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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
General Sherman ut st. Petersburg,

A grand reception awaits Gen. Sher.
man at st. Petersburg. It will open
the eyes of Europe to the magnifcence
of which the great northern nation is
capable. Our naval officers have al
ready had occasion to testify to it, and
say that it is something beyond des-
criptiop. The Emperor of Russia has
IN grateful remembrance the reception
which America accorded the young
naval lieutenant from his fleet the other
day, and intends to overwhelm Sher-
man with honors and splendors. Gen.
Sherman and young Grant, accompan-
led by Minister Curtin, will pro-
ceed to the Caucasus short
y, and thence to Astrachan.
From that point they will 60 up the
Volga to Mimi Novgorod, where Sher-
man willhave chance to see the Jump
ing of point, and then they will come
back to Moscow and st. Petersburg,
reaching the capital late in May. BAN
quets, professions, church festivals.
promenades: public and private recep-
tions in great numbers are already ar.
ranged, and it is rumored that the
Emperor-Czar will take this occasion
to pass a grand review, which shall be
the means of showing his teeth to
Prussia and his other secret enemies.
1t is prophesied that the review will be
one of the grandest ever held in Europe.
as several hundred thousands of we'll
trained soldiers will participate in it.
Gen. Sherman's presence would afford
the Czar good excuse for reviewing
bis new and reorganized army, and
doubtless the hero Of the march to the
sea will be delighted with the formida-
bic array of forces which our northern
friends have at their disposition.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
An InQuisitiye, Wretch.


The other day, ON tho Metropolitan
Railway, I sat next to . little, long.
nosed man with red whiskers. Oppo.
site to us sat middle aged lady In
black. The little, man stared 1t he1
very hard, fdgeted good deal, and
opened conversation.
In mourning ma'am, I sea" -.
Eh2 YeA" "Spoken rather sharply. J
"Sad thing that. One of the old
people, a$s. Rsfh'p''" PSF :. !. 4. ... .''.
"One of the young onesa Baby;
II have no babies" .r
course not. The guvnor-hus-
band, You know9"
Yes" (Very sha1ply.) '.:;';'
:' Sorry for that. Sudden, perhapsi''
"No."
"Ah! lingering illness; that's worse,
sometimes. In trade, was hof''
"He was q sailor"
Caught fever perhsps3
"He was drowned" :. r,r
After q pause
"Save his chest t7" " - ,'.-' J..
IVY AO6uA0O . 0126Ct9 WGk0 0O6xU8t, -
Religious sort of man. was bet !"
"Yes, he was"
"Glad of that. Suppose you are
glad the chest wasn't losti"
=" suppose co."
After another pause
,..;s .:suIposs !ae.s you will 0esettins married
The lady made no reply to this, but
got out at the next station. -. -
The little, long-nosed man looked
around as though in search of another
victim. At last he fixed on me.
"Got hat.band on, I sect"
eyes, I put it on because my hat
was shabby"
After q brief interval
"Would you feel inclined to swap
your umbrella for my walking stick and
five shiings2''
I felt that the time had come for de-
cisive action. I struck the miscreant
dead at my feet and stepped out upon
the platform. I believe be 10 buried
now. I heard no more of him since.-
Jilty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
A Submerged City.

The st. Augustine (Fla.) Press fur
nishes the following:
During the heavy gales which pre-.
vailed last fall, the tide on one occa-
sion was driven so low in the North
river that a remarkable discovery was
made. About seven miles north of st.
Augustine, On the west shore of the
North river. the remains of an ancient
city were discovered. The parties who
have given us the information are ready
to conduct any one who desire it to the
spot. Several wells, walled in with
coquina, are now visible under water
but the foundations of the houses can
be only felt with a pole. On
this occasion of the discovery, a
gale had prevailed for four or
five days from the north-driving the
water out of the river to an extent
never before known. Further investi-
cations have also brought to light a
coquina quarry on this same site; and
what is the most remarkable, the quarry
is in the midst of dense hammock
and which any one can see now, by
taking the trouble to go there. The
rock is Of a quality equal to any on
Anastasia Island, and the quarry has
been extensively used, doubtless for
the purpose of building this city or set.
tlement- for one or the other it certain.
ly was.
The question which naturally arises
is, by whom was this settlement made
by natives of this continent or Euro
peans9 All historigraphers agree that
Ponce de Leon, a companion of Colum-
bus, in his second voyage, first touched
on this New World at point three
miles north of st. Augustine. This
would have brought him within four
miles of this city, or settlement, which.
ever it might have been. Say they, one
and all, che found the natives fierce
and implacable." But, at this period
-1512 all history is silent, and we hear
nothing more of Florida or of America
until 152O-when Narvaez arrived on the
will solve this mystery2 Per-
haps it may throw light on
the history of America hitherto con-
cealed. For let it be remembered that
St. Augustine was the first city settled
in America. Our city is still thronged
with visitors. There may be some
among them curious enough to search
into the history OF their country; or,
at least, curious enough to crafty their
own curiosity. There are pleasure
boats in plenty in the harbor, and at
this delightful season We would sug-
gest that trip up the North river
only seven miles-could be accomplish
ed in very short time-wind and tide
favoring-which our "pleasure yacht
feet" perfectly comprehend. Who will
go to solve this mystery about which
we ourselves desire all the information
we can Obtain2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
Mexico's Decline.

