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That Mischievous Young Brother.

The moral to the following, told by
the sufferer, is too apparent to mention.
Young ladies will hereafter run their
brothers out when gentlemen call
I'm certain wished somebody would
spank the young rascal. We talked of
hills, mountains, valleys and cataracts
Ct believe | said water-falls), when the
boy spoke up and said
Why, sisters got a trunk full of
them upstairs pa says they are made
of horse-hair."
The revelation struck terror into me,
and bushes into the cheeks of my fair
companion.
1t began to be very apparent to me
that l must be very guarded in what I
said, lest the boy might slip in his re-
marks at uncalled-for places in fact I
turned my conversation to him, and
told him he ought to go home with me
and see what nice chickens we had in
the country. Unluckily, mentioned a
yoke of calves my brother owned. The
little one looked up and said:
Sisters got a dozen pair of them,
but she don't wear 'em only when she
goes up town on windy days"
leave the room, you unmannerly
wretch J! cried Emily leave quick J!
81 know what you want me to leave
the room for" he replied "you can't
fool me. You want to set on that mans
lap and kiss him like You did Bill Jones
the other dav you can't fool me, jes
tell you. Gimme some candy like he
did, and I'll go. You think because
you've got the Grecian bend you're
smart. Guess I know a thing or two.
I'm mad at you, anyhow, because papa
would have bought me top yesterday
if it hadn't been for getting them curls,
dog yer You needn't turn so red in
the face, 'c1use I can see the paint.
There amt no use winking with that
glass-eye of yourn, for I amt going out
O. here, now that's what the matter
with the purps. don't care if you are
twenty eight years old, you amt no boss
O. me-"
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03

A BAR of soap? Why, it's bar of
soap. you will say, when asked. But the size
of the bar, do you ever consider that a.? Many
unprincipled dealers sell II OF. bars at the
price of full pound bar. Proctor q Gamble
Extra Olive Soap is full weight 16 o. bars
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A NOVELTY, IS the handsome 81. Do field
Croquet Set that the Excelsior Magazine is
giving to new subscribers for 30 cents, through
a special arrangement with large mauufac-
turing company. They furnish sample copies
of the Magazine for 25 cents, from their Office,
room So No. l57 LaSalle street, Chicago, Ill.
The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
Son as Manure

George Geddes, in the Country Gen
theman. writes AS a manure, the
value of an old sod will be somewhat
understood when we consider the result
obtained by Prof. Kedzie, of the Mich
igan Agricultural College at Lansing.
He took d square foot of June grass
turf and washed away all the soil IN
running water, and then weighed the
roots and surface grass, to determine
the amount of green manural matter
usually contained in a heavy green
sward, and found it to be five pounds
to the square foot, or at the rate of
more than one hundred tons to the acre.
This was from a very heavy mat of June
grass, and the professor says, in let
ter to me, in regard to this matter,
s'This is doubtless in excess of ordl-
nary June grass :" but he says he
"thinks that few farmers estimate cor
rectly the amount of vegetable matter
they add to their soil by blowing under
h avy greensward.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
The South.


iHE Catholic pilgrimage to the Whitemarsh
hills location of tho Mother Mission House of
tile Catholic priests of Maryland, and church of
the sacred heart, took place in Prince Georpe's
county, May 14th. Fully 5000 persons made
the pilgrimage and united in tevotions.
The Grand Commandory of Tennessee a..
sembled III jackson, Tenn, May 14th. Eyorv
commandery III tho state was fully represented.
TIE National Agricultural Congress convened
in Atlanta, Ca, May 18TH The Southern States
were fully represented.
THE 10th OF June has been named AZ the
time Of the Cotton Exchange Convention at
Augusta, Ga.
A FIRE at Courtland, Alabama, MAY 18th.
destroyed large portion of the business part
of the town. LOSS estimated between $50. 90
and s75,0 900; no insurance. Supposed to have
been caused by an incendary.
REPORTS say the crevasso at Miller's, on the
Mississippi side, is now 600 yorls wide, and the
water in the streets of Friar's Point is three
feet deep. Families are moving out, and mer-
chants bs,sily engagedin removing their goods
Tho whole country in tho rear is rapidly being
inundated.
The Mayor and Council of Memphis called on
ex-prcsident Johnson recently, while ho was in
that city.
In the Louisville conference OF tho NJ. T..
Church, South, proposition was submitted to
retain ministers in one place four years az the
maximum, and to provide for the support OF
superannuated preachers.
The Prison Reform Congress is now in ses.
sion at st. Louis.
ON May 18th the loveo In front of Friar,
Point, Miss, broke at Maynard's and Miller's
The former crevasse 10 $50 yards wide, and the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
No DOrg to Love.

