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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

DAN MARBLE was once strolling along
the wharves in Boston, when he met .
tall, gaunt-looking figure, a digger"
from California, and got into = conver.
sation with him. Healthy2 It amt
anything else. Why, stran ger, there
yor, can choose any climate you like,
hot or cold, and that, too, without
walking more than fifteen minutes.
just think o. that the next cold morn
ing you, get out o. bed. There is a
mountain there-the Sara Nevada they
call it-with a valley on each side oi
it, one hot and tho other cold. Well,
get on the top of that mountain with 1
double-barreled gun, and you can with.
out movin' kill either summer or win.
tor game. jest ss you wish" !" What
have you ever tried it," "Tried it1
often, and should have done very well
but for one thing. I WANTED dog that
would stand both climates. The last
dog + had froze his tail off while Plin.
tim on the summer side. He didn't
get entirely out of the winter side you
see true as you live" Marble sloped'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
'''<' - :::I':.' COmDAnv.

From the MNwnukso Evening Wisconsin.
We have before US the annual state.
ment of the business of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company,
of Milwaukee. For a home Journal to
say that this institution maintains its
position as the leading life insurance
company of the United States in
growth and prosperity, might seem
boastful or invidious. But we ask the
readers attention to some of the lead
ing facts in. its business statement. The
number of policies issuedsduring the
year was 5,772; covering insurance to
tho amount of $13, 196, 600, and premi-
ums amounting to $514,273. Number
Fof losses paid during the year, 325;
amounting to 1851, 1885,. Total amount
of losses paid since the organization of
the company is $2,S70, SCI The CON.
pany loaned during the year, 81, 800, :
891, secured by first mortgage on real
estate; valued at $8, 259, ,337, showing
that the company holds three dollars
oM9 fifty eight ce,ats security for every
dollar loaned. Taking into account the
rapid increase in the value of real es-
tate of the west, where the securities
lie, and the fact that the company re-
ceives ten per cent. interest, much of
the secret of the wonderful growth of
this company is accounted for. The
loans OF the company are distributed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The Rumored IIorne Quarrel.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.

ETOm Cu0 CluC1uuotI W0Zcttes
The report comes to us that the Mar.
quis of Lorne and his royal bride have
quarreled and separated. We are not
inclined to believe the story, though ii
may involve certain substratum of
truth. Queen Victoria would not allow
any such public scandal. Soon after
the Princess Royal married the crown
Prince of Prussia, the young couple
had sad falling out, ending in the
husband kicking his wife down stairs.
The outraged wife fed home to Eng
land. She met with little or no sym
pathy, however, and was sent back to
Berlin without delay, and amicable
relations were restored, which have
since ripened into genuine affection.
Such, at least, have been told IFS as
facts, on pretty good authority. We
expect, therefore, to hear a contradic-
tion of the rumor in regard to the
Lornes, OF, at any rate, a very essential
modification of the circumstances as at
present stated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

A GENTLEMAN, favorably known in
high circles in Philadelphia, named
Jacob Stone, was relating to Sabbath
School his travels in the Holy Land,
and among other things, told the schol.
ars of the ascent of Mount Pisgah. On
the following Sunday teacher asked,
in the course of the lesson, who ~:
cended Mount Pisgah. A little urchin
promptly cried out, ''Moses, Elias and
jacob Stone" { =:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
What the Leaf Does.

It pumps water from the ground
through the thousands of tubes in the
stem of the tree, and sends it into the
atmosphere in the form of unseen mist,
to be condensed and fall in showers !;
the very water that, were it not for the
leaf, would sink in the earth and find
it's way, perchance, through subter.
ranean channels to the sea. And thus
it is what we see it works to give us the
"early and the later rain." 1t. works
to send the rills and streams,
like lines of silver, down. the
mountain. and across the plain.
II works to pour down the larger
brooks that turns tho wheels that ener.
gize the machinery which gives en-
ployment to millions-commerce stim-
ulated, wealth accumulated, and intel
lgenca disseminated through the agen-
cy Of this wealth., The leaf does it all.
It has been demonstrated. that every
square inch Of leaf lifts 3.50Oths of an
ounce every twenty-four hours. Now,
large forest tree has about five acres
of foliage, or 6,272, $50 square inches.
This being multiplied by $500 (the
amount pumped by every inch gives NJ
IA0 ISSuAt-A, 6OA O0ACG6, OE H 10 Q1uCSs
or 294 quarts, or barrels. The trees
on an acre give 800 barrels in twenty
four hours. An acre of grass, or clo-
yer, or grain, would yield about tho
same result. The leaf is q worker, too,
IN another field of labor, where we sell
dom look-where it works for the good
of man in the most wonderful manner.
It carries immense quantities of elec-
tricity from the earth to the clouds,
and from the clouds to the earth.
Rather dangerous business trans.
porting lightning; but it is par
ticularly fitted for this. work.
Did you ever see: leaf entire
as to its edges2 1t is always
pointed, and these points, whether
they be large or small, are just fitted
to handle this dangerous agent. These
tiny fingers seize upon and. carry it
away with ease and wonderful dispatch.
There must be no delay; it is 'stime
freight" True, sometimes it gathers
up more than the trunk can carry. and
in the attempt to pack the baggage the
trunk gets terribly shattered, and we
say that lightning struck tho tree. But
it had been struck q thousand times
before. This time it. was overworked:'
EtOz7aOLOQist.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The Old Man In the Stylish Church.

