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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
Extraordinary J'Arricide.

A tragic occurrence, arising out of
an extraordinary complication of cir
has taken place in Scutari.
A we'll to.do Turkish dealer in the
bazaar, already far past the
prime of life, had conceived a passion
for the daughter of his wife by a for
mer marriage. The girl was young,
and one of the beauties of the quarter,
and though the Mussulman religion
does not permit marriage with q step
daughter, he pestered her with his as
siduities, which she resisted all the
more resolutely that she was already in
love With the son Of her step.father by
his former marriage, a handsome
young fellow, who warmly returned
her affection. No prohibition existing
in tue Koran against such a union, the
perverse passion OF the father provet,
the sole obstacle to their marriage.
This state of things occasioned bitter
dissensions and profound misery in
tho households; angry wrangles and
threats were often heard, and the feel.
ing between father and son became one
Of cpvenomed hatred. On the son 10.
turning home unexpectedly, a few
days ago, and finding his father again
besetting the girl with his opportuni.
ties, he rushed to the kitchen, seized q
knife, and stabbed his wretched fathe,
in the throat so fatally that death en-
sued in q few minutes. The case is
now undergoing judicial investigation.
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From Lppincott's Magazine November.
Autumn Voices.
"s '
by NARY b. DODGE

Seometh tho chorus that sreets tho ear
A dirge for the dying hours,
That wako no moro for the passing year
Springs voices of birds and h,wcrs?
Or il it q psalm OF love unborne
From this grateful earth OF ours?
Unfold us tho burden Of your song,
Grasslloppcrs, chirping so
Tcndcr aud sweet tho whole day long
Is 1t OF JOY or WOO,
The music TINT breathos from each blade o
grass
In undcrtoAo docp and low1
vainly list for Earring tone,
All is 80 blest to nc
From the cricket that an5wcrs, buncath tn
stone,
The brown toad hid in the trec,
To tho tiDicst insect Of them all
That helps with tho harmony.
Never pause in tho serenado!
Like the glory of ripencd corn,
1t tillCth tho air through sunshine and shade
Aud from twilight till poep Of morn
IL rytllmical pulse in tho dream Of night,
That OF satisfied life seems born.
As the gold OF tho summor about US floats,
Soft melody crowneth tho haze
OF the yellow ether with choral notes
Through these tuncful autumn days.
Speak, sphinx of the hcartLstone, cricket dear
Is tho sonS Of sorrow Or praise?
OF this am suro, that you bring to mo
Thoughts tho sweetest Of any know;
or this l am sure, that you sing to mo,
In minor tones tenderly low.
OF things tho dearest life has brought,
And dearest that hopes bcstow.
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dentistry in Japan.

Tho japanese are very ignorant of
medicine and surgery. Like other
people, they have many aches and
bad pains; and ~ everybody knows,
one of the most torturing pains is an
aching tooth. In Japan, like all the
rest Of the world, there are persons who
now and then want tooth pulled out {;
and the only Japanese contrivances for
this are wooden mallet and stick.
The professor of dentistry, instead of
sitting in his Office with stock of
mysterious and frightful instruments,
goes travelling over the country, carry
inc box covered with brass ornaments,
and containing some little msllets and
wedges. When he meets with per-
son who wishes to part company with
an aching tooth the wedges are pressed
in between the tooth aud the gum, and
then forced down with the mallet, until,
by hammering and prying, the tooth is
made 40 loose that it can be pulled out
with the fingers. The poor patient
suffers very much. Sometimes pieces
of the jaw are broken away with the
teeth, aud it is said the patient die
from the wound.
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81
tIiyc have hcon conyictcJ and Anntcncrl tO

