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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Temperance war.

The war upon the liquor traffic, inauguratad
by the women of Ohio. several weeks since. is
rapidly spreading throughout the country.
The I, ost effective work, Thus lar, has been
done in Ohio. where the movement had its
origin. Reports from slxty.nine towns and
villages in that state, show that liquo. selling
has been entirely stopped in eleven, while in
over forty FROM i've to tw nty-six places OF
selling liquor have been closed in each.
This hattcrinG sncco cauecs the
women to pursue thci: labors with
increased vigor, and favorable reports are
being received daily from every portion OF the
State. In Dayton, the ladies on Monday
night visited three hundred saloons, but none
surrendered. At Columbus crusade upon
the saloons has been fairly inaugurated. AT
Lancaster, tho ladies visited property holders
rent'ng rooms to liquor. seliezs, and succeeded
10 securing the signatures OF all but
thrco to pledge not to re 4
their property for that purpose after April
LIT. In London, an jrate saloon keeper pour
ed beer over ladies who we're singing in q ia.
bernacIe before his door, and was arrested.
The police commissioners OF Columbus have
adopted resolution requesting the
Common Council to prohibit The eale
OF liquor within the corporate limits
OF the CITY, Adviccs from the
interior OF Pennsylvania state that the
w'men's crusade is maxim. favorable pro.
gress. A movement has been nauguratcd in
Philadelphia and other large cities OF The
state, but its progress is siow.--Ia New York
city and at va,ious points throughout that
state an active temperance revival is in pre-
Rrcss. Its success 10 most marked among
the Catholic total abstinence soc,etics.--
dsades arc also reported in all
OF the New England States, in Illinois, Iowa,
Indiana. Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and
California, the Efforts of the women being
NOR" or less successful. IAN int, resting in.
eide mt in connection wi.l the war in Ohio
comes from Xenia. The women found q lad
OF seven years in one OF tho saloons, who
joi"cd them in importuninS his parents to
qrit the traffic. Tive little fellow signed the
pIs dye. joined tho women in their prayers,
and when his par hts surrendered he assisted
in pouring the liquors OF the establish. ncnt
into the cutters. At the request OF one of the
women the little fellow wrote his name, James
+. Foley, very lcgibIy upon card.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
TenllDcr0nm.

The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
has an article on the drinking habits of
st. Patrick's Day, III which it says:
Whoever browns the shamrock in
maudlin revelry desecrates the sham
rock and the day. Whoever gets drunk
on st. Patrick's Day offends the God of
lreland's faith and hope, and bows his
head before the devil that has whipped
and scourged her-the demon of intern
perance. And the Irishman who reels
through the streets, shouting for Ire
land, stands forth in the ranks of her
worst foes, an enemy to his native land,
even though he wear green cockade
as high MS church steeple. In the light
of these facts, what are Catholic tenn
perance men to do? To beg, plead, be-
seech all our countrymen to cut loose,
especially on that day, from the cursed
usages that, like chains Of slavery, have
hung on our necks for weary centuries,
CALLING poor Ireland the most at y time
when We should comfort and honor
h>s,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Tho East.

Mrs. SARAH z. DREssSEy, widow Of mem.
Der Of Congress from OAio, bron,h suit for
$4,000 against tho pronrietors "f the omni.
nibus line of New York city, from whose
stage. while getting out, she was th,own
violently to the ground and seriously injured,
the horses having been stated too soon. She
obtained verdict Of 81 900.
Bishop CUMM1Ns has organized Reformed
Episcopal Churcl, in Brooklyn.
In conformity With = municipal order. the
famous e. Paddock Ems" in fremont street,
Boston, we're cut down and removed Friday.
A great crowd witnessed the operation. The
Natural History Society is to have section OF
the largest tree for preservation. as showing
the size OF the largest English elm that ever
grew in Boston.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED dollars worth al liquor
have boon seized st the Revere House, Bos.
ton, by state constables.
TIE Massachusetts Senate has passed ten
hour law for women and children under eigh.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Root and Shoe Trade.

