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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
CnILDREN'S CORNER.
The Little Brown House.

WC AAStAc OrVVVm faOu8@e
just over tho brow Of tho hill,
Overlooking tho valley below,
Where the fcathery pines arc all tippH
With crystals Of beautiful SNOW;
A little brown cottage doth stand,
And some Of the inmates know.
There's Jenny, a rod headed lad;
Full OF business from morning till night.
Nicely blending his work with his play,
And seeming in both to delight.
With motive that's higher than they
An earnest desire to do right.
There's Annie, gay little witch
With round rosy checks AMI black eyes,
Win voice that is sweet as birds,
ara lips that would scorn to toll lies;
VII: hands always ready to help
Is not little Annie prize?
The grey -headed grandfather sits
In chair by tho warm-slowing fro;
Half asleep in tho soft light he sits,
And tho children draw near to admire
The thin snowy locks and white beard
Which mark the long years of the sire.
The dear mothers grave, pleasant face,
For moment y dull shadow wears;
But shadows are there out Of place,
And the wife has forgotten her cares;
For bark! on tho still evening air,
Her husbands quick footstep she hears.
There is poverty, so says the world,
III the little brown house on tho hill;
There are riches OF value untold,
That the heart with cententment doth fill
The wealth that is better than gold,
That all men may have it they will.
-ChVGs O,un Book
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
The English Coal Famine.

A writer in the London Finaucier
who has been making q tour of the
large coal producing counties Of Eng
land, gives gloomy account of the
business prospect. The collieries, he
said, were full of orders and contracts.
many old ones, and at low prices, while
the men were everywhere more inclined
for recreation than for work. In fact,
they seem to manage matters so we'll
that where they know their masters
have pressing contracts, they take care
that they are kept in arrears. Under
such circumstances there is not COL
llery proprietor who will enter into any
new contracts, even at the present en-
HANGED prices, and it is the opinion of
the correspondent that the time is rap
idly approaching when q great many
industrial establishments will be
stopped for want of coal. In many in
stances it has ceased to be q question
OF prlce. In some localities coal is not
to be had in quantities at any figure,
and often, when . manufacturer wants
one or two hundred tons week from q
coli'ery, it is only as q great favor, and
because he has been q good customer
for many years, that twenty or fifty
tons q week are given him. As to tax.
ing any new customers, even if they
come with cash in hand, no coal pro
prietor thinks Of looking at them. This
is about the real state Of things in all
the coal districts of England, and it i.
reported also of Scotland.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
The English Cotton Milis,

BY late advices from England we notice
that the Lancashire ootton.,nill owner,
have decided to reduce the number u
hours Of daily labor in their establishments
The reason given is the great advance in
the price Of coal. We opine, however,
that it is not the true one. On tho CON:
trary, the reduction in hours has been
brought about by the high price Of cotton.
Tho new crop from America is just now
coming into market, and tho English mill.
owners are in reality engineering a "ring "
in order to lower its price. In fact, the
means used by then will not only have
the effect to lower tho price Of cotton, but
to raise tue prices Of cotton goods and
reduce the wages paid to operatives.
Nevertheless, the question of a supply OF
coal in England is very serious oae.
Ssatists il political economy long since
foretold that about the year 1870 Great
Britain would begin to experience q want
of coal, and that soon thereafter she would
be compelled to commence tho transfer
Of her manufacturing machinery to the
empower districts in ireland. This
motive power would cost nothing. and
England's coal would be saved for marine
and other purposes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
The Voice Of the Shell.

When shell is held up to the ear,
there is peculiar vibratory noise.
Philosophically Investigated, the Pc
culiar sound thus recognized is q phe-
nomenon that very much perplexed
learned gentlemen for q long while.
The experiment is easily made by
SIMPLY pressing spiral shell, common
m collections, over the cerebrum of
either car. If large shell, the sound
Is very much like that of A
lar of cataract. Now, what causes
it9 Every muscle in the bodv
10 always in state of tension
Some are more on the stretch than
others, particularly those of the fingers
1t is conceded that the vibration of tho
fibres of those fingers being commun;.
Gated to the shell, it propaeates and
intensifies it, as the hollow BODY Of =,
violin does the vibration of it's stripps.
and thus the acoustic nerve receives tbe
sonorous impressions. Muscles of the
leg below the knee are said to vibrate
in the same way. and if conducted t
the ear produce the same result.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
VINEGAR :3b6I3S

