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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11
The Japanese at the Signal Office.

Brig: Glen. Yamada, Col KIDD, and
number of secretaries and interpre-
ters of the Japanese Embassy visited
the signal office at 10} O'Clock on Sat-
urday evening last, to witness the prac-
tical operations of the Weather Bureau.
They were received by Gen Myres and
his assistants, Col. Mallory, and Lieuta.
Craig, jackson and Greeley. There
was first explained to them the manner
Of getting the reports together in the
Washington office how each observer
was reading his instruments at the same
moment at every station in the United
States and Canada; that the OBSERVE
tions were all transmitted to the chief
sigma! Office by telegraph, in the form
OF q cipher that each message was de-
livered to the telegraph operator at a
fixed time-the operator sending it to
Washington throug gh circuits especially
arranged for the weather reports. the
reports being "dropped" at the differ
ent stations on the line of the circuit. SO
that each observer at each station a
few minutes after delivering his own
report was receiving the reports from
the other stations. At exactly 1895 P.
N: they were taken to the observatory.
where the Washington observer was ut
that moment making what is generally
known as the midnight observation.
they accompanying HIM to each instru-
ment, noting particularly the manner
OF making the different corrections.
and then reducing the result to the
cipher to be transmitted by telegraph.
From this they went to the telegraph
room and saw the report delivered to
the operator and sent. Then the re-
ports began coming in; first from the
southern stations, then from the north-
eastern statlens, and then from the
west, following so closely, one station
upon another, that the time between
each was hardly distinguishable. As
each report was received the name of
the station was read to them, and when
told at one moment that the weather
was pleasant at one distant place, and
at the next, as report from another
station at q great distance from the first
came In, that u heavy storm of snow
prevailed, their surprise seemed to be
unbounded. While the reports were
coming in they were shown BY the OBJ.
server the manner of translating them.
and OF writing a number at once in the
bulletins by means of the manifold
process: Thence they were taken to
Lieut.. Craig's room to see the manner
Of chartiDg the reports from each sta
tlon as delivered from the telegraph
operator, including the drawing of the
isobarometric lines, their comparison
with the former reports and the process
OF deducing the " probabilities; :" from
this they returned to the press room,
where at A. NJ, one hour and forty
live minutes from the time the reports
began coming, in they were each pre-
sented with maps showing the state of
the weather all over the United States,
with tue probabilities" of the weather
for Sunday.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

which were embroidered in golden let.
ters, the names Of the Sultan, of her
mother Ask, and herself, with the day
and hour of her birth, together with
certain passages from the Koran: '"The
children of the Sultan are bound will,
the fct fa immediately after birth; and
this document is deemed sacred proof
of their royal descent and ut the sight
OF it, every Mohammedan must bow
himself to the ground, and defend with
his life the wearer of it,"
BY this time her cousin Mustapha
III. was dead, and his successor, her
kinsman, Mohammetl ", on hearing OF
her story, and, more than all, of her
beauty, conceived passion for her,
and sent his chief friend and conf.
dante, the Beglerberg OF Natolin, to
inform her of the honor that awaited
her. Being informed. that it was the
fame of her wonderful hair that had at
first excited the curiosity and admira-
tlOn Of the Sultan, she cut it entirely
of, and tossed it to the messenger.
CO." said she, "and give your ma-.
ter this-the object of his 1ove-and
tell him that a woman capable of such
q sacrifice knows no master but Heaven
and her own hearth
Had chignons been then in fashion,
much trouble might have been saved
the fair Cecile, who, finding that a
hasty departure from Turkey alone
could save her, demanded, but in valn,
q passport from the Pacha of Smyrna or
lzmir. Urged by her father Achmet,
she Quilted secretly by sea, and was
landed by French frigate at Toulon,
where she learned from the lieutenant
of Maltese galley that her lover had
perished in duel.
Her journey to Turkey had greatly
impoverished her, and now she found
herself in France almost without a
fnend, with only FIVE hundred ducats
and diamond, the gift of her father,
Achmet III. Choosing to conceal her
fallen fortune from every eye, she Sc
lected humble dwelling in an obscure
part OF the city, where, long years
after, her editor: first discovered her,
and where, at distance from royal
thrones, from human wealth and gran
deur, she had sought to pass the even
ing OF her days in peace and Obscurity.
80 G6kfae blessed my fortitnde, ,"$ she
concludes. Z: "Born in~i7lO@i have
lived to see the LIST of January, 1856,
and must now -serenely and TRANQUILITY
await that peace by which death must
make amends for all the surprising and
affecting changes of fortune which I
have experienced in my passage
Cecile-if ever she existed at all
must have been then in her seventy
sixth year. Her narrative is certainly
mentioned in the Journal de Paris !:
but in the tide of events that so r.p-
idly followed the war, in which the
financial troubles of France be-
gan, the meeting of the States. Gen
or Il, and the crash of the first revolu-
tion following, we hear no more of
LA belle Turque," soi-disant daueh-
ter of the dethroned Achmet III.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11
A Travelling Store.
The Yolo (Cal. Democrat says 1:

