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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. Jan. 5.-Cattle-Good to
prime steers. $5.4O@S.4o; poor to me.
dunn. $275@5.Oo; stockers and feed.
ers. $2.00@4.40: rows and heifers,
$1.5O@4.75; Texas steers. $375@5 on.
Hogs-Mixed and butchers. $4,000
$40; good to choice heavy. Sc 400
$50; rough heavy. $6.l0@6 81: light.
S5.70@6.O5: bulk of sales, $615@e 30.
Sheep-Good to choice. $3.75@435;
lambs, $4O0@5.60.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
D lll0ls' eRleI and
PurChas ers Of Harness;
and Horse Goods.

1t is true and I believe it is that
q harness should be selected for
horses according to the purpose
for which they aroused.
1t matters not to what use a
horse is put to, l have harness to
suit all occasions whether for tho
ightest or the heaviest work.
My harness are made of A. No.
I material, and the workmanship
l will guarantee to be the best in
the city and county. Il carry in
stock everything that can he con-
sidered1as as horse goods, and
offer the same at prices within the
reach Of every purchaser
Yours for trade,
Frank J. John.
The Broadway Harness Maker.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
F,FTY-ElGHT LIVES LOST

Result Of Recent Fire in Russian Goa,
Mine.
St. Petersburg. Jan. l-Fiftye;sh+
lives were lost ia the recent fire in q
coal mine at Bachmut, Ykasorinoslav
province. Eleven men were rescnAs
After .haxins "beaR sixty hours in the
burned mine. and twenty-cne OF the
miners were saved after being i've
digs In thou
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
GOES 7o:G:sw'TzeRLANo.
Assistant Secretary Of State Hill Be-
comes a Diplomat.

Washington, Jan. 6:-Dr. David
jayne Hill. first assistant secretary of
state, will relinquish that post this
month to become United States minis
ter to Switzerland. He will be sue
ceeded as first assistant by Francis
B. LOOMS, at present United States
minister to Portugal. Mr.: I.oomis will
be succeeded at. Lisbon by Charles
Page Bryan. who has been confirmed
as minister to Switzerland, but who
has never assumed the post.
The president sent the above nomi-
nations to the senate later in the day
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
CT 'IlB
LINE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO
AND HONOLULU RE4DY
FOR BUSINESS.

~ sage Of Generalization From Gov
at. ernor Dole Of. Hawaii to the Presi.
dent Of the United States-san
franciscan. Enthusiastic Over the
importance of the Event. 49,.
San Francisco, Jan. 3:-Sau Francis.
co and Honolulu are now connected by
cable. The first words passed under
the ocean q few minutes after II
O'Clock Thursday night. The. wire
worked perfectly.
The first message received was from
Governor Dole to President Roosevelt.
It was merely a formal greeting and
congratulation from the people OF Ha.
wall to the people of the United States,
from one chief executive to the other.
The message was transmitted at the
Market street Office to a wire leading
directly to the executive mansion at
Washington and receipt was acknowl.
edged at 11:25 o'clock.
When the message reached the
White House President Roosevelt was
asleep and the operator refused to
awaken him.
Right after the Dole signature on the
nrst message came a second through
from Honolulu. It was greeting from
the people of Hawaii to Clarence H.
Mackay,. president of cable company.
congratulating him upon the compile.
ton of the cable and expressing sor.
row that John W. Mackay had not sur
vived to see the instantaneous bonds
between the islands and the American
continent. This message was signed
by Henry E. Cooper. secretary of the
territory OF Hawaii. Then came a mes
sage from the Associated Press cor
respondent ON the Silvertown, telling Of
the successful laying of the cable and
of the celebration Of the event in Hon.
olulu
The paper ribbon containing the
record Of the first experimental werk
between San Francisco and Honolulu
was cut into little sections of q few
phrases each and divided among the
score OF spectators who were assem-
bled about the instruments when San
Francisco and Honolulu first spoke to
each other under the Pacific ocean.
Great enthusiasm AID satisfaction
over: the completion of the first link
of the chain Of progress that is to con-
meet the nation with the islands of the
Pacific recently acquired is expressed
in San Francisco, and the importance
Of the enterprise is much discussed in
commercial circles here. It is pre-
dicted that a very substantial increase
of traffic between the Pacific coast
and the Sandwich islands will imme-
diately result from the completion. of
the ~long-desired cable. The day
marks an epoch in the commercial his
tory of the coast and the nation.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
Merchants State Bank.
Little Falls, Minnesota.
Paid up Capita1..... ............... $50. 900. q
G. kirscher. President.
jerome Mecusker, Vice President.
H. A. Warner, Cashier.

