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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
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MISGUIDED ECONOMY.
An Effort 10 Reduce n Gas Bill. m,
What Followed.
From the New Orleans Picayunc

An Effort - Reduce n Gas Bill. an,I
What Followed.
From the New Orleans ricayune.
A lady down gu Smith street, read
somewhere that economy was the sure
road to wealth, and hearing that the gas
bill was enormous, felt that the gas nigh,
DO economical by turning it off 1T the
meter every morning, so that it would not
waste through the Brackets. This she
dld, Intending to regulate it in the evening
She went to see her mother, however. and
higgins having returned about O'Clock
r: NJ, turned up the jet and struck u
match Nursing it carefully with his
hand no placed it to tho bracket: pshaw
1t went out another, and still it would
not light: lie thought the Internal thing
must be broken, and going into the next
room, fell over a chair and smashed his
face. lie tried it until his matches were
all gone, and then feeling on the mantel
tor more, turned over bis wife's oil per-
fume bottle, and knew it was running on
bis coat. lie swore and started down stairs,
and just in the hall met Maria returning
with the children. Biggins, Why is there
no light in tho house ~
he endeavored to explain; but of no
use. lie was foolish. The gas would
Light if he had only tried and she
marched into the parlor, her dress catch
ing iu her cabinet of Chinese curlositiee,
and it falling with crash. She
tried, and in vain, for besides spelling
her best silk, she trod on the child with
boils, and mashed her best bonnet,
when, 10! she remembered what was the
matter.
She would sooner heve stopped into her
coffin than to the meter, and she tride to
do it quietly, but higgins saw her and
from that day to this, when she talks
economy, he quietly sniggsrs, Save from
the gas bill"
Her silk dress, her best bonnet and her
Chinese relics were nothing, she whis.
pered to her bosom friend; but to have
Biggins once know he was right, it "is
to much" and she always bursts into
tears.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
San Juan...A l'eculiar (,ity.

A San Francisco Chronicle CORE
spondent has been interviewing the viii
lagc of San Juan, in our newly acquir-
gives his Impressions "At the place
of Ian ling We found one street with
about twenty houses and only one fam
lily. The head of this family used one
OF these houses for the eating depart
ments of a hotel, another for the Sleep
ing apartment another for sheep
pen, another for Il grocery, another for
a barn, another for saloon, another
for a postotlice, another for Il chicken
house, and another for his own resi-
dencc and us his family were all fc
males, and he had to run the whole
town all by himself, it was necessary
for him to lock up ono institution '
while he transacted bnsineas ut anoth-
or. When informed him that l was
Il Chronicle correspondent who came to
write up the place, lc Immediately
threw open the whole town to my in
spection, and rendered me the freedom
OF the city. He placed my baggage in
the sleeping house, my overcoat in the
pOsto1licc, took mo to the saloon tor II
wash, conducted me elsewhere for my
supper, and soon had me thoroughly
distributed through the place.
A scuooL-BoY being asked ly his
teacher "of what tho German diet was
constituted, replied, "Sour-krout,
schnapps, lager beer. and nix-c,,m-
r'us.' This la.l must he II cousin
German to- the bow who when shown
II picture of Luther at tho Diet Of
Worms" said, "papa, see Luth-
or, but where arc the worms that he is
going t" eat y
BEST name Tor II wood ny,npl,-Addic
Rom,lucks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
A Revival Incident.

