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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The Fables OF Zambri, the Parasee.

The Fables or Zambri, the Parasee.
Translated from the Persian by bod Grille for
London Fun.l
"Pray walk into my parlor," said the spider
to the fly.
"Tbat is not quite original" the latter made
reply.
If that's the way you plasianze, your fame
will be a fib-
But I'll walk into your parlor while pitch
into your crib;
But before cross your threshold, sir, il 1may
make so free,
Pray let me introduce to you my friend, the
wicked fea.'"
" How do you ?" says the spider as his vel
come he extends.
How doth the busy little bee, and all our
other friends ?" =
"Quite well, think. and quite unchanged"
the flea said, "thoush learn
In certain quarters weli-informed, tits feared
the worm will turn.'''
Humph!" said the flv: ;" 1 do not understand
this talk mot IT,
elf is classical allusion,'' said the spider to
the lily.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

The Old Man in the Stylish Church.

The Old Man In the Stylish Church.
Well, wife, Two been to church to.day-becr t.
stylish one
And scein' you can't go from home. III tel
! YOU what VAS done;
You would have been surprised to see what
saw there to-day
The sisters were fixed up 50 fino they hardl
bowed 10 pray.
had on these coarse clothes of mine, moi
much the worse for wear,
But then they knew wasn't one they called
So they led the old man toa seat away bac
by the door;
Twas bookless and upcushioncd-a preserve,
scatter the poor
Pretty aooi, in came stranger with gold rius
| and clothing fine;
They led him to q cushioned seat far in al
vance Of mine;
l thought that wasn't exactly right, to sea
him up so near,
Whsp 10 Was young, and was old and vcr,
f. J hard to hear.
But then, there's no accountin' for what som,
people do;
Tho 8post clothing nowadays oft get. tn
But 1hen We reach the blessed home, all. un
Wen SEQ wealth besgin' at tho gate, Will,
poverty goes in.
couldn't hear the sermon, sat SO far away
So, through the hours Of service, could onl,
''watcll and pray;"
Then the doil's OF of the Christians sittin:
near me round about
Pray TINT God would make them pure With,
as they were pure without.
While 1sat there, lookin' all around upon tn
rich and great,
kept thinkin' Of the rich man and the begga
at the gate;
How, by all but dogs forsaken, tho poor beg
CARS form grew cold,
And the angels bore his spirit to the mansion
built of gold;
Ho" at .p 9st t ts rich a %aa p'r'hed and hi
From tile purple and fine linen to the home o
endless night;
There he learned, as he stood gain at til,
tbeggar in the sky,
1t isn't all Of life to live. nor Of death t,
doubt not there wore wealthy sirss in tina
religious fold, :!
Who went up from their dwelin's like tn,
Pharisee Of old;
Then returned home from their worship, witt
head uplifted high,
To spurn DO hungry from their door will
naught to satisfy.
Out! out with such professions; they arc
dom more to-day
To stop the weary sinner from the Gospel
shinln' way
Than all the books of inddels, than all tina
has been tried
Since Christ was born at Bcthlehenl-sinc
Christ was crucified.
How simple are tho works Of God, and yet how
very grand!
The shells in ocean cavcrns, the flowers on til,
land
He gilds the clouds Of cvenin' with the colt
right from his throne,
Not for tho rich man only not for the pool
alone.
Then why should man look down on man be-
cause of lack Of gold?
Why seat him in the poorest pew because his
clothes are old7
A heart with noble motives-a heart that God
has blest-
May be beatin' heavens music meath tina,
faded coat and vest.
I'm DID, may be childish-but love sim.
l love to see it shinin' in Christian piety;
Jesus told u in his sermons in Judea's noun.
tain's wild,
He that Esn a; e go to heaven must be like
Our heads are CROWN gray, dear wife on,
hearts are beating slow;
In little while the Master will ca for us to
When We reach the pearly sateways, and lool
in with joyful eyes,
Wen see no stylish worship in the temple oil
the skies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
NUMBER 50.
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
A Store Burned u md Four Bod cs FOu nd
I'm tho Dcbris-Eviuent Multlers,
The Vicksburg Miss Herald of the

