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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
How Railroad Time is Kept,

oAAS <A1O"AJ
There are in use between this city and
Now York thirteen electric clocks, two of
the number being placed in the waiting
rooms, and one in the dispatcher's office
at the Grand Central depot, New York.
The time on the clock in the depot at
East Albany corresponds exactly with
the time in New York. Each one of
these clocks is connected with the gen.
eral superintendent Office in New York,
in which the railroad time is kept on
what is called the "big clock" Con-
ductors, train men and others are COM
PEELED to keep their watches in strict con-
formity with the superintendent clock.
It is set by standard time, and connected
with the time service department of the
gold and stock telegraph. The time is
distributed over the line each week day
as follows: At 10 o'clock So minutes and
3 seconds a. NJ, the word t'time'' is sent
by the main Office to the telegraph sta
tions between New York and Albany.
This word is repeated for % seconds,
during WHICH time operators. must see
that their instruments are adjusted. AT
10 O'Clock and SO seconds, seconds com.
mence beating and continue for SO sec.
onds. The word sswitch'' is then sent
over the wire, and operators having cleo
trio clocks connect them Immediately
with the circuit known as No. 9 wire,
Ten seconds are allowed in which tc
make the connection. At II a. m. with
one touch of the New York key, the
hands of the different clocks are set to
II o'clock. IF they are fast or slow, they
change all at once to the hour named. y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
A DISTRESSING Suicide

Arnold Fried, lad of fourteen, having
been recently expelled from the Gynasia
of Fuenfkirch at Baja for dissipated and
immoral conduct, committed suicide by
hanging himself to tree. Upon his
corpse was found the following remarka-
BILE letter, addressed to his parents:
"The fortunes of Tantalus were as
naught in comparison to those l now
suffer. In my minds eye I see you
melted to tears and stricken own by the
terrible blow I am about to inflict upon
you; and yet I cannot do otherwise than
execute my resolve. Driven from school
dare not again look you in the face, for
I should read my shame in your lances.
Deeply beloved parents, be consoled.
Look back to the past, and remember
how many sleepless nights have I caused
you; how many tears I have made you
shed. Standing on the brink Of the grave,
confess myself to have been unworthy
Of your love. Nor do I believe that T
should ever have become better; no, I
should have sunk deeper and deeper, and
have laid even heavier burdens Of sorrow
upon your shoulders. Believe me, it is
better thus: Adopt little boy, call him
Arnold, bring him up carefully so that
he may be the staff of your old age. Had
I lived, what should 1 have become
A morally and physically degraded
creature, unfit to live upon the face Of
the earth! Adien!" It is melancholy
to think that a boy capable of pennine
such a letter as this should have pre-.
ferred death to atonement. Surely the
moral sores of nature so susceptible tc
repentance might have been healed by
timely and iudicious treatment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
The Mahogany Tree,

Full grown, the mahogany tree is one
Of the monarchs Of tropical America.
Its vast trunk and massive arms, rising
to lofty height and spreading with
graceful sweep over immense spaces,
covered with beautiful foliage, bright,
glossy, light and airy, clinging SO long to
the spray as to make it almost an ever
green-present a rare combination Of
lovliness and grandeur. The leaves are
very small, delicate and polished like
those of the laurel. The flowers are small
and white, Oh greenish yellow. The
mahogany lumbermen, having selected a
tree, surround it with platform about
twelve feet above the ground and cut it
above tho platform Some dozen or fif-
teen feet OF the largest part Of the trunk
are thus lost; yet a single log not rnfrc-
quently weighs from six or seven to fif-
teen tons, and sometimes measure as
much as seventeen feet in length and
four and half to five and half feet in
diameter, one tree furnishing two, three
OF four such logs. Some trees have yield
ed $4,000 superficial feet, and at average
prices have sold for $4,000
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
THE VIKINGS DEATH,

