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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-11

OSe0O8 '00O000 01 V00 OOpS00O k1OH1Nf IN
a the Dict.
BERLlN, Jan. lO-.The i'm perial chan.
cellor. Count Won Buelow. in the lower
house Of the diet, strongly supported
the claims for the protection Of agri.
culture. He said:
Il consider it the foremost duty Of
the government to effect reconcilia.
tion in the existing economic Difficult.
ties and the Adjustment Of the varying
interests supporting those who are un.
able 70 help themselves through their
own strength. I shall abide by the
opinion that when ono member of o
social body suffers all the others suffer,
aud especially that - long a. such an
important member 90 agriculture il un.
healthful. the entire organism may be
undermined. lam convinced that it is
tho duty Of the government to afford
tfaSo. :ndust-y and ~gricnltura an
equal measure Of protection. but that
one Of them. agriculture absolutely
needs strong protection. It 10 in pur.
suanos Of this principle Of even.hand
justios that the bill for the completion
and operation Of tho canals has been
drawn mp. Il the measure favored in.
dustry as the expense Of agriculture. or
the west monarchy to the detriment OF
tho east, ! would NJ AAHs supported 1t. "
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-11
TO elise CERTAlNt.PCRTs S,

Ian to top Cnnm unicnt. on t:el wecn
Fiiipin" Insurgents. #
MANILA, Jan. 1O.--The military gov.
ernlnent is considering the question Of
closing certain ports III the Southern
islands in order to prevent more effect.
ual.y communication between the i,i.
surgenrs. The port OF Ubay. on Bohol
island has already been ordered closed,
as the garrison statioued there has been
cut down. @
The act for the organization of the
metropolitan police Of Manila has been
passed by the Philippine commission.
The force will consist Of three compa.
MES, selected from the volunteer sol.
diers. -
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-11
GIVE THE PRISONER UP.

Canadian Minister of Justice Sustnlns
United states In til, West Case.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. lO.-The Domin-
ion government has had under consid-
Grafton the case of George West, alias
"Kld" West, who was brought from
WAlla Walla (Wash-) ponitentlary,
where he was serving a term, to give
evidence in a murder trial at Dawson
City. West, after being taken to DaW-
sou, was charged with being an access
sorry to the murder. The United States
authorities held that he was obtained
unuer false pretences, as the arrange.
ment was that he was to be returned
alter giving his testimony The min.
ister of justice has decided that this
was the case and that West ought to be
returned. and, therefore, he will he
handed over to the United States to be
returned TO the penlten tiary.
PROGRESSING FAVORABLY.
President Mckin,ey'4 Illness Yielding to
Treatment.
@ WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-At 10 a. III.
Secretary Cortclyou reported that the
president had passed Il very com fort
able night and that the case was yield
ing 70 treatment. No unfuyCra bic
symptoms haa appeared, but from the
nature Of the disease the president
would be compelled to keep his bed for
several days.
1t is stated at the White House that
the president is no worse and that
every thing IS progressing satisfactorily.
He is following strictly the Instructions
of his physician as TO the necessity Tor
his remaining III bed and not attending
to any pupllc business.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1901-01-11
PhiLlPPINE sHAKeOR..

Generals Grant and Funston AnOnR
Those VIII" viii Return IL oane. ii Esssst
; WASHINGTON, Jan. lQ:-Ad sAakeup
among the generals and other con..
manding officers III the. Philippines
will take piace IN June. Auj1tanl
General Coroln said during the day
that terms Of several volunteer gener.
ais would explre tueu and that tney
would undoubtedly return Il to tins
United States TO stay. Among thess
generals are Fred Grant. Fred tnnstJn
and ex'Congressman CampbelI oi LII.
nois,.who has just been raised to tA;.s
rank from Jha1 of lieutenant colnnei.
He VIII nuve been q general in octlve
service only six months W hen he M.ll
take part III The general eNodusOf yol.
uuleer soldiers from the Fhallplnnes to
the States. AZ. @
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
POSTAGE STAMPS.

