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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
NUMBER 80.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Its Timber and Crops.

1G8 kAUDcT anu CfOpos
A correspondent OF the Chicago
Tribune, writing from Seattle, Wash
ington Territory, speaks us follows
about the agricultural productions of
that locality:
Sour fir timber grows to height
of from $50 to $50 feet, and is of Pc
culiar character being harder than
Eastern pine readily worked while
green, but, when seasoned, it becomes
almost like flint, while its durability
and strength are nearly equal to the
oak. Many of the buildings in this
country are put up without any stud
ding whatever. The fir boards, one
inch thick, being placed upright and
battened on the outside, are of saffi-
cient strength to hold up the roof and
floor, with all it's ordinary weight of
furniture, etc.; and, when covered with
cloth and paper on the inside, are con-
sldeted sufficiently comfortable for the
Winter.
The valleys are covered with growth
of vine, maple, soft maple, cedar, ash.
anl cottonwood, with some spruce and
hemlock intermixed; but, as'the timber
is not usually heavy, and the roots fol-
low near the surface, the land is not
very hard to clear-the work of which
is usually done by Indians. at from $12
to $15 per acre. The soil being either
of clayey loan or sandy deposit,
largely mixed with 6ecayed vegetation
is extremely rich. The bluffs are all
covered with heayy timber, chiefly frs
and cedar, and hard to clear-tlIe soil
being Of light brown or yellowish
clay and quite stony, presenting to an
Eastern farmer the appearance of be.
ing worthless, but which have been
found to produce forty bushels fine
wheat to the acre, and from fifteen to
twenty bushels Of apples to the tree,
on trees six years old. Vegetables,
and fruits of all kinds yield largely,
except corn, melons. peaches and
grapes-the nights being too cool to
grow those products to perfection;
willie, in the prairie country East of
the Cascades, they are grown in abund-
ance; and those prairies, or sage-brush
plains as they are generally called,
which hav e been heretofore called
worthless, have proved to be the very
best lands for crops of all kinds, yield
ing from fifty to seventy bushels of
wheat to the acre"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
THE NATIONAL FINANCES,
Thc Coming Report or the Secretary Of
tho Troasury-The Prospects Of the

VAc COman& Report OF the 8ecTetory Oh
tho Troasury-Ths Prospects Of the
The points in the coming report of the
Secretary of the Treasury have been
developed by repeated interviews with
him, in the main as follows: He
will recommend that the $44, 600, i.
600 of legal tender reserves be
made q part of the permanent
currency. Whether he recommended
this or not, it aeems assured that it
will be the first act which Congress
will pass. The Secretary says that
whether he go for imitation or contrac.
tion he will make enemies, but he is on
good terms with himself, and thinks he
has saved the Treasury once or twice
already. He will favor the convertible
bond of small denominations, begin
ming rs low down as $25, bearing one
cent a day interest, and convertible
into greenbacks at pleasure. The old
bonds of higher denominations
will, of course, be drawn in as
these smaller bonds are put out. The
objection of this scheme, as has been
after explained, is to make working
people, servants, and the laborers,
thrifty classes, have an interest
in the national securities. It is
thought that this issue of small
bonds will be favored by both contrac-
tionists and expansionists. The most
important admission of Mr.. Richard
son is that he will probably bo bor-
rover of gold and greenbacks within
three months to pay the cur
rent expenses of the Govern
ment, and the interest on the
public debt. Interrogated on this
head, he said there was no way for the
Government but to go into the open
market and buy like any other pur.
chaser. The reasons for this policy arc
the falling of customs, duties, and in
ternal revenue receipts. By this pol
icy the bonded warehouses are
filed with goods which i'm
porters cannot pay duties upon.
The stopping of factories has lessened
tho quantity of materials on which in
ternal revenue can be collected. An
other suggestion of the Secretary will
attract great attention. He expects to
recommend to Congress the restoration
of the duty on tea and coffee. He
shows that placing these articles
on tho free list has not reduced the
price to consumers, and that the Con-
gressiopal cry of cheapening the poor
mans beverages, and making free
breakfast table has not proved sue
CESS; whereas, these articles for
merly brought $2,0O0,OW of rev.
enue every year. The Secretary
admits having used over &c, 600, 900 OF
the legal tender reserves already but
rs he feels compelled to make this de.
ficit good when he will have the re.
sources to do 80, he will ask legislation
to authorize the measures. He holds
that the recent general criticisms on his
course have seasoned him and made him
independent and free to declare hil
opinion without regard to low tariff
men or protectionists, or any othel
school Of political economists. The
Secretary is guarded in his discussion
of the above propositions, but his curi
osity to sound in advance the proha
bility of their acceptance by the public
has fastened the attention of journal
lists upon them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