tgc, have hcon convicted aud sentenced 70
various torms OF imprisonment.
n In London there il great depression in all
9ncks OH tho list, and the market is flat.
AL l,opo is abandoned Of the safety Of tho
fourteen persons left Oh board tho burning
steamer Bavarian.
SIR JOHN, Duke C,leridgo, has boon ap-
pointed Lord Chief Justice OF tho Court Of
Common Pleas, pice Sir w. Dovllle. deceased.
The German Minister OF Finance has de-
citled to sell twenty million thalers Of disuscd
silver to tho United Statos Government,
which is the highest bidder.
The amount of specie withdrawn from tho
Bank Of England Saturday for tho United
States and Canada was ESQ, 900,
THE following is list OF the new Dominion
Ministry, go far as known Mr.. McKlnz.e,
Premier and Minister OF Public Works Blake
without ; portfolio; Christie, Senator, secre-
tary OF State Cartwright, Minister of Fin
anco; d. A. Mcdonald, Postmaster; Geo
Do rion, Minister Of Justice; Lotcllier de st
Just, Senator, Minister OF Agriculture and
immigration Fournier, Inland Revenue; A,
J. Smith, Marine and Fisheries Isaac Bur-
pee; Customs Colin, Reosiyex General Ross,
President OF tho Council and pro tens Minister
OF Militia Laird, Minister OF tho Interior.
ono seat vacant.
The steamer Bayaria was burned at sea on
the night Of the 9Th opposite O,howa, Canada.
There arc fourteen persons TO DO accounted
the vessel.
The Villa Marie Bank, at Montreal, has been
victimized to the extent OF $4,000. Two
gentlemen entered tho bank shortly after its
opening, and while one OF the thieves drew
tho clerks attention, the other seized tho
package containing the above amount, and
both escaped.
PRINCE BIsNARCK, aCs hancellor OF thelEm-
pirc, has laid before the federal council al
invitation Of the United States Government to
Germany, to participate in tho centennial OK
hibition at Philadelphia, with recommenda-
tion that it be accepted.
Mn. HAWKINS has applied to the Queon's
bench for an extension OF time for another
hearing in the case Of the Tichbo1ne claimant
until November, 1874. The application was
granted.
Ir Is probable that ,the German Reichstag
will soon be dissolved, aud elections for now
one arc ordered to be held the last week in
December.
TIE Captain General OF Cuba has issued an
official address Of paci6catory nature.
A RAILWAY collision occurred on Friday near
Durham, England, causing the death of sever
al persons, and injuring others.
ADvICEs from St. Petersburg report q seri-
GUS inundation at that place, by the overflow
ing Of the river Nevs. The water rose rapid
", and tho lower part Of tho city was COM
pletcly flooded, causing serious loss.
The Spanish Government has advlccs from
Manila OF the capture by Spanish wal
steamer, in those waters, OF two German mcr-
chantmon having on board as part Of thor
cargo 2.0O0 riflos intended to bo sold to Malay
pirates.
TIE ship Tangore has arrived at London
from Australia with s4oo, 900 in bullion, nearly
all OF which is for America.
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A Triple Silver Wedding.

