Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-11-18

! to . certain place, TO be paid on delivery
As she left the store, Agnes threw down TIL
| card of rich lace she was examining, ono
saying hastily, "Ill call in again, bY-and
BY" she followed her mistress.
swell said Lloyd, drawing LONG
breath, "ot all the infernal-"
"Have you done pretty good morning,
work ?" asked Sheldon, laying aside the
parcels he had sold.,
= "Good mornings work." mutterod thu
other; II haven't taken red cent, and
look at tho counter"
Truly enough, the counter was sight te
be seen. Great heaps Of silks, velvets
shawls and laces strewed it from one end tc
the other.
:: '.What did that girl buy of you ?'' asked
Lloyd, directing a clerk to put up the
goods, q full hours work.
Nothing TO speak of1only fifty dollars,
returned Sheldon.
"Fifty dollars! why, I didn't thinl
she was worth fifty! csnts!' exclaimed
Lloyd.
"Can't always tell by the outside" sale
Sheldon, isanihngr.my customer was &
real lady," he added.
"And mine was-O, dear me!' ani
Lloyd threw back his head and laughed
so did his coat sleeve. :. i I. ~ q
II thought you were sure for q hundred
dollars at least, !" said Sheldon.
80 did l."
II was efraid my customer. overheard
10; nof' replied the oth ist,i she wouli
have left the store; but I am too sus
I'll be more careful in future"
"a l~ko 70
few months the beautiful Nelly Blossom
became little Mrs. Sheldon, and brought
her husband quite fortune. Itleaked out
about the shopping.
y <ARtT1C P1sSo1ERH.s. J
Four ::Expeditions to work-The Re.
The weser-zeitung has obtained infor
nation concerning the late voyage of the
Albert in the Polar Seas from Dr.. Bessel
has crossed the Sp;tzbefgeh Sea, at 76o =
As north latitude, from the south coast Of
Spitsbergen to the northern coast of Nova
point of her voyage 600 14north latitude,
80 e-52 east hdghude,) ON -the'3Oth June.
Tho 3ce,s Whiehs extended aB' fat as Liefde-
bay, formed a solid and impossible bar
rier, so TINT the proposed visit to ellis
Land had to be abandoned. On the 22d
June she arrived at King,s Bay, on the
western coast q &pitzbeFGens A landing
was effected sand Tan exsdfsion made, but
the attempt proved both difficult and dan
gerous, on account of the torrents of snow
water which streamed from the glaciers on
every side.
The next point on tho proposed route
WIS the Belsnnd, hit the way was choked
Nth pack-ice. The ship lay off the South
Cape on the 28th Of June, and as q south
wind had sprung up another attempt was
made to reach ellis Land, but without
success, rs the ice was still firm, and lay
further to the south than before. The
anchor was cast, and several hunting expe-
ditions undertaken to Amsterdam Island,
Danes Island, and. Glover Cliff. A large
number Of birds, particularly ducks, were
shot, and many remains of the Dutch set
Element Of the. seventeenth century were
The ruins OF eleven boiiing-houses, and
great heaps of old barrels and the bleached
bones of whales strewed the shore. There,
too, stood numerous gravestones, with their
pious Dutch and German inscriptions, the
ORg remaining Iee0rds0 as longIaeotten
t6l,s DE Bessa q ok 'sam9 Photographic
views M l1e mdbf Atrik 1ture9 Of The
ldn.aslaRS andS4 pnqe1ea ~ sfetsae. Sin
As the way to the north was still blocked
up, the vessel turned erhead southwards,
and on the 3Oth of June she was sixteen sea
miles south of the Cape. The season was
so unfavorable that it was impossible to
makl eFn TIP IhQuae44 Shn9A buttheir
posi6oA. Which 'isA p4atGd too far to the
north in the Swedish maps, was rectifed,
and the southern point Of Hope Island was
determined with exactitude. The ice ex-
tended almost to Cape Nassau, and the
captain resolved to sail along its borders in
the direction Of Nova Zembla. Though DR..
FHelsel 9na1A geeosd mate Yisbedt6 laid
OF the latter point, the captain thought the
sea was running too high to permit of the
attempt being made without danger. On
the 31st of August the Albert began her
homeward voyage. A large number of me-
neurological observations we're made, and
some interesting geological specimens were
secured with the dredge.
Three other vessels, belonging respect
lively to England, Norway and Russia, have
also been engaged this summer in exploring
the Arctic regions. The first Of these, the
Diana, is the property of Mr.. Lamont, q
member of the Royal Geographical Society.
She sailed from Glasgow on the 25th April,
having that gentleman, Mr.. w. Leysey, Mr..
Smith; and crew Of twenty: one men, I'm
der the command Of Captain Iverson, a
these gentlemen was partly scientific dis
covery and partly sport. They, too, felt
the unfavoreble influence of the season.
Though they reached Nova Zembla in May
and Spitzbergen in June, they were unable
to pass the eightieth degree. Ten years ago
Nh. Lamont succeeded in pushing further
to the north in a sailing-vessel. In other
respects they were moro successful, as on
their voyage, and during few weeks stay
in Norway, on their way home, they sue.
ceeded in killing 80 walruses, so large seals,
2 bears and 102 stags: They also brought
home with them about 10 tons of oil.
The Norwegian expedition, If we can call
Q single small sloop by SO high-sounding .
name, WAS under the command of Captain
Carlson, the celebrated walrus-hunter. I'm
daunted by the evil name it bears, he push
ed boldly into the Carian Sea, and found it
free from jce He sailed along tho Siberian
coast, which is fiat and covered with BUSH
es, while the bottom is oezy, until he reach
ed the White Islands, a few miles from the
mouth of tho Obi. His adventurous voy-
age .Yag well repaid in pecuniary point Of
view, al no secured 238 walruses, 80 great
seals, and polar beals, the value of which
he estimates at about 1900 thalers.
Tho Russian expedition was fitted ont by
Mr.. SideroT for the purpose of establish
ing direct Communication by sea between
Norway and Siberia. The George left
Hammerfest on the Sd of August, under the
command Of Captain Rleck. Her plan was
to reach and sail up the Obi, and Captain
Carlson believes she will accomplish her
purpose, unless the sandbanks at the
mouth of the river present an unexpected
and insurmounta5le obstacle. It seems
that these sens arc free from ice ut least
four months in the year, and the distance
between Varda in Norway and the mouths
of the Obi, may be traversed by steam in
from three to four days, eight voyages
might easily be made in o season. Should
Mr.. Sideroff succeed in his plan, the com
mercial importance. of the route will bt
very great :, .s..-.t.--* i .
, Professor Bdehm, one of the first ply
sicians in Berlin, is said to be on tho poin'
of death. In performing o dissection il
presence of tho students, he accidentally
pricked his finger with the scalpol, ant
neglected to cauterize the puncture. Nv,
DAVIS otter his hand swclled to an enorm
GUS size, and all the resources Of art wer'
unavailing.