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Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11
When the Cow hoy Ii a Hero.

!, II am very fond OF the genuine cow
boy, now fast disappearing" says Rev.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, narrating his
experiences as "A Missionary In the
Great West in The Ladies' Home
Journal. "I've ridden and hunted With
him. eaten and laughed with him,
camped and slept with him, wrestled
and prayed with him, and I always
found him rather good sort-fair,
honorable, generous, kindly, loyal to
his friends, his own worst enemy. The
impression he makes when he rides
through a town in drunken revel,
shooting miscellaneously at everything,
is deservedly bad one, grant you,
but you should see him on the prairie
in a round up or before stampede
There be is a hero"
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11

Hon. T. A. Mills Of Denver eeargeant.
at-arms fer the Populist national con.
vention:
The president has approved recon.
mendation Of the secretary Of war that
the authorized number Of commissary
ser9eants in the army be increased from
1866 to 200.
Saturday, Mays.
CeNG 1sEss-Eouse: Sunslxy civil bill
passed 1t carries slightly more than
81 ,5Oo, eco or about $1O, ,OO0,txO more than
any previous sundry civil bill Senate:
Not in session.
Lieutenant Gibson won the Ken
tucky derby.
British have driven the Beers out Of
j strong position at Houtnek.
Twenty-Five thousand Standard Oil
employees have been granted al advance
in wages. :
Three Chicago labor leaders have
been indicted eR the charge Of assault
and inciting riots.
In All interview at Toledo, O., Mr..
Bryan declared the Democrats were
sure to win in November.
Ambassador Choate has asked Lord
Salisbury for an explanation regarding
the boarding Of the American steamer
Sea Witch within the 3-mile limit.
Monday, May.
CoNs kEss-Senate: Mr.. Teller called
I'D his Boer resolution of sympathy and
urged it's adoption; naval appropriation
bill also considered. House: Pension
law amended to meet recommendations
of the G. A. r.; bill to increase national
guard appropriation to 100000 also
passed.
Joe Walcott was given the decision
over Mysterious Billy Smith in = 25-
round bont before the Broadway Ath-
letic club. New York city.
The chief portion Of the mining town
of Sandon, East Kootenai, has been de-
stroycd by fire. The railway station
and telegraph Office were burned.
The Russian government is strength
ening it's Aeiatic squadron by adding
the Petropolovsk, a battleship Of 10,960
tons, and the Giliak, small gunboat.
The Denver Water company's new
dam i'll Platte canyon broke Friday, re.
leasing 1000, ,000, 600 gallons of water
stored in the reservoir. No serious DAM
age was sustained at Denver.
Tuesday, May 8.
Senator Wclcott Of Colorado, it is
said, will he temporary chairman Of the
Republican national convention. -.
The senate committee on interoceanic
canals held meeting and discussed the
Nicaraguan canal bill which passed the
house last week. No action was taken.
The storms Of wind and rain which.
have swept through St. Louis and
vicinity the past:two days have been
the most severe of the season, resulting
in considerable damage to property. II s%
Judge Tuthin of Chicago has granted
an injunction restraining the board Of
county commissioners from inserting in
contracts a clause stating that only
union labor shall be employed in carry
ing out the work when it is to be paid
for with public funds. u \ 81
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11
A POST NuPTiAL ODE.

We used to walk together In the twilight,
He: whispering tender words 70 sweet and low,
a down the green lanes when the dew was fall.
ing, -
And through the Woodland where the birds were
Wewandezed in those hours 20 long ago;
Out:n no more We walk in purple cleaning
Adown the lanes, my love and l-ah, me-;
HE time has passed for such romantic roaming
He holds the baby while I'm getting tea
Me'tsed to at-vith lamp turned low-tosethss
And talk Of love and its divine effects,
When: nishts were long and winty VA TIE
weather.
var noblsr he than knight With mighty feather
And to him the lovelest Of my sex.
Nov. oft when wintzy winds howl round the Ga
BILE,
lmmersed In smoke, he pores o'er gold and
stocks,
The fact ignored that just across the table
The loveliest Of her sex sits darning socka
Anon.
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11

WANTED-Young girl to keep
company with an old lady and do
light work. Can go to school. In
quire at Herald. .-
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11
NEWS U,NDENsATIoNs.
wodlp eslaay, Hay 2.

