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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-26
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THE NEWS.
National Finances. .


The discussion Of the national finances
which has occupied the attention Of the Sem
ate since the meeting of Congress-, promises
soon TO be brought to a final test; ~ witness
the following little talk had in the Senate OH
March 18th:
Senator Hamkn-This discussion has becn
carried onto an extent little less than criminal.
Senator Observation-Disclosures Of all kinds II
tllsarranged by our failure to indicate what we
aze going to do.
> Senator Logan-1 am ready to vote on this
question tomorrow, or whenever tho senate
asfeadv. -
Senator Chandler When all thesc long
windcd fellows get through. lot us take up the
question under the five-minutes' rule, and then
ait it ont.
Senator Davis-I add my VOICE to
= TIE DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Senator Ferry, Of Michigan-I am willing to
fix day for general debate under the Ave-
minute rule, and then sit it through until We
finish by q vote.
Senator Ferry, Of Coimccticut-I have been
lisgusted listener to this three-months' debate.
Let us recommit the whole question to the Fl
nance Committee now: 80 $500.
: Senator Morrill,, Of Maine-This ouestion
has fingered aud languished, and languishetl
and fingered with ns for three months. II We
coe.tinne fooling away time at this rate, the
het months Of August and September will
still fund US here.
Senator Thurma,,-The debate, a once be
IONA remarked, has been useless consumption
Of time.
i ~ Notwithstanding tho above indication of re-
Davis, Of West virginis, got tho floor, and de-
. hvered two hours set speech to empty seats.
It would BIO waste of time to attempt to pre-
dict the end Of the debate.
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=, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1874

the Osprey, and recognized the defend
ant, and who was identified on the 9Th
OF December and the following three
days by witnesses as one Carl Peter
Lundgren, tickct-of-leave convict.
The result Of this discovery was that
Lundgren, alias Lule, was committed
for perjury. DR.. Kenealy's speech Gn-
terrupted by the Lule episode and the
Christmas holidays) lasted about
thirty-five days. He was followed by
Mr. Hawkins in summing up" for
the prosecution, and who spoke for
over twenty days. On January Goth,
the l60th day Of the trial. Lord Chief
Justice Cockburn commenced his
charge, which continued until the case
was given to the jury. The Court sat
in all 189 days.
The following are the names of the
jury who have brought in the verdict
against the defendant: H. F. Dickens
(foreman), J. G. Shepherd, J. B. Frank
lin, G. B. Winter, w. Doewra, w, J.
Taylor, w. Paige, J. Parsons. G. Duns-
by, J. Turner, w. s, Richardson, and
r. Edwards, all of whom, it may be
remarked are, Judging by portrait,
respectable and Intelligent men.
Among the notable incidents that
occurred during the last trial was the
mobbing of Mr.. Hawkins about the
middle of January by number of the
defendants adherents. Several of the
rioters were arrested. A few days be.
fore the Chief Justice commenced his
charge Mr.. Whaley, the defendants s
friend and adviser was arrested and
fined for contempt of court.
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This trifling gift accept of me,
Its use I would commend;
In sunshine use the bushy part,
nko,.-~1s, N,1 ok1,1~ nv,1

ONE of the chubby class offour-year-
old Sunday school lscholars, when talked
to by his teacher about the sins and
frailties of the body, was asked, "Well,
my son, what have you besides this sim
full body?" Quick as thought the little
fellow responded "a clean shirt and
a nice new pair of breeches."
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Maxims Of Cardinal De Retx.