1uO VASs 1Auu LII tuc oOy aASu OuUASus
Well, wife, I've been to church to-day-been I
/ stylish one
And scein' you cau't go from home, Ill te
!, you whatwa done :
You would have been surprised to see what
1 y SAW there to-day; +:
The sistors were fixed up 30 fine they hardl
bowed TO pray : ::
had on these coarse clothes of mine, no
much the worse for wear,
But then they knew WASN'T one they called
| & millionaire; :. =.
So they. led the old man to seat away bac
By the door; 5; : 4 II:
Twas booklese and duncushioncd- reserve
! = seatfor the poer.~.
hpEetg soen in came stranger with gold rim
+ l. and clothing fine:
They led him to : cushioned seat far in ad
| vance OF mine;
Thought that wasa't, exactly right, to sea
Whsp he was young, and 1 .xas. old and yer
e u < lard tohear:,. -: :: :: "a. -
But then,, there's no aoeountin' for what som
3ts fBs:; Si,.:, fs;$!ns ss2 peH's.ys Oft t't' tn
But 96sa = lsaeh tho blessed home, al. IN
Wen see wealth besgih' the gate, Will
49,, poverty goes N: ..l:f/; ...'
I coaldn't hear the sermon I sat SO far away
So, through the hours Of service, could onl
Then tho doih'a OF Of tic Christians sittin,
nearmer6uhd about :
Pray that God would make them pure within
as they were pure without.
While 1.at there, ,oolia' all around upon tn
rich and great, ~ '-.>
1 kept thinkin' ST tho rich man and the begga
at tho sate; t<ii:.
How, BY all but dogs forssken, tho poor bog
And tho % angel: bore hi. i spirit to the mansion
'ibuilt of gold; -, ~.
How, at last the rich man persisted, and hi
spirit to6k III, ,Aight
From the purpl. and fne linen to the homo Q ,
Thefe he learned, az he stood gazin' at tn
Iheggar III the sky, .,:,,:,-4
"1t isn't so q .,ifs to live. nor Of: death tt
doubt 1.';s;d: Hs sh.,s ,ss wealth, ''' in tha
Who vent up nom their dwsllin's like tn
Then re!ufnsd home nc hon theis worship, witt
head upliHed high, !
To spurn tAe hungry from their door witt
naueht to satlsy.t I
Out ont with saoh .proie.ssions; they ar
To stop !1;h,,; Il: weary sinner from the Gospel
Than Al the books of inhdels, than all ,tha
! has been tried ;i',': 90 80
Since Christ was. born at taBethlehem-sinc
I Christ was cruciaed.' - ."
How simple .are tho works Of God, and yet no,
The shells in ocean caverns, the flowers on th
H. eilds i1d the clouds of evenin' with, the eol
| right from his throne, -
Not for the rich: man only-not for. tho poo
alone.
Then why should man look down on man be
r..y GAUGE Of lack Of gold2
Why seat him in the poorest pew because hi
z - clothes are old : - =: -.
A heart with noble motives-a heart that Coz
r has blsst- .. -, =
Nay DO: beatin' heavens music meath tb.
faded coat and vest.
I'm old-1 may be childish-but love sim
I love to 20 it shinin' in Christian piety;
Jesus told 70 in his sermons in Judea's noun
tain'a wild, 4; Il. =.
Hs that wants to 80 to heaven must bs like ,
r. = little child. = ~
Our heads are CROWN gray, dear wife ou,
hearts are beating slows;
60.
When ws reach the pearly xateways, and lool
in with, joyful eyes,
Wen zee no stylish worship in the temple o
i the skies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
a Store Burncd a nd Four Bodies Fou nd
In the Debris-Evldent Murders.
The Vicksburg Miss Herald of the

