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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
I" Selling - q Sophomore.

A sophomore who is studying to fit
himself to become q missionary, and
who is 9 very exemplary young man,
expected sister from home to visit
him the other day. Some of his mis-
chievous classmates happened to hear
of this, and while the embryo evange]i-
zer was gone to the train to meet his
sister they entered his room and strew-
ed about it sundry empty bottles mark
ed Old Rye" "ponies," cigar boxes
and holders, hand bills relating to
entertainments of doubtful propriety,
and other little ornaments generally
found in the abode of our somewhat
dissipated. When the happy brother
and sister entered the room she was
astonished and grieved, but not more
so than he. With crimson face he
essayed an explanation, but the sudden
entrance of a classmate calculating {:
=" Lend me your pony, jack" followed
soon after by another with "Give me
q pipeful of tobacco" and similar re-
quests put period to his efforts. It
was not until the next day that the
injured youth was able to convince his
relative that he had been made the VIC
tim of practical joke.-New Haven
Journal.
The Ages.
A writer in the Overland Monthly,
discussing the forces of culture" I"
says: IF we should divide culture
into dozen eras instead of only into
stone, bronze, and iron ages, we should
have to designate nearly all of them
from industrial events. The sailing
vessel, the mould board, which turns
over the furrow of tho plough, the
water wheel, the magnetic needle, gun
powder, the paper mill, movable type,
the spinning wheel, the telescope, the
microscope, the quadrant, the chrono-
meter, the steam engine. the steam
boat, the steam railroad, the steam
blast in smelling furnaces, the pud::
ding furnace, the rolling-mill, and
labor-saving machinery of Thousand
kinds-these are triumphs of industry,
and the main causes of the superiority
of modern over ancient civilization. 1t
is the workingman, not the soldier, the
priest, the statesman, the philosopher,
the scientist, the artist, and the author,
who has given us not only the founda-
tion, but also most of the superstr,lc-
! ture, Of our culture
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon,

Our pretty hanging baskets, with
their suspension wires completely drap-
ed i'll delicate climbing ivies and stand
ing mosses, with their masses of beau
tiful trailing plants, their dropping
grasses, vlncs, mimosas, mllsk-scented
and covered with brilliant golden flow
ers, though liliputian in size, are liter
ally hanging gardens. But, even should
they be made imillion times larger,
their plan is so utterly different that
they could never suggest the faintest
notion Of the hanging gardens of Bab-
ylon, about the very name of which
there is ring of poetic grandeur and
flavor of oriental magnifcence. They
were literally paradises or pleasure
gardens. Xenophon mentions those of
Belesis, Governor of Syria; and such as
he beheld them apparently, we find
them described by Chardin and other
modern travellers. The hanging-gar-
deas of Babylon were simply very
costly variety of the paradise, such as
only princely wealth could afford.
Their origin is attributed to Semiramis
by some; others say that they were in
vented by a king of Syria, to charm
the melancholy of one of his wives, of
Persian origin, who sighed to behold a.
gain the verdant mountains of her ma
tive land. Strabo and Diodorus Sicul-
us have written about these famons
hanging gardens, Philo of Byzantium,
and many others. They were called
hanging gardens, doubtless, because of
the huge branching palms and other
trees overhanging the balustrade on the
s11nr NIT F>f tho 1so1, rrno 11u <1,ok -, n1ooo1
the paradise. These walls were about
one hundred and thirty yards long on
each of the four sides twenty-five feet
thick, and fifty cubits high, or over
ninety -one feet according to the Hebrew
cubit; by the Roman or by the English
cubits little less. Around the in
terror on all sides rose terrace above
terrace, to the number of twenty, the
top one resting on. the outer walls, and
even with the balustrade. The terraces
were upheld by immensely strong gal
leries, whose ceilings were formed of
hewn stones sixteen feet long and four
feet wide. Resting on these stones
was layer of reeds, mixed with great
quantity of Asphalt, and on this
was double floor of fre-dried bricks
laid in mortar; finally a floor of lead
plates to prevent any moisture from
penetrating the foundations of the ter
races, the soil of which rested directly
on the leaden floor, and was of sufficient
depth to hold and nourish trees fifty feet
high, and thousands of rare plants,
culled from all parts of the known
world. All these were kept in q per-
rennially fourishing condition, we are
informed, by water raised from the Eu-
pirates, through the aid of machinery
concealed from the view in certain
rooms made in the galleries. The GAL
leries also contained many royal apart
ments, variously decorated and furnish
ed. Decently lighted they could not
have been; but one can easily imagine
that walk around those upper terraces
on a fine moonlight night, the senses
charmed by soft music and by waves of
perfume rising from the wilderness OF
flowers and shrubs below, must have
been enchanting.-Marie Hovla,ad.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16
GladstOne's Duke.

