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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-09-25
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the woods. He repeated his effort Of
the day before. only this time he gath
cred flowers instead of berries, and
hurried back to the house with them.
Instead of taking them to the kitchen
he stepped nimbly on to the porch
and was about to lay them before the
front door when it opened, and there
stood as pretty girl as he had ever
seen, blushing, laughing and, above
gu, her eyes dancing with mischief.
He doffed his hat.
have to thank you," said the girl,
for the delicious fish and berries you
have brought me and now for these
beautiful flowers"
$50 it's you who have the joke on
me instead Of the joke on you?''
Il was up and dressing when you
passed the first morning. Hearing
some one on the porch, looked,
through the blinds and saw you 70
away with your rod and basket. When
went down found the change YOU
had made on the board. Knowing
that you were fisherman, I resolved
to get even with you. have kept
getting even ever since"
But why have I never seen any ona
about in the day?
y party Of US, all schoolteachers.
have taken this cottage for our vaca-
ton and are to keep spinsters. hall.
here. I have come ahead to prepare
the way. Meanwhile, being alone
here, have spent much time else
where. The others Will be here this.
morning Will you dine with us this,
evening ~ . ..
With pleasure, and VIII provide
supplies MoND COMPTON,.
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KEEP SOMETHING DOING ALL THE TIME'-
THAT IS THE WAY TO BOOST A CITY


parks are planned and the most mod
ern devices for sanitation, promoting
the growth of shade trees and lawns,
eac., are encouraged. Twenty thou
sand shade trees were planted under
the direction of the city this spring
and a contest has been planned for
awarding magnificent prize for the
best-kept and most beautiful lawn in
the city during the present summer.
Still another body of citizens is en-
gagged in looking out FOR the best man
to make mayor of the city, securing
legislation for the enlargement of the
various government departments there
and hurrying to completion the new
federal building, city library and vari-
Gus artistic monuments and orna-
mental gates and columns planned to
beautify the city at public expense.
The citizens know no political lines
When city official does good work
a committee of business men takes in
hand the work Of re-eleeting him. If
he neglects his duty they drop him
and fill his place with an ADLER man.
Nobody Looks On.
The practice in many cities is to
take these matters up one at time.
This generally results in those who
are at work being annoyed by the crit
icism of those who look on and the.
good work is thereby hindered In
Denver nobody looks on; everybody is
at work. The only rivalry is in seeing
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AS memorial to the late Carroll
Livingston, whose love of horses and
dogs was proverbial, fountain Of
bronze and granite is being erected
at Forty-seventh street and Broad
way, in Longacre square, New York
This site, selected by Mrs. Livingston,
is near that of the old home at No.
222 West Forty-ffth street, where
Mr.. Livingston died April 26, 1904.
The design of the fountain, which
is to be primarily for the use of the
driving public, was prepared by
Charles r. Lamb, an architect in
trusted with the task by Mrs. Living
ston. It has received the approval Of
the art commission of the city and
presents a number Of features unusual
in fountains provided for the comfort
of horses.
There is one large basin, in the cen
ter Of which arises granite shaft
serving as the support of three bronze
dolphins, on the uplifted tails of
which rests large granite ball.
Through the mouths of dolphins
streams of water constantly will spray
into the basin. The uplifted noses of
these modelled denizens of the sea
will allow support for buckets which
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who can bring his work to success;
full conclusion first. This is the Den
yer system" which has made her name
famed wherever civic enterprise is
valued.
The mayor of the city, r. w. Speer,
has been nearly twenty years connect
ed with the city government in some
important capacity. He is probably
the best informed man on municipal
matters in the whole country and he
works. full time every day, and every
man on the city's pay roll either
works or is discharged. The presi-
dent Of the chamber of commerce, D..
l.. Scholtz, is a young man Long ex-
perienced in the needs of the city and
enthusiastic in making Denver the
greatest metropolis of the West. AS
sociated with Mr.. Scholtz in his la
bors is w. F. r. Mills, secretary, a
master of detail and executive force
who is capable of turning off more
work in a day than any three men in
similar positions in any city of the
country. The various committees Of
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One on Mr. Clark

