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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Ne excellence without Labor.

Ne Excellence without labor.
The education, moral and intellectual,
of eoery individual, must be, chiefly,
his own work. Rely upon it, the
ancients were right; both in morals
and intellect, We give the final shape to
our characters, and thus become,
emphatically, the architects of our own
fortunes. How else could it happen,
that young men, who have had precisely
the same Opportunities, should be con
tinually presenting us with such differ
ent results, and rushing to such opposite
destimes3
Difference of talent will not solve it,
because that difference is very often in
favor of the disappointed candidate.
You will see issuing from the walls OF
the same college, nay, sometime from
the bosom Of the same family, two
young men, of whom one will be
admitted to be genius of high order,
the other scarcely above the point oil
mediocrity yet you will see the genius
sinking and perishing in poverty,
ooscurity, and wretchedness while,
on the other hand, you will observe
the mediocre plodding his slow but
sure way up the hill Of life, gaining
steadfast footing At every step. and
mounting at length to eminenoe and
distinction, an ornament to his family,
. blessing to his country.
Now, whose work is thisl Manifestly
their own. They are the architect Of
there respective fortunes. The best
seminary Of learning that can open it's
portals to you, can do no more than
afford you the opportunity of instruc.
ticn; but it must depend, at last, on
yourselves, whether you will be
instructed or not, or to what point you
will push your instruction. I speak
from observation q certain truth; there
is no excellence without great labor.
It is the dat Of fate, from which no
power of genius can absolve you.
1t is this capacity for high and long,
continued exertion, this vigorous
power of profound and searching in
vestigation, this careering and wide
spreading comprehe nsion Of mind, and
these long reaches of thought, that
Pluck bright honor from tho peje-fsced moon,
" drive into the bottom Of the deep,
And drag up drowned honor by the locks.
This is the proves, and these the
hardy achievements, which are to enrol
your names among the great men OF
the earth.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Manifest Man.
BY q. W, BUN0AY.

Vho Manifest Man.
BY q. W. BUNaAY.
The manifest man OF all the race
Whose heart ie open as his face,
Puts forth his hand to help another.
ETls not the blood OF kith or kin,
IT'S not the color OF the skin,
lis the true heart which beats within
Which makes the man man and brother.
His words are warm upon his lips,
His heart beats to his finger tips,
He il friend and loyal ncighbor.
Sweet children kiss him on the way,
And women trust him, for they may;
He owes no debt he cannot pay;
He earns his bread with honest labor.
He lifts tho fallen from the ground,
Aud put his feet uptn the round,
Which lifts him higher day by day,
Towards the bright and heavenly way,
Aud further from the tempter's sway,
Which stingeth like the angry adder.
He strikes oppression to the dust,
He shares the blows aimed at the lust,
He shrinks not from the post Of danger;
And'in the thickest Of the light
He battles bravely for the right,
For he il mightier than the might,
Though graded in = manger humble.
Hail to the manly man, he comes,
Not with the sounds OF horns and drums,
Though grand as any duke, aud grander
He dawns upon the world, and light
Dispels the dreary gloom OF night,
And ills, like bats and owls, take fight;
Hes greater than great Alexander.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Your VHaltha0 Watehoe ano
the only oaes that w.u stand 10
shock of blasting. We hsvo Il til
mine both 3orstg1 and Ai1srsat
kinds of American V1ateAos, bue
the VHAIR8ADI wA3n1 4.
tho only one adapted: . en- Pr
poss.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Price &c, SOC, and 81 per bottle
IN HARRIS CO., Cincinnati. Ohis.
Preprietors for the Southern and Western States
Sold by ALL MEDICINE DEALERS GENERALLY.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

MADAME CArAoAzY is one of the Par.
isian queens of fashion,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

