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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-15
Humorous.

Ice WATER should be drank very spar.
ingly unless the ice is perfectly ripe.
WILLIE being asked what he would
do when he became man, said he
would have his clothes made by tailor.
The mother of q charming Danbury
girl would not let her daughter marry
conductor, because she didn't want her
doors slammed of.
EAR1Y cabbages in market. Partlgas
Connecticut wrapper with havana
filling-range from fifteen to twenty
five cents head. 49,
AxAs who applied To one of our citi-
zens for help for his destitute children,
being asked what he needed, said he
was not particular. IF he couldn't
get bread he would take tobacco."
ON of the young men belonging to
choir down east had his hair cut by .
generous barber, lately. On Sunday
he sang for q solo, "Cover my defense
less head, }" and blushed like . lobster
while doing it.
INDIANS do not sharpen their scalp
ing knives with the Indian file, if the
Indian Commissioner do say 20.
JOSH BuLIxas says: "Success don't
konsist in never making blunders, but
in never making the same one the sec-
ond time" -..:.-'s' f''.' s-r-s
TIE latest case of absence of mind
is that of . young lady who, on return
ing from . walk With her lover the 9TH
er evening; raped him ON the face and
kissed the door. -. s@s*~7s
LOFTY HouaH will never lecture any
more-in public. She has made per-
manent engagement. HIS name is
Gregory.
Tm two prettiest girls in the town
of Fall River, Mass., are cllronicled as
reeling about the streets, one day last
week, in very "incoherent " condi-
ton. -
A NAN who assisted to empty several
bottles of wine, Afterwards took walk.
The pavement was quite icy, and he
exclaimed: every singular, wh-when-
ever water freezes it always freezes
with the (hic) slippery side up"
A BIG Injun named Eskevauzin, at
Camp Grant, Arizona, recently mauled
one Of his wives to death with his little
club. The man who says Indians are
incapable of civilization, is "a liar and
horse thlef." .... -.y... T.. f..,
A GOOD NATuRKD traveller fell asleep
in . train, and was carried few miles
beyond his destination. "Pretty good
joke, this, isn't it p said he to . fellow
passenger. "Yes, but . little too far
fetched, was the reioinder. u
TYING line, on the end of which is
. fish hook, to large rocket, hitching
the hook to mans hat and then get
ting him to fire of the rocket, 10 the
latest form Of practical joking in Troy.
It works to the immense astonishment
Of the victim, and the intense amuse-
ment of the jokers.
An unfortunate young man, on his
way to see the darling of his heart, sat
down ON his valise in the Springfield
passenger station. He arrived very
late ut his destination, having consum-
ed some hours in picking the glass
from his Sunday cost, and asked i'm
mediately On arriving. "Wbat would
take out that confounded hair-oil."
SR ToB1 reports the case Of . good
little boy whose parents encouraged
his habit Of early retiring by permitting
him to take cake to bed With him. One
evening he astonished his a6ectiouate
mother by the following prayer:
"Nov1hyesde down - a,esp,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-15

Abroad.
The Spanish Cabinet has submitted to the
King series OF regulations for the abolition
OF slavery in the Spanish Domnions.
OS Tuesday, q severe storm caused much
dan'age throughout England. Several per-
SONS were struck by igh' ming and killed.
CosUsConMDJoIcK, village on the Asia
bank OF the Bosphorus, inhabited by poor
Jews and Greeks, was destroyed by fire. Up
wards OF 1000 families arc homeless and des-
titute.
The funeral OF President Juarcz was an i'm
posing spectacle. The corpse was inferred in
the Pantheon. Streets and houses were
drapcd with mourning, and tho procession
bore numberlcss emb]ems Of grief. Fully sov-
cnty thousand spectators lined the streets
through which it passed. Nearly all foreign
lil' &, as well as all public officers and foreign
diplomats. Addresses were made by Minister
Nelson on behalf Of the diplomatic corps, and
Scncr Vigil for the editorial fraternity OF Mex.
'co. The death of Juarez Is generally regret
ted.
ANGEL YTuRB1DE, son OF the ex-Emperor.
ct xico, died ut the cap,t ! the Same day az
Juaicz.
REVOLUTION occurred at Tampico on re-
ccint Of the news Of the death Of Juarcz Tho
GucrrrIro insurgents shouted 'Hurral, fo
i,iaz, and death to Ier.lo." There were II,
n,i,er disturbances, either in the capital o
elsewhere, upon the announcement Of Il,
death Of Juarez,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-08-15