No dorg to love, none to karess how
can ever my sadness express? Chunk
is defunct-ded as a male; hushed is
his barkin', and still is his tale. Oh
such a tale white on the end; opht
did he chase it with wiggle and bend
chase it with hope, twistingaround, till,
overcome, he reposed on the gronnd.
Now he's ekstinct-ded as male
where am his bark and the wag of his
tail? I dreams alone poor Chunk
see, swigging his milk or else catching
flea. Ills but dream Waking, I
weep-for under two foot of ground
does he sleep. Oh! beautiful pup
wunce full of pla! haven't I fed you
day after day? given you milk, given
you bread, given you many a pat on the
a male where am the bark and the wag
of your tale? No dorg to love, none to
karess vainly strive the sad tears to
repress. "Why did you die?" sadly
none. "Was it from pizen or swaf-
lerin' bone ?" No Vaughn tale, no
beamin' eye, answers a question or
gives repli.
A TEuroN1o disciple of Shakespeare
is boring Germany to death by his won
derful mastery over the Bard of Avon.
This wonderful person has committed
to memory all of Shakespeare's plays,
and, at one reading goes through a
whole five-act comedy or tragedy with
9th once referring to book or manu-
script.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

The little boys of Rochester, New
York, whose street ball playing and kite
flying has been stopped by order of the
police, display considerable ingenuity
in getting around the command. They
allow little girls to fly the kites and
play ball while they sit by and enjoy
themselves.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Sustain tho Oppose Neutral
! \ further classification BY politics shows
hat parties arc divided in about equal ratio,
WQahlngton.

WOUUNS02&HVUa
TnE laborers Of the city OF Washington,
who have not been promptly paid their wages
Of late by tho city authorities, havo cham
pion in tho person Of J. 7. Hodnett, who pro-
poses to collect tho money duo them-through
what means, however, is not stated.
The engineer employed by tho District i'll
vcstigating committee says the government
was largely overchargcd- some instances
more than tho entire cost Of the improvement,
as shown by vouchers of the payment made to
the contractor by tho board Of public works.
The Senate has confirmed the following
nominations: George W. McAdam, Post
master at Mt. Pleasant, H.; Alonzo Sharp,
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third
District Of Tennessee; Louis Stowe, Indian
Agent at the Chippewa Agency, Minnesota
J. NJ. Hodge, Receiver Of Public Moneys At
Cawker City, Kansas; E. NJ. Brown. Receiver
of Public Moneys for the Bismarck Land Dis
trict, Dakota; Phillip Clayton, Of Georgia,
, Consul at Calais.
SuERMAN's finance bill passed the Senate
May H.
RuMoR has it that Lawyer P:escatt, Of Bos-
ton, has determined not to permit himself to
DO examined with regard to the sanborn co,-
tracts. 1t is said that, under cover of his
PHYSICIANS certificate Of disability, he has
taken his fight to parts unknown.
CoNaREssMES predict that should the season
of hot weather, which set in recently, con-
tiuua, i will have the effect to, expedite bus
insaaand shorten the session. The thermom-
cter lately has ranged At about IS degrees in
the shade.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
The Heritage of Revenge.