IA "1AV0x ~ V1A0 A10AOA4 \NkN0Es 0V&811Os
AID relates an Investigation made by
him as to the comparative bulk Of
clover roots and tops, which will in
terest those who propose to use clover
as fertilizer, either by blowing under
green, or as hay crop, and then by
that amelioration of the soil which
the roots are supposed to effect. He
says:
The value Of clover turned under, or
of clover sod, depends very much on
the amount of vegetable matter con-
tanned therein. Some farmers have
contended that the roots contain q large
per cent. of vegetable matter when
compared with the tops. To test this
question fairly I went into q field of
second crop of clover Last summer,
where the soil was deep, rich and
loamy, with subsoll of like nature,
so that the roots could easily strike
deep, and dug several tops of clover,
with roots twelve inches long, tapering
nearly to y point. The roots were
washed carefully. The tops were
measured in length (not height, for it
was all lodged, from two to three feet
and over. The tops and roots were
separated, and weighed in the proper
ton of five to one while green. and
when we'll dried, the same. The clover,
If then cut and cured, would have made
II tons of hay to the acre, and as the
roots were only as one tofive of the tops,
this would give only five hundred
pounds to the acre of dried roots ; and
as only one-eighth Of this by weight is
below the reach of the ordinary pillow
of five inches, and the reach of the
main body of the roots of our field
crops, which is only 62} pounds to the
acre, We thus see the absurdity of the
tap roots of the clover to much extent
fertillzing the subsoil. The 62} pounds
below the five inches taken from the 500
ponds. the whole amount of roots,
leavs but 437} pounds of roots in the
soil if dried. This estimate ie for the
largest growth of clover. Ordinary
crops are much smaller, 800 pounds of
dry roots in the soil above the depth
OF five inches. and forty pounds below
it, would be fair estimate.
The first crop of clover on the land
alluded 20 was very heavy-at least a
| ton to the acre more than the second
crop-consequently the proportion OF
the roots to the tops was as nine to one,
provided the roots had not grown any
with the growth of the second crop.
It is, perhaps, about fair to suppose
the clover stubble, leaves, and hay left
on the ground in gathering the crop is
about equal in weight to that of the
roots, or 500 pounds to an acre. This,
with the whole roots, will make but
1000 pounds or half ton to the acre
Of dry vegetable matter in the very
best clover sod, exclusive of the humus,
and while green four times 40 much by
weight. Where the soil is already sup.
piled with humus and other substances,
comprising good soil, this half q tor
Of dry vegetable matter, or It's equiv.
alent, two tons of green matter, will
in an ordinary season, on good land,
with good culture, insure seventy-five
bushels of corn to the acre, or, a cror
of clover additional twenty-five &c
thirty bushels of wheat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
NEW NITRO aaErRlcAl RfevlA1oR.

by which tho slightest variation can b
easily corrected. It IL carefully i'd
justed, and may b easily relied On e
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
American Watch Co., Of Walthan

This watch il made in the most sub
stantial manner, ON tho most approved
principles, and combines al tho recent
improvements. Il has .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

without any arrangement Whatever.
We confidently recommend this watch
to the trade and the public - the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

IT, Directions accompany each bottle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
MB. HARLAN TRIES HIS HAND.

Mr.. Greeley has been charged with nearly
all possible and impossible political crimes,
from hotel burning and high treason to bal
t-box stuffing and now the Hon. and Rev.
James Harlan Household Senator and propri-
etor of The Washington Chronicle, has invented
a new outrage of which he asserts that Mr.
Greeley is guilty in contemplation. The Ohron'-
Gle of Aug II, says:
1--WE alluded, yesterday TO tho oDssion OF mr' Oree-
ley in his Portland speech say anything about his
proposition to pay to the South for Its manu-
mitted slaves. He virtually declared against pensonng
Rebel soldiers and paying the Rebel debt The Consitu-
ton puts that out Of the question, except by us own
amendment. But there was not word upon tDe other
point which is OF far greater Importance because tneio
is no constitutional inhibition In the way OF such pay
men and he stands upon the record in favor oft Is
his silence TO be taken as indicative OF his adherence to
this old proectp
Is it impossible to persuade President Grants
editors to tell the TRUTH This Reverend
Senator begins by an insinuation, which be
knows to be absolutely unfounded, that MIR.
Greeley wants to pay the COnfederates for
their slaves freed by the war, and then asserts
that nothing in the Constitution would pre-
vent his doing 80 if lie should be elected.
Now Mr.. Harlan was a member OF the United
States Senate when the XlVth Amendment
was introduced he voted for it; and it would
be no compliment to him to assume that he
never read the 4th section, the last clause OF
which is as follows:
But neither the United States nor any State shall as
sumo or pay any debt obligation incurred In aid OF
insurrecton rebellion against tho United States, or
any claim for the loss emancipation Of any sldue but
all such debts, obligations, and claims shall DO heid
illegal and void"
What does he mean, then, by saying that
there is no constitutional inhibition in the
"way of" paying the South for its nanumit-
fed slaves
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
OLD SOLDERING as n TRADE.

