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THURSDAY. JULY Ii. 1881.

The Heron Lake Guardian says
that an agent and operator has been
placed at the junction or crossing this
side of Heron Lake. We second the
Guardians demand for q transfer OF
mails at that point and We. would add
better facilities for the transfer Of
passengers. III &c.. 'r
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:, No Hospital Needed.-No palatial
!,osl'tal needed for Hop Bitters pa
t'ents: nor large salaried buffers to tell
what Hop Bitters will do or cure. 20
they tell their own story by their certain
aud absolute cures at home. t55zs. .55s
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THAT SOUTHWEST ROAD.

Snpt: Egan was in town last Thurs
day; lie had Just taken a trip from
Deforest to Dell Rapids by team, and
u appears from an item in the Worth.
1ngton ADVANCE that he took in Rock
tap'ds on the way. He WASH, It particu-
nr!y communicative about his trip. but
1"timated that there was too much mud
60 allow the trip to be wholly one of
pleasure. -Flandreau ENTERPRISE.
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TAILS.


The story now going tho rounds that
the skeleton of q man with tail six
inches long had recently been found In
South America, Is doubted BY some
people who doubt tho Darwinian thee
~. People will doubt what they hav.
emit seen. Nearly everything seems to
start in life with tail. The frog, for
instance, starts as a pollywog with a
tail, which he drops as he approaches
manhood. Probably as frogs become
more civilized, adopt Republican form
Of Government and begin to have regu-
lar church services, the tendency in the
pollywog to start with tail will dis
appear.
But be that as it may, it is not what
we started out to say. We set out to
speak of the comet and its tail. 1t
seems from a book published by Prof.
Pierce, Of Harvard College, that COM
cts lose their tails like pollywogs. In
1913, comets tail was seen separated
from the head or nucleus aud flying
through space without any dog, or
rather world, to wag it. The comet
seems to I've a young or minor world,
the main body Of which is hardening in
to rock. AS it goes on hardening and
developing into man and begins to he
old enough to vote, and to select wife,
and so Oh, it drops its tail, selects To-
cation il some State or solar system
out West, gets down to business and
becomes planet. This seems to be the
Professors theory. A comet, therefore,
is Planetary Pollywog, SO to speak,
swimming about in e.sky, which O.
ventually loses it's tail and becomes a
full-rrOwn Planetary FROG
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Best Stock-Rajsing Coun.
ties i'm the Vest II

Our railroad facilities are unexcelled. Four
lines of railroad run through the county and
and schools are numerous and cOnvenient re-
yer and ague and all malarial and DnImonarv
diseases are unknown. Man and beast are botk
misfOftnnes incident to al new eonntp,xs S.~a
long 81 oe passed away and We possess an che
advantages Of an old settled country. ''~
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can make money faster than - ,n..
Inns else. Capital not src,i,lired :'wc viii
~ s si;n ; YOU ~ per Jay at l,". n.c by
giris wanted every where to work for nc Nm a'
IS i,. It.e .!'.'e. Cost outfit and terms free Az
uEess True = Co.; Augusta, Maine. ISlv az
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INSURANCE.

am agent for the Northwestern. Mutual Lite
and the Travellers Life ami Accident Ipsur.
aMce Companies. the best life insursNco :
companies III the United states.
YOn can. II you viii, provide for your.
selves u old age, and In case Ut
accident. and for your FAM.
lies In case Of death, better
and cheaper by good
life insurance than
IN any other
manner.
am Resident Agent for the Connecticut Fire
Insurance Company, OF Hartford, one Of the old
standby companies. having paidup capital OF
over il OtN,0O6.
Ian agent for the Continental Fire Insurance
Company Of n. Y, having nett surplus Of Ill.
04O,3l9.S. This is the best instal,lilent Insnr-
ance company III the world
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4Q IS now beng made faster than
&Se 03HE ever Ivy those at work for us
SIS VsBOy Persons Of either sex can make
80 4G week in their own towns il
they are willing t. work. No risk. Is OUTFIT
lfee Anyone can run the business. Capital not
required. All who engage prosper. No Ono
fails. Parti"ulars free. Address, H. HAlLErr
& Co.. Portland, Maine. 47-lv
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Collections.

