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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
BREACH FOR A sTORMINa PATTY

bnt 40 ,ntense ;s their dreo5 of +ho
Mabomme;lans tint neither the Cb;,o.o
commander Or soldiers could be col to
make up such party. The Generals
consequently decided to make a stimuli
taneous qatack on al the towns, 50 that
suo HA1lrae "e'"cNinE .p"rtles might
neeP eIon oeue. III co1Mntehance. = Al!
lieu slo m"no lucy. w sne NUMBER OF
s9vou St or elen1 tno"sand' iound IN
o'1ln'Soe'Aoo'
WE'RE MAssACRED IN COLD BLOOD
by the Yunnan troops three or four
days after they had surrendered a
crnlty which was expected would find
its fit retribution in the murdcrous
desperation with which the defenders
of Sin-chen will sell thcir lives On Tia
8th of july. 1872. about one honr ho,
fore daylight. the imperial trooos cor-
ried into effect their combined NOVA.
ment by attacking all the enemv's
towers simultaneously: but the attack
was conducted with sox little skill bv
the commanders, and with SO much
fear and cowardice by the troops, that
the result was almost no loss or danger
to the rebels, while the imperialists
lost 200 killed aud in prisoners, and
some 400 wounded. Some of the
troops got fixed in such awkward posi-
tions that they had to stand on the
defensive oil day. and onlv succeeded
TN STEALING A RETREAT .rrrR DARK
m,o M.1,an.n.a,a. ~ T A.. -..
hand s,,nr"aJ tin o."ao; ~ - ao,,.oo v~o o.me a,1
da1te-;+n % '% :" ~ no ss eas. -. tS'. courage s ano
u1H'1AACJ ~ Uuo "oe OA Inoli "oaPOuo'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
VOLUME vi.
Truthful James tO the Editor.

(Y'rka, 1879
BY BRET .uARTE.
Which il il not my style
To produce needless pain
By statements that yile,
Or that go gin the grain,
But here's Captain Jack still I'vln' and Nyo has
no skelp on his brain.
On that Caucasian head
There is no crown OF hair;
It has gono, it has fed!
And Echo sez, WHEREOF
Aud l asks, is this nation white mans, and
is generally things on the square p
Sho was known in the camp
As "JIye's other squaw,"
And fol- = OF that stamp
Hez rights in the law,
but il treachc, GUS, sinful and Shiny, as Nye
might hev well known before.
But she said that she knsw
Who're the Injins was hid,
And tho statement was true,
For it seemed that she did:
Since she sel William where hs was covered BY
~sscventeen Aodocs. and-shd -
Ihen Ms; ,shed Tor his ,,air ~
Nut yessx, "By the law
OF nations, forbearl,
- surrenders-nO more;
Auu NOA0 W Uo tkeAt0Us you 0SHI meas
pris'ner, . pris'ner OF warl"
But Captain Jack rose,
And he sez, Z" It's too thin;
Such statements as those
It's too late to begin.
There's Modoc indictment agin you, O Pale
face. and you're gone inl
You st0le 6chonchin's squaW
In the year sixty.tw0;
1t was in sixty-fOur
That Long Jack you went through.
And yoa burned Nasty Jira's rancheria and his
wives and his pappooses too.
This gun in my hand
Was sold mo by you,
'Gainst the laws OF the land,
And grieves it is true"
And hc buried his face in his blanket, and wcpt
as ho hid it from view.
But you're tried and condemned,
And skelping's your DOOM"
And he paused and he hemmed-
But why this resume7
He was skelpod 'ganst the custum OF nations,
and cut of like rose in its bloom.
80 asks without guile,
And trusts not in vain,
II this 10 tho style
That is going to obtain-.-
II here's Captain Jack still q ivin', and Nye
with no skelp on his brain?
IN. T. Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Snow Drifts In NAV.

A note from Jefferson, N. H., dated tho
Goth, says: Ono Of our townsmen, who
started North the Goth of April, was stuck
in snow drift on the % Of May, in Lit
tletown, The drift was one. hundred feat
long, and about three feet deep. and on
the Southeast side of a hill, where tho
sun shone on it until five O'clock P. NJ.
Just over the fence there were four hands
planting potatoes. There is any amount
ct snow in the woods. The past iew
warm days have started the snow and
caused the small streams to overflow
There is no passing the White Mountain
Notch, as tho snow is deep in tho road.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Old shells and Balls.