Transacts general banking busin ess
PAYS interest on time deposits and buys
Farm loans q speciality. We want your
DireStors-F. F. Cawiey. Henry Goulet.
a: u. Ciark, q. +. kirscher: Jacob Kiewel
Jerome Aecusker, H. A. Warner
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
RAISE OF FIVE PER CENT.
Western Railroads viii Shortly Put Up
FREIGHT Rates.

V00S@1V 0A0o WIZ 011010ty tut 0V
Freight Rates.
Chicago. Jan. 6.-Freight rates on
nearly eleven commodities transported
by Western railroads are to be mate
rally raised during the next thirty
days.
The rates projected will be at least
5 per cent higher in all mmoditiea
tariffs.
The executive officials of the rail.
roads are actuated largely by the fear
that the increased cost OF everything
that railroads require will make the
maintenance of the present dividend
rates impossible during the year 1903
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
RECOMMENDS CITY OWNERSHIP
Brooklyn Grand Jury Says Conditions
Are tolerabte.

New York, Jan. 1.-The Kings coun-
ty grand jury made presentment
during the day on traction facilities
in Brooklyn, recommending that steps
be taken to annul the charters of the
constituent companies of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit company and that the
city acquire and operate the surface
and elevated lines. The presentment
declares that the present conditions
are intolerable. and says the officials
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit CON-
pany had admitted they could cure the
evils but were unwilling to do so. The
jury expresses the opinion that the
roads could be operated at profit on
4 Scent fare basis. S.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
St. Paul Onion Stock Yards.

St. Paul. jan 5.-Cattle-Choice
butcher steers. IS 00@&.00: choice
butcher cows and heifers. $325@4.O 90:
good to choice veats. $2O0@5 rs.
Hogs-$5.7o@635 Sheep-Good 10
choice, $375@4 so: lambs. $4o0@55V
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. Jan. 5-Wheat-Cash. No
hard. 1910: No. Northern. 72%c:
No. 2 Northern. 70ssc: No. } spring.
673sc. To Arrive-No l hard, 73sac;
No. Northern, 723sc; May, '74Ac.
Flax-Cash. 81 193a
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Jan. Wheat-Jan
7lszc: May, 75A @75%c; July. 725s q
72Ac. Corn-Jan.. $3.50; May, 1914
@43%c; July, 42kc; Sept, 42Hc.
Oats-Jan.. 32hc: May, 34@34kc:
July. 31Tc. Pork-Jan:, 1920: May
1855 Flax-Cash, Northwestern,
$1.2l: Southwestern. $1.14;. il: May
$122h. acknowledgements, 18@28c:
dairies. 17@25c. Eggs25c. Poultry
Turkeys. 1s017c; chickens, SO
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
THOUSANDS FLEE FROM PERIL.
Bubonic Scourgs Exists in Mexican
City and Panic Ensues.

Mazatlan. Mex. Jan. 3.-Examiua-
ton seems to show that the disease
now ah3icting this city is. Asiatic
plague, for microscopic Investigation
it is said, proves that bubonic nest
bacilli are in the blood of those who
have the disease.
The plague has grown virulent with.
in the last forty-eight hours, and the
alarm, which had begun in some meas.
ure to abate, has returned with in
creased force. :.
The people are fleeing from the citv
at the rate of 800 day, and 5000 per.
sons have already gone
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-09
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis. Jan. 5.-Wheat-May
74Isc; July. 74sac. On Track-No. |
hard, 7334c:: No. l Northern, 73Ac:
No. 2 Northern. 7lMc.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
MESSAGES IN MERCHANDISE.
Many Instances Are on Record,
Among Them Being Some OF
TrnGicaI Nature.

