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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09
Buckinq Against Bob.

Elder Penstock arose to inquire If
any member of the club had heard
whether Bob Ingersoll was to lecture
this winter or not. No one seemed to
have heard anything about it, and the
reverend member requested that the
secretary be directed to write to Inger-
soil direct and ascertain.
"What am de object" inquired the
president.
II propose that dis club take steps to
prove dat dar am a hereafter fur the
SOUL"
"You do, ehp If de pusson who de-
nies sich a theory am fool. de pussun
who sots out to prove what seben'
eights of de world already believes am
mex doah to an idiot. Sat down an
safe yo'r breaf."
"But it am my dooty as Christian
man to controvert Ingersol's argay
ments."
ut am your dooty as a Christian Il
let Bob engersoll have all de rope hi
wants! If you have got de proper
faith he can't hurt ye. II your belize
won't stand an attack den it am to-
weak to stan alone. If after men and
women have believed in God, an here
after, an heaben tor 5000 years, law
yer wild snub nose an q voice like q
dog darkin' in barl, can come along an
scare 'em into fits, somebody had bet
ter go to work an plug up de knothole
an put new rivets in de iints."-Detroi
Free Press.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09
Free Trade VS.. Projection.

Father" said a young Austin swell.
with sporting proclivities, explain to
me something about protection. What
is the duty on sugarp"
II don't know anything about the
duty on sugar, but can tell you some
thing about the duty on tobacco. 1t is
my duty to seize all the cigars can get
hold Of" and reaching over toward his
sons vest pocket he snatched b handful
of Havanas.
"That's the duty on tobacco, is itp"
said the young man. WELL, | may be
somewhat muddled on political econo-
my but that looks good deal like free
trade.-Texas Siftings.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09

The secretary Of the interior has di-
rected the sale Of the lands. contained
IN the Fort Summer military reserva'
ton. There are about $4,000 acres to
be sold. The Pecos river flows through
the reservation. The reservation was
for many years the home of Lucien
Maxwell and the Improvements there
on were six months ago sold by his son
to the New England Cattle company,
The sale commences January 18th. 1884.
and there will doubtless by some splr-
tied bidding OF the land Office in this
city.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09
A Chronic Choker.

He had just got his oyster shop open
to the public the other day when in
came man who asked:
'"Got any rawsp"
"Yes, sir"
Serve EN- on the half shellp"
"Wedo."
Extra largep"
I'VE have some Of tue largest oysters
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-11-09

PHILOSOPHY, is something that en-
ables person to hear with resign@
thu the misfortunes Of others, -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
/ Brsluctac,s Dress.

A gard n-party dress worn by tall
brunette il this city lately WAS as fol.
lows: Til, rourd skirt vas Of straw
berry satin, embroidered in very dask
red peoples aud foliage down the trout.
Folds Of tie satin descending from the
bodice wep arranged to represent pan.
niers. Tie train was of rich pins bro
cade, detained from the skirt, to which
it formed sort of background, and was
caught upon one side with q tuft OF re-.
and rose cdored feathers Tue pointed
bodice of strawberry satin WAS l.. :ca up
the back, cut square front al i back,
with a la.e bertha folded across tue
chest, made Of strawberry tinted Span
ish lace matching the rutflas OF lace
around the bottom of the ,onnd skirt.
The gloves we're of cream tinted Swed
ish kid, and the lady wore in her dark
hair tuf6 of ose.colored. tips, with d
pink aigrette. Another toilet was
French gray satin, embroidered in whit,
silk. with an enormous sash cfs whit,
satin finishing the panniers in the back
the loops and ends falling over III. train,
the looping beginning several inches b..
low the waist line. En- suite with ibis
dress was u white satin. parasol lined
with pale pink malvsilleux, and edged
with q deep Venitian lace rufae Of ex-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
Two Ways of Making q Living.