A London letter says: When Mr..
Disraei went out of Office he made his
duke-the duke of Abercorn-as a me-
mortal of his power. Mr.. Gladstone
has made his duke too; and the marquis
of Westminster is now duke of that ilk.
The new duke is the landlord of the
West End of London, to say nothing of
coal mines, iron mines, salt mines, and
other fat property elsewhere. In Lon
don q great many old leases are Just
falling in, and everywhere ground is in
creasing enormously in value. The
next duke will probably have q couple
OF hundred thousand q year. His Grace
is married to a daughter of the dowager
duchess of Sutherland, one of the
queens Oldest and closest friends
During the reform agitation of 1867 he
joined the cavil against MI. Gladstone,
but he was afterward brought back to
allegiance, with the proper amount of
rejoicing for the sinner that repenteth.
His timely conversion has brought him
q dukedom. The duke of Abercorn got
his duchy as the price of going to Ire
land as lord dieutenant-an idle, undig-
niied, and costly exile in the sham court
of dreary and discontented country.
A baronetcy had just been given to a
gentleman who won . country election
for liberals, and another to q gentle
man who, a few years ago, resigned .
seat to which he had just been elected
in order to make way for cabinet min
lister who had been rejected by his for
mer constituency. If the reasons why
peerages are bestowed nowadays were re-
corded in the patent of nobility it would
perhaps scarcely enhance the dignity of
the titles. There can be no doubt, how
ever, that the duke of Westminster will
be an eminently respectable duke, andiif
new dukes are to be made at all, he has
the qualifications for his rank. Only
there is something of the sham antique
in a modern duchy, over which the duke
has no territorial authority except as a
landlord among landlords. Twas wrong
last week in naming Mr.. Ellice among
the new peers. Mr.. Gladstone has made
five, but it is believed that q longer list
was submitted to the queen, and re-
duced to what she thought reasonable
DrODOrtiOns.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-04-16

The bill to prevent officers Of the United States from
receiving or being paid any money beyond the
fixed salaries was referred to the Committee On
Ways and Me2ns.-The consideration OF the cur
rency bill was then resumed. At the close OF he
debate various amendments were offered BY Nessrs
Maynard, Merriam, Fsrwell, and Mitchell, and
ton. The excitement which had been efow-
ing on the subject al the forenoon was
when the opponents Of tho bill,
desired to have the ssnste bin substituted for it.
voted down the previous question-yeas u, nays
l42. This gave Butler control Of the question, and
ne n a%s tSs :Rd
bill till Tuesday next, stating that he would follow
that vote with motion to 90 to the Speakers tabae
take up and pass the Senate bin. The motion 70
postpone was carried-yeas 133, nays IN. lGr.
Butler then moved to reconsider and lay the motion
On the table, but . motion to adjourn Was inter-
Do6ed and carried. 1T to 100.
, 1874-05-08
THE METHQuISTH.