In the case of Mexico, whether, the
Government or the revolutionists win,
the country is left bankrupt. Forced
loans are the resort and dependence o1
both armies. BY this kind of robbery
the people are ruined, and the state j.
nowise benefited. The effects of the
frequent outbreaks in the unhappy ,e-
public are made manifest in the falling
off of her trade. The entire revenue
of the country. is but $18, ZIG, 706,: upon
commerce which, averaged but $51, GOO,
OO9 annually, and which is constantly
declining. In 1854 she exported to
Great Britain nearly $25, 600 900 in
value, while in 1870 it had fallen ia
&c, ,OOo, 900.
The total foreign trade of @82, 900, 0O0
is now forced to yield q, revenue Of
nearly 1900, 900. OF her entire in.
debtedness of 1896, 900, 900, she pays
interest upon but $35, ,O00. 600. This
causes her o~-be excluded from the
stock markets of, the, world. Her en-.
tire population is little over 6, 600, 600.
OF this, over 6, OOO, 900 are Indians and
mixed, 800, 600 descendants of Span,
iards and Indians, 100000 Spanlards
and 10000 Europeans. Is il to be
wondered at, undersuc circumstances,
that Juarez is discouraged, and that
the idea has been suggested of . pro
tectorate or annexation to the United
States. d, 49,: ,..*,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
A Russian Lady's Costly Laces-.-A Suit
for *1O0, 900.

Madame Olga de Maluta Fralon, 4
member of a noble Russian family, and
wife of Col. Fralof, was travelling in
this country in 1864, having a. she al
legcs, packed in one of her trunks rare
old laces, valued at $100, 900. She left
New York for Niagara Falls, by way of
the Hudson River and New York Cen
trail Railroads.
The laces were all safe on her arrival
at the Delavan House, Albany, and
they were in her trunk when she started
from Albany for Niagara Falls, but on
arrival at the Falls she found the trunk
broken open and the laces gone. She
then brought suit against the railroad
companies to recover the value Of the
laces. The trial of the case has been
commenced in the United States Cir
cuit Court before Judge Shipman, and
will last several days.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
NUMBER 6.
=
The Alabama Claims.

