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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
STEEDMAN.

On Chickamauga's fatal day,
When IN the balance hun. the fray.
A Northern column backward borne,
ats ranks by shot and shrapnel torD,
Heard far above the battle roar
A voice now hushed for evermore.
i" Fly if you will, but here stand!"
Steedman cried to his mad command;
Down the wavering lines he sped,
Rolding the banner DER his head,
"The men who fall back now" ea1d he,
"Desert tee dag, for it stays with me-"
Stung by the taunt, the ranks reform,
Facing once more the iron storm.
Into the jaws Of death they dy,
Steedman bearing the nag on high.
Whate', the issue on that field,
His the command that did not yield.
The country calls no more TO arms,
Vanished are all Of wars alarms,
Sweetest flowers bedeck the sod
Where once the giant armies trod.
Children play in boisterous Rlee
Where Death once sat in majesty.
The warrior bold who knew no fear
Sleeps for aye on q soldiers bier.
There lies face that never paled,
There mulds heart that never Quailed,
Let garlands on his brow be pressed
a hero passes to his rest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28

IETWEEN THE EAST u The W EST!
Dining Cars for eating purposes only. One other
SALOON where you can enjoy your Havana"
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed By this
Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchison. con-
nections being made in Union Depots.
THE fRM h r r GoNSHESriqRNs aE
At Cn!cAGo: with all diverging lines for the
At ENGkE%oop. with the l.. s. MS, and P,
= AZ WAsHlNaToN HEIGHTS. with P. c. 4 &C.
Al Ia SALE, with III. Gent. 3. R.
w o MID ana Tr n,;I W.; M Ras; Rock
AZ DAyEMPoRT; with the davenport division
At WEST Liberty. with the B.. C.R.& MR..
AtGR1NNELL, with {. Gentrai Iowa \. T.,
AtCOUNCIL BLUFFS with Union Pacific II. r.
At OMAHA with B. Mo. R. Il: Il: in Neb2
AtCOLIMBt!s JUNCTION, with Il. C. L. y. +: r.
St. L. Il Pac and {. Is. Il @ Il. Rds:
At AEoKUk, with Toll. PEG. War: Wab.. St.
Louis \ pac, and St. II L; Eco r. y NV !; K kds
At ATCIIsOS. with Atch.. Topeka l. Santa Re:
Atch. L. Neb and Cen. Br u. =. X. Rds.
"A, l.EAvESwoRTH, with Kan. Pac.. and KAN
AtKASsAS CITY. with all lines for the West
and Southwest.
TCiIiSGN, and LEAVENWORTH
Great Rock Island ROute,' are sold by
nd Canada.
II home ticket Office, address,
GenI TIT. and Pass'gr Agt..
Chicago, w
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
Smoking in Mexico.

Correspondence Indianapolis Journal.
While waiting for coffee, and after
wards during pauses in the converse
ton, the gentlemen of the family-and
not ipfrequently the ladies alsO-settle
gracefully back in their chairs and en-
Joy q cigarette. [ learned lesson at
my first dinner in Mexico. 1t was at a
hotel table, and a stranger Mexican
seated behind me, who happened to fin
ish his dinner first, innocently lighted
his cigar for the usual table smoke,
which 1, in the depth of my ignorance,
regarded as personal insult, and indig.
nantly left the table. Since that day I
have become "learned in the ways of
the Egyptians" and can not only toler.
ais the national custom with equanim-
ity, but (be not Mortified, Oh j! fastidious
friends y occasionally take dinner Gig
arctic myself! When one is in Rome it
is we'll to do as the Romans do. These
tiny Mexican cigarettes, rolled up in
corn husks or tissue paper, are not at
all like the strong-smelling things We
have in thu United States. These are
not much larger than straws, the husk
is sweet to the taste, aud they have a
delicate fragrance which is very pleas
ant. In Mexico everybody smokes at
all times, aud in all places-at the thea
ter, in the ballroom, everywhere. In
making formal calls, or more extended
visits politeness demands an immediate
and frequent exchange of cigarettes and
"light" with many courteous words, as
latter you, sonora" (referring to the
MATCH -precisely as our ancestors were
wont to proffer and accept the civilities
OF the snuff box. Every Mexican lady's
pocket is supplied with matchbox and
cigarette holder of more or less elegance
and the dainty fingers of many a fair
young senorita are discolored like pol.
ished bronze at the tips from much Gig
arctic rolling.
''ALL-wooL" blankets, according to
the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette, are
often mainly composed of hair that once
pranced over the prairies on the SCARED
TANKS of q long. horned Texas steer.
The hair having been taken from the
hides and thoroughly cleaned, is then
mixed with enough wool of q low grade
to enable the manufacturer to card it
and work it into blankets and rough
cloth. The test, it is said, is very SIM
pie: when short hairs can be pulled out
Of an "all-wool' blanket, probably
three-fourths of it is cows wool.
IMITATION is the sincerest of flattery
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28

