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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
A Snltan and Sultana.

Here is little picture of Sultan
and Su1tana of one of the Bornean
principalities, whom NJ. do Beauyoir
saw at splendid fete given by the resi-
dent, Mynheer Hoogeven:
The Sultan is a crooked little old
man, wrinkled, rheumatic, who chews
frantlcally a paste of mixed lime and
betel. which blackens his teeth, keeps
his gums always freshly bleeding, and
closely packed between the teeth and
the under lip swells out, the latter nat
urally heavy and hanging in q hideous
way. But the Sultana is very pretty.
very little, very young, and bright.
eyed creature, who returns the saluta-
tions of the Europeans with perfect
grace, Her dress is loose robe of
silk, blue and gold white scarf COW
ers her bosom, crossing it obliquely,
and kept in it's place by twelve inter-
laced crescents, forming brooch of
fine diamonds, the most beautiful or
nament I ever saw u red turban, with
. large knot of diamonds at the side.
frames her expressive merry, smooth,
bronze face. We observe curiouslv as
We walk under the white arcades. in the
midst of groups of strange soldiery,
clad servants, smoking
vases in which delicious perfumes are
and wondrous tropical flow
RS, while We organize with our amiable
lost grand crocodile hunt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
- Am q Woman. -

am woman-therefore NAV not
Gall to him, cry to him,
Fly to him,
Pray him delay notl
And when he comes to me, must cit quiet :
Still as stone is,
Harder and colder.
lfmy heart riot
Crush and ilcuy it!
Should grow holder
Say ono dear thing to him,
Allmy lie fling to him,
Cling to him
What to atone is
Enough for my SHINING!
This wero tho cost to mo,
THIS were my winning
That he were lost to me!
Not as lover ut last if no part from me,
Tearing my heart from me
Hurt beyond cure
Calm and demure
Then my behavior:
Showing no sign to him
By look Of mlno to him,
What he has been to ME.
Pity mclean to mo-
Christie my Saviour!
-Scribner's for January.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
James River and kanawl,a Canal

The b ill introduced in the House nv
Gen. Negley for the construction of q
James River and Kanawha Canal. di.
reefs the Secretary of War to Law out.
construct, enlarge, and improve q
waterway by canal, river, slack water.
or sluice, from tide water;:on the James
to the Ohio ut the mouth of tho Kama.
wha River, which is to be for the entire
distance seventy feet wide and seven
feet deep, with sufficient number of
locks, 100 by twenty feet, and naviga-
bic for boats of $50 tons. To pay the
expense of this work the Secretary of
the Treasury is directed to issue
st, O00, 600 Government II per cent. 10.
so bonds, principal and interest paya-
BILE in gold. The States OF Virginia
and West Virginia are to cede to the
United States all ownership and iuris.
diction of the property, and the Cen
eral government is also to extinRuish
by purchase the stock, and pay off the
debts of the existing corporations,
whose property would be taken by the
new enterprise. The Secretary of the
Interior is to select commissioners from
each Of the States of Pennsylvania,
ONO, Kentucky, Virginia, Indi.
ana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa,
whose terms of Office shall be
SIX years, one-third of the number to
be appointed every second year, who
arc to nave full control and manage
ment Of the Ohio and Atlantic Canal,
and are to establish it's tolls and gen.
orally direct its operations. When the
revenues of the canal have paid the
principal and interest of the bonds is.
sued in aid of its construction no tolls
arc aft.rwarl to be collected, and the
canal will continue n public highway
ot commerce. Tho last section of the
"'' rI"h'hstS amy member of Congress
:'''n i''' !" '"!"r, ~ :, in amy contract
for G., !. '.,,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

