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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
The Wheel Within II Wheel.

There's ayo Il wheel within IL wheel whichever
way We turn,
And they VIVA ken which way it works hA' IT.
tie cause to mourn.
To find out n the secrets OF would TAX" Il
clever chicl.
There's just Il special few can work the vince!
Within II wheel.
The politician always tries to make it uudor-
He serves his country a. his MIGHT for just his
cuuntry's good
I notice, when hc gets Il chance, he serves hiM''
sell wi zeal
He kcn~ the way to turn aroun' tho wht u
1 ' Wilma say they're a. like, but ae thing wcc'
ken:
Self interest predom,natcs amang most kinds
of men
Nae boot yonN, mect wi now an thon an hon
est, worthy chicl, ,
VIVA scorlls to taxi advantage OF the wheel
within 4 wheel.
The man o. busint rs, when he strives to get
his fortune made,
Is meier contcnt TIL by some meaus he corners
you III trade
undcrstan' it weel--
Then at a given signal turns the wheel With"
wheel.
There's mony m.;r that l could name, and a.
their daily care
Is how to work the oracle and max their
mucklc mair
It never ance comes in their heads to think o.
ither's veal
They sit a. day, and screw and turn the wheel
within 4 wheel.
And cen some cl orgymen thcmscl's will prove
you frae the Word
When siilcr:s in the case--how they've been
"callcd " on by the Lord.
Blu God forgi'c nc, whites l think tho "caIl'
comes from the dell
Hes aye the ane that puts in gear"the wheel
within a wheel.
Say what Won lke-gang whanr you will-God
Mammon rcigns supreme,
And he's Elaist t0ocht O. villa eau SOON the
best doom Fortunes stream.
Oh! but / weary for tue time when man to
man shall feel
As brithers should, and throw awa' the wheel
within q wheel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

about panned dOWn-shOt, night afOre
lust, in a row. Joe's a-passing' in his
checks, sure! You sec, Joe went to
the had. He sat by the old foot log,
mci!ncholy-like, and wandered up and
down the creek, and no could do
anything with him, and he took to
drink again, and the cussed temper
came back, and he got to quarreling
with everybody. Night afore last he
got in a row with Portcgec John,
in a poker game !; they both drawed,
but John was too quick for him, and
Joe's bad hurt. The doctor says he
amt got nc Twin show. May be you'd
like to see him, Cap
We went together. into the room
where the wounded man lay. The
broken windows we're darkered with
blankets, and on a pallet we found the
poor fellow, breathing heavily, and
two Of the boys tanning him tenderly
as a mother. The ashy face and heavy
drops of sweat that gathered on the
forehead told the unspeakable agony
of the sufferer, and showed that, sure
enough, Joe s sand was nearly run out,
and he loved all human leechcraft. We
had not meant to disturb him, but his
ear, quickened by pain, caught our
stealthy footsteps, and, turning round,
he recognized me
20, Cap" he said, "you have come
at last. I knew she would send some
to talk to me, as she used TOTO
tell me about that blessed land where
Christ lives-Him that she Just made
me understand a little, when she left
us. And pray for me-, Cap, and ask
Daisy to forgive me for letting the
devil come back, and forgettin' all
that she taught me. She told me, if I
would only believe all she said, that I
would 60 to a glorious land that was
away beyond the stars. She's gone
there, Cap, and ! believe every word
of it now. 0, can you pray? She
taught me, but I've most forgot how"
If ever I felt like praying it was then.
If ever I felt able to ask forgiveness
for a poor, hayward shattered soul,
trembling on the brink Of the Un-
known, about to be weighed in the
balance of the Eternal, 1t was at that
moment. Soon there Was silence un-
broken, say by a few smothered sobs
among the bystanders; but q quiet,
peaceful light rested on poor Joe's
face. "Come close" he said, in a low
tone, feel better now; I know that
I'm goin' to where she Is, and some
how I don't feel so much pain.
Tell the boys to lay me be-
side her; there's room enough,
and l al find the way to where
she is. And Cap" he whispered, as
he reached his hand under the pillow
and drew out two pictures, "put
these on my heart, for they belong
there; poor old mother and her-the
only two that ever knew how to reach
it. Write to mother how it was, and
that if I did forget her 1 never will
again When I'm gone, whisper to
Daisy that I believed it all, every word
of it; that I found the road at last,
and am comm. Yes, Cap, I'm goin' to
Da-"
Poor Joel the blessed seeds of light
sown by the little Daisy had taken
root at last, and an unruly and turbu.
lent spirit was at rest forever and for
eVermOre.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
Cc.oneratlOn in Germanv.