Lou1avnLE, KY, May TIN the General Con-
ference to-day, committee Of cue from each
annual Conference was appointed to Investigate
tho case Of Lorenzo .. Huston, expelled from
the Baltimore Conference.
4 resolution OF regret was offered in regard to
tho murder Of tho Roy. Mr.. Stevens in Mexico,
and appointing the fifth. Sabbath In this month
as the time when prayer should be offered In bo-
half Of foreign missions. Referred to tue Com
mittoe on Missions.
4 resolution. proposing to transfor the power
of licensing aud recommending preachers from
Quarterly to District Conferences, waa present.
ed, read, aud referred TO the COMMITTEES Oh 1tin-
erancy.
bishop Payne. In behalf of tho College Of
DBllonH III 0nHwor to the resolution offered
yeatctday requesting information Oh the ordain-
ing aud election OF native born missionaries,
atatat 1t as tho decision OF tho College that tile
the ,uattor should bo left with the Bishops In
Charge OF the mission. Tho matter, On motion,
vas laid on tho table for one day.
4 resolution was offered calling for the ap-
polntmont Ut n cotnlnltteo. Of three to corre-
spond with the VARIOUS Methodist bodiea OF both
l!uropo aud America, looking first to, tho union
Of tho various missionary efforts throughout tho
world second, the adoption OF q common hymn
book third, the adoption OF somo plan by
which members maY be transferred from one
Conference to another. Tho resolution WAS laid
on tho tablo.
bishop Payne stated that ho had received i
communication from = gentleman appoipted by
the Geneva Conference Of tho MethodIst l4piaco-
pal Church to convey to ths body lty ffAteruAl
greeting, announcing thar pssssnos In Louls-
, 1874-05-08
FOREIGN.

LONDON, May 7.-sir Lambton Lorraine, in =
communication to tho Pail dfdlt Gazette, aaYH !:
!" Tho reported Interview with myself published
In New York papers 10 fictitious. mover Had
that blood waH thicker than wator,' that the
people Of England hayo "a strong affection for
their cousins aud thai 1t would give ME great
pleasure to rtcoive a silver brick Whatever
may bc my opinions. am no admiror Of those
Engltshmon who aro given to fawning upon
their American cousins at tho expense Of their
own gelf-respect."
In tue House Of Commons to-day, In roply to
George Anderson, member for Glabgow, Robert
Bou1ke, Under georct1rs for tie Foreign Do
partment. said Her lIajesty's Government
desiroa the resumption Of diplomatic relations
with Mexico, and is ready to recoive ovorturos
to that end, but no ouch hayo as yet boon re-
oeived. Bourke also, In reply to Sir Horny
Wolff, said that tho present Government had
not considered it thoir duty to take atepB to
carry into execution the sixth clause OF the
treaty Of Washington.
sm'b 'psy sr to c. r2uXy g. Xados t3 a rresaon a0o d.
the Board Of Trade, stated that
Tyler, Government Inspector, attached to tho
Board Of Trade, was going to America on q two
years' loavo OF ahseneo, to examine into the
atfars Of the Eric Railroad, but tho arrange
ment was private one Of which the Govern
meut was not officially cognizant. Goldsmith
gavo notice that he would call tho attention Of
the House to the matter.
Tho coal-miuers of Durham have yielded to
tho terms of tho employers, aud the strike has
bnded.
, 1874-05-08

Time Of G1nfe-2 hours % minutes.
U,apirt-Mathews, of tho Musuals. Of New York.
Tho uartfords play tho Bostona in TINT city
next Tuesday, and their return gamo in thiB city
Monday viii, tho Baltimoroa. "Wednesday thoy
again play the Bostons.
TILE pA1LApELpH1As BADLY BEATEN DY TIE
ATHLErIcs-sConE TO /.
Speciat Dsspatch 10 The chicaao Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May 7.-The second great
game Of the series between tho Athletic and
lliladephia baseball Clubs, was played this
afternoon on the Athletic grounds. It was re-
marked that the Quakers never played weaker
batting game, whilst their opponents. assisted
By funibles and lnnfrs, did much better. With
tho exception of the second and ninth innings,
the former failed to reach first base, aud but QUO
run stood to their credit at the close Of tho game
III the first four innings tho Athletics wele
whitewaslod, but in tho fifth they secured five
runa by heavy batting, aided by muffs Of Fulmer,
Deohtol md Holdsworth. III the Hixth inning,
the fumbleH of YORK and Holdsworth assisted ii
securing two additional runs for the Athletics,
In tho romaiaing inuiugs they were blaukod in
numerical order.
, 1874-05-08
MICHIGAN.
Tho Woman Suffrage Convention.