EDITORIAL OPINIONS. ADVERTISE
ment is, as general rule, an elabo-
rate eulogium on the merits of some-
thing which the advertiser desires to
sell. The editors and publishers of
the paper in which it appears are not
responsible for its statements; some-
times, however, highly important dis
coveries or inventions, announced to the
world through the business department
of the press, seem to demand few
words Of editorial commentator. We
have no hesitation in saying that the
excellent medicine introduced by DIR.
Joseph Walker, of California, under
the name of VINEGAR B1TTERs, belongs
to this category, and has just claim
to favorable notice. There can be no
doubt as to its utility as a tonic, stom-
achic and Alternative. We are cogni.
CANT of many instances in which it has
cured cases of chronic dyspepsia, sup
posed to be incurable, and know that
the estimation in which it is held as
for bilious and nervous disor-
ders, intermittent and remittent fevers,
rheumatism and general debility, IS
on experience and we'll de-
served. The testimony of ga cloud of |
witnesses goes to show that it is emf
nently useful in large majority of the |
disorders to which the human family |
are subject. The fact that it contains !!
no alcohol commends it to the conf
dence of that large and increasing class !
Of the community who insist that all |
stimulants are active poisons.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
A Successful CQlnnanv.

1t is agreeable to hear our Life Insur-
ance Companies well spoken of, but We feel
mush pride in the remarks of the New York
insurance Commissioner, regarding our most
surance Company which, he saws. "marks
and distinguishes the commencement of the
recent astounding progress in the business Of
!, The Equitable Society took it's position. at
the head OF our companies some three or four
years ago. and has since annually transacted
more new business than any other comnanv in
the world: 1t has no lengef an equal COM
petitor: Its proud position is due not only to
it's usefulness, security, wealth, and liberaiity.
but to the good will Of the people, whose pref.
erences it has gained because it has answered
their requirements most completely in every
Eu0ngesis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
Affecting Scene In . Death Chamber.
From the Baltimore American ~ ~

Last week very amiable young lady
of this city died after a long and lin.
gering illness, with that fatal disease
consumption. She was in full posses
sion of her faculties, and conversed
with her relatives almost to the instant
when she peacefully fell asleep. She
was girl of over twenty years of age.
and had always borne an exemplary
character, and for her death had few
terrors. Some months ago an aunt to
whom she was greatly attached died.
and half hour before this young girl
died she said to her weeping relatives
who were around the bed: "Aunt
Maggie was here a few moments ago.
but she has gone. / want to 20 and be
at rest, but I can't leave until she re-
turns to go with me. I cunt leave un.
til she comes back for me-"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
A Very Singular Story or a Weasel.


The following story was told to US as
being positive fact, the narrator pro.
tossing to be one of the workingmen
who witnessed the performance Of the
said weasel: A party OF men who were
prying stone in a field, found under
q rock a nest containing four young
weascls, which they captured and put to
one side. Upon the return of the, old
weasel quite scene ensued. She be-
came very much excited and very
angry, and at once set off, but soon
returned, and, going straight to the
little pail containing the drinking water
for the men, she spit something into 1t,
ana was about to go off second time,
when she discovered her nest and her
young, all alive and unbarlnca. She
Immediately returned to the pail, and
continued jumping and pushing at it
until 1T was overturned, thus saving
the lives of the men she evidently
meant to punish for the destruction Of
her offspring.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
THE WEEKLY sun.
GhpnIvp a. = "

THE WEEKLY sun.
Only 81 Year. Pages.
The BEST FAMILY PAPER.-The Weekly N. Y.
Sun. SPACES. 81 year. Send your Dollar.
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ly N. 7. Sun 8 pages. 81 year. Send
your Dollar.
The BEET POLITICAL rAPER.--The Weekly N.
Y. Sun. Independent and Faithful. Against
Public Plumber. SPACES. 81 year. Send
your Dollar.
The BEST NEwsPApER.-The Weekly New York
Sun. SPACES. $1ayear. Send your dollar.
Has ALL THE NEws.-The Weekly New York
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Address THE SUN, New York City.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
Domestic Ikeceines.