through him a. he walked rapidly away
from the square towards the professors
house. Now and then the sound of bells
would como out of the distance, growing
louder, till the sleigh flashed into the light,
and away again. out Of sight and hearing,
He half forgot the object Of his walk, and
his mind was full Of wandering thoughts.
He thought Of meeting the charming girl
with whom he had just become acquaint.
ed, in his own village in the coming sum.
mer: He thought how happy he should
be if she would favor him, aud let him de.
vote his life to her. lie thought how
pleasant if she were riding with him now
IN ono OF those sleighs, to watch the ever.
changing forms Of the clouds, a. the moon
lighted theu up. Ho almost thought be
saw her image beckouing to him from a
radiant cloud then he thought of the
warm climes that the moon was even
then shining on, and of tho bliss of wan.
deriDg with her in some isle of changeless
summer. 1t camo over him how much
time he had wasted idly that he might
have improved, if he had had such an Oh.
ject before him; and mighty resolutions
arose within him.
These reflections brought him to the
h"use and, laughing to himself to think
that he would some time tell her abou.
this absurd prank, he turned in at the
gate.
Tho house was dark but after y few
vigorous charges Of the bell, the servant
finally unlocked the door and answered
his inquiry with the news that tho profes.
sor was not ut home.
Jack politely rendered his first card and
walked away. He walked ill he reached
u favorable corner. when he took of his
bearer and changed it for a car, and saun'
tered slowly toward the house again.
Again the servant reported, Mot a
homo ," and another card was loft. lie
walked back to his base ofsupplios, left Of
his cap and changed his hat again.
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A Child Hung Until Dead On tho BACK
=. Of q Chair.
From The Knoxville (Tenn.) Press, OCT. II.

From The Knoxville (Tenn.) Press, OF. II,
William Sands and his wife are poor
people, living on Copper Ridge, Union
county, Tenn. On. .rhursday last this
couple had three children, the (young-
est being an infant about one year old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sands went ont that day
into field near the house to bind fod-
der, leaving the three children, the
oldest of whom was not yet 4 years Of
age, in the house. In about twenty
minutes Mn. Sands returned, and was
horror-stricken to find the infant hung
to the back of . ehair-dead- It up.
peared that the baby had climbedup on
q char to the bed, and in getting
down again from the bed its alp caught
in tho projecting upright Of the back
of the char, which as the infant tried
to get on the door, pushed up through
the slip TO the neck. The button held
on, the weight of the infant not being
sufficient to tear it away. and - the
feet Of the baby could not reach to the
floor, tho sad result was that it soon
sufRcated. The other two children
were too small even to know of the dan.
ger which quickly ended the life of
their little brother.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31

The sudden growth of Rome has
made it necessary to open many new
streets upon which "a. build. Tho
digging of foundations and cellars is
the continual upturning of treasures in
art, long hidden and unknown. Almost
every stroke of the pick reveals frag-
ment of mosaic pavements, medals, bas-
reliefs, jewels, or ancient tools. Even
statues in marble and bronze are occa-
sionally cxcavated. The path OF the
workmen is followed by a troop OF ca.
ger curiosity seekers and antiquarian.
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TIE widow OF Rev. Dr. Francis Waylanl, Of