Atlanta Sun: @Around Atlanta, for
several years after our late war, the
number Of unsxploded shells Of Sherman's
as they can possibly be in Paris: Aud
even ut this day it is no unusual thing to
find them. The number Of Mimic balls
brought in by the little negroes and sold
to our junk dealers are quito largo at
present. But instead Of citizens petition.
ing the Government to come and move
them, they are used in many instances a.
relics and ornaments for various Places
and The moro enterprising, especially Of
our oolored population, went to work .ad
gathered up and made good thing Of i
By selling them to the founderies for old
scrap irOn."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
A Siamese Bible.

Miss Sallie X. Mattingly, Of Bardstown
KY, has sent to the museum Of the Public
Library rare curiosity from the far-off
Kingdom of Siam. 1t was brought from
there by an uncle of tho donor. 1t is u
copy ofthe Siamese Bible or Holy Book,
and consists of u bundle Of very thin
strips Of bamboo, twenty.e 'ght OF which
are covered with writing in tho peculiar
characters used In that country, and five
blask strips, three on the one side and two
on tho other, form the cover Of tho book.
The whole is held together by silk cord
with t.sscl. Tho strips orc numbered,
each one apparently constituting page
of tho book. The strips are % inches
long by II inches wide, ,and the characters
on thoin arc dolicatcly but clearly traced,
and appear to DO SO arranged az to read
up and down, or lengtbwise of the pages,
instead Of from sido to sidc as in Eng glish
volumes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

WHEN Che brave soldier, now Presi-
dent Of France, was finally conquered
at Sedan by the victorious Prussians,
in spite of his gallant resistance and
stubborn efforts to save his army, he
rode boldly to the front exclaiming {:
81 Let me show these kings and princes
who screen themselves behind their
legions, that Marshal of France
knows how to fight, and, when beaten,
how to die -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
Intere sting Historical Incident.

The London Globe, remarking on
the visit of the ex-Duke of Modena to
the Prince of Wales, at Vienna, the
other day, says: "This may seem q
very commonplace announcement. To
those, however, who know the facts, it
is full of interest. The ex-Duke-who
is also, by the way, an Archduko of
Austria and Prince Royal of Hungary
and Bohemia-is at present the repre-
sentative of tue Stuart family, and
might claim, by right of birth, to be
King Of England. Henrietta, youngest
daughter of Charles T., was born at
Exeter, on June Is, 1914. She was ed
ucated as Catholic, in France, by her
mother. In 1861 she became the wife
of Philip, Duke of Orleans, the ances-
tor of Louis Philippe. "A Princess of
the House of Orleans sprung from this
union, married Prince Of the House
of Savoy; and a Princess of Savoy
their llneal observation-disclosures the
wife OF Francis w., Duke of Modena,
father of the present ex Duke. Thus the
latteris directly descended, through the
female line, from Charles I. The male
line has long been extinct. The gen.
tleman who died some time ago, and
whom the newspapers spoke of as the
last of the Stuarts, had astrong rcsem-
blance to the family but his claims to
Stuart blood were altogether fancifu].
The ex- Duke of Modena is, and has
long been, the head of this ancient
house. There are, probably, still
among the remote Scottish clans de.
scendents of the heroes of As who
would be willing to honor him us their
sovereign. We are not aware that any
heir of the Stuarts has acknowledged
the settlement of 1858. Their most
enthusiastic supporters long ago ceased
to dream of its being reversed looking
ut the subject as matter of right,
some member of the family may have
continued to regard the Sovereigns of
the House of Brunswick as usurpers.
The visit of the Duke to the Prince of
Wales may be taken as sort Of &C
acknowledgement that long possession of
the throne by the reigning family puts
their title to it, even theoretically, be-
yond question. To those acquainted
with English history, the sight of the
Princes together might have recalled q
long, dark struggle, which excited till
far in the last century fierce passions,
and was the occasion of much shedding
of blood. The cause of the Stuarts is
now forgotten one; but it once had
the sympathy of many of the noblest
minds in England, and reused their
enthusiasm as the cause of order and
Justice. Thus utterly may great
political movement exhaust itself. Will
the cause of the Legitimists in FraLce
ever die out as completely?
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