Some OF the most Celebfate6 AphOf-
isms ever given to the world are those
of Cardinal De Retz. As q writer the
fame of De Retz rests upon the 60 Me-
moirs," " most striking and brilliant
work." But his maxims have their
value, as the reflections which q great
and able man formed from long expe-
rience and practice in great business.
This was Lord Chesterfield's opinion,
and he adds, They are true conclu-
sions, drawn from facts, not from spec
ulation." We subjoin q few of them {:
(" Weak men never yield at the prop
er time.'
There are no small steps in great
affairs.'
Z" am persuaded that greater quail
ties are required to form = good party
leader than to form an emperor of the
universe and that in the order of the
qualities which compose him, resolu-
tions should walk hand in hand with
judgment-I mean heroic judgment,
the principal use of which is to distin-
guish the extraordinary from the impos-
sible.
Upon men of small understanding
nothing makes so deep an impression
as what they do not understand"
When fear rises to certain height
it produces the same effects as temerity.
Fear never applies the proper remedy. :"
We should never play with favor
we cannot too closely embrace it when
it is real, nor fly too far from it when it
is FALSE
"a man who distrusts himself never
truly confides in any one."
Men never believe others can do
what they cannot do themselves"
The effects of weakness are incon-
ceivable, and I maintain that they are
far vaster than those of the most
violent passions"
"I have remarked that iu-founded
enmities are ever the most obstinate.
The reason of this is clear. Asohenses
of that kind exist only in the imagina-
tion, they never fail to grow and swell
in that receptacle, too fruitful in evil
fancies."
"To commonplace people the extra
ordinary appears possible only after it
has been executed"
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In one of her lectures, Mrs. Liver
more tells Of . genius in dress she dis
covered at Lebanon, among the New
Hampshire hills. He was the chairman
of the lecture committee, and Mrs.
Livermore, staying at his house, with
her habit of looking into things, found
her way into the work-room of his mil
inery establishment There were doz-
ems Of bonnets % tastefully trimmed
that her eyes educated by the ethics of
Boston, at once recognized the touch OF
an artist. There, too, were dresses in
every stage of completion, delightfully."-
planned. Asking who trimmed the bon
nets, the work-gir1s told her the master
of theshop. Whodesigned the dresses? !?
The same man, who selected every yard
of trimming, and attended to the finish
ing of every dress that was sent out.
His fame was wide in the hill-oountry,
and the Dartmouth college ladies
thought they couldn't wear . bonnet
unless it came through his hands. He
was autocratic, not allowing his Gus
toners to dress alike, whether long or
short, stout or slim, but devised fresh
styles for each. Going into the parlor
of his house, the lecturess stopped to
pick up an exquisite tearrose tossed ON
q marble slab ON the table, and found
it moulded in wax,-the recreation OF
the milliner artist. He ssketched IN
crayon, and painted in. Nater-cOlNs.
His house was full Of delightful trihes.
the work of man who had earned
his own living since he was eight years
old.
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The Daily Herald of Duluth is dead.
Weekly receipts, $40; weekly expendi-
lures, $50. As the Philadelphia Ledger
might say: s=7 ~
Daily Herald, thou hast left us
dthy loss We deeply feel; ~
But some fool will start an1fher-
We can Ill our sorrows heAl
|-COuriev- Journal, =
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The Earliest Steamboats,.

Robert Fulton must be credited with
the first successful application of steam
to the propelling of boats on the water.
In 1905, after repeated trials and fail
ures, he completed the experiment
which so much astonished the simple
minded people who witnessed the
strange movements of the little "Cler-
mont" as she slowly moved against the
tide Of the Hudson. This novelty in
Marine appliances was of $50 tons bur.
den, her engine having been imported
from Birmingham, England Though
an unquestioned triumph, and one that
has conferred lasting benefits upon
mankind, bolner conception was soon
to follow, having its origin in Canada.
The "Clermont was only intended to
navigate the placid waters Of the Hud-
son river, but John MOlson, of Montreal,
launched in 1909, the t'Accommoda-
tion,' of greater dimension and capable
of Drawing the turbulent waters of the
St. Lawrence between that city and
Quebec. This boat was finished with
considerable elegance, and caused q
sensation when she first appeared on
her natural element. It is reported that
she carried ten passengers on the trial
trip, who were regarded - the bravest
spirits in the city, willing to peril their
lives for the experience of 20 novel
mode of travelling. When the boat
reached Quebec AL the inhabitants
fiocked to the river in order to obtain
view of the saucy craft, which gided
through the water like thing of life.
Her safe arrival and successful working
was celebrated as an event worthy of
special regard and the remainder of the
day was given up to hilarious rejoicing,
The fare for this pleasant accommoda-
tion was, eight dollars down and nine
dollars up, and the boat was we'll pat
ronized. The Accommodation was
the second boat propelled by steam
built in America. It took her thirty
six hours to sail from Montreal to Que
bee, and considerably longer time to
return.-Fr0ne "Canada's Early Ma
rine," IL, Nev Dominion Monthly.
STAINS FROM LNEN.-Torestore linen
that has long been stained, rub the
stains on each side with wet brown soap.
Mix some starch to thick paste with
cold water, and spread it over the
soaped places then expose the liner
to the sun and air, and if the stainl
have not disappeared in three or fom
days, rub off the mixture and repeat th.
process with fresh soap and starch
Afterward dry it, and wet it with colo
water and mt IL into the wash
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FOREIGN,