ONE of the sensations in Paris just
now is an eastern juggler who, with
the assistance of a beautiful young Ia
DIV, furnishes his audience with a very
" ",derful illusion. The young lady,
"tt,red in q rich dress with flowing
sleeves, stands on dais resting on 1.
broad square OF Turkish carpet. Two
supports are placed under her elbows
and the magician makes Il series Of
strange passes over her with his wand,
when she gradually closes her eyes and
apparently falls asleep Then tho dais
and one Of the elbow supports are re-.
moved, aud the spirituelle figure j.
seen suspended in mil-air.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
The Drivers Story.

From t0e New xOfk Gvo0lOR xO8k.
"Ah, sir, this is going to be hard
winter" said great burly car-driver
to us the other evening; land saw
yesterday what such as you don't see
very often, and hardly believe when it's
told to ye. One of the men who drove
on this line nigh three years sent his
little gal to ask me to come and see him,
and laid off last night and went,
Now / heard how he was sick with
consumption, but didn't know how
sick until 1 got there.
As sure as live, sir there was that
fellow what one year ago was as strong
and hearty young man as you ever
saw, with his legs no bigger than my
wris.-and him lyin' on the floor and
heavin' and choking all the day and
night
He told me he hadn't sent for me un-
til he had to, and on looking round, sir,
I saw there wasn't any furniture left !;
and altho' year ago he had his little
room fixed up comfortable like, he had
sold even the straw IN his tick and was
q lyin' on the floor. Il wouldn't care
to live, Jim,' said he (speakin' very
hoarse and troublesome-lik -like), but for
my poor wife and children for aItho'
I am only in their way l like to see
'em round, and I shan't trouble 'em
much longer And here he looked at
his wife and smiled, when she cum up
and, takin' hold of his hand, told him
not to talk like that, put to pluck up
hope for her sake and the little ones.
Bye and bye, after looking at her and
then round the room at the children,
his lips commenced to tremble and the
tears to fill his eyes, in spite of his
tryin' to smile; aud altho' I think I'm
as hard d-hearted as any man, I couldn't t
stsnd it and Just burst out cryin'.
Well, it seems he hadn't had anything
to eat that day, so I gave him two dol
lars (all I had) and sent for some
bread, and a bundle of straw, and, best
of all for him, 1 do believe, I got his
babies stick of candy and q whistle,
and left 'em almost happy. Ny old
woman has been over to-day to take 'em
an old bedstead We amt usin', and we
collected eight dollars for 'em from the
drivers, and we're thinkin' of getting
up ball. hoping to make enough ia
send him to an hospital and to give his
wife start So they're not so bad of
now as they might be. But there's
lots just like 'em, and there's goin' tc
be more afore the winters through.
Hold on till slow up a bit, sir.
There! Goodnight, sir; goodnight.
And We walked away pondering on the
terrible words of that kind-hearted
man: "There'e lots lust like 'em."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Anecdste OF m Elephant.