''I SHOULD LIKE" said a French
medical charlatan, "to place over the
door Of my surgery an inscription,
either in Latin or Greek, borrowed
from one of the great authors ''Give
italian the prefcrance," remarked one
of his patients. ''Nothing can equal
that verse of Dante's, Abandon hope,
all ye who enter here.'"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
~ deatl, "it must be either the lion 0,

as death "it must be either the lion or
the bullet"
lie gave his orders; the mon took aim,
and fred. But neither tho beast nor tho
lady WAS harmed. In their fear lest they
sheuld hit the latter, the marksmen had
aimed TO high.
On went tho pursurer and pursued, the
lion now not moro than two yards behind
his intended victims.
Mrs. Benton saw ahead a clump of
sofeder trees, evidently growing from u
inlet in tho rock. A wild hcpo animated
her, and gave renewed strength to her
faltering limbs. BY getting behind the
trees and lodging, might sne not contrive
to elude the animal until the party from
below should arrivo9
| Tho cluster of trees was now the cover.
ed goa, and she strained every nerve to
reach 1t. But when she was within ten
feet of it, she me. with fearful disarpoint
ment-e deep yawning chasm, right in
her path, between her and the trees, and
which had hitherto boon hidden ffoni her
sight by high bushes lringing the edge.
The chasm was too wide to leap over.
She turned and stood vt bay-her back to
tho abyss, her face toward the lion. There
seemed no hope now. Death was before
and behind her, hemmming her in on both
aides.
Tho lion paused 40 she turned toward
him. He uttered growl of triumph, and
crouched for the fatal spring.
The lady strained her chifd closer to her
breast 10 descend the dark depths of
ohasm was preferable to being torn by
that savage monster. There was no time
to lose. In another moment the tawny
body must come sweeping down upon her
But nav, q quick, wild Thought
mothers inspiration-Aashed throug III her
mind. Under the armpits she clasped the
child with each hand, and raised it high
above her head, 20 that the bleeding
scratches on ito white flesh were fully OK
posed 10 the lions view.
That sight reused to the full the uncon i.
trollabls desires of the savage beast.
With smothered roar he shot up from the
rock, his huge form oleaving the air with
ono tremendous bound for the child.
That was what Mrs. Benton had waited
fo1: By elevating her child, she had COM
pelled tho lion tO take lofty leap; and
now, with her little one, she quickly sauk
fiat on the rock, thus eluding the monster,
which. utteriug one long, wild, terrible
roar, was carried headformost, out of
sight forevermors, into the frightful
depths of the chasm.
Nearly senselsss from the fatigue and
and excitement she had undergone, Mrs.
Benton was soon afterward conveyed to
the ship by her rejoicing friends, who
next day left far behind them the place of
that exciting scene Of = mothers po,il and
timely stratagem.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

A LITTLE Concord chap, who lived
next door to Ralph Waldo Emerson,
was digging hole one day by the road.
side, when II worldly trifier, passing
by. asked him, "What are you digging
after, little boy2'' "After the Infinite, )"
solomnly replied the little urchin that
lived next door to Emerson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
The Merchant Nayics of Euronc.

A report presented to the German
Reichstradt, gives statistics of the de-
velopmcnt of the merchant navies of
the most considerable maritime states
of Europe. The following tabular
statement is taken from this official
document:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
A Pungent Rose.

10 give a rose to lady has always
been considered graceful act of gal
iantry. But when you take the pre-
caution to fill the leaves of your rose
with cayenne pepper the politeness be-
comes rather dubious. This was the
elegant and chivalric device adopted
by young gentleman of Alahabai for
Furnishing a young married lady who
had slighted him. The effect was fit
"t sneezing so violent as to bring ON 1.
severe illness and three physicians.
Beside, she had to go away for a
change, and yet her aggricved husband
claims only 700 rupees damages. He
may have considered the going away
some compensation for the three doc.
tors. When the lady RECEIVERS she may,
if her mind is of a literary turn, find q
new meaning in the poets line about
"dying Of rose in aromatic pain"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

MISS CLARA BARTON has been con
tinel to her rooms in London for sew
eral months, and writes that she is
slowly improving,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

DANA was astonished the other day
by boot-black saying to. him, " Have
your boots shined, boss j; I shine for
all'-price ten cents"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
SYDNEY Smith.