A'n'0 o. Ss.ns tos se Go1ss.pS1deno' OF the
An extraordinary silver wedding was
celebrated this week at the residence
of Mr.. E. d. Lindsey, of this city.
The reunion was one of more than or
dinary interest," for various reasons.
The parties thus celebrating the twen-
ty-fifth anniversary of their marriage
were MI. and Mrs. E. d. Lindsey, Of
this city; Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Wi]let, of
Bryan, Ohio. and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Havens, of Urbana, Ohio.
They were married at as nearly the
same moment as possible, at Marion,
Ohio, and together made their wedding
tour, accompanied by their various
bridal attendants, making q large
party. Upon their return they sepa-
rated, with the mutual understanding
that if all were living at the expiration
of twenty five years they would celc.
brate their silver wedding together.
There was tinge of sadness in this
arrangement, for it was but reasonable
to suppose that the lapse of two and a
half deoades would bring serious
changes to some of the number, at
least, Of so large party. As the years
rolled on, and each trod a separate life-
path, the friends lost sight Of each 9TH
er; but the promised reunion was not
forgotten. Then rose the query in the
minds of each one, Were the other
parties still living2 A thorough search
was made, and the result was this triple
silver wedding. Their bridal attend.
ants, as we'll as the officiating minis
ters, are strange to say, all living, but
were too widely scattered to be gather
ed together again:
A large COMPANY was assembled Mt
the residence of Mr.. Lindsey to witness
tho reunion of these long severed
friends.
During tho evening We learned that
each couple had the same number oi
children, and but one girl in the whole
number.
After refreshments had been served,
one of the "brides read brief but
appropriate address, in which she
thanked God for the extraordinary
privilege of such a reunion, and closed
by extending the invitation to Mr.. and
Mrs. Havens to meet the entire party
at the celebration of their golden we'd
ding at their residence twenty-five
| wears hence.
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NUMBER 80.
A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The Dead of Four Hundred Years Ago.
The cathedral erected in the twelfth
century, is the only interesting church
of which Bremen can boast. It is now
Protestant church, and contains the
finest organ in Germany. Its greatest
attraction to strangers is the exhibi-
tion of several mummies, tho Oldest
having been four hundred years, and
the most recent, sixty years in an un-
dccayed condition. The vaults in
which they repose, possesses the prop
erty of preventing decomposition, in
proof of which, poultry is frequently
suspended in it, and q venerable tur-
key, one hundred years old, being at
the present time hanging ON tho wall.
The corpses bear no evidence of de-
cay as in the case of Egyptian num-
mics, but carry on their c0untenances
the appearance of recent death, except
the dust of ages has somewhat dlscol.
ored them. There are about q dozen
bodies laid out in cofius. The flesh
feels like parchment, and the cheeks of
an old Countess, who had laid hero four
hundred years, looked quite plump.
One is the remains of an Epglisb OH
Ger, shot in . duel ninety years ago,
with bullet hole in the breast, and a
shattered shoulder. A eorpulent old
General is still corpulent, and dozen
chickens, hung up ninety years ago,
have their feathers all intact.
The vault in which they lay is about
thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide,
and is above the ground, in one of the
crSpts of the church. There is pothinR
peculiar about it, and there seems no
reason why it should preserve bodies
from decay more than any other room
in Bremen. The exhibition of these
curiositics gives an income to the
church of about twenty dollars per
day, and is quite valuable source of
revenue. It is not everybody that can
expect to be so remunerative after
thew have given uD the ghost.
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A o1ERoYMAN once, when reading the
burial service, came to the place where
he must say, "Our deceased brother
(or sister," He did not know which.
80. turning to mourner, he asked
whether it was ''brother" or isis
ter" The mourner innocently said,
"No relation ut all, sir-only an &C.
Quaintance."
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ed, as he was himself. With the polite
ness of true gentleman he made no
humiliating comments on the careless
way in which had lost my pin, but
sought only to learn how he might re-
store it.
"You think that it was taken from
your bag in the telegraph ofiices"
"That is my opinion" I replied,
rising and taking out my purse.
III your pin ever sees light again in
this Dukedom, you shall have it back,
if it be in my power to find it, and it
shall cost you nothing" he said, max
ing depreoiating gesture at sight of
the gold. "But you have not told me
what shall do with it il I 1ind it T.
I had now begun to have faith in it's
recovery. Who knows but I might
get it before starting for home9 Paris
was our last stopping-place, but I did
not know soul in the whole city.
After some consideration I told him to
send it to the American Consul, not
knowing what elso I could do. I gave
A. Pfad thousand thanks, which I
have no doubt greatly enriched him,
lcpd then started back to join my friend
Pa Strasburg. Before leaving Paris I
called at the Oonsul's, but finding no
parcel left my address. and the next
day returned home. The proprietor of
the Victoria, and also of the Westend.
hail, both replied punctually to my
message. They had made diligent
search and inquiry, but they could
learn nothing Of the missing brooch.
Two years after some friends were
going abroad. More from curiosity
than from any real hope of regaining
the pin, I wrote to A. Pfaff to know if
he had ever made any discoveries in
regard to it. In answer to my letter
the Chief Justice informed me that he
found my pin few months after I
lost it. It was taken by the youth
whom I suspected, in the telegraph of
fee in Rastat. He had been punished
by three months imprisonment, and
tho pin had been forwarded-through
the German ambassador-to Paris ac-
c0rding to directions. 1 then wrote to
my friends abroad, who called on Min
lister Washburne, receiptea for, and re-
ceived the pin, he also refusing to take
any remuneration.
1 read awhile ago in a foreign paper,
an extract taken from letter written
BY an American, and published in q
Brooklyn paper, in which tho writer
complained that one received but few
civilties abroad but what one paid we'll
for, and he doubted very much whether
the Lord Mayor OF London himself
would refuse "pour borre" ifit were
offered him.
My friend and / travelled q year
abroad without the slightest trouble,
except what arose from our own ignor-
ance, blundering, or stupidity, aud
remember with gratitude much un
selfish politeness and attention which
it was our good fortune to receive.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

A CLERGYMAN informed his people at
the close of his sermon that he intend
cd in few days to go on mission to
the heathen After tho congregation
was dismissed, number of the men,
bers waited for their pastor, and,
crowding around him, expressed their
astonishment ut the new turn in his
affairs, asking him where he WAS going,
and how long they would be deprived
of his ministrations. He snid to them
"My good friends, don't he alarmed
I'm not going out Of town."
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Her. :