a Store Burned and Four Bodies Found
I'm tho Dcbris-Eviucnt Murders.
The Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald of the
9Th says:
The steamer r. B. Hurl arrived yes.
terday, and her officers bring particu-
lars OF fire at Rolling Fork and loss
of life. The store Of Messrs. Ring
and Moore was destroyed by fire during
Tuesday night. Wednesday, morning
the charred remains of Jessie l1oore
and Mrs. Moore, Mr.. Goodhue and Il
child, Billy James, were taken from
the debris. The skull of Mr.. Moore
had been broken in across the fore
head, evidently with an AK, and the
head of Mr.. Goodhre had been almost
severed from the body, apparently
also wi tn an ak. The bodies of Mrs.
Moore and child showed no evidences
of wounds. Mr.. Jos. Long is missing,
and it is feared that he also has been
foully dealt with. It is supposed at
Rolling Fork that Mr.. Ring had gone
to Vicksburg on a steamer day or
two previous to the occurrence, but
nothing has as yet been heard of him
by his friends here. Billy James,
the child. was seven or eight wears
old, and the son of we'll known RATS
man, who hadleft Billy with Mr.. Moore
while he was engaged in other sections
OF the country. Rolling Fork Landing
il on Sun Flower river, at the mouth
of short stream which connects Sun
Flower with Deer Greek. The store of
Ring h Moore was the only house at
the landing. It was used as a storing
depot for all goods put off there. It is
supposed chat there were a good many
infiammab]e goods there at the time
OF the fire, and an explosion
of powder was heard for several
miles around. The numbering of four
or five persons and burning of house
to-. conceal the crime is enough, of
course. to arouse all sections of tho
country adjacent, and intense excite
ment prevails. No clue had at last &C.
counts been obtained of the perpetra-
tors of the horrible crime. Two suspic-
ious characters had been seen previous
to the occurrence in the neighborhood,
and have disappeared: Robbery was
the principal, object in view by the
fends. Being discovered at. this they
probably murdered the inmates of the
house and then fred. it, hoping to hide
all traces of their bloody work.
The body of Mr. Goodhue was
brought to the city on the Hurl, and
was buried from St. Paul's Church yes
terday afternoon.
The building and stock of Ring l.
Moore were insured in different agen-
cles in this city for about seven thous-
and dollars.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The Rumored l.orne Quarrel.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.

From the Cincinnati Gazette.
The report comes to us that the Mar.
quis of Lornc and his royal bride have
quarrelcd and separated. We are not
inclined to believe the story, though il
may involve a certain substratum OF
truth. Queen Victoria would not allow
any such public scandal. Soon after
the Princess Royal married the crown
Prince of Prussia, the young couple
had sad falling out, ending in the
husband kicking his wife down stairs.
The outraged wife fled home to Eng
land. She met with little or no sym
pathy, however, and was sent back to
Berlin without delay, and amicnble
relations wero restored, which have
since ripened into genuine Affection
Such, ut least, have been told us as
facts, on pretty good authority. We
expect, therefore, to hear a contradict
tion of the rumor in regard to the
I4orncs, or, at any rate, a very essential
modification of the circumstances as at
; present stated.
i The famous gun-founder Krupp has
purchased an iron mine and several
collierics in the vicinity Of his works vt
| Essen
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Total amount loaned........

The total income of the company for
1872 was So, 695: O64; and the total as
sets Jan. LIST, 1873, were So, 5O0,OOO
But those who are interested in this
subject should get full statement of
the business and condition of the com.
pany, and carefully examine it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
DAN MARBLE was once strolling along

DAN MARBLE was once strolling along
the wllarves in Boston, when he met .
tall, gaunt-looking figure, q "digger"
from California, and got into CONVEX
sation with him. Hcalthy2 It amt
anything else. Why. stran ger, there
YOU can choose any climate You like,
hot or cold, and that, too, without
walking moro than fifteen minutes.
Just think O. that the next cold morn
ing you get out o bed. There is a
mountain there-the Sara Nevada they
call it-with valley on each side of
it, one hot and the other cold. Well,
get on the top of that mountain with a
double-barreled CUR, land you can with
out movin' kill either summer or vim
ter game. jest IS you wish" "What
have you ever tried it2" "Triel it,
often, and should have done very well
but for one thing. WANTED Il dog that
would stand both climates. The last
dog had froze his tail of while Plin-
tim on the summer side. He didn't
get entirely out of tho winter side yon
see true as you live Marble sloped.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
What the Leaf Does.