Here is the progress of cooperation
in Germany: In 1850 there we're 80
societies, with Is. CTS members, who
had on loan 1,131, 1876 thalers, share
capital, 246,O 01 thalers; and in 1870
these figures had risen to TAO socie-
ties, 3l4, 656 members, 2O7, 618, 287 tina
lers lent, and the share capital had
risen to 13, 440, 1872 thalers. Even dur
ing the Franco.G German war, the num-
her of cooperative banks increased by
12l, and 112 new stores we're opened,
while 9 manufacturing societies we're
established. The business done by all
these societies in 1870 amounted to
$50, OSO, 600 thalers. The paid up capt.
tai was 81, 600, OCO, and the loan capital
62, OOO, 600. The number of co-opera-
tors now in Germany exceeds 1000, 900.
Among the trading associations there
are of shoemakers, 65; agriculturists,
49,; t~ailors, AZ; cabinetmakers, "a;
smiths, 8; weavers. S; bookbinders, 7;
glove manufacturers, 2; carpenters, 2;
basketmakers, 2; house painters, l;
millers, l; clothmakers, l; sewing
machinists, 2; booking establish
ments, /; housebuilding establish
LutuVo, ~ AHO Unty NHPCAA Y AIunO
most progress IN cooperation just
where we make least.
A REMARKABLE paper has recently
been contributed to a German maya.
zine by Prof. Mohr, showing not .:nly
that the sap does not freeze in trees
and plants which live through lard
winters, but also the reason why it
does not freeze. He says that though
it is true water, rs we generally see
and understand it, freezes at thirty
two degrees, it does not do SO when it's
PARTICLES IRE finely divided. Tropical
plants have large cells, and these are
the cnes in which the sap freezes. but
in plants with verysmall cells in which
the liquid PARTICLES are finely divided,
there is no freezing of the liquids un-
til after the structure has received in
jury OF some sort. This is true, he
! says, of insects and insect pupe. They
never freeze; but cut one apart, suo,1
after the hum"rs sni'iiiy, and on thaw
ing life flies.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

"l'vE known many a church to die
cos it didn't give enough, but l never
much. Dey don't do dat way. Bred
eren, has any Of you knowed Il church
to die cos it gave too much? If you
do. inst let me know. and I'll make a
pilgrimage to dat church, ana I'll climb
by de soft light ob de moon to its moss
covered roof, and I'll stand dar and
lift my hands to Heaven and say
: Blessed are de dead dat die in de
T,C-6
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
New Values.

The Secretary of the Treasury on
Monday, issued the following procla-
nation Of the newly fixed valuation of
foreign moneys Showing considerable
alteration since the former publica-
tion) and instructions to Collectors
thereon:
vALUEs, IN q. 8. MONEY OF ACCOUNT, OF The
PURE GOLD DR. SILVER REPRESENTING THE
MONETARY UNITS, RESPECTIVELY, OF FOREIGN
COUNTRIES.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
InaprVvisatiOnS.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR

nAh
The grass-bI.dc is my wa:jike lance,
A rose-leaT is mv shield;
Beams OF the snn are, every one,
Ny chargers for the feId.-
The morning gives me golden steeds,
The moon gives siivcr-whitc
The star. drop down, my helm so-crown,
When / 20 forth to fight.
A.ain.t me ride in iron mail
The squadrons "f the foe;
The buckIers flash, tic maces crash,
The naughty trnmpets blow
O.e t,nch, aud all, With M cleft,
Before my turn and sic'd.
Straiyh: on l r16c : the world - vide
A rose-leaf IS my shield
Then dances oier the waterfall
The rainbow. 10 it's gtee
The daisy sings. the lily rlngs.
Her bells OF victory.
50 / am armed wb"re'er / 20,
And mounted, night or 1av:
Who shall oppose the c~ongnering rose,
Aud who the runbeam rlayY
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

Note. Where silver is the legal standard,
and represents the unit of accounts, its value
is reduced to the basis Of gold, on the assump
ton that the ratio of 15k to 1 represents the
relative value Of silver and gold.
WILLIAM 4. RICHARDSON,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