Representative Champ Clark fire.
quently visited Washington before his
election to the house, and thought he
was pretty we'll known there. On one
occasion he went to the capital on
business for client. He was sur
prised and pleased to meet an old
friend and townsman at the hotel Mr..
Clark had selected for his stay
'sWell, we'll, if it isn't Brown!" ex-
claimed Mr. Clark.
I'm glad to see you. Is there any
thing I can do for you?"
Then Mr.. Clark took his friend by
the arm and marched him to the
hotels desk, saying:
81 can do you one good turn, any
how
CLERK" added Mr.. Clark, when they
had reached that functionary, 'this is
my friend, Mr.. Brown; I want you to
treat him right. Let him have what
ever he wants, and if he gets too ex-
travagant and runs out of cash, just
charge it to me-
I; .'Why, yes," said the clerk, know
Mr.. Brown very well, sir, but who are
you?"
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will be provided for those drivers who
desire to avoid a public basin, in the
interest of the prevention of con-
tagion, in watering their horses.
Below the basin and on a support
ing shaft bronze boss is arranged, to
which rubber hose may be fastened,
so that in hot weather the heads and
throats Of weary horses may be
sprayed. On either side of the sup
porting base there will be small
basins for the use of dogs. To the
right and left, at the sidewalks edge,
upright posts will be erected bearing
drinking fountains for the use of per-
sons afoot. The fountain shaft will
bear modest inscription in bronze.
Carroll Livingston was the grand
son of Gen. Harry Livingston and
Lady Mary" Livingston He was one
of the oldest members Of the Union
club. A direct lineal descendant of
the original Robert Livingston, he
was born in the town of Livingston,
Livingston county, N. Y, and his par
ents were Carroll and Cornelia Liv-
ingston. His life had been largely
spent in travel in France, for the most
part in Pau, where he maintained a
large stable.
An ardent sportsman, Mr.. Livings-
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al convention. They are securing the
names of those who are coming, locat-
ing them in proper quarters, looking
after the completion of the new audi
torium for the convention and busying
themselves in hundred ways in that
department Of civic duty. Another
body is securing the country for 9th
er conventions which meet this year
or next year.
They will make an attempt to bring
them to Denver. Trips of thousands
of miles are made and a careful list
of the various bodies that meet in
convention kept for the work of this
league. The world is the field they
work in and conventions of interna-
tional bodies are as eagerly sought for
as those which are composed merely
Of delegates from the inter-mountain
states. Another body of citizens is
engaged in devising plans for better
ing real estate conditions. Denver is
being made into a place of remarkable
beauty by these efforts. New boule-
wards are: being laid out, additional
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Ton won many prizes in live bird
shooting tournaments in the United
states and abroad. He was extremely.
fond of cross.country and steep1echase.
riding, and suffered several severe ac-
cidents because Of his devotion to the
latter sport. Before the position was
made salaried one he served at "a
Judge at the Monmouth races. During
his early life he was connected with
his fathers banking house in Wall
street, but for many years prior to his:
death he had not been actively engag-
ed in business. His first wife, who
was Mrs. Eugene Cruger, lived but
few months after the marriage cere-
mony. Nearly twenty years thereaf
ter, in 1885, he married Miss Helen
M. Cornwall.
Just preceding Mr. Livingston's
death an attempt was made to desc.
crate the tomb Of his grandfather at
Hudson. The outrage was held to
have been prompted by an attempt to
steal from the coffin the valuable Jew
els which tradition had held were
buried with the body of LADY Mary
Livingston. For fifteen years she was
a foremost figure in the so-called anti
rent war. Hundreds of her tenants
organized and served notice they
would pay no more rent to the Liv-
! ingston family for the thousands of
acres they titled. Nightly they pa
raded through the countryside Dress
ed as Indians and making the night
hideous about the old manor house
with their cries. But, always the
grand dame, Nine. Livingston refused
to be intimidated, called the authori-
ties to her assistance and fought the
revolt, which was attended by some
bloodshed, to the bitter end.
Many friends of the Livingston fam
| lily have called at the Koedler CALLER
les, in Fifth avenue, where portrait
| of the late. Carroll Livingston, paint
ed by Mary L. Cheney, now is on ex,
! hibition.
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took to be students, with funny whis-
kers and long hair and flowing ties,
and they got together at various
places in the Quarter and drank beer
or wine and sang songs and were quite
studiously and painstaking devil-may-
care. And I went to one of their
balls. It was most preconceivedly
riotous. Everybody seemed to have a
particular bit of wickedness-or what
passed as wickedness-to do, and ev-
cry one did his or her part at the
right time and with all the outward
symptoms of gusto. So far as could
learn the students do what they
please. If they ever did more than
that, then the Quarter has deterio-
rated. The trouble is, probably, that
the persons who think it is not so gay
and care free as it once was, have
grown a bit less careless and gay
themselves. They have changed their
viewpoint. However, it is the proper
thing to say the Quarter has gone
back. It makes people think you
know all about it.
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WILD WoolNG.
There Are Many Ways OF Obtaining
Wife

