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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
4 Wonderful Cave.

Two or three years ago, ono Frear
bought one hundred acres Of land ON the
Kittatinnyl fountain, near Delaware Gap.
One day last summer, Frear, while cutting
wood on tho mountatp, discovered near
tho base = wall ton or twelve feet high
laid up against perpendicular precipios
ofapparently solid rock. He took down =
portion of the wall, and came to an OPEN
ing, in tho rock large enough to permit
the passage Of bis body. The instant the
opening WAS uncovered, strong current
Of air escaped. 1t was 20 cold that Frear
was in very short time chilled through
and through. Determined to explore this
singular cavern he entered the opening.
He found himself in large cham6er, Tie
walls being of rough and jagged rocks
The cold was " intense that he could not
explore tho cave further than fifty feet.
Since ,hen, no person has penetrated fur
ther than fix,y feet under tho mounts;n.
The drauRht of air is 20 stroug at the
mouth that trees some thirty yards distant
are kept in constant motion. Ono can
stand but few moments in tho mouth. A
Thermometer standing Ut ninety degrees
above zero will in . short time fall to
thirty in the current. A piece If pure
lead, . gun-barrel, and collection of
bones were found by Frear in the cavern.
He threw the bones in tho river before
ascertaining whether they were human
remains or not: A dog accompanied him
on bis first exploration tour, since then it
has never been seen. Hundreds of peo-
ple have visited bic remarkable cavern
and witnessed the mysterious phenomenon
OF the cold current of air. M eatisfao
tory explanation has yet been given a. to
its cause. There are . Dumher of crev.
ices in tho rocks near the opening, from
which the cola air also issues. Frear
erected temporary platform in front Of
the cave. A person standing on this i've
minutes would experience . sensation Of
almost complete numbness. It was the
0wner's intention to excsvste . passage.
wayiand erect . building over it for the
accommodation Of inquiring visitors. He
was killed ON tho railroad, however, be.
fore his project was carried out. The
cave is considered ono of the greatest
curiosities OF tho world.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
PRINCE ALFRED'S COURrSHlP.
How Maria Alexa nalrOvvna was Woo ell
and Won.

How Maria AleXa am0rOVvna WAS Woo ell
and Won.
Tbs cable has brought news of the
official announcement of the betrothal
of Prince Alfred Of England, and the
daughter of the Gear of all tho Russias.
Her imperial hiehness, the Grand
Duchess Maria Alexandrowna, the
bride elect, was born on the 18th oi
October, 1853. She ia consequently in
the Goth year of her age. His royal
highness. tho Duke of Edinburg,
Duke of SAKE and Count OF Ulster and
of Kent, was born on the 9Th of August,
1914. He is consequently on the eve
of completing the 10Th year of his age
His royal highness holds the commits
sion Of captain in the royal navy.
A letter from Naples, under date of
May B, furnishes somo very interesting
facts relative to the progress of the
royal lovers. The writer reports:
Prince Alfred of England left Sor-
rento this morning en- route to England.
Before starting, his royal::highness and
the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia
rode oht to take last view Of the many
charming scenes in the neighborhood.
for the members Of tho imperial family
are early in their habits, and on their
return the steamer was at anchor in the
villa. There can be no hesitation,
after oil that is freely reported here, in
speaking Of the engagement of the Duke
of Edinburgh to the Grand Duchess
Maria. Those we'll informed tell me that
they met at Hesse -Darmstadt year or
two since, and that from that time m
understanding has existed between
them. During Prince Alfred's resi-
dence in Sorrento, though nominally
staying at the Tasso, he has been con-
stantly at the imperial villa from morn
ing till night. His royal highness is
now returning to London, but will
leave it again shortly and join the En-
press of Russia and the grand duchess
at Jugenheim, in Hesse- -Darmstadt.
The Emperor of Russia will also be
there later. and official publicity will
then, no doubt, be given to the mar
riage that is to be.
One difficulty existed which has been
surm0unted. It was proposed as con.
dition that the Duke of Edinbureh
should reside certain period of time
0vOAy yS0A ~ ASU004o1 Uut 10 IS1OSeU u
bind himself. Something more than
rumor says that the grand duchess will
bring her husband f20, 600 a year, be-
SIDES f20O, 900; but yet q larger fortune
will be the sweet, smiable disposition
OF which everyone about the court
speaks.
1t is just now said that tho young
couple are to live. half the vear Mt
least, in Russia, and have one of the
new houses on the quay, in front of
the Admiralty at st. Petersburg. The
brides fortune is to be half million
of roubles. One of the chief causes of
the delay in the arrangements of the
match has been the wish on each side
to stipulate for living the greater part
of the year in England or Russsa.
Hence the compromise of dividing
the time equally between the two. A
question of precedence in England ia
said to have contributed to the delay.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
The Isle Of BirdS.

