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The New York herald., 1873-12-16
A MEAN COMPENSATION.
How the Mates OF the United states Navy
Subsfst-A Mystery.


Subsfst-A Mystery.
The ''mates" OF the United States Navy on duty
on this station are preparing memorial to Con-
gress petitioning for an increase Of pay. Their
applicason will be endorsed by the Admiral and all
other officers Of the yard. They now receive SAL
ary OF $500 per year. Out Of this they are COM
pelled to keep their own mess, purchase uniforms
and keep up their position az becomes an Ameri-
can ofiicer. or course their privations great.
Their duty Is responsible and they must be familiar
with navigation, gunnery and all other essentials
OF naval requirement. There are about 90 mates
all told, In the United States Navy, all OF wnom
were appointed by the Secretary OF the Navy.
Congress alone, however, has the power 70 IN
crease their pay and Q bill looking to the raising
OF the rate OF salary to 900 per year WI. 20 TIL IN
trOduced In Congress at an early uay; Ine
.'mates'' complain that macnnsts receive s7S r per
month, and they are only enlisted men. Tne ship's
.corporal' and '.yeomann are paid at rates rang
ing from $45 to 500 per month, and the disparity
in the npensation OF the "mates'' and that OF
the enlisted petty oficer IL strikingly apparent:
The ''mateD Is not allowed ration (which is equal
10 40 pcr month"; while che ships corporal and
yeoman are allowed an extra" ration each.
The New York herald., 1873-12-16
THE BROOKLYN ooRoNERs INVESTIGATION.

The Committee Of the Board OF Kings County
Supervisors. appointed upon the solicitation OF
Coroners Jones and whitehil to investigate the
charges Of maefeasance made by certain daily
paper met yesterday afternoon In the Supervisors
Room, County Court House. There we're present
Supervisors StillwelI, Fletcher and Coe. A large
burial were submitted and closely scrutnZed by
the examiners. There was nothing elected during
the session OF the committee TO show any fraud on
the part OF the Coroners. several witnesses have
been subpGnaed, and the committee will meet
again on Friday.
The New York herald., 1873-12-16

Az the Jefferson Market Police Court.
Fourteen propretors Of policy shops were ar
Aigned before the bar at the JEFFERSON Market Po-
ace Court yesterday afternoon, and after an exam
mhsI0n we're all held to bail In the sum OF $40 70
answer o. tne Court OF General Sessions
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
Natjonalities Of the PontIflcal Con

NatDOn0IllleS OF the FONtInCal Court
. A correspondent of the New York
World gives the following statistics Of the
nationallties of the Pontifical Court. Plus
TX comes from Sinigag!ia. The Cardinal
Secretary Of State is from SonDino. and
the Cardinal Camerlengo do Angels is
Of Ascoli. Monseigncur Pacca. the Mag.
gior Domo of His Holiness, is from Bene.
veuto, territory which belonged to
Rome in the former kingdom Of Naples.
But the Cardinal Raisio Sforza, the ener-
getic defender of tho faiths Neapolitan,
and Cardinal Panebianoc q Sicilian.
Cardinal Monaco di Valletta, Vice Abbot
Of Subiace (Pius TX is tho fathsr Abbot
proper), comes from Aquila in the
Abhruzsi, and, therefore. counts Ia another
Neapolitan. Tho two latter have forsome
time been thought likely to obtain almost
equal SURFACES in the conclave as the next
occupant OF the chair Of Peter; but for
that very reason may not be the success.
full candidate. Cardinal Billio, the COM
piler of the Syllabus OF 1869, is Pied
monteso from Allessandra. Cardinal
Banomee, the soul Of the Roman Society
Tor Catholic Interests, is Milanese.
Among the residents at the Vatican, the
warliko Monseigneur de Meroda is q
Belgian; tho late commander Of the Pom.
ti6cal troops is Bavarian. (Canzler) and
the "Papal Nero," the General Of the
Jeruits, Father Bockx, who was q
Datchman. The writer presents the fol-
lowing table Of the clergy resident in
Rome, showing statisticaily whether they
are Roman, of the Papal States, or
Italians:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
CMILDREN'S CORNER,
Duttorny Blue and Ora shopper
Yellow.