Foreign.
The Queen has expressed the highest ad-
miration and warmest thanks for the gallantry
displayed by the troops in Ashantee.
The Cuban colonial treasury authorities pro-
pose to the Madrid government to admit Mex
ican and South and Central American doubloons
At the official valuation of $17, the same as
Spanish doubloons, and American $40 pieces
at the valuation Of $21, with the fractions
thereof in proportion.
A MEETING Of Louisiana bondhollers has
been held in London, and resolutions adopted
denouncing the funding bill passed at the late
session of the Louisiana legislature as arbi-
trary, unjust and injudicious, and calculated
to shake the confidence in all American securi-
ties. The meeting resolved to take measures
to resist the carrying into effect of the pro-
visions Of the bill.
GEN. WoLsELEY will go to Malta or Alden to
meet the remains of Livingstone, and accom-
pany them to England.
The celebration of the anniversary of Prince
Napoleon's 18th birthday was observed at
Chiselhurst, England, on March 10th. Large
numbers of Frenchmen from all classes were
present.
A PROPOSITION has beon made in the French
Assembly for the disfranchisement of the
French colonies.
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Wit and Wisdom.

ONE of the recent converts at Bald
winsville was requested to confess
Christ publicly and ask for prayers.
Intending to express the thought that
prayer would be useless unless he
prayed for himself. he said, GAS to
prayers, I think every man should pad
die his own canoe"
REcToR's daughter Ito Sunday schol-
ar)-" Oh, you have an elder brother !;
we'll, how old is he ?" School boy
Dunno, miss, but he's just started
o'swearing."
IT is stated that the heart of a man
weighs about nine ounces, that of q
woman about eight. As the age in
creases, q mans heart grows heavier
and woman's lighter I; some girls lose
theirs at 16.
A YOUNG man, who labored on a farm
taking care of cattle, was awakened in
a revival meeting and asked heprayers
of the church, remarking that his heart
was as hard as the bottom of an old
haystack!
A LITTLE girl asked minister, Do
you think my father will go to heaven?''
Why, yes, my child. Why do you
bis own way there, he won't stay long,
I was thinking"
How ARD it is to be Christian
soldier-and moi. get caught at it," is
the way the St. Louis Times parts its
Jokes in the middle.
IF naughty girl should hurt you,
like good girl you would forgive her,
wouldn't you ?" eyes, marm," she re.
piled. eff I couldn't catch her."
For pure grit and long continued
patience you want to 60 to Toledo. A
young lady in that town has sent LAG
pieces of poetry to q newspaper and
though all have been rejected she is
struggling with another.
TEACHER to little boy-"Well, my
boy, do you know your tables p
Pupil-"Y Yes, ma am. Breakfast ia.
BILE, dinner table and supper table. The
boy goes to the head of the holiday
class.
So YOU are taking lessons in drawing
Sallie p (" Yes, and the teacher says
am an apt pupil, as draw more infer
ences, insinuations, admirers and al
lowance than any girl in the academy
"WE1b, neighbor, what is the mos
Christian news this morning?" said {
gentleman to friend. ''I have JUS
bought a barrel of flour for poor wo
man" "Just like you! Who is it 20,
have made happy by your charity thi
time?'' My wife.
A POET who understands life as vel
as letters, has made to bride the pres
ent of broom with this pathetic sen
timent
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Accidents and Crimes.


