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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-03
Grand Meadow.

A correspondent OF the Chicago Com
mercial Advertiser has been travelling !
through Southern Minnesota, picking up
items and subscribers, ana writes up the
following hattering notice Of Grand
Meadow:
Four years ago the town site was an
open wheat field. The railroad cume
along here, and under its inspiration, the |
village has attained population Ut four
hundred people. OF course everything
and veryhu,dy thrives. Everything looks
fresh and young. The surrounding coun-
try Is new, one. half OF il being still H. The
wild state. 1t is grand wheat country
AMI 800, 900 bushels OF wheat are annual
" shipped from this station. These lands
are worth from 50 10 $25 per acre in the
Wild state, and from SIS to $50 improved.
There are two good elevators, fifteen bust
ness houses, and $2!OOO school house IN
the village, plenty vi fine open rolling
prairie, ample groves Ut timber anu
good and cheap supply ot water in the
the merch nts have enterprise and are
full Of business. Grecning d Warner
lead the trade in hardware, stoves aud
tinware, iron, coal, and w'ruu work, ana
sell exchange on New York and Chicago.
They are q splendid tirn, ~ n he..vy
trade, and arc remembered tor cOurtcsjcs.
Hon. G. r. Grecniny, of this tirnl, has
twice represented this county IL she S, ale
Legislature. lie halls from Wisconsin,
Allen Bros, dealers in general mcrc'aA-
disc, are New Workers, have been here
three years, doing" large trade and ar.
No. men. H. N. Kellogg Is also III the
general trade, has the tines. Store IN town,
II fine man and does u tine business
He came here from Rochester, AllDn. Il.
Dunbar, postmaster and general mer-
chant, Is square up t. lis ne, ghbOrs in all
that goes IL make good lnan ail.. merchant.
He has good trade. NJ. H. Fjclstad &
Co., Scandinavian firm, ure doing u blg
trade, which they are steadily increasing.
They are strong house. Baken s. jerks
arc the leading druggists OF The village
They succeed 10 the trade Of Edwards
Bros. 4 ltex!ord, AID have IL large and IN
EreayiDg business. &. l.. Coleman, lead.
INK Iumb.f dealer OF L. Crosse, has y
yard here under the supervision Of 81. o.
Whsle, New Yorker. They are selling
q large amount Of lumber aud building
material. F. E. MINER, dealer in real es-
tate, has liberal transactions in wild and
improved laLas, town property, and every
species 1T reality he is excellent M.
tscJily on all matters or this kind. Vim.
ing Bros. own aud operate II mouel eleva.
tor 0f 5000 bushels caracity, handle
10000 bushels of wheat annually, hail
from Maine, aud are suund rs bullion. f.
II. Dunbar keeps the best hotel in town.
He has good sample rooms and all the
other cOnveniences, aud invites everybody
% oOme and dine with him. BIZ. WotM
operator and station agent, in entitled tD
ae,r.sA Testament ut lnv hMn1S whpnpvff
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-03

Ne lsrr>on cam sn3<c these bitter. :ceorsl-
ing t. directions. and remain long unwell. pre-.
vit:ed their homes are not destroyed Ivy mineral
poison or other means, and vita! organs wasted
beyond point OF r,eMir.
Dy.Pcpsi~ o. ln,li sc~ison, Headache Pain
III the Shoulders. Coughs. Ii9htness OF the Chest.
Dizziness. SOnr ErNctati0nS OF the Stomach. Rad
Taste In the Mouth. Bilious Attacks. raIpitation
OF the Heart. Inflammation Of tic 'l.ungx. Pain in
the region OF the Kidneys, and a hundred other
painful symptoms. are the tiI$prinEs OF Dysrep
| sia. One 'a,ttle will prove q better guarantee Of
49, merits than Il lengthy advertisements.
Fer Female CosDIlnsnss, In young or OLD.
married or single 1T the dawn Of won'antoOl. or
the turn Of life. these Tonic Eitters display ~ sle-
citie III influence that improvement Is suuE per-
Ccpti'ho. .-..-
Fer Innnn,,ss y tory a.,d Chronic R:,eU-
| :.:nsis,ss and <.uut. L.S. Icn.ittcm: and Intc:'
s 's!se a SeSf.s ssfifs ss q e G ~ eq
..nrh i)iseasea are caused by Vitiatesl Flood.
| n T0ssic, possessing tic merit Of acting AZ
! nUwcrlul agent III relieving Congestion or IL.
| EXAMINATION Of :he Liver and Visccral Organs, and
! iii Bilious Discusses
| Fer A!iu DiscnSca, Er,ptiONs. letter. Salt.
| ',Ec,m. Elo'rhcS S':ts. p,Hplc* rastu'cs. Bolts
arhUr":cS. Fling WORMS. Scaltl- Head. Sore Eyes,
:ry$ipeas itr,, Scurts DisCOIOraiiOnS Of the Skin
| -!NMor and diseases Of the Skin Of whatever name
| or nature. are literally dag up and carried ont c
! the system IN short time by the Use vi these
| iitiers.
| Grateful Thonannds proclaim, ElSEGAN
El1TEi,S the most wonderful Invigorant that cvel
| sustained the sinking system.
II. n. MCDONALD & CO.
Druggists AMI Gen. Agts.. San Francisco. Cal,
| cor. OF Warrington an,i Charlton Sts. y. y.
! SOLD BY ALI. DRUGGISTS DEALERS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-02-03
Inducements Offered BY ibis Route