D0ttGfny BlUG and IRA 6ShOppCr
Yellow.
ny OLIVE A. wADswo1TH.
Butterfly Blue, and Grasshoppcr Yellow,
say little top, and spruce little fellow
A saunt ring pair
In the soft summer air,
With nothing to do, either ancient or new.
But to bask in tho sunshine, or plea sure
pnrsue.
Or fatten on honey, or tipplc on dew;
And constantly, when
They're through with it, then
10 bask, and to cut, and to tipplc again!
Butterfly Blue, ana Grassloppcr Yellow,
The Say yo"nS spr'g, and the jauny Young
THEY'RE always arraycd in tho top of tho
For Butterfly Blue for dress has passion;
Ana Grasshopper Yellow,
The fast little fellow,
His very long whiskcrs and legs cuts n dash
onl
And so, as thcv go,
They make fino show,
And each thinks himself tho most exquisite
beau!
Is there any ono here like butterfly Blue?
Net you. little Laura; nor you, little Sucl
Ia there any one hero like Grasshoppcr
Yellow ?
1: couldn't be JACK, the nice little follow!
And yet have heard
l give you my word
That somewhere are little folks quite as alb.
suru!
Who gaze at their clothes with admiring eyes,
And would rather be snowy than useful and
wise;
Who love to be idle, and never will think
OF anything else but to cat and to drink!
Not YOU, dears, o no!
1t couldn't be so:
This moral to some other country must 60,
For all OF our children are splendid, you
knuwl
Our Young Folks
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
New State Prison for New York.

Sing Sing, or rather the State Prison
at Sing Sing, Is to be transferred to
Fishers island, in Long Island sound.
It is said that tho chances of escape
from prison here would be reduced
to q minimum. The island has an area
of fertile soil large enough to produce
grain and vegetables, pork, mutton,
and perhaps beef, for the consumption
OF the convicts; there are beds of clay,
from which brick might be advantage
ously made; manufactures of the kind
which the state is likely to engage in
could be carried on as cheaply-per-
water: carriage are considered-as any
inland locality; and no Inhabited
region is near enough to be bliehted
by the moral contamination or physical
dread inspired by such IN institution.
|-BOstoe Globe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
Something for Philosophers Who Study
the Mind.

The Hartford Times relates the fol.
lowing: Conductor Bradley, of this
city, who was killed, with others, BY a
railroad accident on the Hartford and
Waterbury road, recently, was on a
"cab0ose" car at the time the train
reached the broken rail. The instant
he felt the shock, he knew the car was
of the track, and sprang for brake.
1t was his last act. In the same instant
he was killed by the crash, and his
skull was broken. When picked no, q
part of the brain was visible, oozinQ
out; but the true aud faithful conduc-
tor was able to speak. And these were
the words he uttered-the last he ever
spoke:
Put out the signals for the other
train!"
The lightning. like suddenness of the
crash, though it deprived him OF all
consciousness of everything happening
subsequent to the instant when he
jumped to seize the brake, did not blot
out his vivid memory of the sensation
he had at that moment of fate. There
was the sense of impending danger,
end of the necessity of instant action
to avert it. That consciousness re-
manned during the ensuing few minutes
in which the crash had come, and the
faithful conductor had met his fate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
What Is Under the IIousc.

Ono great fault in building houses
in both city and country is to make
them too low on the ground. There
should be distance enough to allow
free circulation Of mir, say three feet
between the door and earth. All rub
bish, shaviNgs, etc, should be cleaned
away before siding up, and a good
ventilation should be kept open to in
sure dry, sweet mir under tho floor.
Much sickness is caused in many fam
lilies from low underpinning and close,
damp, stagnant air, carrying miasma
into the lower floors If dwellings.
Many houses are built on fiat ground,
the earth thrown around outside,
making sink under the house to hold
water. This is wrong. It is much
better to raise the ground under the
house, and even gravel or cement before
building. AT any rate ventilation un-
der the house should be always attend
ed to. We do not believe in cellars
under the house in our climate. but
whenever there is cellar it should be
open, and always kept clean of decay
ing substances. Guard against the en-
emies to health that Turk under the
house.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
The Cave OF Fountains.