,ApRpoRArEp uNpE8 the LAWS or u,sao,s,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
cE !Ml!1-R
u>MEA sGRe\cAL
in STITU1E

0 eAs A3&~O A9, MO-
sUccEssoRs TO OFFICE & ROOMS,
Or. BUTTS DIsPENsARY. No. 920 l0CUsT SI
caAs: laeAR7E, Nd, Pses't Physician IN ciarge.
NELSON GRESHAM. Treas. 4 Business Manager.
This Institute has ample facilities and an ex-
P eriienced Eacpty. While it succeeds to a large
tee; giving ski!lful and SCIENTIFIC treatment TO
CHRONIC DISEASES f Fl 1s M aS iSp%in as:
sages, Heart, Liver. Stomach and Bowels, kbeuan.
atism. Dyspepsia. Consuinp tion and Asthma ''''
BLOOD IMPURITIES, f by imp"rs or as ssSssa
II 9ur 'ne W 1 i Di Heases
OF the Joints. Piles, Fisti,la, Rupture, etc.
WehkAEec and wasting diseases in old and
reNnN.cO young men, also all diseases OF
ne gcnltO-ur1nary organs.
FINAL E irregularities and weaknesses. caus-
GWuII Ing pain In the back or side, etc.
PERSONAL interviews with patients are always
preferred Those unable to visit the Institute Will
De FURNISHED with blank lists of questions that will
alo mem In making full staten ent OF their cases
ana II not requiring surgical operation they can
De successfully treated by correspondence. and
medicines sent by mail or express. 10 enable us
70 sehd proper list OF questions applicants should
give brief statement OF their trouble.
4 The Treasurer Of the corporation IL of Nelson>
Ghesman d Co.. Advertising Agents. and refers to\
ne pnplssher Of this o! any other newspaper the
CONSULTATION st Office or by mail free and invited
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-28
SSt()R I
LINE,
oSt 11I1Wdy III AmefICu1
milwaukee
4xe ST. Paul:

It owns aud operates over $500 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa and
necons reach all the great business centers Of the
Northwest and Far west, It naturally answers
the description Of Short Line, and Best Route
between
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Chicago. milwaukee. La Crosse and
ChieaE".. milwaukee, Aberdeen and
Glendale.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Eau Claire and
Chicago, Milwaukee. Wausau and
Chicago. Milwaukee, Beaver Dam
Chicago, MilSv aukee, Wauk esha and
Chicago, M,I.s aukee, Madison and
Prairie du CHEN.
Chicaes: iseioit, GAINESVILLE and Min
Chicago. EIgin, Rockford and D,l-
Chicago, Clinton. Rock Island and
Cni cage. Cosp" Ct; Bluffs aud Omaha.
CHICAGO: sioux city, Sioux Fails and
ch,ea:o, M,lwaukee. Mitchell and
Rock Island, Dubuque ST. Paul AND
minneapolis.
Davenport, ~: Ga'mar' St. raul ANA
Pullman S1eepers and the Finest
DtM:e.g lar$ t,s + the !xS,'. 1905, sle I'm 4n
KEE e ST. PAUL RAIA!VA +, and
every attention Is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
s. s. Merrill, A. vi II. Carpenter,
GENT Manager. Gen1 Pass. Agent
J. z. Clark, Geo. Il. Heattord,
GENT supt. Asst Genl Pass. Agt
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