correspondence G} 1Ht C3ItcTI1 Ir{tMfsf.
LAEslS0. Mich, May 6.-At the Convention
to-day the Hou. ]. II. bartholomew road papsr
entitled Political mud Social Statstica Of
Michigan Of which give synopsis
The following statements arc taken from tho
statlstica Of Michigan for 1874 book com
piled by tho Secretary Of State from the United
6tatos' census. According to this consus, the
number Of voters in Michigan. June !, 1870, was
2G9,63l. OF this number, W, ,801 were reported
rs without property. Tie instructions to the
collectors Of these statistics wero, TINT ovory
person owning property, even ii mortgaged 10 ita
full value, should appear RS property -owuer, us
also every person having 9lo0 Of persoual prop
erty; From these numbers IT will be acon that
30. u per cent OF tho voters in Michigan wore
without property, We may atate it III another
age. il, every s25 voters tl,ero is who is
nota property-ownor: Eighty-two thousand eight
scntation IN government, but are not burdonod
with taxation for its support; while 1G, 455
females above the ngo OF 81 yeara aro returned
rs resident property-o~ners. On this point tho
compiler romarks that " It is not claimed that
distan. approximation to tie numbor OF fennlo
property -owners." Heal estate ia almost uni
forfnly considered as belonging to the head OF
The family, although perfect title requires the
signature Of the wife. There is, tLel,, good roa-
son for believing TINT the number of femnlo
residents IN Michigan, agod 81 years aud over.
who are llablo to taxation in very mich largor
thau the number Of fomalo property hoye
stated.
special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune
LANSING, Mich, May From 0 to 10 O'Clock
was given I'd tho rcsdii1g Of communications not
read yesterday. Mrs. Stanton gnvs the progress
Of the movement not only IN the States OF the
Unlou, but from all countries She has ap-
pointmensB to speak eye1y evening until next
Saturday. At Blttio Creek the sum OF 81, 900
Was raised to start tho campaign.
y. D. Bingham Hafl they must have S20, 900 to
be successful; ono Indy gave her gold watch,
valued at 8110.
An organization has boon effected in al but
twenty-ono counties III tho Stae. Tho follow
lug arc tho officers for tho year : President,
Jonas H. Mcaowau, Coldwater; First Vice
President, tho Rov. DR.. Fisk, Grand RapidH;
Second Vice-preaideut. Mrs. John J. Rogley, De-
troit; Third ,Vico-ptesidont, atlBH Eliza Log
gettt, Wayno County, aud 4 seventeen others no-
responding Secretary md Treasurer, George
Stickney.
The Detroit Tribune WAS sharply criticised By
Mrs. Hazlett aud others, aud thu representative
sent here begged tho pardon Of tho Convention.
, 1874-05-08
RAILROAD NEWS.
Money Subscribed for the Completion
Of tho Chicago T. Canada
Southern.
How the Minnesota Railroad
Law Operates.
The New Trans Continental
Freight Combination.
MINNESOTA RAILROAD LAW.
Special D1spatch to Tia chtcago Tribune.


