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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04
The Adventures OF Youthful Siren-An
Old Fool Ruined and Tilted.

A Boston letter writer gives some
new details regarding the career Of the
adventures who was married in Lon
don to the late we'll known actor,
Walter Montgomery, q marriage which
was almost Immediately followed by
the suicide of the bridegroom. This
woman was one Of the coryphees at a
Boston theatre, when she attracted the
attention of an old but wealthy citizen,
who was foolish enough to marry her.
The union was not happy one, as the
woman soon developed fondness for
fast society, which was anything but
Agreeable to heraged spouse. Finally,
she ran away and visited England,
where, as is we'll known, she was mar
ried to Mr.. Montgomery, who was on
the point of visiting the United States
1t has been said that his mortitica-
ton on discovering the trne character
of the person whom he had welded
drove him to the desperate step of
taking his own life Ill preference to
meeting the scorn which he expected
to receive from the world when the
facts should become known.
MIR. Montgomery dead and buried,
the spurious widow returned to her lc-
gitimate husband in Boston, who ap-
pears to have been 80 Infatuated with
the nnprincipled adventures as to have
lost all regard for his own honor or
good name. The treacherous woman
was received with open arms and sup
Piled with unlimited sums of money
She appeared in public on every occa
sion with all possible display, making
a profuse and ostentatious expenditure
of her husbands wealth. In the course
of few months the foolish old gentle
mans means were all squandered away,
and very recently his name has APP
pearcd in list of bankrnpts. As
might have been expected, the woman
who had caused his ruin deserted him
rs soon ~ his ability to administer to
her extravaganza had failed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04
Insurance Extraordinary.

A story comes from France, to the
effect that the Communists of Lyons
are offering to insure the merchants
against damage in the next insnr.
rection, for a monthly consideration
pail now in cash. Some of the mer-
chants, it il added, are taxed as high
ns ii, 900 year for this guarantee, anu
in addition, agrec to vote as the Com
munists direct in the municipal elcc-
tiO),S
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

A MARRIAGE took place in Detroit, a
few days ago. between ship carpenter
sixty~ive years old, the survivor oi
three wives, and cirI "f fifteen. She
didn't marry for money, certainly, for
nfter paying the preacher and tr,nting
tho crowd t" beer, the husband hadn't
cent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

A WEALTHY Chinese firm recently
bought the monopoly of the opium trade
i" the Sandwich island for $25, 600.
The profits IT tho business must Of
course Il" immense, and it is increasing
every day. The natives, in an illicit
way, Of course, are getting to be great
opium smokers, paying to the Chinese,
who are allowed to buy the drug, 30
much for "a smoke.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04
Sigpiniilcancc Of Colors,

A singular instance of the selection
of colors is remarked in the chorus at
the Boston Coliseum. The significance
of this selection may also be noted. 1t
appears that the contralio singers, who
SIT nearest the bass singers, indulge in
dark-blue and dark-green, while the
soprano singers, who sit nearest the
tenors, indulge in lighter blues and
green. In the centre and on each side.
where contraltos and sopranos sit re-
mote from either tenors or bassos, the
prevalent tint is light-blue, without
any sign of green. Bluo and green are
the predominant oolors, as they are the
fashionable. But while the gentle So
prani, arrayed i'll colors complimentary
to the unhappy tenori, bedeck them
selves with light shades, on the other
hand their sisters Of the contralto
persuation find the colors compliment
airy to the rough bassi in the dark hues
Of azure and green. Whether this se-
lection of tints has any relation to mu-
steal measures, or whether harmony in
melody and coloring are of kin, or tho
further question of tho connection of
their selected shades with the ci,ame-
leon phases of the chase matrimonial,
we leave to those who deal in aesthetics
or metaphysics, and to the observers of
tho action and agitation of tho average
New England choir, where filtration Is
by no means unknown. The great fact,
however, remains rs above stated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

A MAN can do third more work, and
do it better, if he takes 5. sponge bath
every morning.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

lr is estimated that the Columbus,
Ga., manufacturers will consume this
season 5000 bales of cotton, worth ~
cents per pound, or 800 per bale,
5000, 600 in the raw and more than
Il, 200, 900 in the manufactured state.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
Suspcndipg Burglar by His Coat Tail.

