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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1884-06-15

construirse, ell canal pusde constitute una nue.
va Inca de defensa para Francia, que segdn
Sc espera podra vcncer las difcultadss que
oponen las autoridades nilitaIes francesas 4
Ia perforaci6n Cis los Princes por los puntos
mas convenientes para Espafia, Canfranc, por
ejemplo.
El canal no solamente aproximaria alguHos
puertos de Espana con otros del Norte de En-
ropa, sino que enIazaria los dc Catalufa con
Vizcaya, Asturias Galicia
Ell canal, sin embargo, Sc dice desfsvorece-
ria algunos puertos meridionales, por razonea
que no estan claras, la importancia de Gi
braltar como punto estrat6gico Sc reduciria
considerablemente"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
Continued from, last .uesk.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

A plate of SOLID GOLD II 2-10 karats
fine is soldered on each side of plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts of the cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength, stiffness and solidity, while
the switten guarantee of the manufacturers
carranting each case to wear tscenty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many Of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold. DUBUQUE, a., Dec II, 1880.
have used one Of your James Boss God Watch
Cases for seventeen years. bought it secondhand
and know Of its having been used before got it.,
but do not know how long. 1t looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect it was Tiled case
until 80 informed by jeweler short time since:
I most cheerfully recommend your cases to be all
they are represented to be, and more.
49, o. McCRANEY, Dep. Col. Int. ReU Sd DIS loed
Sand cent stamp to Keystone Fhiia
Aelph Pa illustrated Pamphlet showing nov
Jaass Bsss' and Keystone Watch Cases are made
ITO be Continued.l
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
The old County Cirona.

AA0 OAU VOU0CTy VlxOUos
How dear temy heart Il the show Of my childhood
IN tnese days Of three rings, Of rail-
How fond recollection present. thee q v,.v,
For weeks while the posters on fences and church
Portrayed 70 my young eye. Ii. scene. that
No soft thrill Of love, no throb Of ambition,
Has Ance equaled tho bliss gained dreaming
Of thee. - :
How faithful worked in the ways that present.d
Toksin the few pennies my ticket should buv $
NO usl was 20 sweetened-no reward 30 stupend-
No miser oherished his hoard as did I,
How fair the sun shone on the Glad d.v an
How s,ts With strange hustle tho .le.py cid
AID, when DER tho hill came the rumblinR Of Nag
The bound ssa 8, q my heart said: The ot1eus h,.
The old country circus, the faded old circns.
me one-horse old circus my infancy knew
What pageant Of now can that /" grand entry y
What wit of to-day like those Jokes Of the rino ,
And those divans Of pine boards-such ease OH
entail, = 800 80
No reserved cushioned chairs Of the present can
One elephant only, satisfying, majestic,
MOI Jumbo, nor sacred, neither painted nor
Take them them all, and the whole gilded, fraudulent
For single return OF that honest delight
Ihe Old country circus, the wandering old csrcus
Inc shabby old circus my infancy Knew, =
IN. r Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
Ylanderbilt,s Trsasure.Yault.
[From John SWinton,s PanArl

[From John swinton,s Psper.l
stood the other day in the vault OF
the formidable fortress Of iron and ma
sonry on Forty-second Street, where
last year the richest nabob IN the world
looked up his $500, OO0, 600 in stocks,
bonds, and other securities. It is one
of the most redoub table works Of defense
on the American continent, though Won
may not be entirely certain Of that by
surveying the building from the outside.
Its foundations were blasted ont Of the
rock; the front wall is five feet in thick
ness, and the side and rear walls are
three feet, the materials used being
pressed bricks with brown.stone trim
mings. The beams, girders, and main
pillars are iron, incased in freproof ma
terlal The doors, oW-frames, and
minor partitions are iron, marble, and
glass. No wood is to be found in the
structure. The great vault is 36x42
feet, Of wrought iron, steel, and Frank
Unite iron, is imposing in strength and
proportions, and is situated on the
ground floor. Its four outer doors
weigh 5000 pounds each, and have
every effective and known Improvement
IN defensive devices. A massive wall of
masonry surrounds the ironwork. The
vault, which is burglar, fire, and water
proof, constitutes distinct building in
itself. The armed watchmen who guard
the building day and night are under
the strictest discipline, their hourly
movements being recorded by an electric
clock connecting with various points on
each floor of the structure, and there
are also wires running to police head
quarters and to the Offices of the dis
trict telegraph. In one corner of this
great vault, behind heavy iron bars, are
the heavier iron doors of the works con-
tanning the Vanderbilt securities, which
can be opened only by sakeleton-keys
held by the owner alone. I suppose
that q hundred men in this building.
with Calling guns, could easily defend
it against a mob Of. 100, 900 assailants ; it
could be reduced by nothing less than
the continued play of heavy artillery.
1t may be a year since Vanderbilt, then
worth" $1,000, 900, put the larger
part OF his possessions in the vault. He
could not, perhaps, put moro than $780,
OOO, 600 under guard here at that time,
but he has added over $l2, 00O, 900 to his
fortune within the year, though it has
been poor year. Thus rapidly does
the stupendous volume of his unparal.
leled pile enlarge. Nothing like such
growth of any mans wealth was ever
before known in the world. Every year
in the nature of things, the growth in
creases, so that the estimate Of the best
informed men is that by the year 1890
he will be able to pile up not less. than
$500, 000, 600 in his great iron vault be-
hind walls five feet thick.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
e.
A Good Word for q Mule.