1t is asserted by the English press
that in the will of the late Countess
of London occurs this singular request
II further wish my right hand to be
cut off and buried in the park at Cas-
tie Donington, at the bend of the hill
to the Trent, and q small Cross or stone
over it, with the motto, Il hyde my
Tyne"
This bend of the chill to the Trent, ~
overlooks country seat of the queen
of England. When Victoria was yet q
girl, before her marriage, but after her
coronation, a young sister of the
Countess of Loudon was maid of honor.
She was a gay, beautiful girl, and
from her thoughtless gayety and free
dom of manner, gossips were enabled
to spread false, but damaging rumors
to her fame. The young Queen, in
stead of shielding her protege, gave
open countenance to the scandal-mon
gers and banished tho young beauty
from her court. A year afterward she
died of broken heart, but not until
the scandal was proved untrue. The
evil done was incurable. And from
that time the Countess of Loudon ab-
jured all love and respect for the Queen.
She refused to appear ut court, or in
public on any royal tetc day, saying
always that her murdered sisters
wrongs would be revenged. The SOL
emn defiance provided for in her
will, proves the bitterness of her last
ing resentment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
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SATURDAY, Nay 1.-THE Senate wzs


Detfaad1ne tho lnSufan0o CDnpa1leS.
II IL probable another member Of the
Ontario House of Commons viii be ex-
PEELED. st. Jean, tho radical member
for Ottawa, il charged with conspiring
with E. Mayer Nartineau to defra1d
the Equitable Life Insurance company
of $4,000 in gold. A year ago Marti-
neau filed an application for . risk on
the life of one I&opelle, in favor Of him
self (Martineau) for that sum. A first
class medical certificate of health was
given by st. Jean, the French medical
adviser for the Equitable in Ottavs.
Nine months after Riopelle died of CON
sumption, in the last stages of which
disease he had been when the policy
was applied for. st. Jean represented
that he died through bleeding Of the
nose. Application WAS made by Marti-
neau for the death claim, when the
agent discovered the fraud and refused
payment. Martineau offered to with
draw the death claim if the agent would
refund the premium paid. This has
been refused, and tho case viii be en-
tered in court.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Curious Scene in . Church.


There seems to have been . great
deal of sport at the annual public meet
ing in connection with the Pastors
College, held recently in Mr.. Spur
geon's Tabernacle. The proceedings,
says the Pail Mall Gazette, having
opened with prayer, and the speeches
having been delivered, q song called
"The Lifeboat" was sung by q gentle
man who explained that it was sung in
America Ito endeavor to touch the
hearts of hardened people who would
not listen to regular and we'll known
hymns" This admirable song, which,
it is stated, "has q moral or religious
termination" was great success, and
brought down showers of appliance.
Mr.. Spurgeon next introduced Dr. Hill
Ter, who, he said, had been . soldier,
and could play every wind instrument
in existence. He asked him to show
the audience how he drew people to-
gether when he wanted to preach the
gospel to them, and concluded with
"Come along, doctor" The doctor,
thus urged, did "come along" and
having played "The last rose Of sum-
mer" with variations on . clarionet,
addressed the meeting, saying that he
was under a misapprehension, rs he
expected he should have to make q
speech upon 1.-THE holy stick" he had
Just laid down. He then, to illustrate
the lack of musical taste in those who
conducted the singing in the churches
of the present day, told q story OF .
northern church where difficult tune
was chosen, the refrain Of the hymn
being repeated once or twice. The
last line of the first verse was And
bow before His throne" The result of
the selection was that it was rendered
"And bow-bow-bow, and bow-bow-
bow" And bow before His throne. I"
This story produced "roars of laugh
ter" followed by a brief address and .
hymn, and the proceedings closed with
the benediction.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

THERE is a certain grim sense OF
humor pervading the average Hiberni-
an residents of Providence, r. L, that
crops out occasionally when one least
expects it. For instance: One OF the
census officers called at house in that
city, recently, in which young man
lay extended on a settee, helplessly
drunk. He told the woman of the house
that he had called to take the census OF
the family; to which she replied, with
an expressive glance at the settee
"Sure it's but little senses yell find
here, anyway"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
VOLUME VII.

latter 50, and ~ tho water outside Of tho levce
was fully hvo feet abOvo the level inside the
water poured through in immense volume, de-
flying attempts to check it, and soon inundated
tho lowcr and surrounding country. Those
crevasses will inundate worry largo and rich
section of land.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Where We Get our Sugar.