AT the federal stamp factory 1860
pounds of gum are spread on stamps
every weekday.
The total number of Hawaiian
stamps destroyed by the post office
department foots up to 3O6,7s
For the new two and five-centime
stamps contemplated by the Swiss
government no less than 500 competi-
tive designs have been sent in.
dealer in Washington has been
showing collectors nice copy of the
30-cent 1868, with grill covering the
entire stamp. 1T was at length sold
for $3.50.
Automobile postal vans were re-
Gently introduced in Paris, where
they have given immense satisfaction
since their installation. The postal
authorities have issued orders for the
construction of five additional We
, hicles.
Practically everybody knows that
the single rate of letter postage in
| the United States is two cents, and
the great majority are aware of the
fact that the single rate to European
countries is five cents. Yet it is as
| serted that one-fifth of the letters
mailed from this country to Europe
have simply two-cent stamps affixed
thereon. Such letters are marked by
the postal officials on the other side,
and double or penalty postage col
lected from the European addresses.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
sP1NsTERs TAKING TO BIRDS
Parrots Not in Favor Any More,
PeFhals. Owing to the Genie
Papers.

70
The arrest of woman shoplifter
who had stolen canary and whose
theft was revealed because the bird
sang when she opened her bag, re-
minded the bird store man the other
day that spinsters and bachelor wom-
en- were taking to canaries more than
they used to, says New York exc
change.
"It's queer thing" said the bird
store man, "but canaries are driving
the parrots out of business as com.
panions for lonely women. don't I'M
derstand it any more than you do,
unless it's because the comic papers
have made the possession of a parrot
by q woman peculiarly characteristic
of an old maid. But it is a fact that
the old maids aren't buying parrots
any more and are buying canaries.
"A canary's the pleasantest kind Of
bird to have around the house, anyway,
but it's hard on the parrot to be de-
serted in this way. There's one good
quality about q parrot. It takes few
likings, but it is usually loyal to the
few it does take to, even if it is dis
agreeable to outsiders"
Department stores are selling as
many canaries as the bird stores, ac-
cording to the bird store man, and the
bird trade isn't what it used to be in
New York. If the big stores keep on
selling birds. he told the reporter,
there won't be any bird stores left
5000, which he thought would be a
pity.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
WHOLE TOWN FOR SALE.
Russian TaWR SOLD mt Auctiea 70.
Debt Was Recent
bargain.

There was recently offered for auc-
ton at Melksham, near Trowbridge,
a completely fitted health resort, COM
prising 5h acres of land, chalybeate
springs, baths and ballroom. 1t is
shid that oyer $4,000 was spent on the
shaft which brought the mineral wa
ter to the surface, yet the reserve set
upon the property was only $500.
Even this sum was not reached, SO
eventually the property was bought in
for the owners, says Stray Stories.
Quite recently there was Scotch
village on the market. It is called
Burnmouth, and lies just on the bor-
der, few miles from Berwick.
The Russian town of Berdichev
seven years ago was bought by man
named Roukavishnikov. He paid $780,
600 for it. Last year he sold it again.
The new purchaser was Count Igna-
tiev, who paid no less than 81, 00O, 900
for the property.
The town of Verditschew, place
of some 1000 inhabitants. was recent
ly sold by auction to the highest bid
der. 1t owed the Russian government
and other creditors, and was sold be-
cause it was unable to pay.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
HEARD IN THE LIBRARY.

James Whitcomb Riley says that he
waited 20 years before his manuscript
was accepted.
The private library of Queen Vic.
toria numbered 100000 very choice
volumes, some of them novels.
In 1900, the population of Iowa and
Minnesota combined was larger than
the population of the country when
Washington was president in 1887.
Before he became famous as a nov
elist Robert Barr was schoolteacher
in Canada. In the course of time he
drifted INTO Journalism and founded
the ldler company with Jerome 4.
Jerome in 1899.
Henry Savage Lander, artist, lin
guist, explorer and writer, is de.
scribed as short and fragile, yet
wiry and capable of great endurance"
as indeed the story of his Thibetan
travels would prove. He wears no
Undertaking and even in the most
bitter weather his suit is thin serge.
Not long ago NJ. lola refused $780,
600 for three books. In speaking to a
friend regarding this circumstances,
the author said that though prosper
Gus now he had not forgotten the
time, q number of years ago, when
for IS months he starved in Paris,
waiting for public recognition. He
refers to that period as one of utter
misery, without money, work or po-
sition, starving most of the time and
dressed in rags"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
HIS HoNoR,s TROUSERS.
An Illinois Lawyer Who Is Glad to
- See Judxes In the East Wear
ing Gowns. '