Once in while cone writer for the
agricultural papezs arouses to the great
ness and multiplicity of the virtues of
the mule and writes paragraph on the
subject. Then the matter drops and the
excellences of the long. cared musician
are forgotten or are remembered family
by those who believe that the great
worth of the hybrid is tempered BY a
yet greater cussedness pure and unde-
filed. Prehaps this is the reason that
so few farmers in the North have seen
their profit in raising these long-eared
embodiments of energy and melody.
The popular notion seems to be that
mules are of all created beings (except.
perhaps, the mules father) most con.
trary, and have the nimbleness of most
Enthusiastically of heels. But there are
those who, knowing the mule well from
long acquaintance, declare that no bet
ter beast of burden lives; that if properly
treated and well trained in the earlier
decades of their existence they are GOOD
tempered, quiet, and reasonably obeai-
ent; that to raise mule requires less
outlay of care and cash than will be1 re-
CURED in raising colt of like age; that
when raised the mule will bring bet
ter price than can be got for the average
colt of the same size and age; and that
the mule is tougher, will live far longer,
do more work, aud some time or other
will die harder than will the best horse
ever known.-Chicago Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
HER ANGEL.
BY ANNA r. BURNHAK,

Margery covered and crouohed in the door Of tho
beautiful porch;
There were beautiful people in there, and they III
belonged to the church.
But Margery waited without; abe did not belong
Except in the dear Lords bosom, who taketh the
children there.
And through the open doorway came noating 4
lovely sound:
She shut her eye. and imagined how the angel.
With their harps like st. Ceceas in the picture on
the wall :
All, Margery did not doubt that so looked the sing
Suffer the little children !" sang heavenly voice
Or the soul Of Voice that was winsns away in the
Let the children come to mel" sang the angel in
her place,
And Mareery, listening, stood with upturned eyer
LET them come! let them come to metz And up
the aisle she sped,
With eyes that sought for the voice. to follow where
She did not say to herself: Pm coming. Wait
But shone in her face and leaped in her eyes,
Margery!
Up the stair to the singer she ram she touched the
hem Of her dress,
But the choir were bending their he ads the preach
or had risen to bless
The reverent throne, and alas, bewidered Mar
gerry,
The voice has ceased, and the singers have turned
their eyes on thee.
They look with surprise at her feet and again at hel
ragged gown,
And one by one they pass, with careless smile or
frown.
But the sweetest face bent near, and-"I came
said Margery,
For thought twas an angel sang, Let the child
come to me! y"
With q tender sigh the singer took the child upon
her knee;
sang the words for the dear Lord Christ, my
Margery,
And so for the dear Lord Christ, take thee home
with me ~
" 1t was An angel sang !" sobs little Margery.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
Working a New Line.