The pastor of the Slawson Church
sends us the following item. The
church, as will be remembered. is hold
ing series of revival meetings, which
relargely attended. Prominent among
the speakers is Rev. Mr.. Chaffee, of nj.
Last Friday evening the building was
crowded, and MIR. Chaf1ee was consid-
erab]y animated. He was sitting in a
chair at the front, his wonderfully long
legs crossed, and his voice sending forth
Il volume OF song. The upper leg was
swinging majestically, the motion in
crcasing as the singing advanced. They
had just reached that part of the hymn
where it says, "Then can safely reach
my home, my God, my heaven, my all, -
and MIR. Chatfee was doing his level
best and had just got out Then
can safely reach my home," when the
oscillating limb came suddenly in cen.
tact with miserable dog that had in
some way got into the house, ana sent
it flying and bowling under one of the
benches. Of course Mr.: Chaffee was
surprised, but when a little woman
popped up in the gallery and shook an
omino'ls-looking umbrella ut him, and
cried in Il voice of passion, You kick
that dog again, you Illinoy giraffe, aud
you won't safely reach your homc," he
was more than misunderstanding was
fairly macatlamizcd He subsequently
told our informant that "le never be-
fore was SO completely aabergasted, so
thoroughly Observation-Disclosures" what
ever that mcans.-DnnIm,y NesUs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Browns Wooden Wedding.

Brown, young insurance friend Of ours,
who lives in Cambridge, had the fifth an.
niversary of his wedding occur about a
week ago, and bis friends determined to
celebrate his wooden wedding by = sur.
prise party. Brown came in Yesterday
ind told US how they succeeded. They
commenced by sending servant around
with team to take Brown and his wife
out to ride at about seven. They then
began to come with presents and materials
for supper. There was little party Of
five came frat, all laden-hands full.
They all got nicely inside the garden gate,
which shuts with spring, when Browns
big mastif, who is always left unclaimed
in his masters absence, came round the
corner and surprised them. One woman
stepped on her dress: and her fall so de.
moralized Il fragile black walnut bookcase
she carried that it was afterwards done
up in u bundle and presented as kindling
wood. Another fellow got safely out OF
the yard, all but part of lis pants, while
old Smithers, who wei CHS two hundred
and twenty pounds, plunged wildly. with
the eight gallon pail of ice cream be car
ried, throug h Browns glass no. aouse in
the corner Of the yard, and surprised some
$50 worth Of exolics. Finally they fixed
things up and got into the house, and Us it
was about time for Browns return they
commenced laying the supper table. The
got down y tea set OF rare china that q
friend of Browns in the trade had loaned
him week before, and broke two pieces,
so that Brown has since been obliged
to mortgage his hen house and buy the
set; and the comments of Mrs. Brown
when she saw the condition Of the carpet
were sarcastic in the extreme. Finally
as browning touch, they tried to hang
out Chinese lanterns with the word "Wel-
come" on them, On the porch over the
front door. They succeeded in hanging
two lanterns, and when they had saved the
house from the fiery fiend, there wasn't
enough porch left TO pay for tho trouble Of
trying to hang out any more. Then
they eat down and waited for Brown and
his wife to come home. We draw a veil
over The scene that followed their return.
Some scenes are oojoyous to be described
in cold, cold words.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
VOLUME vi.
Ny Violet.

"eVNss
trom "Thc Old Cabinet" in =. rihncra for Sept
violet lay in the grass,
y tear in it's golden eye;
And 1t SAID, Alas am! a!aS
Tho night il over aud gone,
Another day is an,s,,
And am alone, alone!
There Is none /" care It die,
There is none to hr glad tl.at 1--we;
TN. lovers they pass me- bv
And never 4 glance they Eivr.
And ruuld love 80 well. 80 well.
1t one would but tarry and tell
. A tale that WAS told to me only:
My lover miSht =" his ways,
hut Through all the nights and the days
Should never again be lonely!
Then sudden there fell look
Into that viusctS heart.
II lifted it's taco with start:
1t arose =: 1t lrrmhlr AMI shook.
AT last, Oar last! IL cried
Down lroop.d its head. and it died.
Is God in Heaven! Is the light
Or the moons, and the stars, and the suns,
l'is, or the Ey'l Onc's
IL he cruel, or mad, or right!
The ransy that grew Ivy the wall,
rs heart WAS heavy with bliss.
LII the night it had heard call;
',rnss? , "tt N;s' t it., Fl, ~ So
On its breast, and slnvcr With yladncss
The morning brought lovo madness
10 light, - and the lover fled.
But the eyes that burned in his head
Shot love through each and all,
For the ransy that bloomcd by tho wall
Shunu sweet i'll every place.
In the sky, the earth, aud the air,
And that lover saw never the faco
OF my dead violet there.
Hush Hush Let no sorrow be spoken!
Though it perish, no pity shall flout it.
Better to die heart-broken
OF love than to live without it!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Pure Iron.

