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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20
NOPE L0os BYS RAIL- y \ !
The Northern Pacific Takes . Big Con-
tract-Backus-B Brooks Co.'S
NJ ,.- Il AK Success. ssSs3
Mr. Brooks in Doubt Whsthsr. tho Pail
ast5 reading Of Logs WIN supsrssde 'aR
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minneapolis journal: Inc success
OF the Backus- Brooks Lumber com.
pany in railroading Z, 500, 900 feeet a
logs from the northern woods to it,
Minneapolis mills promises to revo-
lutiontze logging operations 40 far
as transportation is concerned. Al
ready the. Northern Pacific road,
which has handled the Backus-
Brooks company's logs, convinced d
the Feasibility Of the plan, has made
q contract with the Muscattne Lum-
her company OF Muscatine, Iowa,
for the transportation Of $4,000, 900
feet OF logs from the ST. Louis river
at CloQuet, MIMI, in the northern
part Of this state, to Saltwater.
The logs will be hauled almost the
entire length Of the Duluth Short
Line, and will be switched off at
Bald Eagle to Saltwater, where
they will be dumped into the st.
Croix river and rated to Muscatine.
In speaking of the practical work
ings of the scheme this morning, Mr..
Brooks said: .H%
1t ia an emergency which led us to
make this experiment.. Theextreme-
~ low water in the river at the
opening of the season hung up the
drives and our mills were the first to
shut down temporarily for want OF
logs. We had to get the raw ma
terial down to- Minneapolis and the
only means OF transportation left
open-the railroad at once suggest
ed itself. You can get an idea Of the
nature OF the undertaking from the
fact that I, 5OO,OOO feet of logs were
loaded onto Brainerd 4 Northern cars
200 miles north of Minneapolis at Lake
Kabekona, under the direction of Gen
eral Manager Gemmell, and from that
point hauled TO Rrainerd, where
they were turned over to the North
ern Pacific, 12S miles from this city.
The logs were divided among heavy
trains of forty five cars each and
brought direct to the Backus-BrOoks
pond in this city. 1t became neces-'
sary to put in extensive improve
ments to facilitate the work OF un-
loading here. We were forced to put
in sidetracks and an unloading dock,
the entire work. at this end being
under the supervision Of William
Flanagan, the mill superintendent.
Not an accident occurred, every de-
tail of the work being looked after
by the Brainerd & Northern, the
Northern Pacific road and our men
like clock work and without delay.
We are not in a position to say.
whether railroad transportation OF
logs will be the more economical
way. There is no doubt but that
the logs are in better shape coming
that way, and there is OF course an
immense saving in time. 1t rem aims
to, be seen whether the savin & in
time will offset the cost of carrying
by rail sufficiently to make the latter
method profitable as a regular thing.
This we are convinced of, that in
case of emergency, we can get all the
logs we want by rail and get them
in hurry-up time. Whenever the
river is too low to float logs we will
have recourse to the roads. y
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20

. The dissolution Of the voting trust
OF the Northern Pacific, which has
controlled the policy OF the road
sinceits reorganization in 1890. came
much earlier than was anticipated,
for the reason that the affairs 81 the
company have progressed far be-
yoni expectations. The evidences Of
financial strengt til. conservative man.
agement, skilfol and profitable opera.
tion and reasonable prospects Of
continued prosperity are among the
reas ans for the dissolution OF the
voting trust on the LIST Of January.
This surrender OF the property into
the hands Of the stockholders is not
expected to make any differences in
the Encouragement or it's policy. The
majority interest still remains in the
hands of the flnanclers who accom-.
plshed it's rehabilitation. Accord
in to the voting trustees official
al announcement the reorganized COM
pAny has already declared thirteen
dividends on the preferred stock and
six dividends on the common stock.
The company's published statements
OF earnings and cash resources, and
retiring trustees say, ''give evidence
that the continuance lof regular
quarterly dividends, now established
at the rate OF per cent per annum,
upon both the common and the pre-
ferred stock, may be reasonably ex-
pectea under its present smanage-
ment." ..
Since September, 1896, all OF the
til en- outstanding bonds of the old
Nbrthern Pacific railroad company,
assumed and to be paid by the new
Northern Pacific railway company,
w., 81, 776,OOo Missouri river division
Is and $l6, 142 900 general first mort
gage 6s, making $i7,9sl, 900 in all,
have been retired and their mort
cages, discharged of record. The
prior lien OF per cent bonds have
thus become a first lien, and the gen..
eral lien bonds have been correspond
in ely advanced to the second posi-
tion..
The gross earnings for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1900, 1881, 021, 3l1)
show an increase of 5l.14 per cent,
or $1O,15S, 1855 over the gross earn
ings OF the year ended June 80, 1896.
The Northern Pacific mileage has
been increased during this trustee
ship 1904 per cent and the capitaliza-
ton decreased $11 1923 per mile. Even
with the unusual charges to i'm
provements the net income during
the pastv three years has averaged
-516 per cent on both the preferred
and common stock. The net cash
working capital on Sept. 80, 1900,
was $19, $40, 1852, while the total cash
assets of the treasury amounted to
$34, 6ss,O1S.
This Is the first time on record
that a railroad voting trust has
been wound up SO speedily and with
such remarkable pecuniary results.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20
L is 1umorcd that the sickness
of the car is due to poisoning.