make collections and pay taxes for non.res.
ldents, examine titles, attend to Mortgage fore
closures, do c0nveyanciGg, take aeknOwledg.
lnents, Tor small pay. can make collections In
any part Of the United States
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From Murphy Prominent Lawyer of Davenport Iowa
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PEUPlE WHO LIVE

PECPlE WHO LIVE
along the line Of and near to the ST. PAUL. s
SIOUX CITY RAILROAD and it's vari-
GUS Branch Lines, now 4 part of the
Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha Line,
know that this is the short and quick line to all
points in Central and Western Missouri, to ali
points in Kansas. Nebraska. Colorado, Texas
Calltornla, Arizona. New and Old Mexico and
that this is the ONLY LINE BETWEEN MINSEsorA
AMI THE SOUTHWEST.
THROUGH SEVEN GREAT CITIES
Of the popul"us Missouri Valley, namely:
Sioux CITY, Council BLUFFS, OMAHA, ST.
JOSEPH, ATCIlySOS, LEAvENW0lvH
AND KANSAS CITY.
The st: Paul& Sioux City Ri" Dad now known
as me western Division OF the Chicago. ST.
s; aHs: M,n Hi Omaha Line is aSo the
western Minnesota, Western iowa, Dakota.
Nebraska and the Southwest to
st. Paul, Minneapolis,
and the entire North and Northwest, and to the
Lumber Districts OF Northern Wisconsin,
AT ST pAuL, connections are made with the
Eastern Division Of the Chicago, st. FaMi, Min.
neapo9lis Omaha Ii e, for Northern and Cen
trS i Wisconsin, and for Chicago and ali points
t Fast, and the running Of trains is 50 arranged
mat passengers from the Western Division Of
TINS Line can have from one to one ard one half
If desired. " wv ''"'
When you 60 South or Southwest, be sure and
20 oyer TINS Line through the Seven Big Cities,
ana when ~ you 20 North East or 70
GENTLE of the great + ortlwcst. A"o4AD
Two passenger trains daily, St. Paul to Chi
Gaso, through Elroy and Madison, with Pullman
Palace Sleeping Cars on each train.
Through Tickets s to the ,n Est st. North,
are on sale tai principal stations. Be sure and
Dny through ticket. rs they are generally
cneaper: but if you cannot get the tickets you
desire or the information wanted about rates.
connexions, etc, at your home station, write to
the Undersigned, and your letter will receive
prompt attention. i. W. TEASDALE
+. B. CLARKE. General Arrnt
oeh. 1ianlc Manager. ST. PAUL, MINI.
TIME TABLE.
\, Time OF departure of passenger trains from
For Chicago and the East at 1850 q. nj. and 6:e5
p. N. " 1870 WV
For the West at 7:o5a m
J.. d. CLOCK, Agent,
MankatO, MINI.
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W'o!l't|hiingtonl., MijnnI.
IOANS.li
Negotiate Real Estate

I Neg0t1ate Real Eetato
Loans at straight 9 per cent,
interest. No commissions de- +.
Quoted. All the money
paid to borrower. Do not
borrow money until you
see me. can make tesa
better and cheaper = "'>
loans than any =
one else eau.
= ;,
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u
Real Estate.
IL buy Duy and sell land and have improved farms
son ana Rock counties. Mimi, and in Dakota
territory. To those looking westward for
homes. can offer better inducements than can
the soe en- any other part OF the we having
Over 10000 Acres,
and owning about 1900 acres myself, can ae],
cnHaper, On longer time and on better terms
tnan any else can.
Southwestern Minnesota
Ia Has climate unsurpassed by any country In
." raul MOBILES county Is exempt from foods
and cyclones. and the clay subeOit renders ma en-.
emRe from drouth. The soil IL deep and rich,
Corn, Oats, Wheat, Barley { Flax
to perfection: Abundant water supply and e.
makes ah. OF o'1e Joint grasses In s6undance,
Best Stook-Rajsing Coun-
ties In the Vest
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BONDS.

