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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19
CHARLOTTE d. THE FE-
MALE lsOlSONER.
She Murders Four Ferrous and
IL Convicted Of Murder In the
First Degree.

She Murders Four B'erSO01 and
IL Convicted Of Murder In the
First Degree.
Tho following is condensed re-
port Of tho dcvilish atrocities conf
United by poisoning, by Mrs. Charlotte
J. $. Lamb, of Pierce county, Wiscon-
sin, by the St. Paul Disputed. The
persons murdered were her own two chill
dren and two "cighbors, committed du-
ring the sumner Of 1872, at TrimbclIc,
nearly opposite Red Wing. Mrs. Lamb
was tried and convicted, last week, for
murder in the first degree, the punish
ment for which, in Wisconsin, is i'n-
prisonment for life:
About the year 1858, Chaunccy s.
Lamb, with his wife and infant boy, re-
moved from Vermont, and settled in
Arlington, in Sibley county, Minneso~
tn, where they lived and prospcred for
four years, and where their second child,
u boy, and their third child, a girl, were
born to them. When the whole Min
sofa Valley vas alarmed by the Indian
outbreak Of 1862, Mrs. Lamb, Cher
husband being ut the time away from
home,) fed on foot, carrying her baby
girl, which Was sick, on pillow in hef
arms; and with the two little boys
walking by her side, hardly stopped to
rest until they had reached st. Paul
and safety. Here they were joined,
soon after, by Mr.. Lamb, and, like ma
ny othe, settlers who fed from the In
dams that year, they at once made up
their minds to abandon their Improve
ments on the frontier, and seek home
where they would be secure from Sioux
raids.
Mrs. Lamb, whose devotion to her
children was made part OF the cur
rent history Of that sad year, and was
published far and wide, as an example
OF motherly love, was tried at Ellsworth,
in Pierce county, last week, for the
murder, by poison, Of four persons, one
of whom was the youngestof her two
boys-the one she helped along, the
long fight, for hours at time, by lead.
ing aud half carrying him with one
hand, while the other supported his ba-
by sister and another Of her victims
was her daughter, who was tho baby
she carried in her arms those terrible,
weary days.
After abandoning their home in Sib-
ley county, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb, with
their children, moved to Trimbelle, in
Pierce county, Wis, about seven miles
from the county scat. BY hard labor
aud close economy, they here accumu.
lated property. and had made for them.
selves comfortable home, when, on the
18th Of September, 1871, Mr.. Lamb
fell down in the field where he was a,
work, and died in few moments.
During their ten years residence in
Trimbelie, Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb were
known Us devout aud Jealous christians,
and she was especially noted as one who
went about doing good works. Indeed
hardly a case Of sickness or death oc
Cured, in all the country around, bu'
what Mrs: Lamb was sent for. Always
she went cheerfully, and always che was
a kind and gentle nurse, skilltul in the
use Of herbs and other commonly used
remedies for ordinary ailments. He,
reputation was excellent. and amonl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-06-19

in thousand would survive the expo
sure and bardships to which I was sub
|jected while driven by rebel cavalry in
70 the mountains, and incarcerated in
rebel prison in uid.winter. While I
am now in improving health, with
clear conscience, nearly all the men
who were Instrumental in my imprison.
ment, and who insultcd me while in
prison, are dead. Most Of them died
with delirium tremens, or in some other
unnatural way. I would not parade
their names before the world as you
would, for when God lays HIS hand on
a man take mine off, and I mention
the fact in defending myself from your
attack.
have noticed that you and others
who have assailed Candy and Thomas
since their death never insinuated q
charge rejecting upon their personal
characters while they were living. To
make accusations against man after
his death which you dared not make
while he was living would indicate to
unprejudiccd minds that you are falsi-
6ers or towards.
Az to myself I shall 60 on in the
even tenor Of my way, and at the ex-
piration Of my tern, in the Senate two
years hence, 1 expect to revive the
Knoxville Wing, for the especial bene-
it Of men Of your stamp. lam &c.,
w. G. BROwNLOw
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, May 26, '73.
The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-22

Carson street. next door to the County Buildings,
CARSON CITY. NEVADA.
Private entrance for Ladies through the alley
III the rear OF Willis Drug Store.
Thanking the Ladies and Gentlemen Of Carson
and vicinity for their liberal patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon me, now respectfully in
vite continuance of the same as no pains or
expense will be spared to make this the neatest
and most comfortable establishment i'll the State
of Nevada. Give me a call.
a1.tf JACOB MULLER.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-02
Autographs by Telegraph.