It pumps water from the ground
through the thousands of tubes in the
stem of the tree, and sends it into the
atmosphere in the form of unseen mist,
to be condensed and fall in showers
the very water that, were it not for the
leaf, would sink in the earth and find
it's way, perchance, through subter-
ranean channels to the sea. And thus
it is what we see it works to give us the
early and the later rain" It works
to send the rills and streams,
like lines of silver, down the
mountain. and across the plain.
1t works to pour down the larger
brooks that turns tho wheels that ener.
gize the machinery which gives en-
ployment to millions-commerce slim
ulated, wealth accumulated, and INTEL
ligence disseminated through the agen-
cy Of this wealth. The leaf does it all.
It has been demonstrated that every
square inch of leaf lifts 3.5OOths of an
ounce every twenty-four hours. Now,
a large forest tree has about five acres
of foliage, or 6,272, $50 square inches.
This being multiplied by $500 (the
amount pumped by every inch }, gives Us
the result-2, 252 ounces, or 4, l76 pints,
or 294 quarts, or barrels. The trees
on an acre give 800 barrels in twenty
four hours. An acre of grass, or clo-
yer, or grain, would yield about the
same result. The leaf is a worker, too,
IN another field of labor, where we sell
dom look-where it works for the good
of man in the most wonderful manner.
It carries immense quantities of cleo
tricity from the earth tc the clouds,
and from the clouds to the earth.
Rather dangerous business trans.
porting lightning; but it is par
ticularly fitted for this work.
Did you ever see leaf entire
as to its edges2 It is always
pointed, and these points, whether
they be large or small, are just fitted
to handle this dangerous agent. These
tiny fingers seize upon and carry it
away with ease and wonderful disratch.
There must be no delay; it is 'stime
freight" True, sometimes it gathers
up more than the trunk can carry. and
in the attempt to pack the baggage the
trunk gets terribly shattered, and we
say that lightning struck tho tree. But
it had been struck a thousand times
before. This time it was overworked.
chronological.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

CoNuNDRuM for Country Justices !:
How many acres go to make wise
acree
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

Two members of Congress from
Pennsylvania have been drunk most of
the time for two weeks past.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
THE HOUTyET HORROR.

Details OF the Bulehery ON 8mutty
Nose 1sln -Annetlle Lawson ana
H"frcn Crssscnson Hacked 10 Death.
portsmouth, N. H., March y Correspondence OF
the New York Herald
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-10

Cn- drlt-.,-r 1, F-.u'=s-'l Tir,.-.s VII b sold
L lie tCGs = v-.i3
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
THE TRIBUNE ON CARPENTER.

The Tribune, alluding to its charges
against Senator Carpenter, will say it
desires it to be distinctly understood it
makes no charges that can not be SUBJ
stantiated. The following will appear: {:
"The Tribune is n journal of ample
pecuniary responsibility. If Carpenter
has been aggrievcd by any publication
in its columns, he has his remedy at
law, and whatever damage n jury Of
his countrymen shall say he sustained
will be promptly paid. More than
that, the Tribune will gladly pay any
sum that may be assessed in damages,
to be convinced that the character of
Mr.. Matt Carpenter is such that he
does the Senate no disgrace by presid-
ing over it, and that his Iifo and con-
duct arc such as may be hold up for an
example, instead Ofa warning to tho
young men ofthc country. For proof
of that, the Tribune is quite ready to
pay liberally.'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
COLOR IN THE ARMY.

According to n statement made by
tho Washington correspondent Of tho
Boston Post, Secretary Bclknap will
assign colorcd graduates of West Point
exclusively to commands in white rcgi-
ments. The Secretary explains that
tho law leaves no option he is required
to officer colorod regiments with white
men, and therefore, he must assign
colored West Pointers to duty in white
regiments. If tho law really leaves no
choice to the Secretary but to place
white officers in command of colored
regiments, then it follows, OF course,
that tho colored officers must go into
white regiments, if assigned to any
regiment whatever. We can only say
that this law, which we cannot find in
our compilation, does injustice to both
races, and will be unpopular with both,
and will cause poor state of discipline
in regiments thus officered by men of
color different from that of their COM
manCls. Tho blacks would ask why q
black man is not good enough to be
officer over them and in precisely the
same spirit of race feeling, white sol
diers will want to know why negroes
are put above them. The effect of the
law will be to stimulate prejudice, and
both races have reason to be offended q,
1t. 1t would ne better for white and
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

black regiments alike that the law
making this singular requirement., If 1t
exists, should be repealed, and things
he allowed to take their natural course.
Esprit ds corps is n sentiment of tho
highest conceivable value In IA regiment.
This, it seems, must be impaired by
aro1sing tho prejudice between men
and their officers, ON the plan proposed.
OF course, the Secretary of War has
means of compelling white men to sub
NIT to colored officers and colored men
to obey white officers, but 1t does seem
foolish to take the risk of causing in
suboriination in the army, when 1t
could be avoided by a repeal or modi-
fication of the law, on the suggestion of
tho Secretary.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
SPECIE PAYMENTS.

