Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-05-07

Lovesome and bright and fair
He was but the ring on her finger,
He was but the rose in her hair!
And would there had been glamour
Over my eyes, and blur,
At that eager vow Of fossaking
An others, and eleaving to her;
For out Of the pillared shadow
/ saw beside me start
A wild-eyed girl with her baby
Clasped over her breaking heart.
And down from the porch go flying
The wreck Of rapture unble sed-
With only the river before her,
With only the river for rcet!
-Harpes's Magazine for Nay.
, F6refgn Netss.
A NAN in London wants to be paid to
disclose a plan which will insure the
absolute freedom of that city from Jog.
RETURNS from local registrars In Eng
Land show tllat nearly 100 children hsve
been named Roger TichboEne. =
IT il in contemplation by the Birth
military authorities to construct ut the
ROYAL Arsenal, Woolvich, . gun weighs
ing eighty-one tons. There IS prob
ability that the great coil Of this mon
ster cannon may be welded in the pres
ence of the Car of Russia.
TIE London correspondent of the
Dundee Advertiser writes: " Town -
laughing very heartily over Dean Stan
leys text when he preached on Ffidey
to the Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh.
It was Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do. "
Sn GARNET Wo1sEIEY has stepped
dvex the heads of 165 seniors to the
rank of Major General The same
gazette that announces Sir Garnet
Wolseley,s promotion, also gives not-
dcation Of that of Col. Michigan, Royal
Qate BengaD Engineers. Major Gen.
Maclagen has saperseded 255 seniors.
THr Swiss Times says the price Of
wine has recently been much reduced in
many parts of Switzerland. The favor
able prospects for the forthcoming vim
tage In France has been in great part
the cause. The reduction in the latter
country is now telling in the neighber-
ing ones.
B1suABcx1sx has suddenly reasserted
itself in Elsass, in the suspension OF
the Strasburg Municipal Council Its
functions are summary Transferred to
the Police Director of the town. This
change of policy is attributed to . sup
posed backsliding of the council from
the oonciliatory principles which it for
merly pr0fessed.
The Irish members of the House of
Commons are reported to have . new
grievance. Some of the Home RulerB
want to be presented at court, and it
seems that people in high quarters
object to their appearance there II
certainly seems odd that pronounced
Home Rulers should seek to enter with
in court precincts at all =
Tn London Builder says: "We
have built in England and Wales, In tho
way of dwelling-houses alone, upward
al FL ,000, ,O0O, 900 sterling worth Of pro-
perty, roughly speaking, since the year
10O1 and within the ten years only,
between 1861 and 1871, We have built
dwelling houses to the value OF more
than f22O, ,00O, GOO sterlng. s-i.
DE-. kennedy, counsel for Arthur Or
ton. the Tichborne claimant, has been
formally expelled from the mess Of the
Oxford Circuit to which he belongs.
The benchers of Gray's Inn have also
resolved upon instituting IN inquiry
into allegations of misconduct on his
part during the trial, which inyeshgar
ton is appointed to take place on the
10th of Nay. -.-...--
GLASGOW is making active prepare
tions for the reception of the Social
Science Congress, which is to meet
there in the Autumn. Principal Caird,
in the name of the university, has Of
fered the use of the class rooms to the
association. Lord Moncrieffhas agreed
to preside over the Department Of Ju-
risprudence, and DR.. Lyon Playfair
over the Health Department. It il
probable the meeting will be about the
end of September. .-.#- =.
ACCORDING to information received
by the Russian Golos, the Khedive of
Egypt has found his latest acquisition,
upon the Upper Nile 80 greatly to his
taste that he seriously contemplates
the conquestof Abyssinia and Ethiopias
in order afterward to proclaim himself
Sultan of Egypt. The Vioeroy il said
to be encouraged in these plans by one
of his Generals, who il of Christian and
European origin, aud was formerly in
the Turkish service. *s
A CURIOUS funeral took place in Lon
don, on a recent Sunday, the occasion
being the burial of the French Com
munist Adolphe Birdeeu. About 400
Frenchmen, more or less "seedy" in
appearance, marched to Finchley Gem
etery bearing red flags of 'Liberty, -
and when arrived at the place Of inter
ment had what Is known a. civl fu-
neral, with " orations" of the most ex-
traordinary description. The display
is described as having been more ludi-
crous than solemn. -
FRoN latest official returns it appears
that there are nowtwenty-seven vessels
of-war being built for the British Navy.
The largest of these are the Inlexible.
of II, ,165 tons, and the Fury, of 10, $50
tons. Both are tllrret ships of {, UO
horsepower, and are to be armed with
only four guns of the largest size.
Next to these are the Superb, Of :. 100
tons, 5000 horsepower and twetve
gnns, and the Temeraire, of 6, 415 tons,
1000 horse power and eight guns. Tho
others range from gum boats, of which
there are seven, to several OF about
1000 tons. Many of these vessels are
nearly ready. for launching.
The discussion of the cremation
question in England has led to another
proposition for disposal of the dead. A
writer in one of the Manchester papers
suggests, "aquation," as he calls it, or
the burying of the dead far out at sea-
He concludes thus: "There is NO
violence here. The idea is maritime
and We are q maritime people.
The cost would be little, the mode
reverent, the effect san3!ary, the
condition natural, Scripture would be
satisfied, and the philosophers content
ed. OF course, I say not a word about
the fishmongers and their customers.
although some might grumble about
eating less shell fish than usual This
would be no loss except to the medica
profession.
A POPULAR clergyman of Buffalo re-
turned from an extended journey few
days since, and just as he alighted
from the cars and was receiving the
congratulations of a crowd of his par
ishioners who had assembled to greet
him, an inebriated individual followed
in his wake, seized him by the hand,
and exclaimed "Well, good bye, old
pard, I'm going further, and shall keep
up the same old drink for awhile yet,
but you're pretty we'll sobered up, and
you had better keep 20, I 'speot, q