Down to the shore slow marched the mournful
Bearing s Within their midst the dying King;
As mid he rocks the oortesre moved aIoss-
song OF people Borrowing.
Down through the gorge, where, hugo either hand
Where nothing breaks the silence Of the land,
Save hau sound, heard from the neighboring
OF Oceans moan, or lonely sea-bird's cry.
So to the waters edge they slowly passed,
And there laid down their load with tender care,
Fearful lest each faint breath should be the last
For hfes enfeebed tide was sbbing fast
And it should be too late to grant his prayer.
For he, their King, whose deeas dim legends tell,
Had made with trembling lips this last request:
That, rocked to his last sleep on Oceans swell,
Lone mid the waves whose voice he loved 90 we'll,
He might.sail slowly. to the tabled West
So, near the shore glorious galley lay,
Splendid with gems, and awnings, fold on fold,
Wondrous and rich in light of dying day,
Which lit with varied hues the sparkling spray,
On to the deck the aged King they bore,
And gently laid him on the silken led:
Placed near his hand the sword he ever wore,
With shield and crown, that on the distant shore,
He might still be king among the dead.
The sncw:white deck they strewed with flowers
And set the sails to catch gentle wind,
And them ere changed the evenings mystic light
Into the gGmmer Of the starlit night,
The vessel left the shore and them behind.
The pale stars watched the galley glide all night
Wave-rocked, whereon the living, lone King lay;
Sae the :" mig
Renew its toi-the King has passed away.
Chambers Journal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
The First Oil Well,

[From the Petroleum World.]
A story is published in Cumberland
valley newspaper to the effect that oil
was found in large quantities near Burks-
vile, KY, as early as 1928. Unfortu-
nately all the Witnesses are dead. It is
claimed, however, that some of the oil
is still retained in bottles, but we will
still have to insist that this testimony is
not competent. The article appeared in
the Cumberland, Nd, Courier, and is as
follows: Some time since we read an
article in a northern journal making the
statement that Col. Drake, who put down
the first oil we'll in Pennsylvania, had
been Pensioned for the great discovery
made by him. The fact is indisputable
that Col. Drake did first sink we'll for
oil in Pennsylvania, yet many years be-
fore that, a party Of Cumberland county
gentlemen, who are long since deceased,
formed a copartnership for the purpose
OF boring for salt water, and in pursu-
ance thereof they sank a well near the
town Of huntsville, KY, about two and
half miles from this place, on the Co.
lumbia road.
When they had reached the depth of
80 feet they struck petroleum in great
quantities. Itfowed for two weeks, fill
ing Ranoxcreek bridge deep and running
off into the Cumberland river, covering
the river for 20 miles, when some mis-
chievous chap set fire to it, in conse-
quence of which navigation was impossi-
BILE for days. It is estimated that thou
sands of barrels escaped from this well
at that time, and thousands since. This
was in 1928. Some of our oldest citizens
remember this, and will verify our state
ment. It was the first and the oldest
we'll in the world. At this time the com
pany, knowing nothing of it's value, its
use and qualities, abandoned the work.
In the course of time, however, some
enterprising quack doctor, stroling
through the COUNTY, discovered that il
had great medicinal qualities as lini.
ment
he therefore engaged with the owners
OF the well to deliver to him, in bottles
great quantities, to be shipped north
where he prepared and sold it for medi
cal ailments of all sorts, shipping to Eu
rope as well, whereit became very popu
lar aud called and known there as tn,
American Oil,' from which circr1m
stances the well was called, and is nov
known here as the cold American Oh
Well" There is now large number O
bottles filled and corked, ready for ship
ment as per contract made with the own
ers, still in possession of Mr.. Edwar>
Baker, son of one of the company
which was never, for some reason, de
livered. We have seen the oil and cal
certify to it's superior quality. Since thi'
time QS65,) when to strike oil was
fortune, many wells have been sunk il
the country with Like success; in fact, tn
country is full Of oil, and the wells SUM
too numerous to mention. It is only
question Of time as to its development.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
ItaIy's i'I-fed Poor.

TFTOm IeCter.J
As for meat, the italian laborer and
workman have ceased to dream of even
tasting it again, excepting on very rare
festivals. = It is one Of the sores of mod
ern Italy that meat has become, through
it's DEAFNESS, the exclusive food of the
rich. And yet the pellegra, or Indian
corn disease, would disappear if meat
were within the reach of the laboring
classes. The hospitals would not then
be SO full, and there would be more
hands to work, and less misery every
where, and the nation itself would bene-
ft by the health Of it's workers. If rab-
bits could only live there the poor might
be able to vary this food, but not even
that can be had. And in England, the
poor are, in some places, paid to kill
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
Of their apartment in the Champs Elv.