The Leisure Hour, an English maya
zine tells this touching story, as re-
lated by Maj. Brown, of the Fourteenth
Regiment: During the siege of Pom
dicherry, in the East Indies, by the
British army, when NJ. Lally was Gov
ernor there, there were in the French
garrison several war elephants, al! Of
which except one died from the scarcity
OF provisions, and the survivor would
have shared the fate of his companions
but for his uncommon sagacity, which
rendered him favorite with every one,
and the object of general admiration.
This animal, in the absence Of his
keeper was one day amusing himself
with his chain in an open pant of the
town, when man who had committed
theft and was pursued by u great
number of people, despairing of all
other means of safety, ran for
protection under the elephant. Ap-
parently delighted with the poor
wretch's confidence, the creature in
stantly faced about and met the crowd,
erected his trunk and threw his chain
in the air, as is the manner of these
animals when engaged with the
enemy, and became 50 furious in de-
fense of the criminal that, notwith-
standing all the gentle arts made use
OF by the surrounding multitude,
neither they nor even his mauhout OF
driver, to whom he was fondly attached,
aud who was sent for to manage him,
could prevail with him to give up
the malefactor. The contest had
continued for about three hours, When
at length the Governor, hear
ing the strange account of it, came tc
spot, and was so much pleased with
the generous perseverance, of the hon
est quadruped that he yielded to th.
elephants interposition, and pardonei
the criminal. The poor man, in al
ecstacy of gratitude, testified hi
acknowledgements by kissing and EN-
bracing the proboscis of bis kind bene
factor, who was apparently SO sensible
of what had happened that, laying
aside all his former violence, he be
came perfectly tame and gentle in al
instant, aud suffered his keeper to cor
duct him away without tho smallet
resistance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Oh. No !

II blue birds bloomed like flowers in q row,
And never could make q sound,
How woaid the daisies and violets know
When to come ont Of the ground?
They would wait and wait the season round
Never flower could On earth be found.
And what would birds aud butterflies do,
II the flowers had wings to fly?
Why, birds and blossoms, and butterflies too,
Would stay far up in the sky;
Aud then the people would droop and sigh,
And all the children on earth would cry
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

Ar Westport, Conn, trout culture is
carried on very successfully under the
auspices of au association. They have
four ponds, containing about forty
thousand trout iu various stages OF
growth, chiefly taken from brooks in
the vicinity.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

SIR MORTON PETo IL constructing in
Cornwall, England, series of narrow
gauge lines, extending more than
twenty-five miles, which are to be nse''
ior the conveyance of iron orc and
China clay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

PETROLEUM preserves wo0d, and pre-
vents iron from rusting. Wash with it
the implements and machines you do
not want to use until spring, aud store
them away.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
The South.

A SPECIAL TO the New Orleans Times reports
the killing, by citizrnr, OF seven Of the nine
negroes implicated in the recent Grant parish
outrage.
4. F. BLOCKS has been held in SIS, 600 bail
for examinations, on u charge Of cmbezzing
$4,000 OF the funds of tho Merchants Ma
ti"nal Bank Of Petersburg. Va, OF which he
was President.
MONTGOMERY Roach shot and killed his
cousin, James K,aca, twelve miles from,
Frankfort, KY, on account OF an old quarrel
about u dog. James Roach had threatened III
shoot Mont Son'r,r on sight, and commenced
firing on HIM. Several shots were exchanged
before jams was killed. Montgomery Roach
wcm to Frankfort and surrendered himself.
H. was Baptist Clergyman:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
Washington