In regard to the story which has
been going the rounds of the English
papers lately as to 4 Liverpool man
finding a message written upon an egg
by the packer, a widow in Manitoba,
whom he ultimately married. the Lon
don Chronicle remarks that many true
incidents of the same kind could be
related. In 1899 a message was found
in a barrel of apples that had come
from New Zealand. In this message
the packer of the fruit, young wom-
an. stated that her ancestors, whose
names were given. came from Kent,
and she asked the finder to ascertain
if any of her name and family still
remained in the country. As stated in
the papers Of the time. the finder was
able to give her full particulars as to
surviving relatives. But Mr.. Tew, Of
Leeds. a member of Yorkshire bank
ing family had at one time coll
lection of these messages in mer-
chandise," some of them being very
tragical. and beiog "a survival Of the
days when peaceful traders were
caught by Algerian pirates and sold
into captivity and slavery. One such
message had been written in blood
on a coarse canvas bag that had con-
tanned gum arabic; another appeared
as a sort of tattooed stain on a large
cork that had fastened up a
vessel containing altar of roses.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
MENAGERIE ON SHiPBOARD.
Some of the Animals Got Loose and
There Was an Interesting
Time for sailors.

From Caledonia, New Zealand, there
recently arrived in Philadelphia the
Danish steamship Kronborg. Previous
to loading at Caledonia she had been
to Australia. says the Philadelphia Tel
egraph. and at the Australian port the
sailors. to man. secured pet. There
were two wildcats, a brace of vicious
tiger cubs. a kangaroo of no very
amiable disposition, a small colony of
monkeys, ard several black parrot
with white topknots.
Things were comparatively peaceful
until the Kronborg dropped anchor;
then trouble broke loose in the me-
nagerie. The wildcats developed all
their native wildness and the tigers a
thirst for human blood. Even the
kangaroo showed a desire to be re-
venged upon his captors. and all sue
ceeded in making The ship an unhealthy
place.
When a wildcat got loose the unload
ing Of the vessel came TO a stop. The
SltNttOItS Utu rum tllN NNNHNi' anu
for time the wildcat had undisputed
sway. Finally he was overcome and
taken back to his cage. Then there
was trouble with the tiger cubs. They
were full of fight. and did not hesitate
to give battle to all who approached
The representative of local firm of
ship-chandlers was rash enough to go
too near the cubs quarters. Later he
was searching for new suit Of clothes,
for those he wore had fallen victims to
the tigers claws.
Nor was this all The monkeys got
loose. and a vertabe reign Of terror en-
sued. These kings of mischief invaded
the cooks gallery. and stole the meat
that was cooking for the sailors meals.
Others stole the potatoes. and ran chat
tering up the rigging and masts. The
meat-stealer hurled the fruits of his
theft at the indignant seamen, and
those who were armed with the pota-
toes bombarded the crew and detied
all efforts at capture.
This all occurred in one day II
many more such things happened. the
men on the Kronborg felt pretty sure
that the geological garden would re-
ceive several interesting beasts before
the ship left port.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
FISH FAR FROM HOME.
Wanderers Sometimes Found in Odd
Places Half Way Round
the Earth.

zone need not resort to tricks in or
der to obtain wonders in ichthy-
ology," said an officer of the fish com
mission in discussing hoaxes on sci
entists, recently referred to in the
Washington Post. eve are constant
ly picking stragglers along the Allan
tic, fish belonging in tropical and
arctic waters that have wandered out
of their course. More have been taken
at Woods Holl, Mass, than at any other
point on our coast, for the reason that
the confguration of Woods Holl and
the neighboring coasts is of charac-
teristic so peculiar that the island
forms a sort of natural fish trap.
"It was here some yearsago that the
most remarkable event in the history
of ichthyology occurred, when one Of
the fishermen caught file fish (Alu-
terra monoceros), Indigenous to the
East Indies and unknown in the wa
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
Officers.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST CHURCH.-Sundag School
every Sunday $3.50 a. %. preaching nfs'
and third SUNDAYS, IL a. IN. ana p ILL.,
ID. 4. Glenn, pastor.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-S Il n y
School every SUNDAY at 9:3Oa N. Preach
ING first and third Sundays p. M, second
and fourth SUNDAYS IL a. IN. Christian
Endeavor every Friday at p. H. H. T.
Elmore, pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH, Main Street
Sunday school every Sunday at 9:3O NJ
"Little Workers" Juvenile Missionary
every second Sunday p. IN. Preaching
first and third Sundays ii a. M, second
and fourth Sundays Up. III.
NORTH TAZEWELL CHURCH.
Sunday School every Sunday at III a. III
Preaching first and third Sundays Z p. N
second and fourth Sundays u a. N.
PRAYER meeting every Friday p. N. H.
A. Kelly, pastor.
UNION PRAYER SERNICE.-Everv
"Wednesday evening p. M, alternating
between the Baptist, Christian and Meth
odist Churches.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Sunday
School every Sunday at $50 a. m. Preach
ing second, third and fourth Sundays at
Ii a. IN. and T. p. 10. Preaching NTH
SUNDAYS at II a. m. Prayermeetlng every
Wednesday evening p. m.
PRESBYTERIAN, BURKES GAR
DFN.-Preaching on first Sunday at IL a
m. and p. IN. S o. Hall, pastor
TAZEWELL PREACHERS COUNCIL
Every Monday at p. m.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
WORKED IN ODD MOMENTS.
How Famous Frenchman Utilized
Time That Might Have Been
Wasted.