A tramp struck Detroit the other dav
who will grow rich where others Of. his
class will freeze and starve. 1t has long
been q wonder that none of these men
seemed to know how to takethuman nat.
ure, but here is man at last. He was
yesterday working several streets in the
northern part of the city. He made calls
at the front door. Selecting his house.
and when his ring was answered he
would remove his hat and Inquire:
Beg pardon, but is this place for
sale ?"
"No, SIR ~s D..
"Ah excuse me. Twas told that it
was for sale, although I could not un-
derstand why you should want to part
with such fine property. This is one
of the prettiest streets in Detroit"
eyes, 7 think so.''
"The air must be sweet and pure
here?'' " -,
"Oh, yes"
Chow nice everything around your
house is kept up! Any stranger could
at once see that the family had taste and
culture. Sorry the place is not for sale. y
Did you you wish to buy p
t'Not exactly, but ] know gentle
man who is looking for just such place,
and I volunteered to run about q little
for him. I presume you would want at
least SEC, OOO?"
"Oh, my, no my husband values the
place at about s., O0O."
''Only $4,000! Beg pardon. but I
hope he won't be foolish enough to think
of selling at that figure. He might lust
as we'll get SIG, 900. I see that your
neighbours try to initiate your curtains.
Ha! hal Poor limitations That is q
grand flower vase you have there. I
priced one in New York the other day,
and it was $780,"
Eyes," she replied, pleased and
smiling.
IF I was an art co,s,.oisseur I should
like to look over your house. Every
thing betokens that you have made art q
study and travelled extensively in Eu-
rope. By the way, I'll step to the side
entrance for glass Of water, and If the
girl can spare bit of bread I'll be thank
full. Ny long walk has made me faint.
Beautiful front here-taste and culture
apparent even in the way this mating is
nailed down on the steps. Sorry your
residence is not for sale, and III Just
step to the kitchen door.
4 He not only got q square meal, but
she hunted him up q coat, hat and q
pair Of boots, and then felt that she was
in his debt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
IS Crowded Out.0

lErom the Detroit Free Press
81 vhas treated in shameful man
ner," he began, yesterday, as he halted
a policeman on Gratiot Street.
g Have the boys been after you
again ?"
60 No, der poys vhas all right. It.
vhas q young man who makes q fool of
me. He comes into my blaze two or
three weeks ago und says he vbas
society reporter NIT baper. Dot
vhas all right. If anybody likes my So
ciety doan' bounce him oudt."
s. What did he want p
:" Well, py-und-py he says to me:
Mr.. Onderdunker. how you like me
to say in der baper dot your daughter
Katie gift barty last vheek und eafery-
tings vhas lovely like Boston style 2
Well, feels tickled dot my Katie vhas
to be in der bapers, und I set oop der
peer"
I didn't see the ITEM"
Nopody sees it. After while der
reporter comes aroundt and tells me dot
it vhas crowded out. He feels very
sorry, but he can't help it, und py-und-
Ply he says: Mr.. Onderdunker, how
you like me to say in der baper dot your
Wife vhas in Toledo on visit NIT
friends 2 Well, I like dot. My vhife
vhas home nit der kitchen, but it looks
Well in der baper dot she goes off on q
visit. !"
And you set up the beer p
81" Yes. I like him to make fine no.
tice, but it doan' come oudt in de baper.
He comes arOundt in few days und
says it vhas crowded oudt, but he vhas
sorry und can't help it. I vhas madt,
but py-und-py he says: Mr.. Onder
bunker, how you like me to say dot you
gift q coffee NIT your palatial residence,
und dot it vhas der most recherche az
fair Of der season 2 Well, I always
have some coffee for breakfast, und il
der vhas some recherche around here ]
like some in my family. / bays taxes
und vhas as good as anybody. I tells
him to 60 aheadt NIT his item, und he
fills oop NIT peer und goes off. . II
And it didn't come out p s
Not an oudt He vhas q shwind,
Ter. I found oudt he vhas house
painter. You see how you can fool {
man when you tickles him shust right.
!" Well, he's SO much ahead"
!" Maybe he vhas, but in q day or two
he Will come pack for some more peer
Den shall fix an item like dis: sOm
acknowledgements, Mr.. Onderdunker
who vhas in Detroit ten years und BAY
his taxes, can mop s0mepody all oafel
der floor, und preak his pones, une
black his eyes, und step on him in such
recherche style as beats Boston all K
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
Danger in Barbed Wire.

The question comes up: Is there any
way to prevent the harm which barbed
wire may cause to live stock? We answer
decidedly in the affirmative. We have
used the wire for years, and never found
the least difiicultyor danger. There are
several modes. For smooth, nearly level
fields, pillow deep furrow on each side
Of the wire fence, or rather pillow several
burrows, SO as to make one broad and
deep one on either side, throwing as
practicable toward the line of posts, and
finishing the work by cleaning out by
hand the bitches thus made. This work
is performed at comparatively little cost,
and has three advantages of draining the
line banking against the posts so that
they need not be set so deep, and MAX
ing q visible barrier which will induce
horses to check their speed and stop be-
fore they reach the fence. They will
not pitch heedlessly into = ditch and
against bank. They are always
brought up before they reach the line.
Another advantage is that the ditch and
bank combined together are as good as
two bottom boards, and smaller num-
Der of wires arc nedeed to complete the
fence above.
Another mode, where there are plenty
of scattered or cobble stone over the
adjacent fields, is to make them low
flat wall, say about two feet high: ret
the posts in the line of this wall. and
attach the barbed wire to them, The
wall becomes visible barrier, and will
repel the approach or animals. for thoy
have special dislike to step on . mass
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R. R.