4 Store Burncd nd Four Bodies Fou nd
| In the Debris-Evldent Murders.
The Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald of the
9Th says: ::
The, steamer r. B. Hurl arrived yes.
terdayt and her officers bring particu-
lars of = fire at Rolling Fork and loss
Of life. The store Of Messrs. Ring
and Moore was destroyed by fire during
Tuesday night. Wednesday morning
tho eharrsd remains of Jessie lIoore
and Mrs. Moore, Mr.. Goodhue and =
child, Billy James, were taken from
the debris. The skull of Mr.. Moore
had been broken in across the fore
head, evidently with an az, and tho
head Of Mr.. !Goodhre had been almost
severed from the. body, apparently
also with an OK. The bodies Of Mrs.
Moore and child showed no evidences
of Wounds Mr.: Jos. Long is missing,
and it is feared that he also has been
fou1ly dealt with. It is supposed at
: Rolling Fork that Mr.. Ring had gone
70 Vicksburg on, 9 steamer day or
two previous to the Occurrences, but
nothing has as yet been heard of him
by his !. friends here Billy James,
the child, was: seven or eight years
old, and the son of woll known RATS ;
man, Who hadleft Billy with Mr.: Moore
while he was engaged in other sections
Of the country. Rolling Fork Landing
il on Sun Flower river, at the mouth
of short stream which connects Sun
Flower with Deer Greek. The store Of
Ring & Moore was the only house at
the landing. It was used>as q storing
depot for all goods pat Of there. tits
supposed that there were a. good manv
,inhanamable goods there 1at the time
OF the fire, and .an5e explosion
OF powder was heard !; fbr several
miles around. The numbering Of four
or i've persons and burning Of house
to-. conceal the crime is enough, of
course,. to arouse all sections Of. the.
country adjacent, and intense excite
dent prevails. No clue had at last ac-
counts been obtained Of the perpetra-
tors of the horrible crime. Two suspic..
;ious characters had; been seen previous,
to the occurrence in the neighborhood,
and have disappeared; Robbery was
the principal. object: in gvlev by the
fends. Being discovered ct. this they
probably murdered the inmates of the
house and then 6rsdiit, hoping to hide
all traces Of their bloody work,
The body Of Mr. Goodhue was
brought to the city ON the Hur1, and
:wae buried from st. Paul's Church yes
terday afternoon. !
The building and stock Of Ring L.
Moore ware insured in different agen-
cles in this city for about seven thous-
and dollars. ''-'>f- - q, -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Tho Fables or Zambri. the Parasoe,

Tho Fables OF Zambri, the Parasoo.
(Translatsd lfrom the Persian BY Dod Grille toe
London Fun.l
"Pray walk into my parlor;" !" mia ths3mdsr
to the dy.
"Th.t Is not quite original the latter made
"If that's the way you plagiarize, your fame
But I'll walk into your parlor while pitch
into your crib
But before. cross your threshold, sir, If lmay
make SO free,
Pray let mo introduce to you my friend, = the
.~.- wicked flea. ~ ~-.s-.,==,-s,s-z..---s-sx~
"How do you ?" says the spider ~ bis vel.
come he extends. 80: !:
"sHow doth the busy little bee,' and Ill our
other friends ?' : ~ >5s'3!'
"Quite wel],I think, and quite unchanged"
the flea said, "tl,ough learn
In certain quarters well.infofmed, 'tis feared
'tbe worm will turn"
"Humpf !" said the fly IS do not undarstand
this talk not II"
"ni : classical alIdsion,' >" said the spider to
the fly. :.,.,...
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Total amount loaned. .s6. 49fl 54:

The total income of the company for
1872 was So, 695: O64; and the total as
sets Jan. 1st, 1873, were $12, 500, 900.
But those who are interested in, this
subject should get a full statement of
the business and condition of the COM
pany, and carefully examine it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The NeSuuellOning Tunnel.

