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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
Is the Bicycle Fatal to Beauty?

Lord Salisbury In recent address
took occasion to lament the decline Of
beauty in dress and experiment., and,
among other things, referred to the
bicycle as in some measure responsible
for 1t. In respect to the fair sex he
said: "We had some hope that the
cult Of beauty would remain the Ion
gest with them, but If we go among
those who cultivate the bicycle we
shall see the sense of beauty displaced.
My belief is that If there was Dante
to write an artistic Inferno its low
est circle would be assigned to the
ladies who dress themselves in the d.
vided skirt and knickerbockers." NJ.
Paul Lerain, in France, has recently
expressed himself even more emphatio'
ally. The bicycle, he declares, is ban
ishing those tender graces and woman
ly charms which for 500 years have
captivated man. 1T is impossi bic. I"
he says, "to devote oneself to the wheel
and to the feminine graces at the same
time" There Is considerable nonsense
in all this when one comes to think
about it. Beauty either Of expression
or Of movement is primarily built upon
bodily health. This has been said so
often that it Is a truism. If beauty
were matter Of high heels or whale
bone or skirts. one might despair in
deed, as the bicycle has seriously in
terferred with them. But every miss
who has got through her elemental
physiology knows perfectly we'll that
with good circulation, a good appe-
tite and good set Of nerves she can
have her own way. whether she wear
divided skirts or sixteenth century
farthingale Lord Salisbury assumed,
for the sake Of q pleasant cynical
speech. that 1t ia woman's chief duty
in life to dress herself 60 as to catch
the doting eye of man. That may be
one of her responsibilities, but it Is
surely not the only or the principal one.
She has another duty, and it Is to be
healthy and wise ana adapt herself and
her costumes to the imperative demands
of time and place II Lord Salisbury
were a woman and lived in western
Kansas, where the wind travels at the
rate Of 80 miles an hour. he would
probably do just what the women Of
Syracuse. in western Kansas, have done.
They have resolved to meet the windy
season by putting their empress trains
into their closets and wearing divided
skirts. These women have found by ex-
perience that the wind bloweth where
it listeth and generally blows their
raiment with 1t. This may not suit the
Lord Salisburys Of Kansas, but it will
enable the ladies of Kansas to prevent
their skirts from travelling into the
next country, which, in their estima-
tion, does not add to personal beauty or
personal convenience
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
RlNGLlNG BROS CIRCUS.
This Famous Big Show to Ex-
hibit Here Soon.

Arrangements have been completed for
the appearance of Ringing Brothers IA
nous combined circus, menagerie and
hippodrome in this city Saturday, July 9th
Ringing Brothers need no introduction
to the people of this community. The
fame of these progressive showmen and
the uneQualed magnitude of their vast ex
hibition is known throughout the length
and breadth of the land. Even where they
have never exhibited, Ringing Brothers
are recognized as the leading showmen of
the New World. Year after year their
great show has grown in size and scope
each season apparently re aching the very
limit of achievement, and yet, after each
stupenduous stride, simply anticipating
still greater triumphs to come. This year,
all previous records have been broken. 1t
issnot enough to say that the show Is larg-
er than ever before, or that it surpasses in
magnitude anything of the kind ever be-
fore presented in the United States. In
novelty. in Sensational features, in the
number of it's famous European and
American artists, in the beauty and mag
nificence of its paraphernalia, in the COM
pleteness of its world gathered geological
display, in the thrilling realism of its hip
podome contests and the superb charac-
ter of it's professional display-it Is with
out rival on earth. The Fisher Family
of world famous aerialist; the seven mar
velous DaComas, whose feats of acroba-
tism have been the delight and wonder of
Europe, Asia and the two Americas; Mile.
Turnour, the very embodiment of grace,
beauty and dexterity, who is without a
peer as lofty mid-air equilibrist; Mons.
Joseph LeFleur, the most intrepid of
somersault divers-these are but few of
the great artists to be seen with this un-
rivaled exhibition. In fact, the arenic
company of this great sextuple circus COM
prises over three hundred gifted perform
ers. embracing the very pick of the world 8
best riders, aerialists, acrobats and special
lists; the trained animal senations intro
duce three great acts by three separate
companies of elephant actors and O'Brien's
famous 61-horse act; the menagerie is the
most complete geological collection in the
world; the preliminary Introductory spec
tacle 1.-THE Last Days of the Century"
surpasses in magnificent completeness
and ennob1ing sentiment any patriotic
display ever attempted, and the free street
parade, which takes place on the morning
the of exhibition, is so infinitely superior
to those with which the public is more or
less familiar as to be beyond the range of
comparison.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
An Excellent Combination,