Inducements UlereQ Dy IDS R0Qle
to the travelling public are ali the modern III :
provements: Rock and Gravel Ballast.d
Track, Steel Rail, Rock and Iron BRIGGS,
farlcr and Drawing Room Day COACHES,
Shaking and Lounging Cars, Westinghouse
Safety Air Brakes, MilIer's Patent Safety
Coupling and Platforms, Speed, Safety aid
Absolute Comfort.
Running thr ugh Five Great States,
and operating over 1000 miles Of road, tbs
Company presents to the traveller facilities
that are not and cannot DO offered by aay
Competitor.
All ticket agents can FELL you tickets y.
this route. J.
II you wish the best travelling accommods-
tions, you will buy your tickets by this route,
and will take no other. II
MARVIN HUGHITT, Y
. Gen. Superintendent
vsnsms Gen. Passusget Agent.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
A coNTENTED FARMER.

h, Once upon q time Frederick, King oi
Prussia, surnamed" {" Old Fritz, took Q
ride, and espied an old farmer plowine
his acre by the wayside, and cheerily
singing his melody. Am.
&c You are we'll off, old man." said
the king. "Does this one acre belong
to you, on which you SO industriously
laborY' ..-.. ..' ~. !. .,-.......-s..
g No, sir," replied the old farlnsr,
who knew not that it was the king;
am not so rich as that; I plow by the
day for wages"
!" How much do you getP" asked the
king. s
Eight groschen (about 20 cents) o
day." said the farmer.
"That is not much,". replied the
king; "can you get along with thisY
"Get along and have something to
spare" 20 - -... as.- ~.
How is that2'' ,. a. ..-,
The farmer smiled, and said:
"Well, if I must tell you, two gros-
chen are for myself and wife, with two
I pay my old debts, and two l give
away for the Lords sake"
".This is a mystery which cannot
solve," replied the king.
"Then I will solve it for you," said
the farmer. "I have two old parents
at home who kept me when I was weak
and needed help, and now that they
are weak and need help, I keep them.
This is my debt, toward which I pay
two groschen u day. The third pair
of groschen, which 1 lend away, I spend
for my children, that they may receive
Christian instruction. This will come
handy to me and my wife when we gel
old. With the last two groschen
maintain two sick sisters, whom
would not be compelled to keep; this ]
give for the Lords sake" ar...
The king, we'll pleased with his an
swer, said: ...,. .....
Bravely spoken, old man. Now ]
will also give you something to guess.
Have you ever seen me before p
"Never," said the farmer.
In less than five minutes you shall
see me fifty times, and carry in your
pocket fifty of my likenesses."
This is o riddle which I cannot un-
ravel," said the farmer.
Them will do it for you" replied
the king. ...
Thrusting his hand into his pocket
and counting him fifty brand-new gold
pieces into his hand, stamped with his
royal likeness, he said to the astonished
farmer, who knew not what was coming
"The coin is genuine, for it also
comes from our Lord God, and I an
his paymaster. bid you adieu."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
PETROLEUM AS A FUEl. FOR IRON-SGA-