A truant child o'ertaken by the dark.
In sad bewilderment where two ways meet
White robes OF morning drssgled; J; and her
feet :.
Beclogged with mire; and many bieedn
mark
OF awkward reach through briars. bristlins
stark,
For flowers, or berries which che dsrcs not
cat,
But clutches still scared at her own hearts
beat,
And crying to the lonesome sky. When bark!
voice. and from the frightened heart
voice
Responsive, thrilling up through cloud and
night!
'sMy child I" ''Oh, father, take me to ''i';
lightI"
Her apron cmptied now from blcsstd
choicel
sncb, Lord, was l, when, through tho dark
Thy call
Made empty all my heart for Thee, my All.
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Literal Answers.

"Boy, may I inquire were Robin
sons drug store sa''
"Certainly, sir" replied the boy,
very respectfully.
"Welj, SIR" said the gentleman,
after waiting awhile, where is it,"
II have not the least idea, yer hon
or" said the urchin.
There was another boy who was &C.
costed by an ascetic middle-aged lady
with:
"Boy, want to go to Dover street !"
"Well, ma'am," said the boy, "wl,y
don't you 80. then2"
One day at Lake George, a party Of
gentlemen stro]l,ng among the beauti-
full islands on the lake, with bad luck,
espied little fellow with red shirt and
straw hat, dangling line over the side
of q boat.
"Halloo, boy!" said' one of them,
what are you doing2"
I: I" Fishing" came the answer.
Swell, Of course" said the gentle
man, " but what do you catch2"
FISH what do You s'pose2"
Did any of you ever see an ele.
plants skin 3" inquired q teacher o1
an infant class.
"I have" exclaimed one.
Where asked the teacher.
"On the elephant, said the boy,
laughing.
Sometimes this kind of wit degener
ates or rises, as the case may be, into
punning, as when Flora pointed pen
slvcly to the heavy masses of clouds in
the sky, saying:
"I wonder where those clouds are
going9" and her brother replied:
81 think they are going to thunder. -
Also the following dialogue:
"Halloo, there! how do you sell
your wood -
''By the cord"
How long has it been cut2"
"Four feet"
II mean how long has it been since
you cut it,"
"No longer than it is now"
And also when Patrick O'Flynn was
seen with bis collar and mis- bosom sad.
" begrimed, and was Indignantly
asked by his officer:
Patrick O'Flynn how long doyou
wear . shirt -
"Twenty eight inches, SIR"
This reminds one of an instance
which is said to have occurred recently
in Chatham street, New York, when q
countryman was clamorously besieged
by a shopkeeper:
Have you any fine shirts Z" said the
countryman.
"A splendid assortment. Step in,
sir. Every price and every style. The
cheapest in the market, sir."
"Are they clean p
"To be sure, SIR"
"Then," said the countryman, will
great gravity, lyon had better put ONT
on, for You need it."
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Bird FloWers.

In the middle of the space occupied
by Brazil in the Vienna Exposition is
a large standing case filed with stuffed
birds Of the brightest plumage, and
flowers made of feathers in bouquets
and wreaths OF the richest color con-
celvable. Here is a flower of seven
pearls, bud or two, and leaves along
a hanging stem. Alas every petal,
every bud and leaf is made of the
breast of . gold-throated humming-
bird. So brilliant and yet 30 cruel,
who could wear them with pleasure
One could as soon relish nightingales'
tongues. There are many of the flow
ers made out of a great variety
of humming-birds' breasts. No ma-
tcrial half 40 rich or so wonderful in
color could be found for this purpose.
The gold, or green, or blue, upon the
breast of these tiny creatures is only a
spot surrounded with q very dark
color; these are 80 shaped that each
petal aud leaf takes the bright spot on
q border upon the edge of dark MAX
ing flower very rich, but not 80 beau
tiful indeed not at all 80 when ono
thinks Of the twelve or fifteen bright
fairy birds that once glanced in the
sunshine. and now represent very un-
natural flower.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