THE SIMPLEST WORDS THE BEST
Your servant says: A man told me SO ;"
the most learned and elegant of your &C.
quaintance would be more likely to say on
the same occasion: " A certain person in
formed me-" Here the person is not GER
tain, but an uncertain one, and the thing
told may have nothing in it of informa.
ton. Year by year our language loses
is doubtful whether, in the no longer I'M
leltered, but still ignorant, ranks of the
English people, = sound and honest vul-
garity exists as it did when Lander wrote.
A footman nowadays would be more likely
to say he had been " informed than that
he had been "toid." The plain veoman
who, at that period, might have said that
it cost him a deal Of money to build a
house, would now tell US that he had ex-
pended considerable sum in erecting a
residence. We no longer eat and drink F.;
we sspartake of refreshments" and we
eontriYe by some miracle TO "partake u
even when we dine alone. Affected rus
ITCHY of speech is as much 20 be Stunned
as affected anything else. The true vulgar
were never guilty of it. These whose vul-
garity has been named PhilisEinism -
aud the term Is terribly H1gnihcant-aTe
guilty of all sfectations that plain mans
mind can conceive and detest. But if we
| need not be rustic we need not be round
about. The simplest words are always
best; and SO unerringly does their habitual
use indicate clear mind, an earnest mean.
ing, and sincere intent, that he will
always be better worth listening to who
| never says "arrive" when he should say
"come," nor proceed when he should
cay go."-T Macuaillan's Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

its own need of kindness keeps it humble.
Perhaps an act of kindness never dies, but
extends the invisible undulations of it's
influence over the breadth of centuries.-
IF. w. Faber.
The Consistery of the Collegiate Dutch
Reformed Church, of New York, is to in
troduce a responsive service in all its
churches. The order is prescribed thus
Prayer, salutasion, reading of Command
ments, hymn. reading of Psalter by the
minister and responses by the congregs-
ton, offertory, anthem by choir, prayer,
hymn and benediction with the Apostles
Creed to be recited by the congregation in
the evening instead Of reading the Com
man6ments.
A missionary from the Island of Peru,
in the Samoan group, writes that there is
not a heather left. Missionary labors were
commenced there only eleven years ago.
During this time the whole island has been
evangelical, churches, chapels. mission.
houses have been built at their own ex.
pense, and they are now supporting their
own pastors and contributing to the society
that sent them pastors and teachers,
The Bible makes faith in God ground
of belief and action paramount to any
other. The idea entera into its whole
structure and tissue, and it is in vain to
attempt to conceal or eliminate it, Mark
Hopkins.
It's VISIONS part always to say,
My soul, where hast thou CLEANED to-day,
Thy labors how bestowed?
What hast thou rightly said or done,
Whist grace attained, or knowledge won,
Ia following after God.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
GETTING REFORMATION UNDER Diff
CULTIES.

&c L do not see any popularity about
yotv people," said an Eastern Judge, ad-
dressing his travelling companion, we'll
known Arkansas lawyer. I" have Travelled
quite extensively in this State, and have
not, as VT, found that eccentricity of &C.
ton and irevsrioation of reply that has
often amused me in the newspapers"
Iou have done most of your travelling
by rail, the Swyer replied. "This is
your flrst trip away from the main roads,
is it not? ?"
eyes"
Well, I'll show you some of our genu.
inc natives. Yonder ia a house, Cali the
landlord, and hold conversation with
him."
"Hallo?'' called the Judge.
Comm + the man replied, depositing
a child in the doorway, and advancing.
Elbows all the folks ?"
"Children's hearty; wifes not well.
Amt what You might call bed. sick, but
jest sorter stretchy."
SCOT anything to eat in the house ?"
EFF | mad it anywhar, I'd have il in the
house"
How many children have you 2"
Many as want"
How many did you want ?"
Want hankerin' after powerful
chance, but I'm satisfied
slow long have you been living here p
Too long"
How many years ?"
Been here ever since my oldest boy
was born"
"What year was he born ?"
The year / come here"
How old is your boy %
Eff he had lived, he would have beer
the Oldest until yit but, as he died, Jim's
the Oldest"
How old is Jim?"
He amt as old az the one what died. >
swell, how old was the one that died y
"He was older than Jim."
What do you do here for living? 2"
eat"
How do you get anything to eat"
The best way we kin"
"How do you spend your Sundays"
Like the week days"
How do you spend them %
Like Sundays"
" Is that your daughter, yonder p
No, sir; she amt my daughter yon.
der, nor nowhar' else."
" Is che relative of you're ?"
"No, sir no kim"
Kin to your wife, suppose ?"
No kin to my wife, bnt she's kin to my
children"
How do you make that out -
She's my wife"
&c How far is it to tie next house ?"
Its called three miles, but the mar
what calls it that is liar
I've got enough" said the Judge, turn
ing to the lawyer. "Drive on. l pity
the man who depends on this man for in
formation. "-[ Arkansaw Traveller.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