The Staunton IVA } Vindicator gives
the following description of visit
made TO a wonderful cave in that vicin.
ity. The first dazzling fash OF the
calcium light, shows what is called
the Panel Hail." an immense room.
the ceiling of which is laid off in PAN
els about two yards square, each panel
separated from the other by q perfect
fringe, pending about six inches of Gilt.
tering stalactites. Going on with the
guide, the white light revealed scene
after scene as beautiful. On one side
of large hall are immense clusters of
perfectly formed grapes, glitteriDg as
the light falls on them, and not far off
is helmeted stone warrior standing
guard over the fruit. Here is garden
Of perfectly formed beets and radishes
there q mountain pass over which an
army Is passing in mantles of snow.
from higher cliff stony sentinel
stands on the perilous edge, gazing
down on them, and hanging against the
wall, and standing out in bold relief of
the ghostly figure of an executed ynv
in STROUD and cap. Doric columns are
infinitely sculptured against the walls:
immense towers with futed supports.
and one tower leaning at sear-inspir,
ing angle; a row of tobacco leaves
strung on stick with regularity that
would satisfy a Southside Virginian
wells down ut the bottom of which is
fresh-fallen snow glittering in the
light; snow-banks, one of which has a
dog of st. Demands, with head thrown
back in the act of baying for help;
immense musical pipes, which.
when struck, run the scale al.
most perfectly; and lastly, "the
fountains" a range of wierd-look-
ing baths, separated by stone walls,
and into which there is continual
dropping of water, giving a deceptive
imitation of frog. We said lastly.
but it was not all, for in returning the
guide made us ali stop for surprise,
and he gave it to us. The light flashed
up and showed our party surrounded
ny gllttering wallis fifty feet high, or
namented by pillars of all conceivable
architecture, and covered in with roof
that glittered with stars, and the rec
election of which almost tempts a be.
holder to return after he has, left the
cave,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
An Elephant Through a Bridge.

The Utica Herald says that the ele.
plant "Jennie," with Bailey & Co. g
menagerie and circus, met with an &C.
cldent on the way to Utica the other
day. The bridge over the canal about
a mile west of Ilion, gave way with
her when nearly across, and the animal
went into the water. In the mishap
one toe-nail ON the left hind foot was
torn of, and injuries were received
about the forehead, from which blood
was still oozing in the afternoon. The
elephant swan down the canal a short
distance and scrambled out on the
bank. She was led back to the iron
bridge at lion, which she crossed
without hesitancy. During the after
noon her injuries were dressed, her foot
being bound up IN canvass. The en-
ployes of the company have great re-
gard for Jennie, and they will give her
every attention possible. But an ele.
phant is a queer patient for doctors to
handle, aud the dressing of that feot
looked c0mical.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
A Berbaric Funeral.

An East Indian Prince, His HIGH.
ness Maharajah Takht Singh, of Joudh-
pore having died ON the 18th of Janu
airy last, at the age of 81, EATER q bril-.
liant reign of IS years." his funeral
solemnities were Immediately prooeed-
ed with. EARLY In the morning of q
day soon after his decease, his body,
arrayed in the royal robes of brocaded
cloth, was borne in . sedan chair to
the funeral pile. It was further envel-
oped at the pile in costly Cashmere
shawls. The value Of the jewelry alone
upon the corpse is stated ct $75, 600.
The pile was of sandal wood, inter.
mixed with combustibles, and upon
being lighted, the flames shot up with
fierce intensity. The heat was 30 ex-
treme that no one could approach the
burning mass. In two hours the
body and the wood were No.
duced to ashes. Two days were allow
ed flor the remains to cool, and the
ashes were then, with much pomp, car
ried back to the palace, thence to be
sent, in lots, TO the "Holy Places. ~
with largesses in the Brahmins and
other religious mendicants. For week
or more Ave thousand Brahmins re-
ceived each rupee day at the palace
gates, and their necessary food. A
silver rupee il about fifty cents, q gold
rupee about seven dollars. Taking the
silver rupee as the dole, the lailv aims
amounted to 50, 500. On the road from
the palace to the funeral pile So, 600
were thrown among the crowd who
lined the way, and the scramble for
the coin was fearful. Two elephants
bore tho burden of this gold and silver.
The amount of money given and
thrown away fell probably into the
hands of poor wretches who need it.
Even mendicants must eat. A proxi-
mate calculation would give from one
hundred to one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in coin scattered and
given away, to say nothing of the after
largesses when the ashes are distribut-
ed, or of the disbursements for sandal
wood for the pile and food for the
crowds.
Another circumstance of the cere-
mony is that the royal subjects of the
deceased Rajah shave off their boards,
moustaches, and hair of their heads.
Hair for moustache purposes ought to
be at discout at Joudhpore-Marwar.
The living successor of the Rajah takes
office without the ceremony of election.
The show of the "polls is for the de.
funct. It was great deprivation of
privilege to some dozen or So of the
wives Il the deceased that they were
not permitted to burn with the body.
Christian influence has abolished this
fearful part of the funeral rites, and it
is to be hoped that it will eventually
do away with the unnecessary waste of
treasure.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
Glover Before Wheat.