TIE Courts of Illinois are reported
to I.nve already over 5000 divorce ca
ses on their .lockets, with accessions of
new applications at tho rate of $4,000
per annum.
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A. PFAFF, oBERAMTsR1cHTER,

makes halt on ones blissfal way that
savors not of Eden. Lord Chief JUS
tice the title sounded rather appal-
ling rs I translated it into English.
"The higher the station, the better the
man," said tho sage Walpurga, when
the maid snubbcd her, and the queen
treated her kindly.
Armed by these reflections, started
from my seat. "Where does Pfoff
live :" 1 inquired of man who Just
then passed through the corridor.
"Above," he replied, going straight
ahead, and out of sight in jiff.
I tried two or three flights of steps,
all of which led below or into the gar
den; then knocked on the door little
apart from the rest. No answer came.
1 opened it cautiously, and entering,
ascended some stairs, and waited in
front Of another door to gather cour.
age. shall spoil his dinner, and rob
him of his hour of leisure. What an
ill-fatetl time to lay bare ones short
comings! What mortal man would
listen patiently to and be ready to re-
pair another's idle blunders, when pos
sessed by hunger9
grasped the door bell lest my cour-
age should utterly leave me. A ser
want girl appeared who informed me
that A. Pfaff was at home. She took
my card, leaving the piece of silver,
with which I sought to smooth my
way, still in my hand. That servant
maid never felt more humble, and
hope may never have OCCASION to fell
as mean as I did, when she left the bit
of dross unhesitatingly between my fin
ger and thumb.
A tall lady soon came and invited
mo into pleasant, home-like sitting
room.
"Will you be kind enough to say to
tho Oberamstsrichter, that I wish very
much to see him, and that must tako
the next train, or I should not have
trespasscd upon him at this hour9"
The lady's manner had quite rc-as-
sured me, and when, moment or two
after her disappearance, the Lord Chief
Justice himself entered, I felt that in
this case, at least, Walpurgo was right.
Begging me to resume my seat, he
drew a chair up to the table whero I
sat, took the rude sketch I had made
of the brooch, examined it carefully.
jottcd down tho number of pearls, their
arrangement, the kind of stone and the
way it was set; then described the
brooch himself almost as accurately as
if he had it before him. His manner
was quiet, decisive, business-like. He
made Que feel at case and self-possess.
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FOREIGN.

FIVE OF the mon arrested for being engaged
in conspiracy to abduct the daughter OF
President MacMshon aud hold her ~ hos.
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SUSSEX COUNTY, N. J., was last week
the scene of a genuine bear hunt. On
Thursday, Mr.. Sigafoo, Of Walpack,
found that some animal had tipped
over ono of his beehives, and eaten the
honey down to tho sticks: He informed
neighbor of the fact, when they
searched, and found tracks of q large
bear in a freshly ploughed field ad.
joining. Pursuing the thief. he was
found and shot, but succeeded in es-
Gaping; next day, however, he was
overtnken and killed. He weighed 400
pounds.
In Golden, Col,, an editor wrote
some advice to q newly married friend,
and was foolish enough to print it.
After his wife had looked over proof
Of the advice" the editor felt ccm-
PEELED to add this postscript: "Have
your hair cut close to the skin"
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Difficulty of Determining q Ships No.
ton Mt Sc;,.

VAO" 80 A'OsSo
To begin with the exact course Of a
ship cannot be known, because there
is only tho ships compass to determine
her course by, and ships compass is
not an instrument a!for.ling perfectly
exact Indications. Let any Que on q
sea voyage observe tile compass for a
short time, being careful not to break
the rule which fOrbids speech to the
"man at the Wheel" and he will pre-
sently becone aware of tho fact that
the ship is not kept rigidly to one
course, evon for short time. The
steersman keeps her as near as he can
to particular course, but she is con-
tinually deviating, now little on one
side, now little on the other, of the
intended direction; and even the gen.
eral accuracy with which the course is
followed is matter of estimation, and
depends on the skill of the individual
steersnan. Looking at the compass
card, in steady weather, course may
seem closely followed perhaps the
needles end may not be hundredth
part of an inch ION the average) from
the position it shoald have. But a hun
dreth part of an inch on the circum-
ference of the compass card would corr
respond to considerable deviation in
the course of run of twenty or thirty
knots and there is nothing to prevent
the errors 80 arising from accumu.
lating in long journey until ship
might be thirty or forty miles from her
estimated place. To this may bo added
the circumstance that the direction of
the needle is different in different parts
of the earth. In some places it points
to the east of the north, in others to
the west. And, although the actual
variation of the compass" as this Pc
culiarity Is called, is known in gener
al way for all parts of the earth, yet
such knowledge has no claim to actual
exactness There is also an important
danger, as recent instances have shown,
in the possible change of tho position
of the ships compass, on account of
iron in her cargo.-/ 0pular Science
Monthly.