CLEANING OLD ENeRAv1Naa-Instead
OF carbonate of soda, use the bicarhon'
ate, in slight excess, for decomposinc
chloride of lime. The reaction f. var5
violent, and Javelle water is easily scn.
arated from the precipitate produced
Old engravings, wood. cuts, and Mi
kinds of printed matter that have
turned yellow are completely restored
by being immersed in it only for one
minute, without the least iuiurv
to the paper, if the prccaution
is taken to thoroughly wash
the article in water containing little
hyposulphate of soda. Undyed linen
and cotton goods of all kinds, however
sollcd Or dirty, are rendered snowy
white in a very short time by merely
placing them i'll the liquid mentioned.
For the preparation Of Javelle water,
take four pounds Of hicarb"natc OF
*"!A, one l'nnn'l OF "L!nriic ui lime:
r!t The soda i!,t, y kettle over the fire,
;i''! one gallon Of boiling water, let it
b'.li tom ten to fifteen minutes, then
stir in the chloride Of lime, avoiding
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

HE sword of Sir William Wallace
long exhibited as such-has been dis
covered to be of a much more modern
GATE: 1t If assigned to the time of
" Edward w." and it is said thnt T.
was probably borne by that mon
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
SAYS the Boston Traveller: "One of

SAYS the Boston Traveller: "One of
tho most ludicrous incidents possible
occurred i'll an auction room in this city,
where mammoth painting is on exhi-
bltion, Of Adam and Eve, Cain and
Able. An Irishman asked a bystander,
WHO is it there2' adam and Eve
and their children, was the reply. A
lady standing by said, soto roce, to
her companion, why, didn't know
they had any childrenr'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

MANY persons suffer with sick head
acne &c: ana nervous headache, usually induced
Dy co ,!a' indigestion, &c. Such per-
gatiue Pills. 'o"' w.
HAVE you inhammatory sore throat. stiff
Joints, or lameness from any cause whateyer9
Have you rheumatic or any other pains in snv
part OF the body? II 80, use Johnson's
1 am0eay':e 1sMsn'ent Our werd for it, it is the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
A Midnight Ride Beneath the l4ocon,o.
We Of Night Express.


Last Sunday night young man
named Josiah T. Haight, a native of
and recent arrival in this CITY from
Wooster, Ohio, after i" fighting the
tiger" in one of our sporting rooms on
Saturday night, found himself "bro-
ken," without even so much as sulfi-
Gent to pay his hotel bill. After wan.
dering around the city all day on Sun
day, he conceived the idea of endeav-
ing to reach Topeka, Kansas, by steal
ing ride upon the Kansas Pacific
night express. With this intention he
partook of hearty supper at his hotel,
near the Union depot, clothed himself
as warmly as he could, and started out
to walk to Armstrong station, two
miles west of Kansas city. There,
while the train was stopped, he crawl
ed upon the pilot of the icy locomo-
tive, and crouched down upon the
trucks beneath the smoke box.
The train moved on at rapid rate,
the cold, bitter winters wind swept
keenly and piercing through Haight's
clothing, chilling him to the marrow.
He soon discovered that he must in
evitably freeze to death in his present
uncomfortable position, but there was
no escape. The train rushed on Kaw
Bottoms, never halting, never stop
ping. Haight found himself gradually
sinking, benumbed and without feel
ing, down into the cross bars of the
truck frame. Gradually he dropped
down until he found himself jammed
between the warm smoke-box and the
Av1oo Tho ronIon md n1nkk1,. -
machinery became deafening, the
keen prairie winds whistled and
shrieked around the rushing
locomotive. Haight knew that
he must die if left in his perilous posi-
ton little longer. But there was no
escape until the train halted. He
thought of dropping down upon the
ties which glided beneath him with
lightning rapidity. This he knew would
be instant and certain death. He
would have done so, but he found
himself unable to get through the net
work of iron bars, so he gave himself
up to his fate. One by one the stations
glided past him in the bright, frosty
moonlight. Edwardsville and Lenape
were passed, when the train suddenly
elacAeu up ana gl1ded SLOWLY to the
water tank at Stranger Greek.
Here Haight aroused himself with a
desperate energy, and made a deter
mined effort to free himself from his pep
ilous condition. Cramped, ::benumbed
and half dead, he crawled out from the
trucks and out to the side of the track.
The train moved on, and young
Haight attempted to rise, but suffered
such acute agony from cramp that he
was obliged to call for assistance.
He was sent back to this city on a
freight train on Monday. His feet and
hands are badly frozen. He has COM
municated with his friends, who reside
at Emporia, and will leave to day for
that place. He will hereafter have q
mortal aversion for faro and free rides
in winter.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
Race ard Color ut the Naval Academy.