"On the Upper Sacramento River a
novel business has, for a number of
years, been conducted by Captain Geo.
Case, which partakes somewhat of the
romantic style of the border traders of
early times, with this difference
well-appointed steamer supplies the
place ct the primitive canoe, and the
customers, instead of being the red
skins of the forest, are well.to-do
families settled upon and owning
ranches along the banks of the Sacrs-
mento River. Captain Case commenced
trading between Sacramento and =
point q few miles above Colusa, about
eight years ago, by taking . small
barge load of goods as high up the
river as he wished to go, paying q
steamer to tow him up, and then drop
ping down with the current from house
@ to house to do bis trading, supplying
the settlers with whatever goods they
wanted, and taking in exchange ali
kinds OF produce, especially butter,
eggs. hides, and peltries-anything
that could be converted into cash, and
then reconverted into more goods for
another trip.
some four years ago Captain Cas-
built small steamer at aeost of Sc, 600,
and fitted her up for the trade which he
had found 81 profitable and to enable
him to keep up with his increasing
business The floating store was sup
piled with an assorted cargo of goods,
worth from 81, 600 to &c, 600, and with
the assistance Of a pilot and engineer,
round trips have been made about once
in two weeks ever since. The settlers
along the river find this floating store q
great convenience, and one OF them in.
forms MS they get goods from the
steamer just as cfeaply as they
could from merchants in town.
The Captain and his steamer are .anx-
iously looked for every week, up OF
down, when he makes his regular calls,
does his trading and gossiping,
and posts his friends on the news OF
the outside world. The call made,
business transacted, and call ashore
given out, they haul in the bow-line or
stern anchor, as the case may be, and
steam on to the next rancho. The en-.
terprise of Captain Case has been well
rewarded, as It deserves to be, for he
owns comfortable property in Sacra.
mento, besides his steam store, q fine
stock of goods, and being in the en-
joyment of an uninterrupted and in.
creasing trade.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

THERE are two kinds stock of in
Northern Colorado that are doing re-
markably we'll this winter-coyotes and
buzzards They may be seen at any
hour and in every direction feasting on
the carcass of some poor animal that
has succumbed to frozen fate. Thous.
ands of antelopes have perished on the
plains, and rs they sought protection
near the settlements, hundreds were
shot down by heartless scoundrels and
left to be devoured by carnivorous
beasts and birds.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11
A Chance to Make 4 Fortune

The annual expenditure of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company for
maintenance of galvanic batteries. is
over one hundred and twenty-five thou.
sand dollars per annum. Any improve.
ment, by which this immense OUTLAY
could he reduced without diminishinp
the supply of electricity or increasing
the labor of maintenance, would be oi
value and Importance. Here is grand
opportunity for students in electricity.
A simple battery, more easy and eco.
nomical to maintain than those now in
use, is what is wanted
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11
Mathis.
~ yrNnN 0AO

MAclnSs
N JOHN HAY.
Tho trembling pulses Of the dawn
St1ll with faint gold the violet skies.
And on the moist dew-smitton lawn
The peace Of morning Hes.
blessed truce Of voc and ain.
A glad surcease Of cares annoy.
The waking world has pleasures In
1ts matin light and Joy.
And all tho JOY that nlls the air.
And Ill the light that gtlds The blue.
see In 1t your eycs and hair,
know 1t, love, In you.
Der lips and eyes and golden loss
There dOats . charm cannot reach
wealth Of love, threat Of loss,
Beyond my sub<lest speech.
The amethyst fash viii fade above
Into the dust dim glare Of noon:
The love Of youth, the youth of love,
VIII fade and pass q soon.
kiss close, beloved! for never yet
Could love its bl0em unchanRinR keen:
There are no hearts but they forget,
There are no eyes but sleep.
-tHsspers Weekly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

