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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
An I'M M rtal Grafton.

The funeral GRAFTON Of pericles IL
pretty nearly what was actually spo-
ken, or else it Is the substance OF the
speech written out in the historic 5
own words. says James Ford lsho'ies
in The Atlantic. Its intensity Of feel
ing and the fitting of it so we'll into the
situation indicate it to be living con
temporaneous document, and at tn.
same time 1t has that universal appli-
cation which we note In so many
speeches Of Shakespeare.
A few years after our civil war
lawyer in 4 city Of the middle west
who had been selected to deliver the
Memorial day grafton came to friend
Of his In despair because he could write
nothing but the commonplace about
those who had died for the Union and
for the freedom Of race which had
been uttered many times before. and
he asked for advice.
'~Take the funeral GRAFTON Of Pericles
for 4 model" was the reply. Use his
words where they will fit and dress up
the rest to suit our day."
The orator was surprised to find how
much of the GRAFTON could be used bod
lily and how much. with adaptation.
was germane to his subject.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
MOl.lNEUX TO DIE.


Recorder Gof Passes Sentence on the Con-
Lemned Po!soncr.
NEW YORK, Feb. l7.-KUland B. Mol.
ineux has been sentenced to die in the
electric chair during the week OF
March 26, for the murder Of Mrs. Cath.
crime ]. Adams He made statement
asserting that he had not been fairly
convicted and that yellow journalism
had put price upon his head.
Recorder Golf in pronouncing sen.
tenoe reminded the defendent that his
counsel had already presented all the
facts to the jury and that the court had
but one duty to perform.
Sing SING, N. Y, Feb. l7.-Roland
B. Molineux is now in a condemned
cell in the death house at Sing Sing
prison, having arrived here during tho
afternoon. There was curious crowd
at the station. Mclineux appeared cool
and did not seem to notice tho crowd.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
ladOIn of the West.

Eve fnd.' said IL" foreman Of the
western jury, that if, as the prisoner
says. tive sH"o'iN =: q, acc c.'Lt... ..len
he ought to hang. fer in these gun af-
fairs man oughter know his own
mind. 1t oughter be shoot to kill or
no shoot. y man who has accidents
happen to him with n gun is dangerous
to our society an oughter he put out Of
the way fer the safety OF rcspcctab BILE
folks. "-Pbiladelphia North American.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
hvera;.e Time CT n Wink.

"ln a t"'n&ling Of an eyer is a
phrase fer bEcvitv. but NJ. Gartcn in
"l'':r archives d" PHuger'' has found
Tie aYrrAS" tin" OF a wing TO he about
40 Of a second. i'i.r cyrll slrScrn,ls in
about 50 Of il second. stays down
about .13 Of a second to II Of y second
and rises again in about f "a a : e
onu. N'inking varies much in different
persons and rarely occurs when the at
te1ItiOn is concentrated. but this omis-
sion is followed hy a series Of winks to
make up. either by resting the eye or
cleaning it.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
BRIBERY is ALLEGED.

Another Sensation in tho Suit OF NIrs.
Nettle Craven.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. I'm the suit
of Mrs. hottie Craven, who claims a
portion of the $40, 1000, 900 estate left by
James G.. Fair, Mrs. Craven recently
testified that, in addition to being mar.
ried by contract to Senator Fair mar
riage ceremony had been performed by
Justice Of the Peace symptom of Sausa.
Tito. Simpton has made al affidavit be.
fore Judge Hunt Of the superior court
in which he states that he never per.
formed the alleged marriage ceremony
and that Mrs. Craven offered him $40,
600 to testify that he had done so.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
roo, the Bees and the People.