A VERY curious and complicated trans
mitter, used in France, is an autOgraphic
instrument by which the fac-simile of the
handwriting can be produced at any other
office where similar instrument is used.
1t is especially used for messages relating
to transfers of money, as it affords the re-
ceiver an opportunity to test the authen-
ITCHY of the dispatch by the fac simile Of
the sender's signature. 1t is said that on
an average nearly thirty messages an
hour can be transmitted by it. The mes
sage is written on chemically prepared
paper, and the price varies with the size
of the paper. This instrument can trans
nit stenographic writing, and then its
rapidity is said to be truly pr0digious.
Portraits and drawings can also be trans
mitted by it. This seems almost incredi-
BILE. But the reader who has followed
the explanations before given can form a
general idea of the process by imagining
that two great r:5ndulums are made to
swing simultaneously. one at either end
of the line. Each moves metallic point
back and forth over the surface of chem
ically-prepared paper, and after every
movement the position of the pencil is
changed hair's-breadth down the page.
If, then, at the instant that the metallic
point at one terminus is in contact with a
line of the manuscript or copy, a tele-
graphic current is transmitted to the
point of the other terminus, and passes
thence through the paper, it will produce
discoloration, which will be dot or a
line, according to the duration of the cur
rent. If the autograph be closely irpect-
ed it will he seen that it is made Up OF tery
fine parallel lines.-Harper's for An9,st.
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Digger Indians Catching Grasshoppers

RIDING through the foothills, near
Rocklin, / saw a curious and unexpected
sight. There are still few wretched
Digger Indians in this part of CALIFORNIA;;
and what saw was party Of these en-
gagged in catching grasshoppers. which
they boil and eat. They dig number Of
funnel-shaped holes, wide at the top, and
eighteen inches deep, on cleared space.
and then. with rags and brush, drive the
qrasshoppers toward these holes, forming.
for that purpose, wide circle. 1t is slow
work, but they seem to delight in it; and
their excitement was great as they neared
the circle of holes and the insects began
to drop and fall into them. At last there
was a close and rapid rally, and half a
dozen bushels Of grasshoppers were
driven into the holes; whereupon hats,
aprons, bags, and rags were stuffed in, to
prevent the multitudes from dispensing ;
and then began the work of picking them
out by handfuls, crushing them roughly
in the hand to keep them quiet, and crowd
ing them into the bags in which they were
to be carried to the rancheria. ''Sweet,
all same pudding" cried an old woman
| to me, as stood looking on. It is not a
good year for grasshoppers this year; no,
they like the year Of which an inhabi-
tabt of Roseville spoke to me later in the
dav, when he said, They ate up every
| bit of his garden truck, and then sat On
the fence and asked him for chew of to
bacco. ."-Charles Nordhof IN the NesO Yorh
| Tribune.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-02
" Beautiful Snow"