There Are Many Ways Of Obtaining
W Wife.
There are many ways of going a.
wooing. It is the custom of the abo-
riginal Australian to start out with
the predetermined purpose of captur-
ing wife much as he would on a
hunting excursion. He wanders about
until he finds maiden whom he
thinks will suit his special require
ments, and then he steals up behind
her, knocks her down and takes her
home on his shoulder.
When a young Eskimo boy has
killed his first Polar bear unaided,
and thus given proof that he is capa.
BILE of providing for a family, he sets
forth at night to get a wife. The first
girl he can catch unawares he grasps
and attempts to carry her off to his
hut. The object Of his violent affec.
tion screams and scratches and bites
until she frees herself, when she i'm.
mediately takes to her heels.
The young wife-seeker starts in pur
suit. and when he comes up with his
quarry again more scratching and
kicking and biting follow, and usually
the girl again succeeds in freeing her
self. If the suitor again overtakes the
maiden she becomes reconciled to he1
fate and willingly accompanies the
young Eskimo to his homo as hi,
wife.
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Denver citizens have reputation
all over the United States as being
the most alert for the promotion Of
their city. Numbers of representa-
tives have come from various sections
Of the country to learn how the work
Of city building is done. The visitors
complain that the experience of other
cities is that whenever a public move
ment is started the forces behind it
divide into factions and the result is
a speedy conflict among the various
interests and early disorganization of
the movement.
Scores ofssohcials who have come
from other cities to o5learn 'the Denver
way go back satisfied that citizens
there have found the, only true rene
dy for partisan pickering. and petty
rivalries among those who work for
the city's good. The Denver method
is, expressed briefly, keep something
going all the time" Then nobody has
time to complain, criticise or protest
against the work of his neighbor until
the thing is accomplished and what
to deprive the city Of the fruit of the
well-directed effort
Denver has a chamber of commerce
that believes, above !all things, in get
ting results All her municipal affairs
are arranged so that the city will get
the most for the dollars it spends and
it makes no difference what mans
politics are if he 'makes good" The
president of the chamber of commerce
is expected to do a full days work.
The secretary is required to match
this and also keep force Of employees
up to their eyes in detail work that'he.
cannot take time for himself. Thou
saLds of letters. are written every
week, thousands of visitors are shown
the good points of the city, thousands
of citizens are reminded of the work
that is waiting for them to do outside
of their regular business hours-in
short the chamber of commerce in
Denver keeps the enterprise of the
city at fever heatSa1l the time. The
day is considered poorly spent that
does not see some new idea born for
the betterment of Denver or some
good work accomplished for the great
er fame of the city.
At Work in Many Ways.
AS an illustration of the way the
work is divided up the busy enter
prise that is now going on is in point.
One large committee Of citizens is pre-
pairing for the reception of delegates
and visitors to the Democratic nation
The Appeal., 1908-05-23
The Retort Courteous.