y n.TtE fsl -sg.Es Hss4T4fs
A correspondent OF the A,nerican, Ec-
chqnge and Revie,o says: n. g5.,fr
/, cit is now almost universally con-
ceded that the proper form of. fuel to be
used in the manufacture OF metallic
substances is the gaseous one--tol OBJ
tain which various apparatus have been
patented for volatilizing Goals with the
aid OF steam and air ID retorts, and
other contrivances, and carrying the
gas fuel thus produced to the furnace
chamber for combustion. j Various and
great advantages are, claimed for this
method Of working, prominent among
which are greater intensity of heat ICON
sequently more work done in q given
time, changing the character of the fire,
and the regenerative principle of pro-
ducing intensity of blast. In carefully
studying the subject, and from prac-
tical investigation Of it, we find nothing
of merit in the coal-gas or carbon-oxy-
gen fire that cannot be claimed for the
petroleum or hydro-carbon; yet many
points to be condemned in the former
do not exist in the latter. First, coal
gas Ere must run continually to be eco
nomical, while a hydro-carbon need
not. Second, all coal contains more or
less sulphur, which, yolatilizing at q
low temperature, and coming in contact
with super-heated steam, forms sui
phuric acid, which tends to destroy the
nature of any metallic substances ex-
cept the more precious ones-a disad-
vantage which the petroleum fuel does
not have to contend with, being prac-
tically free from oil deleterious sub
stances; so when we say that the hydro
carbon flame is pure and gentle, we
mean it in its strictest sense, and that
it is equal, If not superior, to charcoal,
in this respect at least. In all manu-
featuring interests the quantity of work
done per man or furnace is great de-
siderdtum; but this must not be done at
the expense of the quality, which, in
the same market, must always take
precedence. Thus, a ton of iron
wrought from GOALS filled with sulphur
and other deleterious ingredients can
never compete with that worked with
the unadnlterated flames of hydrogen
and carbon, provided the cost isequal;
but if the ,hydro-carbon can he shown
to be cheaper, capable manufacturer
could not hesitate in making choice.
To give a practical illustration to the
foregoing assertions, the English Gov
ernment, desirous of producing the best
rolled iron armor for its iron-elads, has
ignored the English coal-gas furnaces,
and is rolling these plates at the Wool
wich arsenal with American petroleum.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
THE HEI.lorYPE

A discovery has recently been made
in the application of photography to
lithography, which has resulted in the
invention of the heliotype. a photo
graph is taken from the original picture;
the negative is then covered with thin
film of gelatine and bichromate, and
exposed to the sunlight, which acts upon
the gelatine film through the negative,
and imparts to the film all the force
and character OF the negative itself.
The gelatine is then removed from the
negative to the metal plate, from which
the heliotypes are printed in the same
manner as any ordinary engraving.
The advantage of this process of. repro
ducing pictures is the moderate price at
which it can be done. A Eheliotype OF
any engraving, for instance, can be put
in the market for less than one-ffth the
price OF the original engraving. They
are printed with ordinary printers ink,
and, consequently, do not fade, as the
photograph does, while they hayeali
the accuracy Of photography. .
The heliotype process was discovered
by Ernest Edmonds, of London, and
tlfe copyright was bought from him
by osgood Il Co., the publishing house
of Boston. They commenced using
them in some of their illustrated pub
cations about four years ago, when they
started two presses. They now run
fifty, and are reproducing all the mod
ern engrayines, and have lately printed
fac-similes Of many of the works OF the
old masters, including the Grey collec.
ton at Harvard, and the etchings of
Rembrandt, Titien, Durer, Correggio,
vandyk, Jan Bot, and others. These
are mounted the same as engrayings,
and compare well with them. at ONE
fifth to-one tenth the cost. The New
York branch Of Osgood & Co. is at Dut-
toms, on Broadway, and their New York
agents, Capt. jackson and MIR. Brad
| ford, have done much toward popular
izing really fine works Of, art in the
United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
TALKING AT TABLE

Is the very best ,digester. There is
no tonic known equal to it, as it is OF
the kind calculated to promote hilarity
and good feeling generally. Most pa
rents are prone to prohibit their child
rem from laughing and talking at the
table. 1t is unphYsiological; it is a
cruelty ...
Joyousness promotes the circulation
of the blood, enlivens it, invigorates it,
sends it tingling to the remotest part of
the system, carrying with it animation,
vigor, life. The louder tho little ones
laugh the better, for then they eat less
at o given time, consequently chew their
food more thoroughly.
Discard controversy from the dining
table. Discourage oil subjects which
invite political or religious rancor. Let
every topic introduced be calculated to
instruct, to interest, or amuse. Do not
let the mind run on business, or previ-
GUS mishaps, or past disappoinemerts.
Never tell bad news at the table, nor
for. an hosr before. Let everything
you have to communicate be, if possi-
BILE, of gladsome, joyous, hilarious
character, calculated to bring out pleas
ant remarks or agreeable associations.
On the other hand, never administer q
reproof at the social board to either
servant or child; find fault with moth
ing, speak unkindly to no one. If re-
marks are made of the absent one, let
them contain some word of commenda-
ton, and which, if repeated in their
hearing afterwards, will kindle kindly
feelings, and thus will thoughts of the
family table come across the memory III
after years, when we have been scatter
ed and some laid in their final resting
place, bringing with them sweetness
Of emotion which makes it a pleasure
to dwell upon them. DIR. Hall.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
-JAcKsoN,s DEATH-BED