The inquest at Komaka, Canada, on the late
Great Western Railroad disaster, has closed,
After long deliberation the jury returned .
verdict OF mal,slaughter against the conduc-
tor, engineer and brakeman of the iu-fsted
train, and censuring tho Great Western Rail-
way Company for not having proper signals
for stopping trains, and also for using kerosene
oil ON trains.
WM. W. HASKELL, of Dundee, New York,
visited Detroit in January, and has been miss
ing ever since. As he had considerable monev
with him foul play is suspected
AT Biddeford, Maine, the other dsy. some
boys found ON the bank Of the Saco river, the
head OF woman apparently twenty years old,
with dark hair and regular and handsome
features. A cord was tied around the FORE
head with brick attached. Tho head had
been chopped from tho body close to the chin.
IHE body of . man named Numan. who
mysteriously disappeared one night last fall.
has been found in the river near Carrollton
Mich
AUGUSTUS LUDWIG died Of trichinesis At Pt.
Huron, a few days since.
Rev. MR. ScHoErPE, paster of the Lutheran
church, at Napderville, ILL.,, who is believed to
be the father Of Paul Schoeppe alias Schulen-
berg, the Pennsylvania murderer, has been
dismissed by his congregation.
A NAN named Mar6nis has disappeared from
Lafayette, Ind, whith q considerable sum Of
money, and foul play is feared.
GILMAN JONES, colored, was murdered on
March "A. north Of, Cairo. A negro named
Lasl'oe Is under arrest charged with the crime,
one witness having testified that Jones ae-
cused Lashoe Of theft, aquarrel ensued and
that Lashoe fractured Jones' skull with club,
The dwelling Of John Hornbeck, . wealthy
farmer, residing near Exeter, Scott county,
ILL.,, was forcibly entered by burglars few
days since, and robbed Of $4,000, the family
feing from home at the time. There ia NO
clue a. yet to the robbers.
An old man named Andrew Tiernan w.s
murdered for his money near Fort Wayne. on
March 14th ..
WALLACE Fou1KE has been sentenced to two
years imprisonment, at Morris, ILL.,, for the
crime Of incest with . fourteen year old
daughter.
A FREIGHT train was ditched, on the c. l.
N: W. Railroad, at Blairstown, Ia, on March
H.. Brakeman James Secord was instantly
killed, Fireman Rosenburg dangerously in
jured, and Engineer James Jones slicbtlv
hurt.
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Volcanic.

Bald Mountain, in North Carolina, gives evil
dence Of All approaching eruption. Deep,
rambing sounds are heard in the earth, for
miles around, and the people III the neiShbor-
hood arc in the greatest alarm and constena-
ton in regard to the matter. One report states
that the internal noises heard resemble those
u Mount Etns preparatory to = volcanic erup-
ton. Throughout the entire country, and for =
distance Of 20 miles, these sounds arc not only
heard, but tho trembling and vibration Of the
earth is perpetually felt. No signs Of fire or
lava have yet been discovered.
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The West.

The West.
The California Senate has passed tho com.
pulsory education bill.
CoL HYATT @. RANSOM, United States Armv.
was buried at Jeffersonville. Ind. on Marc,,
10. Ihere was large attendance of army
officers.
MRS. Sr1cKNEY and her daughter Almira
have been convicted OH n charge Of assault
with intent to kill Byron Wright, near Cedar
Falls, Iowa, and the mother sentenced to nine
years in the pententiary and Almira to one
year in the state reform school.
The bill to repeal the St. Louis social evil
law was defeated in tho Missouri Senate, dur
ing slim attendance, by IL ayes to II nays
the constitutional majority required being 18
The body OF a man, named G. E. Curtis.
was found by two farmers near Council Bluffs.
Iowa, supposed to have been murdered.
Hon. CHAs. E. HAaArE, late collector of in
terllal revenue in Indianapolis district. ia dead
VIII. McG1SNEs was found dead near West
Point, in Hardin county, Ky., last Friday, With
his horse standing guard over his BODY. He
had suddenly fallen from his horse, probably
with heart disease.
The Central Pacific Railroad has suffered
considerably from snow b]ockades tho past
winter, causing much trouble with shipmcnt
of freight and passengers.
COLoRED man named Mattock, has been
found guilty, ut Littlo Rock, Ark, of the
murder of a family of Missouri miners last
November.
RESOLUTIONS were introduced in tho Board
Of Trade at Louisville, Saturday, recommenp
ing Congress to extend to the Texas Pacific
Railway the credit of the Government sufficient
to ensure the success Of the road.
At Large.
Hon. G. b. HART, governor of Florida, died
at Jacksonville, Oh March II.
EVIDENCE has been received at the treasury
department that the American schooner Mon.
adnock was wilfully cast away, with her cargo
III the Gulf Of Mexico Ho bottom was
pierced with anger holes by parties on the
vessel, and she was deserted, the crew tak;no
to the boats.
II. RupoLPHE offers to play any man in
America q match game of billiards, Frcucl
carons, 400. 500 or 600 points, for any sun
from S., 900 os5,0OO.
~ CHRISTIAN SHARPE. tho inventor of the fa
mdus Sharpe rife, died suddenly at his resi-
dence H. Vernon, Conn.,, on March 18th, Of
hemorrhsgeof Of the lungs, at the age of sixty
three years. He was . native of New Jersey
W1x tho German mails by the steamshi]
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The Census Of England.