About 4 o'clock yesterday morning
Miss Eliza Frey, the daughter of John
Frey, cabinet-m maker, of No. 60 Greene
street, was awakened by a man placing
his hand on her throat and threatening
to choke her if she made y noise. She
struggled and screamed vigorously. The
fellow became frightened and ran to the
window to jump out. Miss Frey sprang
from her bed and seized the mans coat
tails in both hands rs he was disap
pearing through the window. She held
on and screamed and the suspended in
dividual kicked and swore. Suddenly
the coat gave way. Miss Frey fell back
into the middle of the room, still tight
ly grasping the rent garment. The
man fell into the court yard, where he
was captured by an officer who had been
attracted by the n oise.-New York Times,
E.ne 20.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
CHAPTER ii.

In the midst of the Antarctic ocean, little
off the route from New York to Australia,
there lies a large island named Kerguelen' s
Land, or-as Capt Cook called 1.-THE Island
of Dssolation.
1t was discovered just hundred years ago
On 1772), by the French naval officer whose
name it bears. 1t was uninhabited then, and
is to-day as deserted as ever.
The smallest school-boy among our readers
can find it upon his map of the world, about
midway between the south end of Africa and
Australia. we'll up toward the South Pole.
1t is a hundred miles in length by fifty in
breadth, and i'd consequently three or four
times as large Rhode Island.
Its coasts are 30 wild and dangerous that its
discoverer, during the two expeditions that he
made to it, did not once bring his ships to an
Choir in any of its bays and harbors.
Its shape is very irregular, but something
like that of an hour-glass, it beingnearly cut
in two by couple of large bays, but these
two divisions are unequal in size the north
en peninsula being much larger than the
southern.
Its coast line is wildly broken andjagged, its
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

LIVER COMPLAINT, LIVER DISEASE, l. f.
DEMONSTRATIONS complaints-by
some termed liver disease-are very
common in this country. The ordinary
indications, such as yellowness of the
skin and whites of the eyes, pain in the
right side under the inferior ribs, with
sometimes difficulty of respiration and
troublesome cough, are familiar ia a
host of sufferers but the liver, some
times, is in very unsatisfactory state
without the presence of such symptoms.
When we reflect that the liver is the
largest gland Of the body, that it Sc
cretes the bile which lubricates the
bowels, and keeps them in order, is the
great blood purifier or cleansing ma
chine of our systems, it may truly be
called the Housekeeper of oar Health. Sudden
transitions of climatic temperature, or impure
air, or toater, are disturbing elements which
arrest the functions of the liver, and render
it torpid, producing diarrhea, dysentery, bill
ious ren,ittentS, Intermittent feoers, and gen
eral prostration and unhealthy state of the
whole organization.
1t is not surprising that a medicine which
can restore the healthy operations of the liver
sh ould command general attention. Such a
medicine is CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, The
Housekeeper's Towel and Broom.-[COm.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

ANOTHER WONDERFUL CAvE.-A Scho-
harie county N. W journal of a re-
cent date says: On Saturday last a
party from this village visited the cave
lately discovered near Shutters Corners.
They say the indications are that this
is one of the most extensive caves in
the country. They penetrated under
the mountain about mile, and found
an immense amount of the finest speci-
mems and formations caused by the ac-
ton of water. Some of the stalactites
and stalagmites were foot or more in
diameter. and SO clear that you could
nearly see through them. A petrifed
stump, similar to those lately found at
Gilboo (the color being white), Was
found about half a mile from the en-
trance. Near the center is dome about
100 fee, in height, which, when lighted
ups presents u most beautiful appear
ance, it being covered with stalactites
OF all shapes and appearance. Owing
to the water the farther progress of the
party was prevented. The proprietor,
M. Rashold, intends to procure can
vas foot for the purpose of crossing
this hitherto UNEMPLOYED sea, and ex.
poets to find the principal part of the
cave beyond. The theory is that this
cave connects with what is known as
Balls cave, some five miles distant. If
such be the case, then there is ample
room for the most ex ensive cave in the
country-being located some 500 feet
under one of the most massive rock
formations in the State.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
An Excellent Varnish for Harness.