: Chicago is just now suffering
from San unusual amount of
crime. More >burglaries and
holdups are sbeing committed
than ever before, e., - i,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20
Nista1leu for 1 Deer.

, Moose Lake, Mimi, Nov. 16:-While
out hunting yesterday, Ldwrence
Ulverick, well known and very
popular young man Of this village,
was shot and killed BY someone un
known. 1t is supp sed that he was
mistaken for deer. There Is much
feeling over the matter and steps will
be taken to detect the man who fired
the fatal shot. .%,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20

Thin

is all right, if you are too f.:
and all wrong, if too thin alread:.
Fat, enough for your habit, :.
healthy; little more, or less, ::
no great harm. Too fat, cons:
a doctor; too thin, persistent
thin, no matter what cause, ta!!:: :.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Live
Oil.
There are many causes of &C.,
ting too thin; they all cor:c
under these two heads: ovc:~-
work and under-digestion.
: Stop over-work, if you can;
but, whether you can or net,
take SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil, to balance yourself
with your work. You can't live
or. it--true-~but, by it, you
can. There's limit, however;
you'll pay for it.
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil is the readiest cure 70,
sscan't eat,' unless it comes Of
your doing no work-,you can,
long be well and strong, withou,
some. sort Of activity. ~
i; $ g g.; 3 r.: ~
tried 1t, send for el4AEAf ~
Tree sample, it's a. EiVES XII
greeabie taste will ~ NN%f
SCOTT &BOWNE III. TEk
Chemists, ,E.Mf AlH1
n 400 Pearl Street, - NY.
s s$s 5j3 New York. ~xsa2-
SOC. and $l.oo; all druggists.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20

Senator Vest, of Missouri, de-
,clares that Democracy must and
willabandon Organism, and that
policies must be adoted that will
invite the support of the old
time Democrats of the eastern
and central states. 1t is not be-
lieved that the party will again
declare for free silver coinage
at ,16 tu1.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-20

The legislature will BE- asked to
reduce the number of district court
Judges in Hennepin county. j. g..
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
opinion that he is not the man to decline
the nomination and the duties and respeE-
sibilities it entails


Scientific knowledge is felt now in every
walk and department of life Without
science our medical, mathematical and
indeed industrial skill would not be far in
advance, if any, of the Boxers, who op-
pose with pitchforks and spears the ap-
proach of well armed white men to
Picking. The application we wish to make
is in noting briefly what is being done
at the physical and chemical laboratory of
the Great Northern railway in this city.
No purchases are made by that company
Of steel, iron. stone, coal, oil, lumber and
what not without the articles being test
ed in every possible way by its chemists.
Coal oil is subjected to a dozen or more
tests. The links used in coupling cars are
tested in all kinds Of ways. If a car
wheel breaks, the fragments are taken
to the laboratory and carefully studied, SO
that when another order Of car wheels is
made, if structural weakness caused the
breakage, 1t may be guarded against.
Paint is put to all kinds Of tests Of heat
and cold, and so, too, is stone, while
lumber is subjected to tests Of strength,
as also the effects of extremes Of tenn
perature. Locomotives, cars and bridges
are not built by guess work and hap
hazard Out Of any kind Of material.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
co-opERATIoN IN MINNESOTA,