To the Editor of the Tribune:
SIR: A paragraph is just now IN c1rcn-
lstion through the country press--accreo.
tied to the New York correspondent OF
a Swiss paper containing the statement
that the piece Of verse called "beaunIui
Snow'' was 6 written by William WINTER,
dramatic critic of the New York 1]sb,t''e.-
I wish to say that the statement 1s false; L
am miserable sinner; but ! am NOT me
author of Beautiful Snow" l 90 not
think that snow is beautiful. 1 live, ag
times, ON an island in the ocean ana % l
am practically acquainted with tne SUI
nuisance-almost as great one as - the
New York correspondent of Swiss pa
per'' who has afflicted me with the dresd-
ful imputation, which l now cast Dack
nnon his trice accursed head. IOnce read
a portion of Beautiful Snow" lWho,
alas! has not p, and must be permitted
to saw that there is something barbaffc In
the cruel pertinacity with which persons
are laboring to fix the authorship OF tnat
melancholy mush upon their innocent iel-
low-creatures. Baleful must be the mind
that can engage in this diabolicai work-
devastating the peace and blasting the
hone of a Brother mortal! This has been
a nuiet ummer. For at least six weeks L
have not been accused of bribery, corrup.-
tion. conspiracy, or body .snatching: i
had begun to think myself secure from
calumny for as much as three weeks
longer. Fond delusion! The spolier
rises in the likeness Of Swiss core,
spondent-and all is gas. But, ne snali
not triumph in the silence Of bis victim: :
There are limits even to the patience OF q
dramatic critic. 1 am not the author OF
{. Beau iful Snow,' and defy him And,
while am upon the subject, VIII IKE.
wise state that I am not the author o.
to sleep. :" nor of g Betsy and Are Out, =
aor of ssShoo Fly" nor the " Letters o1
Junius.'' WILLIAM WINTER
NEW YORK, July Is, 1873. f..x.
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cellor of England, died on July 20, aged
snvnntv.three

CcuOl VI ELu& ldAus uAou OA VuAy AoS ss6So
seventy three. ~--
There are conflicting reports concerning
the fate OF severe battle fought at 1gna-
lada, Spain, on July 1s. The place was
attacked by the Carlists under Prince AL
phonso. and there was desperate fighting
for eighteen hours. One part of the pop
ulation assisted in the defense, and the
other part sympathized with the Carlists.
Private advices from Vienna, dated July
IL, state that up to that time there had
been sixty-one cases Of cholera reported,
forty-two of which were fatal. In single
hotel, where forty-two persons were at
tackled with symptoms of cholera, six
died. The hotel was closed.
The new Spanish Ministry is constituted
as fellows: N. Salmeron, President; Fer
nando Gonzalez. Minister of State and
Finance; Berges, Minister of Justice !;
Maisonava, Minister of the Interior; Con-
zalez, Minister of War; Oviede, Minister
of Marine; Palanca, Minister of Colo
MES.
A Madrid dispatch of July ~, says that
the crews of the Spanish men-of war AL
mama, vittora, Mendez, Nuenez and Fer
nando Ell Catolico having revolted, the
government had issued proclamation,
declaring them pirates, and authorizing
their capture and treatment as such by
any foreign power on the high seas. A
decree had also been issued, dismissing
from the public service Generals Contre-
ras and Pierrad, and removing from
Office the civil Governors of Cordova,
Marcia, Pontevidra, Leon and Orense'
Geneneral Pavia has been appointed
Captain-General OF Andalusia and Els.
tramedra. The province of Alicante has
declared itself an independent canton.
In the French Assembly, on July q
Jules Favre attacked the home policy o1
the Government which punished with
severity insulters of the Assembly anC
permitted journals to insult ex-Presiden1
Thiers with impunity. He also exposed
and denounced the alliance between Mon
archists and Bonapartists. After scenes
of great disorder vote of confidence il
! the Government was adopted by 400 yeas
to 27O nays. This large majority on th'
eve of recess was regarded as significant
and was contrasted with the vote by which
the present Government was called intt
being on the oath of May, when Presi
dent Thiers..was defeated by only fourteen
votes.
Advices from the City of Mexico, july
16, via Havana. state that the yellow feve
was spreading on the Gulf coast.
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Curious Tribe of Jews In Hindostan

In the city of Cochin, Hindostan, says
the Jewish Times, live some 2,ooo GO col9red 9ae
Israelites, whose skin is not quite so dark
as chat Of the genuine Ethiopian: They are
Jews j. VS. in every sense, worship the God Of i
their fathers, the only true Jehovah and
are Intellectually the superiors Of 9TH the
white inhabitants of the place. Accord
mo % to their own account their origin is as
foflows: fo " s' The conquest Of portion Of the 1
East indies by the Europeans opened to
wide field and stfrne5fa 1T neTfs Of
the world. Among these were many
young israelites from Bagdad; BassoTah, ss;o 9an,
and Yemen, who came to make their .1n,, ior-
tunes in the new Eldorado. A1ler .4ey 4Is
had settled down they purchased from the
negroes neg black female Slaves many Of whom
we were afterwards converted and then mar mar,
shs9 5s ss It S% nss
niat u asa;anf Hehrew manuscripts and law ia
HES. written on parchment, have been
found among the Cochin Jews.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-08-02
The Cheerful Face.