About daylight one Sunday morning
Mrs. Jackson informed him that his re-
covery was very doubtful, and that it
was better that he should be prepared
for the worst. He was silent for mo-
ment, and then said: 4s3 y st
cit will be infinite gain to be trans,
lated to heaven. rs.i .s, n, Z.
. He advised his wife,, in the event of
his death, to return to her fathers
house, and added: c" You have kind
and good father, but there is no one
80 kind and good as your heavenly
Father"
He still expressed a hope of his re-
covery, but requested her, If he should
die, to have him buried in Lexington,
in the Valley Of Virginia. His exhaus-
tion increased so rapidly that at eleven
o'clock Mrs. jackson knelt by his bed,
and told him that before the sun went
down he would be with the Savior.
He replied: go no; you are fright
ened, my child; death is not so near; I
may get well"
She fell over the bed, weeping Bit
terly, and told him that the physician
said there was no hope. After mo-
ment's pause, he asked her to call me.
doctor, Anna informs me that you
have told her I am to die to-day. Is
it SOP" ~
When he was answered, he turned
his eyes toward the ceiling, and gazed
for q moment or two, as if in intense
thought, then replied: "Very good,
very good; it is all right"
He then tried to comfort his almost
heart-broken wife, and told her that he
had good deal to say to her, but he
was too weak. Col. Pendleton came
into the room about one o'clock, and
he asked him, "who is preaching at the
headquarters to-day? ?"' When told that
the whole army was praying for him,
he replied:
"Thank God! they are very kind"
He said: at is the Lords day; my
wish is fulfilled. I have always desired
to die on Sunday"
His mind now began to fail and wan
der, and he frequently talked as if in
command on the field, giving orders in
his old way; then the scene shifted, and
he was at the mess-table, in conversa-
ton with members of his staff; now
with his wife and child; now at prayers
with his military family. Occasional
intervals of return of his mind would
appear, and during one Of them I offer
cd him some brandy and water, but he
declined it, saying: sit will only delay
my departure, and do no good; 1 want
to preserve my mind to the last if pos
sible."
About half-past one he was told that
he had but two hours to live, and he
answered again feebly but firmly:
every good; at is all right"
A few moments before he died he
cried out in his delirium: "Order A. P.
Hill to prepare for action! Pass the in
fantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major
Hawks" = then stopped, leaving the SEN
tence unfinished. .
Presently smile OF ineffable sweet
ness spread itself over his pale face,
and then he said, quietly, and with an
expression of relief, :" Let us cross over
the river, and rest under the shade of
the trees"
And then, without pain, or the least
struggle, his spirit passed. Richmond
Dispatch. 3
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

A CHEERFUL. VIEw OF THINGS. sc How
dismal you look!" said bucket to his
companion, as they were going to the
we'll. "Aht' replied the other; II was
rejecting on the uselessness Of being
filed, for, let as go away ever so fun
we always come back empty" Dear
mel How strange to look at il in that
wayp' said the other bucket. snow, l
enjoy the thought that, however empty
we come, we always 60 away full. Only
look ut 1t in that light, and you'll be as
cheerful as I am" adj has
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

x The pen with which the Presi-
dent signed the Centennial bill was
made from tho quill Of an American
eagle, shot In the vicinity of Mount
Hood. OF course both the quill and
the bird will be on exhibition at the
Centennial.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
what hSalxes a wornan,

Not costly dress nor queenly air;
Not jewefed hand, complexion fair; &
Not graceful form nor lofty tread
Not paint, nor curle, nor splendid head;
Not pearly teath, NOR sparkling eyes; .,
Not voice that nightingale outvies;
Not breath as sweet as eglantine,
Not gaudy gems nor fabrics fine;
Not all the stones Of fashlon's mart,
4, Not yet blandishment OF art;
Not one, nor all of these combined
Can make one woman true, reflned.
IT'S nor the casket that we prize,
But that which In the easket lies
These outward charms that please the sight
Are naught unless the heart be right.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25
What Makes q MA %.