THE Herald correspondent, captured
by the Lowery outlaws in North Caro-
lima, thus describes Rhoda, Henry Ber.
ry Lowery's wife: "This young wo-
man is remarkably pretty her face
oval, Of very light color; large, dark,
mournful looking eyes white, small,
even teeth; well-rounded mouth !; nose
slightly retrousse !; with profusion Of
straight, jet black hair. She has small
hands and feet, a low, musical voice,
and many minor graces of movement
and manner" But then she carnOt
write, and smokes a pipe and dips. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11
LIE.
n KA11 \. DooaR,

IL 2A3Y j. 0o06E,
Lhe = rosa, hEisE.bardaned, ut svsst. "
Blooming Q day;
fltngtnS H. perfume Mo pea10mo to Aoek,
Wind-basWn sWayl
Leaf sitter leai spreads its blush 10 t6e a3R,
KisDed by The sun;
Deeper-hued glowing, o 3oy AaAsD e III,
loves gue9don Won.
Leaf after leaf shrivels up from The heskt,
leaving Il baRo;
Color and fr1gFance and toy all dopaEt,
None left IT, caFe.
~
My, the divine in u fingers theRo sidH,
Gods caro- I'm IN:
R0so-leaves but drop q the beck Of His VI,
1ekteRs which thean.
Up from H. tEammels the freed spirit winei,
Higher to SOAR;
Altar immortal puro es6aooe 1ineR,
0Vooe cvo1DoUo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

TIE rinderpest has wholly disappeared from
Belgium.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will re-
turn from the continent in June.
The strike Of the London compositors h,s
proved successful. The demand for IN in
crease Of wages and the limitation Of day's
work to nine hours has been conceded by
forty-two firms.
THE House of Commons reasyembIed Thurs.
day: John T. Dodson, member for East Sus.
sex, resigned the craftsmanship of the Con.
mttee Of the Whole in the House. which no.
sltion he had held since 1866. Bonham OR.
Ter, member for Winchester, was elected to
MI the vacancy
IHE London Globe calls attention to a nj.
NOR OF an extraordinary character which has
obtained currency in London, that the case NJ
the American Government before the Geneva
Tribunal Of Arbitration, estimates tn. losse,
of citizens of the United States bv the c,nt,r<
and destruction Of American ships and cargoe,
by Confederate cruisers built or fitted omf M
British waters at $147, ,O0O, 600, and the exuen
ses of the United States Government in pur
suing said privateers at 500 OOO, 600. tn,
Globe comments with some severity on thiI
statement, and expresses the hope that Glad
stone will bo speedily called OH in Parliamen
for an explanation AZ to its truth or falsity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

TUESDAY, April 2.-SENATE.-Mr.
Robertson submitted letter from General Wade
Hampton, kesahau. and II g. BuElDe,. daaydss that
either he or Kershsw were connected with the I. K.
4. Mr.: Nye presented the constitution adopted by
the Utah tate Convention to accompany the appli-
catlon Tor admission ~ state. The Indian sppro-
prtatton bill was taken up aud discussed nntN n
m, when the Senate sdjourned
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17
Republican state Convention.

TIE underSipsd Il directed BY the Republican
6nts Central Committee 70 cali upon the voters
Of the Republican party in West virginia to send
delegates 70 Convention 10 b held at Grafton,
on tie "a day Of Nay next, At n, for thspur.
pose Of choosing delegates 70 The National Re.
publican Conyention, 70 be held a Philadelphia,
on TIE Sth day Of next June, and for thepufpose
OF trlnrAetDg such other business a. may then
seem appropriate, The Committee urge upoa the
Republicans Of the State the Importance ola full
attendance At the State Convention.
The Committee recommend ..... ...
That in each county, unlels other Arrang
msns are made By IL Executive Commit %
the County Convention assemble at the Cour,
House, on Saturday, the 18th day Of Nay next
70 choose delegates 10 lhe State Convention.
That each Countyie 1vention al any yaean
sies thai may exist In the County Executive
Committee, 20 that fall List Of the COMMITTEES
miy b reported q the State Convention.
Q. ". B. ALLnoN,
Chairman State Executive Committee.
RRssIIa2, xarek 20, is72.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17