A man with red mustache, dressed
in blue flannel suit, has been trying
for fortnight to swindle many down
town firms. He has called at the Offices
Of mshy stock companies, and said their
paper was being counterfeited in Boston
By man named Harris. His reason for
informing then was that Harris had
eloped with his wife, and he wanted to
ret even. All he asked was $40 or $40
to procure evidence. At number of
wholesale merchandise establishments
he represented that Harris was in league
with sonic clerk to defraud the concern.
He has obtained considerable money.
A heavily-built German Of ragged and
battered appearance sat down On q stoop
in Ninth Street yesterday, and took from
a pocket three pieces of bread. he
placed one of them on the Tagging neal
the curbstone, and then eesed the
street and waited i'll the shadow Of q
doorway until two fasbionably dressed
ladies approached. Then he walked ii
an aimless way toward the bread, and
when the ladies were Il few feet away lie
seized it, and pretended to ravenously
devour it.
Poor fellow said one of the ladies,
she is in starving condition. Let us
assist him."
The fellow walked away the richer by
half dollar. In Tenth Street he re-
peated The trick, and was rewarded With
dime. He has carried on his little
swindle for the last three years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
Is THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK

is THE GREAT CONNECIlN& Linn.
Its main line runs from Chicago to CQuncn
Bluffs, passing through Joliet, Ottawa, IL S Mae
Liberty, Iowa City. MaTengo, BROOKLYN. Qrtnnell
Des Moines the capital OF Iowa.. stnast ,Ia!r,
tic, and Avoca; with branches rom 69reau
e Rssa Ynlsd e
ron. Leavenworth, Atchison. and Kansas City:
to
tonsport, Independent Eldon, OttumWa, Eooy.
vile, Oskaloosa, Pella, Monroe, ana Des Moinesi
Newton to Monroe; De$ MONEY 70 1n9l1n0ia ao4
Ayoca to Harlan. This is positively the only
Railroad, which owns, and operntes through
line from Chicago into the State OF Kansas
daily
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, LEAvENwORTH and ATCHI-
SON Through ca1s run run nstMssn H"s an
Rock Island Short Line.'' -. -
The .Great Rock Island" is magnihcently
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect, and its
What viii please you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals. while passing over the
beautiful prairies Of Illinois and Iowa, In one Of
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
Through Express 1ra2s Y0I get an e Sof
>Apprecistine the fact that majority Of The
people prefer separate apartments for diaerens
Of this line warranting IL, We are pleased g an.
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Id!dee
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes, and Fotdee
RULLMAN RALACE CARS are r
coTSfa 1Ia ZEE liz. Ssen c I. H.
an Ticket AGENTS IN the Valted States
For informati0n not obtainAhle At y
Gent Superintendent -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
-IIow to Tell siood Eggs.

A good egg will sink in water.
Stale eggs are CLASSY aod smooth OF
shell.
A fresh egg has lime-like surface 10
it's shell.
The boiled eggs that adhere to the
she'll are fresh laid.
Eggs packed in brine for long time
smell AID taste musty.
Thin shells arc caused by lack OF
gravel, etc among the laying hens.
A boiled egg that is Gone will dry
quickly on the Shell after taken from the
kettle.
After an egg has been laid day or
more the shell comes off easily when
boiled.
Eggs that have been packed in lime
look stained, and show the action of the
lime GU the surface.
II AL egg is clear and golden in APP
pearance when held to the light, it is
good; If dark anl spotted, it is bad.
The badness of an egg may sometimes
be told by shaking it near the holders
ear, but the test is a dangerous one.
With the aid of the hands, a piece
OF paper rolled in funnel shape and
held towards the light, the human eye
can look through all egg, shell and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

BETWEEN THE EAST & THE VEST!
Dining Gers for eating PSFpoSss pay s Sne
az a 1ron Bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crossed BY this
Knnsas csg. and
nections being made in Union Depots; ~,
$S5HsRr4h & SlsG
S "a Se with all d'vers'ns lines for the
= e ES So y SS: with the L. Sns' and p
= AtWAsHiNGToN HEIGHTS. with F. c. & St.
i5S74 4|;b with H. es y EB
W.; III: Mid; and I. P W , BIS; t. po..
shoEt aRd ih RoG1 1ep1
c. MI Il st. p R.R -
At WEST LIBERTY, with theB., c: r: + N. r. r.
4! & &RI MGI1H With the GePtFal doEa
AZ COUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union Pacific r: Il.
AtCoLUMBUs jUNcT1oN. with 3. C. 4. 8 n. R:R.
St. L. S & Pac.. and G. G 3: q. r. Rds ~ w.
AZ KEOKUK, with Tol., PEG. T. War; Wab, St.
Louis s Pac.. and s.: L, keo; 4 NV. r. Rds.
A. VIE Ateh Tdpeka Santa Fe
Atch. Neb: and Cen. BIZ: 2; F: R, Rds.
=. zskSSSszs CITY with all lines for the West
n through to PEORIA. DEs MONIES,
ITCHIS0N, and LEAVENWORTH:
Is Great Rock Island Route" arc cold oS
~ hoao ticket onlce, address.
Il. ST. JOHN,
81 ,a: Qenl Tiki. and Pass'gr Agt.. =,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
Not Given to Jokes.
lFrom the Paris American Register.]