ala A truthfnl ssul, loving mind;
a, Full OF affection foI It's kind;
'N A spirit, erect and free,
That never bssely bends knee;
That will not bear feathers weight
3 OF slavery's chain for small or great;
81. That truly speaks Srom God within,
That never makes league with sin;
That snaps the letters despots make,
And loves the truth for Its own sake;
p That worships God, and Him alone,
And bows no more than at His throne;
And trcmbles at no tyrant's nod;
J y A eOul that fears no one but God,
And thus can smile at cnrse or ban
This Ia the soul that makes q man.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

BREAKrNe nj Doors AND SHoEs.--l.
Never s break in" boots or shoes. II
they are not easy when new, don't
touch them, for the boots will break
your feet oftener than yonr feet
will break the boots. 3. II you 60
on I" breaking in" boot-leather, you will
need a special last made with ell sorts
OF knobs and protuberances to cores
pond with your distorted joints. Then
YOU will be sorry. 8. II You have large
feet, admit it in all honesty, and have
your boots made accordingly. Then
you will be happy. II
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

eE- The report of the trustees Of the Astor
Library shows that the will of the late Will
liam B. Astor contained beqnest to the
library OF $249, 900, payable in one, two, and
three years after his death, In equal animal
payments; $49, 600 to be applied to the pnr-
poses Of the library, Is speci6ed IN the c01iciI
of the will Of John Jacob Astor; ga, 900 Of
the 5000, 900 to be invested In books, and the
sum total Of Mr.. Astor's subscriptions - the
library exceeds $550, 900, which will augment
she aggregate property Of the library, within
the next three years, to 4 Hum exceeding
81, coo, ,O00. not TO speak Of The large excess az
the present valueo OK the books beyond their
actual cost ssss ssss5 Es&H sB8 stksl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

WoMEN's NAMES. Would Miss Cushman
have achieved the eminence she has u she had
started out as Lottie Cushman! Would we
be giving tea parties to Matte Washingtons
Would there be much hair starting effect In
Lu Borgia? Would mems stout hearts quail
at the name of Susie AnthonyY Would that
exploit of Sarah's be Of much account IL it
had gone on record that at theag OF ninety
four Sadie Abraham bod Q twins l answer
my own coundrum and say, should think
not. The girl who does song or dance be-
fore the f0otlights ID entitled 10 be Lulu or
Lottie, but the young society female who may
become the mother 0f President Il don't say
wife, for Mrs. Grant is healthy woman and
Ulysses Is i'm for lifel she doesn't want 70 ferce
lamented Mrs. Pussie Smith, does she's
H. F. In ST. Louis Republican. es
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

!, FEyRn. DIET. DIR. Luton, of Rheims,
states that for the last four years he has
treated typhoid fever by an absolute water
diet. Nothing but good fresh filtered water,
occasionally feed, e permitted 70 be taken.
At first, be says, Il Is taken with avidity, then
Ia moderation, and 1t last with signs Of sati.
ETY., Il 10 sometimes vomited at first, but 10
soon. tolerated. At the beginning Of the
treatment the bowels may be . little relaxed,
hut they soon become moderate and less Of
fensive, and after time constipation may
ensue. The duration of this treatment de-
pends upon the progress Of the disease; that
IL, between four and i've days OF water ex-
clualyely. may be required, II tho. fever be
treated as . whole. but three or four Gays
suffice II only the intestinal element Of the
disease be considered Alight aliuientation
may then be allowed--milks unbolled. may
be mixed with the water, and given by
spoonsfulI, and, II well Supported for . time,
70 be followed by broth and soup. Under
this treatment the mortality 10 very low, no
evil results ,ensue, and serious complications,
including visceral congestions and bed-sofcs,
Ut once disappear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-03-25

THE WAY TO WELCOME HIM." Papa will
soon be here" said mamma to her little three
year old boy; "what can George do to well
come hims" Ana the mother glanced at the
child's playthings, which lay scattered In
wild confusion on the carpet. = l..
Make the room neat, replied the little
one, understanding the look, and Immediate
ly beginning to gather his toys into basket.
What more can we do to welcome papas"
asked mamma, when nothing was wanting 70
the neatness Of the room
fBe happy TO him when he comes, cried
the dear little fellow, jumping up and down
with eagerness as he watched a. Che window
for his fathers coming.
I Now, rs all the dictionaries will testify, II
is y,ry hard to give good definitions, but did
not lille Georgy give the very substance oi
q welcomed" Be happy TO him when be
comes." t''e