Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-12-12

What rising fair, what glorious life,
Where thou hast been7
The veil! the veil! 20 thin, 20 strosgl
'Twixt us aud thee;
The mystic veil! whom shall it fall,
That We may seel -"
Not dead, not sleeping, not even gone,
,: But present STILL; - e.,
| And watching for the coming hour =.
OF Gods sweet will.
Lord Of the living ana the dead,
Our Savior dear! - go - -
We lay in silence At Thy feet sI::;.> -:
This sad, sad yeari . q; .,.....-:.,
All Sorts Of Parssraphs.
Texas has eighteen daily papera
THE latest patent curative i = medi
Gated shirt. .'@:. % 's*'sss-
FoR1Y thousand Russiails want 10
come to America. .r..
A STONE % big - walnut vas found
in the heart Of IN Indiana OF
TIaHT SoukRzE il the name Of little
town III Virginia. . s.-1 ss.zs vrs
The mercantile marine of the vho1o
world numbers over 81, 900 vessels.
IT is suggested that the sailors Of The
Marquis of Bute's new line Of ocean
steamers will be Butte Jacks- :,
stTRUrH il stranger than felton,"
but Dobbs says that often depends up
on who tells It. :.s=- 2 So 100.
FouR million dollars worth of bridges
| 81 ton 1,~>s1k - Dill nI~l>s> - kh>
next i've years.
THE marketable value Of rough dia-
monds has fallen within the pak twelve
months nearly fifty per cant .,-:,
WHEN deaf -mutes are married two
members of the party are sure 70 be
unspeakably happy. :2.~@.3: a
THE Chicago fire WAS caused BY
COW. The Boston fire BY tie want of Q
horse.-Loaceu (Aass) Cbssjer.
OK Thursday of last week, tho ther.
mometer at Laramie City, Wyoming,
indicated % degrees below zero.
A LESSON in geography: Kansas
City is in Missouri and Arkansas City
| is in Kansas. z:.
A KANSAS physicisn lately swallowed
dose of chloral, to show . patient
that it was possible to do sos 5s1d died
of the dose. f.-.:.-
PAwNBRoKKRs established themselves
at the leading Baden Baden hoteas for
the convenience of impFoviidant young
gentlemen" ~as-.~-f s.s..--z..A-.ss
"I HAVE met with Q great many re-
verses, " as the paddle Of the fezIy-bost
remarked to the nooring.post On tho
pier. =. s,..-
A CHICAGO paper tries to make sui
cides popular and respectable by ne-
cording them under the head Of Per
sonal." ..s.-...t--...-
TEE granite alone in Beeheb Block,
memorable AZ one of the frst and finest
destroyed by the Boston fire, cost t7o,-
600. - .,..s-. -. =
PHosPHoRnKD BRoAxB 10 now exciting
attention as . material for guns. Sew
eral of the European goveanneafs have
been experimenting with 1t, with view
to its adoption.
THE Boston militia, while on duty in
the burned district, arepaid at the1aAe
Of $3.50 . day BY the State, and arc
furnished quarters and rstions by The
city. = g 1..&s*.is~ '-f.@7s II .1:s' s''7F
A LOSS by the Boston fire, which falls
with great security upon 4, cla0 Who
can ill afford to meet t. arises from tho
assessments Of those insured in nutaal
companies. i..:..e, Il .ea. -vs
TIE British Museum has at present
collection Of antique statsazy seoend
only to the collections at Rome. and it
I v-o~--n1l >~,n,> ~.:Ak >-f
the Vatican and Capitol: ~. = j. nab
THx Black River: Insurance Con-
pany, of Watertown, n. T., loses &0l,-
500 by the Boston fire. This loss win
be met by voluntary isabackiiptioos by
the stockholders, leaving The mzplns
and capital unimpaired. "
| MIS-. SAILOR, who was attacked in
her house on Laurel steeek. Pottsville,
Tenn, last week, BY John, w. SeAaltx,
alias Buck Schultz, . coloredt man and
desperate character, has since. died
from the effects Of the injuries Il .-se
| FRoM the middle Of 1854 10 the lest
Of June, 1872, the United States paid
Paris the enormous sum of $900000,-
600. This somewhat aegseing anoant
was forwarded in gold, on account Of
jewelry, laceA silks, gloves Grapes,
merinoee, hats, human hair and nis-
cellaneous toilet articles .zs2 otEs:..
ISsrALLM.x1s bsvesbee4paid on the
following bill ut various times, the pay
ments made in 1871 and 1872 being
very heavy. It seems doubtful whether
the account is closed. The bill reads:
TIE Ansericaa People To MK Da. psc..
To tuition fee in architecture. .$S00 80 900
r,.nos. 11e1 RssS R.y%sssi ssssaied E ns S
A VERY interesting discovery has been
made in the library of the National
Museum of Naples, namely, :. A Treat
Use on Miniature (illuminaEed) Pint
ing," which treats Of the AT 9eoesally,
of the preparation of colOrs, tho laying
on of gold, and other technicalma
It is believed that this treatise, which
dates from the fourth century, has nev-
er been printed, and is not TO be found
in any new catalogue. s5% sz
| A REMARKABLE statue has recently
been discovered near Aspra, in tho
| country of the Sabines, not far from
Rome. It il in white marble, and of
admirable beauty, and had apparsutly
occupied niche in some buifdinx. the
remains Of which were found ar0und
it. It is ife-size, and represents .
Venus stripped. to the waist but drap-
cd from there to the feet The work
belongs to the highest period OF AT,
and bears a striking resemblance to the
celebrated Venus of Aries, in the Paris
museum. +-S 81 s-;'-';* Esz':s.<.:'
Ir has not been commonly supposed
that General Meade died . poor man.
This, however, seems to have been tho
case. After his burial the matter acoi-
dentally leaked out, and number Of
the prominent citizens of Philadelphia
at once concluded to get up ! tesaimo-
NAL that would be of value. They
issued circular to others, and meet
ing was held ON Wednesday, when
| $50. 600 was subscribed. II was agreed
to make up the sum to 500, 600 and
present the same to the family of the
deceased. -- - 4 4
CAPT. BARRETT, United States Navy,
(chief of construction at the Brooklyn
! navy yard, is the inventor of . hori-
zoutal perforated tube, to be placed on
, the summit of the roofs, and connect.
ed with the water supply pipes of the
building. Under the cornice is re.
ceiver p,pe-which receives tho water
from the roof and casts it over the side
of the l,uildinn. Tins f1o0f1in1 Il Thia