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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
NUMBER 8.
YACHTING.
The i" sspphe'' Abroad.


The opening of the yachting season
is already signalized by some intereet-
ing gossip in the London papers. The
old question relative to the exclusion
of ceptre- board boats from the summer
contests is again agitating the British
yachtsmen, who have taken m oppor-
tunity to repeat the assertion that their
deep, sharp and heavily baliasted craft
will beat any centre-board vessel of
equal size. The papers, however,
express the hope that the bigh.spirited
yacthsmen will do away with any alb.
surd regulations which tend to debar
Americans from having 4 try at their
prizes. It is said to be the talk among
the English yachtsmen that two or
three Yankees intend making their
appearance in English waters during
the season and tie hope il ex.
pressed that they will not be allowed
to depart without leaving English.
men pretty thoroughly acquaint.
ed with what American clippers
can do. The presence of the 6appho,
the champion yacht of America, in
English waterA pronpts tho wish ths
she. may again try her sails against the
Englis6men. They we're much disap-
pointed In not seeing the long-talked
Of match; between tho 0uineyere and
the sappho last year. Capt. Thellus-
son is said to be too we'll known to
need any defense against tie. sneers of
the American press that he was afraid
to meet their champion; but still it il
believed that he might have strained .
point for the honor Of Old England and
tackled the Sappho some way or an
other. The last challenge Of Mr..
Douglass, it 10 claimed, was avery fair,
straightforward and manly one, and
the Enelishmen fail to Zee anything in
improved patterns are in process of
construction at Gosport, and altogeth-
Ell, it is said that tho season promises
we'll for something interesting in the
annals of the wave.
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Small HorseS.

The Southern Farmer says: The
arguments may all be in favor Of great
size, but the facts are all the otheI
way. Large horses are more liable to
stumble and be lame than those Of tho
middle size. They are clumsy, and
cannot ill themselves so quick. There
is nothing more surprising to Western
men~than to visit Montreal and see the
small but stout Canadian horses haul
ing large two-seated carriages, full OF
people, with apparent ease. A horse
weighing 000 pounds in Maine takes q
chaise or Concord wagon, with two men
in it, aid makes fifty or sixty miles .
day over hills that might have TERMED
Hannibal. But =: .lr weight IL where
it ought to be. 1t is compact, and not
lyina around loose. It 10 muscle, not
pulp, that We want in horse"
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: - N N --.'= ,l<-''s
N D, A. CUHfID.

1 BE p. As CU1flo.E zl<S.
The Lone Jack bnrns 10 my pipe tonight
With red aud CHEEKY glow,
And my weaned feet are stretched to the me >
And dream OF long ago.
I think OF the friends who cat with me hero
And smoked, till the fire burned low,
As~ We talked OF our ships that were coming in,
In the days Of long ago.
They are under the sod. those friends Of mine,
I'd sooner that It were SO
With me, than 10 sit here alone by the fire
Dreaming Of long ago.
or the days when my heart was - stout u my
And my love was as fierce IS i. glow,
And my hope was buoyant, and high, and
Those days OF long ago. -st -
And the Lone Jack burns, and the smoke curls
And my fancies come and 60
Like the days. and the friends, that have van
: ished now ...,z.ss
Into the long ago.
An, we]l-a-day! have done with It au,
Aud wonder If I could know.
How to live over those brave old times,
Those days CT long ago.
Would it be worth while to live Though it au7
hardly deem ii so; . g
The time would come to sit. as now,
Mid the ashes Of long ago. - z
So tonight I shall die, and my little Lizette
L. the only mourner know. ssfs -
There might have beer more if had died
In the days Of long ago. @--@
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Our Railroads Forty Years Ago.