NEXT to the sunlight Of heaven is the
sunlight Of cheerful face. There Y no
mistakinQ 1.-THE bright eye, the unc1oud-
ed brow. the sunny smile, all tell OF that
which dwells within. Who has not felt
it's electrifying influence? One glance ct
his face lifts us at once out of the arms OF
desDair: out of the mists and shadows,
away from tears and repining into the
beautiful realms of hope. One cheerful
face in a household will keep everything
bright and warm within. Envy, hatred,
malice, selfishness, dependency, and 9
host Of evil passions, may luIk around
the door, they may even look within, put
they never enter and abide there; sne
cheerful will put them to shame ana
flight. -. 49,. t.
something in it we feel, yet cannot ex-
press: and it's CHEEKY smile sends the
blood dancing through our veins for very
iov: we turn toward the sun, and its warm
penial influence refreshes and strengthens
our fainting spirits. All, there is word
of magic In the plain, cheerful face ut
charms us with . spell Of eteInity. and We
would not exchange 1t for all the soulIess
beauty that ever graced the fairest 1orm
on earth. ..sss.s ,.e.s IA. I,l,.
II NAV be a very little face; one that
we nestle upon our bOsoms or s1ng 70
sleep in our arms with q low, sweet lula
by but it is such bright CHEEKY face
| The scintillations Of joyous spirit are
| flashing from every feature. ana wnat
| power It has over the household! bind,
| inc each heart together in tenderness ana
love and sympathy. Shadows may darK-
en- around us, but somehow this h!tae
face ever shines between, and the SHINING
is 80 bright that the shadows. CANNOT re-
main, and silently they creep away into
the dark corners where the cheerfai lace
is gone" az. IN
the dearer for that, and none the less
bright. We linger near it and gaze Ten
derlv upon it and say, God bless Tins
hapDy face! We must keep 1t with us as
long az we can, for home will lose much
of its brightness when this sweet 1sce Is
And after it is gone how the refner1-
brance of it purifies and sOftens our way
ward nature. When care and sorrow
would snap our heartstrings asunder, TINS
wrinkled face looks down upon us, ana
the painful tensien grows lighter, the
way less dreary, and the sorrow less
heavy. p,o. - =,
He has blessed it already; the stamp OF
heaven is on every feature. what z oIeaIy
world this would be without tfl1s heaveh,
horn liqht! And he who has 1t not shonio
pray for his daily bread.-PhTenotogsed'
Journal. ...-.s -.
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Effect Of Smoking Hashish.

IT was in my own house at Cairo that |
tested the virtues Of the drug-on this
occasion in company with an Englishman
in the service of the Viceroy, long resident
in Egypt, and accustomed to such expert
ments. We sat on opposite sides OF the
dinner table in the evening, in . small
room, the ceiling Of which was lofty,
though the apartment was long and mar
row. Our nargheles were brought in on
the burning top Of each was deposited
small cake Of the greenish paste OF the
hashieh, which gave out peculiar and
pungent perfume distinct from the odor
of tobacco. They smoke the narghele Tor
water pipe) by strong inhalation, drawing
the smoke into the lungs by each effort
After the first few inhalations expert
enced a sensation of construction across
the forehead, US though cord had been
tightly drawn around my head. Then |
felt some disturbance or waveriDg OF
vision, as though the pupils Of my eyes
were dilating. Suddenly the construction
and the wavering of the vision ceased,
and sense of expansion and enlargement
of all my powers, physical and mental,
succeeded. Every sense, every nerve,
everv muscle seemed to be endowed with
a new and more subtle life and power than
before. My strength seemed to swell
into that of a giant, and a sense of illimit-
able power and energy to possess my
whole being. My companion, sitting on
the opposite side of the table, receded
from me until he seemed seated at the end
of a long gallery, the walls Of the room
receding as he did; and when he spoke (or
laughed, under the influence Of the drug, J
his voice came pealing on my ear like the
crashing sound of thunder. Never before
had I experienced any sensations at all
similar, save in my vague recollection OF
the delirium of fever.
One peculiar idea was common to Dotn
states-the idea of duality-as though
one person were watching the phenome'
non in another, yet conscious OF feeling
them in himself-a state equally common
under hashish and febrile influence. sc
long as consciousness of personal identity
and the consequent struggle against tht
| intoxicating influence of the drug con
tinued, the sensation was painful. Bu
both myself and my companion soof
scared out of this lower region into I'M
higher one of hashishland, into the en-
chsnted domain of the "The Thousant
and One Nights" which probably wer'
wrought out under his inspiration. Un
like the frenzied and broken fragments o
recollections evoked by any other form
intoxication, the hashish pictures pain
themselves so wildly on the brain ina
even after awakening from Its dreams SUI
| ficient traces of them still remain 10 o.
recalled at will.-Hearth and Home.
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News from Abroad.