Procure half pound or pound OF
gum-shellac, according to the quantity
desired break the scales fine, and put
them in a jug or bottle; add good alco-
hol sufficient to cover the gum; cork
tightly, and place where it will be kept
warm. In about two days, if shaken
frequently, the gum will be dissolved
and ready for use. If the liquid appears
as thick as thin molasses, add more al
cohol. To one quart of varnish add one
ounce of good lampblack and an ounce
of gum camphor. Such varnish will not
render leather hard, but will keep the
harness from becoming soaked with
water, and the surface clean and neat
for long time. a coat of il will effect
ually prevent the oil in the leather
from soiling ones hands. Nothing is
better to render farmers boots water
proof than an occasional coat of this
leather varnlsh.-Home Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

TRAGIC SCENE IN A PARIS CoURT.-A
very tragical scene took place quite re-
Gently in the Correctional Court at Paris.
A youth, named Jolly, not yet 10 years
Of age, was called up to be sentenced to
FIVE years in the House of Correction,
and after that to be for five years longer
under the surveillance of the police.
Jolly had belonged to the body kno n
as the Avengers of the Republic. On
the 22d of May, at the head of troop
OF insurgents, he had seized upon all
the horses in the plain of Monceaux.
When arrested, after the entrance of
the troops into Paris, Jolly was liberated
under nolle proSequi, owing to his youth;
but was afterwards rearrested and
brought to trial under various new
charges. His counsel maintained that
he could not be punished after having
been released for similar offenses, but
the court overrulcd the argument and
passed the sentence. Scarcely had he
pronounced it when Jolly cried aloud in
court, "A prison my nature will never
permit me to endure prison. | prefer
DEATH" and straightway plunged knife
into his throat, from which the blood
flowed in streams. The guards rushed
towards him, but he struggled against
their efforts to stem the wound, and was
taken to the Hotel Dieu, where he has
since died.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

Co OPERATION IN BELGIUM.-The join
ers of Verviers, Belgium, struck, last
April, for reduction of hours and in
crease of pay. Their employers com
bined to refuse the demand. There
upon the men bought some land, built
some shops, and began operations on
their OWE account on the lst of May.
A month afterwards. their orders ex-
ceeded those of any other firm in the
city, and their success was assured. The
benefits of the measure have not been
confined to the cooperative .joincrs
alone. Their Withdrawal from the
labor market has caused keen com.
petition between their old employers
tor men, so that even the joiners who
did not co operate with them have
higher pay than ever before.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

A YOUNG lady from New Hampshire
presented the following testimonial to
n school board out west: Miss Brown,
a New Hampshire lady, and a very ac-
complishcd and successful teacher, full
Of faith, courage, an d energy, who can
run a school, lead Il prayer meeting,
break cot, fight a grizzly, or shine in a
drawing.ropm, wan 5 to try her hand at
her profession in your far-otf State of
Nevada, and teach the young idea there
how to shoot something besides lndi-
ans and sage hens. ! know her will
and can vouch that she is everything
that n woman ought to be, to.wit !:
plucky, clever, amiable, and good
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

BUENos AYERS is stirred to a great de-
gree Of excitement by recent attempt
upon the life of lady of high rank.
The victim was the Donna de Castella-
nos, and she bel nged to the highest
order of the native nobility. She was
going out of a store in the company OF
her daughter when she was approached
by a man who stabbed het in the back
with a stiletto. He instantly fled, and
has not been taken. The blow was
aimed with great accuracy at the heart,
but the lady was quite tleshy, and the
blade failed to reach the vital part.
Assassinations are not exactly novelty
in South America, but the boldness of
this attempt, which took place in broad
daylight, and the mystery which sur
rounds it, have contributed great inter
est to the affair."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

The eruption OF Vesuvius has totally
destroyed all the growing crops in the
vicinity of the mountain, either by the
lava, showers of pumice-stone, or hot
ashes thrown out, which have buried or
scorched the vegetation. But the effect
will be temporary. BY next season the
decomposed rubbish will have furnished
such an abundance of fertilizing matter
that the vineyards and orchards which
have not been wholly burnt by the lava
streams will become more productive
than ever; at least such has been the
experience heretofore.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