"People buy comb honey" said
man from he country. "believing tha1
the fact that ii is sealed by the i:on"''
little bee preclud"s the possibility "i
fraud. The fact is thar the bees -
many professional honey r%. - :
nothing the livelon. summer IT,, -
glucose into their hives from -.
barrel that In LIFT StAllti;"I T."
The bee will no, search frags;
ers the livelons uay for :!
amount OF pure honey whci l..
glucose The honey men see ill.,.
is plenty Of glucose handy. ami
Of one pound OF pure honey N.''
the bees in putting ten pounds ni
cose on the market.
Human ingenuity has not d''' 'i
way for making and scaling TIN '',':''
comb. or the bee would BE- !: ''''
with altogether In handling
cose the bees give il Il honey -:
and If you complain to TIL" I've =: .
that II IL not as sweet ;bld stl"aJ ar u
should he he will tell you that 1t Is !'t'
early crop and that the heavy ''"1.::
make /, thin.
II know man who keeps - iiTeS
Of bees on the roof Of his S;or' III -
city. and by hustling up plenty 90
cose he gets enough honey oul Il -
buzzing slaves to do u wholesale s'.
ness in honey Why. his bees n'v'r
saw flower and would SHY at Il hon
eysuckle If they happened to colie l. n
one He will no, even let t't i"".r
things have a recess to get dr'nA OF
water, but keeps a pan Of fresh water
near the hives for them to drink. -
New York Mail and Express
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
IGNORANT OF OVERTURES.
State Department Not Approached on tho
Question If AL a !linnce.

State Department Not Approached on tho
Question If AL Alliance.
WASHINGTON, Feb. T. ord Rose.
bery's sia'cnlent in parllain.nt to the
effect that last December the British
government made unsuccessful over
lures to the United States and Gcrmsuly
for al alliance has ,au>rd the g:c:> EST
surprise among the state department.
officials, and while tl..y are TIT in u
Position to HIKE an Official dei.lal, they
do not htai'aFc privEs. ly 10 assert their
absolute i.;lt' rance; Of :ny cv',r;nre.> If
tlv KIND DIES, ribcd Officials here init
III, =. tat fronl h position IS an op-
T'Hhrrt of the present Ens!i.h govern
men., L,'.u Rosebtry is not i'll IL Position
to speak ''y tho Cord as to wLal look
place III matters as important as this.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Fashionable Tarisian Life.

A witty Frcnchinan has declared that
tho Pari,ians a:c ras>';onatc!y fond OF
the country. bnt they never dare drive
farther than their beloved park for fear
n revolution will take place during their
absence and they will miss having fin
ger in the pie. So, like the famous king
of France who marched up a hill and
then marched down again. monsieur and
mada1re take a tnrn in the P"'s and
tho, drive home again. Fashionable Pa
risan l;tc is an endless treadmill.-lAa-
dies Home Journal.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
GENERAL FRENCH REPORTS.
Says He Completely Dispersed tho Beers
south of Kimberley.


Io>HnN, Feb. 1.-THE war office
m:,,,: 1uhl1c a dispatch from Field
M...l,ji l,o-,! Roberts, saying:
'.H, vi",Gul, Feb. lG.-The following
from l.rnvl.l' French was received this
morning:
81 have completely dispersed the
Ell my from the south horn side Of Kim
bcrlcy, from ACCOMPLISHMENT to Oil
phuntsfuntcin, and am now going to
occupy their ground. Have captured
the rntmy's lalgrr and store depot sup
plies and supplies of ammunition. Casu-
altirs ;;,uUt 20 Of all ranks. wounded.
Kimberley cheerful and well.
GrlrraI I,Lvr., also ;,"llt the follow
ing dispatch:
"Jacobslal, Feb. l6.-I havo good
reason to believe the Magersfontcin
trenches have been abandoned and that
the Beers are en'ltavuling to escape.
General French is securing the coun-
Try north of kimberley. O..c Of Cen
erul kclly-Kcnny' bligatlcs Of infantry
is in pursuit Of large Boer convoy
moving towards Bloemfontcin.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Garmany In Proaparoua.

WASHINGTON, Fob. II. - Richard
Guenther, consul general at Frankfort,
has submitted some figures relative to
German commerce to the state depart.
ment to show tho general prosperity
among all classes in Germany. He
shows that the exports from Germany
for the nine months Of last year ending
Sept. 80 were $72S, 0O0, 900.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
CE~iS,,:'.N FOR CHOYNSKi.
Had Maher About Out at the End Of Their
Six-Round Bout.

Had Maher About Out ut the End Of Their
Six-Round Bout.
CHICAGO, Feb. l7.-Joe Choynski was
81, On the decision over Peter Maher in
six-round contest before the Fort
Dearborn Athletic club. The blonde
Californian evidently had not forgotten
his former defeat at the hands Of the
Irishman, for throughout the fight he
took but few chances. contenting him
self with jolting Peter with his left, q
task which he found comparatively
easy. Ia tho Last two rounds Of the
fight Maher, 1naddened by the sting Of
Choynsh's left glove, rushed furiously,
but was almost invariably Strengthened
up and during tho closing minute Of the
last round was 50 badly punished that
he was staggering as the bell rang.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
MAJOR GENERAL KELLY-KENNY.