OF the boot and shoe trade in Troy
the Times says "Work has been to a
great extent stagnant during the past
winter, and not half the usual number
of hands have been employed. Not
withstanding this, the trade has been
only little less than it was for the cor
responding time last year. People must
walk and wear out boots and shoes, and
there must of necessity be about the
usual number of purchases and sales.
The slackness in shops is accounted for
by the fact that dealers have been dis
posing of stock on hand, cutting it down
Is much as possible, and purchasing by
wholesale, when necessary, rather than
manufacturing themselves. Prices have
been materially reduced, except Oh
cloth goods. Manufacturers assert that
leather goods are down as low as posi-
bic now. Money is still rather stringent
and not many collections will be made
this month. The sales of one wholesale
firm in this city were only $40 less tina,
for the corresponding month last year
Panic or no panic,i the business woul,
have been dull through the winter, ant
the prospects are just as flattering nov
for good trade when spring opens a.
they were last year.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
New Soda.

A new process for the manufacture of
soda has lately been adopted in Eng
land, which is regarded by Wagner as
likely to replace all former methods,
and effect a revolution in those indus
tries in which this important salt is
used. The process may be briefly de-
scribed as follows: ITO a concentra-
ted solution of marine or common salt
bicarbonate of ammonia is added. In
the reaction that takes place, bicarbon-
ate of soda is precipitvted, chloride of
ammonium remaining in solution. BY
treating this solution with lime, the
ammonia is isolated in the usual way,
and can be agaiu used. The bicarbon-
ate of soda is freed from its extra
equivalent of carbonic acid by heat,
leaving the salt as simple carbonate,
while the carbonic acid set free is CON-
bined with the ammonia, and the re-
saltapt chloride is again used as in the
first instance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
81 Have Drafk NY Last Glass. !,

IA NJ UFuAM.
No. comrades, thank you. not any for me;
l Win "a to my homo aud my children tonight
With no fumes Of liquor their spirits to blight,
And with tears III my eyes will beg my poor wife
To forgive me thu wreck have made Of her life!
~ have never refused you brfure!' Let that pass,
For I've drank my lust glass, boys
I've drank my last glass!
just look ut me now. boys, in rags and disgrace,
With blrare hnggard eyes, and red bloate.l face!
Mark my faltering step and weak inlsicd hand,
And the mark on my brow that il worse than Gains
scs NY crownless old hat, and my elbows and knees
Alike warmed by the sun or chilled by the breeze;
Why, sven the children viii h0Ot N pass
Z hut I've drank my last Glass, boys,
I have drank my last glass!
Yon would hardly believe boys, too look ut me now,
When she kissed me and blessed me, her darling,
her pride,
Ere she Iay down to rest by dead fathers side:
but with love in her eyes she looked up to the sky,
Bidding me meet her there, aud whispered "Good-
And in do it, God helring Your smile let pass,
For I've drank Iny last glass; boys,
have drank my last glass!
All reclcd home last night-it was not very late,
For ia spent my last sixpence, and landlords wont
On fellow who's left every cent in their till,
Oh the torinents felt, and the pangs endured!
And 1 begged for one glass-just one would have
But they kicked me out doors Il let that, too pass
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
At home, my pet Susie, with her soft golden hair,
I saw through the window, just kneeling in prayer.
From her pale, bony hands her torn sleeves were
strung down,
While her feet, cold and bare, shrank beneath her
scant gown;
And she prayed prayed for bread, just poor crust
Of bread
For one crust-on her knees, my pet darling plead
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
For Susie, my darling, my wee six-year-old,
Though fuinting with hunger aud shivering with
cold,
There, on the bare floor, asked God to bless me!
And she said, "DOn't cry, mamma! He will! for
you see,
believe what ask fort" Then, sobered, crept
Away from the house and that night when slept
Next my heart lay tho Pledge You smile! Lot it
pass,
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass;.
My darling child saved me! Her faith and her love
Are akin to my dear sainted mothers above!
will make her words true, or IN die in the race,
And sober III 60 to my last resting place;
And she shall kneel there, and, weeping thank God
No drunkard lies under that daisy-streWn sod!
Not drop more Of poison my lips shall e'er pass,
For I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
The Swallows.