The pleasant method and benehcsM
effects of the we'll known remedy.
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxz.
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. IT,
is the one perfect strengthening lax2-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and feveB
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sx7b.
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
Ire used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA ana
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUR.
20. only. In order to get its benefciiQ
effects and to avoid limitations, ple2s0
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, NJ Z.
For sale nv all Druegists.-Price Soc. per bolrte
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

Alexandria Post.News: Mr.. Jos
,Renner. who has the contract 70,
raising the 1872 foot flag staff in thu
county court house square. expects
to do the act this week. 1t will b.
''no SLOUGH" Of a job. He has thu
guy posts sunk and anchored anG
the hole for the pole dug and thu
foundation made. He ia waiting fo1
his ropes. 1t will be a big raising
and well worth. seeing.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

Ringing Bros. were unable to give
exhibitions at Fargo, as the storm
at Croo kston did so much damage
to their tents that they could not be
repaired in time to fill the next dates.
The show lost at least ST., 1000 by
the storm.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

Minneapolis L3mberman: When
the joint High commission meets
again next month, they will find the
lumberman of the country on hand
looking after their interests. For
several years the lumber interests
suffered under adverse legislation,
and now that the industry is again
on it's feet and doing nearly as well
as other large industries of the
country, it is being attacked on all
sides. The lumbermen are alive to
the necessity for continued vigilance
and will not be caught off their
guard.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
Bucklen s Arnica Salye.

The best salve in the world for
cuts. bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores. letters, chapDt d
hands, chilblains, cOrns. and all akin
eruptions, and positively cures piles.
or no pay required 1t Ia guarantee ed
to give perfect satisfac ton or money
relunoeo' Price * cents per box.
sale by L. D. Brown.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

Brainerd Dispatch: He. Stivers,
OF West Superior, Wis.,, wos In the
city the first Of the week. Mr.. Sti-
vers has again engaged in the news
paper business and in a few oays
will issue the first number of The
Superior Journal of Commerce.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

"A young man at Pelican Rapids
shot himself twice with a revolver
because his girl broke the engage.
ment with him. She Is now nursing
him to recovery, and will marry
him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
A Long Shot.

Johnny-Paw, will pou gimme a nick
ell?
Father-What for?
JOHNNY want to put it in slot ma
chine and see if can't get dollar.
Father-And what will you do with the
dollar?
Johnny-Buy ticket in a rattle for 4
bicycle.-New York Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
Accounted For.

She-How the ocean roars this morn
ing.
He-That's not the ocean you hear
It's the noise Of the loud bathing suits
on the beach.-Philadelph North Amer
lean.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
"A WOmauIy Action,

Mother-Why, no, Robert, of cou1se
Alexander the Great wasn't woman.
Son-But it says here, ALEXANDER
wept because there were no more worlds
to conquer" It seems to me if he had
been man he'd swore.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

