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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
The Last Words of the Dvinx.

The last words of the dying are eager
ly sought after and enchained in memo
rvs bosom, by loved ones. The hero,
standing upon the field of battle. amid
the booming of cannon and the rattle
of musketry, is stricken down, and, dy-
ing, he utters some sentiment, which
tells the living he fought bravely, and
died loving his country. His words,
thus uttered, are chanted in his praise,
pass into history, and are preserved to
be handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton.
The mother, bending over the couch
of her dying child, eagerly listens for
it's last words. AS the hearts pulsations
grow feeble, the respirations become
more laborious, she silently listens.
Now the pale lips are parted, and she
draws nearer, until her ear comes In
contact with the cold breath, when she
catches the last faint murmur of the
dying one. Oh, how she treasures in
her pure heart that last "Goodbye, !"
that last token Of going to heaven!
The husband, through weary days
and nights, has been watching at the
bedside of his darling wife, until now
the dread moment approaches when she
shall be waited beyond the river of
death. Under no pretence will he now
leave her, and why? All! he is waiting
and listening for the last whisper. Az
she speaks, her words echo and re-echo
through the chamber of his soul, and
remain there throughout the mystic
future.
As q young lady reads over the list
of the slain in battle, and her weeping
eyes rest upon the name of her lover,
almost her first thought is, "Did he
leave me dying message?'
The sweet sister of q shipwrecked
brother impatiently awaits the arrival
Of some one rescued from the wreck, to
learn if her brother, ~ he was swept
beneath the dark waves, sent her dy-
ing word.
Yes, dying words are those most
sought after and cherished by the hu.
man heart. Amid all the cares and
disappointments that may surround us
in life, we can never forget the last
faint whisperings of the dying.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
The Great News. Vender Of England.

Inc 6r09t News vonQ0f OF England.
A London letter to the New York
Times says: You will know, long before
this letter reaches you, much more than
I could tell you as to the composition
of Mr.. Disraei's government. Perhaps,
however, the telegraph-that deadly
enemy of the correspondent by letter.
will not think fit to inform you that Mr..
w. III. Smith, one of the members for
Westminster, to whom, it is said, the
presidency Of the Board Of Works will
be offered, is the great news-vender of
the metropolis, and, indeed, Of the
whole kingdom. All the country editors
of our morning and evening papers-or,
to speak more accurately, all copies Of
these papers intended for circulation in
the country-pass through MI. Smiths
hands. To him belongs the right Of
selling books and newspapers at all the
railway stations right which carries
with it that Of charging 60 many thou
sand pounds year to every newspaper
whose advertisements and placards he
exhibits. Newspaper proprietors have
an idea that unless they paid this spe-
cies Of tribute, their journals, without,
perhaps, being absolutely excluded
from the railway ok-stalls, would at
least not be put forward very conspic-
uously for sale. Mr.. Smith, in fact,
without being able either to make the
success of a bad publication or to mar
the success of q good one, is in the po-
sition to restrict or extend the sale of q
paper along the lines of railway under
his control. OF this we had q proof
when, some years ago, Mr.. Grenville
Murray was publishing his very vigor.
Gus, but somewhat scurrilous journal,
The Queens Messenger. Diplomatiste
and the chiefs of the foreign Office were
the chief objects of Mr.. Murray's satire
and Mr.. Smith, as Conservative and 9
worshipper of that aristocracy whose
members Mr.. Murray occasionally ridi.
culed and blamed, refused to give Th<
Queens Messenger place in his book
stalls. He thus assumed the function
of censor, for which the whole press
should have condemned him, though
as q matter of fact, not one word O
blame was directed against him, except
Of course, by Mr.. drenville Murra!
himself, who, in very sharp attack
spoke of the control exercised over tn
press by "tlis speculatOr who cann0
SPELL" Mr.. Smith can probably spel
quite as we'll as Mr.. Grenville Murray
But he cannot speak, except to ute
the most conventional platitudes; an
it is probably on account of his eviden
unfitness for the discussion of polite
, that the journals, with only too muc
unanimity, declare him to be first-rat
man for some minor Office. He doub
less knows how to keep accounts, lii
= any other successful tradesman; b,
. the fact of his being proprietor Of se'
: teral hundred book stalls, at which
t will only allow newspapers to be sol
i on certain profitable conditions, do,
= not by any means prove him to posse
;, administrative capacity for polite
Q purposes.
r THE song Of the ladies' temperan
| hnn1a-N( (10inor thru kho rvo -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