Far south, in the Indian Ocean, writes
. newspaper traveller, in the midst of
almost eternal surf and spray, rises what
is appropriately termed Danger island.
Of all the lonely spots on the globe whose
existence has been ascertainsd, this is pro-
badly the most lonely. Once only since
the creation has it been known to have
been visited by man. Tho sea for many
hundred miles rolls aud flashes over !.
shallow bottom. till, arriving ata certain
degree Of latitude, the focr Of rock abrupt
y terminates, and tho ocean becomes, in .
moment, Of unfathomable depth. On tho
very edge Of this abyss stands Danger
Island, which the least touch of an earth
quake, or IN unusual stroke Of hurrica.e,
may some day topple over into tho bot
tomlsss gulf: From this persuasion, pot
sibly, man has never attempted to erect .
dwelling upon it. There it stands, in the
middle Of the surge, overcanopied by the
bluest Of blue skies, surrounded by =
boundless expanse of waves, generally
ehining and beautiful, but % little specked
by sails a. il they girdlel an uninhabited
planet. Yet thoug II no gale is astir, tho
b;llows inceseantly fret and foam against
the cliffs Of Danger Island, which on all
sides descend sheer into tho deep, 20 a. to
appear from distance perfectly insccss-
nble. A eurveyin. ship, traverslng the
ocean in oil directions for scientific pur-
poses, once approached this wild rock.
After rowing to j. considerable distance
along the foot Of the precipices, one gen.
tleman discovered small assure, through
which they felt confident they could climb
to tho summit; and the boat being pushed
quite close to the rocks, two or three ofthe
most daring landed, and after NO slight
toll and peril, reached tho top. Tho pros
poet which then presented itself was truly
Extraordinary. Rendered green as an
emerald by tho agency of hidden sprines
the whole surface of the islet was ihickly
strewn with eggs Of oceanic birds, which,
rising from the task of incubation, formed
canopy. of huttering wings overhead.
The eggs were of oil solors-white, light
chocolate and cerulian blue, dotted with
brown or crimson, or turquoise, or black.
Here and there little bills protruded from
tho shells; and tho mothers, though scar.
ed away for . moment by tho unusual
apparation Of men, soon lighted near the
young, being, in spite Of the name Of their
home, thoroughly uuacquaintsd with
danger. 1t might also be said that tho
whole surface Of the isle formed but ono
nest, divided into several compartments,
where tho naturalist, il he could live on
eggs, might study tho appearance, habits,
and character of half the winged dwellers
on tho deep.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
Philadelphia Trade.

The annual returns of the export
trade of Philadelphia have been made
up and published by the North Amer
ican. The total value of goods shipped
abroad from that port during the year
ending with the month of June, was
$24, ,2O3, 125, as compared with $20, 982,
877, being an increase of $3, 900, 249, or
a little more than fifteen per cent. As
usual, very large proportion Of the
exports are in few articles, petroleum,
and its products alone representing
81, ,931, i, 1874, or mort than sixty per
cent. of the whole. Breadstuffs give
the next largest value-$3, $50, $40 !;
raw cotton represents $348, ,587, and
leaf tobacco $532, ,637. These four
items of various materials aggregate
$l9, ,643, 1928, leaving only IA, ,656, 797 for
all other articles Iron is becoming an
important article Of export, reaching
moro than million dollars the last
year. The value of provisions and
taliow was not fur from million and a
half, and the value of cooperage was
about $500. 900. The items OF manu-.
facturc outside of iron and coOpcruge
make but 4 poor show.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
Chinese Muscle,

Those who claim that the heather
Chinee can never become civilized,
should have seen an irate, saffron col.
orcd Chinese gentleman in Detroit the
other day bounce an inebriated person
out of laundry. When the battle
was over somebody asked John what
it was all about, when he replied {:
"Melican man gettee tight-foolee
aronnd meme put head on him-no
60 to iail-tlOllur u dozch.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

JOHN kussrL YOUNG wasn't driven out
Of New York Tor nothing. Tho King of
Sweden has made him Knight Of u.e
Order Of tho White Elephant,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

TmE police Of Rome have arrested the
chiefs vi tho International IN tt | city
and seized some important documents
Mono Of the individuals taken into custody
are Roman,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

Mas. Emma Downs. who hung herself at
Glenville, New Jersey, was careful
woman. She wound hor handkerchief
around tho rope that it might not hurt her
neck.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
Advice to Marriseeable Girls.