UOr h01lrO6OS fOrtv 1e&[S Ago.
= A writer in the Hartford Courant
says: There has been great improve
ment since the Hartford ana New
Haven road was opened. Itdidn't take
much to block O train in those days.
Sometimes an inch of snow on rails
would do it. Henry q. White, one of
the first conductors on the road, tells
how he and the baggage master used
to sit in front of the lccc motive, one
on each side, and brush of the sDow
from the rails with a broom as the train
slowly crawled q long. Each had
pail of sand, and sprinkled handful
on the rails when necessary. The
driving wheels (eugines had only one
pair them used to slip round and round,
and torment them almost to death.
On one occasion a train got stuck on
the Yatesville grade by one inch of
snow, and the wood and water gave out
before the locomotive could overcome
it. Al last they got out the neighbors,
yoked four pair of oxen to the train aud
drew it, passengers, baggage, and all
into Meriden, with flying colors. In
the early days of the road tho stage-
coach drivers used to regard the cars
with great contempt. Indeed, thirty
years ago the passenger trains were
three or four hours on the road to New
Haven, and the stage coaches went in
about the same time. Superintendent
Davidson remembers riding with his
father in q carriage drawn by two
horses in 1910, which had race with
a passenger train near Wallingford,
where the turnpike aud railroad are
parallel for three or four miles, and
during all that time the Garage kept
oven wite the train. The old cars were
divided into three compartments,
opened ON the side, and had twenty
four seats. The locomotives had only
twelve-inch cylinders, and no cabs to
protect the engineer and fireman from
tho weather..
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VOLUME vi.
The llnhQlted Door.

RI THE AUTHOR OF OCCUPATION OF A RETIRED
LIFE"
An agcd widow sat alone
Beside her fading hearth:
Her silent cottage never heard
Tho ringing laugh Of m'rth.
Six children once had sporfed thcre, Dus NO"
the church-yard snow
Fell softly on Ave little graves that were not
long ago.
Sho mourncd them all with patient love:
But since, her eyes had shed
Far bitt ercr tears than those which dewed
The faces OF the dead.
The child which had been spared to her, the
darling Of her PRIDE
The woeful mother lived to wish that she had
also died.
Those little ones beneath the snow,
She well knew where they are:
"Close eathered to tho throne of God,
And that was better far" 80.
But when she saw where Katy was, she saw
The p.;"tea mask Of bitter Joy that Need gave
Sin to wear.
Without, the snow Law thick aud white;
No step had fallen there {;
Within, she sat beside her fire,
Each thought . silent p aver;
When suddenly, behind her seat, uuwonted
ssss noise lhe heard, -
Assthou1h 5 hesitatiag hand The rustic latch
had stirred. s7e4.'.., .~.szs~,. 80 -
She turned. and there the wanderer stood,
With snow-aakes on her hair;
A faded woman. wild aud worn,
The ghost Of something fair.
And then upon the mothers breast the With
; cred head WsA lald,
Can God and YOU forgive me Ill for have
snned," she said.
Tile widow dropped upon her knees
Before tho fading fire;
AID thanked the Lord, whose love at last
Had granted her desire;
The daughter knecled be: lido her, too, tears
streaming from her eyes,
And prayed, "God help me to be good ia
mother ere che dies"
They did not talk about the sin,
The shame, the bitter woe;
They spoke about those little graves,
And things Of iOngMg
And then the daughter raised her eyes and
asked in tender tone,
"Why did You keep your door unbarred when
you were al alOne2"
my child" the widow said, and smiled
~ A smile Of love and pain.
II keptit 80 lest you should come,
And tnTn away aRainl =
I've waite d for you all the While.--a mothers
love IL true:
Yet this is but shadowy type of His who died
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from Beechy Island. Capt. Budding
ton was then on a whaling voyage.
The impression seems to be general
among shipping men that the Polaris
is safe, and may be expected the latter
part OF September or the first part Of
October.
Capt. Tyson once returned as early as
August 25th, but this was the earliest
arrival on record.
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A C)slOred Sentptrcss.