7 A young man in hurry went
through the left side of a pair of
swinging doors in the senate wing of
the capitol at Washington last session
and almost knocked over the late
Senator Pettus of Alabama, who was
about to push through the right side.
The young man apologized profuse-
ly. II am very sorry-I didn't know
l was- am in great hurry"
.."That's all right, son." said the
venerable Pettus. "But let me give you
piece of advice about going through
doors like. these. Always go through
on the right side, and turn to the
right Then, if you meet anybody
coming through and bump into him
you needn't apologize He'll be a
burned fool, and it won't be necessary.
Good morning. Saturday Evening
Post
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W. f. r. MILLS.

this organization are composed of
alert men of business who look only
to getting the best results.
The Colorado delegation in Con-
gress have much to do with the work
for the betterment of Denver. Sena-
tor Simon Guggenheim keeps, man
employed at his own expense studying
questions concerning Denver's inn
provement and suggesting legislation
that will serve to benefit the city.
Senator H. M. Teller, for more than
twenty years in the senate from this
state, has made a close study of pub
lie matters relating to the needs of
the city and is untiring in his efforts
for the city's welfare. Gov H. a.
Buchtel, chancellor of the Denver Uni.
versity. ia one Of the most persistent
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came telegrams from wealthy Denver
men, personally guaranteeing the sum.
Senator Guggenheim, many times a
millionaire, and a half-dozen other
residents of Denver although Repub.
licans, pledged themselves for the full
amount and the day was won.
Students of municipal government
who have come here to learn "the
Denver way" say that the whole se-
cret Of the city's success is in the in
spring watchword and optimistic
motto keep something going all the
time"
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| issued and had been presented at the
department of state it would have en-
! abled it's holder to have the first view
of the Declaration of independence
that has been had since the spring
of 1903.
No one has seen the document for
| five years. 1t is locked up in safe
in the library of the state department
and not even the officials of that de-
partment get it out to look at it.
| Even before 1903 it had been kept
in the safe, but it was often brought
out for admiring citizens to scrutinize
and to exclaim over. Since 1903 the
| light of day has not fallen on it.
There had been too much light Of
day before that. In fact there had
been too much of good many things;
too much folding, too much rolling,
too much handling and, alas! toe
much stealing of it's immortal Ian
guage by a wet press copying opera:
tion resorted to in 1920. e.
This was tried as a means of secur-
ing a facsimile coy. It was good
enough for the copy, but it was pow
erful bad on the original, for it result
ed in transferring to the copy the ink
which belonged on the old parchment
itself. Not content with swiping it's
ink, the government put the document
up on exhibition in a nice bright light
SO that visitors could decipher the
traces of ink which remained.
For 80 years the Declaration Of In
dependence hung in the light, and the
longer it hung there the more neces-
sary the light became, for the ink that
was left grew paler and paler until it
was hard to make out any of the sig
natures except the big black name of
John Hancock. Finally it became evi-
dent that if anything except the
parchment was to be left the docu-
ment would have to be kept in the
dark.
So it went into retirement in the
safe, being brought out only upon spe-
cial requests.
The original parchment was photo
graphed in 1883 and again in 1903.
The committee recommended that it
be photographed again from time to
time. The present indications are that
it will not be seen until perhaps an
other 20 years has gone by and the
time comes, in 1928, for taking anoth-
er photograph.
In the safe with the Declaration of
Independence reposes also the orig
inal copy of the Constitution Of the
United States. 1t is not on exhibition,
but if doubt as to it's existence con-
tinues to grow it may be produced to
set fears at rest.
There is nothing the matter with
the constitution; that is to say, not
with the document itself. The ink is
all right, the provisions clear-so far
as the writing goes. It is shut up in
the safe to preserve it from the fate
of the declaration.
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k2ZREZE11 EZEEzR7lz T7TJGK .

power and machinery, Union Pacific
railroad. Millener's wireless truck
weighs nearly three tons and is capa-
BILE of hauling at a speed of six miles
an hour load Of ten tons on it's own
frame and an equal load on two small
cars, which are included in the equip
ment. Including it's own weight, the
wireless truck hauls nearly twenty
five tons.
The truck carries 144 feet of copper
wire made into wireless" wing,
and an ante1nae about two feet high,
by which the electric waves are pick
ed up and transmitted to machinery
beneath the frame.
Similar antennae built like cylin-
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THE "QUARTlER .LATlN."