Girls" said worthy old lady to
her grand. daughters, whenever fel-
low pops the question don't blush and
stare at your feet. Just throw your
arms around his neck, look him full in
the face and commence talking about
the furniture. Young fellows are
mighty nervous, sometimes. lost
several good chances before 1 caught
your dear grandfather, by putting on
airs, but learned to do it after q
WHILE"
A girl found the above in q newspa
per and determined te act upon the
suggestion contained therein. She
had tried many other plans to capture
the wary fuzzle-lipped youths and had
failed. As last desperate resort she
would try the furniture business. So,
when the young man whom she was
angling for dropped in to see her the
other evening she received him with
smiles and lured him along in the con-
vention up to what she considered the
popping point.
She held the tempting bait before
bis eyes, and he opened his mouth and
said
"Angeline I have long entertained
feelings of the highest regard for you.
l have the greatest regard for your
Judgment, and I would ask you q
question upon which much of my fu-
ture happiness depends. Would you
have me-"
He was interrupted. The girl threw
herself across the room into his lap,
and as she held him in an iron embrace,
she stared into into his eyes, and rap
idly vociferated.
"Oh, yes-double bedstead-with
all my heart-inahogany sofa-bless
you parlor and kitchen sets-my love
marble topped cradle-and, ah!"
The astonished youth, partly recov.
ing his senses, strOve to pacify the
excited girl. and find out what was the
matter with her.
As he soothed her, she held tighter
to him, and, between her sighs, whis-
pered of love and furniture. Suspicion.
ing that he had been misunderstood,
the young man said:
Angeline, calm yourself. You
didn't hear me through. was about
to ask if you would have me-"
On, yes, chairs and -"
| "Do listen a minute-would you
have me marry Miss Gertrude b
of Glasgow, or Miss Emma p - ot
Lexington You see am undecided,
and I ---'
Like cat arising from hot griddlo
that girl arose from off that fellow,
and she poured hot epithets upon him
like scalding water rushing from the
mouth of a kettle on dogs back.
Said She" You consumed, lnsan.
ish, idiotic, green simpleton. What
do you reckon care who you marry,
you fool2 You lubberly, obtuse,
unappreciate, mutton-headed, Jack
cared"
She stopped-he was gone.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

S1R EDWARD THORNTON is now stopping
Mt the Prospect Park Hotel, Catskill. lie
has rented the Livingston place At Oak
Hill for the summer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

RIDING together in carriage III
Lexington, Virginia, one day last week,
were a nephew of Hon. Judah P. Rem
jamin, daughter of Jefferson Davis
and granddaughter of Gen. Albert
Sidney Johnston.
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Whitherl


II KATE PUTNAM osoooD.
o vanished hoursl
Ye thar are part OF me, and yet not mine!
Lost utterly to knewledge, - the flowers
That wither from the spring and leave NO
sign.
.Ye costly hoursi
Whose buds we're with delight as sunshine
fed;
W.tered with pains wild thunder-burstins
showers,
With the best blood Of life made strong and
red:
o bygone h0ursl
Are ye then wholly from me ded away?
Or keep ye, in some secret spot, the flowers
Whose sweet remembered bloom I miss to-
dsy7
Mysterious hoursl
When 70 drop silent down ife's ebbing tide,
Ia it az barques full-freighted fer the towers
That guard the city on the other sidef
All, fecting hours!
Take from my life, ungrudged, it's treasures,
then.
II cathe red in some future Eden's bowers,
My longing eyes shall see them once again
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31

THE spot for husbands with scoldipg
wives-Shrews.bury.
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ENocH NJ. POWERS, brother of Hiram,
Powers, the sculptor, who essaysd the
stnge and aftcrward tenor singer, ia a
member Of IN Ethiopian minstrel troupe
and earns good salery by blacking hit
face and vocal'zing under an assumed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-07-31
tn e n E " 8.
Al II o - . .