IL the Register had taken as much space
and pains yesterday to furnish iuforma.
tlon touching the Affairs, ability and rcIi..
biLity Of the organizations known "a the
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway o. I"
and the wheeling & Ohio Union Rail.
way Co." as ittoOk not to furnish any such
Information, it would have answered the
public demand and expectation much bet.
Ter than it did. The public are not in the
MOOD now to be amused with mere tech.
h'Ga'iues nor TO be Impressed with the ar.
gument Of Ftdicule. The question Of 70.
nng 100000 or 100000 to the comma.
ntSs ts,eFted TO, through municipal
BODY which refuses 10 have anu cboo,,"
i paAsea on Us will and pleasure, is quite too
serious q matter for that style Of contro,
versy. open,. honest, unreserved NI .,s,O
ments of solid facts are the argument, 49, ~ =,
will Just now most impress the voter ~
this city. We have suggested many not,,.
andcorrespondents havesuggested others
on which information is needed. lit !,
to beturnished, we respectfully suggest I,
our contemporary, which seems to DO III,
mouthpiece OF the combinations asking 70
these subscriptions, that it is not too sool
to begin.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17
New Advertisements.

NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
PfoposAlsafe requested ior thsStG and brish
work md eaEpentlT Of de Catholic Church 10 b
erected n Ritehietovn. = 40
For Information apply q ths Cathedral
Locust posts, feet long. still needed myiI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17
Irna shalloK device 10 chAracterize

IT Q shallow device to characterize
those who are not yet convinced Of the
expediency Of placing 100000 OF $780,
900 in the hands Of two companies one
Of which has not yet been organized, and
neither Of which hGS furnished any evi.
dence Of It's ability or responsibility, as
being opposed to public improvements.
1t is one thing TO be in favor Of building
a ratlroad. When o combination comes
forward and asks for our money for that
purpose, protesting 10 be able to build the
road but declining 10 furnish any evidence
Of that ability, 1t may be quite another
thing 70 comply with their request; and
those who are most heartily 10 favor Of
subscribing y build railroad may be
most reluctant TO trust that combination
with money for that purpose. We are
not necessarily TO Associate the success or
failure OF public improvement with the
success or failure Of any particular com.
binalion which puts itself forward to
build i. There maybe Othersources from
which capital aud experience could be
drawn into new combination, and the
ultimOte success OF an enterprise where
Il has real merit may be promoted and
fastened, instead OF retarded, by
refusing TO risk all We are able 10 con.
tribute to it in doubtful hands. For ex.
ample, II on account Of the present lack
Of information about and confidence in
the Wheeling & Lake Erie Company, the
che people Of this city should decline to
vote them the $500, 900 asked for, it would
not follow that no railroad 10 the north.
west would ever be built Possibly 8
new company at some future day, com.
bling equal or even greater experience or
capital might be, formed, 10 which the
city would be more willing to cOnfde her
subscription. And 80 as to the bridge.
Friends Of these Improvements who dis.
trust the ability Of the present organi.
cations, may therefore honestly oppose
subscriptions TO them without justly in.
curing charge Of hostility to the i'm.
provements themselves. The most efFec.
tive way for these complaints to work Is
not to abuse such persons, but to remove
their distrusl and convince them by 8
show Of facts that they are able TO and in
good faith will build the Improvements II
Interested with our subscriptions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17

THE Register insists, with great SHOW
OF argument, that we have raised the ques.
ton whether or not the people can trust
the City Couucil:" We are greatly i'm.
pressed with the penetration Of our cotem.
porary. That is the question exactly.
We do not claim to have originated it 1t
is a question that hundreds of people in
the city have been asking themselves since
the action Of Council submitting the rail.
road and bridge subscriptions to a vote
without conditions. We have only given
it palpable and public expression. 1t isa
question worthy oil attention and discus.
sion. For ourselves we feel constrained,
after the indications Of few weeks past,
TO range ourselves with the negative.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17