Don Carlos has issued an order that the
fighting Cure of Santa Cruz be treated as
a rebel. The Republican forces in Spain
have received orders to shoot all priests
taken with arms in their hands.
The Khan of Khiva has signed con-
vention to pay 100000 roubles indemni-
ty to Russia within ten years, in virtue Of
which he is to be confirmed in his right
to the Khivan throne.
Friends of Edward Mill, founder and
editor of the Non Contornsist gave him a
reception at the Crystal Palace, London,
on the evening of July Is, and presented
him with purse Of 5O,OOO.
The Carlists say that Gen. Cabrinety,
the leader of the Spanish Republican
forces, during the recent engagement,
was killed by his own men. Advices from
the same source say that the Cure Of Santa
Cruz has resumed his clerical duties and
gone to Rome to ask forgiveness OF the
Pope.
A wonderful gold mine has been discov-
cred in the Argentine Republic said to be
the richest in the world. One-half Of it
has been sold for 100000, 600.
The coronation of Oscar and Sophia,
King and Queen of Norway, took place,
on July IS, at Drontheim, the ancient cap
ital of the Norwegian kings.
| Lord Westbury, formerly Lord Chan
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Miscell llaneOus Selections.
TIE WIND AND THE NOON.

By GEORGE MACDONALD.
sup the Wind to the Moon, ''I will blow you ont.
You stare
In the air
Like ghost in q chair,
kways looking what am about
ihste to be watched; I'll blow you out.''
The Wind blew hard, and out went the Moon.
So deep
On 9 heap
Of ClOudleSs sleep.
pown lay the Wind, and slumberetl soon
Huttering low, "I've done for that Moon.
Be turned in his bed she was there again
On high,
In the sky,
With her ghost eye,
The Noon sfOne white and alive and plain
aid the Wind, sI'll blow you out again >,
The Wind blew hard and the Moon grew dim:
With my sledge,
And my wedge, Yws lr7.
have Knocked of her edge
only blow right fierce and GRIM ,rtsz.-
The creature will soon be DINNER than dim''
BE blew and he blew, and she thinned to q thread:
tOne puff ft
MOre's enough
10 blow her to SNUFF v
One good puff more where the last was bred
And glimTller, glum will go the thread -
BE blew great blast, and the thread was gone
Nowhere
.@ Was m0Onbeam bare:
Far Of and harmless the say stars shone-
Sure and certain the Moon was gone!
The Wind he took to his revels once more:
On dewn
In town,
Like . merry mad clown,
BE leaped and hallOed with whistle and roar
whats that?'' The glimmcring thread once
more.
He few in rage-he danced and blew;
Bnt in vain @.5t
Was the pain
OF his bursting brain: &
For still broader the mOOn-scrap grew.
The broader he sWelled his big cheeks and blew,
Slowly she grew--till she filled the night,
And shone
On her throne
In the sky alone,
matchless, wonderful, silvery light,
Radiant and lovely, the queen Of night.
Said the Wind "What marvel of power am 1?
With my breath,
Good faith, .-.5
blew her to death
First blew her away right out of the sky So.
Then blew her in; what strength am II"
But the Moon she knew nothing about the affair;
For high
In the sky,
With her one white eve.
MotiOnless miles above the air
She had never heard the gresr Wind blare
#l.1 Good Words.