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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
NUMBER 90.
Gold In the ocean Sands.
from the fan Eranciaco Chroniclo

A short time since Californian took
with him to New York quantity of the
beach sand from the once famous Gold
Bluffs, on our northern coast. The
sand proved to be so rich in gold chat
capitalists there at once proceeded to
institute measures for working the sub
marine mine on q grand scale. As
heretofore mentioned in the Chronicle.
Captain w. l.. Taylor was appointed
the agent of the New York Company.
and having purchased the scho ,ner
witch Queen, proposes soon to leave
for the golden shore.
The vessel will he anchored lust out
side the surf, this having been found
to be the line of the richest deposits.
the gold being too coarse to be thrown
up by the waves upon the sand. as &C.
ours with the lighter particles. The
Captain is the inventor of the subma.
rine explorer, species of diving bell
which has been successfully tested in
New York harbor, and he will employ
this contrivance in carrying out his de-
si9ns in this instance. This bell IA of
boiler iron, ton and . half feet high.
and nine feet in diameter. II consists
OF two cylinders two feet apart, sur
mounted by two cones. Its working
chamber has 2O4 cubic feet it's COM
pressed air reservoir 135, and it's water
ballast chamber 100 cubic feet. The
air is compressed forty-five pounds to
the square inch. Preparatory to the
descent of the workmen, the ballast
chamber is filed with water, and the
bell sinks. To ascend, it is simply
necessary to force the water out of the
ballast chamber by the compressed air.
The men stand on the ground, fill four
bushel bags with whatever they may
find, sending their acquisit1on up BY
an endless chain. The sand, it is said,
also contains over fifty per cent. Of
pure magnetic iron, which will make
tine steel, an article worth at present
$500 per ton in this market,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
The Assasstnated President Of Peru:

A~0 AocaoosuAsoU 1IoSt0onC Of tef4s
Colonel Balta, late President of Pc
RI, who has been assassinated. and
whose murderer in return has suffered
violent death himself, came into
power through . revolutionary move.
ment which he had created. In De-
cember, 1867, in conjunction With Gen.
eral Cameo, he rose in insurrection
against President Prado, who had Just
been elected for . term of four years,
President Prado was compelled to re
sign, and Colonel Balta was proclaimed
President. In 1871 two attempts at
revolution were made. In Nav. the
leaders of plot endeavored to seize
the Peruvian iron.clads. They failed.
and took refuge on board of q United
States man-of-war. On the 18th of
August his opponents again made an
attempt to overthrow his government.
Their intention was to. surprise the
palace and make the President . pris-
oner, and they expected that
some OF the government forces
would join in the movement. Presi.
dent Balta, however, received timely
notice. The conspirators failed and
were arrested. During that year his
Administration was distinguished BY
many severe and probably illegal
measures. Up to the date of the Last
mails, he continued to persecute the
editors of journals hostile to his Ad-
ministration. His assassination is
probably owing to the fact that he had
iDterfered, in an unusual manner. TO
secure the election Of fSenor Prado, now
President of the State. After the vote
for electors had actually been cast, and
when it was probable that Prado had
no chance of election, Colonel Balta
published q letter urging upon the
electors the choice of Prado, and other
wise exerted his influence to secure this
result, in consequence of q political
bargain. The constitutional term of
Office of Colonel Balta was to have ex-
pired in one week.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
The International Maritime Signal Sys.
TEN.

The Treasury Department is con-
sidering the propriety of urging upon
Congress at its next session the inn
portance of some general enactment
in regard to the adoption by the mer-
chant marine of the international code
of signals now used by the merchant
vessels of most foreign nations. This
code is being published by the Navy
Department for use in the navy, and
when completed will be on sale ct its
cost of publication, which will be less
than 6 per volume. The system is
very complete, and by the use of the
book communication can be establish
ell as we'll between vessels of nations
speaking different language as between
those of the same nation. All present
communication between American ves.
sells is very difficult, owing to several
systems being in use, and it is almost
impracticable for an American vessel
to communicate with another of . na-
tion speaking foreign language, with
signal stations or with vessels Of the
United States Navy, by which the new
code has been adopted. The serious
inconvenience experienced under the
present system will undoubtedly lead
to legislation upon the subject and the
general disuse Of the confusing modes
now in vogue.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Six Days q Week ". Sever.