We quote from DR.. Vmlcker: IAN
who are practically acquainted with the
subject must have seen that the best
crops of wheat are produced by being
preceded by some crops of clover
grown for seed. I have come to the
conclusion that the very best prepare
ton, the very best manure. is a crop of
clover. x A vast amount OF
mineral manure is brought within
reach of the corn crop, which other.
wise wonld remain in lookup condi.
ton in the soil. The clover plants take
nitrogen from the atmosphere, and
manufacture it in their own substance.
which, on decomposition of the clover
roots and leaves, produces abundance
of ammonia. In reality the growing
Of clover is equivalent to a great ex
tent to manariDg with Peruvian guano:
and in this paper Of mine I show that
that yon obtain a larger quantity of
manure than in the largest dose of Pc
ruvian guano which farmer would
ever think Of applying.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
Don't Plant Large Orc In r1ls.

We see 81 many writer's urging farm
ers to plant large orchards. I write to
say that experience teaches me that it
doesn't pay. As a general thing,
farmers do not need large orchard
one or two trees of each of the best
summer varieties, making in all eight
or ten trees, and about eight or ten Of
the autumn varieties, rambos being the
best, and Maiden's Blush the most
profitable, with, say, twenty winter
apple trees, is about enough for the
average families of farmers for their
own use, and unless it is near some
city, the price of apples will scarcely
pay for gathering and marketing. Il
is true the first orchards in new coun-
tries paid large profits, but as the
country grows older prices are reduced
to about the cost 81 gathering, as a
general thing, with nothing to pay for
the use of the ground. j. b. P.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
The Condemned.

Inc scadOld in the distance stands,
with welcome in its outstretched hands;
Inc gloom that in this cell is she'd
seems like the pail above the dead.
Tho phantoms of the past arise,
And chill me with their stony eyes;
But back, mr. back before their birth,
comes up q VISION, scarce OF earth.
!! was chiId-gay, bold and FREQ,
And never meant for MI cry;
loved the sun, the air, tho light,
Inc stars that gcmmed the peaceful night.
loved the moon, whose silver beams
ApOke of fond manhood's loving dreams
loved the days. whose hours were spent
In plays, with duties III them blent,-
The weeks, whose cndings all were peace,
That told Of life which ne'er should cease;
The years whose birthdays made me king,
With magic power DER everything.
With crown and sceptre strong and bright
As evor seen by mortal knight,
And will, defying even fate,
SO armed seemed 'gainst harm or hate.
Oh, boyhood's hours, 30 full OF Joy!
Oh, bOyhood q days, without alloy!
Oh, boyhood's faith, and boyhood's trust!
Where arc ye? Crumblod into dust!
A mother, in whose deep brown eyes
A world OF love lay, wreathed III smiles;
father, whose strong voice and will
Bado my impatient soul be still
A sister, gentle as dove,
Whose every movement said, II Lowell"
Whose fragrant breath feel cen now,
Far, far below this Cain-narked brow;
A brother, whose brave heart, strong hand,
My courage raised, my spirit manned;
A wife loved, but whose fair fame
IL furnished by my dreadful shame
A daughter. sweet and fresh AZ dew,
For whom my dreams we've ever new,
But who fOres er more must bear
A heritage Of crimc and care.
And still one more. name her not
even envy not her lot.
No sun can DER her pathway rise:
Sic lives, but living, daily dies.
All, all are gone. and am left,
OF everything but sin bereft.
Through al the labyrinth OF my brain
A cry OF Save mel" walls, in vain.
No sun, no moon, no stars for me-
No friend. in all my misery;
No will to dare, no heart to brave,
No hope for aught except grave!
JAcKsoNv1LLE, Fla.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29

free vast quantities of plant food. It's
action also counteracts the compressive
force of rains and the tread of teams
and other animals, and so each year
lifts up and lightens the compact
earth. With frost to aid, the farmer
peed not pillow and cultivate so much,
to put tho soil in good condition, ns
when this element is not operative.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
Look Before IOu Si:n.