Tho chances aro that France, after
most disastrous war, which ended In
tho surrender OF Napoleon IL ut Sedan,
September 20, 1870, will resume specie
payments years before tho United
States. Tho Now York Express says
that tho fact liz that VIC havo not one
half tho specie in tho country that
Franco has. There gold bears pre-
MUM Of less than one-half Of ono per
cent, and here It is at q premium OF
163. Franco has been preparing nearly
three years for specie Payments, while
tho United States has been for eight
preparing not to resume. Each country
In its way has boon equally successful,
but the one-and our own country, we
are sorry to say-has been successful in
the wrong direction.-Afont. ado.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
EGOTlSTIC TALKERS.

Almost every circle is blessed with
tho egotist, who exercises n kind of
dictatorship over 1t. Arc you in mis-
take as to a matter of fact? He cannot
suffer you to proceed until you arc cor
rectcd. Have you aword on the end of
your tongue? He Mt once comes at your
relief. DO you talk ungrammatically9
He quotes rules and gives examples like
a pedagogue. Docs he discover that
there Is link wanted in the chain of
your argument? He bids you stay till
he has supplied 1t. Do you drop word
to which he has devoted much research9
He asks you whether you know its
primitive Specification, and straightway
infficts upon the circle long philoIog-
ical disquisition. When you relate an
incident which you suppose new and af-
fecting, your friend listens. When you
have done, he observes that he heard
that same long ago, and adds a very
material circumstance which you om-
itted. He Is never taken by surprise,
and it is impossible to give him any
information. And yet he never takes
the lead in conversations, nor advances,
an original thought. It is his business
to come after, and pick up the words
which Others let slip in q running talk
or to check their impetuosity, that may
point out to them their missteps. Had
he lived In tho days of Solomon ht
would have Hattered tho royal sage
with an intimation that some of hi.
proverbs wereb but plagiarisms;or,h had II,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

The trial OF General Bazaine is likely
to furnish as extensive and Just about
as interesting fund OF literature as
some OF our American court-martiaIs or
the reports on Ku-Klux cases. The
preliminary reports Of General Rivicrc
In Bazaine's case fills four octave vol
umes. This is before tho trial has
commenced. 1t comprises an account
OF the battles about Metz, a volnme on
the artillery, another on food supplies,
and fourth On cotosnunications. The
conclusion OF the report accuses Bazaine
OF having capitulated without 1zeNing
exhausted all his means of del316t, apd,
OF having caused his troops to T0rsmall
their arms before he had madc
effort in his power to ave. !. BAER.
grace. These offenses, ace 4otc
! code of military justice,
with death and militar
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

been Q cotomporary OF Solomon's father,
would havc felt himself competent to
give tho slayer OF Goliah some lessons
ON the sling, and hinted to the sweet
tho shepherd bard did not perfectly
understand tho use of tho harp.--EsrcE.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
ALIENS GREAT TEXAS CATTLE
RANCHES.