In their hasty departure the Beers lost
quantities Of supplies and ar lnunition.
Military opinion here is that Lord
Roberts will not push far after the
Beers Immediately because Of transport
problems and the need Of rest for the
troops He has 10000 persons in his
army and the whole Kimberley popula-
ton. He must rebuild the railway
from Modder river toward Kimberley
and revictual the latter. General
French lost only few men in action,
but the forced marches and heat have
probably made many i'll. Numbers of
rcmounts must be provided. Lord Rob.
erts has wrought
Genuine Preliminary Success
and the impression is that he has done
enough for tie present. He will need
to prepare for another strike.
All over England there is evidence of
public joy. In every theatre and public
meeting, around the railway stations
and the streets there is expressions of
GladneSS ana JuDllAClOn over inc news.
The newspapers are editorially rejoic-
ing. Those who read the news closely
see only one disturbing factor in the
Cape situation and that is the pressure
Of the Beers towards Lord Roberts line
of supply through De Aar, which was
never more important than now. The
Beers under Commandments Delacey and
Gobler are making persistent effort to
penetrate to the railway. They have
pushed General Clements back to Arun.
del and have outf1anked him. All are
within 60 miles, or two days. hard
march, of the Central railway. Doubt
less Lord Roberts has left considerable
forces along the line and can send back
more if necessary
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
FLOODS FOLLOW BLIZZARD.

Several Provincial British Towns Inun-
dated-Great LOSS to Farmers.
LONDON, Feb. 17.-Rains and rapid
thaw have caused many rivers to over
flow and ehere are unprecedented floods
in various parts Of the United Kingdom.
Several provincial towns are inundated,
great damage has been done to farms,
hundreds Of sheep and other livestock
have been drowned and much Of the
railroad traffic Is suspended.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Editors Elect Officers,

MINNEAPOLIS, Fob. 1.-THE Mime.
sofa Editorial association in session
here elected the following officers
President, Q. S, Mitchell, Alexandria:
vice president, w. R. Edwards, Tracy:
secretary, Charles P. Slime, St. Paul,
treasurer, David Ramaley, St. Paul; OK.
ecutivo committee, Frank Meyst, G. G.
Whitney, H. p. Hall.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
FIGHTING ON THE TUGELA.
Say the BritiAh Retired.

LONDON, Feb. ia dispatch to The
Daily Mail from Lourenzo Marques,
dated Feb. Is, says: Heavy fighting
has occurred at Ramah, in the Free
State, not far from Hopetown, Cape
Colony. The Beers say they hold all
the positions, the British finally retir.
inon
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
lava SOrn,nl ELL Defeated.

Dies MONIES, Feb. little normal
sci,ol bill was defeated in the house Ivy
u vote IF - to Al. This was the chief
preliminary pans were for the estaD-
lshin: ut Ct three SCHOOLS in the state
upon the recommendations Of the cdu'&-
tionul aS.1Njuti"n. IHc action Of tie
house was IL SURPRISE.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
I IN FULL RETREAT
Beers Under Cronje Relieved
to Be Moving Northward
From Kimberley.
.After Relieving the L.stteL
Place General French Fol-
lows the Enemy.
GREAT JOY IN ENGLAND
Press and Public Are Jubilant
Over Lord Roberts, Pre-
liminary Success.
Fear That His Communica-
tons May Be Cut the Dis
turbing Factor.

LONDON, Feb. II. -Gcneal Cronje,
with start Of a day Or two, is SEEM
ingly in full retreat from Lord Roberts,
moving nortiiwarl. General French,
with the cavalry, simply stayed over
night in Kimberley and tLon pushed on
A long Boer wagon train is moving
toward Bloemfontein, followed presum-
ably by large force Of British infantry.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
FOR WAR EXPENSES.

House of Commons Anrrr!1rintcs an Adj
ditiunnl EI",O0O,C0o.
LONDON, Feb 1.-THE house of COM
mons has PASSED the supplementary
army estimates, e13,00O,000, by 2l3
votes against 80. The vote was carried
under the closure and amid violent pro.
tests from the Irish benches against its
Application while several amendments
remained unconsidared.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Eyajled British Warships.

