUL, March l3.-The house has
emphaticslly rejected the proposition
contained in Mr.. Staples II. F. 281, the
''anti- -junketing" bill, creatinga legisla-
tive committee Of five members to con-
duct an investigation during the recess
into the conduct OF the correctional and
charitable institutions Of this and other
states, with view to possible legisla-
ton in the direction Of state board of
control and to do away with the visits
ip6 committees during the Legislative
session. The debate was perhaps tho
most acrimonious Of tho session. Fiji
teen bills Of minor importance were
passed.
s., Opensd - Free Pert.
LONDON, March 13.-According to q
dispatch to The Daily Mail from st.
Petersburg, Ta1ien Wan, the Russian
fortified port in the Lila Tung PENN
sula, will be opened as free port or
completion Of the Manchuria railway iI
1vO2. 49,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-14
DULUTH TELEPHONE, WAR

Trsnchise Gsanted to New Company,
but the Old One Holds On. 4
DULUTH, Minn., March 13.-At a spe-
cial meeting of the council R. H. Evans
of Detroit. Mich, was given twenty
i've year telephone franchise. The fran
chise of the Duluth Telephone company
expired March 8, but that company re-
fuses to give up, claiming the right to
maintain poles and wires on the streets
Of Duluth under i United States law,
passed in 1855 by congress, giving tele-
graph companies the right to maintain
poles and wires on post roads of the
United States. The lay has been con.
srrued by several courts, among them
the United States court of appeals, to
include telephone companies as we'll as
telegraph companies. A telephone war
will result and rates will be cut and
elashed without mercy. :. 80, -. =, !, e..