From tho New York Tunes Rome Ccg1eoponde0t.
It is not without . feeling OF wonder
ahd curiosity that you turn from the
grandeur of this museum of great
works-for such it il in reality-to the
modesty of studio which lies not fur
from ii, and yet in very different To-.
cality. Leaving. the broad, ,fashiCnable
street, and passing by IN abandoned
.chuch, you come to an humble looking
house, where, . glass door permits you
away OF blocks Of white marble. You
enter and see few rude beginnings,
before .you, which make You, 1t once
turn to the right, where . small room
contains some busts and . number of
statuettes. Yon easily recognize Horace
Greeley on one side, Longfellow on the
other, and make out without difficulty
the costume of Hiawatha and his be-
loved, who stand multiplied in various
sizes before you Here. are two chill.
dren in one group asleep, in another
awake; and there are four, represent
ing the seasons. Al you, look and
examine, you feel somewhat bewildered,
for that there are traces Of genius in
these sculptures you csnnot doubt for q
moment, and yet the execution seems
so imperfect, and the expression of the
fancy busts IN 20 peen1iAr, that you
feel you are in the presence of art. but
of art in its early beginnings. Your
musings are interrupted by little low
woman who enters suddenly from the
side, and, without ceremony, informs
you confidin(ely that to-day is payday,
ana pay day il always an unpleasant
time, when she is troubled BY many
cares. Then she begins rapidly to emu
merate and explain her works, touch
ing your heart deeply 40 she speaks of
Horace Greeley and Charlotte Cush-
man, and the mention Of the "good-
ness they have shown her makes her
bright eyes brim over. Next she ex-
plains to you that the email statues and
heads are for people of slender purses,
for "you know we must sell our work
if We want to live, " and You tuIn once
more full of sympathy and regard to
the strange being by your side You
have, of course, known Edmonia Lewis
is black, but you are hardly prepared
to see = few traces Of the Indian blood
which you were told she has in her
veins, and yon look in VAN
for the signs of genius which
spoke 20. eloquentlI = from the
countenances of the artists you have
seen before. As you look more closely,
you notice that her eye is bright and
glowing with = subdued fire, but her
hand is large and uncouth; then you
understand at once why her works
show much originality of conception,
but possess little virtue Of. execution.
You see, also, Why she is particularly
happy in catching hkenesses, but not
as suceessful in giving Life and softness
bye you cannot help wishing the poor
child of q suffering race 0od-speed,
and express the hope that she nay dnd
liberal encouragement, 30 % TO enable
hertto cultivate her talent and do honor
to her genius. =s-s: ="
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Almost q Wreck.

Writing to the London Times, nanti.
cal correspondent thinks the error of Cap.
Ain Williams in allowing the Atlantic to
veer 60 far out Of her course, though at
first sight objectionable, was not without
some excuse, and details what was almost
wre * Of the Delta, of the Cunard line,
in 1867. He writes:
"In August, 1867, was passenger
from Newfoundland to Halifax in the Cum
ard steamer Delta, one Of the vessels that
went to the relief Of the passengers Of the
Atlantic. She was at that time command
ed by man wht besides etand;ug high US
y sailor, was considered to havo more ex.
perience in the navigation Of that coast
than any man living, and who had been
employed on this particular service for
many years. The usual fog prevailed
throughout the voyage, but all went we'll
till tho day before arriving at Halifax
when, ut about o'clock in the afternoon,
tho captain having just come of duty,
there was sudden ehout of breakers
ahead, AMI, on rushing on deck, a mass
Of rock loomed up about fifty yards ahead,
just on the starboard bow. The first
officer had given the order to reverse the
engines, but the moment the captain saw
the state Of things, he, with presence of
mind and coolness that I shall never for
get, gave tho word to drive full speed
ahead, and though the men hesitated ut
first to pass the order, he was obeyed, and
putting bis helm hard up at The same time,
he actually succeeded in pushing the ship
over q lower edge Of rock that ran out
from the main body, and though sho
struck heavily, there was bv that time
sufficient lorce,to carry her over into clea.
Water beyond. She was,of course, good
deal shaken, but the sea being pretty
smooth, sho struck upright on her keel.
The captain told me afterwards that If the
ship had been stopped or even reduced her
speed the swell would have carried her
broadside on tho higher rocks, aud she
would have gone to pieces in a moment.
sit turned out that the Delta had struck
on revf of Country Harhos, about eight y
miles north Of Halifax, having gone
eighteen miles out of her course. should
add that the lead was kept going the whole
time.
"Now, in this instance, here was ar
officer who was rs familiar with the coas
as any ono could possibly he, but even b,
was deceived by these extraordinary ant
apparently unAccountable currents. II
then, u man Of such local expcrienc,
could be carried eighteen miles out Of hi
course. is it to be wondered ut that Cap
tain Williams, who it appears had neve
been to HALIFAX before should have bcel
the victim OF similar delusion 2"
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ACIlEEN.
Details Coneernlng Hoiland's Oppo>
nent-History Of the Nation:
From the Pail Mall 0axe&ae