We print in another column letter from
Major-Gen. w. w. Averell, the distinguished
cavalry leader of our army in Virginia. An
obscure office holder of the same name having
signed the Burnside call for Grant COnven-
ton at Pittsburgh, many persons thought 1t
was the only Averell they had ever heard of,
and repeated inquiries have induced the Cen
eral to write this letter declaring his position.
1t is sufficiently explicit; clear and ringing as
the notes of cavalry bugle. His terse and
vigorous style shows that man may be
GOOD soldier and clear thinker at the same
time. He calls to mind the objects for which
our Northern troops went into the army. the
obstinate fight for and final triumph of
true Republican principles. He deplOres, as
must all brave and magnanimous men, the
unfortunate failure of the Republican party
and Gen. Grant at its head to so shape the
conduct of affairs as to bring the war to an
end and restore not only the national gu
premacy but friendly relations also between
the people of the different sections. Instead
of the restored and purified Democracy which
should have grown up on the soil where
Slavery and rebellion had been eradicated, we
have seen established lot of odious oil
garchies, whose robberies prevent the return
of prosperity, and whose tyrannes preclude
the participation of decent citizens in their
own affairs. To cleanse the Southern capitals
from this pestilent horde of bood-suckers is one
of the first duties of the hour, and there Is no
hone that this can be accomplished by re-
electing the Administration which has fostered
them and for which they are laboring in return.
Another point is excellently touched by Gen.
Ayerell, and that is the evil system of band
ing together the soldiers Of the army, to re-
vive for political purposes tho fierce and vim
dictiye passions of the war; Army assOcia-
tions. social organizations of comrades to keep
alive the memories of tolls and adventures
shared in common, are of course entirely un-
Objectionable. But no true soldier can regard
with anything but contempt the efforts OF
demagogues to herd them by banners and
catch-words, and drive them solid to the polls.
This is a practice which should be de-
nounced by every one, but there Is es-
peclal fitness in the condemnation OF 1t
by soldiers of character and emlnenee
A few days ago an admirable letter from Gen.
Charles X Graham was published, in which
he characterized as it deserved this effort to
make political capital out of the burned pow
der and spilled blood of the war, saying that
he should vote as citizen and not as q SOL
der. The letter of Gen. Averell breathes the
same spirit, and both must exert great infiu-
ence among the comrades of those gallant and
able officers. There will be, Of course, meet
ing at Pittsburgh. consisting mostly of those
thrifty soldiers who have me- their eDau-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21

lets support them in Office since the war
closed. Some will be there who never smelt
lead, and who therefore posture for heroes on
all occasions, and some who are simply so
constituted that they cannot stay away from
any place where they can sit on platform
and have their names printed. The expenses
will be paid by tho Grant Rlng at Washing
ton, and the offce-holders will have leave Of
absence to 60. But when shey have come,
and talked, and resolved, and gone back to
their post-ofiices and custom-houses' 1t VIII DO
seen that very few of the honest fighting ele-
ment of the army was among them. The best
soldiers are those who fought until the end Of
the war and then betook themselves resolutely
to the pursuits of peace. The camp-followers,
who expect to trade in politics all the rest of
their days on the strength of their buttons
are usually of the class who are not very
dangerous in war or useful in peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
WAS HENRY WILSON 4 RNOR-NOTHINGf

