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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

nsrA returning emigrant wagon
paesed through Cedar Falls, Iowa, last
week, bearing the expressive and eu-
phonious Label, On the grasshop-
pers
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

a Lady Visitor" My dear, do you
know whether your mamma is engaged?'
Little girl of the period" Engaged
Why she's married.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

s" Boiled Eggs is the name
adopted by the Danbury base ball club,
to signify how impossible it is to beat
them Gl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

sE- Five years ago there was not a
railroad in Colorado. Now there are
nearly seven hundred miles, all in oper-
alton.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

s< Thirty-two applicants failed to
pass the West Point examination, out Of
ninety-seven applicants.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

The TELEPHONE. This is a new in
strument recently invented by Mr..
Elisha Gray, of Chicago. for the trans
mission of sounds. Noted electricians
say that they believe the time will
come when the operator will transmit
the sounds of their own voice over the
wires. The novel instrument called the
telephone has been seen at work, and
has played music on piano keyboard,
transmitting through an unbroken cir
cult of two thousand and four hundred
miles, and reproduced on a violin att
tached to the receiving end of the wire.
Mr.. Gray played "Hail Columbia, I"
{" The Star Spangled Banner" "God
Save the Queen, Yankee Doodle,
and other well-known airs, and they
were unmistakbly repeated, note for
note, on the violin which lay on the
table near at hand. Evena al accidental
false note was Immediately detected on
the violin. MIR. Gray exhibited many
other experiments with tin cans, small
paper drums, ETC., which were attached
to the receiving end of the wire in the
place of the violin. The paper drum
gave to the musical sounds just that Pc
culiar buzzing twang which is pro-
duced by boys placing a piece of thin
paper over hair comb, and then blow
ing on it. What this will ali lead to,
or where it will all end, is one of the
most extraordinary problems of the day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

. The surest way not to fail is to
determine not to succeed. Sheridan.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

S They that stand high have many
blasts to shake them.--Shakspea,e.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

CAUGHT IN THE ACr.-A Columbus
(Ohio) clergyman, who while preaching
sermon on recent Sunday evening,
perceived man and woman under the
gallery in the act of kissing each other
behind hymn-book, but did not lose
his temper. No he remained calm.
He beamed mildly at the offenders over
his spectacles, and when the young
man kissed her the fifteenth time, he
mercy broke his sermon short off in the
middle of " thirdly" and offered fer
want prayer in behalf of ''the young
man in the pink necktie. and the maiden
in the blue bonnet and gray shawl, who
were profaning the sanctuary by kissing
one another in pew seventy eight" And
the congregation said i" Amen" Then
the young lady pulled her veil down
over her face, and the young man set
there and swore softly to himself. He
does not go to church as much now as
he did.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29

81 The less men think, the more
they talk.-,Nonfes4niue.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-08-29
2fashington Stau((arl

ia liberal deduction will he made i'm tit-
vor of those who advertise four squares, or
upwards by the year.
u Legal notices will hc charged to the at
torhcy or officer authorizing their insertion.
CCy" Advertisements sent from Il distance
and transient nL.icrs, must be accompanied
by the cash.
IL Announcements OF births marriages
and deaths, inserted free of charge.
c. Obituary notices, or poetry" append
cd to marriages or deaths, will be charged
onc-half our regular advertising rates. We
will not hcrea ttcr dcviatc from this rule.
CLJ- Blanks. Billhcads. Cards, Catalogues,
Circulars, Bills of Fare, Posters Pamphlets
Programmes, &c, printed ut reasonable rates
OFFICE--C Corner of Second and Washington
Streets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
MUSICAL DEPOT.

S T. Osborne succeeds Fred Pischel
as agent for the Burdett Organ and
other frst>cl instruments, and invites
the attention Of the public thereto. Every
instrument guaranteed. Room first door
below Apples Barber Shop, Mineral
Point. Instructions in vocal, thorough
bass and instrumental music. Dodge
vile visited every Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
Q EDWIN OSBORNE, Jr.
n z N q r AV z r.
and dealer In

WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, &c.
Has new and select stock of Jewel.
ers' Goods, to which the attention Of the
public is invited He is the only en- :,
sraver in the city, and is prepared to do
work in that line on short notice, 10 the
lest style. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
repaired to order, and warranted satis-
factory. One door above Schnebergers
High St, Mineral Point. l4mG
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30

WHITE GOODs.-Sherwood & Berg
would call the attention of the ladies
TO their stock of white goods, Victo-
ria Lawns, Percales, &C., of which
they have good variety.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
To be got only At Davcy's.