At a meeting of the British Associa-
tion, ut Dublin, Mr.. Charles Bianconi,
of Caspel, read a paper relative to his
extensive car establishment, after which
a gentleman stated that at PIckford's,
the great English carriers, they could
not work horse more than ten miles a
day, and wished to hear Mr.. Bianconi's
opinion on the subject. Mr.. B. stated
that he found by experience he could
better work horse eight miles day
for six days in the week than six miles
a day for seven days. BY not working
on Sunday he effected saving of twelve
per cent. Mr.. Bianconi's opinion on
this point is of the highest Importance.
for he has over nlne hundred horses
working sixty-seven conveyances: which
daily travel 2,244 miles. 1t is also the
result of forty-three years experience.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
American Inventors IN Turkey.

American Inventors tu Turkey.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times writes, under date
of July I'd:
s"The Turkish Government lately re-
solved to re-arm the whole of their in
fantry, and to adopt the best rifle that
could be found. For a long time al
ready they had been converting their
muzzle leaders into Sniders, but these
having been superseded, in the estima-
tion of the best authorities, by certain
small bored rifles, it was determined
to adopt one :of the latter. In conse-
quence of this determination of the
Government, there have been recently
gathered together in Pera agents of all
the known rife manufacturers in the
world-the firms of Peabody, Reming-
ton, Winchester, Henry, Martini Hen
ry, Berdan, &c. The American agents
were very active in trumpeting forth
the merits of every special contrivance
invented in their country for the
wholesale slaughter of mankind. A
commission sat and puzzled itself with
the arguments and experiments
brought before it. Various combina-
tions were proposed, and various means,
direct and indirect, were used to per-
suade the Commissioners and bring
conviction to their minds, but each
Commissioner seemed to have his favor.
ite gun, and the Sultan himself cut
short the question with all their COM
plications by deciding in favor of the
Martini Henry rifle"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

language, Mrs. Moriarty was silenced.
Catching up a saucepan, she was aim.
ing at O'Connell's head, when he very
Prndently made timely retreat.
"You have won the wager, O'Con.
nell-here's your .bet," crie.. the gen.
tlem an who proposed the contest.
O'Connel knew we'll the use of sound
in the vituperation, and, having to deal
with an ignorant scold, determined to
overcome her in volubility, by using
all the high sounding words which oc.
cur in Euclid. With these, and q few
significant epithets, and scoflinp. inn.
pudent demeanor, he had, for once.
imposed silence on Blddy Moriarty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Curious Wills.


Chambers journal gives some
strange facts and figures appertaining
to will-making: In 1914, Lady Frances
Wilson, daue hter of the Earl of Ayles.
bury, was in informed by Archdeacon
Potts, that a parishioner of his, named
Wright, then lying dead at poor lode-
ing in Pimlico, had left her a valuable
estate in Hampshire. The fair leeatee
ridlculed the idea, as she knew no such
individual. However, she went to
Pimlico, and recognized her defunct
friend as a constant frequenter of the
opera, who had annoyed her by con-
tinually staring at her there. One
would naturally suppose that the
triendless man had fallen in love with
the lady, or been attracted, perhaps,
by her resemblance to some lost love Of
his youth. There may have been some
tender feeling in the case but then,
how are we to account for his leaving
e, 600 to the Countess of Rosslyn, e.
OOO to the speaker of the House of Com
mons, and FL, 600 to the chancellor of
the exchequer-all of whom were ieno-
rant of his existence. The worthy
arch-deacon would have secuted the
notion of the man being insane, for had
he not proved himself in his right mind
by leaving him Ell, 600, "as a mark OF
appreciation of sermon he had heard
him preach" In 1772, Monmouth
shire squire left EGO, 600 to q laboring
man to whom he would not speak while
living. A Mr.. Furstane left 97, 900 to
the first man bearing his surname who
should marry female Furstone. This
was one way for lone wan to provide
himself with heirs; but we prefer the
practice of honest George Watts, of
Stoke Bishop, who having no kinsman
or kinswomen to whom he could be
queath sundry cottages, of which he
had by industry and self.denial made
himself proprietor, left each of his
humble tenants the cottage III which
he lived.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Welcome Of the japanese Embassy to
49,, Boston.