WAS HENRY WILSON 4 RNOW-NOTHINGf
We are constantly receiving letters from all
sections of the country asking for an answer
to this question. The fact of Gen. Wilson's
connection with the Native American party is
quite as well known as the fact that ne ID
running for the Vice-Presidency. We are i'm
portuned, however, for proof of this, and for
documentary evidence, which is very much
like demanding a demonstration that Mr.. Will
son, at one period of his career in Massachu-
sets, after having been warm wing, acted
with the Democratic party. All the gentle
mans chopping and changing, crossing over
and balancing in the political dance, are per-
fectly familiar to those who have, sometimes
with mitigated admiration, watched the Hon
orable Senator's performances. However,
everybody is mot acquainted with Massachu-
sets politics, and as the proof of Mr.. Wilson's
Natiyism is demanded, the proof shall be
forthcoming.
In 1853, Mr.. Wilson and his friends, in con-
junction with the Democratic party, undertook
to amend the Massachusetts, Constitution.
Delegate Wilson then said: :" care nothing
"about the place where man was born"
Noble words! 81 do object to inserting any
"tbipg in this Constitution which will make
"any distinction, under any circumstances
"whatever, between any men or any race OF
"men, and would myself recognize men OF
"every race, cline, and country, upon the
aground of perfect equality" For these beau
tiful sentiments, see Printed Debates, Vol. l.,
p. 324. Again: "The democratic idea of the
equality before the law of all men, no mat
"ter where they were born, or from what
Grace they spring, is the sentiment of the
people; and unless restrained by the Con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
GRANT And GREELEY.

That Mr. Greeley-in common with tie late
Hen1y j. Raymond-recOmmend Joshua F.
Bailey to public Office, is just now exciting
the virtuous Indignation of the Grant men,
"See," they cry, "what kind of men Mr.
"Greeley would appoint to office ~ Well, MIR.
Greeley might appoint some bad men to office,
Just as Gen. Grant has appointed bad men to
office-as even his supporters acknowledge
But there is no proof, nor any reason to be-
leve, that when he found they were bad, Mr.
Greeley would keep them in office, as Grant
keeps his corrupt brother-in-law, Casey in
office or that Mr.. Greeley would, if forced by
public cutlery to dismiss corrupt person, in
suit the public sense of justice by sending
him letter of approval and allowing him to
name his successor, as Gen. Grant did in the
case of Murphy.
Here is a difference between Grant and
Greeley which we recommend to the attention
of honorable and independent voters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21

Good name, in man and woman, dear my lord, Is
the immediate jewel OF their souls. Having been,
no doubt, faithful reader of his Shakespeare here
Is correspondent who wants to be civil enough TO
give good name to the supporters of Grant, and
who asks what we are to call them. He suggests
land there is certainly something in it that Grant
itesn is not appropriate, since they admire the offices
and not the man; we can't properly salute them as
Straight Republicans, for they are not much Re-
publican as the Liberals. and msght more properly
title yet adopted seems to be just the thing There's
bother in it. Our correspondent suggests. quite
ingeniously, the name Of Nepo- Republicans,
being an allusion to the FIRST second, and
third cousins now feeding at the national
crib. "Nepo- Republicans" wonld be excellent were
it not little too long for daily mouthing The same
objection applies TO Loaves-and sRepubllcans;
m-house- Republicans Is MT respectful to the
Post Offices, and Treasury Republicans leaves out
the Household Brigade. PROFESSIONALLY. there's q
bother in il. After mature reelection. we have con-
cuded that the party is near its end that II would
be n waste of time and trouble to formally name 1t.
We will talk over the matter seriously when we
come to put up the tombstone. Meanwhile let us
call the party by whatever name may come handy
Renominationists, DIR. Grants Regiment, oilice-
Holders Faction Bread and Butter Brigade, Bloody
Chasmites. MISUNDERSTANDING that
you please. 30 it DO only kind and pretty The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
Netu:2lork Daily Gribm,1e.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 81. 1872.

asarchine for evidence on the Alabama claims s-
The roting at Belfast renewed yesterday Tor the
sake of plumber. Disturbances have taken place al
Dublip on account Of q strike Of journeymen bakers
- Arrangements said to DO making for the recep-
ton Of the Pope in Belgium
WIN. H. Robertson is likely to be made candidate Tor
Governor by the Grant State Convention at Utica s.
-Four prisoners escaped from the jail at chicago -
postmaster was assassinated in Reynolds County. Mo-
E1-Gov. Ward and Gen. Runyon made addresses al
the opepipg Of the Newark Industrial Exhibition -
The Committee OF Arrangements for the Liberal mass
meeting has decided TO erect wigwam In Uuionsquare
- Regulations governing the appointment and pro
motion of officers in the subTeasury and Customhouse
have been sent to the Local Civil Service Boards. -
Gold lII4, 1854, ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
SETTLE.