"Many children are raised with the
bottle, but many more deserve to be
raised with the boot" remarked Quiz,
ON discovering that his landlady' 8 hope.
full had been shaving the cat with his
new razor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

A. PA1ADunx relates that foxes are
tormented by Aeas, and when tho inflic-
ton becomes unbearsble, they gather .
mouthful Of moss, and slowly walk
backwards into the nearest stream un-
til only the mouth is left above the
surface of the water. The deas mean:
while take refuge on the little island o.
moss, and when the fox 10 sa*ished thai
they have all embarked, he opens hli
mouth, and the moss drifting away
with it's freight, the Willy animal 70
gains the bank, evidently satisded d
his freedom from his tormentors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

IT is expected that there will be a
very large deputation of American tour
ists in Europe during the coming sea-
son.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
An Sorts Of Paragraphs

/ deem tho DAY moro OeClO00Ay Vu~1
| Al I clear tie dust from my eyes,
By the way-A milessstonat
HcmKck goes back again in May.
Nor intoxicating-A jug o'naught.
NEW Yonx has adopted two new wards.
KATE SHANNON goes to Europe in
June.
A NOAH true tale-The story of the
ark. ,'t~.-
Tox TAYLOR is the new editor of
Punch.
,KnPA1R1cK closes his lecture tour in
April
Fnm language Conversation be-
tween partne9s.
JAssEr l. PA1,1E7 give up the lease
of Niblo's, April l.
WHITE elephant is on IT, way from
Siam to this county.
81. LOUIS colored damsels are fined
500 for carrying theirpockets-
WKnDKL1 PHmLrsis reported to have
clsased by his lectures over 41OO, 600.
Two. thousand rats were recently
killed In one grain stack in England.
Wnrxr in Stockholm has been one
continued thsw, md epidsmics rage.
A INV Florida enterprise is the rails
ing of sour oranges TO- make citric
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ooct0n ana CT o11vea.
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4 Bu11no1oM, VI: man has lived
~ yeess M ep''e OF nls unoou1n nane'
0no
ee6Ao1D 70 the memory of three
twin, i the insezip6on over gravein
NOV n -.
Tn lAse useless ta.k eaas German
peote.sor be- tos1d Soe himself II the
counting Of the hairs IN . bunalo robe.
Q" hundred and twenty newspapers
and per1odlco1 have been suppressed
IN France since 4aeAahon became
President. -5.z-sss..
A su11 IN San Diego. ca, the other
day Drought IN vefoics OF NOT gu11ty'
wth request to tho defendant to re-
| IT y said that oysters weighing three
Rounos nave oeen iouno IN m1amPe Pay,
Elot,da, wnoa sooks ve!y mucn Ike
ismperf1n6 WIN tno tfuhn. u IN
GM. PnLoW IL pressing suit against
the et:te OF Tennessee for 800, 600 as
ss. P";ircad iof VIC e pun '1 ~"''e''on
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Ro"nos veaens, y ~ xeon n4u Mai, :,
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

Tho eaxthb flowers onee, diDdAintn8 their ee's'e
~ LOVES fair mssssaosEs md DsantyS sid'
DeRaa 70 Hail In haneyed TONES st 1ate,
Ard rather than submit resolved to fade!
Dut Rage-s II 10 thwazt . plan % silly,
Incssased each cAasD TN s,l perfection grew
Adding razse paljor TO ths ny,
And 70 The roeeb nd deepef hue.
6hoaA any of our ssx In malice seem
To god your Ire, o. eAslIsnse your dissent'
h pot3ont, NJ IL forward set esteem
4 fen astsek upon your sweet content
Ioe he paechaace tbs skill OF Anger knows,
TO paint The LILY and sdorn the rose.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
The West.
The Illinois legislature adjourned sine di'
OH fha 31st nit