Roskopf's Patented Peoples Watch
with Exchancable Escapement and Dust
Proof Case for SIG; warranted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
BUSINESS NOTICES.

FANCY goods OF most every de-
at Deller's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
Desirable Residence for Sale.

House Of FIVE rooms, in good repair
we'll of water; bearing fruit trees, .er
Green's, &c Terms reasonable.
Also one desirable building lot with
good we'll on it.
l3f VIM LANYON, JR
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30
Chemtclcs and Pure Druxs.

Pulford is just opening the finest stock
It pure drugs and chemical, direct iron
first hads. ever brought to this city. Cali
md price them. His motto is, pure
-,oods and low prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-30

JOHN TREGoNING, Supt.
NO. l0-FAKMING IMPLEMENTS.
Best tanning mill, 2 90
est Churn, 100
Best breaking plow, zUO
Best Stub lie Piow, 10
Beet .heep rack, 100
For the best following articles the soc,,
~ viii award its dlploma. Horse take,
farm roller, harrow, thresher and sepe,-
ator.hors tread power, seed planter, com
sncllcr,reaper and mower combined singl,
reaper, single mower, broad cast sowing
machine, grain drill, corn planter, straw
cutter, cultivator, corn and cobb mil, grub.
olng machine, and stLmp.puller.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
Unruly Rivers In China.

The rivers of China frequently over.
flow their banks and change their
courses, thus causing immense destruc-
ton to property and creating much in.
convenience to trade centres estab-
lished on their banks. The Yellow
river has deviated from its course
northward, southwark and northward
again within historic times. The last
change took place in 1853, and by it
the banks of the Grand Canal were
burst, and wids districts were flooded.
The river dep sits such quantity of
sediment tina the bed rapidly rises and
causes the utter to overflow. En-
bankments are built to contain the
stream, which have been enlarged from
year until IN times of exceptional
foods they are broken, the river finds
a new course through lower lands,
and the work of building embark
ments has to be again commenced.
The level of the old bed of the Yellow
River, in consequence of the building
of embankments, is from thirty to forty
feet above the level of the surrounding
country. The other rivers of China are
also subject to similar changes Of their
course, but this evil is not without it's
compensating features, for il has led
in these later days of enlightenment to
a proposition to abandon the old
fashioned tribute ''in kind" paid to
the government for taxes and the sub.
stitution of money payments. The
difficulty of transporting grain and
rice through the repeatedly .broken
canal has brought the government to
look with some favor upon tho scheme
of accepting taxes in money, and leav.
ing to private enterprise the supply of
food
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
How Land is Made In Holland.

A map OF the province of north Holland
made 300 years ago, shows a'bare network
of marshy land, protected from the North
sea by range of sand-hiils, and incloses
within it's meshea vast bodies of navigable
water-the mere outline of q country en-.
tirely unpromising for habitation and at.
aicted with most rigorous climate. This
whole province is now smiling, firtile
land, busy with every form of industry, and
one of the great centers of the worlds pros-
porous activity. In few years, When
works now in hand shall be completed,
there will remain no water with it's wide
boundaries, save in the embarked canals,
where above the level of the fields, the lift
ed waters flow to the sea and afford chan.
nels for the vast commerce of the country.
Arrangements are al eady being made for
the drainage of the Zuyder Zee, a work
which will cost over $5O, OOO, 600, and which
will take twelve years for its preparation
alone. When the enormous dixie shall have
been built and new channels shall ! yo
been made for the rivers which flow into it,
it will take the sixty three enormous steam
engines several years working night and
dayj to pump out its water, which has an
area Of So, 600 acres and an average depth
Of about ten feet. A survey has been made
Of the whole bottom, and the plan of i'm
provemeut includes the division of the land
and construction of the canals flor drainage
and communication which are to serve the
t. ture generations who are to inhabit it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
Hero Let Ne Rest.
BY J. r. CLARK.


more Jet me rest, where the bright sun is
And sit meath tho branches that gently do
And listen to the dirge of the sad sea rcpin-
ALL here let me rest, darling. close by the
l have wandered afar, but the world has
~, seemed dreary,
Der its mountains and valleys, and Arabia
have exiled DER its wild mains, and now,
lOno and weary,
have come to thy grave. Oh here lot mo
rest.
Weary. my darling, with long years Of waiting,
Ever try:e to our vows, our flrst love keep {;
I've been dead to the world, it's partngs and
meetings,
To its joys, to its sorrows ; III, hero let mo
sleep.
What was this that heard while, EMBODIED in
slumber,
lay on the grave where my darling was
There was sathored around mo throng OF
And among them, my darling, was yen, still
Then ycn knelt by my side: and called mo your
And said you had como to drive sorrow
away;
Then you badc mo arise, and no moro, as a
tarling,
=. Repeat the samo tale again day after dry.
Aou badc me so join in Lifc's love and LIES
labor,
To comfort tho weary, to help the oppressed,
To think less Of myself, to think moro OF my
neiShbo1,
To live to do good, and in this to find rcst
Yes, here will rest. Aud, when Lite's Gtful
fever
-. Is over, I'll join thee, to part nevcrmorc,
III cease from my waud'rings in my dream
believer,
III seek to strew blessings through life ever.
more.
No more will I turn from this life and its labor.
~, No more will say that my lite is uubles.:
Ihc love bear thee shall hencelorth serve
my neighbor
In loving and serving henceforth will rest
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08