Always Kiss IN THE DARK.-A young
eurate in England, belonging to the High
Church, has had rather novel expert
enee, which should serve to warn cur
young divinity students OF the danger OF
kissing persons to whom they have not
been formally introduced This unfortu-
nate young man. ignorant of the world,
was doing good work in large parish in
London, and had won deserved popular
isy, when one day he was waited upon by
s conely maiden with sorroWful coHnte.
narce, who informed him that she loved
him. This admission, Of course, startled
the young ecclesiastical BunthoTne, and
she secured at once IS his heartfelt sympa-
thy" Not content with this, she invited
him to her house, and asked him. to kiss
her, and'in doing so be would comfort her
greatly. This he did, quite natura1y, and
they parted. a few days afterN1rd the
young prelate received an insta,A sneous
photograph, accompanied by roi saying
that The sender had eleven nors 81 sale
At one hundred dollars apiece. Y
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

Local brickyards csnno. supply the de.
msnd at Seattle, ". T.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
ON THE sELsHoRE.

1.-THE light waves kiss the shifting sands,
The deep seas kiss the sky;
Oh, kiss me once, my only love,
And then, good-by- good-by %
He kissed her upon cheek and chin,
And ON her brow go mild;
But when he kissed her on the mouth,
Each wept like wounded child.
"Oh, I'll go east and I'll 20 west,
Far over land and sea,
But never will my heart find rest
Until 1t rests with thee"
"And IIlsit here from year to year,
Till my life's stream runs dry:
But never face shall thine replace
My only love, good-by."
He wandered east, be wandered west,
He won gold, lands, and fame,
A gray head and weary heart
Then back to the old home came.
The light waves kissed the shifting sands
And sang the self-ssme song:
/ wonder where's this silly lass
liked when was young ?"
He found her at her cottage door,
Size smiled the same soft smile;
But when he talked of years TO come
She shut her eyes the while.
He kissed her upon cheek and chin,
They lie, saying, Love grows old ,;
But when he kissed her on the mouth,
He shivered at the cold.
He claspe1 her to his lonely breast,
Beside the sunny sea;
He spake hundred passionate words,
But never word spake she.
He loosed her from his longing arms,
That empty aye must be:
" I'll never in this world find rest
TIL rest in earth with thee"
-fGood Words
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19
At TWAS aRAyE.

This IS the silent spot where Lius lies;
She loved is solemn beauty, and she PRAYED,
Ere death had sealed her beautiful brown eyes,
That here IN drsamless sleep she might be laid,
Here stand the stately redwoods, as OF old;
TIE dewy ferns sill nestle at their feet:
And yonder, where the sunshine sheds its gold,
The grassy slope is fair with blossoms sweet.
Exchanging, as the seasons come and go,
In fadeless garments, stand the redwood trees I:
Blu. these frail flowers on the sod below
Must breathe away their lives on every breeze
Yet, fleeing though their fragile forms may be,
In brief, bright beauty long enough they star,
Like sone sweet human blossoms that we see.
To make rs love them ere they fade away.
This IS the silent spot where Lima lies;
She loved its solemn beauty, and she prayed,
Ere death had sealed her beautiful brown eyes,
That here in dreanless sleep she might be laid.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

WE feel assured that our friends will thank
Us for bringing before their notice articles
which have no superior among the many that
ill cur markets. We refer to the celebrated
DIR. Prics's Special Flayoring Extracts. We
have used them, and can recommend them az
the best article in domestic use.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

"YoUR Skin Cure is superexcellent. Ii is
fast curing my daughters rig worm, which
had spread over all her body" Mrs. e. L. d.
Merriam, Blue Hill, Mass. Druggists keep
Il. 81 peg package.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

Settlers ia Owyhse county, I. T.. fesr An
outbreak of the Rannacks.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-19

A PERMANENT restoration of exhausted and
worn-ons functions fellow the use Of Browns
Iron Bittefs.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11
A Sword With a Story.

On Thursday, says the Press OF st.
Augustin, Fla, while engaged in tearing
down portion of the residence OF Mrs.
Faustina Pacetti, preparatory TO making
repairs on the same, l.. L. Canova found
a sword hidden away between the rafters
and the roof. Upon making inquiries
III relation to the same, he learned that
the sword had been concealed in the place
where be found il for perhaps seventy.
fire or eighty years. The story attached
to it is interesting, aud we give it as VT
learned it from the lips Of Mr.. &. II
would appear that one evening, while
Florida was yet IL the possession OF
SPAN, a grand ball was given, at which
was gathered the elite of the city. One
of the ladies present was noted for her
beauty, and her hand was eagerly sought
after by the officers OF the garrison for
the many pleasant dances. Owing tC
some misunderstanding she became en-
gagged to two of the cabelleros for the
same dance. The consequence was a
quarrel, which resulted in the cessation
OF the music through the cutting of the
strings of the instrument. Hot words
and insulting language passed between
the officers, and two repaired'to the open
street and engaged in duel, in which one
of them fell. The survivor, dropping his
sword. fed precipitately from the spot.
One of the Pacetti family, boy of some
4 or years, witnessed the encounter,
and, running out, picked up the sword
and carried it into the mouse. Not wish
ing to be called upon as witness, the
parents of the child concealed the sword
and kept all knowledge OF the same from
their neighbors. Thus the old blade has
been in its place upwards of three gen
ernfinns
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11
The Battle Of Atlanta.