Nine. De Genlis, in a work on
"Time," tells us that the famous
Chancellor d'Aguesseau, observing
that his wife always delayed 10 or
u minutes before she came down to
dinner, and reluctant to lose so much
time daily, began the composition of
a work which he prosecuted only
while thus kept waiting. At the end
of Is years a book in three quarto
volumes was completed, which ran
through three editions and was held
in high repute, says Success. Nine.
De Genlis profted by this example.
Having to wait at the dinner hour in
the Palais Royal for Nine. De Char
tres, who was always IS or 20 min
utes late, she utilized the time by
copying a selection of poems from
eminent authors.
1t is told of a German critic that
he could repeat the entire "lliad" OF
Homer with scarcely an error. How
many years, think you, did he spend
in depositing the immortal epic IN
his brain? Years he had not to spare
or months or weeks or even entire
days, for he was a physician in the
full tide of practice, but he con-
trived to store in his memory the
"a books of the old bard of "Scio's
rocky isle" in the brief disconnected
snatches of time from hurrying
from one patient to another. DR..
Mason Good, a celebrated English
physician, performed a similar feat
having contrived to translate the
whole of Lucretius during his long
walks in London to visit his patients.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
OLD "FORT BLUNDER."
SO-CaIled Because There Was n
Strange Mistake Made in
Locating 1t.

Few people who are told that the
United States once began to build a
fort on British soil will know what
the fort is, and where it is located. II
is Fort Montgomery. situated about
half mile northeast of Rouse's Point
New York. near the foot Of Lake Cham
plain, says Youths Companion.
After the war Of 1872 the government
of the United States saw the need OF
guarding the entrance to Lake Cham
plain. and began, in 1915. to build Fort
Montgomery The original design was
to construct great fort for those days,
for it was to carry three tiers of guns.
After work had proceeded for some
time it was discovered that, owing TO
an error Of early surveyors. the actual
boundary between Canada and New
York-the forty-fifth parallel of north
latitude-passed south of the fort.
Work on the fort was suspended for
about 25 years. and not until 1912 was
the territory restored to the United
States. The Webster-Ashburton treaty.
which established the northeastern
boundary. made the line between New
York and Canada conform to the old
and incorrect early survey, and thus
Fort Blunder" was once again on
United States territory. The people
of Maine never forgave Webster for, as
they maintained, giving up a great
slice of territory which they claimed
in order to save Rouse's Point.
The fort was finished after the bound
airy question was settled, but it has
never been manned by more than
enough men to keep it in order, and
was never armed. At present sergeant
of marines is stationed there. His only
duty is to raise and lower the flag.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
A WORD TO FARM TOILERS.
PAINE'S CELERY
COMPOUND
The Home Friend of the
Farmer and His Family.

After the labors and tolls of the summer time,
and harvesting of crops in the carly autumn,
many of our farmers, their wives, daughters,
and. sons, find themselves in a condition Of
health demanding careful attention if suffering
is to be avoided later on. Many experience
kidney trouble in some form; with some the
liver is torpid; there is biliousness nausea, and
vomiting, with loss of appetite and depression
of spirits. Thousands who have Ecen exposed
to cold, damp winds and rains while toiling in
the harvest fields, now feel the twinges OF
terrible rheumatism; others run down by
worry, overwork, and irregular dieting, are
tomented with the pangs Of dyspepsia.
To the thousands of run down, siclly, and
half dead men and women in fam homes we
recommend with all honesty and confidence
the workers friend, Paine's Celery Compound,
the only medicine that can quickly and fully
restore strength 10 the weak body and vigor TO
the muscles. Paine's Celery Compound tones
the stomach; it removes poisonous acids from
the blood which cause rheumatism; it feeds
the weak and diseased nerves and banshcs
neuralgia tortures; it purihes the blood and
gives true vitality and life. The use of Paine S
Celery Compound in autumn means the estab-
fishing of perfect physical vigor TO Withstand
the ngors OF a severe winter.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
rhere are a,s4a temperance sOcieties