No Person can take these Hitters accord
ing 70 directions, and remain long uEwell. provided
Their bones arc not destroyed by mineral poison other
Of repair.
Dy.pepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pair
w I'VE Shoulders Coughs Tis,,ress Of the Chest. Dir
."eSs' >"Nf f-r.ctaons Of :he Stomach, BAD Taste
N the Mouth, Bilious Attacks Palpi,ation of the
near Inflammation Of the Ir,s Pain in the regions
o. The Kidneys and hundred other painful SYMPTOMS
are the "hs''ss Of Dyspepsia. in these complaints
mas no eq.a ana one bottle Wi. prove Letter guar
antee OF ITS mejss than lengthy advertisement
FOR Female Complaints, in vt,uny or old
married o. SINGLE at the dawn of wo,nanIod or The
turn Of life thee Tonic Eii,ers display so decided an
influence that marked Improvement is soon re,,er
tible.
For lU0am natOry and Chronic Rheu.
nlat1slSl and Cout. Bilious, Rc,ni.ent and Inter.
mittent Feve:s, Diseases Of the Blood, Liver Kidney.
ard Bladder these Bi:,ers have equal. Such Dis
eases caused by Initiated Blood Which is Seae.ail.
produced by arrangement Of the Dse.:,se Origins.
They are n Gentle l'urssattve as we'll as
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit Of acting
powerful agent in relieving Congestion Or Infam-
nation Of the Liver and Vseer Organs and Bilious
DiseaSeS.s go
For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, letter, Salt
Rheum, Botci,es, Spots Pimples, Pustules, BohEa1-
bunces, Ring wor1rs, Scald- Head, Sore Eyes, Fry
sipeas, Itch Scurs, Of the Skin, Huors
and Diseases Of the Skin, Of whatever nature,
are literally dug up and carried out Of the system Ill
short time by the Of these Bitters. : =
Grateful Thousands proclaim VrsEc.K B:r-
THRs the most wonderful Invg0eant that sustained
he sinking system. 5-sSs
] WALKER, P.op'r r. H. MCDONALD 4 CO.,
Druggists and Gru. Ags San Francisco and New York
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
Strange Story-Carious Reports About
A Russian Princess.

A Russian Princess.
The Albany Argus publishes q letter
from Hanover, Germany, in which it is
stated that her Serene Highness, Princess
Alexandrowna Troubeschene6; whose
maiden name was Stratoneroskoff. was to
sail from Bremen on the 5th instant ON the
New York steamer, with tho intention of
geing t. America to join the Oneida com.
munity Of Free Lovers, near Utica, in this
State. lfthis report be correct, har Serene
Highness must have already arrived on
our shores, and escaping tho interviewers,
gone sne0g. to her place of destination.
This is an interesting piece Of fashionable
or court gossip, and our republican people
WILL 6e curious TO ascertain more about it.
The letter is TO the following effect:
4Princess Alexandrowna T1oubesche.
nef, nee Strat0neroskof, soils from Bre.
men tomorrow on tho New York steamer.
She goes to the United States of America.
to join the Oneida Society," New York.
The Princess belongs to one of the families
Of the old feudal nobility, is immensely
wealthy, and enjoys certain popularity
as graceful writer of local plays. Sho
also published u few years since small
volume Of Russian p5etry, in the Des-
hou!lieres style. She is Princess of no
small talent, but her forte 10 the lappu
ages; she speaks no less than seven Of
them. 1s it possible that person 90 richly
gifted shall soon be seen among that sister,
hood of the Bloomer costume, in that
odiOus brown frock and drawers to match :
her beautiful tresseo cut to her care, and
those lovely white hands busily engaged
making apple-sauce9 The New York
Herald may spare Stanley this time. She
has declared, on leaving, she would r..
fuse to be interviewed by American news.
paper reporters"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
Copper Discovered in Illinois

While sinking we'll on the farm Of
Lewis Gonltl, some three miles south
west Of Murrayyille, Mclean county.
ILL.,, on Saturday evening last, the work1
men struck, at a depth Of 10 feet from
the surface, what is thought to be u
rich copper mine A large quantity
was taken to blacksmith's shop near
by, and on being thoroughly tested,
was pronounced to be within five per
cent pure metal. During the past few
years a number of large nuggets of
copper have been picked up along the
creeks OF the ncighhori,ool, and upon
ms new discovery considerable excite
,n'nt i,"s been caused, though The rx-
tent OF tlic mine is as yet unknown, but
viii doubtless prove of large proper
Gons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
A Startling but not UnIreauent Dis.
fOVlrv.