welcome OF the Japanese Embassy Il
.,, Boston.
By OLIVER WHNDELL HOLAES.
We welcome you. Lords Of she Land Of the SUM-
Tho voice Of the many sounds foehly tnfcugn ono
All would twerc . voice Of more musical tone,
But the dog star is here and the song DH"s nave
flown.
And what can sing that can cheat ycr % Of smile''
.Yo ;heFslls Of peace from the Orient isies1
II only the Jubilce-Why did you waltz
You are welcome, but oh xau're little too sate!
Round tho addle Of Strauss We have Joined In the
wc have isecred Herr sero, that nne-looting man,
And glorihed Godfrey, whose name !" II Dan'
What pity we'vo missed Il and you've missed II
We'd have shown you-movidei, Of course, you had
You'd have hsard-no, you wouldn't, because II was
dumb.
And then the great organ the chorus's shout!
Like the mixture tetofallers call Cold without ~
And the drum, just referred to, that couldn't be
beat"
The shrinca OF our pilgrims are not IKE your own,
Where white Fusiyama lifts proudly ~ cone.
tThe snev.mantlad nnuntalns Nc see On The fan,
That coos our hoa cheeks with absee1sirom Japan.)
But ours the wide temple where worship il free
A. tho wind Of the prairie, the wave Of the sea;
You msy build your own altar wherever you win,
For the roof Of that temple u over you stirl.
Ono dome overarches the star-spsngled shore;
You may enter the Popeb or the Puritan's door,
Or pass with the Buddhist his gateway Of bronze,
For priest ID but man, be he bishop or bonse.
And tho lessons VIC teach with the sword and the
Is to III oi Gods children, 1--WE Also arc men!
yo1 Ss ce
You'r nnd ~ well-meanins, lree-spoken crowd,
Good-naturcd enough, but . little too loud-
When We choose our Tycoon, and especially now;
For things are 20 mixed, how's fellow know
White is getting 20 black, and blacks getting 10
Repubic~sa., Dem-ic.n-can% get 'em right. p:
You1l take II al calmly-we want you to SEQ
What peaceable fight such contest can be;
And Of one thing bo certain, however It ends,
You will md that our voters have chosen your
friends.
II the horse that stands saded b rst In the raoe
You will greet your old friend with the weed in hfs
And If the white hat and the White House agree,
YouW ind H. g. really - loving % he.
But oh, what . apity-once moro must say
That We could not have Joined in Japanese day N
God bles. the MiIadoi Long i've the Tycoonl
The Lord Of the Mountain looks down from his
Az the banner Of morning unfurls In the West : :
The Eagle was also the friend Of the Sun;
You arc welcome Tho song Of the cage-bird is
August 4, 1872.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Troubles Of Compulsory Education.


The London School Board (says the
Spectator) has at length begun to ap-
ply its bylaws for enforcing attend
ance at schools. The excuses offered
by defaulting parents may be taken AZ
fairly representing the categories un-
der which such pleas will commonly
arrange themselves. Either there was
no money to pay the fees, or there were
no shoes for the children to 20 in, or
there was no one to see that they went.
The first is obviously insufficient, at all
events SO long as the 25th clause of the
Education Act remains in force. But
the fact that it is urged points to the
eventual abolition of the distinction
which the authors of the Act have at
tempted to draw between inability to
give children proper instruction. and
any other form Of destitution. 1t is
generally admitted that a man ought
not to be relieved of the duty of edu-
eating his children unless his means
will not allow him TO discharge it, and
the law has provided that, in. the event
OF his ability, being ascertained to ex-
list, the cost shall be betrayed for him.
But how are School Boards to ascer.
tain it
It will be impossible to punish a
parent for keeping his child at home
while it is shoeless, and equally impos.
sible to provide the child with shoes at
the public expense. This is a real
dilemma, and one which, under the
operation of compulsory legislation,
may easily become serious. The third
obstacle, the want of any one to see
that the children go to school, is also
real one, but it is not one that need
be regarded as formidable. Some
kind Of agency must eventually be set
up to sweep the streets of the ragged
and homeless children that now infest
them, and as the children who disobey
the order to go to school at nine O'Clock
which their father left them when he
went to work at six, are not likely to
stay indoors all day, they will be en-.
closed by the same net.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