1 buy and sell all municipal securities.
do not sell school district or -
other bond until you get my
TERMS. Can pay more
than any one else.
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Prominent Endorsements.

en00F8enent8,
From Hon. H. Murphy Prominent Lawyer Davenport Iowa.
say
Attended, vsa
three months Bsnf ss mas
from Edward RUSSELL Esq., Postmaster Davenport Ia
s ss E srss excellent
nSc The %Sr Doctor for
i.@ the ne speces
him
EDWARD RUSSELL
residences pepie
their
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18
A Car cooler.

A device has lately been patented Tor
cooling passenger cars and for improving
ventilation. The apparatus is very simple
indeed, consisting Of sLasi running
lengthwise through the car. and carrying a
number Of wings like screw propeller
blades, which, as they revoIve, set the
entire body Of air in the upper part OF the
car in motion. and produce currents n the
lower portion Of the car which hare cool
ing esec, similar 70 iha. produced by %
many fans
When The device Il applied 70 steam
cars motion is impaired 10 the propeller
sha.. by wheel mounted on the roof o!
the car and driven by coniAc: with the All
as the car moves along. A belt Q. .aA''
and mi.er gears may be employed ,os,gHns'
mi, the motion When the device is ap-
piled 10 horse cars the power = drive sne
propeller shafl Is taken BY q h~l: from ons
ot Ire sIleA
The dlscosn.crts OF suruu.erSsravei VII
| be greatly relieved whe,eve. this inventor
| Is applied l. has large field ia sleep!ns
| cars, where comfortable and wholesome
| atmosphere = usually wanting. aad IN os
dinary passenger carr and street CARS it VII
insure degre. q. comfort which saouis
| warran, is genera application
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18
SATURDAY EVENING.

The week Is past, the Sabbath dawn COM on
Rest-rest IN peace-thy toll il done;
And standing as thou . andest, ON the brink
OF a new scent OF being calmly thiuk
OF what Ia gone is now, and soon ahall be
AS one that trembles in eternity.
For such IS this now closing week is past,
So much advancing time will close my last.
Such as tomorrow shall the awful light
or the eternal morn hail my sight
Spirit OF good a! on this weeks verge stand
Tracing the guiding influence Of thy hand,
That band which leads me gently, calmly still,
Up lIfes dark, stony tiresome. thorny bill,
Thou. thou, In every storm hast sheltered me
Beneath the wing OF thy benignity
t. ousand graves my footsteps Circuit vent,
And exist-thy mercy's monument
thousand wri.he unaa the b d Of pain.
. I've and plea -ure nows Though every vein
Want DER = Thousand wretches waves hel
hand
l encircled bg ten thousand merc.es stand.
How can praise tbs Q, Fathei low express
Ny debt Of reverence and thankfulness:
debt that no intelligence can count,
While every moment swells the vast amount,
For . weeks duties thou hast given N
strength
And brought me to its peaceful cose q
length,
And here my grateful bosom fain would la.s
fresh p'e enerial to thy glorious praise
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18

The prelimi aary operations in connection
with the boring of the proposed channe!
tunnel between England and France still
continue to elicit considerable public
interest; and is is not q little satisfactory
to those who take an interest in the pro-
gress of the work, and much more SO to
scientific men, to know that up to the
present time the operations have been
attended with the most gratifying results.
No serious impeachment has as yet presented
itself, and although that part Of the work
which Is likely to be fraught with the
greatest amount of risk and difficulty has
yet to be encountered, there appears to be
no reason why the fondest hopes of the
SPECTATORS, despite predictions to the con-
trary, may not even now be realized. and
the travelling portion OF the public reap the
benefit Of scheme which. TO say the least
of it, will effectually remove the unpleasant
sensations and the inconvenience which 10
SO often experienced in passage across
''the silvery streak.' The boring advances
at the rate o. about twenty y-five feet per
| day Of ten hours, and has already been
carried to a distance OF. above 800 yards.
This is in the shape of a draftway OF about
seven feet in diameter. opening near the
| mouth of the tunnel on the west side OF
Abbott's cliff near where the recen. fall OF
chalk ON the South Eastern Railway
occurred. Commencing here, it runs in q
line PARALLEL with the line of railway and
follows the natural dip Of the strata. The
idea is to continue in this way until depth
of some 200 feet below the bed OF the
channel Is reached. 1t is then confidently
| hoped by geologls.s that the character OF
the geological formations will admit Of the
engineering operations being advanced in q
direct line or level, so as to allow OF a
corresponding rise on the other ade>of the
channel. The operations are carried on
under the directions Of Col Beaumont, the
chalk being cut by disc furnished with
cutters, which is worked by one Of tha.
! gentlemans compressed air engines. II /:
a mos, Ingenious mechanical cont!ivance.
and for more reasons than one is peculiarly
adapted 10 the work which II is performing
here. The disc makes two revolutions pei
minute, slicing of the chalk to the thick
ness Of a quarter Of an inch a.)each revolu
ton. There is no Change IN the soil. which
is still gray chalk, and there is remark
able freedom from the percola'ion Of water
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18
The Oldest Town