Sydney Smith-so Lord Houghton
in his Monographs" tells us-has
written deprecatingly of all playing
upon words, but his rapid apprehen.
sion could not altogether exclude q
kind of wit which in its best forms
takes fast hold of the memory, besides
the momentary amusement it excites.
. His objection to the superiority Of a
city feast: ~ cannot wholly value a
dinner by the test you do;" his pro-
posal to settle the question of the
wood pavement roundSt. Paul's: Let
the Canons once lay their heads to-
gcther, and the thing will be done :"
Mrs. TiGhe and Mr.. g Cutfa: S,: 't :" An
there you are the cuff that every one
would wear, the tie that no one would
loose -may be cited as perfect in
their way.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

GLAss-IINED water pipes are sup
planting lead to considerable extent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
THE WAR IN CHINA.

WHO Constitute the Opposing FOrccs-
Desert Dl1Oll li HN0naN ln<Mr.
rcctiOn ssllsl Its Cnuscs-FOrMlcr Nlns-
6alcIGS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
LINE or TWELVE TOWERS.

which the Mohammcdans had erected
within two hundred yards of the
stockades, behind which, according to
the usual mode Of Chinese warfare, he
was carrying forward the operations OF
the siege. The city, which was small,
was strong enough for protrnctcd de-
fence in the days Of bows and arrows,
and even of inferior artillery: but it is
commanded on all sides by range ot
hills not more than one thousand yards
distant, and consequently quite within
range of modern practice. In a short
time about thirty yards of the city
wall, which WAS built of rough stone,
tell down, forminga
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
THE ADVANCE ON TALWoO.

The final effort of the Chinese gov
ernment to suppress the Mohammedau
insurrection was set on foot about q
year ago. A large army was organized
and marched for Talifoo. The Miaoutze
having been utterly discounted, the
General Chungkai- Ian, in command of
six battalions, was ordered to 60 and
assist i'll the siege of the district city
of Sin-chen, occupied by the rebel
Mohammedians. The march, which
lasted ten days, was through beauti.
fully varied, though desolate and de.
vastatel country. General Hoo, with
the entire right wing Of the army, was
engaged in besieging the place; but his
troops had suffered very much from the
fire from
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-09
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Bazaine Court Martial.
PARIS, Oct. 81

PARIS, Oct. 81
In the Bazaine court martial to-day the
reading of liyere's report was continued
Riviere proceeded toshow thatthe means of
communication between Metz and Paris
were ample Bazalne's refusal to coniine
his forces with the other armies in the
field was criminal.
The marshall is accused of pursuing
personal policy by which the enemy pro-
flied. There is evidence that he even re-
vision Metz. Bazaine's nacton is attri-
buted partially to hesitation caused by the
news from Sedan and Paris. and partially
10 his secret negotiation with the enemy.
Whatever government there was in
France he should have fought for ii iu-
stead of listening to the overtures of the
enemy, receiving their agent, Kcgnier, and
plotting the restoration Of the empire. He
only thought Of maintaining the army in
good condition to play the political part he
designed.
Had Bazaine done his duty by taking
his army into the interior of France. leav
ing Metz to defend herself with garrison
which could subsist on the resources of the
surrounding country Metz would have
held out until an armistce. and Lorraine
would never have been ceded Mr.. REVERE
continues, "a foreign war was not enough.
Our unhappy country was condemned
to the horrors of civil war and what did
Marshal Bazaine do then? He united with
the enemy to overthrow the government of
his country"
The report condemns the Marshal for
failing to destroy materials of war left at
Metz, while he was careful to destroy all
correspondence which might compromise
himself
For frequently receiving in person Ger
man officers, and generally for manifesting
undue haste to capitulate to the enemy.
The reading of the report was not con-
cluded at the adjournment of the court
The hearing of the remainder together
with other documents touching Bazaine's
arrangement of the artillery and commits
sarat at Metz, will probably occupy the en-
tire week, and the examination of wit
nesses will not begin until Monday next.
The German government at first refused
to allow subpnnas for witnesses to be
served in Alsace and Lorraine, but special
negotiations have overcome tia objections.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-09
The Stokes Trial.
Few York, Oct. 8.