LADY FRANKLIN IL now in her eighty
third year, and, having DO children,
will leave her property to her nephew.
the Rev. John Nassau SimkinsOn,
popular writer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
The Oftie<, Spre in America

st. Patrlck's Cathedral, the new
marble structure of the Catholics now
in process of completion in the upper
part of New York city, is pronounced
by the New York papers the finest
church edifce in America. On it
l 1900. 900 has already been expended
- robably as much more will be re-
quired to complete it. 1t is expected
that the roof will be put on by the end
of next October.
When it is completed it will I'M
donbtedly be the most imposing and
attractive of all the Leautitul public
buildings that adorn our city. Its
towers rise 800 feet, and tapering to a
point, crowned with q final cross, will
be the first objects t, strike the eye
from the Park at the Fifth Avenue
gate. Below these spires, under the
crocheted gable, capped with its final
cross, is seen the great central portal,
fifty feet high, like all the Others and
the windows, decorated with rich mould
ings, clustered columns and foilated
capitals. Over this great door is a grand
rose or marigold window. There are
two other portals, one on Fiftieth and
the other on Fifty-ifth street, each
over forty feet high and twenty six
wide. They are in the transept, and
over each is a grand window, orna-
mented with rich t~raceries, and sur
mounted by a paneled gable which is
to terminate in a pinnacle $50 feet
high. There are thirty-nine large win
dows-thir.een on each side and thir-
teen in the clelestory.
In one of the greattowers. It is said,
there is to be q great bell, AZ the other
a fuller and larger set Of chime bells
than any that have yet been hung in
any temple Of worship on this CONT
nent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
Orange Culture in Florida.
From tho pnlatka OILY Herald,

As evidence of what has been done
luYorapge culture in the State, We cite
a few instances. Dammitt's grove. on
Indian River, is perhaps the finest in
the State. 1t cost it's proprietor to take
care CT 1t last year, l 1000, and yielded
600, 600 oranges, for which be was paid
81, OOO. This grove has 5000 trees,
which, with proper care, woull
average 5000 oranges each, and
give an annual income OF $780,
900 to $75, OO0. H. l.. Hart's grove,
at Palutka, yields him an income
$15, 900 to $40, 900 per annum. Arthur
Ginn's grove, at Mellonville, OF LOO
trees, pay him $12, 600 to SIS, coo year
", aud is worth 500, coo. Besides these
groves there are u great Dumber of
splendid promise ; but having been
planted OF late years, the incomes de-
rived from them are as yet Of little mo
ment. Mr.. DeBarry, OF New York, has
Il grove rear Enterprise, of 1000 trees.
MIR Charles S. Brown, OF New York,
has one opposite Palatka of 1900
trees; and Mr.. james Patterson, Of
Toronto, has a grove on Bahan river
OF 5000 trees.
TIRE architects trade is imperiled by
q suit pending in Boston, the defend
ant pleading that the architect was tc
furnish him plans AMI specification
for a house costing $4,000, and to bt
put up in a certain time whereas il
cost $40, 200, aud took more time. Ac
cordingly, defendant thinks the archi
tect ought lot to recover his fees.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

DOES love in a cottage have any ref
eyence to war in Ashaptee2
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15
NUMBER al.
Congressional Summary.
senate.

FRIDAY, January "a bill was pass.
cd for the relief Of agea or ,nnrm presumption set
tiers on public laDds.- Bills were introduced for
Of laws IN that territory.-The House
bill making an appropriation Of 1000 for the legis-
Iative expenses OF Colorado was passed.-The
Senate bill authorizing national banks that have de-
cidcd 10 REFUGE their stock, to withdraw . portion.
OF bon'ts upon retiring their circulating notes or
depositinga . sum Of Money in proportion provided
by law, was taken up and discussed until the expira.
ton OF the morning hour. when the conaiders.ion
were offered aud voted down. The
question then being on concurring in the Senate
for the House bill, the latter was amend
ed 10 as TO fix the salaries Of members and delegates
at s., OUO per annum. with mileage and other allow.
ances. Mr.. Dennis introduced = bin to provide
for tho arming aud equipping Of the whole body Of
the militia of the United States. Referred
Pending the discussion Of the salary bill the Senate
went into executive = ssion, aud soon after ad-
journed until Monday.
House.
A bill was passed to credit Assistant Treasurer
Hillhouse, Of New York, With e1ss, 600, the proceeds
Of the sale of Internal Revenue stamps embezzled
from his Office without any neglect of biz own
A number Of bills wers referred, including ono by
MI. Randall to regulate the drawing snd summon.
ing Of Jurors in the United States District and Cir
cult Courts.--Mr. starkwesther, from the Com
bill, which was made the special order for wednes-
day next: The bill sppropriates 1894 900. -seversl
memorials we're presented At 8 O'Clock the
death Of James Brooks was announced by his sue
pronounced by Messrs: Cox, Wood, Davis and
death Of ". d. Foster, Of Michigan,
then announced, and two Of his Colleague,
Messrs. Waldron and Williams, delivered euloeies
with the agreement that 6aturdays session be de-
voted exclusively to debate.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