WALTER STUART. who says he has cvOry rca.
son to believe that his brother, Col. Il. s.
Stuart, is among the slaughtered passengers
OF the vireinius, offers to pay literally for any
information concerning his fato, and makes
the following proposition to the Cuban patri-
OTIS OF New York: 81 will subscribe $50, 200
to every $4,000 that they will raise. will
40 moro will agree to raise ono thousand
men: wcli-ofticcrcd, and all having seen scr.
v'cc, and put them aboard o suitable vessel
| 1.-THE Cubans shall furnish, propcrly couiD-
pea and provisi""cd, at So1ne point on our
coast that l may lsclect.> As Ia guarantee 70
the performance propose, will nut up a for.
fcit Of N0O,Oo0 10 DO used for The benefit IF
families who have lost their protectors nv
Spanish butchery."
| IT IL stated on official authority that, while
the present naval preparations do not mean
war against Spain or Cuba, they arc signiti
cant OF the determination OF this Government
to protect American interests ut all hazards
and to prevent Ill the future such massacres
as those which followed the capture OF the
VrgiDius, and which shocked the entire CIV
ilized woril. Tho patience of the Govcru.
meht seems to be nearly exhausted, and AZ
| nothing effective can b" dcpcutir.3 upon from
the Spanish Government, notwithstanding its
friendly feeling toward the United States, tho
law Of s"lf-protection ia recognized by our
Government 40 applicable to the present con.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
The BiyOmac Of the Dead.

This poom was written by Theodore O'lIara,
OF Kentucky, at tho time of tho removal It the
rcmains Of tho kentuckians killed in tho Mex
ican war, to Frankfort, sud tho erection thore
OF monument 10 their memory. Mr.. O'Hara
served in tho Confederate army during tho late
war, and it il supposed ho died, cithor during
tho war or after ifH closo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20
THE VlRGINIUS.

Detailed Statement OF f1or Ca pture-
e"estton az to Her Locality whcw
CnPtnresa-Only lInc Hours Tlsae be.
tween Aor aud Liberty.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-20

Detailed Statement OF faor Capture
t:s: t"e:s,on ~ to Her 1.oc:ii.X when
tween Her aud Liberty.
A letter from Havana piyes nm mr..
count OF tho capture of the steamer
v'rg,nius, from which it appears that
on Oct. Both the Spanish Consul at
Kingston advised the Governor at San.
tiago de Cuba that the Virginius was
in the vicinity of Morrant Bay. The
Spanish war steamer Tornado had
that morning arrived at Santiago de
Cuba. and, four hours after
the Governor received informa-
tion of the Virginius, went
in search Of her. The following dav
the Tornado, while under full sail and
with but little steam, as some slight
repairs wero being made in her ma.
ch'nery, came in sight of the Virgin.
ius, which probably supposed the!Tor-
nado to be sailing vessel, as her
course was not changed. On the Tor
nado every effort was made to tasten
the repairs they were engaged in, and
at two o'clock the chief engineer pro-
nounced them completed. All the
steam possible was immediately
8OV up, aAU t40 V0Sbcl Q08OeQ
for the Virginius. soon reaching a
speed of fourteen knots, and gaining
slowly upon her. The Virginius had
in the meantime kept on her course,
but divining the hostile intentions of
the Tornado, changed it toward
Jamaica, and being out of coal COM
mencel burning petroleum, coal,
grease, fat, and other combustibles
from provisions on board, such as
hams, etc.
Night closed in and the vessels were
in the same relative positions, the
Tornado, however, gaining. As soon
as they got within gunsh0t, the lorna
do fired a gnn, followed by three other
shots and shell. This brought the
Virginius to, aud two armed boats from
the Tornado came alongside and took
possession Of the vessel and made pris-
oners of all on board.
At the time of the capture of the
Virginius she was flying the American
flag, but this was pulled down by the
Spanish officer and Spanish ensign
hoisted in its place, although the
papers of the vessel duly dispatched
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-12-18