FEW L ORk, OCt. o.
The third trial of Edward s. Stokes was
commenced in the court of over and ter
miner this morning before Judge Davis.
Stokes was brought into court at 1890
o'clock looking well, the only perceptiblc
change being his hair was little more gray.
He looked calm and confident. His mother
and sister were present. His counsel arc
Lyman Tremain, Mcssrs Dos Passos &
Brainard. District Attorney Phelps and
Assistant District Attorney Russell for the
prosecution. Tremain said he was COM
PEELED to ask for an adjournment unless the
district attorney was willing to have the
testimony of absent witnesses read Doc
tors Tripler and Fischer, who examined
the deceased at the Grand hotel, together
with DIR. White, the family physician OF
Fisk, testified on the former trials. Afli-
davits Of Cappal Brainard, counsel for
defendant, and of Stokes, were then read.
stating due diligence had been exercised &c
find the above named witnesses. The dis.
trict attorney said these witnesses had moi
been subpnnpd by the defendant in two
former trials. He had received no notice
that they were material witnesses for the
defence, and If the prosecution could gel
along without them, he could see no reason
why the defence could not also procces
without item. Judge Davis sal the alb
sence of Tripler furnished 10 ground foi
adjournment, as he was beyond reach OF
process of the court and had no intention
of returning. DR.. White was within tn,
state where lie could I've reached by n sub
tendance of White could not be procured
when necessary for the defence his testi
mony on former trial might be read II,
therefore denied the application for adj
journment Mr.. Trcmain then read ,
challenge to the array, setting forth thai
the Jurors panel was drawn contrary t.
statute on the 18th of September, 1873, ant
that it was not drawn from full panel as
required by law; also, that the panel from
which it was drawn was selected from
bankers, brokers and merchants, excluding
mechanics, laborcrs and other respectable
classes of the community. District Attor
ney Phelps said he would be obliged tc
traverse the challenge. In order to allow
time for the preparation of the traverse q
recess was taken till o'clock
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-09
NISI PRIUS.
RUTLAND COUNTY COURT, SEPTEMBER TERN
1878.
Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler, Chief Judge.
Hon. Isaac G. Wheaton, Assistant
Hon. liicl Hollister, Judges.
*, Henry II. Smith, Clerk.
William NJ. Field, Sheriff.

Wednesday, October 8. - The following
cases were heard
No. 2j1, Margaret A. Brassell VS. Whit
man S. DIN. Dunton g. Veazey for plain
tiff; Edgerton & Nicholson, and o. A.
Martin, for defendant.
No. 45.-William B. Hoskison, ct al VS.
John Mac testimony taken submitted
without argument. c. II. Joyce and N p
Simons for plaintiff Ormsbee Il Briggs
and Nicholson for defendant
No. 254--Ayrus Brown VS. d w Rogers
testimony taken submitted without argu-
ment Barnes Frisbie and j. B. Bromley
for plaintiff G. III. Joyce and o A Martin
for defendant.
No. 165-Parker ellison and Dewey VS.
Sutherland Falls Marble Company no
testimony was taken in this case it having
been agreed that the case rested on a con-
tract similar to the case of Parker Gibson
IL Dewey VS. Joseph Adams q Son, in
which the testimony had been taken. W..
G. Veazey made an argument for the
plaintiff Redfield Proctor for the defen-
dent. w G Dunton, w G Veazey for
plaintiff John Prout, Redfeld Proctor
for defendant.
No. 22S-H G. Tubbs VS. Franklin Post
Dunton & Veazcy and John Prout for
plaintiff Edgerton 81 Nicholson and ID f
Nicholson for defendant. Still on trial.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-09

Mr.. j. N. Culver, the author OF the war
drama entitled "The Loyal Mountaineers'
is intending to bring out the play in differ
ent parts of New England during the COM
ing season. and has already received several
applications from different Posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic for its pro-
duction.
We speak from personal knowledge when
we say that the play Is one everyway
worthy of the patronage and support of the
public, and especially of the veterans of
the late war. 1t is not fictitious story
but drama founded on facts that came
under the knowledge and observation of
the author during the war. Mr.. Culver
was member of the 18th N. II. Vols.
After being disabled at Vicksburg he was
brought back to Kentucky, where he be-
came Surgeons clerk, and admitted the
refugees from Tennessee and Kentucky
into the Union lines. In this capacity the
facts dramatized by him became known,
and have been wrought into play of thrill
ing interest 1t is so arranged on the stage
asIto prevent accidents from the use of fire.
arms.
Post Roberts of Rutland will do well to
arrange for the production of this drama
during the winter as we are confident that
under their management it would be a
grand success. A copy of the play can be
seen at this office