MoMAncx, Of Rutland, won the interna-
tlonal wrestling match with Copeland. Of Can
da, on Tuo ,day.
ANoRwEalAx named Osmold was run over
by train near Madison, Wis, and killed.
whilo sleeping on railroad track in IN lntOx'
Gated condition.
Tns Texas cattle fever, which broke out in
Davies county, in the northern portion OF
Missouri 10 spreading. A. klddor. ON the
Hannibal and st. Joseph Railroad, in Caldwell
county. over two hundred head II native cat
tic have died in the past week. There is great
excitement and much indignation fclt against
tho importers of Texas cattle, who have
violated the law by bringing them In during
the spriug and summer months.
The Kansas trotter SMuggler, after boinc
Que year in training, has made = milo in
2:19H.
The first cargo Of wheat WAS shipped from
San Francisco lsst week.
CADEr .IsRArL w. PRxNIs was drowned at
West Point, Tuesday, while in bathing. Pen-
mis- represented the Fifteenth Con, ressional
District Of Illinois.
A DIFFICULTY occurred on Monday evening
at Concord, Ky., between p. W. Stricnlett aud
VIM. King. contractors on the Kentucky and
Great Eastern Railroad. Stricnle.t fired two
or throe times, when King turned and 6red,
instantly killing Strienlett.
An explosion and fire in dstillery at Cleve-
land. Thursday. blew two men into the street,
and burned @75, 900 worth Of wipos and liquors.
ONE Of the survivors Of the wrecked steam.
Or Atlantic has brought suit against the own
sfi'aor one hundred thousand dollars. claim
ing thet 'As has been disabled for lite, by the
reason of having biz lees trossn. ::
- A PAST line stsEsfigssatos ears viii CON-.
menes funning beswsen New York aud Dsni-
sos, Texas, In October.
Elanr convlcts working In stone quarry
near the penitentary At Jefferson City, No.,
broke from the guard Tuesday. Ono was cap.
turcd and one shot.
TME 4ipne1otA oeRcers arrested In Manito-
: ba, On charge Of kidnapping Lord Gordon,
have al bsep committed for trial.
SPEcuLAToRs from oil parts Of Oregon and
Washington Territory are hocking to Tacoma,
the western terminus Of the Northern Pacific.
If il hoped the cholera has entirely isap.
peared from Eizabcthtown and Paducab.
AcItWcAy.
JAMES CANNON killcd his vito in Louisv, lille
on Saturday. She had refused to live with him
on account Of cruel treatment.
TIE system Of cooperative stores is being
abandoned BY the Changers in Iowa.
TaE caterpillar 10 devastating orchards in
Sac county, Iowa.
SERIOUS fatality il carrying of tho horses
In Page county, Iowa.
Two o1n1s, Lizzie Earhardt and Mary Shaw,
aged fourteen aud eleven respectively, dauRh.
ters Of prominent citizens, were drowned At
Elkadcr, Iowa, while bathing in mili-race on
Thursday evening.
MARRIAGE has finally been arranged be.
tween the Duke OF Edinburgh and the Grand
Duchess Maria Aiezandriana, only daughter Of
the Emperor OF Russia. TIE Duke thus fore.
goes the right Of succession to the Duchy Of
SAKE Coburg, which fact involves important
political considerations.
julius CARI, formerly Sheriff OF Hart coun.
ty. Kentucky, engaged in . quarrel with
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whelmed him with hard, bitter words,
and then, when he was gone, wept her.
self to sleep over his "ingratitude," as
she called it.
When at last he was really married,
her anger knew no bounds, and his
first visit after that event ended AZ We
have seen.
The days passed slowly after John,
with his bright face and ringing voice,
was banished, and Miss Barbara. hall
regretting her harshness, was often
tempted to send for him again: but
her ObstinacJ or "pride," III she called
it, preserved her, and so she iretted
and worried, until Jane was almost
driven distracted by irritability and
unreas0nableness. She was so cross,
SO hard to please, and so "awful saw
age" as John would have said, that
Jane became at last worn out, and one
day, when her duties were unusually
hard, she surprised her mistress by
packing up her moveable property and
departed from the house, Then Miss
Barbara was wretched. For three days
she sat in solitary state, and then send
ing for her lawyer. directed him to in.
sert an advertisement in the leading
paper to the effect that she wanted a
"young, neat and lady-like person for
a companion"
"No more old women for me-" she
said, savagely, in response to her law
yer's look Of surprise, after the be.
havior of Jane, who has been with me
for thirty-nine years; and then au-
thorizing him to examine each appli-
cant, she sent him away and waited.
Two days afterwards the lawyer re-
turned, accompanied by a tall, slender
young woman, who had come to see ii
she Miss Barbara) would engage her.
Miss Barbara's black eyes looked
keenly at her for . moment, and after
inquiring sharply into her antecedant's q
references, and the like, Miss Alice
Worthington (as the lawyer called her)
was duly installed in the Office Of g 'com.
panion," and most delightful COM
panion she proved to be.
Miss Barbara was at first disposed to
be bit critical and captious; but the
young girl was 80 anxious to please, so
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-20
How He Won Her.