From the Minneapolis Lumbermen:
The Itasca Lumber company's crew
of drivers are putting their first
drive over the Pokegama dam, after
which they 60 back q few miles to
Blackwater, a slough trap for stray
logs, and get out OF there an es-
innate of 1900, 900 feet Of logs that
for the past ten years have gathered
there after having left the main
channel OF high water.
The Itasca Lumber company. from
May 16 to June II have hauled a
a total OF 1893 cars OF logs and
dumped them into White Oak lake,
on the Mississippi near Pokegama.
They are hauling at the rate OF
about eighty cars daily. The speed
of the river may he noted by the fact
that logs from the Hlbbing works
have been sawed into lumber in the
Minneapolis mills this season the
logs having come OF their own &C.
cord with the current.
Reports from Walker say that the
"dead and down" Indian logs in
boom on Leech lake waiting the in
spectiOn of the government detec-
tiYes,. have been scattered by a
storm, and much expense will be in.
Cured gathering them.
The Northern Boom company,
will start q drive from Pokegama
dam in the course OF week or ten
days, wheh the drives above this
dam are over.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
A Chance For Justice,

1.-THE prisoner claims he has mania
Cor kidnapping"
"Then let him be tried by jury with
mania for life sentences."-Chicago Rec
ord.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

The G. A. Smith Lumber company,
has made an offer to the school
board of Minneapolis to furnish
them edgings and slab wood for
fuel, by which the lumber company
guarantees a saving of from fifteen
to twenty per cent of the present
price paid for coal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

Minneapolis Lumberman: AS will
be seen by reference to the months
shipments of lumber and the table of
the first six months shipments, the
market is in a promising condition.
with good chances for a further ad-
vance in prices If the demand holds
up for the next six months as it has
for the six months Just past. This
city is likely to be short of stock in
pile at the end of the year about
100, 900, 900 feet as compared with
that in pile twelve months before.
The mills of this city will cut little If
any more lumber this season than
they did last year. Stocks at other
competing points are in no better
Relative shape than those here, so
that there is nothing to fear from
weak spots on the outside. The
manufacturers here are generally
confident that there will be another
advance before fall.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

The Johnson & Wentworth COM
pany, OF Cloquet have been SO busy
for the past month that they have
been obliged to run their planning mill
over time. The Northern Lumber
company has put night crew on at
their upper mill because of the rush
of business.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11

June was a record breaking month
in lumber shipments from Mime
apolis, the total shipments being
40, 1850, 900 feet. For the six months
ending June 30, the shipments were
221, S5O, 900 feet.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-07-11
LOGS AND LUMBER.
Interesting Items About Saw
Mills, Log Drives and the
Lumber Business.

The Scanlon-Gibsonc company has
just purchased l2l,O0O,0OO feet Of
logs in the district north and west
OF Cass lake The logs will besawcd
at the company's mill at Cass Lake.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-06
CHAPTER ~.

II any man would come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross daily and follow
me.
Henry Maxwell paced his study back
and forth. 1t was Wednesday, and he
had started to think out the subject of
his evening service which fell upon that
night.
Out of one of his study windows he
could see the tall chimneys of the rail
road shops. The top of the evangelist $
tent just showed over the buildings
around the Rectangle.
The pastor of the First church looked
out of this window every time he turned
in his walk. After awhile he sat down
at his desk and drew a large piece of
paper toward him.
After thinking several moments he
wrote in large letters the following
"a NUMBER OF THINGS THAT JESUS WOULD
PROBABLY DO IN HIS PARISH
81. Live in a simple, plain manner
without needless luxury on the one
hand or undue asceticism on the other.
"2. Preach fearlessly to the hypo-
SiiuSo IL GiC ShulSI, uO ulduU6T WuaL
their social Importance or wealth.
SO, Show in some practical form
sympathy and love for the common peo-
pie as well as for the well to do, edu-
Gated, refined people who make up the
majority of the church and parish.
50. Identify himself with the great
causes of humanity in some personal
-,,x t1,,+ v,n,,11 o,1l gor ,,JG l~-:1 -
suffering.
"5. Preach against the saloon in
Raymond.
$50. Become known as q friend and
companion Of the sinful people in the
Rectangle.
so. Give up the summer trip to Eu-
rope this year. l have been abroad
twice and cannot claim any special
need of rest. l am well and could forego
this pleasure, using the money for some
n who needs a vacation more than |
do. There are probably plenty of such
people in the city.
$50. What else would Jesus do as
Henry MAXWELL"
He was conscious, with a humility
tnaG once was d anS TO nun, THAT
his outline Of Jesus probable action
was painfully lacking in depth and
power. but he was seeking carefully for
concrete shapes into which he might
cast his thought of Jesus conduct
Nearly every point he had put down
meant for him a complete overturning
of the custom and habit of years in the
ministry. In spite Of that, he still
searched deeper for sources of the
Christlike spirit. He did not attempt to
write any more, but sat at his desk alb
sorbed in his attempt to catch more and
more of the spirit of Jesus in his own
life. He had forgotten the particular
subject for his prayer meeting with
which he had begun his morning study
He was so absorbed over his thought
that he did not ; y the bell ring, and
he was reused by the servant, who an
nounced a caller. He had sent up his
name-Mr. Gray. Maxwell stepped to
the head of the stairs and asked Gray
to come up,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-10-06