The Albany Knickerbocker tells of q
fashionable married ALBANY lady who re.
Gently took a young lady visitor from Troy
out riding in her pheton:
1t was the first time that the lady
attempted to drive out unaccompanied nv
u male member Of the family, or the
coachman. Having boen out several
hours, they began 10 manifest = desire fol
lunch. They concluded, therefore, to stop
at tho first wayside inn and partake,
They did stop at the first inn. put up the
horse and phGton unler thu shed and re.
paired to tho house for Refreshments.
While thus engaged in . private parlor
Of the establishment, imagine their sur.
prise on seeing the liege lord of tho lady
promenading through the hallway with q
feshy dnmsel on his arm. This produced
y denouement that can be readily surmised
The lady was thunderstruck. Recovering
herself promptly, she rushed forward t.
to learn positively that she was not
mistaken. Her worst suspicious were con.
6rmod. The husband fully realized the
situation ind loft the premises hurrledly
The wife, upon investigation, discovered
that the place was one Il questionable re.
pute. uorrificd ut the idea, wife and niece
rushed from the place with wild cxclum;..
tons, having scarcely touched the lunch
which was ordered.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
INEXTINGUISHABLE LIGHT
Valuable Invomtiom-A self.Ltxhtlng
lamp that Can't be Pat Out.

V~AW~DAO AWVOmv3O0-h 60AGoAk90VAn0
Lamp that Can't he Pat Out.
The great necessity for some marine sig-
nal light, which should be inextinguishable,
has been the occasion Of much taxing of
tho inventive powers among those who
take deep interest in such improvements.
A selt-lighting signal lamp, which is likely
to be of great use, has boon invented. Its
peculiarities aro that it is solf.igniting, that
its flame can neither be extinguished by
water or my other means, and that it is in
capable Of setting fire to objects; while,
at ,to Same time, its light il extremely
brilliant and Of long duration. The new
lamp consists of u cylindrical vessel OF tin,
with conical point, and provided below
with o tube six inches in length. The
vessel is to BIO filed entirely with frae
ments of phosphide Of calcium, and tho
tube soldered up air.tigbt, 80 that the
preparation con be kept many years with
out change.
When the lamp is to he used the tin of
cone is cut of, and an opening made at
the end Of the narrow tube referred to, and
the lamp inserted in wooden Aoat and
thrown into the water. The water pene.
tratss through the lower end of tho tube,
and comes into contact with the phosphur.
cited hydrogen gas, which is developed in
great quantity. and which, escaping
through tho open tube of the cone, be-
comes ignited and burns in contact with
the atmospheric air. An experiment was
lately made with the siy nal light, in which
the lamp was thrown overheard from the
steamer, and drawn along by means of a
string, and ut short distance from the
stern. When the lamp touched the water
brilliant fame shot out immediately from
the opening; and. although it was contin-
ually dragged under the water Dy the
motion Of the vessel, the light remained
unextingnished, even after the lamp was
submerged. After time the string waa
cut, and the lamp allowed to float bshina
and it was visible for long distance from
the light disseminated around it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
An Indian Perfume.

Ihlang-lhlang is perfume obtained
from the Uno'u Otloratissim.,. a lnroa
tree found in Malacca and Sinranore
The flowers are hosculent and droon.
ing. The color is greenish yellow
and they possess delightful otlor re-
scmbling mixture of jasmine and
lilac, yet having popularity that can
not be l'kened to the fragrance of any
other flower. rh;s mior rs said to be-
SD powerful that il scents the air for
miles around the tlees. The name
means "doWer Of flowers
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10

WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS.
no man living has won more golden
opinions than DR.. Walker, as the enor-
nous and widely increasing sale of his
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR Buffers attests.
We never look into one of our exchange
es, but there is q panegyric of the Bit
tiers staring us in the face. Our read
ers will say that there must be a reason
Tor T.. all this praise. They are right.
The efficacy of this celebrated medi-
cine 10 established by evidence which
1t is impossible to doubt. Among the
thousands who have borne testimony
to its excellence, there is not one dis
sentlent voice. In very many phases
OF inorganic disease it seems to be un-
failing: All diseases arising from a
vltleted state of tho blood are surely
eradicated by it. It is an effectual
remedy for pulmonary complaints. bilious. re.
mittent and intermittent fevere. rheumafism
ana dyspepsia. It purges the body Of all un-
healthy humors, gives tono to the system
and where tho vital powers are enfeebled. re-,
sto!es Their functions to vigorous and healthy
action. All this it does the more effectually
because Its operation il not interfered with nv
the presence OF alcohol. The VINEGAR BIT
1KRs ie perfectly free from any such hurtfu]
ingredient. We have always believed that
plants contain the true remedies for disease.
ana da the remedies necessary. DR.. Walker
10 on the line OF real progress, and We hone
ies.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
Defend Your ficalth.