All swallows, il it so7
Did loving, lingering summer, whose slow pace
Tarried among late blossoms, 10th to go,
Gather the darkening clond-wrsps round her face
And weep herself away in last weeks rain7
Can no new sunlight waken her again7
aye, )" one pale rose allow
Has answered from the trellised lane:
The Pickering swallows answers "No."
From out the dim gray sky.
The arrowy swarm breaks forth and specks the aiTs
While one by one, birds wheel and hoat ana ny5
And now are gone, then suddenly are there:
Till 10: the heavens are empty OF them al.
IN ~ Nv confh from leaves that fade and fal,
From shiyerine flowers that die;
Free swallows fly from winter thraii,
Yc who cal give the gloom good-Dye
But what for VINO stay. ,,
70 hear the winds and watch the boughs grow black,
And in the sOddcned mornings, day W Gay,
Count what lost sweets 1'estrew the hi9nuy 49,.
OF frost-foot Winter trampling towards h1s .nfone'
Swallows, who have the sunlight LOT your o""'
Fly your sunw2fd way,
For you has January buds neW-bO~n,
For us the Enows and gloom and gray.
On, on, beyond our reach,
Swallows, with but your longing tof gnoe'
Jtt the hills rise, let the waves tear the Descn'
Yc will not lalk your course nor turn assoe,
But find the palms and twitter IN tue sun.
And well for them whose eager wings nave "oA
The longed-for goal Of light;
But what Of them in twiliGhts dun
Who long but have no wings for mighty
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
ahQrTrQuble0.

The carpenters, painters, track-halltls and
freight-house employees of the Erie Railroad
were on strike OIL March 9Th to compel the
company to pay alleged back wages due, it il
said, since January LIST. The machinists and
blacksmiths were not engaged in the strike.
The New York Post says the wages for January
were only paid on March 2. The "wipers" In
tho engine house Of this company were cut
down from S1.36 to 81 per day.
THE weayers in the Camden, N. j., WOODEN
mills have agreed not to return to work until
they receive the prices paid before the panic.
THE striking employees of the Philadelphia
cotton and WOODEN mills resolve to hold out for
the advance demanded.
FULL time has been resumed at the Union
Pacific shops at Omaha.
The strike ON the I.ehigh Railroad continues.
1t was instituted for tho purpose Of getting
an advance Of ten cent per day over the wages
pad b''os' 'h' Y'a49' ~ tsta' Nv suaa'as'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
The Art Of Maiolica Ware,

The Moorish potters made beauti
full ware, known to collectors as Hispano
Moresque, and easily recognizable by
the peculiar metallic lustre on it's sur
face. This ware was largely exported
from Spain to Italy, inasm,,ch that the
most and the finest pieces are to this
day found in that country, and not in
Spain and in time the Italians began
to set up potteries of their own to imi-
tate the Moorish ware. They called
their limitations Majolica or Maiolica-
the ancient Italian name of MaiOrca-
either because the Moorish pottery was
made there or thence brought, or because
the Italians fancied that it was. At
going off the italian potters could not
compass either the lustre of the Moorish
ware or the rich, enamel-like glaze these
foreign potters, and their first work
were lead glazed, and are known to COL
lectors as half Majolica, "Mezza Ma
jolica;" but towards the end of the
fifteenth century they began to initiate
the lustred wares. At last they got
hold of the great tin secret, and their
potteries soon surpassed the Hispano-
Moresque wares in beauty. In the
Moors' own specially of lustred wares
they were excelled by the Italians, and
at the town of Gubbio mode of
imparting lustre of red color of
sur assing beauty was invented-a
secret that was never disseminated, and
soon lost !; and the rare rubylustred
plates of Gubbio are now among the
greatest treasures of the art collectors.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12

Two ELEMENTS Of real success in any
undertaking are comprehensive view
of its nature and intents, and q faithful
attention to it's practical details.
Thought and action are inseparable
and equally indispensable. If we
would thoroughly perform our task, We
must grasp it mentally aud do it patient
ly.-PHiL0detnAia Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
The West.