Gen. Logan, in his speech in the SEN
ate ON Saturday, made a contribution to
military history which may cause some
of the authors to revise their books. H.
lustrating the maxim of Napoleon, that
it is the duty of corps commanders to
march to the sound of the enemy's guns
without waiting for orders, he said that
the great battle of Atlanta, on which so
much depended, was fought and won by
Union generals who did not receive a
single order from their commanding Off
Ger. Gen, Logan did..not refer to him
self, but military men in the chamber
knew that it was his own experience he
had in mind. He added that from the
beginning to the end of the battle the
corps commanders all Of whom he rank
ed, never received an order from their
general officer, who was Gen. Sherman.
Gen. Logan thus on the floor of the
enate, has declared that the battle of
Atlanta was fought without any orders
from Gen. Sherman. He referred to the
tact that Sherman in his "Memoirs
has said that every order was anticipated.
The truth is, therefore, according to
Gen. Logan statement, that the battle
of Atlanta, for which Gen. Sherman
has received so.much credit, was fought
to conclusion without any suggestion
or direction from Gen. Sherman himself.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11
The Pleasure Of FREEZING.

John Humphrey, Canadian, nearly
froze 10 death in recent storm when
driving homeward from Wallacetowu to
Aldborough. He has since then gwen
this description of his experience to a
correspondent of the st. Thomas Times
When he felt no longer able to hold the
reins with any grip he determined to
seek shelter i'll the first house until well
warmed. His tongue became sutf, then
his arms, sharp chills ran down his back,
and finally il seemed as though his whole
body was being CONCEALED, causing an
almost cessation of the hearts action,
This condition of extreme suffering and
despoudency speedily gave place to q
feeling of great warmth, suffusing the
system and causing an exhilarating glow.
BY this time he had reached house, but
he drove on, thinking that nothing was
now to he feared. The sleigh, instead
of crawling along at a snaiPs pace ap-
peared to glide through the ar with great
swiftness, and the horses fairly flew like
pigeons. A sense of exultation filled the
farmers breast as he urged the horses
to still greater speed, and the woods
on each side were passed so quickly that
that they became indistinguisbable black
lines. Then the sleigh-bells sounded
fainter and fainter, until the chimes dis.
appeared in the distance; the farmerfell
iuto delicious slumber, which came
near being that sleep that knows nc
waking, and he knew no more until
brought to life under a vigorous treat,
meDt.
Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-01-11
THE GOLD PRODUCT OF CALIFORNIA.

The gold product Of California, from
the discovery Of the precious metal by
James W. Marshall in the tail-race Of
Suffers mill, January 10, 1S48, to June
30, 1881, amounted to 81, 40, 900, 900.
OF this sum $500, 900, 900 is estimated
TO have been extracted from the aurifer-
ous placers. The remainder represents
the yield of gold quartz mines, of which
the state contains many. The yearly
product of gold in California is from
$4,000, 900 to S2O,O00,00 From the
date of discovery to 1861, inclusive, the
gold product Of California aggregated
300, 1000, 900, derived chiefly from the
modern river beds and shallow placers.
A large proportion of the remaining
200, 900, 900 has been lobtained in the
deep gravel deposits, by the hydraulic
method. Strange as it may appear, an
industry which has contributed 80 large
iy to the wealth of the world, and has
been the means of the settlement and
development of California, has reached
period in ITS history when it is claimed
by large portion of the community to
be a greater evil than blessing, and the
question of suppressing the hydraulic
method of gold mining has been the
subject of discussion in and ont of the
halls If legislation. The law has beeu
invoked to suppress or control it. Even
the state, through its attorney general,
has commenced suit to suppress it.
The trouble grows ont OF the immense
amount of dcJris which the hydraulic
miners are discharging constantly into
the water courses of the state.