Poor Joe! the blessed seeds of light
sown by the little Daisy had taken
root at last, and an unruly and turbu.
lent spirit was at rest forever and for
evermore.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-15

Washington.
The President has at last withdrawn the
nomination of George H. Williams for
Chief Justice, at his own request, al will be
seen by the following letter of Williams to the
President
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 7. iS74.
To The President:
Silt You are kind enough, without my so.
iicltation or any knowledge on my part that
You contemplated such a thing, to nominate
me Tor Ctief Justice of the Supreme Court OF
the United States. Since that time the flood
opened upon me. My abilities have been dis
question, and it seems to M:
that public opinion adverse to- my appoint.
mens has beeu created which might hereafter
Sm1arrass your administrations, and PERTAINS
impair my Usefulness upon the Bench. With
a perfect consciousness that l have performed
with clean hands and upright purpose all the
duties ii the various public Offices to which l
have been call ID, and trusting 10 time and a
Just public, when better informed, for my VIM
dIcatloN, | respectfully ask on to withdraw
my nomination for Chief Justice.
l have Tue honor to be, III great respect,
GEO. H. WILLIAMS.
lie PRESIDENT, ON receipt II the above re
quest, Immediately compiled with its require
ments, and withdrew the name OF William. :.
Speculation was then busy az to who wonId b.
the next nominee. Senator Merton, Judge
lockwood Hoar, Edwards Pirrrcpont, Judge
Dillon, Of Iowa, and Morrison Waite, of Ohio,
we're mentioned in connection with the place,
but later events proved that all these specula'
tlons were wide Of the mark. The President al
a late hour on Friday gave notice that he
would appoint to the position OF Chief Justice,
Caleb Cushing, and also lntin.at:d that he
would accept. As soon AZ the appointment
was announced, there commenced IL discus.
sion by everybody about tho capitol, and the
prevailing opinion seemed to b, that tue
selection was an excellent one, anG
that the nomination would h.. con.
tirrncd. The appointment Of Gushing us CnieI
Justlr" leaves a vaca'.cy in the mission t.
Madrid, and opens nlother field Tor specula'
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28
E0uinOctiaI Storms.

There is a popular delusion that a
three-days storm is inevitable when the
sun crosses the line in the latter part of
March and September, and the unset
tied state of the weather at this period,
which usually eliminates in showers of
some duration, is always spoken of as
the equinoctial storm"
According to Prof. Loomis, of Yale
College, however, the equinox has very
little to do with storms, and, excepting
that the weather is generally unsettled
by the changes which are taking place
in the atmosphere, there isno more like
lihood of a storm upon the day that sun
crosses the line than upon any other Of
the year.
So much for one of the popular theo-
ries, which, like our popular supersti-
tions, obtain a stronger hold upon the
public mind than the strongest facts.
In the light of this truth, it is not diff
cult to account for the length of time,
centuries perhaps, which it takes to dis
cover a popular error or establish q
scientific truth ; nor can We measure
our indebtedness to those men who de-
vote their lives to discovering facts in
n ature and art, and establishing them
upon a scientitic-that is, a real and
knowable-basis. For it must be re-
membered that these men are always in
a minority the mass of mankind are
content to take the world as they find it,
with all it's errors, all its superstitions,
all it's prejudices, and feel no gratitude
to those who disturb their fond and fool
ish belief in them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28
Transit OF Venus.

