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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
MORTGAGE SALE.
Vl Default having been made in the pay.

MI OhlVAOE DALI.
~ Default having been made in the pay,
ment of the sum of thirteen hundred and
twenty.seven dollars, which is claimed to be
due at the date of this notice, upon a certain
David w. McCanna to Charles Dunning, dated
December 10Th, 1878, and with power of sale
therein contained, duly recorded in the office
county, Minnesota, on December Il, 1875 at
IL o'clock p. M, in Book w Of mortgages, on
page 245, and said Charles Dunning having
record of the appointment of Charles A.
Boardman, as executor of the last will and tes-
lament of Charles Dunning, deceased, by the
Probate court of the district of MiddletOwn,
and state of Connecticut having been duly
filed and recorded in said Register of Deeds
office, on April IT, 1884, at O'Clock p. m, in
Book of Miscellaneous records, on page 81,
having been by said Executor duly sold and
assigned to Thomas odaa Feeney, by an instrument
dated June rs, lss2, and duly recorded in said
Register OF Deeds Office, on April II, 1884, at
2 o'clock p. M, in Book of mortgages. on
page 276, and no action or proceeding having
been instituted. at law or otherwise, to re-
any part thereof;
Now therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of the power Of sale contained in
in such case made and provided, the said
| mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the
premises described in and conveyed by said
mortgage, viz:
The southeast quarter Of section sixteen, in
township one hundred and three. north, of
| range fifteen west, in Mower county, Min
nesOta,
Which sale will be made by the Sheriff of
said Mower county, at the west front door of
the courthouse, in the city of Austin. in said
county and state, on the 18th day Of June, A.
public vendue. to the highest bidder, for cash,
to pay said debt and interest, and fifty dol
lars attorneys fees, and the disbursements
allowed by law.
Dated April Goth, A. D. 1884,
THOMAS FEENEY Assignee of Mortgage.
ARTHUR L. COVE, Attorney. 30ap-7t
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11

NJ. G. NORTON of Winona, was ap-
pointed as the member of the National
Republican committee for Minnesota.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-06-11
AGENTS WANTED FOR
Deeds of Daring

BY BLUE AND GRAY.
The great collection of the most thrilling personal
adventures exploits of scouts and ses forlorn hopes
heroic bravery, imprisonments and rbreadth es-
capes, romantic incidents. hand-to-hand struggles,
perilous journeys daring raids and bold deeds ON
BOTH SIDES during the Great Civil War. No book
like it. Profusely Illustrated. Outsells all. Address
FORSHEE g. McMACKIN. Cincinnati, O.
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mo. made selling our Grand New History.
Famous and Decisive Battles OffheWOrld
Write to =. G. McCurdy q Co., Chicago, HI.
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encourage manufacture, art and all in
dustry. We must ignore the idea that
we must be paid in premiums. Better,
sometimes, that we do not get any, for
it may stimulate us to more arduous en-
deavor to improve. Improve your time
and energies, and try again. We must
learn from the men ahead of us that there
is something better and nobler for us to
attain to. We will improve as we bring
together the products of our farms and
compare results. Compare the habits of
farmers with merchants. The merchant
is constantly studying up all possible i'm
ness; he is on the watch for new inven-
tons. The merchant is bound to furnish
you with anything you want, and at q
profit, because he takes advantage of the
experience of the past. He figures on
contingencies. He is always business.
But the farmer asks for terms rather than
dictate them. Business is reduced to q
system. Farmers must do the same in
order to reap the full benefit of their toll.
But some farmers say it is not of impor-
lance enough. Is it of no importance?
OF per cent. of our population are en-
gagged in agriculture. Farm products are
valued at 80, 500, GOO, 600 annually, while
the fisheries, mines and lumber interests,
produce only $5O7, OOO, 600. Lock at cur
exports: 623 per cent. comes from our
farms. Look at the production of min
erals. The wheat crop of California
exceeded in value her gold and silver
products by $40, 100000 between the
years 1e7O-8O. The gold products Of
California would not buy her grape crop.
The immense iron and coal products Of
Pennsylvania are outvalued BY her hay
crops. The papers have habit of boom
ing mining and manufacturing, but say
little about the interests Of agriculture.
Once a man said, he wished he owned all
the railroads in the United States, for that
would make him the richest man in the
world, and yet the farm products Of the
United States in one year would buy all
her railroad stock and have q surplus Of
$500 GOO, 600. Minnesota farms in 1879
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