the West.
The Illinois legislature adjourned sino die
Oh the 31st ult.
NOAH DEN1voN, route agent between Clin-
ton and Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly of the
Central line, and for over twenty years resi-
dent Of Mclean county, and Bloomington, nl.,
accidently shot himself ON tho 30th ult., near
Cedar Rapids. It is not known how severe his
injuries are.
The Detroit Board Of Trade, after . long
river, in which discussion the bridge found
great favor, have decided to hold = public
meeting, and invite thereto, for the expression
Of their views, boards Of trade aud municipal
tiles throughout the state.
1NCENDIAnIEs still carry on their nefarious
business in and around East Saginaw, notwith-
standing the reward offered for their arrest.
The last attempt reported was made on tho
night of the 30th ult., to destroy tho saw mill
of Mr.. Sias, in Midland.
The supposed Indians who have been steal
ing stock in the North Loup valley lately, It
seems, were white men disguised In Indian
clothes.
A TELEGRAPH from Omaha, Nebraska, states
have been arrested on suspicion Of being the
murderers of John Hetmos, who was assassi.
mated near Shell Creek short time ago.
At Large.
PROCEEDINGS against the Spragpe Manuiao
turing Company have been instituted. tn,
fact has caused extraordinary excitement
among the Providence business community
More than $4,000 persons, including men
women and children, are in the employ Of th'
company, and are dependent upon tho mill
and print works for their daily bread. Up
wards Of $1,000 people derive their entire O
chief support from industries connected viii
tho business.
THE decision Of the New York court in th
sanborn case is an entire acquittal. The dc
fendant aud council received congratulation
Of their friends on the announcement Of til
result.
A MAN named Stevens, of Greensburgh, o
holds two-tenths Of tho tickets which Dire
S75,000 in the Louisville lottery, Two your
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

The Greenfield Locomotive, having
changed hands, the retiring editora q
valedictory was simply, "1've quit,
and the salutatory Of the new manager
was only, "We've commeneed."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
Westminster.

VoOBOUUe2kSO1te
In the District of Columbia investigation,
Samuel Strong has testified in relation to his
contracts With tho board Of public works. He
signed Ill his contracts before tho work WA
doue, and WAS not settled with for his work.
Col. Ordway, sergeant-st-azms Of the House
Of Representatives, testified that he had sod
ding done at Is cents yard. Witness stated
that hs has always been engaged in outside
operations Of considerable magnitude, and is
now ono Of the directors Of Centre market
company.
INT11NAL revenue receipts for the month Of
March, GA ~, $50, which is es00, 900 less than
was expected, and less than for the correspond
ing month last year. The receipts for tho first
quarter Of 1874, however, are in excess of the
receipts for the first quarter of 1873.
SEc1ErARr RlczARDsoN Gays the law under
which the sanbosn contracts we're given should
b absolutely and Internationally repealed.
TH1 House Judiciary committee has under
consideration tho deficiency bill. Attorney
General Williams explained the deficiency Of
esoo,ooo to the department Of justice, as in
CURED by the extravagance and unauthorized
expenditures Of district court officials.
IT appears that under tho operations of the
peace policy there is deficiency Of O., ,000, 900
for the Apsches and other tribes in Arizona and
New Mexioo. II they do not get some of it
soon, In tho shape Of food, blankets, and agri-
cultural impliments, thsy threaten to go on the
war-path again.
The House Committee ON Appropriations
have heard Attorney General Williams in rela-
ton to bis deficiency estimate Of @s10,0O0 for
the expenses Of tho United States courts, and
Commissioner Drummond, Of the General
Land Omoe, in advocacy of an appropriation of
~, ,oooto cover the deficiency in appropriations
for rent Of Offices and for surveying public
lands.
II hes been decided to summon secretary
Riehardson, assistant secretary Sawyer, COM
missioner Of internal revenue Douglass, and
chief of tho secret service Whitley to testify
relative to the Sanbosn contracts.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

The ways Of women-anywhere from
80 to 200. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
Accidents and Crimes.