Tho fail Of the leaves not only symbolizes human
decay, but promotes it. In other words the efiuvis
rom dying and rotting vegetation II unfayorsble to
health. To this and other oauses-especialy excess
OF moisture in the atmosphere-snay be ascrbed the
prevalence Of acute disorders Of the stomach bovelu
At this season. Every person Of bilious hsbt
liable to be sery hifious in the fall Then, too, Ill
persons whose digestion Is weak are more than or.
insrily dyspeptic, and individuals predisposed to
colo, dtarrhos and dysentery are particularly likely
to be attacked by these complaints. The most COM
plete defence against each and an Of these distress
ing ailments is bodily vgor. To obtain this blessing
In Ill tn plentitude where It does not exist aid "a
preserve and perpetuate 1t where It docs exist, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is earnestly recommended
1t IL the peculiar ONCE Of this preparation to REIN
force and regulate the important organs which d.
gest and temper tho food and convert It into fe-
sustaining blood. Bodily vigor depends upon the
nourishine qualities Of that fluid, and tho nutri-
tiousness Of the blood depends upon the func-
tionel activity and regularity which it is the special
province Of tho Htters to secure Hence it Is the
bess defence Of heath Ct this season, and indeed 1t
~ seasons. When dyDentery, disrrhns, BILL
tous code, and other violent affections Of the
bowels, become epidemic, - they often do in cor
tain parts OF the country I'm the fan will be found
that persons who have been wise enough to resort
to tho htters o preventive almost invariably
exempted from the sooufge. ::
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
ROMANCE OF the WAR.
Q An ohio Soldiers Kindness to q Tom
q nossccsn accompanied with = For-

An Onto Soldiers lkinaaess to Tom
nossecsn hcconpcnsed with = For-
From the Cleveland Plaindealer.
Our neighboring CITY Of Tiffin is just
now deeply interested in tho sequel Of a
war episode, which shows how romance
sometimes creeps into the events Of real
lie. Early in the war Tifin aud vicinity
had u sort "t itinerant Albright preacher
named Downey. Upon the outbreak ef
the war Downey entered the service US u
Captain in one Of tho Seneca regiments,
and when the government decided upon
employing negro troops, no became Colo.
mel of colored regiment. During the
campaign in Tennessee, his regiment ohanc.
cd to be campod upon the estate Of Colo.
mel Washington, near Nashville. The
regiment seems not to have been under the
best discipline; and its black desperadoes
were disposed to give free rein to their
brutal instincts. They seized Colonel
Washington and threatened him with in.
slant death, and also set about destroying
the elegant family mansion. Colonel
Downoy, by great exertions, and at the
imminent risk tf his own life, succeeded
in rescuing Colonel Washington from
death, and in saving the mansion and
other property from de truction. Colonel
Washln gton felt profoundly grateful at
the time for Colonel Downey's brave ex.
erttons IN his behalf, and promised never
to forget them. There the matter rested,
and the wild scenes with which Downey
was surrounded soon drove it out Of his
mind lie remained ut the head Of his
regiment till tho war was over and then
retulned to Tifin and settled down into q
quiet domestic life Not long ago
he died, leaving HE family in straight
ened circumstances. Mrs. Downey was
driven to her needle fer support She and
her children lived in their humble way,
with little thought that a great change
was room to DO wrought in thor condition.
Recently Col. Washington died, whom it
was found that he had willod his property,
consisting OF 80, in bonds and green.
backs, and three hundred acres Of i'm.
proved land situated q mile and hall
from Nashville whole valued a,
100000 at least-to the heirs of Col
Downcy. Israel J. Downsy, a con If the
decasod Colonel, has just returned from
Nashville, whittier be went to SEQ abou,
the bequest. He found everything con.
corning the will, rs stated above. The
executor Of the estate was in Tifin on
Monday, arranging details of the transfer
The history of the rebellion contain,
tow more romantic episodes than this.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
A Competition for the 500, 900 Prize

