Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-04-10
General Items.
~DusAs has lust p.id. 60 GO fnncs

with q pension of 5000 francs.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM GATES, the Oldest
officer of the Royal Artillery, his com:
mission dating from 1909, died last
month in England, at the age OF 81.
An ingenious Baltimorean has in
vented the name of Camdenline for an
infant daughter unexpectedly present
ed to him a few days ago on the Cam
den Railway.
"CoME, gentle spring" sighs Jones,
as he YEARLY tosses his aching bones
ut night; but Jones's 1andlady. thinks
slat bedsteads good enough for any OF
her lodgers. -
A WESTERN art critic describes one
of the models for the Farragut statue
s'the foreman of fire company tied
to chimney and calling for the b'hoys
not to let old Dix take their water"
LETTERS have been received from
Ralph Waldo Emerson in Egypt, con-
tanning gratifying assurances OF the
health of himself and companions. He
is expected to retu IN home IN the spring.
Forty years ago Fanny Kemble wrote
from Boston of q bitter, bleak, east
wind. which is the only air that
blows in Boston, and keeps us all in q
state of misanthropy and universal
dissatisfaction" = J., 9-s..zl:=f
A sunEwD old gentleman once siad
to his daughter, g Be sure, my dear,
I you never marry poor man but re-
member. that the poorest man in the
the world is one that has money and
nothing else..' .+''-'
ITALY has nineteen illustrated pa
pers, with an aggregate circulation Of
| $4,000 copies. None of the political
dailies have circulation OF oyer1Q 900
and the compensation paid to editors
and reporters is very small.
A PLEASANT little reunion was quite
upset, recently, by one Of the children
asking, in painfully audible, tone,
I" Mamma, why did you tell me not to
say anything about Mr.. Jenkins 8 nose ?
He hosAt pot any: ".s5a5~> 10 O..
! An innocent young man in Des
Moines was asked by the Rev. n.
Hammond, the revivaiist; II he was
laboripg for the good of his soul.
mo" was the reply; II work for Billy
Moore"
Ar Furville, Henley.on-T Thames, q
lgirl of IL, afflicted with spinal disor-
der, fell into a trance on the 10th of
May, 1871, since which time only
breathing and pulsation heve showed
her to be alive. :" ~5u.:
TIE cerebral.meningitis, or spotted
fever, is raging fercely on the Pacific
coast. In one instance four. members
4 of a family died within ,tweuty-four
hours. The disease has assumed an
epidemic type and proves fatal. almost
invariably. ..-s' ;-..-:'. 10 SIX sd
g. Mr.. PHILIP: HAFFNER, ;, . wealthy
brewer of Marietta, Pa, died last week
literally of grief for the agitation of
the proposed temperance law, his only
utterance during his brief illness be-
ing the constant reitefation. OF the
words, "1ocal option. =. l5ssi =
/ q A DBCovERY has Just been made near
the small town of Volbrcm, in Russia,
Of an immense quarry of Photographic
stone. M. Eeckmann, a merchant of
Berlin, is said to have purchased 1t for
100. 600 francs.
EARL RUssEL1's book on Christianity,
to appear in the course of March, is,
C"The Rise and Progress Of . the Chris
tian: Religion in the West OF Europe
from the reign of Tibernius to the end
Of the Council Of Trent. ~" E:E!'.:t
Il. THE French: Society Of Dramatic Au-
thors, assembled at special meeting,
has just decided by q large majority
that the managers of theaters cannot,
and shall not, have the right Of repre-
senting their own works on the stage
under their control -: - s. i@''
In consequence of the death of NJ.
Stanislas Julien, an election has taken
! place ut the College de France to nom
mate his successor as Administrator OF
that establishment. Four competitors
were in presence, NlM Labonlaye,
Franck, Renier, and Bertrand, and the
tirst-named was chosen. >,zs'+ e7'!
i TIE Federal Statistical Bureau of
Switzerland, on the motion of the Mill
tary Department, has been requested to
make a census of the male poPulation
available for military. service, to serve
as basis Of new military organiza-
ftion. |.'''' * ~, ma ~ II PSI
y TIE Council of the British Royal
Society are about to nominate DIR.
Hooker, Director of the Royal Gar
dens, Kew, as President Of the society,
in succession to Sir George Airy, who
has announced his intention of refining
from the chair in November next.
! on the consummation of q recent
marriage IN an uptown family, . visi-
tor unwisely observed to the youngster,
You're q brothef.in-law now, Tom
my. p. :. Yes'. said Tommy, putting
i out his cheeks offensiyely, J." but ma
says I will be an uncle by.and-by."
fHEs "a Usual " process pie 81 subdivision OF
) the soil into email freehotds Is reversed
in Bourbon county, Ky: where, among
other similar transactions, one capital
list has bought and consolidated t~en-
I tv-four adjoining farms, the former
occupants of vkien. l61 in number,
have en1igrated to the West. -,
TIE editors and publishers OF Maine
newspapers. having met in convention
in Augusta the other day, the Portland
Press ventures to affirm that there
were gathered the livery wiseet and
Il most virtuous little crowd of men, in
the seediest of last years clothes, that
ever met in the State capital
! - 4 pRAMAr1c critic overheard gen
tlemau observe to another in : stall at
the theatre: t.Look at that painted
old woman; old and parched - she ls,
they saw she can still turn mems
heads" eyes; but the other way, "
was the reply. *s1 49, =. = .''.'
ArAxous French physician described
TO student undergoing examination q
disease eliminating by degrees to the
most dangerous symptoms, and asked,
"What would you then prescribe or
do?" TIE student, after slight hesita-
ton. replied, 81 should send instantly
for you." He got his diploma.
i A VERMONT farmer semitic an orphan
ASYLUM for boy that was smart, &C
tive, brave, tractable, prompt, indus
trious, clean, pious, intelligent, good
[ looking, reserved and modest. The
fsuper,ntendent wrote back that unfor
tunately they had only human boys In
that institution. '.'. , ~: =: =
Il An opera, founded on Sir Walter
Jcott's :. Talisman," the manuscript o
y which was nearly completed by Mr.
{ Balfe lust before his death, will b
! produced at Drury Lane next season
Sir NJ. Costa is to write the finale, ant
, several "numbers " which the compos
! er lett unfinished Mile Nilsson; vii
e appear rs the Queen. 49,. =.
1 A TEN year old, ,hoasting to school
mate of his fathers accomplishments
put it thus: my father can DO al
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