The New York Herald states tba,
Earl Granville's response to the Ameri
can proposition to establish m inter
national principle covering the liability
of neutral for CONSEQUENTIAL DANA,
ges was considered at q meeting of the
President, Cabinet, and members ot
Congressional Foreign Committees.
The proposition of Granville 10 ~ fol.
lows: That the United States with.
draw the claims for consequential dam.
ages from the Geneva Tribunal, Great
Britain still maintaining that they are
outside of the provisions of the Treaty;
that in future war; whenever either na-
tion is q belligerent and the other q
neutral, the neutral shall not be held
responsible for indirect or consequential
damages i'll claims arising in a similar
manner and under similar circum-
tances with the claims to which the
Treaty of Washington refers. This
was a surprise to the President, who,
finding diplomacy had failed. called in
members of Congress and the foreign
committees, to whom he stated his
anxiety to save the treaty, but not at
the sacrifice of any principle and.
having failed to secure such proposal
from England as he expected, he was in
favor of Withdrawing Schenck's in
structions and leaving the whole matter
as at the first before the Geneva Tn.
bnnal. The Republican members
OF the House Committee. stated
that they thought tie question
OF consequential damages should
never -have~been~~put the case
but rs they were there, and the honor
OF the nation was thus involved, the
committee was willing to do anything
consistent with their position to
strengthen the President in the, stand
it may be necessary to take. The
President said it was not for him to say
what should be the final attitude of the
country Whiae-Fesesnising the au-
tAoity conferred he was anxious that
the immediate Representatives Of the
people should know the true condition
OF affairs. and he re)iel on the COM
mittees to stand by him. in case it
should be necessary to abandon the
treaty. In response to remark - to
the extraordinary measure; Of calling
on the committees, Secretary Fiah said
they were not called on for advice
but support. ! Amber, of Ohio, re-.
sponded by saying that If support was
expected, it was but Just that the DEM
ocratic members of the committee
should also have been invited, and he
(Ambler) would not imperil: tho inter-
est of the Republican party by advoeat-
ing a policy inimical to the success
Of the party. Willard agreed with Am
bier, and positively declared this mis-
take~of the administration could not be
fastened on the Republican party by
any measure of expedieney. This ter.
the interview. After their
withdrawal the President and Secre-
tery Fieh, finally decided that Gran
aud we cannot recede from our case rs
presented at Geneva and dispatch to
that effect was teleg1aphed to Minister
Schenck. :-I:,: ..,.; :. !,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
SllakSDeare's Bust.

The exact time when the Stratford
bust was made cannot be ascertained
but it was probably not long after his
death, in 1916, and it was certainly be-
fore the publication of the collected
edition of his works in 1923, in which
it is mentioned. The sculptor, if he
deserved the name, was unknown till
recently, when it was discovered that
he was one Gerard johnson, q Holland
er, who settled in England where he
set up as tomb-maker, employing,
besides himself, - Iurimen, 2 prenti-
ces, and / Englishman. He is
supposed to have followed, in making
the bust, a cast of Shakspeare's face,
taken after death, and to have followed
it b]indly. He is also supposed to
have injured the nose by careless CHS
cling, which compelled him to shorten
it, and to lengthen the upper lip, which
is out of proportion with the rest of
the face, being at least an inch and a
quarter long. Such as it was, and is,
the Stratford bust has surmounted the
grave Of Shakespeare for two hundred
and fifty years. Britton, the antiquary,
described it, as follows, in 1916:
The bust is the size of life; it is
formed out of a block of soft stone, and
was originally painted over in imitation
of nature. The hands and face were OF
flesh color, the eyes of light hazel, the
hair and beard auburn; tho doublet OF
coat was scarlet, and covered with a
loose black gown, or tabard, without
sleeves; the upper part of the cushion
was green, the under part crimson, and
the tassels gilt. Such appear to have
been the original features of this i'm.
portant, but neglected or insulted bust.
After remaining in this state above one
hundred and twenty years, Mr.. John
Ward, grandfather of Mrs. Siddons and
Mr.. Kemble, caused it to be- repaired,
and the original colors preserved, in
1748, from the profits of represent.
alton of Othello. This was o generous
and apparently judicious act; and,
therefore, very unlike the next altera.
ton it was subjected to IN 1898. In
that year, Mr.. Malone caused the bust
to be covered over with one or more
coats OF white paint; aud thus at once
destroyed it's original character, and
greatly injured the expression of the
face" The bust has now been restored
to it's last coat of color, Mr.: Hahn Fris.
we'll assures us, and the clerk who
shows it AYERS that, with the exception
of very little retouching, it is now in
the same state in which it was left by
Mr.. Hall, the limner of Stratford.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16
The Asrai.
~ ROBERT 3UCHANAN.