VIEWS OF RAILROAD MEN. :,
Sr. PAUL, Minn., May 7.-presdont Drake
and Goneral-Afanager Bishop, Of tho Sioux City
Road, published, iu the Dispatch, q statement
that they are advised by tho State Railroad COM
missioner that granting hait-fnre ticlscs to cler-
gymon, Sisters Of Charlty, and destitute PERSONS,
frce, aud wood for prairlo Hettlors at reduced
rates, aa bus heretofore boon tho custom on their
road, is all described AZ unjust discrimination,
aud is strictly forbidden by tlo law of last win
tor; also, under this law, II thoy. should grant
half-farss or troe tickets. or reduced rates in
liable for damages, fine OF $1,000. and,
ultimately, 10 forfeiture of their franchises,
on the suit Of my other persons who should
claim for themselves half, FREQ, or reduced
charges. President Drake adds tint, Hluce tho
law took etfoct, his Company haa entlcavorcd to
oboy 1t.
OUTSIDE ROADS oAN EYADE TIE LAW.
It tho Commissioners shall franc tariff
that will enable them to realize fair revenue,
meeting thoir expenses, interest, and reaaonn-
bio dividend III tho future, 1t is their desire and
Intention to obeerve such tariif; but, II they
obsoryo the requirements Of tie low, competing
roals running out Of the stato havo powor to
eyado tt to tho destruction Of the revenues OF his
Company which hnB alrendy lost largo amo,lnta
by shipments on tue Wisconsin River OF freight
which tho law prohibits carrying at less than
tariff rates.
noDn1Na rETEn TO pAY pAuL.
The loRs from such cauaes must bo n1ado up
from other business, aB it ia impossible to oper-
ate with my reduction Of gross receipts. Flo
would 10 contont to awnit tho tnal decision Of
stockholders belongs to Themselves or to tho
public. II to tho public, they shall look to
the public for uleana to pay the exponsos for
operating the road.
, 1874-05-08
Tho Situation In Tho Submerged Dis
triCts OF Louisiana aud
Arkansas,
-Four Or Five Feet Of Water In Many Of
the Farm-Houses.
Much Sickness Prevailing III
Some Localities.
Many Families Without Food, and No
Prospects Of Relief.

New ORLEANS, May 7.-The Governor and Ro-
Nof Committee rccelve lottora daily from tho
overaowed parishes, giving details Of the oon-
dition Of tho inhabitants. Recent letters from
catahoula, Caldwell, Condiua, Franklin. Oua-
chlta, RapldcB. aud Tonaaa parishes, chow no
improvement, but Indicate
AN ADDITIONAL ArEL1oT1oN
by sickness. From the great mass Of corro-
apondouco tho following Ia selected aB showing
substantially tho purport Of tho Sho'o.
Mr; Roddoctt, writing from Cuba, ouacl1ta
Is sapaersei T%ose fess tDa sost ss entla asae
undor winter, within throe mi6H Of this place,
with q population Of 7U0 persons, from tho
breaking OF tho Cuba loyeo. Tho 1eyeo broke
Aptil Al. ., aud the current Of water wss 80 strong
WASHED AWAY EVERYTHING
on my lot except my dwolliug-houyo and store
house. Aly corn-Aouso aud oxen aro all gonc.
Ihe water s,.1 in my dwelling u feet deep. aud
ruShe9 Ia thfon&h in n 1aea current ~ to
MO alone. There arc GU or 7Uu others aimilarly
situated within three miles. ". J. Ellis has lost
everything. The water Oh tho floor ofAis DWELL
ing III feet doop, and ho has not ONO pound Of
provisions Oh hand for himself ana tiftoon fieod-
men, aud no chance Of gotting 1ny in the neigh
borhood."
DR.. r. @. Durch, writing from Doscobolle
plantation, Ouachita Parish, gaya Lhoro aro J,000
peoplo Nltlln tha un1ts OF Lii practice many
Ut whom arc
SUFFERING FROM HICHNE8s
caused by exposure on Account OF tho overflow.
He IL unable to supply tile dc1nanl for modi-
cineB, aud asks TINT medicine bo forwarded,
Offering to distribute 1t to the sick and suffer-
ing.
IN AnKANBAs.
MEaRu1e, Tonp... May is. johnson. d
planter from Chicot County, Ark, arrived Loro
thus morning. He brings distressing accounts
Of the suffering among tho laborerH and
their families in that vicinity. Many OF
them, ho says, have subsissed for several
days upon tho carcassea Of cattle thas hayo
died from starvation, or been drowned in
the overflow. Tho citizens complain Of the
action OF the New Orleans Relief Committee, in
not sending supplies outside the State OF Lou
isiana but this. doubtless, arises from scarclty
OF aupplieB, aud tho great amount Of dcssruc-
ton uoaror New Orleans. Tho Relief Commit-
toe hero are actively ongaged in collecting sup
plicB to relieve the immediate wants OF thcso
people. Further trouble is apprenended from
tho riHo in the st. Francis River.
RELIEF.
pm1ADELpu1A, May 1.-THE total amount Of
contributions to tho LouigRna sufferers iA over
@1H. .QQ0.
, 1874-05-08