THE widow OF Rev. DR.. Francis Wayland, Of
Brown University died on Tuesday.
Az passing train on the Atlantic 4 Pacific
railroad was leeving Marshfiold, Mo-, between
niue and ten O'Clock Monday night, and N
conductor Porch WAS entering q car, he was
shot l.y AL unknown man and killed. 1t il
supposed tho decd was committed by man
whom no had put of tho train for refusing to
pay his faro. -.
WM CLucx, tho Indianapolis wi1e-murtlcr
er, has been sentenced to be hung on the Goth
OF December.
CAPTAIN RICHARD NJ. GORDON, of st. Joseph,
Mich, committed suicide on Monds7,,aight by
taking morphine. Cause business troubles.
HENRY D. J. PRATT, Chief Of the First Dip)o-
matte Bureau Of the Department Of State, has
resigned.
Mrs. GREELEY was very low Tuesday cvon-
ing. Her physician says her death is hourly
expected, though l.sr present condition is no
worse than on two previous occasions.
JOHN MckEoN is said to have determined to
Us senior counsel for Stokes. A
wit,'ess has been found who heard tho hotel
boy Hart tell different stories concerning the
shooting. v.. y ~ 5;.ss,5s -
TnE New lak Board q Health Has ordered
an investigation into tho death Of Nicholas
Sealrook, said 10 have been caused by ill.,
treatment on the steamship Oceanic, on tho
voyage from Liverpool.
Mrs. ELIZABETH COOPER, widow Of Commo-
dore Cooper, of the United States Navy, died
in Brooklyn Tuesday, aged 70.
THERE were 210 deaths from small pox in
St. Louis last week. - ",.-~-~"~
Abroad.
MISS AGNES LIVINGSTONE, daughter Of DR..
Livingstone, has published letter from her
father, in which he says :" have written two
letters to Mr.. Bennett. meant to keep ma
terials myself, but because tho expedition was
expensive, I gave Stanley what would hel p him
10 write book. In his hands it is harmless,
for Americana arc good and generous friends"
The Royal Geographical Society gave BAN
quet 10 Stanley Monday night. Many of the
nobility and number OF American gentlemen
were present, among the latter Moran, United
States Charge d'A6aires, and Clemens, the
humorist. Moran replied to toast in honor
OF the United States.
ALDERMAN SIR SYDNEY WATERLow proposes
that Tfibuna! Of Commerce be established
in London.
THE rrussian Diet reassembled on Tuesday.
The budget was presented. Tho receipts from
al, sources for the year are estimated at 1884,
956, ,46s, and the total expenditures at the same
sum. The revenue Of 1873 ID expected to OK.
coed that Of this year by nineteen millions.
HER0E11ANN LENDERoNEN has been ap-
pointed charge GGfaas and Consul General OF
Denmark at Washington.
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The o cean Steamers and Gas,

It was deemed great feat in Eugland
when tho railway carriages were GIFTED
with gas; but now it seems the ocean
steamers arc to have tho same boon.
Tried in one Of tho great steamers which
ply from Liverpool to Now York, it has
been settled admirably, although the
vessel encounterd severe weather. The
saloon il said to be lighted up a. brilliant
ly as any ballroom, Here is certainly
good news to those that must cross the
Atlantic in the winter months, when the
evenings are long, and when darkness as
we'll as cold drives tho passengers below.
Hitherto they have exchanged the gloom
of tho deck for tho semi. gloom Of the
cabin; and what could they do by the
aid Of the lamps, which sent out fitfal
light? To read has bcen impracticable,
unless the book has been pushed against
the scanty fame, aud the experiment is
seldom tried. The passengers must either
eat, drink, play at whist, or 30 to bed, and
they usually do all four things in rapid
succession. Some, however, cat and
others drink all tho evening, because they
cannot SEQ to read or write. But the dark
ages. have now passed away from the
saloon, and tho hours will be spent amid
the full blase of civilization. Nor need
there to any moro danger of fire then
there is at present. for gas pipes can be
made as safe ~ lamps, and tho manage.
n'ent of tho great passenger steamers
which sail from Liverpool 10 q model Of
caution. In those which ply upon the
Mississippi or tho Hudson it il deemed
safe to leave uncovered lights about
despite the copious arrangements fol
" liquoring up" and ofcouTre, the huge
structures are occasionally burned to the
waters edge. But the Cunarders permit
no such tamp ering with fire. They are
governed by a beneficial despotism, which
acts upon the principle that the passen.
gers cannot safely be trusted with facilities
for lighting their own pipes after certain
hOuFa
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A Dog With More than Human Sagacity.
4 mother of q little Girl. six years If