Details Coneerning Holland's Oppo>
nent-History Of the Nation:
From the Pail Mall Gazette.
There seems to be q good deal of
misapprehension about the nature and
amount of the. difficulties with which
the Dutch Government will probably
have to contend in prosecuting military
operations against Acheen. The con-
test is commonly represented as one of
the ordinary cast between civilization
and barbarism, and lixened to the
campains of the United States army
against ferocious Indians. But the
Acheenese, though by themselves q
small nation, and formidable only if
they find allies, in other parts of the
Island of ,Sumatra, are, nevertheless,
likely to prove if old stories are trae1'
no contemplate enemies. They.
have an ancient civilization.
such as it is; have con-
tended, with various fortunes, but not
without distinction, not only against
their barbarous neighbors but against
the Portuguese and the Dutch. At
one time they possessed dependencies
on the Peninsula of Malacca: and
" frequently" says an old traveller,
"besieged the Portuguese in the city
of that name, they having been always
declared enemies of that nation" They
were always "renowned for their cour-
age and conduct" beyond all ;neighbor-
i g nations, and are "bvld and expert
navigators." They became early con
verts to the Mohammedan religio7, and
are Jealous supporters of it to this day.
They have been long accustomed to
dealing, both military and pacific,
with Europeans. Two OF the
pieces of ordinance with the Sui
tan, does or. did exhibit be.
fore his palace gate wss sent by
James l., Of England. Their Queen,
in 1853, (for, Mohammedans as they
are, they retain much of the Malay
respect for the prefogatives of tho 4ex)
I" had an inclination to be married to q
Dutchman, but the Cou: Gil OF. Batavia,
for weighty reasons, would not consent
to the match" Another curious Gus ;:
tom, which the old Dutch travellers
describe, was connected with this pria-4
cipie of reverence for the fair sex "a
woman sits Tin counciD at the feet; Of
the King, to whom he communicates
whatever ideas occur to him during the
deliberations she conveyes them to
an eunuch near her, by whom they
are transmitted to an officer,
who proclaims them aloud to the
assembly," 1t must, however, be owned
that the narratives of the OLD voyagers
make them out to have been addicted
to savage and cruel practices, beyond
even other tribes of the ferocious Malay
Archipelago. Burnings, mutilations,
and tramping by elephants are related
in their quaint volumes with hideous
particularly, no doubt accommodated
to the popular taste by exaggeratlon.
One of the Acheenese customs is thus
described by Gemelli CAREER, on the
authority Of one Cartinho, who had
been :" up the island: "They play at
dice for one another's lives. When the
game is done the winner binds the
loser, and stays all day for some one to
buy him, when if none comes he kills
and eats him |"
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A Monster Anvil.