SINGING TO Cows.-Cows are sociable, and
understand more than we suppose. The way
came in possession of this choice bit ofknowl-
edge Tim and 1 used to sing to our cows.
They knew very quick when we changed from
one tune to another. We have tried them
repeatedly. When we sang sober, church
hymns, they'd lop their ears down, look seri-
Gus and chew their cud very slowly, remind
ing memo irreverence meditated-of nice
old ladies in church, listening to the words of
the preacher, yet all the time munching Cloves
Then we'd change to some quick air, "Iankee
Doodle" or the like, and they would shake
their heads, open their eyes, blink at us as
much as to say, "Stop, don't you know we are
the deacon's cows?" But when we would
stop entirely, every COW would turn her head,
as if asking us to 60 on with our singing. If
it was pleasant, we generally sang together
through the entire milking. I love the dear
animals that add so much to our comfort
Boys, will you not be kind to the COWS?
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agricultural department.
VARIETY OF CROPS.

It is practice with many farmers to de-
pend almost wholly for their annual income
on single crop. Some raise corn, some
wheat, some potatoes; some hemp; some one
thing, some another, and almost nothing else.
Now there are many serious objections to this
kind of farming. The first is, it is bad for
the land. 1t violates the principle of rotation
of crops, on which the health and strength Of
the crops greatly depend. Farms will run
out with this tillage, and the old men will
pass away, by-and-by, and leave degenerate
and ruined farms for their children Men
ought to feel deep interest in the health Of
their farms. To keep them in thriving con-
dition should be one great aim in agriculture
Farms should be kept as fat as stock. The
soil should be teeming with fruitful qualities
so that it will produce anything put into it.
The second objection to the one-crop style
of farming, is that it brings the work of the
year principally into one or two seasons. 1t
does not spread it through the year. 1t does
not give each month, each day, its part, and
so make it easy and pleasant Again it does
not give opportunity for so much labor, and
hence, for so much profit. The best farming
is that which puts the most profitable labor
into the year. 1t is that which gives to each
day good days labor in actual work and
profit. The onecrop system leaves long va
cations to labor. Make every blow count !;
make every hour tell on the profit side of the
yearbook. That's the true plan.
Another and very serious objection to the
one-crop system is that it is LIABLE in the vi
cissitudes of the seasons, to total failure. 1t
is common thing for one crop to fail, but an
unheard of thing for all crops to fail in this
country. If you trust to one crop, you may
fail entirely; if you trust to many, you are al
most sure of some. The old saying about
"Many irons in the fire" doesn't apply to
farming. That is a mechanical proverb. The
farmer has many times and seasons in the
year to attend to his many crops. Mechanics
and farming are quite different. In mechan-
les each man has his part, and always does
that in farming the year affords large round
of different harvests.
There is still another reason. 1t is best for
the country to have variety of productions.
1t guards against famine, against failure,
against money panics, against excessive prices,
against the cannibalsm of speculation. 1t is
regulator of everything. There may be ex-
ceptions to these remarks, but they apply to
the great majority of farmers. s.-Ezchange.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Vnrlr County,.

WHEREAS MRS. E. H. MCCONNELL has
w applied to me for Letters Of Administra-
ton on all and singular the goods and chattels,
rights and credits of JOHN B. MCCONNELL,
late of the county aforesaid, deceased. =,
These are, therefore, to cite and a!lmonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors OF the
said deceased to be and appear before me, at our
next Judge Of Probates Court, for the said coun-
ty, to be holden at York Court House, on the 26TH
DAY OF DECEMBER instant, to shew cause, it
any they can, why the said Administration should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and seal, this 9th day OF
December in the yearof our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three, and in the 9Sth
year of the Sovereignty and independence OF
the United States of America.
JOSEPH A. MCLEAN,
Judge of Probate.
Do,o,,,I,or II 5O 2t#
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Among those writer's of Fiction, whom we are
now at liberty to mention, are Mrs. NELLIE
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Already is Mrs. Deas favorably known to our
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and more fascinating style than any she has over
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n9" Johnny, the minister's son, went to his
father one morning, directly after family wor-
ship, saying, "Father, while you were pray.
ing I saw a man stealing grapes" "Welll,"
said the good man, eff you had been praying
too, you would not have seen him"