Race and Color ut the Naval Academy.
The following is an extract from the
order of the Secretary of the Navy in
relation to the treatment of colored
cadets at Annapolis: "Undcr the
operation of tho new and beneficial
laws NIL political distinctions of race
have been abolished in our country.
Public burdens arc imposed alike upon
all our citizens. Worthy members OF
every class alike arc entitled to the
benefits, free to contend for the favors
of the Government, and the exercise
Of his undonbted legal rights. A men,
Der OF our National Congress, himself
of African descent, nominated to tho
Naval Academy u cadet of his own race.
In recognition Of his right, the naval
authorities confirmed the nomination
at once, aud fully and Enthusiastically
made it known to all ut the Academy
that no imposition or indignity to this
cadet on arco,nt of his race should he
permitted"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
TIE huge, drastic, gripine. sicken

The huge, drastic, gripping. sicken.
ing. pills, constructed Of crude, coarse ana
bulky Ingredients are fast being superseded
by DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purqative Pellets. or
Sugar'coated, Concentrated Root and Herbal
Giant Cathartic or neut,sm II, paruo Pbysic.
Modern chemical science enables DR.. Pierce to
extract from the juices of the most valuable
roots and herbs their active medical Drinci-
pies, which, when worked into little Pellets or
drannies, scarcely lorge,' than mustard seeds,
fui as large pill, while they arc much more
palatable and pleasant in effect. Is cents a
oial, by druggists. Sao
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
On Horses.
he Rural Home sava -.

Inc hufal Home SAYS:
The condition of the horses in the
vide region where the epidemic has
prevailed will not permit With safety
much negligence in their winter mani.
agement. 1t is likely the effects Of
the disease will be seen for some time
after the malady itself has nas.e5
There will be liability to other TOM.
OF sickness, and many valuable amin dc
be lost if they do not receive the hast
o.. care; Among the points to be
closely looked after thorough grooming
is prominent. The skin should be
Kept clean and the pores open, so that
the system can throw off the poison the
disease has generated readily. Other.
WISE an additional slightly inducing
cause, as cold or chill, may throw i
back on the vital organs, and result in
serious arrangement. Well ventilated
stables should be provided and great
care taken not to expose the animaIs
to storms, or if so exposed, to protect
them thoroughly from a chill until
they are dry and rested. The food
should be varied and of q nature To
give strength and keep the bowels mod.
oAoVOAy AOOSes
Farmers who have been in the habit
OF taking their horses off grain On tho
approach OF winter should not now foI.
low their usual custom, but give in nd
dltlon to hay some more nutritious bnt
not mighty stimulating food. Carrots
are extremely valuable. Dat meal
spr1nkied on mcistened cut hay is also
good feed. The best practice With the
olsease mas been to sustain the strength
and appetites of the sick animals Sv
D %e11 g, yet nutritious food, groom
dle OF the day, and keep them comfort-
able in the stable. These simple and
reasonable means have been worth a." ~.
more than all the drugs prescribed in in
curing the sick, and will be needful for
some time after convalescence IN
fact, it is best for the interests Of al
horse owners to adopt the treatment
above indicated as q permanent nrac.
1ioe. ' P1ae-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

IHE purest and sweetest Cod Liver
Oll IN the world is HAZARD l. CAswE1L:s. made
on on the sea shore, from fresh selected ivers,
absolutely pure and speet. Patients who have
once taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
nave decided it superior to any of the other
OILS in market-Com o ~'"eA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

COURAGE and modesty are virtues
which every sort of society reveres, be.
cause they are virtues which cannot be
counterfeited also they are known by
the same hue.-Goethe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICINE.
-Sanfords Liuer Lsuigorator.- purely vee-
etaDle Cat4artic and Tonic for Dyspcpsia.
Consultation, Debility, Sick-headache, Bilious
attacks, and all derangements of Liver, Stom.
Betcare Of limitations. W. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
A Very Singular Story About an Old.
Fashioned Clock.