CAPE Town, Thursday, Feb. l5.-The
American ship Sea Witch, Captain
Howes, from Walleroo, Dec. 10, has ar.
rived at Lourenzo Marques with $40
tons Of -four. She evaded the British
warships until within the three-mile
limit.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
OHpERED CEPORTED.
Eiar.ha! ;,Hr"iat Leaves Fargo VIII,
IOrty-si>. .Ii!,:nel iii u,!.,iN.

Eorty-si>' .'in"n,rn iii tu,:.,iN.
FARGO, n. D., trn. Ci,i:, l. ,tatrs
Marshal Haggu:t ic.; C,,,,::,c 80 IN '.',.-
ing over the Nulrhvru III, III" with t.,n
~ Che. amen ne has III hi> >,.'-.t. =
Il, lurtHti,,n. Twelve guards ,.,c"nl-
pu.iru the PARTY. Transportation i'r
Chluumcn and guards ann ,uNyS t. ST.
Ol9. N.Y. liuES..r. VIII turn the Cinna-
men over to the collector Of customs at
Portland and ,4lry wall sail Oh the
steamship Olympia Ior Hong Kong
Feb. II.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
General Ludlow in Wash nE ION.

WA>ul<. r"< Feb. I1.-~-t t't"Ial v T.
lam Lu..iOW, n!.l:ii!ly governor CT TIA
CITY Of Havana, was ct the war dclar .
ment during the Gay and had a confer
ence With Secretary A3uut and AdJ1',t!N
General Curi,in III .egarl to the condi-
tons in CuLa lie will also give the
president a er5 onal account Of his oh-
servations III Olll Il.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Hforv Climbs Know Him.

els Edgar Shifts an agreeable member
Of your club?''
"Oh, yes. II yoH lot him have his own
way about everything. he's delightfully."-
Detroit Free !':css
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20

The chamois is usually Identified
with Switzerland. but the animal is
less common there than in any other
country which it inhabits Austria is
the real home of the chamois, where
they are most plentiful.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
BOZ RS 50
Jacobed1l Wa. I CO


OUTSIDE JAcoH<r.y,
State. Thursday, Fr> "a
in possession Of tx
a small cavalry laiv," t',.l ..
and found it fill 81 "vA,:
several British frN,l lie,
place was Only cc"u l.: IT,
force, which fell ba' K hriur. h
after series Of small sj;ilmls"> :.
battery Of artillery shelltd the en>l n.
xrd drove out the last of the Bours.
E:rly this morning kr,s f !
Boers from ColcsbyrG with 10 :: .
tackled a convoy Cf 20 wArrn:. :, *
Riet river, Smelling vigorously and do
ing damage. But strong c,.:ll"r .:".,l,:.
they will bring in tie who4e CONVEY 4,
safety.
General French's division seized three
drifts OIL tho Mo,s,'er river. A. ct ,lr,l
diff the Beers wtrr f.;~i,t- g ~
trenched. Gen, r;l FrcLcA hos ! led
them aud drove them VI. 7 = Ne
moved rapidly in the dirrctio' " h!A,-
btrley. The Beers have left Alex. n.:ers.
fontein, which the British no, rccu?y.
General Roberts is in eNtr:. IT =, ia
and spirits. The hardship an; lAp!
marching appears to a~ree with tne
army, who are in sllvn,.iI spirits unt4oT
the leadership of "Bobs."
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
PORTO RICO AFTER HAWAII,
Senate Caucus Decides on an Order OF
business.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Repub.
ican caucus Of the senate discussed the
order of t;uS,lrrS in the senate, deciding
to take ~, l:.' bill providing a govern
mcnt f. Porto Rico next after tie ulS-
rn>;l of the Iiawlii L:ll Attc'l'ipu was
call*l to ill.,. J., :, ,.u'i ~ f:,I u, IL, 5 W
nt'i :.I::', 10; No IL t',>I was taken upon
it, L. *. !vSii"l, b..;ny uu'l" tina; j. il
a r:'iv,i' 9 II question:, aid cam b t,;ll..> u
rp:' .':lv tiloA. |, was ,ii,' t&>riI,"; 70
have Il y tbl,G,As :,,ru e.. D%iAp "a , ii
d nuln: ~ Of o,.'i, r.t.nclts i'll the s>4,n.H.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
Was she RiEht4