The State Of New York has offered .
prize Of 100000 for IN invention by
which canal-boat can be propelled not
ess than three miles an hour, without In.
ury to the canal. All attempts to vss
steam have hitherto tailed, because the rs-
sultlng agitation of the water washed
away tho banks. Mr.. William Baxter
has, however, devised 4 new form Of On.
CINE, ind new form of boat, that ses,n to
do away with this objeo.i.n. He has 70.
Gently navi gated hesyily.ladea boat from
Buffalo 10 New York in one hundred and
thirty seven hours. which is i've DAYS
less than the usual time. The machinery
occupies space only seven feet long and
i've wide. The cost of engineer, 6reman,
coal, oil, etc., il stated 1t . shilling . mile.
Mr.. Baxter intends to claim tho 100000
s.raightway.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
After the Storm.
BY HESTER 4. BENEDICT,

All day have my naples, lonesome and old,
Been tossed by tho fury OF wind and storm,
And the children of Poverty, pale and cold,
Looked out Oh tho tempest in dumb alarm.
But the stars lean down from tho blue to-
night.
And smile on tho forests faded flowers;
Poor blossoms! that sprung in tho summers
bright
And dyed in the autumn's radiant hours.
sit and think Of = land afar,
Where flowers dic not by tho flowing
streams;
Whose love was tho light of my early
drcaMsl
And wait and watch for delicate dawn,
Breaking DER valleys serene aud sweet;
For the radiant raimont that souls put on,
When rest is robing the weary feet.
All! mino have toilcd DER rude rough way,
Over mountains barren and bleak and cold,
Der the sharp bare rocks-ovcr lrcar decay
Till their blood has crimsoncd tho crumbling
mould.
And whenever list to the lonesome winds,
Murmuring melodies gloomily grand,
gricvc that they bear on their broken wings
No message for mo from the Luminous Land.
And whenever storm sweeps over the main,
And tho pride of tho forest is wrung and
riven,
When tho thunder breaks. like vail OF pain,
And black clouds burden the Bonded heaven
When light steals over the hills at last,
And there comes a pause in tho tempest's
roar,
watch for CLEAN Of the pillows, cast
On the beacon-beach ola sanity shore.
In vain, in vain, but the moonbeams lay
Their passionless palms on my lifted head,
And where, amid shadows, the star-beams
play
A fair face shines-like the face Of my dead
OGod! was it sin in the long-lost time,
To worship the lock in the same sweet face
Tho red lips laden with many rhyme,
And the form with more than a fairy's grace
Did sin? Else why is the Christening rod
Crushing me under the waves of voc?
And Why arc the damps Of the Valleys clod
Staining the CLEAN Of her bosom's snow?
Harkl Was il her voice No! only tho wind
Yetit thrilled my soul as song of yore;
II sometime, rejoicing, my love find,
In the land of Highland I'll ask no more.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
Price or Corn in Illinois.

At Ottawa, Illinois, corn in the ear ia
worth only twenty six cents per eighty
pounds, or $3.50 per ton of 2,OO0
pounds. Common prairie hay at the
same market is worth IS per ton. The
cost OF raising and harve sting corn is
nearly double the cost of putting hay
in the market, while its value for fat.
tening stock is nearly double that OF
hsy. The only way in which raising
corn cen be made profitable is by feed
ing it to stock. The cost of transp0r-
tation of coarse products is ruinous to
the farmer, and stock raising is the on
~ loophole through which he can e.
cape from the clutches of the railway
monopolists, and even then the trans.
portation companies take good slice
from the juciest cuts of beef as toll to
bring it to the market
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
A Polish Salt Mine.

The salt mines of Wieliezka, Poland,
are the most beautiful and on the
largest scale in the world. Visitors
walk over four miles in the long, open
galleries, and there are many which,
have not been entered for years. These
galleries undermine the whole town,
ind are places of popular amusement,
where bands play, balls arc given, and
refreshments On. every scale may be had
ut the buffet. A splendid chapel is
fttcd up in the mine, where mass is
celebrated once year; the ceiling,
"a!ls' pillars, etc, are I'LL cut ont of the
SOLID, g'ittering. grecnisll salt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10

A WESTERN paper speaks of the
house cleaning season of that time
when divine woman has her own way
at the house, while the sold man takes
bis solemn repast from the top of the
Hour barrel, and IN sleeping interval
between the bedroom and the front
fence. 1t is q season of me Iitation.
profanity"