Of their apartment in the Champs Ely
sees: She was not a bad woman, but
the temptation was too strong to allow
this affair to unravel itself, and see what
would turn up. If the girl was dead, no
harm had been done, and this terrible
mistake of her son'swas rectifed at once.
1t the other alternative were to prove
true and Matte had lost her senses Adam
would be equally free from her, or meas
ures could be taken to insure SO desira-
BILE result. Mrs. Armitsge tore the
letter into pieces, and waited by the bra
zier until the fragments were charred.
Adam asked no awkward questions, and
was not surprised at receiving no answer
to his epistle, since in it he had on
nOunced his coming. The first day his
his health admitted of it he set out alone
for England.
Such was the story. When Drew had
told of his efforts to seek Adam, and had
mentioned that no letter had reached
Matte, Adam was at a loss to understand
at once the part his mother had played.
But he never spoke of it then or at any
future time.
The house door at Stonedene stood
ajar; evening had closed in now, md the
chilly fog was still abroad, but the figure
at the gate was dimly discernible.
Adam fastened his steps.
"For heavens sake, sir, be careful!
the suddenness of it might turn her
brain, cried Drew, laying a OBTAINING
hand upon the arm of his companion.
Adam gently shook it off.
"Suddenness." he repeated. Gave.
it is sudden to you-and to Mrs. Bankes,
butfor me and for Matte, whose thoughts
are day and night, night and day full of
each other, how can it be sudden?"
Drew stood still, and Adam went on
alone until his footsteps became audible
and Matte turned her head to see him
standing at her side.
Adam had been right; no fear was
there for Mattie's brain. All excitement,
all surprise and wonder came afterwards:
at that first supreme moment, and with
a satisfied sigh, as of child who had got
all it wants Matte held out her arms to
him, with one word
Husband
As Adam drew her to him it was not
only the mist, OF the darkening evening
that blinded Drew so that for a moment
or two he saw neither of them.
People say that Drew's luck has turned
from the day Stonedene found q tenant.
It is newly done up and prettily
furnished now; Mr.. and Mrs. Armitage
come down there once or twice year
with their children for a breath OF fresh
air and to visit old friends.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29

Unsolicited Testimony to the Efficacy Of
Prof Hns3.ts' Seminal P0sttlles, taken
from Letters received from Patrons:
Indiana April Iith ls79-The remedy working perfectly
Had epilepsy from weakness, for eight years past {!
Chicaxo Aug a. 1871 thoroughly cured and feel r
top The young in the eountry is getting better
Missouri Sept 1871 received much benefit from the
use of your that want them another case
This long standing, and will need something very strong
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
MARRIAGE F3aaaH 2.
pf5IMMEE. s GUIDE,

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decay Who should marry; How life and happiness may
be increased The Physiology Of Reproduction and many
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29

the rabbits, which are quite plague in
their way there, whilst here they would
be welcome strangers! In any case the
poor Of Italy are the poorest poor that
we can we'll imagine, and they are also
the most patient and accomplishing
poor. If they could have but bread
every day they would think themselves
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29
Living After Shot Through the Heart.

A post-mortem examination was made
yesterday by DR.. Balch, Mosher and
other Albany surgeons to determine the
cause of the death Of Erskine Wood, shot
on Sunday BY Hiram G.. Briggs, who
had discovered Wood in Mrs. Briggs
bed room. Two wounds made bybullets
OF thirty-two caibre were found One
had lodged in the right arm and the other
had entered the upper right portion 81
the heart, passing directly. through.
This is said to be the only eSaeon record
where a person shot through the heart
ran half a mile and lived fifty eight hours
after the shooting. &EoH ~ - ~ II
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-07-29

I AN aged man was swindled out. 81 $500
by gamblers at an Illinois fair, and the
loss grieved him so much that he COM
mitted suicide,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
No Steps Backward.