! CONC REss-House: Nicaraguan canal
bill passed after a most spirited debate
| by II vote Of 225 to IS, the committee
amendment striking out the original pro.
| vision for fertilization being adopted
Senate: Mesars. Pettigrew and Turner
severely denounced the administration $
treatment Of volunteer soldiers, the army
bill being under consideration. ::
President Dole has been selected as
| the first governor of Hawaii.
Munkacsy, the celebrated painter, is
dead. He will be buried at Buda Pest.
The jury in the case of B. H. Roberts,
on trial at Salt Lake for unlawful CO.
| habitation, disagreed and was dis
! charged.
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for the report of the contli-
! ton of national banks at the close Of
business April rs, 1900.
The joint resolution continuing the
present administrative officials in Porto
Rico in Office until the appointments
are made under the civil government
law, has been signed by the president.
| Thursday, May 3.
! CONGRESs-House: The free homes
! bill. providing that the government shall
issue patents to actual settlers on Indian
reservations opened to settlement, passed
without division. Senate: Agreement
reached to take up the Clark case Thurs
day next; army appropriation bill consid-
cred. -,
Two hundred and fifty St.. Paul wood
workers are on strike.
The Mansion House Ottawa fire relief
fund has now reached gl6,OO0.
Reports received from the tea dis
tricts Of India show the prospects are
generally unfavorable.
The number of cases of bubonic
plague officially reported thus far at
Sydney, N. S. W., is 1873, of which 50
have proved fatal.
Ex-United States Senator Waitman
Thomas Wiley Of West Virginia is
dead, aged 50. Deceased was the an
thor Of the constitution Of West Vir.
ginia.
Albert NJ. Bryant, an Englishman, %
years old, jumped from the Brook lyn
bridge, holding an umbrella to break
the fall and bladders to keep him a1loat,
and was seriously injured.
-, a.
Friday, May.
CoNGRBss-Senate: Army reoruaniza-
ton bill, considered one of the most in-
portant measures Of the session. passed.
also the Notifications bill. House: Sun
drv civil bill cOnsideres1 and 70 If +bo 500
pages of the measure completed.
Turkey has not replied to the Ameri.
can note regarding the indemnity claims
Iowa Democrats, in convention at
Des Moines, endorsed the Chicago plat.
form but ignored the free silver issue.
Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer.
while denying the stories Of his i,nme.
diate retirement from parliament, says
he will not seek reelection.
Senator Butler, chairman of the Pop-
plist national committee, has appointed
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11

UUSIc, U1OW, I4uSs Lucy 0AIIVCVs, ~
the stile. They turned to look. back
down the long and leafy avenue
through which they had come. 1t was
all irradiated with the long, level glow
Of the sunset. A tiny black figure at
the far end, which seemed to be NOV:
ing toward them, gave the scene just
that. little, necessary note Of human
contrast which made 1t perfect.
They said good night, and the Girton
girl strolled away into the pnrpling
shadows, where she Was destined. to
hear what: she had never suspected -
that love II, after all, the only higher
mathematics worth the attention Of a
girl with soft hands and .wavy hair.
Miss Bremmil walked slowly back,
thinking placidly of their little ro-
nance. Suddenly she heard footsteps
at her side. Some one had come out
from the trees and was pacing with
her. She turned hurriedly toward the
sound. A man was walking by her
with peculiarly gliding, springy step.
He was very tall, with dark and rath-
er sinister face. He was dressed in
the uniform Of the asylum, only with
one difference-on his head he wore q
yellow cap and round his arm was a
broad band Of yellow cloth.
She shrank back with a sick terror
flowing round and round her heart like
icy water. The man was one of the
Dangerous cases. and she was alone
with: him at nightfall, too far away, to
scream for aid. She was paralyzed
with fear. Suddenly he turned on her
with q swift snarl,: like treacherous
animal. He caught her by the arms
and carried her: to the nearest tree.
leaning her against 1t.
1--WE wanted something like. this fol
long time;" he said. She observed Ehe
had the voice and accents Of a gentle:
man. He took q long strip of cloth
from his pocket and made her fast to
the trunk Of the fir tree with 1t. :
He drew a table knife from his pock.
ct. The avenue was now almost dark.
As he came up to her a sound OF
singing came from among the trees.
foolish, wayward singing, in a broad
Worcestershire accent. They distin.
guished the words:
Il be the rightful king
OF England. merry England
Early in the afternoon the rightful
king had been digging in a plantation
Of larches. He had left his spade and
was now coming to fetch it.
Miss Bremmil heard the voice and
fr. ho1r In; g
dangerously near her. The rightful
king came shambling up. He saw the
girl tied to the tree and the man with
the knife. He flung himself upon the
madman with great cry Of pity aud
anger:
They rolled over and over ON the
ground, struggling fiercely, but at las,
the old man was mastered. He was nc
match for the others demoniae
strength. The girl saw the knife rise
and fall. and then the air was suddenly
full OF whistles and red dancing lights
There were crowds of people pressing
round her. and she tainted in: her ia.
theirs arms.
The body OF the rightrui king hay
upon the sward. There was nothing
poetic about it. III death it was even
more foolish than in life.
IF cor old rightfnl kjng!'' said oue OF
the keepers. "He died for missy
Who'd have thought it: He's gone
from his kingdom now
This is his coronation day" said the
chaplain sentlv.-Mainiy About 1'eo
pie.
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11