NEWSPAPER STATIsrICs.-Geo. z.
Rowell 4 Co. have issued the "Amerl-
can Newspaper Directory for 1872.
We learn from it that this country now
maintains 507 dailies, l05 tri-weeklies,
ITO semi weeklies, 1850 weeklies. 81 BIZ
weekies, 81 semi monthlies, 6S5 month
lies, 4 b-monthlies, and So quarterlies
in all 6,432 periodicals; being an in
crease on the past year of 449. Never
theless, IA dailies have died within the
last twelve months. Florida alone is
without Il daily, being barbarously salts
fed with bi-weeklies and weeklies.
There are 663 papers claiming over 5000
circulation. of religious papers there
are 302; of papers devoted to Agricul-
ture, etc, lO5; Medicine and Surgery,
rs; Education, 95; Commerce and
Finance, 76; Insurance, 25; Real Estate,
43; Science and Mechanics, 81; Law,
%; Sporting, 10; and Music, 2S. The
Freemasons have rs periodicals, the
odd Fellows, 10; Woman Suffragists
keep Organs going, and the Tenn
perance Reformers, 43. OF periodicals
printed in German, there are 2S3 f;
French, %; Scandinavian, II; Spanish,
s; IIollandish, 6; Italian, 5 Welsh, 3
Bohemian, 6; Portuguese, | and Chero
kee, |.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

AN IMMENSE WoRK-SHop.-In Kr1pp's
famous steel works, at Essen, Prussia
there are 5l4 furnaces for smelling,
roasting, and cementing; GA for weld
ing, heating, cooking, and other pur-
poses 100 iorges, $40 turning lathes,
1870 planning machines, 81 grinding ma,
chimes, 90 growing benches, IA boring
machine l20 other machines l5O
steam b3liers, $50 steam engines, ag-
gregating S,377 horsepower, the largest
being of 1000 rse-power. There are
100 work people, who made in 1877 1,
I3OO00,000 pounds of steel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20
Notes AhOut Rats.

A gentleman, who has passed many
years of his life at st. Helena, told me
lately several stories about rats. so GU
rious that | thought them worthy OF
record. He said that at one time the
common brown rat was extremely com
mon all over the island, in fact perfect
pest and to avoid it's attacks his father
had constructed large store, rat proof,
namely rat once in could not get out
again A number, however, came in
with produce and goods from the ships,
and bred there. Around this store were
venetian blinds to the windows, and one
day one of his men, when it was raining,
watched a rat sitting on the venetian
and putting out his tail to collect on it
the drippinrs of water at the edge he
then withdrew it an | licked it. The
servant told his master, who immedi-
ately understood that the rails could get
no water inside the ste re, and therefore
directed that butter tirkin should be
cut down to four or five inches, and in
the top a large circular wire rat cage
trap should be fixed. Several small
planks were placed for the rats to get up
to the entrance to the cage. which ex-
actly fitted the firkin. No food would
have induced the rats to enter the trap,
but water did, and many were thus cap
tured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

No Person can tntkc these bittcrs accord
Ing To- directions, and remain long unwcl, provided
their bones not DESTROYED by mineral poison other
melus aud the vtd organs wasted beyond the point
of rep1lr.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
in the shoulder, Coughs Ightness of the Chest. Dir
ziueS4. Sour Eructdtons ct the Stomach, Bad Taste
IN the Month. Bilious Attacks Palpation of the
II cart Inflammation OF the Lungs. Pain in the regions
OF the Kidneys, and hundred other painful symptoms.
are the ospuugs of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
it has equal ana one bottle will prove letter guar
antcc OF IT'S merits than lengthy advertisement
For Female Complaints, in young old.
married single, at the dawn Of womanhood, or the
turn life, these Tonic Bitters display decided
influence that marked Improvement is soon percep-
tible.
For In ia mmntOry and Chronic Rheu-
matism and Gout, Bilious, Remtent and Inter-
mtent Feve!5, Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, these Bittcrs have equal. Such Dis
eases are caused by Initiated Blood, which is generally
produced by arrangement OF the Digestive Organs.
They are II Gentle Purgative as well ms
n TOnic, possessing also the peculiar merit OF acting
~ powerful ager; relieving Congestion or lnttam-
nation OF the Liver and Vsccr Organs, and III Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions> letter, Salt
Rheum, BotChes. Spots Pimples, Pustules Bols, Car
peas Itch Scurfs, Dscoorations of the Skin, Humors
nd Diseases OF the Skin, of whatever name or nature,
literally dug up and carried out OF the system IN
short time by the use of these Bitters.
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR Bir.
TIERS the wonderful lnvgorant that ever sustained
the sinking system -
! WALKER, Prop'r. Il. II. MCDONALD a. CO.,
Druggists and Gen. AGts san Francisco and New York
Rr SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