A certain woman. says the Wichi-
ia Eagle. desired the arrest Of the
saloon keeper who had been selling
whisky to her drunken husband. Hav-
ing conducted the officer to the saloon.
she was told by him to pick out the
proprietor. Seven men. all looking
alike and dressed alike. were stand
ing motionless around a whisky
barrel. and she, could not tell
which was the one. but she stepped
to the barrel and turned the spigot.
and the liquor began to pour out on
the floor one Of the men sprang out
Of the ri:r'" ana tE!HNl the spi-o' or
ARREST t..:s. EH'u" :':r >::..I
r., WA; >.r. r'''.:t .:':; i: r":t
thus p'r;:.' r.:'' -. - -. - \.
innocent Eiln \. ''' +; -
thirst vino wI< ',.:.,.,' :; g..
awful waste?
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20

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An ".rl"rtr:.n" !;ucl.
l. =: l.,:I,L. Hn.l terr!nir ::..;l!r to-.
> =: IT,; t'.,"rW Il i,rvto.NlI gloom
or the university aAI the entire
town Two German stMtlEtS Eav:::: !;
utta"r'lesl, decided the earth was Mt
lt:G;. enough fer both Of tln.l> to l., .
~ nr'l "ss":tvd to the die .:,ticai prac
t:>'r Gated the ".American Duet"
In 4 dar tned room the two young
men drew lots. having sworn that he
who drew the black ball would commit
suicide. The unhappy loser went to
his room and discharged bullet into
his breast. but missed his heart and
fingered for several days on his death
bed. His pare hts were summoned by
telegraph and besought him on their
knees to disclose the name Of his an
tagorist, but he steadfastly refused
AMI died with the secret in his breast.
The students not only excused his
conduct. but praised his courage. and
when his remains were taken to the
railway station to be transported to a
distant city they accompanied the fu.
neral cortege with torches and music.
The students claimed be was not a sui
eide. for be was killed in an honorable
duel. and they maintained that his op.
ponent was not accessory to his death
because he shot himself | had many
arguments with them and never could
convince them Of their extraordinary
tergiversation.-Sc
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

Mounted Infantry Lost Ah nj score Of
Men Near Jncubs>iai.
LONDON, Feb. 17.-Tne following dis
patch from General Lord konrrts fills
the .ps in the earlier dispatches:
"Modder River, Feb. l6.-1he Sixth
division left Waterfall G.4: early yes.
terday morning and maj chel here, so.
ing on the same evening to Reolieval
drift to hold the crossing Of the Modder
river and leave General French free to
act.
"shortly after arriving the mounted
infantry visited Jacobsdal and found it
full Of women and children, with four
Of our wounded men doing we'll.
ION the way back the mounted infan.
try were attacked and nine men
wounded. Colonel Henry and Major
Hatchel and 10 men were missing. Both
officers were subsequently found at
Jacobsdal, slightly wounded"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20

MIR l,a. rs l''o:. ".u>', - y,;
charge fer ;n',l: !. ,."'l":
Drntist-lrr dollar with ..:.i ~
cents witlIG,t.
Mr.. IIayriX Say. Soul:% f.'!"r. Cont
yew try none O yer bunko games on
me. Mcbhy | dew lrnk kiHN q &c; H.
so cents cXny 100 AZ Wl~'n it's brouI
daylig llt.-ClIit.n& News
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-02-20
MOBILIZE RESERVE FLEET,
Inquiries by the Admiralty Point to Sucl
Move,

u
LONDON, Feb. l7.-4:l5 p. ma tele.
gram from Portsmouth says the admir-
atty inquiries at the naval ports have
resulted In the assurance that AZ addi.
tional battleships, cruisers and torpedo
boat destroyers could forthwith hoist
the pennaut. The admiralty has ordered
tho ships in the fleet reserve at Ports.
mouth to be fully crewed and ready fer
sea. This is regarded in some quarters
as preliminary to putting the whole re.
serve in readiness for commissioning.
The calling out Of the reserve feet il
regarded by some observers as the gov.
ernment's reply to Lord Rosebery.
FIGHTING ON THE TUGELA.
British Bo1nbar,l the Eoer Position at
Viauw krantz.
HEAD LAAaER, Near Ladysmith,
Wednesday, Feb. l4.-The British from
Chieveley have been bombarding TIE
Boer forces at Vlauw Krantz, east OF
Colenso, since yesterday afternoon, the
bombardment continuing throughout
the night. The Beers responded with
rifle fire. Particulars are lacking. AL
is quiet around Ladysmith.