~ NSAS w Nv
pleasant The evangelists had asked for
the help Of Christian people and had
received more than the usual amount
of encouragement, but they felt { great
need of mor and better music. During
the meetings on the Sunday just gone
the assistant at the organ had been
taken ill. The volunteers from the city
were few and the voices Of ordinary
quality
There will be a small meeting to-
night. John. said his wife as they en-
tered the tent a little after Z o'clock
and began to arrange the chairs and
light up
Eyes; l think So" MI. Gray was a
small, energetic man. with a pleasant
voice and the courage of a highborn
fighter He had already made friends
in the neighborhood. and one Of his
converts. a heavy faced man. who had
just come in. began to help in the ar
rangement of tie seats.
1t was after 8 o'clock when Alexan.
der Powers opened the door Of his office
and started to go home. He was going
to take a car at the corner of the Rec
tangle. but as he neared it he was
aroused by a voice coming from the
tent
1t was the voice of Rachel Winslow
1t struck through his consciousness of
struggle over his own question that had
sent him into the Divine presence for
an answer. He had not yet reached q
conclusion. He was troubled with I'm.
certainty His whole previous course o.
action as a railroad mar was the poor,
est possible preparation for anything
sacrificial, and he could not yet say
what he would do in the matter.
Hank! What was she singing? How
did Rachel Winslow happen to be down
here? Several windows near by went
up. Some men quarreling in a saloon
stopped and listened. Other figures
were walking rapidly in the direction
of the Rectangle and the tent.
Surely Rachel Winslow never was
happier in her life. She never had sung
.lke that in the First church. 1t was a
marvellous voice. What was it she was
singing? Again Alexander Powers. SUI
perlntendent of the machine shops.
paused and listened.
where he leads me l will follow,
Where he leads me l will follow,
Where he leads me / will follow.
I'll go with him, with him all the way"
The brutal, stolid, coarse, impure life
OF the Rectangle stirred itself into new
life as the song, as pure as the sur
roundings were vile, foated out into
saloon and den and foul lodging. Some
one stumbling hastily by Alexander
Powers said in answer to a question::
1.-The tents beginning to run over TO-
night That's what the talent calls
music, eh2"
The superintendent turned toward
the tent. Then he stopped, and after a
moment of indecision he went on to the
corner and took the car for his home,
but before he was out of the sound Of
Rachel's voice he knew that he had set
tied for himself the question of what
Jesus would do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-23
Finds No Fault with Negroes.
FOUND AFTER MANY YEARS.
The Murderer of Gilbert Gates Betrayed
by His Own Sister.