o, ",UUO males, ana t, ,6Z6,UUO females.
Widowers number 398, 900, and widows
are set down at 876, 900. The greatest
number of widowers occur between the
ages of 20 and IS years, and the great
est number of widows at 10 years ear
1ler. The husbands number 3,883, 900,
and the wives 3,948,O Husbands
whose wives were absent exceeded 211,-
600, and the wives whose husbands were
absent numbered 276, 900. The couples
living together we're enumerated at
3,672, 900. In London the unmarried
females between 20 and 25 years old
amounts to nearly $4,000. Five years
later in life the number is reduced to
68, 900.
In review of the occupations the pro-
fessional class includes 684, 600, the do
mestic class under 5000, 600, the
commercial class over 5000, the
agricultural nearly loo, 1000, the in
dustrial 8,138, 900, and the indefinite
and non-productive class {, ,513, 900. In
the professional class the females form
less than one-third, while in the domes-
tic class they constitute i, 1850, 900 out of
less than 6, ,O0O, 900.
OF the %, 712, 900 inhabitants of Eng
land and Wales, 5Go,54O were born in
Ireland, 213, $50 in Scotland, ,21 900 in
the British Isles, 1900 in the colonies
and East Indies, and nearly $4,000 in
foreign lands, while 4, 1896 were born at
sea, and Us many rs 100, 600 were foreign
subjects. England and Wales contained
22, $50 idiots or imbeciles, and 10000
lunatics. Inmates of hospitals were
10000, of warehouses 148, 1000, of pris-
ons %, 600, and in London alone there
were nearly 5000 blind, 100 deaf and
dumb, and 400 inmates of hospitals.
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recovered, but my spirits, my higl,
aims and purposes, it seemed 1 had
lost forever. attempted to recon-.
mence the long course of reading and
study had determined upon when
left college, but I found myself devoid
Of aim or energy.
For several years I led dcsolate life,
never hearing of Anita, but holding her
constantly and tcnderly in my heart in
spite of her faithlessness. One day
there appeared at my villa a rough
looking foreigner, who said he was a
sailor, and had been handsomely paid
to bring me tidings of the death Of my
wife, who had been washed overheard
from the deck of a vessel in the Med
iterranean. He could tell me nothing
more about her. except that she was
travelling alone ut the time of the acci-
dent, and had left among her papers a
note enclosing large bank-note to pay
for intelligence being sent me in the
event Of her sudden death at any time.
I informed two or three faithful
friends of the sad fate of my wife, and
they, who had been unwearied in their
endeavors to rally me, insisted that
~s6AAs " AAoAAy o80Ans IAV Au0e uVtoA4J
refused to listen to the suggestion, but
so skillful and untiring We're they that
they finally prevailed upon me to re-
enter society. Then, with m apology,
I offered to Eunice Morgan the remains
Of my former self, and she accepted me
as sweetly as if I had been in all the
cheerfulness of untroubled youth.
How she llnmade and remade me
cannot tell, for was scarcely conscious
Of what was taking place. But so fully
did she sympathize with all my old
hopes and aspirations that I soon found
myself at my studies with an energy
and ability I had never before possess
ed. The consistency of her sense and
sympathy was even exceeded by that of
her affection, which seemed never to
slumber for an instant. Finally, when,
on my return from an enforced absence
for a few days, Eunice from her couch
sweetly handed to me wee warm minia-
ture of herself, my cup of joy seemed
full to overaowing.
AS Eunice recovered, she spent most
of her time in the grove and garden
which surrounded the house. These, to
crafty Anita's tropical tastes, / had
prepared without regard to exnense
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The session was devoted exclusively
to debate on the bill to regulate interstate railroad
commerce. which subject several written speeches
were delivered. The evening session was given to
the bill to revise and consolidate the statutes The
attendance 1t both sessions very small and the
proceedings devoid Of any general interest.