From tho New Orleans deralO.l
Tho account of the immense herds
and tlocks Of Australia, of tho great
Pa,npas of tho La Plata, and ofal cattle
raising countries GWindle into insig-
nificancc compared with those of o
single ono of the great cattle r,aisers of
Texas. We refer to Mr.. Samuel w.
Allen, native of Kentucky, who has
lived from infancy in Texas, where
from poor and friendless boy no has
attained at middle age tho position of
owner of the largest ranges and Of the
greatest number of heartls of cattle ever
possessed by one man.
When it is considered that through
the enterprise of this gentleman, this
whole section of country is furnished
with three-fourths Of the cattle con-
sumed by its people, that not only
New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, Key
West and our sea coast, but the towns
and villages far up the river, and Ha-
vana and other towns in the West In
dies, are supplied from the same source,
our curiosity is naturally excited as to
the source of this supply aud the enter
prise which makes it available for so
large a commerce. To crafty this curl
osity, we have ascertained authentical-
ly the following facts, in regard to Mr..
Aliens operations:
He is the owner of the following ran.
ches:
1. The Rancho Grandc, the largest
ON tho continent, embraces an area of
eighty miles long and forty wide, and
lies between tho Colorado and Nevada
rivers. 1t extends through three coun-
ties-MatagOrtla Lavaca and Jackson.
On this range alone Mr.. Allen herds
ono htoael,cd ana t.oenty thousand head
of cattle.
2. Tho Homo Rancho, situated in
Harris county, pastures seventy thous-
and, and includes an area of little
less than half that of tho Rancho
Grando.
3. The San Barnard Rancho, is in
Fort Bend county, and pastures five
thousand head.
4. Indianola Rancho, Calhoun couE-
ty, foots up fifteen thousand head, maxi
ing grand total OfTwO HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND HEAD of cattle which
arc owned and handled by one man,
and are sufrsistcl und f,ttcncd upon tho
native grasses, and spontaneous growth
of II comparatively small section OF the
great territory OF Texas. Besides this
protliGious number of cattle, there arc
three thousand horses, which arc kept
constantly in usc by the hcrtlers and
brandcrs, of whom ut least four hun
drcd arc employed by Mr.. Allen, ut
good wages.
At low estimate of ten dollars per
head, the Valle of Mr.. Allen's cattle
may be set down at e., 800, 900; OF his
horses, at $6O, 900, making total valu-
alton of 81, ,56O, 900.
Sixty thousand calves nrc branded
by him every year, to keep up this
supply. These amounts represent the
capital OF the chief meat purVcyor for
this city and tho adjacent counties and
the Gulf coast.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
Dentistry.

nfeACEY, pontist, respectfully
~ professional services to tho
oitize,nroe and surrounding couH-
nur try. an experience OF fourteen
wa wears ractfce, he feels confident of
the alViVintion in AL branches OF his
rofeswilling to warrant all work.
mere hhmce Courthouse and next door
nth,uechtta Telegraph Office ON
,arsndpnroe VI m srl6:iy
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

The General Assembly of Kentucky,
as shown by the recent State election,
will stand: Senate, 80 Democrats; Re-
publicans, 6-Republican gain Of 2.
House, 81 Democrats; Republicans, 10
Democratic gain of l.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

Ills RICHARDSON. RoB'T RICHARDSON.
JAS. D. M'BNBRY.
RlchArdsOnS & 1IoEnery,
vrORNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
practice in all tho Parishes Of North
lana, in the Supreme Court at MONROE,
t,deral Courts, and i'll the Land Oface
tment OF the Genoral Government.
II, 1872. 4O-tf
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

c.RIsISON. W. w. FARMER.
Morrison Il Farmer,
NsNEYS AT LAW, Monroe, La,
f. practice in the Courts OF the Pa
rix Ouaehita, Morehouse, Richland,
Er and CALDWELL, i'll tho Supreme
Co,d in tho United States Courts.
Wiattend to all business intrusted to
tho,e state and Federal Land Offices.
n4lv3
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, August "a
Judge Thos. a. r. NGson, late Judge
of the Supreme Court, died at his resi-
dcncc here at six o'clock this morning,
of cholcry, after an illness of two days.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

Senator Hipplc-Mitchell, OF Oregon,
is represented as looking worn and
anxious over his troubles. It's fearful
ly unhealthy to he n congressman now
a-dayS.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

~ GORGE pUNvES'
SASH, BLIND AND DOOR
Steam Factory
AND LUMBER YARD,
Corner OF st. Charles and Clio Streets,
NEW ORLEANS.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Architravos, Base, Novels, Pilasteap,
Balusters, Cisterns, Doors, Blinds and
Glazed Sash, Rough and Dressed
Lumber, Flooring, Ceiling, Laths,
Notwithstanding and Shingles.
Always on hand at Lowest market
Prices. Door and Window Frames
Made to Orier-nn forms and sizes
9B-Send for Price List. 22:ly
ERBDERIcKsoN 4 HARTE,
Dealers In
DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, &C.,
1879 Canal Street. New Orleans, La.
Dec. o, 1871. ul2:1y
AIKEN ~ WATT
CoTTo FAC CTORS
AND COM SsIoN MERCHANTS,
No. 90 Claoadelet Street,
NEW RLEA Ms, La
September rs, 1870. LILY
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30
nr. VIM. SRndel

VERS his services rs Physician and
Il III, to tho public. He can bo found
upoantation, four miles below Mon
roo. March IL, 1873. 15-ly
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-08-30

DIR. R. e. StrOther,
pMES the practice OF his profession,
h offers his services to the citizens OF
NJ and vicinity. Office at Drongoole's
dore. Juno 20, 1873. ly