Judge Settle President of the denomination
Convention and repudiated candidate for Con-
gress in North Carolina, made the following
statement in his recent address at Greensboro:
For the information Of Greeley's paper and other
lesser lights can inform them that the law prohibits
the payment Of than months salary to for
eign minister before reaching his place OF destination
will further inform them that did go to Peru, ana
only drew my salary for the time was in service"
II may not be much of q satisfaction to the
country to know that Mr.. Settle did fulfill the
functions of foreign minister; but we have
caused an examination of his case to be made
at the Fifth Auditors office, and the result so
we'll illustrates Mr.. Settles chronic inability to
tell the truth that we purpose to publish it.
In the first place, it is not true that the law
prohibits the payment of more than one
months salary to q minister before reach
"ingn his destination; in the second place it
is not true that MIR. Settle only drew
his salary for the time he was in
service. A minister is allowed one
month to obtain instructions, make prepara-
tons, &C. Mr.. Settle took that, and another
month (more or less) besides, to make the
Journey. He was appointed Feb. Is, 1871, and
drew pay from that time Jill March 20, 1871,
namely, 1888 80. He started for Lima April
| 10, and drew pay June 30 for two months and
twenty days, namely, S2,252 rs. He drew pay
again Sept. 80, $1,000. On the 10Th of Decem-
Der he gave himself sixty days leave of
absence and came homo, although no was not
| entitled to leave until he had served for a
| year at his post. When the sixty days expired,
he drew pay up to that date. Feb. 10, 1872
| amounting to $3,S73 Go, and resigned.
Thus we see that MIR. Settle remained at
Lima less than six months and half, allow
ing thirty days for the journey out, and that
he received for that service S9,459 II, or at
the rate of about $4,000 year. the pay Of
the Lima mission being fixed by law at
$4,000. That is what Mr. Settle calls draw
| ing his salary for the time he was in service
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21

Even the intelligent and instructed negro vote
he will get but little Of. But wherever
o poor colored man is 80 ignorant that
q Grant office-holder can persuade him
that Grant is Mr. Lincoln's brother, or that
Greeley is demon incarnate or pro-Slavery
man, there you may look for Grant vote.
Wherever o poor negro is, through no fault
of his, so ignorant and degraded that his vote
can be bought, there Grant ofiice-holder,
like brother-in-law Casey, will be found
getting a Grant vote, while a Grant organ is
screaming that "all the ignorance and vice
supports Greeley
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-21
WHERE rs THE IGNORANCEf

It seems to be shocking thing, to the
Grant people, that the Ignorant and vicious
Irish and Germans as they call them. are
going to vote for Mr.. Greeley. On this string
they have lately harped very unmelodiously.
Now, it is true, as we believe, and as tho
Grant men believe, that very large proper
ton of our foreign-born population mean to
support the Liberal candidate Why should
they not Mr.. Greeley has always
shown himself their friend; he has
all his life long advocated liberal laws,
and demanded just treatment for them.
1t is also true, as the Grant organs say, that
part of our foreign-born population is ig-
norant, and some are vicious. That is not
altogether their fault. If they had had in
their native country, common schools, equal
rights, and fair chance in life, as the Amer
ican-bom citizens have had, we do not doubt
they would be better men. Their children born
and bred here show this
But all the ignorance and vice in the coun-
try do not lie among the foreign-born popula-
ton, as the Grant organs pretend. There is a
great mass of the densest ignorance and of
the most deplorable vile in tho South.
The poor negroes of the Southern States, long
held in servitude are ignorant and vicious,
beyond-far. beyond--any equal number of any
other part of our population. This is not their
fault, 1t is their misfortune. But for whom do
the Grant organs expect this mass OF ignorance
and vice to votei For whom are they plead
ing with the Southern negroesf For Grant.
The intelligent white vote Grant cannot get.