1t Is the Fashion to Say It Has De.
Perforated.
The Latin Quarter is not what it
once was. There is authority for that
statement. Any person who has been
two consecutive weeks in Paris will
tell you so with sobs. The lamenta-
tions of those who have been there six
months are heartrending when they
relate the same sorrowful story. It
seems to he a personal grief, some be-
reavement that has saddened them for
elife:,"s.laI don't know why, for the Latin
Quarter seemed to be doing business
when was there. At any rate, there
were droves Of students, or persons
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from fagpole sixty-fve feet above
the central station. From these an
tennae flow power waves that control
the movement of the truck. Another
feature of the car is the travelling
ground" something for which elec-
tricians have been searching for a
long time.
In operating the truck it is attach
ed to cars. The wireless waves are
picked up and the little train moves
slightly down the narrow-gauge track
on which it runs. When it's destina-
tion is reached switch breaks the
connection and the train promptly
comes to standstill.
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promoters Of Denver's welfare in the

promoters Of Denver's welfare in the
city.
The secret Of the success of these
men is that they work together.
Whenever any movement is begun for
the good of the city they all join.
When committee was in Washing
ton in February trying to secure the
meeting Of the National Democratic
convention they pledged 100000 to
help pay the expenses of the conven-
ton. Following the pledges there
The Appeal., 1908-05-23
Bees Invade Flower Show.

& A large swarm Of angry bees re-.
Gently invaded the annual flower show
at Allahabad and caused something
like a panic.
Many people were seriously stung
and even the horses attached to the
carriages waiting outside were wor'
ried by the insects.
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The RuIino Passion.

Satan In what department did you
put that new arrival?
Assistant-That janitor? I set him
to work al the furnace. #
Satan-Take him off at once or he'll
be turning off the heat.-Boston Tran.
script.
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Transmission of electric power
through the air has been given great
impetus toward perfection by discov-
cries recently made in the Union Pa
citic shops at Omaha, where every
day may be seen an electric truck
running around the shop grounds by
power waves which flow from cen
trail station in one of the shop build
ings. .af.
The Union Pacific truck is the first
and only one in the world to be thus
propelled. The truck acts as loco
motive and hauls smaller trucks load
ed with heavy burdens.
The shops cover many acres and
the problem of carrying heavy pieces
of iron and machinery from one de-
partnent to another has been made
easy by the discovery of the electrical
engineer, DR.. Frederick II. Millener
working under the direction of w. r.
McReen, Jr, superintendent of motive
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works among boys of this class offer
ed to take care of him, but before her
offer was well out of her mouth she
missed her purse, which the boy had
taken while she was pleading for him.
After Mr.. Linden had taken the
young criminals measurements he
missed half dollar from his pocket.
Search showed that George had taken
It, 4
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The cleverest pickpocket> in the
United States, according to Joseph
Linden, Bertillon operator of Pitts
burg, who ought to know, is George
Cupps, twelve years of age, whose
head is the size of the head Of man
sof twenty-five.
George was in police court for pick
ing pockets in Pittsburg department
stores. A philanthropical lady who
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Quite Hopeless.

Mistress Jane, 1 saw the n,ilkman
kiss you this morning. In the future
will take the milk in.
- Jane be no use, mum
He's promised never to kiss anybody
but rss.-illustrated Bits. s.3...as .s.s.s
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president had CIV
en- a permit to a
man who wanted
to see with his
OWE eyes the orig
inal copy Of the
Declaration of In
dependence, or
what is left of it.
The permit, how
ever, must. have
died a-bornin', for
it did not further
materialize. If that
nerniI had been
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Language.

"There amt no bloke I love like
youse,'' declared the refined and ac-
complished girl.
These words were set to music, re-
member. She was merely singing a
popular song.
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The Facts.

The Facts.
DO irate fathers ever kick young
men who court their. daughters?''
Nav
"The funny men seem to think So"
'Well, man might use the boot If
he knew his daughter was receiving at
tention from humorist.''
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Tho Graft of Divorce.

Mrs. Cobwigger-So you think you
would be happier if we were in soci-
ETY.? 81
Freddie would be at Christmas,
ma. I know some boys in the smart
set and they all have at least two pa
pas to give them presents. Smart Set.
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DOCUMENT IN DARK
DECLARATION OF. INDEPENDENCE
KEPT LOCKED UP.
So Badly Faded Now That Further Ex
posure to Light 1t Is Feared
Would Render 1t Entirely
UndeeipherabIe.

A message from the White House a
few weeks ago announced that the
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IN Record Time.

''This is a well-kept path" comment
ed the man who was inspecting the
White House grounds. IA man could
sprint on this
Some hev." sententiously responded
the guide.