Is THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK
Its main line runs from Chicago TO Council
Bluffs. passing through Jeltet, Ottawa. Il Sans :
Liberty Iowa City, Msren9o, Brooklyn, Grinnen,
tic. and Avooa with branches from Bureau
Junction 70 Peoria; Wilton Junction to Mnaca-
Csntreville. Princeton. Trenton. Gallatin, Cane.
ron, Leavenworth, Atchison. and Kansas City;
Washington to sigourRey. oskaloosa. and Knox
sson
vile. oskaloosa. Pelia. Monroe, ana Des Mo.nes;
Newton to Monroe; Des Moines TO lnaianoia ane
Z WiRterset; Atlantic to Lewis and AUDUBON; ano
10 1Ses ana y
line from Chicago into the state o. Aeasas. p,,,
Through Express Passenger Trains, Win Euil.
man PALACE Cars ettacsed arsrun esS Ms1s c SnM
COUNCIL cssnSe I BLUFF EzAyESwokFH ana ATca!.
SON. Through cars are also run 6etWeen MMWan::
Sc and Ka1sss Gity: via the "Ailusakss ana
The '. "Great ROCK island" 10 raasniacently
equipped Its road bed is simply perfect, and tts
track is laid with steel rails.
3 What will please you most will be the pleasure
Seautii;,i pralres Of Illinois and Iowa, in one Of
our n magnificent Dining Cars that accompany al
Through Express Trains. You get an entire
meal, good as is served in any nrst-cisss hotel
Appreciating the fact that majority Of the
people prefer separate apartments for diasrent
purposes land the immense passenger business
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Palses
Sleeping Cars for sleepiag purposes, and Patses
PULLMAN PALACE CARe are n
COUNCIL BLUFF1. KANSAS CITY, :
=, Ttc1ets yia this Line, knSWa A. e ~
For Information not obta6Ablo - u
a. AlMBALL.
00n1 SupeEtnt006Q0&
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28

ORDRRED to clear the court, an Irish
crier at Ballinasloe did so BY this an.
nouncement: Nov, then, all ye black
guards that isn't lawyers must lave the.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28

T. i W LElN i A1EI HtAoA - 4AAA ~ A1S1
ereat feature Of our Palace Cars is SMOKING
SALOON where you can entey your Havana"
At all hours Of the day.
and aisssur river. At III points crossed Sy thss
Kansas City, Leavenworth, ana Atchisea, con.
nset!9ps psISs Hsaf IL Union 1 sR9sc or
TAEIs sSsfXT THKeUa4 LINE ARE IS
A. esissxsc; With ali a,vsrsins lines for the
At ENs5Excep. with the L. 8 &N.s- aadP-
xtWxs1iNaTeG Hs1azrs. with r.. c. 4 T.
ALA SALE, with III. Cent. R. R.
W.; II: Hid.; and i. T: { y; kds: 49,
At Rock ISLAND, with MILWAUKEE, i Rock
fnd liz
c. II. l. st. +. r. L.
Al WEST LF1ERTY, with the B.. c, RE- N. h
At GRINNELL, with Central Iowa K.R.
AZ CoTNcM BLUFFS, With Union Paci6c R. b.
At OMAHA, with B. 4 Mo. r. +: Il: In NebD
AtCoLuNiUs with =. C. +: R;R.
< 9lTFFysw "a FL GsnfEa RAE iowa h W.
Al KEoKUK, with Tol, Pee: I War; Wab.. St
AZ CAMERON, with y: 81. J: r. r.
es md T en- Fefsls f'
AT LKAvENvoRT1, with Kan. Pac., and Kan.
xskxSszs CITY. With al line. for the West
TCHIs0N. ana LEAVENW0ETa.
Great Rock 1slaaa Route,'' arc sold by
ii ho1o ticket sAeo, address,
Gsaa Tkt. and PassixE AZ, y,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
suuppoaafro sssosa mr. lAws - sosc.lf.,
CT! !, RAJ
.n>MEI suRolcAL
IS