81 am glad to see" said the Chicago
lawyer, that the judges of the higher
courts OF New York wear gowns.
They are distinct aid to lawyers ar
guing cases.
THE justices of the Illinois supreme
court do not wear gowns. Icame near
losing the last case ! argued before
that bench because of the eloquent
trousers worn by one of the judges.
They were wonderful to behold and
SO wide were the stripes and SO strik-
ing the pattern of the cloth that to
save me ] could not keep from wonder
ing how man holding high Office
and coming in contact constantly with
men of good taste could have the
haFdihood to wear such fiashy gar.
ments while sitting In q court oftjus.
tiee.
Naturally such mental speculation
did not add any strength to my argu-
ment, and if hadn't pulled my wits
together and turned my eyes to the
other end of the bench, am certain
that my case would have failed utter.
80 ''-s 49, sSf'.tt= +. II.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
THE END OF QUAY.
Pennsylvaia Republican BOSS Has
Reached the End of His Pc.
litical Rope.

At dinner and reception recently
given in Senator Quay's honor in Phil
adelphia by the'State League of Repub-
lican Clubs the senator announced in
the course of his speech that he would
retire from politics at the close of his
present term. He said:
"My political race is run. It is not to be
understood that Gods sword is drawn i'm
mediately against my life, nor that my seat
in the senate is to be prematurely vacated,
but that, with the subscription of my Of
fetal oath on the 18th of January my con-
nection with the serious labors and respon-
sibilities of active politics ceased, except in
SO far as may be committed to certain
measures pending in the present leSisla-
ture.
IT will never again be a candidate for nor
accept any official position"
The public service would have gained
in decency and dignity and the state
of Pennsylvania would have gained In
prestige and influence in national af-
fairs If Mr.. Quay had made this deci-
sion many years ago. Such deter
mination would have commanded the
hearty support and approval of ma
jority of the citizenship of the Key
stone state. It would have received,
also, the unqualified Endorsement of q
very large and respectable portion OF
the republican party.
But now that we have 1t from the
lips of the Pennsylvania boss himself
that his political race is run, it is in
teresting to look over the public rec
ord that is soon to close for any evil
dences of high-minded craftsmanship
or constructive legislative genius that
might be suggestive or inspiring to the
ambitious young men of the country.
What public service has Mr.. Quay rem
dered to the country in return for the
pecuniary rewards he has reapedfrom
politics?
Careful and diligent scrutiny Of his
career from the time he entered poll
tics in 1865 as a member of the state
legislature of Pennsylvania fails to re.
veal any legislative idea or measure
that may be traced to his authorship
OF that owes its enactment to his
championship. As secretary of the
commonwealth, as recorder of Phila-
delphia, as treasurer of the common.
wealth, he never instituted any con.
spicuous state OF municipal reforms
AS United States senator he never par
ticipated in any great debate OF made
notable speech upon any issue of ma
tional Importance.
| The political race" which he nov
says is about to close extends over 8
years of.public officeholding and part:
dictatorship. It's close will end the Pc
litical career of man who will be re
membered only as one of the most sa
gacious, INSCRIPTIONS and invincibl'
party bosses that ever figured in oul
political history. - Chicago Record
Herald (Rep).
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
VIRTUES OF GREAT MEN.