The completion Of the Nesquehoning
tunnel, near Mauch Chunk, admitting
the, cars of the Susquehanna Railroad
through a mountain into the valley Of
Panther Greek, from where the tunnels
and drifts of the Lehigh Coal and Navi-
CATION Company dlvelge into the sides
of the neighboring anthracite noun
tains, has put an end to one of the
finest pieces Of engineering which this
country has produced. The coal will
now be shipped through the tunnel
instead of over the gravity roads here
tofore in use, which, by means OF planes
and heavy grades, traversed some
twenty five miles of territory, over
mountain top and through valley, and
was by fur the most romantic and in
teresting railroad journey in this couu-
try. This was the first railway Of any
Importance built in this country
thres-foot guage-but has never had a
locomotive on it. It was here that the
first reciprocative-incline railways in
this country we're constructed, md, in
short, where the coal discoveries were
first made, and from whence the first
shipments of coal took place.
AMAN whom DR.. Chalmers engaged
to manage a disorderly Sunday-school
kept his eyes open during prayer, and,
when one boy thrust n pin into another
he marched up the aisle, still praying,
and cuffed tho boys ears, and went
back praying. After that he was mas
ter OF the situation, for the boys
thought man who could watch and
pray like that could not be put down
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

The famous gun-fountler Krupp has
purchased All iron mine ana several
collierics in the vicinity OF his works at
Essen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

CoNuNDRuM for Country Justices
How many acres go to make a wise
aorea
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

that know of: the ~onlystime 1 saw
Wagner was wlenI was looking through
the window when he struck Annethe;
I saw her lying on the ground when i
jumped cut of observation-disclosures Iwas
running away I heard Karen shouting,
the voice sounding out Of door I, did
not hear Wagner speak at all: ~ re
Mr.. Houtyet had $45 in q trunk, SO
of it being in pocketbook. The $40
was taken by Wagner, also s. from a
pocket book belonging to another man,
and some scrip from another, which
shows that robbery was the incentive.
The murderer landed beyond the house.
Had he not done so Mrs. Hontvet could
have got away and let Aim on the
island, where the fishermen would have
made mince meat of him in the morn
ing. He, doubtless, feared that he
ing for her, and rowed off without her
knowing it. Coming to the city he i'm
mediately disguised himself by having
his whiskers shaved of, and then pro.
ceeded to Boston, where lie was arrest
ed during the evening,
Mrs. Houtvet is in worse condition,
and great fears are Entertained by her
friends that sue will not survive the
terrible. ordeal through which she pass
ed. A high fever set in to-day, and
her feet, which were frozen, are in such
condition that it is probable that am.
putation will be necessary, in which
case she cannot live.
A shirt stained with blood has been
taken from a vault at the house of Mr..
johnson, in Portsmouth, N. H., and
identified as belonging to Wagner, who
boarded there.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

Two members of Congress from
Pennsylvania have been drunk most OF
the time for. two weeks past,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

900, 900 of men were ready to shed their
last drop of blood to uphold the mira
Gle performed by AbDas Sail on the
venerable Sheik in restoring his eye
sight,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
t!X 81. 2 4 .ss,{i7-- --IIE,, 50.
1 ! 0|L|'l,JME, 4 d! ":