Joan LAWRENCE, who has boon for some
lime in the custody Of the Sheriff, under the
warrant Of Gov. Dix, for his extradfitiou to
Michigan has been discharged from arrest.
WRIGHT, Teller Of tho Bradford Savings
Bank and Trust Company, whose sudden dis
appearance and subsequent arrest It Pot&sdan
N T., caused so much excitement there, II now
believed to have been guilty Of robbing the,
bank and attempting to burn the building to
conceal tho crime. x.
Tn survivors Of the Crescent CITY disaster,
aalkisaa W 8. Lows, On the City Of Vickshars.
with the body of Pilot Ostrander An interview
with tho Second Engineer, who is among tho
survivors, is to the effect that tho boiler had
been blown out only three hours before tho
disaster had occurred, and everything about
the engine was in perfect running order. The
prevailing opinion Of river men, generally. il
to the effect that there is some undiscovered
lmpurlty generated by the union of Ohio and
sM's*assipH water, which, introduced into the
4ooler under. certain circumstances, produces
explosion, IS al the exp,osions On tho Ms
s'sslppi for the past sixteen years have occur
red below Cairo, and at time when tho Ohio
was rising. Tho officers of tho steamer Cspi-
tal City, report that the bodies Of Mrs. Ostran-
der, MI: Mundy, and boy about IA years old,
with red hair, had been found near the wreck
OF the Crescent City, and were awaiting instruc-
tions from their friends.
- TIE Mtest intelligence from the Red Cloud
Indian Agency are Of pacific character.
Two prisoners escaped from the Jail At
Goshen, Indiana, by cutting their WY out.
Pat. Smith, ono Of the number, was captured
and lodged in Jail for committing tho boldest
burglary ever perpetrated in that vicinity.
ONE man was fatally, and three others seri-
ously, injured lately by the explosion Of gas
in . street sewer in Baltimore.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

oSb0 60OSs
The war between the great railway trunk
lines on the subject Of carrying immigrants is
likely to prove beneficial to the latter, q it
VIII result in great reduction of rates ~ long
~ 1t lasts. Vanderbilt says that, if it is neces-
sa.y to fight the combination, be will carry i'm
migrants at ono dollar = head.
The majority report Of the committee on
liquor law Of the Massachusetts, Senate, is
against any change. There are three minority
reports, two for licensing under certain re-
strlctlons, and for comparatively FREQ sale
Of liquor.
A MASS meeting Of colored citizens Of New
York city was held At Cooper Institute ON the
soth ultimo, i'll memory Of Charles Sumner.
The hall was crowded to tho doors.
The Security Bank Of New York, orranized
in 1870, with capital Of $500, 900, has decided
to close business after losing s250, 900. The
stockholders pay off the depositors and pocket
the loss.
The garment cutters of Philadelphia b.ye
hekl secret meeting, At which they resolved
that the five-tlay hands should receive @20 per
week, tho six-day hands s22 and ga per week
until further notice. A general strike will be
entered into into in the event Of the employer
refusing to accede to these terms.
Wa. A. GLOVER, convicted two years ago Of
being an accessory to tho Boylston Bank rob-
berry in Massachusetts, has been sentenced "a
twelve years in state prison.
Operatives in the jute mills at Methurn,
about ESQ in number, struck for . restoration
of the wages to what they were before the
panic.
Ar susquehanna depot, March 80, it was be.
loved the strike was practically over. No 70.
sistance is being made 70 the movement O,
trains.
TIE strike of employees at the Susquehann,
depot has nearly suspended through travel.
AN excited meeting has been held by th>
strikers at Susquehanna, Pa. They are firm
and united, and win not allow trains 10 M,
nor any business to be done until the railwa,
company accsdes to all their demands. Dis
trict Attorney Carmolt made IN address to Ii,
strikers, assuring them Of his sympathy, a1i
that they were not breaking tho lawn. III,
company have the alternative to aocede to tn
demands Of the men Or send for military.
The fifth ballot for United States Senator
was taken in the Massachusetts, legislstur,
with the following result: Dawes, 50, HOAX
IS, Curtis, 6s. Adams, 13, Banks, y. Whittier
Washburne and Pierce received each ono vote
Whole number of votes 254- necessary to
clloiec128.
TIE $4,000 pigeon match, which was to tak'
place between Ira Payne, Of New York, m
James Ward of Canada, has been stoppe,
trough the fundamentally Of Bergh.
The New York commissioners Of account
have made to the mayor, it is said, startlin,
charges against Comptroller Green. Being re
quested to let them be seen the mayor posi
lively refused until he had made IN inyestiea
t'sn aud satisfied himself with their truth O
not,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

The song Of the ladies' temperance
bapds-"Going thro' the rye"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
THE NEWS.