From Highways. and Byways," In the
july Cha1tauquan.
From time to time statements find their
way into the press in regard to the de-
Velopment Of cooperative industry, which,
cannot fail to crafty earnest and thought
ful students CT oUr social problems In
France cooperation in agriculture has as
sumed considerable proportions. and there
is a movement in the same direction in
Ireland. In Great Britain cooperation is
extremely successful in distributive indus
ties, but into production it has not been
carried to any notable extent
In the United States but little is heard
of cooperative experiments, and If is
therefore truly surprising to learn from
recent reports that in the state Of Min
nesota the growth of the cooperative idea
in business and industry has been excen-
tjonaL TIE. movement began with grain
elevators constructed by farmers; co-oD-
efatlVe creameries followed and gradual
~ the idea has been applied to live stock
sales, lumber and fuel yards. general
stores, raili oad construction and insur-
ance. There are also cooperative grist
ard flour mills. There are 125 township
mutual fire Insurance companies. and the
members are said to have saved last YEAR
in premiums ab-ut $3.50 ONO All the butter
factories inIthe state-numbering 65O-aro
cooperative, and the.r use the milk If
20,Oo0 cows. These butter factories are
managed by board selected from the
owners The system is said 10 be special
iy we'll established in the south central
part OF thefstate. There are also several
community settlements in the newer
parts where land is cheap. These facts
are as interesting as they are Important
and publicity Will doubtless result in the
extension Of the cooperative movement
to other progressive states
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
SMART NEW BONNET.
Quaint Conceit for Out-ef-Door
Wear


A pretty new bonnet, designed by a
Philadelphia lady, resembling in stYle
those worn by Martha Washington, Will
bring delight to the heart of the sum-
Iaer girl who revels in picturesque belong
tngs. 1t has been named THE Fourth of
July Bonnet, because one was worn for
the first time by each maiden in a party
which left the city yesterday morning for
a picnic and hay ride ending by a dance
on country barn floor in good, old-fash-
toned style.
The foundation Of this fetching bit Of
millinery, which must be Of home manu-
facture, is palm-leaf fan of goodly d.
mansions. Having purchased this. mi
lady proceeds to cut it into the proper
shape of the brim, as shown in our Illus
tration.
This is neatly bound and a sufficient
quantity of rufT1ing is prepared to encireIe
the front. This ruffiing, as we'll as the
back OF the bonnet and ties, should be pre-
pared from a remnant of one of her dam
test summer frocks. A yard and a half
will be q sufficient amount
The back is cut from square of ma
terial about twenty-seven inches in size
with the upper half rounded to semlcir-
cular form. casing for the drawing
string Is run about ten inches from the
bottom, and the top, gathered so that the
edge forms little Irill, Is securely tackled
to the inside edge of the crescent-shaped
brtm. The drawing string brings it to its
proper size. Large ties are added and
with a coquettish little bow under her
chin milady is ready to dance the minuet
In quite as stately a fashion as did her
grandmother a century ago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09