TITO "08ts
THE ccle brated "elcvator case" which has
been on trial AT Dubuque, Iowa, has been de-
cided in favor Of Richmond Il Jackson, they
receiving 1891, 759 damages on six special 6nd-
ings, the chief Of which was sos. 500 for the
loss of profits in beng deprived of handling,
receiving and dischArgiDe grain. The sixth
finding was for $50 600, the value OF the eic.
vator building. The verdict Was only for
about hall the amount sued for.
At Large.
Tue superinto, dent OF the Yellowstone Ma.
tionsl Park writes to Secretary Delano that
500, 600 will be necessary to render the Par k
conple'e the survey Of it, boundaries.
Gov. SHEPARD states that the bonded debt
OF tho District OF Columbia on January l,
1874, was s5,527. $50. The prescnt assessed
value Of property il 500 443,O72, as against
$79. 997. 454 in 1874.
A NUMBER OF church buildings belonging t.
the NJ. thodist Episcopal Church, as distin.
guistcd from the Methodist Episcopal South,
situated in Virginia, having been destroyed
by the Union soldiers during the war, a
strong influence is being brought to bear to
have the Government paw for them. =
IT is reported that Judge Durrcll has for.
wardeh his resignation 10 a trusted friend, to
be rendered in the event OF the Judiciary
Committee Of the House reporting articles Of
impeachment.
Tue public debt shows decrease during
February OF $3.50, 087. The coin in tho
Treasury il &85,5ss,242; coin certificates
SIC, SIS, 500; currency balance, IS, 727,754
special deposit OF ie ;al tenders, $5S, $40, 900
outstanding legal tenders. 1881. COO. QOQ.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Nail cars viii not run, tho company refusing
10 run theu, unless trains can 60 Will, them.
Az afngs between Wavcrly and Sayrc, arc
MAD with eaka brakes set, wheels taken on,
iand swiNtchhsipiked.
Crimes and Casualties.

& - .
Crimes and Casualties.
THE house Of colorcd man named Slcars
was burned near Indianapolis few days since
together with twoof his children.
: Rev. N. BALKAN, d. D., appointment clergy
man and professor at Lewiston, Me-, was
thrown from his horse and killed last week.
A Sorl.E rlosouI has boon entered at Yank-
ton, D. T., in the case Of +. +. Wintermute,
for killing General McCook, Oh the ground of
illegality in the indictment, and he was bailctl
to await the action Of tho next Grand Jury.
THE criminal snit for libel Of Luther G. Hall
against Woodruff, her sister Clatli,,, and her
husband, Blood, was brought to trial in the
New York Court Of Sessions OH march 5th. A
plea for delay by defendants counsel was de-
MED, and tho empaneling jury began. The
defendants are without bail, their bondsmen
having surrendered them to the hands of tho
sheriff, and they must go to Ludlow street Jail
unless new sareties are obtained, which is unlik-
y? = - - -
The loss of the French brig Sid, and the
American bark Chris Mitchell, OH the Pacific
coast, are announced. Three lives were lost
from the latter.
HENRr d. KlxD1a was instantly killed at
Pekin, H., by falling down coal shaft, a dis
lance IT'S feet. He was = miner, and Was de-
scending by rope when his foothold slipped.
DURING thunderstorm on March 4th, while
William Nesbitt, who resides six miles west of
Kokomo, Ind, WAS going homo in a two-horse
wagon, with hin wife and two children, he was
killed by stroke Of lightning, ~ was one of
the horses, his wife and children thrown
from the wagon, and his wife was struck blind.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Indian Affairs.

The new Indian appropriation bill appro-
pirates 49, against 81, ,419 last year.
INDIAN AGENT SAvILI.E writes from the Red
Clo"d agency that many Indians have left,
some with the unconccalcd intention of Joining
the war party. Crazy Horse il on the war path.
He thinks two Thousand Indians could be con-
centrated there in short time A regiment
once inside the stockadc could defend it aeainst
any force they could raise, hut the difficulty i.
to get there. The Indians have sentinels nj
over the country, and keep line along the
hills Of the Platte, that force starting from
the fort would DO preceded by the Indians.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12

An old writer says ;" Reade not bookes
alone, but men, and amongst them
chiefly thyself if thou find anything
questionable there, use the commentary
Of u severe friende rather than the
gloss Of u sweet-lipt flatterer there is
more profit in q distasteful truth, than
dsoeit3W ew>>taesD,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Tho A9hantaa War.

DISPATCHES have at last arrived from the
gold coast, fully confirming previous reports Of
victory, and dispelling tho fears which were
entertained for the safely of the expedition.
The Ashantee king finally surrendered himself
into the hands of the British troops, and was
prisoner at Gen. Wolseley's headquarters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Currency In Civilized Countries.