lFrom the Paris American Register.]
Tue Swiss DO not seem to be given t.,
jokes. A sentence recently pronounced
ny tue cslniu;i court of Scllwyz csu,es
(und justly SOY much comment. A citi-
zen OF Reichenbnrg was indicted for the
ut1erauce of Il counterfeit back tote,
SAID note b>.a:,: on The face of it the
following:
The District Fools Bank
OF Nowhere
Will pay OH presentation Of this Bank note the
SUM of One Hundred francs
Oh April 1st, Anuo LorGknowswhen.
Prince Carnival, D. camped III
President. Cashier.
Ga either side Ut This s'bauk tote"
there are various designs PERFECTLY in
keeping, with the attributc> of Prince
Carnival, which u themselves wonId
be calculated 10 exclude tie lea "f an
intentional frand. More tA&n tits, TIC
edges Of tue note boro the 4e.rud:
"W .osoever couuteIfeits these notes
will he punt Lable up to fifteen years
bath cure at Rag .tz." fli~ cuur. cot
d2mnel the 1oc'.i ptrp tutor AMI ut;
ttIet Of c;jrlite,f.iis 10 .'n'- se'r'S I'M
pri-nnueno III IL Work house. No Won
=. or IL deemed, t, e jose lit 80 he. too
!, az. CD ,,,u W: ,nu- add I. un:.s d.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
CuriOSitieS of Statistics.
From the Chicago Inter- ocean,


Let us observe what our farms and
farmers are annually producing for
every man, woman and child Of the
country's population. The year 1880
produced for each person thirty bushels
of corn, nine bushels of wheat, eight
bushels of oats, one bushel of barley,
two-fifths Of a bushel of rye, one-tenth
Of a bale of cotton, three pounds of wool,
two-thirds of ton of hay, half pound
of hops, two pounds of rice, ten pounds
Of tobacco, three aud half bushels of
Irish potatoes: and half bushel of
sweet potatoes.
OF animals there was one hog for
every person, one horse for every five
persons, one mule for every twenty
eight persons, one mich COW for every
four persons, aud two sheep for every
three persons. There were fifteen and a
half pounds OF butter and half pound
Of cheese made for each person, and the
COWS averaged sixty-two and half
pounds of butter each for the year. AL
though our farm pro. uctsseem immense
in amount it is an astonishing fact that
if every acre of Illinois was devoted to
wheat for one year, and the average
yield should be the moderate amount Of
fifteen bushels to the acre, the crop
would exceed in amount the entire
wheat crop of the country for the last
year. Ii the state OF Missouri was
wholly planted with corn, and should
give moderate yicld OF forty bushels to
the acre, tue aggregate would equal the
cutie corn crop OF the country for the
year 1880. The state OF Kapsas aloue
caa r.ise beef enough to feed the
present population OF the COUNTRY.
When we have ten times our p-escut
population, .sad when a)f our Iaujs are
as we'll cultivated as the vail y OF the
Nile, the aggregates II the farm products
will be expre sed il figures difficult 20
compreh' nj Agriculture is becomi ~
chemistry, aud husban1ry is 'ncomlo,
mechanics, so tnat one good mau "-day
can do as much wo,k upon 81 farm ss
four men did fifty wears ago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
A PARABLE.
BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

L.
Said Christ our Lord, ~ will go and zee
How the men. my brethren, believe In me-"
Hc passed not again through the gate Of birth,
Then Eaid tho chief priests, and rulers and kings,
s.Behold, now. the giver Of all good things;
GO to, let us welcome with pomp and state
Him alone who is mighty and great"
With carpets of gold the ground they spread
Wherever the son Of man should tread,
And in palace chambers lofty and rare
They lodged him, and served him with king]y fare
Great organs surged through arches dim
Their jubilant floods In praise Of Him;
And in church, and palace, and Judgment hall,
He saw his image high over all.
But still, wherever his steps they led,
The Lord in sorrow bent down RB head,
And from under the heavy foundation stonoe,
The Son of Mary heard bitter groans.
And in church and palace, and judgment hall,
He marked great assures that rent the wall,
And opened wider and yet more wide
As the living foundation heavcd and sighed.
nHave We founded your thrones and affairs, then,
On the bodies and thrones Of living men?
And think ye that building shall endure,
Which shelters the noble and brushes the poor7
"With gates of silver and bars of gold
We have fenced my sheep from their Fathers fold,
have heard the dropping of their tears
IN Heaven these eighteen hundred years."
20 Lord and Master, not ours the guilt, .
We build as but our fathers built;
Behold thine images, how they stand,
Sovereign and sole, through all our land.
s.Our task is hard-with sword and fame
To hold the earth forever the same,
And with sharp crooks Of steel to keep
Still as thou leftest them thy sheep"
Then Christ sought out an artisan,
A low-browed. stunted, haggard man,
And motherless girl, whoee fingers thin
Pushed from her family want and Gin.
These set he in the midst Of them,
And as they draw back their garment hem
For fear of deflement, "Lo, here" said he,
"rhe images ye have made Of me!'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
A Fatal Jewel.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.I