WHETHER for use on man or beast, the
Merchants Gargling Oil will be found an
invaluable Liniment, and worthy of use by
every resident in the land. We know of no
proprietary medicine or article now used in
the United States which shares the good will
of the people to q greater degree than this
". Y. Iedependent.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

ASK your grocer for Dooley's Yeast
Powder. the best Baking Powder for preparing
Biscuits Rolls, Bread, Griddle Cakes, Waffies,
etc Depot SO New street, N. At retail by
all grocers. - lCom.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

The failure of tbs land act as means
of mitigating the hardships which the
tenantry of Ireland feel that they are
laboring under, is strikingly illustrated
by the recent murder of Mrs. Neil near
Dublin. The crime is also significant of
the desperation which characterzes
these people in administering what
some cpigrammatic minister has styled
the justice of revenge 1t was com
mitted, not in a remote and secluded
region, but in one of the most populous
suburbs of the Irish capital. Mrs. Neil
resided at Sydenham Terrace, Rathgar.
She had a small property in her own
right, in Kings county. Some of her
tenants had failed to protect her rights,
and had permitted right of passage
through portion of her estate to grow
up by prescription. Hence she deter
mined to eject them, and, being an
energetic, fearless woman, had actually
served the notices with her own hand,
though she was obliged to thrust them
under the doors. A few evenings after
ward, two men were observed lettering
about her house at Rathgar, and later in
the evening, there was a knock at the
door. She went to open it herself, and
her husband heard her conversing with
some one in low tone, after which he
heard the discharge of a pistol. He
hurried to the door and found his wife
diving in the hall, and saw man run
ming away from the house. Great efforts
have been made for the arrest of the
murderer, and one of the evicted ten
ants has been apprehended, but it is
very much to be doubted whether any
convictions can be secured.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

AN AGREEABLE REMEDY.-lu is said by
physicians that asparagus is very bene-
fetal IN case of rheumatism and govt.
Slight cases are cured in few days by
feeding on this delicious esculent, and
more chronic cases are much relieved,
especially if the patient carefully avoid
all acids, whether In food or beverage.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

Ten BECAUsEs.-A hundred reasohs might
be given why Lyons kathairon should he used by
every intelligent human being preference to every
other preparation tor the hair, but ten Will sulce
Here they are: Because it nourshes the tibers null
tpes them and makes them grow; because il thus
prevents them from with ring and bleaching be
cause it removes the scurt and dandru which choke
them n tares choke the golden grain; because 1t
keeps scalp cool and prevents eruptions because
II renders the hair lustrou5 satin because II
makes it plant and elastic because it il fragrant
aud delightful dressins because 1t does not SOL IN"
pillow the cap the hat; because It is without
rival in cheapncsS and because other article sold
for the same purpose. in this or any other country.
possesses all one-half, of these invaluable
nrnnerl rs.-I Com.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-07-20

As 4 REMEDY for bronchial Affections
and Chronic diseases Of the Lungs,
nothing ever before discovered equals
DR.. Picrces Golden Medical Discovery.
GOA
BENEFITS LAST ToILET.-Of James
Gordon Benefits appearance in his
iast resting place, Wa &c. this glimpse IN
New York correspondence: :" The
body is dressed in II suit OF black, with
patent leather slippers on his feet. The
process OF emballning has given a very
life Ike appearance to ms features. The
remains are inclosed in Il magnificent
casieI, said to be the finest and most
hraiititul ever made in this country. 1t
is nearly square, and is constructed of
u wood that outiasts metal. The en-
tire casket is mounted in massive frame
work Of silver mounting oi chaste de
sign, boted aud made fast III such Il
manner that it must last for ages