AAlLY Wednesday morning Pullman
fsieeping-car, full Of passengers. was destroyed
| by fire, twenty miles north Of Holland, on the
Chicago and Lake Michigan Railroad. The
7 passengers barely escaped before tic car was
burned to the trucks, losing their baggage
and some clothing. The los. is probably
Miss PorxAn <tlenics the stor! that she re.
ccived $4,000 for writing tho letter to Gov.
Dix asking communication Of Fosters son.
/ tenee:: or +itE.
Col. J. ". BROWN, one OF tho founders ..
tho Cincinnati Commercial, died at Memphis
oh WedpeeaaxY afl,V ,2arIr;I
j. 5. HOPKINS has given S2,000, 900 and thir-
teen seres At laud taxs the azaaiatsnancasp spf Z
hospital for sick and indigent orThans at
Baltimore.
Sex kednesdsy;: mSnisg At Ede. Iowa a
frnisht car ofstho 1iltaukee :s4daet. Paul
Hoad ,loadcd ~ h1rss. and haul koM Of:
EftMs vas burnSds Fkomen ina1essa car
were 50 badly burned that they are not e.
j.; NJ q. .ns.i !. notoriou. oouut.r,siter. ". !, !,
arrested In Philadelphia ON Wednesday. Il
large quantity Of dies and pqEs4teaRh for
Sle maautsetaze. o. .conatar tenders
ISre found % III tremiacs, 1ndt.ptured.
Iegle was St;fhe Mead pt : d1spets lie sd prom
'inent revenuo eounteTfoiting gang which was
broken up in the west some years ago, several
Of the gang heipg- lynched. Several years
ago he killed policeman in the streets Of 1t.
Louis whils, ,attempingr to escape from Gus
.sstS. -
THE sesretary Of the Treasury states that the
use by the Department of tho legaltender
reserves will not exceed three millions, and il
hardly expected to be much over two millions
IupeE R1czAapsdN has assumed charge %
Acting Secretary Of tic Treasury. Mr.. Bout
we'll made his last official signature on We'd
neslay. sSepat n Spmnsrealled on Mr.. Bout
we'll Wsdnesday afternoon and congratulated
him in these words: I" congratulate the
country, congratulate the state, and I con-
.srs'e.t8 Pyss!f n 'h4sZi9a b soa. =, 4y col
TIE Illinois House Of Representatives has
adopted, by a vote Of 1o3 to II = resolution
.tesefs'y censuring those Illinois Congress
men WHO yQted to increase tha salaries 1t the
end ottho iato term Of Congress. |;
rEsT9E bfaiFk Of the Missouri Peniteptiary
llvGbeee fkssaaated bt 10 lsgiiAtive snpm-
nittee, hos SeperE that spriionafs havS Ire
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

uaily oecompoSed state, on the banks Of the
river, two miles below the town. where it had
washed ashore. He is supposed to have been
murdered by some Pittsburg rougha. who had
threatened his life while here some two
mouths ago. +,
~ New Hampshire :straw's, majority will be
between 800 and 400. In fhe second Copcre,.,.. ..
slonal district, with all the towns heard from
but one' Austin F. Pike, Republican,, has II
plurality.
A FIRE at Louisville. Thursday night. dc.
stroyed the rectifying esta olishment of w. T..
Wiiler h Son. Loss s55, ,0Ot-ipsurapce sa7
900.
. The ONCE of Sheriff Gillen Walters. at Cor.
inth, Miss, was robbed OF $1,000 last night b,
burglars, who blew open the safe. No clue tc
the perpetrators.
"A PETITION signed by 1000 women Of st
Lcuia, was presented 70 the4Missourl Iegi.'a
ture, asking for the repeal OF, thc.ss cial cvl
laws Of st. Louis.
Tue wife of Mr.. Hill, farmer living fly,
miles from Aurora, H.. became suddenly in
sane Wednesday morning; md, leaving tn,
house with an infant three months old, ,jumpet
into we'll near her house, drowning the child
she is now raving maniac. The cause o
1hs insanity in said to be religious excitement
THREE more piles were broken on th,
bridge over the Iowa river by the ice at Colum
bus Junction, Iowa, on Wednesday. 1t is OK
pected that the bridge may break down an,
moment, especially If any more ice Gomez
down. There IS mono running at present
The dangerous condition OF the bridge inter
fere, with railroad travel.
TEE men who received dangerous injurie
By tho burning Of car on the Milwaukee, an
st. Paul Railway ct Lyle. Mion., were N. Jen
II kins and a.Gsrman, both from Madison, VIII
The loss on tho horses and household good
n the car was 81 800.
A COMPLIMENTARY reception and banque
was given to Cakes Ames by the citizens q
North Easton, Mass, on Thursday,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

ONE million of dollars was the neat
sum left by Lsndseer rs the result Of
q judicious use Of paints, brush, and
pallet.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

THERE are ten thousand wind-mills
In Holland. and the Dutch are not
Jealous Of free speech In America.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

SPORTING men In New York are bet
ting that the American eagle will
scream on Cuba's shores within sixty
DAYS.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

FoE,Y-oNE citizens of Denver want
to be postmaster OF that place-salary
not So much an object as a steady
place.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

a Troy man wants 10 know where
the seven hundred million circulation
Is; he has only got 81 90 Of it.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

The centennial celebration mania
has got into the Williamsburg tVa.I
lunatic asylum, which Is just hun
dred years old.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

BEssEMER's patent steamship, with
n cabin hung OH double swivelS to pre-
vent sickness, is nearly ready for
launching.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

A BosroN LADY says she has solved
the servant girl question. Her little
so son is washing the dishes.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-02

They have unearthed another skele-
ton at Pompeii. He had bag Of
back pay in his hand and makes
good relic.