From the st. Louis Globe Democratic
The "Moon of Mountains Is not
solitary in its tale OF blood. for almost
every other great diamond has his.
tory equally bloody. Kohinoor is so
we'll known as a jewel that bare re er-
ence to it ia necessary to recall much OF
its wonderful story, but most people do
not know that this story comprises no
less than fifty two known thunderstorm
many others is uncertain three, and
perhaps four, wars and an incalculable
number Of lies, duplicities aud treach-
cries Of more or less serious re. ult. The
stone has never, until it came into Eng
ish hands, brought anything but N S.
fortune to it's possessor; aud yet every
holder, who perhaps got it by robbery
or murder, or both, chung to it with des
peration as long as he could. Accord
ing to one account-perbaps one as re.
putable as any other-it was discovered
in India nearly 5000 years ago, add has
been like a. devil in the world ever
since, bringing nothing but strife and
bloodshed wherever it has gone. One
OF it's owners, Shah Rokh, the son OF
Nadir Shah, refused to give it up to
the coDqueror Of biz country, and, had
his eyes put out; this not accomplishing
the desired end, the barbarous conquer.
ors had Rokh's head shaved, diadem oil
paste put on, and in the hollow thus
formed, poured boiling oil for the pur
pose of inducing compliance. The
wretched Rokh went mad under his SUI
ferings, but never gave mp his secret.
BE had hidden the gem in the plaster Of
his palace wall, where it remained for
many years, and was believed to be lost
forever, but where it was finally discov-
cred by an officer cutting his hand on
its sharp corner, where the plaster had
worn away from it. Another celebrated
diamond was brought from the east in
the leg of a slave, who murdered his
master for it, then bid it in a cash in
his leg, waited for the. cut to heal, and
then travelled to Europe as a beggar.
So identified are diamonds with every
species of crime that these gems have
been rather curse than a blessing. 1t
is calculated that in the Brazilian mines
at least one third sof. the stones are
fraudulently disposed Of in one way or an
other, and murders are SO frequent IN
the diggings that they almost cease to
excite more than passing remark,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.
The Prescription

A~ - N~~0A S2~11o
They were parting 1t the gate
Man and maid
Still he tartied, although late.
Longing much to hear his fate,
Yet to ask 1t half Afraid.
"1f / only 1 tnex,%, said he
"iet me give aavioe,6 said she;
"Make q confidant Of me:
I can be Of help to you."
"Ahl know that" answered he,
With sigh.
'.Now I guess it all !" cried she:
'sYou'rc in love, plainlyse
And afraid to tell her fiew
"You're q witch to guess 90 wcll,"
Answered he:
II would like to have you tell
How to make sick heart we'll;
Kindly now prescribe for me-"
every heart will cure heart"
Low laughed SHE;
'sYou must find another heart.
Then your own win lose its smart
Try this olden remedy
'Let me have your heart;" he plead:
'sNayl" said she;
"Ihaye none" ssNo hearth" be eaid.
"Then go upcomforted-
Mine broken heart must be-"
at is Sours!" and she laughed low;
''Don't you sect
fpreseribed it long ago,
Seeing that you Suffered SO.
What so blind as men can be -
''Had I only known BEFORE"
Whispered he;
"What q cure you had in stofe!"
s'You'd have suffered all the more:
Men are foolish things" said she:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
ECma EallcieS.