1DOY WIN WOrc tUVU human S0E2CltY.
A mother of q little girl, six years Of
age, at Huguenot, N. Y, hearing
screams, rushed to the sitting-room
and discovered her child enveloped in
flames. and an English bulldog, tear
ing her burning garments off her with
his paws and teeth. He had already
taken over half of her clothing of, and.
1t is believed, had he been left alone,
he would have saved the little girls
life. The mother, crazed at the sight,
rushed forward and clasped her child
to her bosom, and held her close, thus
battling the efforts which the faithful
dog made, although singed and burned
dreadfully himself, to tear off the
clothing. The girl was burned to
death, and the mother fearfully burned.
The dog. that exhibited more than hu
man sagacity in it's efforts to save the
child, had been her constant compan-
ION. having been raised with her. Since
the burial of the child occurred. he
wanders from room to room as if
scare hing for her, uttering Il plaintive
whine, expressive of his grief, He
takes no food, and it is believed TINT
he will pine to death.
ONToNAaoN county, Michigan, is at
present very much excited over the
discovery of apparently very rich sll-
YER mines near the mouth of Iron
River, twelve miles from the village of
Ontonagon county. Several of the
most experienced miners of Ontonagon
county are interested in the claim, and
are confident that it is to be a paying
thing. Gold also has been discovered
within the past two weeks near the lake
shore.
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Sarah Smith stands sorrowfully So
lus; she sees splendid spruces sur
rounding shady spots; she sees sum-
mer's sun shining; she smells sweet
savors: sweet songsters singing silvery
strains serenade Sarah. Still she sighs.
Sunsets soft shades settle silently; still
she stands sadly sighing Suddenly
she started. She saw some stranger
strolling silently southward. "Stop u
she shouted. "Stop stranger. Sarah
Smith says So" Stately she stood.
sternly she shouted "Stop !" Samuel
Slocum, successful statesman, smooth
speaker, started, saw Sarah, seemed
surprised, said soiloquizing: ''Strange;
seemingly scarce sixteen, 80 sweet, 80
simple, still 80 strangely suspicious
She she seems strangely sad. Say
something sweeter, Sarah" She stop.
ping some silent struggle, said, t'Surely
some strangers see sights. Shall Sarah
Smith shun such scarcely" So, stroll
ing silently strangerward, she said {;
''Sarah Smith scorns suspicious scan
dals, she seeks sympathy. Seeks she
successfully2''
Still shone silvery streams slantingly
southwark. Samuel Sl0cum sat sweet
ly smiling; Sarah Smith seated sus.
piciously somewhere. Sunsets serene
splendor suggested supper Still she
sat. She sought sympathy successfully;
supper seemed superfuous.
Some six Sundays succeeding she
signed some sketches Sarah Smith Slo
cum.
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A LADY named Steele. On ha- mn,

A LADY named Steele, on her way
home to Massachusetts, from Illinois,
lost her money in Chicago. She arrived
here yesterday morning, walked into a
bunk, and briskly remarked: "Tele.
graph to the First National Bank OF
Boston, and ask If Clara Steele can
draw on them through this bank for
$50 " She sat down for an hour. and
the reply came back, YES" She
drew the money, thanked the cashier.
paid her hotel bill, walked to the de-
pot, nnd was off again, having managed
her business as we'll "a the Oldest bank
or could have donc.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Ernst or E(lelsllciln.

"a 0o4AN uAAs
I'll tell the story, kissing
This white hand for my pains
No swcetor heart, nor falser
Fer filed such fine, blue veins.
IN sing = song Of true love,
My Mimi dear, to YOU;
C0nlraria contyariis-
The rule is old and true.
The happiest OF al lovers
Was Ernst OF Edclsheim
And why ho was the happiest,
I'll tell you in my rhyme.
One summer night he wandered
Within lonely glade,
And, couohed in moss and moonlight
He found 4 sleeping maid.
The stars Of midnight sifted
Above her sands of gold
She seemed . slumborink statue,
So fair and white and coldl.
Fair and whitc and cold she: lay &
Boncath tho starry skies; s
Rosy vas hsrssk
Beneath the Ritter's eyes.
He won her drowsy fancy,
He bore her to his towers,
And swift with love and laughter
Flew mornings purplod hours.
But when the thickening sunbeams
Had drunk the cleaning dew,
A misty clond Of sorrow
Swept DER her eyes deep bluo. -
She hung upon tho Rittcrs neck, x7s
She wcpt with love and pam, -
She showered her sweet warm ktsses4
Like fragrant summer rain. !
II am no Christian souls;,'' she schhad,
As In his arms she lays: 49,;
"l'm half the day a-womau, - ~
A serpent half the day.
And when, from yonder sbell-towcr
Rings out the noon. daychime,
Farewell farewell forever.
Sir Ernst Of Edelsheim!"
"Ahinot farwell foreveri"
The Ritter wildly cried,
IL will be saved or lost with theo,
My lovely Wili-Brido I"
Loud from tho lordly bcll-towor
Rang out tho noon Of day,
And from tho bower OF roses
A serpent slid away.
But when the midwatch MOONLIGHT .,
Was shimmering through the grove,
He clasped his bride thrice e-dowered
With beauty and with love.
The happiest Of all lovers
Was Ernst Of Edelshoim,-
His true love was q serpent
Only half tho time!
-Scsibner's.
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The San Juan Bouudary Question.