resources which in China are, or can
soon be made available to the commerce
of the world, and especially to that of
our own country, that Minister WI
elbows his most complete control of his
subject. Reviewing the various direc-
tons in which Americans can look for
the expansion of their trade and manu-
features which is apparently about to
be realized in the immediate future, he
turns his mind eye on Europe and Cen
trail and South America, and successfully
disposes of that feature Of the great ques-
ton in the following pregnant SEN
fences:
Central and South America have as
yet too sparse population for the i'm
Inense territory they cover to meet the
conditions of q market for American
goods. Some decades must elapse before
American farmers and manufacturers can
look 10 that quarter for reIef. But on
the other de of the Pacific lies the vast
empire OF China, which IN extent Of tec-
ritory and density OF population exceeds
the wfo.e CT Europe. To be mere partlc-
uiar, The province 81 Szechuen can mus
ter mere a5.e-bodied men ihaE the TER
man emp Re, The province OF .Sna - 'h;5
can boast u as many natiye-b0rn sons
aS France. Scatter adj the inhabitants OF
Costa Rica or Nicaragua in Canton diu
they would be completely lost in mat
city SLTgIng thTongS. Transport ali the
people or CEiii into China and they would
fill only city Of the 1irst class fuTt fle e
comp&T sOl.s are needless. Suffice II TO
say that China has her teeTnlng miHioaS
to feed ana clothe. According 10
the statistics published by the United
States government, China in 1888 took
American foods to the value OF $l4,i34 ~,
OF which amount S9.34+,565 was paid Tor
cotton goods. All the European countr es
coDibiTed bought only $,4Sa,3G3 weTth OF
An, efstan cotton manufactures during the
sane period.
Here is tangible view of the posi-
bilities OF American trade and commerce
with the country to which the eyes of all
civ liked peoples are now turned. We
should regard it intently. We have
future as a trading nation in the Orient
such as no one or more OF the European
nations with their spheres Of influence
can surpass. VIII we avail ourselves OF
our opportunities?
We may easily fail to do 50. If we
stand steadfastly on our present position
and refuse To engage ourselves in the
schemes of the European nations in the
present crisis, we will have laid the
foundations strong and secure on which
by judicious national action in the not
distant future we may build W a trade as
vast and as valuable as that possessed
by England even with all her dependen-
cies ard with the other nations of the
world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
NOTES.

The shirt waists of this season are
largely embrCldered-fanCy combinations
OF striped lace and nainsook and many
CT6anGies, as well as the fancy .cOlOred
singhams and madras. This taking new
effect Of the short sleeve showing from
underneath Will be a feature, and should
be much varied by up-tO-date retailers
and manufacturers.
KID is being employed not only for
toques and hats, but also as a trimming
on some OF the Jackets Light yellow,
greens pinks, blues and tans. in fact all
the pastel COlOrS are REPRODUCED i'm kid
and are embroidered with beads and me
tallic threads 1t is a capital addition to
Irish frieze used as collar and reyers.
The most beautiful fancy buttons this
year appertain to the period of Louis
XIV, who spent a fabulous sum upon
them. Records remain Of small fortunes
being paid for diamond buttons. In Louis
w time there was great revival OF
jeweled buttons. and several new kinds
brought out, reproductions of CiaSsi-
cal models very well painted. antique and
pastoral scenes appeared on some Of
them, followed during the revolutionary
days by portraits Of Greek and Roman
heroes, Phrygian caps, and pictures OF
the Bastile 1t was only in the time of
Louis Philippe that pearl and mother Of
pearl buttons, steel buttons and covered
HOulds came in.
There is no indication that we are alb
JurinS killings. Evening gowns and Il
great many day gowns are bordcred with
Hounces, made in thin Killed materials,
eaged with TuchlngS, very small and fine.
They are employed for some entire skirts.
and many cloaks and capes: but there is
an innovation. Instead Of knife pieats as
the Americans call them. me killing con-
sists Of minute box pieats. A Partisan
gown at one of our best dressmalleis had
been made In this style of fine mulberry
cOlOred fOulard, the box killing forming
the upper part OF the bodice and of the
skirt. which ended, as most of the smart
est and best arranged skirts do this 9aa-
on. in a graduated lounce cut somewhat
on the cross wide at the back and mar
rover IN the front I had an opportunity
of seeing the effect Of this style ID q
great many materials.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
MONDAY, JULY 9, 1900.