There are 3,s42 temperance societies
among school children in Belgium.
The anniversary of the emancipa-
ton of 100000 Russian peasants,
liberated by Alexander III. in 1861, is to
be celebrated hereafter in the ortho-
dOx churches by elaborate thanksgiv-
ing services instead of by a single re-
QUEEN mass.
Edwin S. Robbins, a manufacturer
and business man, who has manifold
interests to demand his attention, at
his home in Greystone, Conn, spends
every Sunday evening of his life in ad-
dressing religious gatherings in the
particular city where his business
pursuits take him.
Many strange school custom prevail
in China. The girls in that country
seldom go to school unless they are
children of very rich people. School
work begins before daylight, and after
studying their lessons aloud for two
hours the pupils recite them. They
then go home to breakfast, after
which they return and study again.
Yale has done away with her rule
requiring of men representing the col
lege in athletic, literary or musical
lines that they maintain a standing
1875 per cent. higher than that exacted
from other students. Moreover, the
literary men will not be disqualified
for the literary organs of the college
by being under warning for low stand
ing.
There seems to be no end of trouble
growing out of the discussion of the
shortened course, and now that Yale
has so ordered it's course that a man
may finish it in three years has given
rise to the report that a three years
course has been adopted, which is not
at all true. One of the new courses at
Yale is on railroads, covering the inan-
cial, industrial and technical sides of
the subject.
Rev. j. w. Kimbrell, of Madison, Mo-,
is gentleman of resources. Bad roads
prevented him a few Sundays ago
from keeping his engagement at Por-
ter's chapel, one of the churches on
his itinerary. He bethought himself
that a number of his pensioners had
telephones, so he moved an organ to
the Madison central office, got a
choir and conducted a whole church
service by telephone, excepting the
taking up of the collection.
The railroad farm school," which
the University of Missouri has so sue
cessfully inaugurated by carrying the
school to those who could not come to
it, has attracted much attention all
over the country. Farmers in small
towns who cannot otherwise attend
farmers Institutes along the railroad
can go to the car and hear an inter-
esting series Of lectures. besides hav-
ing the opportunity Of viewing the dis
play carried on board. Specimens of
grasses are displayed. and also many
specimens Of insects that are injurious
to plants and trees. Lectures are
given on diseases Of farm animals. and
altogether the experiment has proved
very success Sful
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1903-05-28
FISH COME WHEN CALLED.
Curious Species Brought by n New
York Naturalist to This COun-
try from Asia.

Otto Eggeling, a naturalist of New
York, has finally succeeded in import
ing from Asia the first specimens of the
curious fish known as the anabes ever
brought to this country, says the
Times.
The special popularity of the anabes,
which inhabits the streams of interior
India, is that it travels for miles on
land in search of water when the
streams are dried up
Lovers of aquariums have for years
endeavored to secure specimens of this
fish, but without success, as they al
ways died in transit, especially when
in the vicinity of the Suez canal, ow-
ing to the intense heat.
Mr.. Eggeling conceived the idea of
placing the fish in earthenware vessels,
containing a sufficient quantity of
water-soaked earth, and two months
ago he corresponded with friends in
India, who secured several fine spcci-
mems and shipped them. The fish ar
rived last week, and when the earthen-
ware pots were opened the earth
therein was found perfectly dry and
the fish were in a lifeless state. Several
hours after being placed in water, how
ever, they came to life, and are now as
well as ever
These fish are beautifully marked,
and when the light strikes them a GER
tain angles their whole bodies assume
all the colors Of the rainbow. They ay-
erage about two and one-half inches in
length, and, unlike other fish, breathe
through the lungs instead Of the gills,
thus enabling them to live on land.
It is said that the anabes can he
tanned rs any domestic animal, and
come when called to, eating food out
of ones hand These fish have what
might be called "crawlers" on the low
er part of their bodies, thus enabling
them to travel Over land