According 10 Humboldt, the Old ST town
in the world is lakutsk -5, 90 inhabitants
in Eastern Siberia, /. is 10, only the
Oldest, hut probably the coldes,- The
ground remains always frozen - the depth
OF 500 feet, except IN midsummer, when il
tha VI three feet a. tie sulface. The mean
temperature for the Year IS Il ! degrees +:
For ten days IN Angus. the thermometer
goes IS high as So degrees From Noven-
Der to February the temperature remains
between 10 degrees 10 IS degrees below
zero. The river Lena remains frozen fol
nine months in the year
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18

The story OF Tie ersaninc tree s this.
About forty years ago a cottager who lived
near the center Of the village of Bsdeslev.
near s-ymington, heard frequently strange
noise behind his house like tha. Of person
IN extreme. agony. Soon after j, caught
the attention Of his wife. who was then
confined to her bed She was a timorous
woman, and, beng greatly alarmed, her
husband endeavored 10 persuade her that
the noise she heard was only the believing
OF the stays in the forest. BY degrees,
however, the neighbors on all sides heard
it. AMI the thing began to be much talked
OF. 1t was by this time pia inly discovered
that tE" groa1,ing noise proceeded from an
elm which grew al the end of the garden.
1t vas Young, vigorous tree, and to all
app rance perfectly sound. In a few
Weeks me OF the groenlng tree was
i spread Far and wide, aud people :roDn all
parts docked TO hear it. Among others it
| attracted the curiosity of the late Prince
| and Princess Of Wales. who resided at that
| time, for the advantage Of the sea bath, at
| Pilewell, the seat Of Sir James Worsley,
which stood within quarter of mile of
the groaning tree
Though the country people assigned
many superstitious causes for this strange
| phenomenon the naturalist cbuld assign
no physical one that was in any degree
satisfactory. Some thought it was owing
| to the twisting and friction Of the roots ::
others thought it proceeded from water
which had collected in the body of the tree,
or perhaps from pent air. But no cause
that was alleged appeared equal to the
effect. In the meantime the tree did not
always groan, sometimes disappointing Its
visltants; yet no cause could be assigned
for its temporary cessations, either from
seasons or weather. If any difference was
observed it was thought to groan least
when the weather was wet, and most when
it was clear and frosty; but the sound at
all times seemed to arise from the roots.
Thus the grOanmg tree continued an object
of astonlshment during the space OF
eighteen or twenty months to all the
country round, and, for the information oil
distant parts, pamphlet was drawn ur
containing particular account of all the
circumstances relating to it. At length
the owner Of it, gentleman of the name
Of Forbes, making too rash an experimen
to discover its cause, bored hole in it
trunk. After this it never groaned. |
was then rooted up with further view t
make discovery, but still nothing ap
peared which led to any Investigation O
the cause. 1t was universally, however
believed that there was no trick in th
affair, but that some natural cause reall,
existed, though never understood.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1881-06-18