Pleasant instances of cheerfulness
and equanimity of temper may be
found in the lives of Goldsmith, Ben
Jonson, Sidney Smith, Lord Palmers-
tpn and Abraham Lincoln.
Lessons of integrity and upright
ness Of principle are shown in the
careers Of Diogenes, Newton, Burke,
pr. Arnold, Scott, Sir T. Moore, w.
Chambers, Howard, Handel, Loyola,
Horner, Bergh, Emmett, Thierry, Can.
ping, Wilberforce and Stonewall
Jackson.
For the manly qualities Of patience
and fortitude in reyerses, peruse the
lives of Columbus, Hampden, Dante,
Raleigh, Trenck, Kossuth, Sir R. Peel,
Tocqueville, Watt, Bottgher, j. Hunt
ar, Audubon, Layard, Addison, Har-
yey, Henry Wilson, C. Lorraine, Flax
man, West and Pugin.
For examples of energy, prompt
tude and hardihood, look into the BIZ
ographies of Napoleon, Peter the
| Great, Saladin, Murat, Sheridan
BlaiLs, Ney, Boulton, Richelieu, Juar
ez, John Brown, Wellington, H. NJ
Stanley, Give, Father Xavier, Nelson
Cromwell, Andrew Jackson and r. q
Lee.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Billy Mason informs an anxious
public that he is willing to do six years
more Of blushing at the old salary and
perquisites.-Omaha World Herald
Hanna's declaration that "there
are no trusts" was "good-enough
Morgan till after election" but It
sounds little odd now.-N. Y. World.
Quay's declaration that he In
tends to quit politics ''for good" is
wholly superfuous. He couldn't quit
politics for anything slse.---Ehicago
Record-Herald Qnd. Rep.).
AFR. Hanna is one of those repub.
licans described by Mr.. Babcock, men
who hold the high protective tariff as
a ''fetich to be worshiped and not
touched" 1t is contrary to all logic
that the tariff should be touched by
the people. On the contrary, the peo-
pie mnst expect to be touched" by
The tariff albany Argus,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
COULD NOT ESCAPE BLAME.
rruitless Attempt of sIandcrcr to
Shift the Responsibility ON
Phonograph.

A sewing machine agent in Germany
wanted to SANDER an employee whom
he had quarreled with and discharged.
He did not call it slander, but he knew
chat his enemy would, and possibly
the courts also, and as the penalties
for that offense are likely tofbe heavy
in the kaiser's realm he sought out n
way in which he could gain the desired
end without endangering his own
safety. An inspiration came to him,
and purchasing monograph roll he
went to the village inn, placed it into
the instrument which was in the tap
room and talked it full of things about
his sometime friend, relates the New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Later in the day the patrons of the
inn came in to have their beer, and, us
was their custom, some of them
dropped coins into the monograph
and set it a-talking. The result was
appalling to them. The photograph
told the most shocking tales about one
whom they had considered a hitherto
much respected and altogether to be
PAdisSu II NV tiNAhiiSu iSAAo0 SAViNSh,
tales they knew not to be true. They
hurried to the slandered man, and in
the course of time he brought an ac-
ton against his former employer.
The latter pleaded that he had not in
suited the plaintiff, but that the
monograph was the guilty one. The
photograph was brought into court
and turned on to give It's testimony,
but it refused to work. However, the
Judge decided that the defendant was
at least an active accomplice in the
ISLANDERS and fined him SO marks.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
DECISION OF SUPREME COURT.
the Satisfaction of American
Syndicates.

Out Of the conflicting opinions of
the supreme court Of the United
States in the insular cases one fact
is painfully apparent, and that is that
the eonstitutionality of the Foraker
act as respects Porto Rico Ia upheld.
Thus Porto Rico, the Philippines
and the Hawaiians become mere de.
tendencies Of the United States, do
nestle territory for some purposes
and foreign countries for other pur-
poses. Their commerce and industry
may be burdened by taxation or de-
stroyed by taxation as congress may
decide. For the purposes Of the tariff
they are not American territories.
This view is based on the theory
presented by the administration that
territories of the United States are
beyond the pale of the constitution
and that they may enjoy its benefits
only as congress, the supreme au-
thority in the premises, shall conde-
scend to extend them. There may be
some doubt even as to the question
whether the power Of congress in the
matter is limited by the bill of rights.
While the decision cannot fail to
shock countless Americans, it is GER
tain to give great satisfaction to the
syndicates which have made Ameri-
can expansion for the first time sy-
nonymous with injustice and in
equality. Lands won by the yalor
of American soldiers and sailors or
purchased with money wrung from
American toll are to be exploited in
the interest OF commercial combina-
tons at whose demand the ppeoedents
of hundred years have been set
aside.
Ths courts opinions are in conflict
in some respects and they do not APP
pear to be wholly clear in others,
even to the justices themselves, but
the Judgment sustaining the Foraker
law is vital and seems to cover the
whole ground. If congress may levy
tariffs in the United States against
Porto Rico and in Porto Rico against
the United States the same authority
obtains with respect to Hawaii and
the Philippines.
The power of congress will be con.
coded by many Americans who do moi
approve of tbs specific a:ts of con
eress In an exercise of that authority
The apparent intination that this
power may be exercised without con,
stitutional restraint is the feature
which constitutes the new and dan.
gerous doctrine in the PREMISES
Chicago Chronicle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16

MIR. Hanna has been ali intimate
part OF the administration, but he did
pot go with the president to c. lifornfa.
Perhaps he is waiting till the spring Of,
say, 1909. That time, according to any
calendar that Hon. Perry S. Heath
might take notion to get out, would
be directly after his second inaugura-
tioS. Mr.. Hanna would not care to 20
on trip of that sort merely as an
"understudy" of the pres!dent.-Cin.
cinnati Enquirer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
Health for 10 Cents.