Just outside Of Brooklyn is beautiful
suburb known as Bay Ridge. One would
travel thousands of miles without finding
q prettier spot. It lies on a high emf
nence, overlooking New York bay, and
is occupied by the elegant dwellings of
the merchant princes Of our city. The
place has been stirred to its profound
est depths by wedding that has Just
come off. The parties belong TO aristo-
cratic households, ana their ages are
eighteen and seventeen. The bridegroom
is an undersized lad, green and retiring.
He walks regularly to school with his
books under one arm and his luncheon
under the other, in tin box. He bears
as little appearance Of a young man
matrimonially inclined as a cossct grazing
on the hillside. The intimacy between
the two was not pleasant to the young
lady's family, and she was forbidden to
keep company with her adorer. This
destine meetings. The young lady was
sent to Europe. The father of the young
man, who favored the match, sent his boy
abroad on the steamer that sailed the day
after. When the young lady and her
family reached the dock at Liverpool, the
first sight they saw was the form of the
terrible young man waiting the arrival of
the party. His vessel was the swifter,
and reached Liverpool first. He
quietly but persistently fol-
lowed the company through their
continental wanderings. He was always
bound to the same place--was ready at
the exact time-neyer missed train, nor
was late. He not only went in the same
train, but, when he could bride The guard,
got into the same compartment, lodged
in the same hotel, had seat at the same
table, and by an adroit fleeing of the
steward, had his tea and toast en- tanastle.
He was ignored and snubbed, and treated
with disdain; but all to no purpose. He
stood against the Car door when the
party got out, and was in sight when the
train stopped. The family fastened
back, and the young man, nothing 10th,
followed. The clandestine interviews
were renewed, and the family gave at
last their reluctant consent to the MARI.
age. The announcement contained the
ominous words, "No cards." The child
wife followed the boy.nushand to his
home. The youngster has left school and
given up snow balling, and the parties
will soon settle down to the sober bust
ness of housekeeping The mischief is
that the example is contagious and rumor
has it that half dozen young ladies are
locked up in their chambers to keep them
from an elopement.-N 7. Letter 10 Bos.
on Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-20
StOye.ClDths.

] HAVE been making some stove CLOTHS
lately, and find them such capital addl.
ton to my kitchen conveniences that
desire to tell all my friends about them.
They can be made out Of old flour Or meal
bags, coarse crash, or the heavy bagging
that comes round goods at the stores; and
are cut nearly three quarters OF yard
long. and about three eighths Of a yard
wide, and hemmed all round.
Now put a loop OF strong tape on one
side. by which to hang them up, and have
a nail If possible placed near the stove, so
as to be convenient for use; and as soon as
one becomes soiled, replace it with a
clean one; and my werd for it, YOU will
wonder why you had not made them long
before, and thus saved your cooking
aprons from becoming scorched and
soiled, and your dish-towels from constant
injury.
And my cloths will take out the drip
ping pan from the oven tar more easily
than any dish cloth could; and | can han
die the "gem pam" the soupkettle, and
all my kitchen utensils with case, while
before their introduction / was always
burning my fingers, and bottle Of sweet
oil and lime-water was an indispensable
adjunct to my kitchen pantry to ease
their smarting. Daisy Eyebright, IN Coun-
try Gentleman.