COMETS, doubtless, answer some wise
and good purpose in the creation; 80
do women. Comets are Incompetent
sible, beautiful and eccentric; so are
women. Comets shine with peculiar
splendor, but at night appear most
brilliant; SO do women. Comets con-
found the most learned, when thoy
attempt to ascertain their nature: so
do women. Comets equally excite the
admiration of the philosopher and of
the clod of the valley; 50 do women.
Comets and women, therefore, are
closely analogous; but the nature of
both being alike ,inscrutab]e, all that
Remains for US is, to view with admira-
ton the one, and devotedly love the
Other.-HO0d.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
C0nRumptiQn.

tho soourge Of the human family, may
In its early stages be promptly arrested and
permanently cured.
RAvEKswooD, W. Va, Oct. 2sth, 1872.
DR. II. V. PIERCE:
Sr-For tho last year have been using
your Golden Medical Discovery. l owe my
life to It, having been afflicted for years. Did
not use it but shert time before was bene-
flied ; at that time was very bad. not able to
sit up much. WAS suffering greatly with my
throat, was getting blind. had q dry cough,
and much pain In my lungs. have used
twelve bottles Of the Discovery and am al
most we'll. KATE T. WARDNER.
A son Of Mr.. J. H. MEsEck. Of Chatham
Four Corners, N. T., has been cured OF Con.
sumption by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery,-s 30 says Mr. G. b. Garfield, editor OF
the Chatham Courier.
8. Il. EoLAB, druggist, Of West Union, O.,
writes to state that Or. Picrce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery has iiected wonde. full cure VI
Consumption in bis STANDARDIZATION.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08

Mn. SETH ADAMS, who recently died
in Boston, was during his life often
the victim of hypochondria. He left
an estate valued at 81, zoo. 600, . part
which he has bequeathed to relatives
and to number of charitable institu-
lions. The residue of the estate is to
be applied to the endowment of an
asylum, to be within Is miles of Bos-
ton. for the reception and treatment of
hypoehondriacs. How clearly it may
be possible to draw line between in
sanity and hypochondria, and whether
the ASSOCIATION of large number of
low:spirited people will be conducive
to their recovery, are questions which
remain to be determined.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
A Tame Butterfly.
From Our Dumb Animals.

One cold. bleak, November morning
when the sky, the air, and all nature
wore that sullen and Responding look
SO peculiar to our climate at this sea-
son, lady, who for the first time had
risen from a bed of sickness, went into
an adjoining apartment, where she per-
ceived gay and beautiful butterfly in
the window. Astonished at finding
this creature of flowers and sunshine in
so congenial a situation, she watched
its movements and operations. As the
sun came out for bright, brief spa"c,
1t futtered joyously about the window.
and impaired to the sick-room an air uf
cheerfulness and hope. Toward even
ing, however, the tiny creature droop.
ed it's wings; the lady then placed it in
q glass tumbler on the mantlepiece.
During the night, hard frost came on,
and the room was consequently very
cold. In the morning the butterfly Law
IN the bottom of the tumbler, appar-
emily dead. The invalid grieved that
her gentle companion of the previous
day should SO soon Perish. made some
effort to restore its fragile existence.
She put it on her warm hand. and.
breathing upon it, perceived it gave
signs of returning animation; she then
once more placed it in glass house on
the rug before the fire. Soon the Gle,
CANT little insect spread out it's many
colored wings and flew over to the win.
dow, whore the sun was shining bright.
y. By and by the sun retired and.
the window-panes getting cold, the
creature sank down on the CARPET
again, apparently lifeless. The same
means were used to restore animation,
and with the same success. THIS alter.
nation of life and death went on for
many days, till at last the grateful little
thing became quite tame, and seemed
to be acquainted with it's benefactress.
When she went to the window and held
out her finger, it would of it's own &C.
cord, hop upon it; sometimes it would
settle for an hour at q time upon her
hand and neck, when she was reading
or writing. Its food consisted of honey:
a drop of which the lady would put on
her hand, when the butterfly would nm
curl it's sucker, and gradually sin it
up; then it usually sipped up a drop
OF water in the same way. The feed
ing took place only once in three or
four days. In this manner it's existence
was prolonged through the winter and
part OF the following spring. As it ap-
preached the end of its career its wings
became quite transparent, and its
spirits quite detected. It would rest
quietly in its "crystal palace" even
when the sun was wooing it to come !
out; and at last one morning in April,
it was found quite dead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
Dogs II Onument.