Absolutely pure iron is said to have
been produced Ivy Russian chemist
by means of the galvnnic battery. Dur
ing the process II large quantity of
hydrogen was discngagcd from the
ordinary ifon used. The pure iron is Il
silver-white metal, very n,alleablc and
dnctllo, and 50 soft rs to be readily cut
with pair OF scissors. It is very diff
fercnt from iron which has hitherto
been supposed to be pure. It "xidizrs
very rapidly and water is dccomposcd
by it by the rapid absorption of oxygen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
The Petrined Fern.
In a valley, centuries ago,

III Witty, CVHCtIINH ago,
Grew little fern leaf, green and slender.
Veining delicate, and fibres tender
waving when the wind crept down 20 low;
Playful sunbcams darted in and found it.
But no foot Of man e'cr came that way
Earth was young and keeping holiday.
Useless? lost? There came thoughtful man.
Searching Natures secrets far and deep.
From h-.urc in a rocky steep
He withdrew u stone which there ran
Fairy pcncilinS, quaint design
Leakage, vrlning, flowers, clear and fine;
And the ferns life lay in every line.
So, think, God hides somc lives away,
Swc"tIy to surprise us the last day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

PERSONALLY remarks Massachusetts
paper: It seems strange that we
should have drouth in Massachusetts,
with so many men ANXIOUS to reign
over us.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Mosquitoes Of the Red River or the
North.

Red River Letter to the New York Times.
Your readers who have tislcd in Adj
irondack swamps, or lived on New Jer
scy flats, may fancy they know some
thing of mosquitoes, but it is I'LL Il
mistake. These creatures here rise in
a cloud they arc terrible to man and
beast; they make sleep uncomfortable
without netting. People carry mos
quito netting in this region in their
pockets, as they do handkcrchicis else
where. | saw men digging at road
track, each with his pocket head net,
and they could hardly get on with their
work. A gentleman ut Duluth told mo
they used to be as plenty here (though
they have mainly aisapmarcd),
and that 1t WAS considered as
much Il piece of etiquette to
take off your coat and shake it, before,
entering a friends house, as it would
be now to wipe your feet. My excellent
friend, Rev. DIR. Rodgers. undertook to
address religious meeting recently ut
Hawley, in the evening, aud both he
and the audience were fairly driven out
by these little pests. I heard one
authentic instance OF n saw.mill being
stopped Ivy mosquitoes. 1t was the
workmcn, however, and not the ma
chinrry that was impcdtl. Horses are
not unfrrqucntIy killed 10y them. \ gen
tlenan toll me yesterday that in il hard
days ride he is often obliged to stop
and clean the nostrils of the horse of
these insects, while the hide is black
with them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

A KIND expression Of countcnoucc
can make the most homrly pleasing
an honest heart and friendly acts makes
the dullest lovable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

You must elect your work; you
shall take what your brains can, and
drop all the rest. Only so can that
amount of vital force accumulate which
can make the step from knowing to
doing. No matter how mucl, faculty
Of idle seeing man has, the step from
knowing to doing is rarely taken. IT'S
a step ont of chalk circle of imbecil.
ity into fruitfulncss-E'm Emerson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

The lovers of ga good glass of Port
VINE will rejoice to hear that the
vintage Of 1873 promises to be one Of
the most remarkable that has been
known for many years. We refer to
black currants.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
uOlilil0IIrr INV