Chicago, June 23.-Alexander Jester
the murderer of Gilbert Gates. brother
of President John w. Gates, of The
American Steel and Wire company, has
been located after twenty-eight years of
unavaiIing search. His arrest is to be
made Immediately athis home in Okla
homa. Gates and Jester were crossing
Missouri in a prairie schooner together
in May. 1871. one night they camped
near Warrensburg. There Jester shot
Gates in the back. robbed him and at
tempted to conceal the crime by burn
ing the body.
He was arrested, but on bis way to
Warrersburg for trial he escaped. Now
his sister. Mrs. Cornelia Street. of Shaw
nee. o. T. has written Sheriff Simmons
of Wichita. Kan, declaring that Jester
is living at Shawnee under the name of
w. II. Hill, and that her conscience per-
brothers crime no longer.
Mrs. Street is quoted as saying: LAS
stand here and look at my brother be-
hind cell doors it is the happiest mo
ment in my whole life He has ruined
my life by Staying my lover. and have
Travelled everywhere and spent fortune
in having him run to earth. Why. he
even sent 4 man to me who persuaded
me to marry him under pretense that he
was my lovers frieEd-that was
Street-and when l found he was false
quit him. Only when my brother is LED
to the Gailows will feel that my duty
has beau dore
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-23
ROOSEVELT PHILOSOPHERS.
On the Question of What To Do About the
Trusts.

Chicago, June Ex-Governor Theodore
Roosevelt arrived in Chicago late yes
terday afternoon and left at 10 3. m. for
Las Vegas. y. NJ, to attend the Rough
Riders reunion. which takes place June
"A. the anniversary of the fight at La
C;uasimas, s large crowd assembled at
the station to welcome the governor on
his arrival. He iaughiEgly dismissed
any reference to himself as presiden-
tial candidate.
Asked about the trusts and the pro-
posed conference OF governors TO con-
slider this question. Roosevelt safdi THE
poor man. when he fights the rich man,
is his own worst enemy. Legislation
along right lines is the only solution of
the trust agitation. Rich and poor
should be treated alike in the matter
Of property assessments and taxation.
I wish we had a few more such people
in this country of the type of Mrs. En-
mons Blaiue-that is all.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-23
PEFFER STATES IIIs POSITION.
PopuIism Being n Cipher" He Will Do
His Best Against the Democracy.

Carthage, Mo, June 23.-In an inter-
view here yesterday w. 4. PETER, for
mer United States senator from Kan
sas, denied that he had Joined the Re
publican party in the words: Il have
not said for myself, nor have l au-
thorized any other person to say fer me,
either that 1 had left the PoDulist Dar-
~ or Joined the Republican party. What
/ did say, and do now say, and expect
to keep saying, is that as a factor in
rational politics the Populist party Is a
cipher; that it is a mere adjunct to the
Democracy; briefly. that for all nation
al purposes the Populist party Will be
swallowed in the Democratic party, and
as between the Democratic and Repub-
1ican parties 1 have always been against
the Democrats.
Believing that the contests of the
future will be practically between the
two parties. I expect to do all 1 can
hunorably to keep the Democratic party
out of power in the nation. PETER also
declared himself as strongly in favor of
expansion. He spoke on the political
issues of the day at the Chatauqua here
Yesterday afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-06-23
Strikers Reject Terms.

Cleveland, June 2S.-The rejection
last night by the street railway strik-
ers of the terms of settlement agreed
to by their committee put new face
on the affair. The president of the
street railway company says the COM
pany will have no more to do with
the strikers. The city authorities
are openly preparing for trouble.
The president of the railway COM
pany announced at noon that he would
give the men till ) o'clock to accept
the conditions offered yesterday,
namely, the reinstatement of 80 per
cent of the strikers, placing the rest
on the waiting list. The mayor had
Il consultation with the manding
officer of the local military organiza-
tions of the city, and advised them to
bc ready TO respond TO call. He
said if there was any more rioting he
will put stop to it if it takes all the
militia of the state.