o.. GUS bsss "a NO. 5So tesss1 81
cHAs: +, iasA1s1 Pses't physieiaai n Charge.
NELSON GRESHAM. Treas & Busaueu Manager,
This Institute has ample facilities and an ex.
pericnced Faculty. While 1t succeeds to large
business, which has been established for years ii
will aim to extend its medical and surgical prac-
tice. giving skillful aud scientific treatment to
CHRONIC DISEASES e ,as M asa Spine as
sages, Heart, Liver. Stomach and Bowels, Rheum.
atism: DYSPEPSIA, Consump ton and a stfma,
BLOOD IMPURITIES by inpa.e Or as ssssa
ton. scrofnla, Fever Sores. Ulcers, etc.
DEF0RMlTlES Of the meS, Spinal hs Garyas
Of the Joints, Piles, Fistula, Rupture, etc.
WEAKNESS and wasting diseases in old and
M6nNN6Oo young men, also all diseases OF
the genito-urinary organs.
eeMAlE Irregularities and weaknesses, caus-
t6m0IC ing pain In the back or side, etc.
J Personal interviews with patients are always
preferred Those unable to Visit the Institute will
be furnished with blank lists Of questions that will
aid them in making full staten ent Of their cases
and If not requiring surgical operation they can
ne successfully treated by correspondcnce, and
to send proper list OF questions applicants should
4 Tho Treasurer of the corporation is of Nelsou>
Chesmau Co.. Advertising Agents. and refers to
the publisher of this other newspaper tho
United States or Csnadas regarding responsibility
Consultation al Office or by mail free and invited
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
HouSehOld Hfnts.


TO ornament tidy made of any ma
teriai and edged with antique lace, cover
the round dots in the lace with bright.
colored embroidery elk.
BANANAS make delicious addition to
ice cream. Slice thin and stir in lust as
the cream is beginning to freeze: or
served with it without freezing they are
nice. They should be cut up and be set
on ice for an hour before serving.
A DELICIOUS side dish is made of ap-
pies and is called apple omelet. Peal
and stew, stir in a large lump of butter,
little sugar, and four well-beaten eggs;
add fine bread crumbs and fry in hot
lard, on griddle, dropping from spoon.
It you have no stale bread use -four or
cracker crumbs.
AN appetizing way to warm over pota-
toes is to heat them in saucepan con-
tanning coffee cupful of beef stock, we'll
seasoned with salt, pepper. and q little
parsley which has first been Drowned "a
butter; out the potatoes in thin slices
and let them cook slowly unti they are
saturated with tho gravy Or liquor.
FoR breakfast salt mackerel is good IL
nicely cooked. After freshening il wrap
it in cloth and let il cook slowly for
twenty-five minutes. Steaming is pref.
cradle to boiling. At the end of this
time remove it to hot platter, garnish
it with hard. boiled eggs, cut in four
pieces; cut them lengthwise FIRST. Pour
q little cream, with pepper in it, over the
mackerel. y. -. 80. -. -. -.
HOMEMADE sausages to be boiled and
cut in thin slices for tea or for break
Fast, are made OF two parts of beef ana
one part of pork. Chop them very fine,
and season with black and red pepper.
salt, little sage, and summer savory, il
you please. Put this into small bags
made of stout cotton cloth, boil, and
then hang in dry, cool closet until you
wish to use. :. -
A BREAKFAST dish that is especially
appetizing is made by broiling some
very thin slices of ham. Butter some
thin slices Of toast and lay the ham on
them; then pour over it sort of omelet
made by beating eight eggs with about
one cup of sweet milk add pepper and
salt, and fry this in saucepan In which
you have put lump of butter and al
lowed it to melt. Serve at once and
while very hot.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-05-28
Sulphur for Grapevines.

s S.,
The use of sulphur powder for the de-
struction of oidion, or mildew. has come
into such general use in vineyards that
little need be said concerning it's ef-
fects or the necessity of using it. It has
proved itself to be the simplest and most
thorough remedy for disease that once
threatened the inter destruction Of the
grape crop in almost every country. No
vine, be it ever SO young or vigorous,
ought to be deprived of the benefit of 3
jadicious application of sulphur. the
disease being early transmitted into
young vineyards with the cuttings. A
close examination will often reveal dark
spots on the bark, and, if not systematic
cally destroyed, it will increase rapidly
and consequently be more difficult to
eradicate. Low lands seem to be more
afflicted by it as well as cold soils. vines
trained high on stakes are more liable to
suffer, probably on account of the CHI
ling influence of our cold nights. The
usual time of the first application is
when the new shoots are eight to ten
inches long, having then sufficiently de.
veloped leaves to retain the powde. r
San Jose (Cal) Times.