The National Finances.
Tho following ~ , statement OF tho public
debt for the month Of March:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

LEAD astray-Bullets that don't hit
the mark,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09
THE PHILOSOPHERS RABY.

had been considering for about 9
year whether I should marry Winifred
Hanway, when I heard that she wa.
engaged to the philosopher. Why did
she accept him? It is true that he il
both imaginative and critical; but fac.
ulties exercised in the information oi
psychological hypothesis, and the Ia
borious destruction of those Of ones
neighbor, do not usually rouse the
sympathy Of bright and beautiful girl,
who is more fit to live, than to think
about life. He is certainly handsome.
but as certainly his clothes are barbar.
ous. His trousers cannot keep thei,
shape for day; and his hats are never
new. If he notices the rain he opens
an umbrella which might have served
as an Intellectual protection at tho time
of the deluge; if he finds out that it is
cold, he assumes q garment which
might have been the everyday garment
of Methuselah. His manners are az
strange as his appearance. He may
often be seen walking in the park at the
fashionable hour, with far-of look in
his eyes, and his hat thrust back as il
to lessen the external pressure on hie
active brain; more rarely you may hear
him bursting into enthusiasm in Pic.
cadilly, though Piccadilly is the last
place in which man should allowhim.
self to be enthusiastic. In short, though
he is true friend, he is IN uncomfort
able acquaintance and his volcanic ut
terances, after long periods of calm
contemplation, cause such shocks Il
ones nerves as would be conveyed K
the Sunday citizen by the eruption o.
Primrose Hill. But, If it was odd tha'
the beautiful Winifred Hanway shoult
marry my friend, it was yet more ode
that he should marry any one. Their
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

A sn.xwD vito in town, who has
forgetful husband, has adopted meth.
cd Of ioggling his memory which IL as
ouco novel and ehectual When she
desires him to bring her anything from
tho store, she makesa cross on the back
Of his hand with . pencil. When hs
takes drink at . saloon, in extending
hie hand for the glass he invariably
seos that mark and remembers his er-
rsnd. Being thus reminded thirty OF
forty times : day, it would be singula!!
indeed, If he forgot what was required
of Weekly Br,.ns,cicker.
N1s. Wox1H of Westheld, Mass, has
sneesed her face awry. 1t happened at
| . party, and she vain1y tried to repress
il. thinking that sneezing Was unlady-
like. But it broke out in spite of her,
and at once she felt q queer sensation
in one cheek. That side of her cheek
svelled rapidly, drawing up the corner
of her mouth and completely closing
her eye. The physicians say that th'
trouble is . kind Of paralysis, caused b!
her effort TO avoid sneezing, and tina
her taee il permanently dis6gured.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-09

euming my most sarcastic manner. II
inquired with an appearance of defer |
ence lis it not rather early to speak !
of your daughter as a noble woman?'
"Not at al, said the PHILOSOPHER.
I had kept aloof from the philosopher
for some weeks, nursing my wrath. like
Achilles, I said to myself cross as a |
bear, I overheard my landlady say in
the passage l received a hasty
note begging me to come to him at
once. I fancied myself summoned to a
council Of chiefs 80, having donned
my shining armor, I left my tent with
fitting dignity, and descended with q
clang into the plain. Yet I could not
but be aware of my landlady's eye
piercing me through the crack of the
parlor door purposely left ajar, and Of
which told the startled slavey's flight
into the abyss below.
An unusual silence held my friends
house that morning. The door was
opened, before I had time to ring, by a
melancholy footman, who, walking be-
fore me with the elaborate delicacy of
an Agag, noislessly ushered me in the
study. 1t was my lot to be again rooted
to the spot with amazement. BY the
bookcase in shaded corner Of the
room, with his head bowed low upon
his hands, knelt the philosopher. Here
was long step from the siege of Troy,
from the simple wrath of q childlike
hero to the most complex embarrass-
ment OF an heir of all the ages. What
should 1 do? The dismal menial had
fled to the shades, without a word,
without even a glance, into the
room: IF I retreated, left my friend
unaided, and remained ignorant of thu
, cause of his strange conduct. III ad
. vanced, ! was again the intruder on
: scene not prepared for my inspection
: In an agony Of hesitation ffell to brush
9 ing my hat with my elbow; but no
3 finding the expected relief in the occu
y patton, I was about to desist, when m
g hat decided what my head could moi
9 by falling with crack on the floor. TIL
). effect was electrical. Without on
It glance at the intruder, the philosophe
u; made grab at the nearest bookshelf