WE invite the careful attention o.
Wheeling taxpayers to the letter o.
Citizen" In this paper, under the caption
Another rejected proviso OF the Bridge
ordinance" II will be seen-And we re-
spsctfully ask our Market street cotem'
porary TO note it-thAt at least one person
"outside Of the INTELL1GENCER Office
shares the distrust we have expressed
sgAtpSt placing SO large a sum Of money
as proposed In the hands oil Council under
the circumstances Of the case as it stands,
If anybody can show q good reason for
rejecting the very necessary and proper
condition which Mr.. HAHDLAH proposed
to put in the Bridge ordinance-viz.:
that the subscription shall not be made
unless the city shall be fully guaranteed
in every shape and form that the work
will be completed"-now is the time to
adduec It. Our correspondent calls atten.
ton to the fact that one-tenth OF the sub
scdption to the bridge must be actually
paid over in money before the Company
(which is yet inchoate) can organize.
That is the law as laid down in the char
ter Itself.
Our correspondent intimstes even more
plainly than we have done, some OF the
reasons why people distrust council in
this matter. There is too much zeal
among influential and managing mem.
beers Of that body to assure us Of cool and
judicious action on their part when the
money had been voted into their control.
This persistent determination not 10 al.
low the people Of the city in voting the
subscriptions TO lay any restraints on
on the discretion OF council in the dis.
position Of them, is OF itself enough to
make men hesitate. And we can assure
our contemporary that while all recognize
the dislntercstedness, the uprightness and
the trustworthtness Of portion oil each
branch of council there hundreds who dis.
trust as wedo, the action oithose who con.
s!itute, or control, u majority Of that body
when such large interests are to be placed
unFeservedly in their hands-and especial.
Iy in case with SO many suspicious sur
roundings as the present one. There are
some who believe ring has already been
formed having a segment in Council
There are others who spprehend that one
would be. And against pelils from E1ch
source they demand protection, and il i
Is not furnished will have 10 choice b1;
to vote agsins: the Subscriptions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17

A NEAT THSG.-Te have slLon sss,
a nester arrangement thsn thsi made BY
the Democratic County Committee in the
matter Of selecting delegates TO the Park.
esburg Convention Prom the columns
Of the RICHTER We Learn that &. TIE INST.
ing Of the committee Tuesday evening,
the Secretary Of the Committee Gsd
AessFs. ". ". MILLER, Gen A J. PAS-
NELL, Col TAos. O'BglES, Capt VI. Il.
HARR1S0S, Capt GCa RoLFE and JoHs
b. WILSON were appointed q committee
TO learn what gentlemen are Wiling TO
attend the Psrkenburg Convention" and
report their names TO the court house
meeting next Saturday afternoon. We
learn that The Committee has been around
quite industriously seeing the gentlemen
Aforesaid who are willing TO gfvetheir val.
liable time aud efforts for the bened. Of their
country at Parkersburg, and 1t Is thought
there will be no difficulty in finding a
sufficient number Of willing patriots to
I'LL the quota OF this county. The expec.
tstion is, Of course, that the court house
meeting will appoint those reported; 80
that the committee would, in fact, select
the delegation. Now, by q singular co.
incidence it happens that the gentleman
first named on the committee (aiter tie
Secretary is 3 candidate for nomination
to the most laborious and responsible
office in the State. It Is said the rest OF
the committee are not unlriendly TO his
aspirations, and it would be, therefore,
not surprisingly the gentlemen who will
DC seen" BY this committee would be
found at PsrkerSburg quite unanimous
and enthusiastic for the Wheeling caudi.
date Tor State Auditor. Strategy, nv
boy" .-t-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-17
NOTICE.

Sealed proposals Tor making from 400. oO1 10
G0lC@ good Inerchantahle brick, for inc Gonna.
t ny o. inc Andes NAH Works Of Martins Ferry,
mereiAl Bank Of Martins Ferry, until 4 o,eIorE
r S;i r. On saturday, the 18th diy OF May. iST9,
bias are 70 20 80 much per thousand, MIC com.
pany to furnish the clay. ' Nv 'O'n'
Also Tor finding all the material and bu,,A,r,
from four 10 ECyen hundred march n S,nno mi
!ot ioaLdAaon toE nail min Sad other neee s.
~ s9nS TosS tos ne zane tho work to BE- done
connection with said work can 10 hSS ~, saI,I ~
on NJ; smith: At the Commercial Bans ~ WalS
u1s Ferry. The company. reserve The Ti,St W
shOuld uink best. AL II
P. s.-There Is little stock In the above enn.
pAny not yet dispoeed Of, which can be had nv
calling Eoon on Nj. DoVener, Of Wheeling: L.
sPense, Or At the Commercial Bank OF Martin
BY order OF the
myN BOARD OF DIRECToPs