The finest stock Of wall
paper in the city is at vim
ing's from lOc 9 roll up.
Little Falls herald., 1900-05-11

A fine line of the celebrated Cros-
sett shoes, in rane and blacks, has
been received at. Bsrney Burtonss.
Mr.. Burton is displaying some of the
swellest neckwear ever seen in the
city. All the latest tones and shades
are shown, ~. -
"'E%t ----- - =: !. -,
{ Viktor Bros. business methods are
appreciated by thouse nds Of patrons
and more new customers headed
for their elegant new oreevery day.
Read their advertisement, they do
inst as they advertise. t+ 81;
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-15
A Mountain of Sulphur.

The Soufriere, or sulphurous noun
tain, Is considered to be the greatest
natural curiosity Of st. Lucia, and, in
fact, Of the West midas. 1t is situated
about half an hours ride from the
town Of Soufriere, to which it has
given it's name, and nearly two miles
to the east Of the Pitons, and is at the
foot Of two small hills, both of which
are quite bare Of vegetation on the
sides facing the crater. 1t covers a
space Of about three acres, and Is crust
ed over with sulphur and alum. There
are several caldrons in perpetual
state of ebullition. The water is quite
black in the larger ones, but In the
smaller ones 1t is quite clear. Visitors
never fail to boil some eggs in one of
the smaller caldrons, obtaining them
from one of the creole guides, who
keeps supply on hand for that pur-
Dose,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-15

the hair in front dressed round, keeping
the natural appearance Of the forehead.
Alter the wedding it is dressed square.
This appearance is obtained by pulling
out the hairs round the forehead, making
it look broad and high. Even little girls
frequently wear heavy earrings, bracelets
and rings if they belong to rich family.
After the age of eight or ten the daugh-
tiers of the weather. classes are kept
within the walls of their own homes. 1t
is thought improper for them to be seen
out of doors.
They have few amusements, and
though they have not to endure the hard
grinding poverty of the poorer classes,
their lives are much more cramped, and
they have little variety in them. Some
girls are taught to play on musical in
struments, and to sing songs or selec-
tions from the classics in a high, un-
natural key, by no means attractive to
our ears.
They spend much time in working
embroidery. The paper patterns for
these wonderful birds, flowers and
figures which are used in the ornamental
ton Of Chinese clothing can be purchased
at embroderers' shops, but the girls fire.
quently originate their own designs.
Many women have helped to make the
history of China and stories are related
OF the various virtues possessed by hero
ines of past ages.
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her to the concert, trusting for some
chance to straighten out this tangle.
John Hobbs never forgot that even
ing, and how he avoided actually COM
hitting himself by asking that ques-
ton he presumed he was expected to
ask, but in spite of his uncomfortable
position and unenviable frame of mind
he found himself enjoying the music,
and could not but notice his compan-
ions attractive face and charm Of
manner, and that her well bred COM
posture was enhanced by quiet mod
esty and seriousness of manner to
which he had been blind before.
Somehow John found himself saying
he would call on Sunday evening,
which he did, and really enjoyed the
companionship Of these two refined
women. This call was repeated sew
eral times during the following month,
and still John had not asked the ques-
ton, but on the contrary had begun
to wonder why he had not before no.
ticed the many attractive qualities
Miss Davenport possessed. AS no
word Of explanation had passed be-
tween him and Mabelle Whitney, it
was useless to anticipate any hope in
this direction.
AS for Mildred Davenport he had
grown to admire the many beautiful
qualities of her womanly sweetness.
AS a daughter she was devoted and
thoughtful, and then the thought grew
In ismind, would she not make an ideal
wifeto the man who should be fortunate
enough to win her? Had he really any
chance, he asked himself, dozen
times day, and one night soon after
he quietly told Mildred the whole
story, saying, "And now that my mis-
take has been the means of my find
ing out what real love is and should
be, will you, knowing all the story Of
my stupid blunder and happy awaken
ing to a better, truer affection, accept
a devotion which l will prove by my
whole life Is yours and yours only"
and Mildred's acceptance was given
and not mplied.-Boston Post.
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the size of an ordinary rat, but has a
longer body and head shaped some
thing like that of ferret. 1t is very
prolific creature and is sold In enor-
nous numbers in all the markets Of the
great cities-neatly cleaned and skew
cred apart and strung in punches of
20 or 80 on bamboo reeds.
"The tsui-chow is strictly an edible
animal, and, feeding entirely on rice, it
naturally has very delicate and savory
flesh. l have eaten them, and if had
been able to get the rat idea out Of my
mind would have relished the dish.
They taste something like young SPUR
rels, and alive or dead are certainly
much less repulsive than many things
we commonly esteem as delicacies-
eels and frogs, for example"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-08-15
Real Estate, Loans, Investments