Washington Correspondence Of the N. Y. Herald.
In consequence of frequent app]ica-
tions to the Chief Of the Bureau Of Sta
tistics for information in regard to the
amount of circulating medium in Great
Britain, France, and other European
countries, and of the wide divergence
of statement on the part of European
as we'll as American financiers, an exam
nation has been made of the published
official statistics, and variety of author
tiles on the subject consulted, with q
view to obtaining approximately accu-
rate data. The results of this inves-
tigation have been prepared, from
which it appears that the total amount
of gold coin circulating in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
at the close of 1872 was s84, ISL 600
sterling, silver ELS, 200, 900, bronze
81 ,148, 900; excess of banknotes over
coin reserves, e40, $4,000; total circu-
lation in coin and notes, &141, 239, 900,
being equivalent in United States gold
coin to 1886, 421 $40. The metallic cur
rency, coin and bullion of France is Civ
en- ut 4, 600, 00O, 600 francs; notes of the
Bank of France in circulation on De-
cember 26, 1873, $780,, 689, G25 francs;
total, $780,, G89, 625 francs. Deduct
metallic reserve in bank December %,
759, 1862, 419 francs, and the currency
circulation is GOAT, 727, 296 francs,
equivalent in United States gold coin ut
20 cents to the franc to 81, 2O9, 545, AL.
In the % states composing the North
German Confederation the supposed
aggregate of coin is 632 4335 1862 thalers.
The coin held in reserve by the banks
to protect their note circulation is 1OO,-
600, 900 thalers, leaving in the hands OF
the people 532, 435, 1862 thalers. The
notes in the hands of the people amount
to 253, 1853, 142 thalers, making coin and
notes in the hands of the people, 1885,.
594, 504 thalers, equivalent in United
States gold coin to 1857, 772,O98. Tho
German government within the last two
years has coined about 1874, OOO, 600 thu
lers in gold.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12

A WASHINGTON belle is looked upon
az M "encyclopmdia OF fascinat'ons y
--e vow va(uaa!uouA aapp|smsNt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12

An Eastern paper has discovered that
Mccarthy, In his billiard saloon ser:
a.ops make, ao~s vssy gaod po!ats,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
A Remarkable Trio.

A st. Petersburg correspondent of
the Hartford Post (probably Minister
JewelD thus speaks of the late royal
marriage in Russia.
"The most striking trio of all were
the three Princesses-one the future
Queen of England, another her sister,
the future Empress of Russia, and the
third the sister-in-law of the first-the
future Empress of Germany. The
faces of all three expressed gentleness,
intelligence aud refinement. The
Grand Duchess Marie wore dress of
silver heavily embroidered, and from
her shoulders hung train of claret-
colored velvet, lined and edged with
ermine. On her head was q tiara and
small crown of diamonds, from which
hung a point lace veil on her neck the
largest diamond necklace in Russia,
composed of large perfect diamonds,
each with a large drop attached, the
whole valued Mt twenty millions of dol
lars. The front Of her waist was cover
ed with diamonds, and down the front
of her dress were rows of pearls. The
bridegroom wore the uniform of Rus
sian officer. The dress and train of the
Empress were of gold cloth, her tiara
and jewels, sapphires and diamonds.
The Grown Princesscs wore velvet
trains embroidered in gold, and their
jewels were only surpassed by those of
the brille.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12
Trunk Hose.

During the reign Of Queen Elizabeth,
Of England the famous daughter Of
Henry VIII, the trunk hose was worn
by the Earl of Leicester and his COM
peers. This article of dress was made
Of velvet, silk, satin, or damask, of the
brightest colors. They were short and
very full breeches, gathered into tight
bands at short distance above the
knee, and distcntled so that their wear
ers co,lld attain the coveted circumfer-
ence Of nearly three yards about the
hips by stuffing of c,lrled horse-hair,
and sometimes bran was used. 1t is
stated by an English writer that, in
searching the person of young dandy,
arrested for some crime, the padding Of
his trunk hose consists of "a pair Of
sheets, two tablecloths, ten napkins,
four shirts, a hanl-glass, comb, and
Il night-cap." 1t is not mentioned why
this unfortunate dandy made himself a
walking valise, as his offence was not
larceny.-Ofi"cr optics Ihvga=inc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-12

A PARIS bookseller has just publish
cd u book entitled Memories lie CHS,
leh1rst," and NJ. Rqal.er hos subaeyiheQ
fer 0.e0Q eop!sL "