Fred Emmons, II Buffalo wag, under
took to prove that he could procure
the signMtules of the best men to the
most absurd request. At that time
there was large sun.d;al in front of
the church on Main street It had
been there long enough to be weather.
beaten. So Fred drew up his petition
to the Common Council of the city,
asking for q shed over the sun-dial to
preserve it from the effects Of the rain
and sun He circulated and presented
it to the Board OF Aldermen with the
names of over two Thousand persons
(some of the best in the city signed to
H.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
The AEli0mxfKr

Tho most fertile and productive re-.
gions are those where the frost pene-
trates the earth deeply, and exerts its
influence during a considerable portion
Of the year. The action of the frost is
Il powerful stimu;ant of the soil. 1t
di inteYrates it, aud unlocks the close
J combined clements, and thus sets
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29

A LITTLE boy in Maine entreated his
mother TO tell him some stories abont
bad hoys, aud upon her expressing as
constituent, said he ''wantcd to find
out how they got out OF sorspes."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
hon she was in bed that night she
/" Sweet little Sleep Angel,
Pray, come near to me,
That I may tell softly
How much I love thee.
Dear little Sweet Angel,
Bend low over me,
That ! may know truly
II thou lowest me.
Kind little Sleep Angel,
II thou lowest me,
Come near to my bedside,
That 7 NAV ana khas, -

Allies voice sunk lower and lower
the words ut last came out verv SLOWLY
and then died away altogether. The IN
gel bad been lowering over her head all
through the song, auttering her wings,lay-
ing her hands on the child's eyelids, and
smiling swee!ly at the innocent words, che
pressed warm, loving kiss on her lips,
and spread over her face sunny smile p:
tut Allie saw her only in her dreams.
The moon and stars were shining bright.
" when Mrs. Lindsay finished her story.
Ef6e was lying very still, and May creep.
ing softly round to her mothers side and
looking at Efie, said, "See, mamma, the
Sleep Angel has come here too she has
kissed Ef6e, and left one of her sweetest
smiles on her lips"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29

A HAD1EY man who was lately Offer
ed $1.50 per bushel for some COIN, re-.
fused point blank to take cent moro
than $l.25, saying that was all it vas
worth
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29

FREE HOMES FOR ALL! MILLIONS OF ACRES
q choice Government Lsude open for entry under
wtte rood markets and al the convenicnces OF an
Free passes to purchaser of Railroad Land
Sectional Mape, chewing the Land also now edition
FREE EvERYWnERE
Address,
OIL. DAVIS,
Land CbmMissioaer 3, r r. r.,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29

PLASTER of Paris, mixed with a thick
solution of gum arabic, makes per-
manent cement for china.
SEE, in another column, the adver-
tiaemant haAd1ed " mill hALn anu tannn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
$4,000, 900 ACRES!
CHEAP FARMS!
THE o1EAREsr LAND m GAHREr. Tor sale By the
UNION PACIFIC RAllR DAD COMPANY
In the GREAT Platte VALLEY.
900, 900 Acres In Central Nebrask,

Nov for sale in tracts Of forty acrss and upwards on
I'VE aud TEN YEARR' CREDIT At PER CENT, No
ADVANCE INTER- sr REQUIRED.
Mild AND aEALTH1UL CLIMATE, FERTILE SOIL, An
TaR. BEST MARKET in TAR WEST! I'll.
ereat mining regions Of Wyoming. Colorado Utah
ma q Mevsda. being supplied By the farmers In the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29
UNLIKE other Cathartics, DIR. Pierce's

UNLIKE other Cathartics, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgativo Pellets do not, after their
operation. have = secondary tendency to rem
der the bowels more costive. This is an i'm
portant Improvement, as all who have ever
taken many pills or other catbartics for the
purpose Of overcoming constipation, know to
their sorrow that the secondary effect Of all
sach medicines has been "to render a bad
matter WORSE" These Pellets produce such
secondary tonic effect upon the bowels as to
6f1ng about permanent healthy action.
Hence their great value, taken in small doses
DAILY Tor length OF time, in habitual coneti-
nation and in Piles, attended and produced,
az they generally are, by torpor Of the liver
ana ana. cost!veness sold by Druggists at rs
cents Wal: Gal
FOIL Foa Log Of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In:
dlgestlon, Depression OF Spirits, and General
Debility in their various forms, FERRo- Pnospo-
Rated ELIXIR Of CAllsAIA. made by CAswE1L
HAZARD Co., New York. and sold by all drug
g'sts, is the best tonic. As . stimuiant tonic
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness, 1t has no equal.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-29


Tao 0fest summer 1nvt8orant.
Inc human ek'n u q fn'l OF holes - nne sieve.
AA''"s" ''0'' A'''A'ol" "a oilacss c'"s'oerao!e
portion OF the waite matter of thu svstem ernde.
But in warm summer weather. vhen thu flow If
perspdration IL excessively copious, something be.
.,a.. ~. .....,....
' '>-'->'e 1'-''''-' VI ~D' 0'0S ~ e'spol"-
ted. Nutrtttve elements Of the bleOd re0uiyed for
the su'tenance and support OF tho living frame,
pass through the pores and thu result il loss NJ