Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-19

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CAPrAnGLorr of the, Scotia has sailed
across the Atlantic $50 times,
A ASoUrH CARoL1xA Legislator has in
troduced "A bill torejuOs the bounding
dept of the 6tait. -: ,.......,<
A FASHION writer announces that cof-
fins will be more profusely decorated
than ever this season. l.eaAo7a s.s.
THE sands of q: woman's life run out
all the quicker when hex waist is shap-
ed like an hour glass.
THERE is nothing that will change q
man 30 much - . great grief, unless it
10 shaving off his moustache.
DE-. SCHMIDT of the University of
Athens has Just completed q map of the
moon, ON which he has been at work for
thirty-four years. :s s..,s...,
| How uNcAxNY Scotland isl Her
court of sessions has inst decided that
women have NO night to receive: :instruc-
tions in her universities. .a
EvERYrHHa has It's compensation. In
consequence Of the financially hard
winter hundreds Of msuiaDes through
out the country have been postponed
Hor alum water Il q recent su9ges-
tion Is IN inGecticide. 4 IL Win: destroy
red and black anti, scoekroaches, spi-
ders, chints bugs, and "a crawling
pests. 800 ~ ''S' 's's''<
In Germany grest complaints are be-
ing made ~ to the constant emigration
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valuable hands, and leaves behind So
cialists and agitaton.a @-z:z.a,;sz
Mn. HovARD PAUL il meeting With
extraordinary success in his present
provincial tour in England The re-
ceipts st . performance giyea in Glas-
gov Last month were over 5000
MoxARcHs are not all useless pieces
of ornamentation. King Oscar of Swe-
den IL the inventor Of q fire escape ap-
paratus. It was lately tried Is Stock
holm and proved valuable invention.
Tn Duchess Of Genevs," the f.
nous 44O, 900 COW whose 1ale caused
such an excitement some months ago,
died at the farm Of the Hon. Samuel
Campbell, at New York Mills, recently.
ALDERlGAN AUILAIL1 Of the st. Louis
Council refers with gratitude to the
fact that he has been . member of the
body two years, and has escaped with
out getting black eye. .eefs,7~>.--
A GOLDEN eagle Was recently cap
lucky captor vas Immediately offered
ten dollars in bank notes for it which
he naturally refused, as-he fell entitled
to premium on II. < 3@z7s
Tn old style of oombine the hair
over the ears II revived among. the Ia
dies. What = blessing this will be to
those who have homely "organs of
hearing" and what sacrifce to those
who haven't! ., ....
The Journalists will have their fun,
as witness the following from . Cincin-
natl paper: "A favorite amusement ut
Laramie is slashing of strangers' ears.
One blow Is suficient for I'll except
Louisville eaxs." @5*Fs5 5ss=a7~ "a H.
An Aberdeen philosopher has extract
ed the following reply from IN advanc-
ed free school lad to the query, How
is the earth divided" BY earth
quakes, sir. .E : e5E.9= te*stt
Tan ball recently given by Marshal
Mcmahon ut the Elysee, in Paris, rival
ed the luxmions displays Of the Second
Empire. Abo6t 5000 persons were
present, and the cost is roughly esfima-
ted at $4O, 900.
ArToRNkY-0ENKRn 6cHA1cH, of Ja-
maica, has died of yellow fever. W. A.
G. Young has been appointed Admins
traitor of the Government, and J. G.
cGlashan Acting Colonial Secretary.
80 6rEA1GsaR captains say there is Alto
gether too much similarity in the style
Of night signals used by the passenger
steamers ON the Atlantic. hsO Oftentimes
the oolors Of the Iockets and Roman
candles used are affected by the weather,
and thus confusion Is cfeafsd, and some
times . steamer IL incorrectly &. spoken"
"OH! General Shermap!" exclaimed
. lady recently, " I do love to meet you
anywhere, becanse you afways talk" :"
Well, madam, !" replied tho general,
: I can afford to talk, because have
proved can fight. Nov, : soldier has
no rightto talk unless he eanfeht, too"
q A COUPLE of blankamiths, formerly
in partnership ip Leon, Iova, have =
curious lawsuit. One sues the other
for labor performed and money paid
out, and the !othef presents, a counter
claim for twelve months checker -play-
ing indulged In. by the p1 1dntii6 when he
should have been atvprk.sssEsssi
: An Englshman writes to- one of the
scientific journals stating that he has
discovered new cure Tor rheumatic
gout. He had suffered toetares from
that disease for several. yeaz.. but by
Insulating his bed BY means of glass
stands and sockets under each foot ho
began 10 improve Immediately.
A 1uE11 girl ran out to meet her
father, a. he was on his way home to
dinner yesterday, exclailmng. "Pa, I
declare somebody has broken kitty all
to pieces" An examination disclosed
the fact that fourteen little 4homasses
and pussies had been added TO. the fe-
line family: !. .s.s.z~-sg- ~
"WHE, what has become Of the
grapes ?" II suppose my dear, the
hens picked them off," Vas the bland
reply. st Hens-hens some tWo-leg-
ged hens, I guess, said the husband,
With some impetuosity; to which she
firmly replied, !" Ny Z, dear did You ever
see any other kind p
LITTLE GIRL" Mamma, I don't think
the people who make dolls are very
pious people" Mamma not,
my chifd?" Little girl-' Because you
can never mako them kneel. II always
have to lay my doll. down on her stom-
ache to say her prayers"
A MONUMENT to the memory of French
soldiers who fell in the war with
Prussia, has been erected at Bourget.
It bears this inscription They died
in defending their country The sword
of France, broken in :their valiant
hands, will be forged anew by their
descendants" -
A AKxNTucxx farmer refused to lookat
q sample sewing mschino recently, as
he always "Sewed wheat by hand"
He is related to the man who did not
want threshingamachine ON his farm,
"for, said he, "give me . harness tug
or . barrel stave, and I can make my
family toe the mark according to tho
law and Scriptur:"
THE ceremony of cremation was re-
Gently put in practice in England, upon
the body Of Lemontinia Smith,
famous gypsy oracle. More than .
hundred Roman "chals" attended the
funeral. AL the. wearing apparel,
trinkets and domestic articles belong
ing to or in any way used by the dead
womauwere 20 lemnly burnt
APRoPos of the prevailing custom of
allOvinp chi16ren tn hand1a fiFearms.