The coming transit OF the planet We
nus is a matter of great importance to
the scientific world. The phenomenon
will occur on the Sth Of December next,
and extensive preparations are being
made for the observation of the passage
of that planet across the suns disk.
The last transit visible from the earth
occurred In 1863, and there will not be
another till the year 2004. BY the
knowledge we now possess, as a basis
for calculation, it is impossible to ascer-
tain the sarth's distance from the a
within 30O, 900 miles. When the total
distance is about 81, 4SO, 900 miles, as
slight a matter as the distance above
mentioned would seem to be of no prac-
.ical Importance; but q variation of
forty times the earth's diameter renders
computations too uncertain to suit as
tronomers. It is expected that the OBJ
~servation, which will be taken next De-
cember, viii leave a margin of only
$1,000 miles open to doubt. As the
transit will occur in the winter, the base
OF observation must be located south of
the equator. Great Britain Will have
specisl stations in the Sandwich Islands
aud IN seven other localities. The
United States Will have eight parties in
the field France will occupy three sta
lions, Russia four or five, and Germany
five: The problem is simply the IA
miliar geometrical process Of construct
Ing two sides of a triangle i order to
the third.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28
"Thc Durndest KnOwingest Dog that
Ever Wore Har.o

He came in from Truckee Meadows
yesterday, did that level-headed dog.
He rode In by the side of his master on
a lead of potatoes. He was not a pretty
dog, not a dog of blue blood and high
degree. He was a tall, gaunt, shaggy
haired, wild-eyed looking brindle beast,
of unrecorded pedigree. As the wagon,
carrying man, dog and potatoes, halted
for a time in front of q saloon In North
G street, of a party of half a dozen
loungers t~hereabOut made some remark
in regard to the appearance of the
canine, when thus spake We horny
handed, frowsy headed tiller of re soil:
"Fellers, that air amt a purity dog, /
Knowles like me, makes no preten-
siOns to material beauty-but he's just
the durndest knowingest dog that ever
wor har. He's got more instinck, that
dog has, an more savoy, an pen'tra-
ton, an insight into human natur', jist
in that ugly Old cabez o his, nor can be
found in sbe beds of a whole plaza full
of yer dedicated town dogs-poodles
an sich. What 1 pride in him for is
his regular human sense; he's Just the
darndest dog out !! Now eff l come
home from town perfectly sober when
I've left him to see after the ranch) it
would jist do your hearts good to see
that dog show off what a sense of APP
probation he's got Of me. Fellers, his
gorgeous tail stands aloft; he skyugles
about f; he runs on afore me a scrapin'
up the yearth with his hind feet, sendin'
the chips a flynn; he holds up his head
and barks in a cheerful an manly tone
o voice, ~escortin' me forward, an feel
in prouder'n if he'd holed Il wood
chuck! But let me come home full of
tangle-Ieg, sheep-herder's delight and
%terrantiler juice, and this is the darnd-
est shamedest dog yer ever saw. He
jist takes one look at me an he knows
it all. Down goes his tail, he lops his
years, hangs his head, sguats his back.
an lookin' back now an then, he sinks
off an crawls under the barn-actually
ashamed to be seen about the premises
for fear somebody will find out that 1
own him. l tell you, ~fellers, he's the
cussedest dog for right out human
sense that ever was seed in these parts,
and Truckee Medders is proud that he
war pupped thar - Virginia (Nep.)
EntCrDrise.
The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-28

IT was an ancient custom of the Spar.
tans, in order to inculcate among thei,
youth an adherence of intemperance
and its kindred vices, 10 make their
slaves drunk with wine in the public
markct-places, SO that therising genera
ton, upon whom would some day de-
volve the honor and safety of the Lace
demonian Republic. might see before
them all the CHASTITY details Of thedrunk-
ards disgrace, his loss Of reason and of
physical strength. "Twere well, per-
haps, to-day, could some of our Young
men contemplate a similar instructive
lesson drawn from the life, showing
them, by a sharply drawn contrast, the
advantages and true loneliness of alb
stinence and virtue.
For such as appreciate these, VINE
GAR BrTTERs is the beverage best adapt
ed, it being purely a vegetable draugh',
devoid of alcohol or mineral poiso rs
and possessing all the virtues, but O
of the damning curses, of the different
pcisons which year by year are sweep
ing away thousands of dollars and
lives. AZ