Advioes from London say that the
written judgement in the San Juan
Arbitration only. now wants tho signs
ture Of the Emperor. Il decides in
favor of the United States, making the
canal De- Haro the boundary. The
to1se2 of delay in communicating the
judgment il that an English diplomatic
intrigue IL on foot, the object Of which
is SO tonsodiff el9snpesoFs 5 judgement
-. TO cause the arbitration to become .
failure. Ode Russell. the English
Minister at Berlin. therefore strives to
prevent the Emperor from acting ON
the judgement, and 10 endeevoring to
raise false issue. The article in the
Times Of October 18th, was inspired by
the foreign Office. It presentsthe view
the Government urges at Berlin, say
ing that the Emperor may decide upon
any one of three counsels, which falsifies
the words of the treaty. Judgment is
required on two specified points.
Should Russell fail to get a declaration
favoriug an intermediate channel for
the boundary, he is to labor for q neg
alive judgment that neither the De
Haro nor Rosarco il the channel de-
scribed in the treaty. Thus the arbi-
tration will fail, like that submitted
previously to the King Of Netherlands,
who, instead of giving definite decis-
ion, recommended . compromise. The
efforts of the Princess Victoria, wife of
the crown Prince, have been enlistd by
those engaged in the intrigue. Bleehe
Rodor, Jew banker, an intimate asso
ciate of Bismarck's, is very useful in
the matter to Rursell, and has Just
been appointed British Consul General
ct Berlin.
WASHINGTON, October 2.-The fol-
lowing dispatch was TO- night received
from Minister Bancroft:
BERLIN, October 2s.
To Hon. Hamilton Fish: i
The three experts to whom the American
memorial on the canal De Haron and the
British case were referred hsve made each for
himselfa very elaborate report on the question,
supporting their opinions by reasons stated
with technical precision and exactness. The
Emperor has also, With the highest sense Of
official duty, given his personal attention to
the the suess and after the most careful study
conclusion satisfactory to hi. own
judgment: The reports Of the ex-
perts, with the reasons, have not been COM
municated to us. The decree of the Imperial
arbitrator, which has been communicated, has
the form not 80 much Of docree in counsel a.
OF a cabinet order. II does not enter into any
elaborate exposition OF the decision, but with
out diverging in the least from the point pre-
sented for arbitration, decrces that the claim
of the United States Of America is most in &C.
cordance with the true Interpretation of the
treaty Of JUNO 18th, 1876. shall forward Ill
official copy OF the decree by special messen-
ger. (Signed) BANCROFT.
WILLIAM TERHuNE, pastor of the new
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. Release
7 @. q. OONAHI


Az one who leaves prison cen,
And looks, with glad though daEEled eye,
Once more on wood and 6eld and sky,
And feels again the qulckening spell
OF Nature thrill through every vein,
leave my former self behind,
And, Tree once more in heart and mind,
Shake of the old, corToding chain.
Free from my Past-a jailer dread
And with the Present clasping hands,
Beneath fair skies, through sunny lands,
Which memory's ghosts ne'er haunt, tread.
The pains and griefs Of other days
May, shsdow-like, pursue me yet;
But toward the sun my face il set,
His golden light on all my ways.
-H6upe's Magazine.
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To Hon. Hamilton Fish:

WILLIAM TERHUNE, pastor Of the new
sect of "Soul Sleepers" in Mercer
county, Ky., was instantly killed last
week by being thrown from wagon,
the wheels of which passed over his
haad
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31

BYRON, dark reddish purple, is one
Of the new tints. 1t is very stylish.
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de gives the tOllOW1ng reason t0et the
sacrifice: "I an Q 6Fm believer in the
immediate return of our Savior to
earth; Ihave felt condemned for: some
time for taking this money, it being the
price of blood therefore you win
please erase my name from the pension
Gst." -
AMoka the heavy tax-payegsat Provi-
dence, r. l., are Alex. Duncan, wife
md oh ldrsn, t1,679, 800; Robert H.
fves, 81,2 ,206, 600; Eral p. Mason, esq.,
900; Joseph J. Cooke, @6l7, 600; Amos
G. Barstow. $50, 900; Tully D. Bowen,
heirs, $755, 900; Thurmon BeckWith
and wife, 9502, 900; John Carter Brown,
$50, 900 Julia Bullock. $50, 900; Cy-
rus b. Manchester, t570, 600; Amos d.
Smith, $450 900.
NJ. QuAD LEWIS, . Detroit Journalist,
has a romantic history. By beng
blown up on q steamboat he was
enabled 70 s'realize'' Handsomely on .
damage suit. With his hard-earned
capital he then entered acountry PRINT
ing Office, where he afterwards wrote IN
account of "How it feels to be hoWn
Up"-his first effort in literature. Tho
sketch had great run in the news
papers. and Grad, astonished, kept ON
writing He il now one of the spark
ling writer's of the Detroit Free Press,
and ooncocts romances of eeventy-fivo
chapters for the literary weekles at IN
enormous salary. ;