OF the ], 1887, ,164, 800 pounds of sugar
imported to the United States during
the year 1873, 1913, 795, 72O pounds
came from Cuba that is to say that
more than five-sixths of all the sugar
we use comes from that most important
island. The condition of its sugar in
terest is, therefore, of great interest to
us. It was anticipated that the contin-
ual struggles of the Cubans for inde-
pendence would materially interrupt
the growth of it's sugar production, but
the statistics of the last three years
show on the contrary a steady and
healthy increase. The total production
of the island, estimated in tons, has
been as follows: In 1871, 547, ,179; in
1872, 708, ,234; in 1873, 796,179. The
prospects for the present crop are said
to be very fine, and there is no good
reason to suppose that there will be a
falling off from these figures. The Ca
pabilities of Cuba for the production of
sugar are practically unlimited, and,
under proper direction, it could be
made to yield as rapidly as the demand
could possibly grow. In 1873. it ex-
ported ia, $50 tons of sugar, of which
231, 1876 or 1924 per cent. went to Eu-
rope, while 479, ,373 tons, or 67.O5 per
cent. came to the United States. These
figures show that we are by fur the
best customers that the island has.
This fact is still moro strikingly illus
trated in the case of molasses, for of
the 189, ,333 tons exported last year. we
took III, $40 tons, or "a. Is per cent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
A Little Girl Killed by Red Ants.

Mr.. F. G. Jones mentions the
singular death of q little colored girl on
his farm, near Auburn, Alabama. The
girl went to some stills that had been
used for the purpose of cutting up
meat, and on which there was q large
number of red ants. While asleep the
ants by the hundreds made an attack
on the child, and when she awoke she
was literally covered with them, and all
busy biting and singing. They were
80 ferociOus that woman on tho place
had to sweep them off with a brush
broom. The biting and stinging were
SO very serious that fever ensued. which.
coupled with the poison of the bites,
produced death two days afterward.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21
Tho East.

Tho East.
The sixth annual convention Of the national
woman's suffrage association. opened in New
York, May ii, and q number Of prominent ad-
vocates Of woman suffrage were present.
Susan B. Anthony presided, and Lille Dever-
aux Blake acted as secretary.
OVER 2, 600 coopers are now on strike in
New York.
JONATHAN PALMER LoPER, son Of the origi-
nal owner of the yacht America, is ON trial in
Now York, charged with setting several build
ings on fire, Tor which he @is said to have
mania.
The Now York Liberal Republicans have re-
solved to hold = separate state convention,
and to retain their organization intact.
THE racing. stable Of Capt. William Cottrill,
of Mobile, has arrived at Jerome Park, from
New Orleans, aftor journey by steamboat
and rail of fourteen days. 1t comprises eight
horses, one four-year old, and seven three
A REQUIEM MASS was celebrated in New York
Oh May II, for the repose of tho soul Of Ces-
pedes, formerly President Of tho Cuban re-
public.
The English accountants employed by tho
British Erie shareholders, and selected by
James McHenry, to investigate the condition
of the books and accounts of the Erie Railway
Company, have arrived in New York from Liv-
orpool.
TIE present legislature Of Connecticut,
elects az. s. Senatoa The candidates are
W. W. Eaton, democrat, and W. A. Bucking-
ham, republican.
A RECENT break in the Cuban cable, was
found about milo and half from the New
York shore. The break showed that it had
been made with an axe, doubtless in order to
clear some vessels anchor, which it had fouled
The New York Life Insurance Company has
lad J. s. Cunningham, cashier, in the employ
Of Dr.. o. C. Kendrick, agent Of the company
for Northern Ohio, arrested on . charge of
ombezzling $1,000 or $1,000 Of the funds of
the company during the past two years.
AT Polo, Illinois, Edward O'Brien shot and
killed Paris Mccoy, son Of the city marshal.
WESTON began a 500 mile walking match in
New York May 11tl, and accomplished 115
miles in twenty-three hours. fifty minutes and
fifty-eight seconds
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-21

The amount of timber still standing
i'll the forests of North America is esti-
mated at 248, ,44O, ,000, 900 feet,