Whlle existing conditions continue to
eNcIle intense feelings of hostility on the
part Of Americans and Europeans alike
toward the native Chinese population. it
Is gratifying to reflect that the Chinese
empire is at this moment represented
at Washington by a gentleman who
shows his ability to minimize such feel
Ing among Intelligent Americans at ,east
ana Who Is successful in keeping before
the mind of the country the many con-
trolling reasons that exist why the Amer
lean people should maintain a position
toward China and the Chinese different
entirely to that occupied by the Euro
pean peoples who are so intent on get.
ting control of Chinese territory.
Minister WI has done admirable work
IN many directions during his term of Of
nee to create right understanding of
the true relations of the two races He
has pointed out the wrong which is in
volN-ed TO both nations in the regulations
which continue in existence against the
introduction of native Cinnamon into the
United States after all danger such as
led to the establishment of existing in
hiolton mas passed away He has 1e
peatedly in public address and otherwise
directed the attention of our merchants
and public men to the vast field of COM
mercial and Industrial activity which is
op enlng up 10 American skill and en-
terprise if we think proper to occupy it.
His utterances on social and artistic
questions have, moreover, stamped him
as one of the most accomplished, as he
is one OF the most intellectual men stand
ing in the light of public observation in
the United States today.
In the current number of the North
American Review Mr.. WI writes of "Mu-
tual Helpfulness Between China and the
United States" in way which is most
instructive and convincing. He possesses
thorough mental grasp of the COM
merciaI possibilities and possessions of
both the countries, and Is as familiar
with the commercial and political his
tory of the United States evidently as
he is of that of his own country. His
plea is for mutually of effort and of
trade He Makes much of our proxim-
fly and of the geographical advantages
which we possess over other nations, as
well as of the kindly disposition with
which Chinese public sentiment is re-
garding the position of non-interference
which at present distinguishes our gov
ernment.
But it is in the direction of the vast
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
OSTRICHIES.

Ostrich feathers have been used for
personal adornment from time immemo-
rial, alike by savage foe and civilized
man. both n battle and the courts Of
Kings. At the present time, and for some
hundredS OF years probably, no court
lady toilet would be considered complete
without the headdress of nodding ostrich
plumes- In the past ostrich feathers were
a luxury that only the wealthy could af-
ford, because the feathers could be OBJ
tanned only by hunting the birds in Their
wild state.
But since ostriches have been reared Or
ti1icially. the value of the feathers has
much decreased; at the same time the
Vdlue OF the feathers OF the domestica ted
ostrich IS much less than that of the
feathers OF the wild bird Few wild os-
uiches now exist, and those only north
Of the Wall and Orange rivers in South
Africa. OstriChe5 belong to that genus Of
birds called struth'o. The name struthio
has reference to the fact that this order
of birds have undeveloped or rudimentary
wings, the wings being absolutely use
less for flying. When running the ostrich
spreads out its featheTy 5tump5 and uses
them as sails to steady It. In this way
1t is able to greatly accelerate the rate
at which it runs and they are also Of
use in enabling the bird to twist ard turn
with extraordinary agility. The speed
with which ostTiches can run is almost
incredible; they are able to oVertake the
swifteSt horse.
Ostriches' legs are long in proportion to
the rest Of the body and though power
ful are brittle, so that they are easily
broken. If the scales are rubbed off the
legs, as sometimes happens in ostrich
farms during the process Of dipping in
tank or Of Diucking the legs readily in
flame, and that so acutely that the birds
eiten die in consequence. The foot is pro-
vlded with only two toes, the longer one
being armed with a formidable horny
nail, with which the ostrich fights.
An ostrich seldom jumps over any OBJ
5truction Of some height, as a wall or
Imound--,Perhaps, fearing for. its frah
stacle being to breast the wall or mound,
and then to roll over it somehow; but,
when driven to it, ostriches have been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-09
SHE IS WHO Is CHIC.
A Proper Carriage Has Much to Do
With 1t.

''She has no presence, but she has an
undoubted effect" remarked a society au-
tocrat. surveying a newcomer through her
lorgnon. Provided a woman is not ac-
tually ugly, and is not too fat, she can
always make herself chic If she goes
the right way about it. Carriage Is one OF
the chief essentials" continued the social
authority Il have seen women who
simply by the way they held themselves
appeared several inches taller and showed
to greater advantage than companion
to whom nature alone had been far kind
er. The next thing, OF course is clothes;
not alone what they are, bat the manner
IN which they are put on. Every one
knows that some women look dowdy in
the most elaborate confeetions from the
best French ateiisrs, while others show
style ard grace in cotton gowns that have
been made by a home dressInalIer. Such
adaptabi}ity is generally a natural gift
but it can also be acquired. and 1t be-
hooves every woman to study her personal
appearance and how she can make the
best of herself.
Older women often score In this way
over their younger rivals. We cannot look
young, but at least we may look new, and
there IS no need Of succumbing to the
dowdiness which so often evertakes mid
Gle age"