Fourteen years ago an old lady in
Portland, Me-, fell dead from heart
disease while winding up an old -fash-
shioned clock. The time was ten min
utes before ten in the morning. Ever
since that the clock has stopped at ten
o'clock on the anniversary Of her death.
It has never once failed in the fourteen
years that have passed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs ron
pulmonary and Asthmatic Disorders, have
proceed their efficacy by test Of many years.
ana nave received testimonials from eminent
men who have used them.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02

Nix. JOSIAH MASON of Birmingham,
England, BIAS been made - knight.
Tins gentleman, a foreign paper states,
has. Within. ii few years, given $50, 600
900 H. y rn,lngham, for the endowment
of literary and charitable institutions
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
DEATH OF A WISCONSIN PIONEER.
RoMfnlsce nccs Of the Blac khavvsk War.
Gen. Geo. W. Jones In tho Dubuque Times.

lsominiscen ccs of the Blackhnvvk War.
Gen. Geo. W. Jones In tho Dubuque Times.
The Dodgevlllo wis., Chronicle of
the LIST inst. contains IN obituary of
Robert s. Black, who died at That place
October %, aged 50 years. Mr. Black
was born in the city of Londonderry,
Ireland, and came to America when
quite young. The first years of his
residence in this country passed in
Philadelphia and Charleston, South
Carolina. He came to Wisconsin more
than forty years ago. During the
Black Hawk war, Black rendered valu,
able services, and on more than one oc-
casion was the bearer of dispatches
when no ono else could be found willing
to rick their lives in travelling through
the Indian infested country. Mr.. Black
leaves many relatives, friends and ac-
quaintances in Dubuque, such as the
Benson's, Langworthy's, Wallaco's,
Wilson's, Generals Jones, Lewis, and
other old settlers. He married tho
widow Macarthur, who will he remem
bered by early settlers as tho hostess
of Elk Grove and Belmont in the days
when Michigan Territory included not
only the state by that name but the
territory now covered b, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota, and SO on, including
everything north Of 36 degrees and so
minutes, and west to the Pacific Ocean.
Mrs. Black was the half sister of Henry
Dodge, the first Governor, and the first
Senator in Congress. from Wisconsin,
and the commander of what was known
Us the Mining Regiment" which put
an end to the Black Hawk War by the
last battle at Bad Axe, when Black
Hawk was captured, and which induced
Major General Henry Atkinson to ex-
claim, when he met the old hero ut
Prairie du Chen, as he threw his arms
around him, "Dodge, you have saved
me. you have dragged me on to vic
tory9" Gen. Dodge, like Gen. Jack
son in Florida, and Caesar when he
crossed the Rubicon, had violated
Gen: Atkinson's order by going after
Black Hawk instead of for provisions to
6 Blue Mound," giving him battle at
the ''Wisconsin Heights" rs he re-
treated towards Bad Axe, at which bat
tie his subsequent brother-in-law,
Black, his brave sons Henry Lewis and
Augustus Caesar, now of Burlington,
formerly U. 8. Senator and Minister to
Spain, his sons-in-law, Colonel Paschal
Bequette, now of Visalia, California,
VIM. J. Maddin, whose bones lie
bleached in California, Colonel John
Dement,, now of Dixon, Illinois, and his
grandson, Henry Dodge Middin, acted
bravely their parts His son-in law,
Bequette, had previously shown his
pluck and Practiced and steady nerves
at the battle of the twenty Sacs, who
had killed and scalped Auber, near Col.
VIM. H Millions ford, from the am
bush in which they were secreted and
awaiting for General Dodge as he rode
along from Dodgeville, over to Hamil-
toms, fort Union I believe it was call
ed in those days.. I was Gen. Dodge's
Aid in the Black Hawk war, and know.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
Absence of Fear in Wild Creatures:

In letter from the Galapagos Is.
LANDS the writer remarks the Wonderful
tameness of all the wild creatures that
have hitherto been unmolested. The
seals, he says, seemed to be fond of
crawling under bushes, just above high
water mark, and sleeping two or three
in a place: Under one bush lay a
mother and her cubs, and so fearless
was the old one, that when one of the
officers held piece of cracker to her
nose she smelled of it as fearlessly as
if she had been pet dog. The tame
ness of many of the birds was also sur
prising, for the fingers might be put
within half an inch of little yellow
birds, and within six inches of mockiue-
birds.-Ndture and Science, in Serb.
11er's for January.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-01-02
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