TINS resort is full of Americans and
EnSl'sh: Many people who only came
Tor d": t" try their fortune, now
come prepare! for longer stay, and
many OF the Frankfort families have
taken up their summer abode here
Fathers and mothers, with their grown
up daughters and younger children.
now ENJOY the promenade of the Cas;rn
without having their eyes or eurs
offended. Music is given three times
daily in the grounds, the theatre i.
open three times IL week; balls and re-
unions twice week, grand extra con-
ccrts, military concerts, Examinations,
and varions Chs i'll tend to make the
time pass mcrrily. There are also con-
vcrSation, billiard, and reading rooms,
and if til" gamblers have Disappeared,
the bMhrrs and drinkers of the SPA
waters (lnnriatic saline springs) have
Increased to 81 remarkable extent. The
purity OF the air from tho Tannus
mountains, and the excellence Of the
water +" those who like to drink it.,
leave nothing to I': desired.
~ rnEEES!'oNDENr OF the I'rCxsc has
h"''l able to have Il few nni,l,ltrs' con.
Vrrsnt!nn with Marshal Euzai,,c. II,
t1'nh the Mnrslla! calm, but greatly
aG;'', ;'n'l amy one cam see that the last
SIX months have prninu:nlly affected
the organization Of the prisoner. II.
seemed, however, full OF confidence rs
to the issue of the trial.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

Best name Tor II wood nylnpl,-Addic
Rom,lucks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-04

made known 10 them =. There have been three
thousand and (orfy-Hine votes cast, ALL FOB
WILLIAM Z. LUSALILOt"
Such a result was entirely unexpected, for
even the most sanguine supposed that there would
be one or two ballots for sOme one else The
ballots were all examined carefully by the Com
mittee, and the lockers on, and as all Of them but
seven (Which were plainly written, and for the
Prince) were the printed forms supplied from this
Office, there could not be any mistake made. Of
the voters, 276S were Hawaiians, and PSI natu-
rallied foreigners. The total number of males
IN this district, according to the census of 1866,
between the age of Is and 40, was 37l7, which
number will probably fairly represent the num-
Der Of voters ia the district at this date. At the
prison a vote was taken which was unanimous
for the Prince. At Eva and Waianae, there was
324 votes cast; at KoolauIoa 293 at Koolau-
poko 472, and at Waialua l72. All for the
Prince with the exception of one vote in the dis
trict Of Waialua. The total for Oahu is 1909
votes cast for W. c. LUSALILo, and one for d.
We will give the returns from the
other islands as fast as they come in.
The remarkable quiet and good order that pre-
vailed during the entire day, was due to the peo-
pie themselves and to the ready compliance by
the liquor dealers with the. request of Marshal
Parke, that they would keep their places of
business closed during the day. We saw and
heard Of no cases of drunk, and On the following
morning were informed that there had been no
arrests made from any cause during the entire
day. This we consider almost as remarkable as
the spectacle of an entire population casting their
votes uithout one dissenting UOice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-04

THE GOVERNMENT Press. since the publication
of the Princes Address by us on the 10th, has
managed to place itself before the country in a
curiously complicated attitude, but generally one
OF hostility to the Heir Apparent. First it
secretly printed an anonymous slip intended to
damage the Princes claims as a high chief by
descent, and which was covertly circulated. Then
it came out with an official declaration of stringent
neutrality in the contest; and now it prostitutes
it's = official types to the purpose of printing
another circular, shamefully insulting and abusive
of Prince LUNALILo, absurdIy demagogy in prom
ises to the unthinking rabble, and obviously
calculated by its tone and language to arouse the
worst passions of mob to plunge into strife and
bloodshed. The course thus adopted by those
who have declared themselves 81 responsible for
the Government press" if. as may be claimed,
it is the result of carelessness and inattention, is
certainly most culpable. Lest any further dam
age is done or incendiary documents printed, the
public safety demands that this irresponsible
public press be watched and guarded, and we
beg to suggest to the acting Attorney General
the p~ropriety of taking immediate steps in the
premises. The offensc of common nuisance is
defined in the law to be. among other things,
- the endangering of the public personal safety
or health, or doing, causing or promoting,
what is plainly hurtful to the public Under
this definition most certainly comes the printing
and publishing of incendiary and seditious docu-
ments, like the one of which a translation is
given elsewhere in to-day's paper. No one but
a very thoughtless person, or one utterly ignorant
of the native language and character, could have
deliberately sanctioned the printing of the circu-
1ar IN c,aSf;on -, bS Sohar consos ,nloes ;,looI
it was viciously done, which We cannot believe
TO have been the case.
We had hoped that better counsels would
prevail, and that the author of this new sensation
would decide to abstain from circulating it. Its
suppression would be the one wise feature of the
whole affair.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-04
THE PRINCE.