Vulcan himself, with ell the swarty
giants that worked at the gods smlth-
les under Etna, never owned such an
anvil as will soon be in use in the new
rolling mills, at Woolwicb, England.
For long time past the engineers
have been busy at the Royal Gun Fac
tories OF the Arsenal in constructing
this Titanic piece of ironmongery, and
they are now depositing in it's place
the enormous plate which is to form
the bed of the anvil block. This
plate weighs of itself 1O7 tons, and had
to be cast of necessity in an open
mould. The surface which is to 10
ceive the anvil block, lay, therefore,
downward, and when after many weeks
the colossal casting grew cool, it was
Deedful to turn the huge mass COM
pletely over. At the appointed time
an army of sturdy smiths undertook
this task with hydraulic jacks, and a
combination of the strongest tackle;
before night they had lifted the mon
strous lump of solid metal, twenty.
two feet square, and since then they
have laid it on its bed upon the rock
like structure of concrete and piles
made to receive 1t. The anvil block to
be mounted on the huge plate will
weigh only tride short of 200 tons,
and the steam hammer which will strike
upon it is made of thirty-five tons of
solid metal, the blow, at full force be.
ing, of course, tremendous. In fact, it
is rather doubtful what will happen to
Woolwich and its vicinity when the
lightly piece of mechanism gets to
work. That the earth around will
shake and the air roll with measured
thunder seems probable; for nothing
like this stupendous forge has ever
been set to work since the bolts of Jovs
were hammered. Thor's famous weapon
was q mere driver of tin tacks con-
trasted with it; and, indeed, the old
Norske god, for all his huge strength,
would be puzzled to throw this Wool
wich tool-which, taking all its metal
work together, weighs hard upon 500
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The first steamer carrying the Japa-
nese flag arrived at Bermuda Tuesday.
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MEN to be taken for what they are
The Modocs,
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pOoc IN tn8b W8ys
II don't know how we'll stop it up,
though" Billy remarked surveying it
doubltully. But Carrie was fertile in ex-
ped,en.s. Her quick eyes rested upon an
old unused cart standing q little distance
up the lane, and she proposed that they
should draw that down across the road, to
begin with. 1t was hard work, with I'LL
their united strength and most vigorous
efforts, but they persevered until this task
was accomplished.
IL thought it was big enough to reach
ever SO far, and it don't said Carley, dis.
appointedly. Anybody could just go
round the side Of it, If they wanted to,and
never pay q cent"
Billy expressed valiant determination
70 knock any Teller down that tried it,
but Carrie was unsatis6ed Presently a
pile Of bean poles in = ncighboring lot
suggested an idea OF relief, and the chill
dren, in high spirits once more, proceeded
to appropriate them. They could carry
but one ut once, but gradually they piled
them up, with one end upon the fence and
the other resting upon the cart, quite for.
getting in their zeal for q thorough bar.
sAc"uo' " A'"A0 @'u ''''"" 'oL "Pei'
ing their gate when the acquired toll
should be paid. 1t was slow, toilsome
building; but the two little faces though
flushed and perspiring, were also triumph,
ant, as they gaxed upon the completed
structure, with it's last pole standing near
ly upright against the cart. Partly to'
GOODNESS TO herself, partly by way of or
nament to the eddce, Carrie removed hel
sun.bonnet from her head and hung it up
on this highest point.
Bet nobody can: get through that p
exclaimed Billy, p~ntinely. "How much
do you s'pose we'll make ~
"Dollar, may ,,e," said the sanguin.
Carrie, her eyes growing round with tn.
stupenaous prospect. Pm too tired t.
builo any little house to-day let's sta,
out DOORS"
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cotton. and that tho New York house will
lose 1000 sterling by tho failure.
Ahrosd.
FATHER HYACINTHE, in his sermons in Gene.
va, attacks the confessional. He also urges
the election OF their priests by the people, and
the use OF the Bible and liturgy in the national
language.
ADvlcEs from Spain announce the CAPTURE
ofSan Asuja ana butchery OF sixty volunteers
by the Carlists.
The French Atlantic cable has been re-.
paired.
The Shah OF Persia arrived at Moscow on
Monday.
LONDON papers say that the clergy and
Jesuits OF Belgium are making great cfor,s
TO organize pilgrimage into the heart Of
france to celebrate the shrine at Paraylemo-
nial, there to pray for the restora ton of the
temporal power OF the Pope
JUDGE DAVIS has adjudScd George Francis
Train to be OF unsound mind, and ordered him
sent to the State Insane Asylum.
Ii the latest lutte IliHence from Peru is g
hIief statement to the effect that of $685.
Coolies shipped from Macas to Peru dnrue
the past twelve years, 1927 perished from
shpwreck and five per cent. Of the whole
from suicide and sickness.
THERE was terrific Grc at Osaka, Japan
on the 26th Of March. Many lives were lost
1t ragged all day and night. There were two
violent shocks Of earthquake at the same place
on the 2th of March.
TELEGRAM from Vienna says: "The
Investigation into charges against suspended
American Commissioners has been complete
and the details have been forwarded to Wash
l"Ston. The inquiry shows that the con
Eress'"nal appropriation is nearly exhausted
AMI that $4,000 were charged as expended OF
u o roof OF the sewing machine depar tine nj
when the actual cost should not have bee,
ancre than one-tenth that sum. Other rock
ies4 expenditures have been proven, als
charges Of bribery"