1 nss hind ind the the 1&st ss.,.p spen a1
Inc gold-c1aspc tome, whose stained. ycllow lcav
Fecl spongy to tho touch yet rough with dust,
Mhen WI ,.t cssi; from her chamber overhead
Steals IN, and peeps, and sits upon my knee,
And winds her gentle arms around my neck.
And side-long pccping on tho page antique,
"Reforc man grew Of The four ele,.ents
The n. Asrsi grew rev. Of three.hre: water: air
The opening Of the golden eye Of day;
Tho world was silvern, moonlight mystical
Flooded her glimmering continents and SEAS
81 deep aud melancholy melody,
8using, and cast no shades.
"These could not lie
A. mon die: death cande later pale, yet fair;
Pensive yet happy. In the silvern light
The Asrai wandered. choosing for their homes
star.ha,,nted waters, yellow strips Of sand
Kissing the bright edge Of the glittcring sea,
And glttering caverns IN the gannt hill-eides,
In mossy basias where the water black
Bubbied with wondrous breath. The world was pale
And these were things Of pallor flowers and scents
All Siitsr'ng ;.s shinss . came later later .t
Crept ont Of hesven and hung the lights Of earth
With lights miraculous: later stu. man dug
Ont of ths cereg the thiek and eolden g)ne =
Nor flowers; nor scents. the pallid Asrafk
Nor burning aspiration heavenward,
Nor blind dejection downward under earth
After the things that glitter. :Thdr: desdrc6
Shone stationary-gcntle love they knew
For one another-and in their pale world
Silent they walked and unused, knowing no guile,
With lives that flowed within a. quietly
As rsin-lrops dripping with bright measured beat
From NOISY cavern caves .''~
Glove! my love! 10
how thy heart beats how the fond kisses rain -
We otnnd l6ve etS Aose<oari & . p6an.s J.
tnfult, I deliliumSa dfeanl.
. Mt(e on&of 1Sur s1oete telenent,
EiraRn III fadk .antmd. .tnie i8thiAe eyes, I
And III thy heart, and en fhy l,ssing mouth
The warmth, the JOY, the impulse, and delight
OF the ensnors4 Sentle :hSaEtea eesth-s ;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16

died on Friday. n'''
ADv1cEs received by mail from Spain state
that tho priests are trying to make the insnr-
rection religious war.
hEh MAJESTY Empress Augusta, Of Ger
many, has arrived At Windsor Castle, where
she is the guest Of Queen Victoria
NEWS has been received of the founder;np
at sea OF the American schooner Brooks. All
on board were lost.
dES' c1ssEr, Minister Of War, has informed
tho Committee Of the French Assembly that
the Government has decided to court martial
Bazaine.
The police authorities at Copenh.pan nra
vented the members of the International s.,c;.
ety from holding meeting there on SUNDAY.
ABE entire Dutch cabinet have resixnel.
o"ne 10 an adverse vote in the states. gen.
ers.'y on the question Of income taxes.
.Ah ttiai by court martial of Marshal Ba-
1.,ue -, ""l DO held in the riding school at Yer
ea"'0S' ana WILL commence the latter part Of
way Inc tral will probably last over 10o
mOned. ''' "A' ~ BUM
1HE father OF the murdered students ;r
Cuba has published an address to the King o,
SPAN, which he has circulated all over IN.
island OF Cuba, and it is creating = great dea
OF excitement there. The father, Alvarez d,
IL Campo. is threatened with death, unless h
prevents its presentation to the King
IHE revolutionists under Don Ca los wer
!ao9eated st Oran4uieta ON Saturday. or til
Carli"ts forces engaged 3S were killed and "a
taken prisoners. Don Carlos, with only 20
aoherents, has passed thr ugh Uluza, flvin
into France. The insurrection is at an end.
"A SERIOUS riot took place in Kbarkof, larg
market town in South Russia, caused by tn
interference of the police with the Easte
smusements Of the people. Fire engines wer
brought out to disperse the crowds by throw
ing water on them. This 80 cxaspcrated IL,
Populace that they attacked the police and ii,
stations and gutted them. The Governor %,
t'ered out troops. vii" we,o stoned by the mol
whereupon they fired. and many citizenn We,
killed and wounded. The rioters then iii
persed, and At last accounts the city was quie
but under martial law.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16

perity of the American stone-cutters.
OsvHGo claims the credit of inaugu-
rating new system of medical practice,
which Faralyzes allopathy, eclipses
homeopathy and hydfopathy. One of
the celebrated physicians of that town
issued prescription, few days ago,
significant directions: "Take one tea
spoonful every three years"
The entire length of the canal by
which it IL proposed to connect the
Caspian and Black seas would be $50
Russian versts, or 400 miles. It is cal
culated that the work of construction
would take 900 laborers six years.
Aside from the benefit of the canal on
commerce at large, it would serve to
replenish the Caspian sea, which is
thought to be gradually drying up.
TINS is a season of the year when
cats do the strongest things in order
to get noticed in the papers. The cat
that when deprived of her kittens, took
. nest of young rats whose mother she
had eaten, to nurse, il only paralleled
by the one that is playing the mother
TO brood OF chickens As the feline
instinct of destruction is liable to re-
turn at any, moment, neither the rats
nor the chickens viii probably live to
grow up.
AMERIcAM tourists in France this sea-
son will have some difficulty in that
country, according to the following rev.
elations by = Paris correspondent:
"The French custom-house officers, I
hear from IN English traveller, have
taken to searching your person in a
most vexatious and annoying manner.
Nothing is neglected to keep away for
eigners. The railway tickets are taxed,
and now the mail boats cannot convey
goods over q certain weight without
paying extra port dues. If you want to
travel through or live in France you can
only do 80 with Inconvenience and diff
culties aud heavy taxation. NJ. Theirs
says that foreigners ought to contribute
to the immense revenue which war and
revolution have obliged the peopl, to
raise."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-16