The election held in this city on Wednesday
last for a King Of the Hawaiian Islands, was
conducted in a quiet and orderly manner, and the
result has proved that ii. r. IL. PRINCE w. C..
LUNALmo is the choice of the people, and their
only one. The polls at Adams auction rooms
were opened promptly at 8 O'Clock A. NJ, and
during the whole day the clerks were kept at the
top OF their speed recording the names of the
seemingly endless string of citizens who were
eager to deposit their ballots. All of the ar
rangements were well made and the best of order
maintained everywhere. The streets away from
the immediate neighborhOod of the polls wore an
aspect of quiet, intensified by the entire absence
of any holiday preparation At the place of
voting everything was animated speeches were
made by several Hawaiians, all of whom pos
sessed a flow of language that was astounding.
At Makee's corner q funny cartoon was dis
played, illustrating, in a series of views, the
of the " Cocoanut Cabinet whom
the Rev. Buster has immortalized, and the
sketches were largely admired and freely COM
mented upon, especially by residents of Waikiki.
At the polls $50 votes were registered the first
hour, 1900 by noon, and when the lists were
closed at 3 o'clock p. N, the estimate gave 5000
as the total number cast in the nine hours. Our
fellow-townsman, DIR. G.. p. Judd, left
his sick room to cast his vote for the Prince, and
he did so midst the cheers of those who caught
a glimpse Of his well-known face. The Household
Troops marched in a body to the polls and quietly
deposited their ballots following them was a
long procession of Mormons from the other side
Of the island, and crowds of people from the
most distant parts of the district were OF hand to
have a voice in making a King for themselves. \
Toman came with the ballot of her sick husband,
Who did not wish to lose his privilege, but of
course his representative could not act for him in
his case. Every %precaution was taken that none
,ut 50 citizens " should vote, and we know of but
wo cases where illegal votes were offered. At
O'Clock the polls closed, and the Committee pro-
to count the ballots, a task which they
in an hour. A dense crowd awaited
he announcement of the result. which Was thus
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-04

II THE report of the Surgeon of the Queens
Hospital, which we print in this issue together
with other documents relating to that institution,
there is one statement that is particularly note
worthy. 1t Is that paragraph to the effect that
during the last few months there has been a great
increase in syphilitic cases in the Hospital. The
inquiry very naturally and properly arises, what
is the cause of this increase? The question is
very easy of solution. The operation of the
.. Act to Mitigate - was virtually suspended last
summer, by the action of the Minister of the
Interior, notwithstanding the fact that a bill to
repeal that Act, passed by the Legislative Assem-
bly,, had failed of receiving the Kings sanction.
The Act to Mitigate - is still one of the laws
of the land, but as we said before, the Minister
of the Interior has seen fit, for reasons that are
well understood to be of a private nature, to
suspend its operation. And hence, very clearly, I
has resulted the present marked increase in the
evil, against which the law was directed, and
which experience has thus proved it had tended
to diminish.
And the increased number of patients in the
Queens Hospital, is doubtless in some degree
owing to the same causes for there are many
cases there that would not have arisen, or at all
events would not have come to this Hospital for
treatment, had the law in question been con-
tinued in active operation. 1t was never intended,
nor should it be permitted, that the Queens
should be at the expense of the care and
treatment of this class of diseases. \ reference
10 the figures of the Treasurer's Report, shows
the existence of a large deficiency in the means
IF the institution on the lst instant,-a fact
which adds no little force and significance to this
subject.