THE Jubilee Coliseum building in
Boston, which cost $2OO, 900, is to be
turned over to Gilmore for $50, 900, to
give him a chance to come out even on
his personal expenses in the late glori-
fcation. The remaining deficiency
comes out of the guaranty fund pledged
by the original projectors. 1t is un-
tlerstoed that Mr.. Gilmore's method of
getting square with the world will be
to give a series of concerts, and a grand
closing ball, after which lie will sell
the old fabric for a smoke house, lager
beer garden, kindling wood, or some
other purpose.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

SIX Young men of Robson county,
N: c., we'll armed and equipped, have
taken to the swamps, and are deter
mined to root out the Lowery gang of
outlaws,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Gumbs' DOKs.

Gumbs, who lived next door TO us, has
bought new dog. He needed now one.
HIS last dog used TO bark all night in the
yard until, in frantic desperation, We
would shy our boots and cologne bottles,
and furniture at him. But he always went
ON worse; and in the morning Gumbs
would Come calmly out and gather up
those miseives and carry them into the
hoose. lie has more than twenty pairs Of
our boots and slippers in his possession,
besides chair legs, and cakes Of soap, and
hair brushes, and match safes, and towel
racks. AID he never had the manliness
to offer to give them back. On tho con-
trary, he trained that dog to sit by the
front gate and to seize US by the leg when
we came out, three or four times =. week:
apparently for the purpose of securing
some more boots. But we poisoned him
ono night, and in the morning Gumbs
threw the carcass over into our yard. We
threw it back. Gumbs returned it. We
both staid at home tina. day, and spent the
timc in handing the dog to one another
over the fence. Then we hired an Irish
nun to stand there night and day to return
the deceased to Gumbs' yard. Then
Gumbs also hired an lrishman. 1t was
exhilarating work. Tho corpse sapidly
traversed that fence six Or seven tho q.
sand times every twenty-four hours. He
must have become familiar with the route,
oven if he was dead. at last he wore
away with 81 much handling, and on the
last day tho lrishmen whiled away tho
hours by only flinging the tail at each
other. Our lrishnlan at last buried tho
tail and resigned. And now Gumbs has
got u now dog. 1t will be excessively
sing gular if we do not fish for that dog
some evening soon with q Goldfish line and
u piece Of beef, and run him up all OF y
sudden to our window, and launch him in
to the sewer. No dog owned by u man
named Gumbs shall exult over us.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

The Amherst College crew claim to
have made tho fastest time on record.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
In 6e Pfnes.

1111v. Z. HRn1szxAD.
TO the Nosth oztend the fragrant sislss,
CLEAN tho royal lines
OF the Pines
Wsving their disdems Of youth immortal
Der arch and ortea, vault e.a dome and column,
The tvihsht stealing. subtle, stin and solemn,
1nteetWinee
Win tho ptnos
soft r. the aoor tread count me- the ases
That DER the rocks have crept, O babbdng saess,
since here, Gods regal dsna,
Rose tho pines.
Fighting the tompest, challenging the thunder.
No answer, ssve this one pespietna, nurmur
That rolls from dying Summer round to summer
1Io1s In az S,nes ~ <1"s '':oEs
That dsro and tremble on the hedges moasy.
Whom the strange orchis close along the ground
Push two palms OF satin. Rlistenine, roand,
Like DFyad shines
Through the pines
That slender thyrsus hung with odofous torches.
o, sad Il Is the woods to wander throush,
And feel that unseen steps your fest pursua,
vhezo evening shtnAo
Through the piucs
Whose slghs are counting over your lost Edens.
Ey.. from those du.ty archie. droop o. ma.
where the rcd sun declines
Through tie pines
Lodging in ali theff bows his smbee aRrowA
rhe esntls Auetf oonse-ess,o, : To
Asd sple5 fass ssd Si3ss
And vhilpe11ag pinap ,z.,!
han render these hare hi6 green Hy1aeatas.
'..' &c.. r.. 20. ...~2-0sv AssaaiE.E
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
Tough Buffalo Yarn.