only way to learn to fish is to 20 on,
without your breakfast, with the con.
seriousness of the necessity of having tc
fish for your dinner"
You had much better come back
and play bean-bags."
| These were, the nice. kind, encourag
ing remarks was doomed to listen to,
and bear with patience if possible. /
must confess. though, the latter obscr-
vation almost persuaded me to return ;
uttered as it was by such dear, mus
ical little voice, by one I had often and
often listened to with such rapture, in
the soft August evenings, and by one
whose ean-baGs. somehow or other,
always seemed tn fall softer and kind
lier on my robust person than those of
anybody else's ever did. But no;
was not to be seduced from the path of
duty. To get a fish that morning was
determined, or leave Glenmuir by the
afternoon ch,-tllis latter as kind
OF compensation for the dying part of
my resolve.
I have said I chose the quietest route
from the house, for obvious reasons :,
but it was also to me the most disa.
greeable path, and will tell you why.
After clearing the grounds of Glen
muir one had about mile of moor
land to traverse, when you struck upon
foot path leading you to and through
FIR wood overhanging the steep banks
which here lined the river; down to a
road running parallel to The stream,
and at the side of which stood a kirk.
Now, if there is anythingin the world
calculated to depress my spirits and
give me the blues, it is the sight of the
majority of Scotch country kinks. As
the bells were to Mephistopheles, so
these barns q can call them nothing
else) were to me. This was an especi-
ally gloomy one. A square, low-roof
building, painted gray, with black
around each window to enliven it. The
yard (not tree of any sort in it, } which
was full of unshapely and seyere-look.
ing tombstones. grisly emblems of the
severity and coldness of the occupants
faith, was ill-tended and neglected, the
paths unweeded, and the grass growing
anywhere and everywhere. Verify, the
outward and visible signs of the creed
of the established kirk are not of the
most joyous or cheerful description.
Now, this path I always avoided on
account Of its taking me past this fear
ful:looking object, and I feel sure that
the depressed state of my feelings for
hours after using this route initiated
greatly against any small chance I had
of ensnaring the fnny ones.
"Ah," said Simon, eye hae come
the RIGHT gait tn morn-the lucky road
past the kirk. Yell be sure of fash
noo."
"Why, Simon, you surely do not
suppose that my passing the kirk can
possibly have anything to do with fish
ing9"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-04-13
TENANT HOUSES.

In an article few days since We referred
to the great want of tenant houses in this
city. In'further illustration of this fact We
may As well mention that Mr.. gurdock had
no less than six applications frum parties
wishing to rent the two houses which he ia
At present building adjoining his residence
90 Illinois street, before the drawings of
them we're made out BY Mr.. Holmes. These
two houses are two story and cellar under
one roof, and have . front Of thiriy-thrse
feet and depth of fifty feet, including kitchen
wings.
Mr.. p. L. Mitchell 10 building . good
sized tenant house on illinois street, and
other parties are contemplating following
suit with one or two more houses.
This is move IN the right direction, "bui
what are these among so mAny2" One third
Of the spring Of this year is almost gone.
The number Of those absolutely in want Of
tenant house accom- mediation increases, and
sill no s.eps are taken TO meet the demand.
II is remarkable that such q good invest
msut as this should DO so neglected. We
hope, however, to see our capitalists show
themselves equal to the emergency, and
take steps to erect number Of houses be-
tore long Of the description mos, needed,
namely such es will suit the lsboring classes
nna those with small families. This most
ssnl want supplied We feel con 6dsp. ihA.
ne rest will be met 10 due time.