bright serapes OF the men seened quite
picturesque. Ihe whole group formed .
taoieau we shall not soon forget. Jus. as
We emerged from the rustic aroor we en-
counsered two OF the charming daughters
OF General Frlsbie AMI q Mr.. Spence, OF
California who joined our party. We
then took large boat bedizened vita CAV
streaners and flowers and were rowed up
to the floating gardens" A. Santa Anita
we looked into the antique church and
stopped also = see some Indians who were
drumming G ,,itar and dancing La Jarabe.
| remarked 20 young Mexican boy: The
Iete does Tot seem So animated as last
year" NO" replied the youngster with
sigh, sit seems as if a pail was hanging
over our people. Qnien sabe what evils
that ambitious General Grant may bring
upon Mex,co?' In vain1 tined to defend
ny countryman /; the child hai heard his
elders say ''Mexico is doomed"
In The evening. long after oar return
from the flower fete. the servant OF my
| nearest neighbor brought me verbal invi-
tation to un e'atierro "a burial) which was
to take place at s o'clock, she said
| sturldly asked, "Who is dead T. The
woman replied, as if astonished at my
question, why, it Is the entierro de
uuestro, .Senor p naturally translated
the sentence quite literally and tue mes
sepger added: ''Senm B. says to please
come quickly, because they will commence
to recite the litany in twenty minutes.
| was utterly mystified and was wonder
ing why funeral should take place at that
time OF night when visitor opportunely
arrived and explained
| ''On this day and during Passion Week
1t is usual IN some devout Spanish families
to have figure Of Christ just as his body
looked when taken from the cross-the
wound distinctly vislble-brought from a
church and placed in their parlors. They
prepare bier covered with black velvet,
place large wax candles around it, adorn
the apartment with white anApurple flow
ers and when the arrival Of thA semb]ance
of our Lord Is announced the ladies of the
family, draped in deep mourning, and the
gentlemen, with uncovered heads. follow ed
by their guests, children and servants, &C
down to the door Of the courtyard to re-
ceive it, and chanting tiffany, attend i,
to the parlor, where, devoutly kneeling,
they thank the Savior who has died fol
their redemption and imp!ore the. blessing
Of Our Lady Of Dolores on their house
hold"
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Tnc Wedding RirE.

lu the days wel.-known TO history -
'once upon time. a certain noble Roman
Youth was deeply engaged in the excite
ment OF game Of ball. The occasion was
IN important one TO hum. for |, ~as his
wedding feast. but the pay made him
careless OF treasure that he ought 10 have
guarded with the greatest affection.
he took OF his wedding ring and placed
It upon the finger Of q statue OF Venus, to
remain there until he should want il agnn
When. however. a few hours after. he
wished to take IL, he found 10 his dismay
tha, the stony hand had become clenched
SO that II was impossible 10 remove the
ring. He DOW had to pay the penalty OF
mis- rashness, for he was constantly haunted
" the figure, which KEEP, whispering in
his ear Embrace me; l sm Venus whom
you have welded will never restore
your ring
Inc wretched youth continued l5 DC .o.-
lowed by his disagreeable companion, until,
after much difficulty, he was able, with
the assistance Of priest, 10 force the god
dess 10 relinquish the ring, and then only
was the Young man free.
This legend is widely spread, and has
been popular under varied forms; IN some
OF these the Virgin Mary takes the place OF
venus, and the owner Of the ring having,
by placing i, on the finger Of a statue, be.
come the betrothed OF the Virgin,i obliged
to renounce the world and enter monas-
terry.
In another version a certain priest, de-
string to enter the marriage state, seeks .
license from the pope, whs grants his re-
quest on condition he shall frs, conciliate
st. Agnes, who was not only the pa,roness
OF his own ehurcl but the special preserver
OF virgiral chastity. by placing On the fln-
ger Of her image al emerald ring, sent for
the purpose by the sovereign pon,if him.
self. The priest does as he IS directed, and
places the ring on the fourth finger OF the
figure, but his astonishmen, is great when
the hand which had been put forward to
receive the ring Is returned TO its original
position. Attempts to withdraw the ring
are Intellectual, and the unfortunate prizes!
realizes the disagrceable truth that he Ii
contracted to ST. Agnes and can marry no
one else.
These stories are particularly interesting
as exhibiting the feeling which was uni
versally entertained in olden times, that
wedding and betrothal rings possess an in
herent power and value in themselves
belief which still fingers in places.