They tell a tough story about young
man named Otto, out in Kansas, who,
in chasing a buffalo over the plain re-
Gently, merely wounded the animal
with his pistol. The infuriated brute
turned upon him and threatened to dc.
molish the adventurous hunter. Moth
ing daunted, he sprang on the animals
back as he came up, grasped the long
hair on the shoulder of the buffalo, re.
loaded his pistol, and put the load
right in the back part of the animals
shoulder. This brought the buffalo to
his knees and sent MIR. Otto whirling
over his head. Gathering himself up,
he looked around, and there sat the
buffalo on his knees gazing on him
with no friendly look, but one more
load finished him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

ALBERT BIERsrADT is now in San
Francisco, having just returned from
the Yo Semitic Valley with his portfolio
filed with new nnd beautiful studies
of the stupendous scenery of that re.
markable region.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

The systems of Enclosures is now
coming into general use in Texas.
Some of these Enclosures are on vast
scale. One of them in South western
Texas consists of 10000 acres, and
affords pasturage for O,O00 head of
cnttlo, which requires $500 men on
satldled horses to attend to them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22
AScllO0l for Printers.

A German letter in the Trade Courier
gives most interesting account of the
schools for printers which are estab-
lished in Stuttgart and throughout
Germany, designed to instruct ap-
prentices in the theory and practice of
printing not only, but to imPart gen.
eral knowledge of foreign languages,
and an accurate acquaintance with the
type of oil languages. The superiority
of German printers is such that many
English books are sent to Germany to
be set up. although they are returned
to England for binding. More inter-
esting still is the report of the book
sellers school at Leipsic, whose pur.
pose is to thoroughly train young men
for their trade by attending to the lit
erary us we'll as the practical side of
the business. A three-y years course is
marked out, embracing the study of all
the prominent languages, ancient and
modern, and their literature, mathe-
matics, geography, commerce, history,
natural sciences, drawing and writing,
aesthetics, photography, statistics, and
business management.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

RUSSIA has succeeded III initiating
Krupp's famous cast steel ordnance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-22

u
toStanlcy.
ADv1cEs from Fort Garry, Manitoba, say
harvesting is going on. The crops arc very
large.
lr is reported that valuable petroleum wells
have been discovered 10 Silesia, and there i.
much excitement in tho province.
GEN. SHERMAN visited Oxford on Thursday,
aud had very agreeable reception from the
authorities OF the University. ,.-
A srEc1AL dispatch to the Standard from
Paris, says that at the meeting Of Emperors
i'll Berlin proposition will be msdc for q
Congress OF European powers, to sanction the
territorial notifications Of France, tho occu-
patton OF Rome, and the revision of the Treaty
OfParis. y.
SIX hundred Communist prisoners, who.
since their conviction have been incarceratcd
in Il military prison on the island OF AK. sailed
Saturday on the transport Garonnc, for New
Caledonia, where they arc to serve out the
scntcuccs imposed upon them.
PRINCE BISMARCK has just celebrated. n,
Vnrzin, his silver wedding. Only small mum
brr Of near relations and old friends wcr<
present on the occasion, but every minut,
which the day was regarded, even beyond tn
bounds OF Germany.
A LETTER from Paris, July %, says: Exc
tutions by the guilotinc will take place nearl
every day this week somewhere iI France. o.
Tuesday the Moorish aasassins of Gregg vii
be executed at AK. On Wednesday or Thurs
day All execution will take place ut Lyons, all
., Thursday or Friday o woman will DO Guilo
ii ned III Paris.''
AT meeting OF tho British Association, o
Fri,'av, Stanley gave an account Of Living
s:un = travels ana tiscovcrics for the past 81
years Capt. James A. Grant, who explore
the sources Of the Nile with the late Cap
Epek., from 1868 to 1865, called in question til
correctness of Liviugstone's observations an
conclusions. Stanley replied, defending til
Doctor, and was loudly cheered. Sir Hem
l;awlinson followed and cordially acknowledge
SANKEY'S services. At q meeting on the SAN
day, Stanley was introduced to Napoleon, E'
gc,,ic and the Prince Imperial.