A lively liver, pure blood, clean
skin, bright eyes, perfect health
Cascarets Candy Cathartic will OBJ
tain and secure them for you. Genu-
inc tablets stamped c. c. c. Never
sold in bulk. All druggists, 1oc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
1T IS A MISTAKE,

Not to yield in immaterial matters.
To endeavor to mold all dispositions
alike.
To look for perfection in our own
actions.
To expect uniformity of opinion in
this world.
To believe only what our finite minds
can grasp.
To expect to be able to understand
everything.
To measure the enjoyment of others
by our own.
Not to make allowances for the in
frmities of others.
To consider everything impossible
that we cannot perform.
70 worry ourselves and others with
what cannot be remedied. :,
Not to alleviate all that needs allevi-
ation as far as lies in our power.
To set up. our own standard Of right
and wrong, and judge people accord
ingly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16

The administration is about to
order its diplomatic and army officials
to stop talking. If Mark Hanna really
wants Perry Heath to stop talking
about 1904, why doesn't he get him an
other office ALBANY Argus.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-16
The colored SHIFT of the vintage of

f'he colored shit of the vintage of
1901 cannot be described by any orient
-, oil analogy, as no
lurid landscape APP
colored Shirt. proaches it in be-
wilderment of color. Nature may dip
her pencil in the faintest solution OF
ultramarine and draw it across the
horizon with hand tender as loves,
but she can never hope to duplicate the
dreamy beauty of the percale shirt at
1917 cents per yard. A view of the
Rocky mountains has been known to
make people weep, but the sublimity
of colored shirt scenery excites emo
tions too deep for tears, very truly
observes the funny genius of the CO.
shocton IN. W Bulletin. When the
full symphony of this scenic glory
bursts upon the view it is then that
the observer realizes how the Pam
American exposition pales by compari-
son. Had legend and history and
poetry followed the colored shirt for
centuries it would have its grandeur
acknowledged. Let ruined tower
| stand in the shadow of a colored shirt,
let nation fight for its liberty with
in the pale of this percale landscape,
and then let my Lord Byron turn loose
the flood of his imagery upon 1T. After
all, it's wildness and untouched soli-
tude are most impressive; and with
out history, save of the seasons, OF
sound, save of the checks and stripes,
time has kept it for the shopping
world that knows it now. Venus in all
her beauty never had a colored shirt.
The rosy-fingered Aurora, the heaven
ly Juno and the immortal Endymion
never wore q pink percale marked
down from is cents. One thing that
has manifestly resisted the paint-pot
changes of latter-day fashion is the
plain handkerchief of commerce.
While the percale shirt goes crashing
down the corridors Of time, the hand
kerchief, serene in it's whiteness, the
emblem of purity, the badge of gen:
tility, be 1t the cotton of the common:
er or the silk of the nabob, destined
forever to wave over the land Of the
free and the home of the brave.
The Americans have the reputation
of being the most profane people OF
l - !. earth. In no othel
CLINE does thu
Americhs. mon speed
reek with the pollution of profanity a
, here, says the Chicago Record-Herald
The Japanese, the most docile, sweet
, tempered, artistic and ingenious PEG
pie on earth, never poison the atmos
phere of the aFlowery Kingdom witt
: profanity. There are no oaths or Gus
words in the japanese language. 1
traveller in England, Germany o
France very rarely hears the name Q
the Deity taken in vain. The continen
tai languages do not appear to lem
themselves to such vile and variegate!
, profanity as the Anglo-Saxon tongu
is capable of. Profanity is vile, dis
gushing and useless habit. 1t is tn
one abhorrent blight upon languag
, that is destined one day to become tn
. common vehicle of all human thought
!. Stop III