l take charge of property in st. Paul and
Minneapolis loan money from 8 to per
cent, on safe mortgage security only. Good
paying Investments made in improved prop
erty, mortgages bought and sold, choice
selection of over 100000 acres of farm
lands and improved farms in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota from SIS to $25
per acre; easy payments, including lands in
the famous Red River Valley, where often
one or two crops of wheat or flax have paid
tor the farm. The country is settling up fast,
including many from Iowa and Illinois.
where same kind of soil costs 500 to $50
per acre Prices sure to advance. Great
chance for speculation. Can sell large tracts
to syndicates OF $4,000 or more at prices
that will double IN less than three years at
retail. Settlers located. Cheap rates to
investigate lands. Fare refunded to pur
chasers.
References First National Bank, St Johns
bury, VT, Joseph Jockey, Cashier Nationa
German American Bank, st. Paul MINI.
EDWIN STEVENS,
1O1 East Fourth St.,
! st. Paul, MINI.
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thanks for that, and last of all, small
envelope in the well known hand
writing Of Miss Davenport. A reply
to his dismissal of the day before, he
presumed, and, fearing to open the
note he read:
My Dear Mr.. Hobbs-The contents Of your let.
ter, although very great surprise to me, have
made me very happy. 1t is hardly necessary for
me to add that ''accept" your invitation and
shall expect you this evening. With regards from
my mother and self, am, most sincerely,
MILDRED E. DAVENPORT.
What did it mean. What invitation
did she accept and why should his let
ter make her very happy? Quite the
reverse, he had supposed. 1t sounded
like some mystery of romance from her
versatile pen, but 1t was no jesting
matter he reflected, remembering the
concert and his anxiety of mind con.
corning his answer from Miss Whitney.
Just then, in his reflection, the door
was flung open and a messenger boy
sang out: "Mr. Hobbs! Very important.
No answer" And depositing a pack
age handed John his book for sigma
ture. John recognized the handwriting
Of the address and hastily tore it open.
A large bunch of violets met his aston
ished gaze and letter, which read as
follows:
Mr.. Hobbs
Shallow me to return your property, which
by some mistake was sent to me. As to my style,
/ consider it presumptuous on your part to pass
any comment on what cannot possibly be OF in
terest or concern OF yours. / most heartily in
dorss your desire to discontinue all future CORE.
spondence as your insults are only less clever
than your compliments. Yours, etc.,
MABELLE WHITNEY.
Poor John read it with sinking heart,
too utterly miserable to express the
surprise it merited. Another riddle to
read, he thought. Was the whole world
turning topsy ttrvy and with it his
powers of comprehension? First, a
letter of acceptance for an invitation
which he had not given, and now this
whitening refusal and the return Of
his poor, despised violets. Well, good
by to his dreams of love and future
bliss and the castles he had built in
his vain ambition. The disappoint-
ment he would bear so bravely no one
would suspect its existence. But how
explain to Miss Davenport her mis-
take, and, picking up her letter, he
carefully reread it. Her quotation Of
the word accept was a bit strange.
Its blindness suggested his own use of
the word. What if he had made mis-
take in the letters and Enclosed them in
the wrong envelopes? In that case he
could understand all but his own ash
nine stupidity. Was ever man in such
box before, engaged by letter to a
girl he did not love and refused by the
woman he did love and in a way that
left no chance for explanation that he
could see. Perhaps later he might find
way to enlighten Mabelle as to mat
tiers, but how to explain to Miss Daven-
port without cruelty wounding her
pride and making matters worse? OF
course he must call tonight and take
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"The current impression that China
men eat rats-I mean ordinary Ameri-
can rats-is all nonsense" said DR..
James j. Mason, a we'll known Chi
nese missionary, chatting about his ex-
periences in the Flowery Kingdom.
"The truth in regard to 1t is this:
There is a small animal in China
known colloquially as the tsui-chow,
that is often bred especially for food.
1t infests the ricefelds, and is about
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