merely ~ alvortiscmont Of tllo advantages Of
Milwaukoo aa manufacturing, aentro.
Tho painting entitled "Awakcniug Of Spring" I"
hanging In Tie Minnesota sonato Ohambos, At S'a at
tho Capitol. foil night before last, from lilo
breaklnE ct tho cord, and was seriously, II not
irromsdably, injured.
A curious caao of tl1ico-married woman,
who draws allmony from two divorced husbands,
waa discussed on Wednesday In tho Now York
Supreme Court. An inferior court refasod Tho
application Of one OF tho discarded husbands to
DO released from his legal obligation to support
another mans vito, aud the caso became public
The Bonrd Of Inspectors Of the Michigan
work and Blate-rootiug for romodoling tho priaon.
now In progress, after lively competition bo-
tween parties from Chicago Detroit, Toledo,
youngstown. and Jackson. Tho contraot for tho
iron-work was given to tho jackson Foundry and
Mac,no Company. Tho s|ate-rooting was let to
J@nacs McGraw, OF Jackson.
, 1874-05-08
CANADA.

'Ehc Fiahery Commission
OF the Limits of a LeEikIntivs Dis.
trict.
Special Dispatch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
orTAwA7 Ont, May IA motion was made in
tho House yesterday for information regarding
Tue Fishery Commission to be appointed under
the treaty Of Washington, but Premier Mao
keaz1e OBJECTED Oh the ground Of pending nego-
hatlons' "nd the motion Was dropped.
a heated discussion took place upon the intro
dnctlon OF bill whereby the constituency of
Eouth Huron, which was gcrrymandercd BY tho
late government to secure supporter, is now
restored to its former limits. 1t tic time Il
vas considered by, the country az q scandalous
piece or in.qlity. too glariug to receive tie de-
mcut.
, 1874-05-08

In reference to tho paragraph printed yestor-
day regarding tho singular increase Of Eastern
ffcighta by rail ut tl'B timo Of year, We are in
formed that tho Now York Central Rond now
owns no stock in lake steamers, but that tho
ponnBylvauia Road has IN intoreat In line
from Chicago to Buffalo. Do this as It may,
1t docs not change tho faot that an increase OF
Gveconts at tho worry opening Of navigation ID m
unprecedented action which NO cannot ra-
tiona.1y account for in any other way thnn We
have said, viz that the Eastorn linos hago
forced tho rates up in the interest OF their lake
stoamors. Though 1t Is claimed that tho rate by
stoam on the lakes aud rail has likcwiHo peen In
creased I've conts, 1t ia evident that they are not
firmly held at this inoleaso or the steamers could
not compete With tho lake yeBsela which hayo
made no change.
, 1874-05-08

by Mantcufrel, and the lnua Affecting tho
Church repealed. Tho effect Of this report was
to docido tho Liberals to voto tho 401 900 mon In
porpotuity. Thut au immonao atantl,ng army
ras saddlod upon Germany.
Tho bill would not ho 40 bad in its offeot II the
svil MAS confined to Germany; hut largo stand
tng army 10 Gorn1auy means large standing
army In half a dozon other statos,-401 900 mon
in the Empire moana about 2.5oo,ooo in Europe
constantly undor aims, for nelthor Russia, Aus
trim, Franco, Itayt or Spain we'll afford to DO
inferior In military power to ono another.
It is not encouraging to tho advocates OF arb!-
tfation to study tie contemporaneous military
history Of Europe.