[From Speech in the House of Representatives,
August A. 1876. by Gen. James A. aarfeld.1
L will close by calling your attention again
to the grea.,problem before US. Over this vast
horizon of interest North and South, above all
party preiudices and personal wrong-doiug,
above our battle hosts and victorious cause,
above all that we hoped for and woD, or you
hoped for and lost, is the grand onward move
ment of the Republic to perpetuate its glory, to
save liberty alive, to preserve exact and equal
Justice to all, to protect and foster all these
priceless principles, until they shall have crys-
tallzed into the form of enduring law, and be-
come inwrought into the life and habits of our
people.
And until these great results are accom-
plished it is not safe to take one step backward.
1t is still more unsafe to trust interests of such
measureless value in the hands of an organiza-
ton whose members have never comprehended
their epoch, have never been in sympathy
with its great movements, who have resisted
every step OF its progress, and whose principal
function has been Ito lie down in cold obstruc-
ton" across the pathway of the nation. 1t is
most unsafe of all 10 trust that organization,
when for the first time since the war it puts
forward for the first and second placs OF honor
and command men who in our days OF greatest
danger esteemed party above country, ana ieit
not one throb of patriotic ardor for the triumph
of the imperilled Union, but from tne oegin-
ming to the end hated the war and hated those
who carried our eagles 10 victory. NO, no,
gentlemen: our enlightened and patrlouc peo-
ple will not follow such leaders IN the rear
ward march. Their myriad faces are turned
the other way, and among their serried lines
still rings the cheering cry: Forward! till
onr GREAT work is fully and worthily accom-
lished
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
Assuming the Burden of the Mis-
count.

Last week was good one for the
Tabulators. Gov. Garcelon who was un-
mercifully kicked by the New York Democ-
racy last winter, was received back into the
fold and figured in the Democratic journals
OF the metropolis along with Smith Weed
and Tilden as an approved Democratic
statesman; John B. Foster was called
upon at Democratic love feast to respond
to toast to ''a free ballot and an honest
COUNT Fogg discovered that he had been
vindicated by the Democrats of the Second
District; and Capt. Chase smiled gleefully
as he read on one of the transparencies car
ried in the Democratic procession of Satur-
day night, "The Governor and Council of
1879 sustained (by the people, Sept. 13,
1SS0.' To all these men last week was a
season of rejoicing and the secret of their joy
lay in the fact that the ''Union' party of
Maine and the Democratic party of New
York, had made themselves partakers
in the crimes which were perpetr ated in
the Council chamber at Augusta last ainter
They had certainly good reason to feel graf
flied. Their vindication was not left simply
as an inference from the result of the cleo
ito. They were distinctly assured by the
men who voted and the men who managed
the conflict that part Of their purpose was
to give them the vindication which they
sought and whicn they now claim.
The time has now arrived when Cap'n
Chase and Mr.. Fogg can safely consign
their bundles of letters TO the flames. They
are not necessary to show that the leaders
OF the Democratic party approved of the
proceedings Of Garcelon and his council at
Augusta last winter. The public acts of
the leaders themselves during the past week
have furnished all the evidence needed in
that direction. The Democratic party and
the Greenback party of Maine have availed
themselves of the first opportunity to claim
share in the misdeeds of last winter and
to relieve the Tahulators of portion of
their burden. Like the fellow who lad the
itch and was proud of it these two parties
seem proud to share in the iniquity and are
Haunting the evidence of their degradation
in the faces of everybody. This is WELL
Disgraceful as the spectacle may be to the
State of Maine it will serve a good purpose
in teaching the country that the Northern
Democracy and its allies are in full sympa-
thy with their Southern brethren in the
business of nullifying the will of the people
by false and fraudulent counts and that
with Hancock in the Presidential chair the
country may bid good bye to free and fair
elections.
Let the "Unionists,'' as they delight to
call themselves, go on as they have begun.
Let them keep inscribed on their banners
allegi ance to the men who sought to nullify
the will of the people by perjury and forge
ry, let their orators continue to glorify these
men. The more light turned on to the
Democratic party the more certain is its
defeat. Its chances of success lay in the
concealment of its character. Fortunately
for the country partial success in Maine has
made it reckless.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-28
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glorihcation of sensuality; the parade of adul-
terry and the confession of debauch have in
literature to gain only the additional right of
plain verbal expression.
After Sarah Bernhardt the interpreters of
Zola or at least of zolaism will certainly in
wade America, passing by the way of England.
1t may be that we are to be congratulated and
that "natnralism' is a useful and even neces-
sary evolution of the human spirit, that il is
the true path to the millennium and that be-
fore becoming angels men must necessarily be
swine. But it seems like a retrogression- this
formal revival of Rabelais's free-and-easy die.
ton with express exclusion of his wit and good
huinor.
In any event, this is not the ideal towards
which our Republic has been supposed to tend.
The American tradition has been, on the con-
trary that the Republic must be pure and
wholesome or that it will cease to exist. This
has been, so to speak, the Monroe doctrine"
OF our national ethics Let us see whether
Zola and the naturalists will be able to impair
its force, when the great de Lesseps himself
has SO signally failed to shake our faith in the
Monroe doctrine properly so called.