EcAlsale anCRCSs
WHEN a school girl becomes toned
down isn't she an expert?
A ZULU belle may be said to be like
the prophets, because she has not much
on.'er in her own country.
THE hired girl with the dust-rag is the
chair rub Of the family -Mercho,at and
Traveller (zhe D, ~n2aner).
II WOULD like scollopel OYSTERS" she
remarked. He ANSWERED., meaning to
be funny, Il don't know he W to scallop
oysters" t'Then bias some,' said she.
CINCINNATI claims dog that is 60
| sensitive minded that he will howl in
the most sorrowful manner when he Sc, &
a brunette woman 90 past with red
bow at her throat.
ELLA WHEELER says she does not
''feel the want Of a husband or a tomb
stone" to shelter her from further criti-
cism. She merely hides behind verse
OF her poetry, and considers herself per-
tectly SAFE.
ONLY two Short" Poor man." said
Mrs. Darlington; "and so he is really
gone at last. Ninety eight, was he :?
Dear, dear, to think how if he'd lived
two years more he'd have been centu-
rion !'-Bosto,s Globe.
"WHAT is the next thing to a dude?'
was asked in fashionable parlor last
night. One lady answered an ape, an.
other an ourang- outang, but when lit
tie girl said the next thing to dude is
his undershirt, the subject was suddenly
dropped.
We know a lady who wouldn't fib for
the world; bat when anybody asks her
about her shoes, what number she wears.
she always replies "Two." As she has
two feet, she of course speaks the truth;
but CHS shows the difference between
lying and diplomacy.
II SEE you leave your window up all
night, Mrs. Dote. should think you'd
be afrail of burglars" "Yes, but
have to leave it up to let in the heir"
80, see; you wont to let in the son;
but You ought not 20 leave his father in
the dark. "-Louisrille Courier.
ACCORDING 70 Mrs. Livermore, "alone,
man grovels and women can not rise, but
together, like two birds with one pair of
wings, they eoer houv1nward." We
have never seen two birds with one
pair Of wings soaring beavenward, and
don't believe they could do it; but
perhaps it is all Observation-Disclosures
Meas.
A BURLINGTON girl got mixed up.in
row the other night. How?-why, the
oars went back on her. One of 'em got
all twisted up in her sacque, and the
other caught in the water and pushed
her off the seat backward, and the young
man who was with her tried to divert
her from her embarrassment by making
her believe she was out fishing for
crabs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
'rhe Etiquette Of Marriage.

According to Honore de Balzac, only
two kinds of women are permitted t.
make advances to men-to take that
"first step" whioA, utter HI, costs very
little The women specially excepted
from the general rule are queens and
actresses and. with all due respect for
the th,pne and for the stage, it must be
admitted that members of these two
privileged classes have, in many cases,
profited largely by the permission &C.
corded them. Queens and actresses
meaning in the latter case, queens of the
the tier, and not the whole crowd of
women and girls who have entered upon
the dramatic career-are surrounded by
homage; so that what on the part of
other women would be active selection
is but passive selection on theirs. They
are in no way exposed to the ignominy
OF rebuff. A queen, moreover, is
strictly forbidden by etiquette to receive
an unbidden declaration OF love, or a
spontaneous invitation of any kind.
From dancing partner to a partner for
life she must signify her choice. As
much can not be said OF the prima donna
or the great tragic or comic actress.
But, whether it should be so or not, the
queens of the stage, while exposed to at
least as fierce II light IS that which
"beats upon THRONE" stand equally
with the enthroned ones above the reach
of conventional etiquette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-07-11
Plantation Philosophy.

From the ArkansaW Ira$eler.l
De lightnin' -bug is de dark. lantern Oh
de inseck world.
1t amt got much use for de man
what is alters tryin' ter praise a pusson.
Too much honey makes a man powerful
sick.
1t amt de- man what is got de big name
dat is dc least apt ter cheat yer. De
clearer de water is, de palmer yer ken
look down an see a sky dat amt dar.
A man may negleck his friends, All
chen his chillun', au' yet hab some pints
left, but when Il man neglecks his mud
der, de las spark oh anything redeem
in has dun gone ont.
A 10y is a chile 10 longer wild his
mudder den he is wild his fad.ler. A
stone bruisa daf he would take ter his
fadder, and show wild air oh pride, be
will take ter his mndier an show it wild
whine.
De wust bore is man what tries ter
probe eberything by yer. Eff yer encour
ages him de leas' bit, he'll tell de big
gcst sorter lie au' prube it by yer. l
doan like dis, case doan beIeebe H.
ben when [ tells it myse'f.
"WHY does kiss raise tue spirits 2