Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-07-16

70 see the white waves leap and play
| Round isles in some far middle Seas;
| See coral reefs blown white with spurno
| BY Wind, made sweet will, the perfume
| OF trailin. vines and leaning trees,
| And elo was very sad.
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General Items.
"ToM COLLINS door plates, made Of
tin, graced several doors IN Cleveland,
ono morning last week. 49, p.
They have a toad at Barton who
stands under Il lcaky beer barrel and
catches the drops as they fall, getting
gloriously drunk.
The prize of poetry in the French
Academy will he awarded in 1875 to the
author of the best piece Of verse on
Livingstone.
TIE singular story comes from Hoo
sac Tunnel that drove of rats gave
warning to the wOrkmen that a portion
of the roof was falling.
A PROPOSITION is made in New York
to put the statue Of some ancient Dutch
worthy in the Central Park, and the
opinion waivers between William the
Silent, Oldcnburncycldt and Ruebens.
A POND near Bennington is found to
be we'll stocked with gold fish they
sprang from three that were carclessly
thrown into the pond, three years ago,
by man who was about to leave town.
A BLAcKB1RD with three legs has
been caught in Belviderc and presented
to the Seminary. He died soon after
his capture, so that, Notwithstanding
his three legs, he didn't make any re-
lnarkable time after all.
Or over 4, 900, 900 trees planted along
the line of the St. Paul and Pacific
Railroad, less than three per centum
have failed, and the rest are doing well.
The prairie farmers along the line are
following the company's example. >
NUMEROUS contributions to the Agas-
siz memorial fund are coming in from
the south, and T. W. Cardoza, superin-
tendent of schools in Mississippi, a ne
gro, is particularly active in the move
ment.
The receipts of the French railways
during the first three months OF the
year were 81 ,6333, 600 less than during
the corresponding time ins1673. This
diminution is proof of the dullness of
general business in the country.
LEpnu Rohn1N, in his remarks in the
French Assembly, told the Royalists
that a monarchy of divine right was
impossible in France, and told the I'M
perialists that the empire was entirely
inclosed between Waterloo and Sedan.
The Lexington's Young Mems Cen
tennial Association, which exists to pre-
pare for the one hrndredth ann1veF1ay
Of the battle of Lexington, has folmed
Il company of Lexington minute
men," which is to be uniformed in the
old centennial style. = -
LUKE CHAPMAN of Collinsvillc, Con
ecticut, has the old flint lock musket
with which Gen. Putnam killed the
wolf in the den at Pomfret. Prof.
Hitchcock has tried in vain to get ii for
the cabinet ut Amherst College, and
Barnnm for his snow.
Two vessels, representing the OK
9remes Of tonnage of registered sailing
vessels at New York, have recently
taken ont their registersat the custom
house-the ship Three Brothers, ton
mage 1862, and the sloop Aida, of Is
tons. *--
A CORPS of Turkish soldiers are kept
in attendance as guards round the holy
sepulchre ut Jerusalem, to prevent the
fights which would occur daily between
the pilgrims of the Greek and the
Roman churches, both claiming the ex-
elusive title to the religion of peace.
A GAME of chess on an extensive scale
will shortly be played between English
and French players for 10000 francs.
Notice of every move will be conveyed
between London and Paris by stele-
grams, and three days will be allowed
for each move.
E.. CLINTON, Of Hartford, was put
ting a Lightning. rod on the Catholic
church at Willimantic, Il few days ago,
when the Lightning struck it, and Mr..
Clinton was thrown about twelve feet.
They say that such ali accident was
never known to happen on Lightning
rod man before.
A NEW variety of coffee has been ex-
libited on the Rio Exchange. 1t is
different from the ordinary kinds in
cultivation in that the berry is more
spherical and yellow instead Of red. It
was discovered Mt Botacuto, IN San
Paulo. The berry is stated to be one
third richer in caffeine than the common
description.
An exemplary female in Waynesburg,
Pa, is well under way in her forty
eighth perusal of the Bible from Gene
sis to Revelations which gives her in
innate enemies occasion to remark that
if she had given attention to the pre-
vious forty seven readings she would
have known it by heart by this time.
ACCORDING to late census there are
800, 900 cats in England, and veteran
grimalkin attached to the editorial staff
of the London Standard estimates one
mouse and five rats to every acre, max
ing total of 91,11G,OOO Of these ami
mails, consuming grain enough to feed
nearly 3,OOO,OOO human beings. And
yet some people do not like cats
THE s'Swiss Times" ofJune 9Th says,
"It gives us great pleasure to he able
to say that Mr.. Horace Rublee, United
States Minister Resident ut Berne,
about whose health such serious I'M
casiness has been felt, is completely
restored 10 Ills ucCuSIOHcN otAcuScH,
and has been enabled to return to the
capital and resume his official duties.
In severe thunder storm in Minnie
apolis, MINI, a woman put her three
children in bed, under the old SUPPOSE
ton that feathers are protection
against lightning. Soon bolt struck
the chimney, and passed down the side
Of the house close to the bed. A little
girl who lay next to the wall, was hitby
ON the head, the electricity
coursing DOWN her body, breaking her
ribs and tearing ont pieces Of flesh.
She lived IN hour.
As A rule, the feelings Of cooks are
very imlcrfectly under control; there
is, indeed, general tartness about
their disposition, aud u t..rtly disposed
cook will frequently put 1 WHOLE house.
hold out of joint. The crustiness OF
old cooks-lue, perhaps, to prolonged
rxposur. to the tirc-and the saucilsss
of young cooks are provcrbial white
cooks OF MI ages are apt. even when pl-
Dusly inclined We fear, to be pulled up
with unreasonable pride and sclf-con-
ceit.
AN old writer, Bertranl, abiding to
the customs of the Florida Indians Of
his day, thus described !. sort of crcma-