A memorial fountain has been erect
ed in Edinburgh near the entrance of
Old Greyfriars' church-yard, to CON-
memorate the fidelity of terrier
named Greyfriars' Bobby. Tho foun-
tain is of Peterhead granite, stands
seven feet high, and is surmonnted by
a figure of Bobby in bronze. The ne.
destal bears the following inscription:
IA tribute to the affectioDate fidelity
of Greyfriars' Bobby. In 1853 this
faithful dog followed the remains of
his master to Greyfriars' church yard,
and fingered near the spot until his
death in 1872" The fountain has
been erected at the expense of Lady
Burdett- Coutts, and with the permits
sion oil the city authorities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08

DIR. GE1ssLER, of Bonn, has invented
an electrical vacuum tube which may be
caused to shine without using an in
duction coil. 1t consists of tube IN
inch or SO in diameter, filed with air
as dry as can be obtained, and hermet.
ically sealed after tho Introduction of
q smaller exhausted tube. If this out
ward tube be rubbed with piece of
flannel, or any of the fnrs generally
used III exciting the electropborus, tile
inner tube will be illuminated with
flashes OF mellow light. The light is
faint at first, but gradually becomes
stronger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
The North POE the Original Garden OF
Eden.

DR.. Hardinger thinks that he can
give good reasons for his belief that
the "grand old gardener and his wife,
had their first situation and lost it. in
the region about the North Pole. Sew
eral considerations led him to this con-
clusion. In the first place, the North
Pole, hard as it is now to get to, was
originally an easy place toget awav
from in all directions; from no other
could it be SO easy, and hence the dis
persion of men to all parts of the
globe is more readily accounted for.
DIR. Hardinger finds, what most other
modera psychologists have not, abund
ance of evidence of the identical origin
of oil races of men in language. and
in religious beliefs and rites. The He
brew scriptures say, as DR.. Hardinoer
interprets them, that Adam and Eve
after leaving the garden went to thu
southeast and dwe]t there. In Siberia.
therefore, we should expect to find evi-
dence OF the earliest residence of an
intelligent and cultivated people. Such
evidence there is in the traditions of
several Eastern nations that their an.
cestors came from the north, and also
in ancient remains of implements, bur.
ial places and mines worked and aban-
doned, many years ago. Besides these
considerations, which make his theory
plausible, DR.. Hardinger had Others
which he calls theologico.scientific
proofs. Accepting the nebular hy-
pothesis, he admits that our earth was
at one time an incandescent ball. which,
only by gradual and other changes be-
came fit for the abode of man. The
poles, now the coolest part of the sur.
face, must at first become habitable.
and therefore first inhabited. More
over, we are glad that when Adam was
driven out an angel with flaming
sword was set to guard the gate and
prevent his return. The Hebrew word
1--WE trust the doctor for his etymology)
for flame or ice 10 "esh, " which is evi-
IDENTIFY allied to our word ice. The
flaming or 10y guardian has ever since
barred the way to mans first home
Worcester Spy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08
uatrimOnV.

All young men and most young wom-
en- have IN interest in this subject, as it is =
condition in life to which oil look forward aud
hope to attain at some future period and il
the young man has any prudence, he will not
assume the responsibilities Of married life
until he can make some provision tor the sup.
port OF those dependent upon him, should lie
he called away by an early death. In the
great majority OF cases this provision can be
secured by means Of Life Insurance policy,
that will cost but small sum annually, and
yet provide all the security that can be desir-
ed. One Vt the most reliable Of these compa'
Pany OF Philadelphia, through which life Poll.
cles may be obtained or agencies secured by
application to the home Office or to Jas. W.
iredelI. Jr., Supt. OF Agencies, 70 West Sd st.,
Cincinnati, O.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-08

"OoEAN H1aHwAYs" states that Pro-
lessor; Mohn, of Christiania, and Mr..
o. Sars are preparing an expedition to
investigate the sea between Norway,
the Farce Islands, Iceland and Spltz-
bergen. The expense, it is expected,
will be betrayed by grant from the
Norwegian Storthing.