eyes, I've been down south, z" said a
dusty, tanned passenger, with quite a
variety of baggage lying on the seat In
front Of him, ''and it's mighty glad l
am to get back north again. The south
is no place for my business"
"And what might your business be9''
"Selling clothes wringers, fluters, and
sad-irons. The colored women do all
the washing and ironing in the south,
and of course eanvassed among them.
They're queer lot of citizens, they are.
In one house in Memphis wanted to
sell woman tluter, and when she saw
it she said: GO way with yo' sawsidge
machine-we's no Dutch trash in dis
hyar house. In Vicksburg 1 was
showing a colored woman some sad
irons. when she said; We's got no use
for any such weep'ns, sab; I'm pec'ble
woman, am, au' don't go gaddin' roun'
nights wild common folks; an as fo' my
husban' he nebber would be boddahed
wild one o. dem a. i'ons-he prefahs a
razah.' Even in one of the back streets
of the colored district Of st. Louis
was carrying wringer along one day
when about fous dozen pickanninies ran
after me and cried out: 'Mistah, mis-
tab, pleathe play US a tune. In two
hours lit out for Chicago.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

The effect that the disappearance of
forest has upon climate receives new
Illustrations every day. In Italy the
clearing of the Apprentices is believed to
have seriously changed the climate of
the Po valley, and now the African sir
occo, never known to the armies of the
ancient Rome, breathes its hot, blight
ing breath over the right bank of the
river in the territory of Purma. The
removal of the pine forests near Ra.
VIENNA induced the same desolating
wind ; and the same destruction of the
old forests of the Vosges and of the
Cevennes has had like deteriorating in
huences upon the climate. In Egypt,
where during the French occupation OF
l7OS, not a drop Of rain fell for sixteen
months, and where from time immem-
orial the country has been a rainless
bed of sand, the Mohammed Ali, by
planting his millions of fig trees, has
seen his country blessed with an annual
rain fall of several inches.
Hoeing, and the frequent stirring of
the surface Of the soil are good substi.
tutes for rain. Those parts of the gar
den that are most frequently cultivated
show the best results. 1t is probable
that corn, watermelons, tomatoes, Lima
beans and cabbages, and possibly other
plants, if well started in good deep soil,
may go through two.months' drouth
without serious damage. A deep, we'll.
manured soil suffers much less than q
shallow soil. Sub-soiling is to a Ger.
tain extent a substitute for rain. Moist.
ure comes from below. Understanding
is also a safeguard against drouth. The
course of the drains in the gardens car
easily be marked in dry season by the
ranker growth of vegetables above them
Irrigation in many parts of the nortt
will pay. The soil, if well prepared
could use to good advantage twice til,
quantity of water it receives from RAM
during the dry and hot months of sum
mer.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

The following is the substance of a
conversation with an "old trader" be-
tween Queensland and some of the
Polynesian groups. There might be
some forty schooners go out on an
average in the course of the year to
some part or other of the South seas.
Money is not yet understood by most of
the islanders, though they are begin
ming to take particular notice of it.
What they generally get is tobacco,
pipes, calico. American axes, knives,
etc. Sometimes, too, l fancy the
"boys" we get are sold to us by others
who have captured them, and are glad
to get something for them. In few
instances we pick up people who are
running away from enemies. This is
not common, but remember one case.
Two boats were lying off an island in
the usual way, the first close by the
beach with the "cover" boat little
way behind it, when beautiful young
woman plunged off point of rock into
the surf, and, after diving under the
heavy breakers, reached the smooth
water and soon had hold of the gun.
vale of the first boat and sprang on
board. In make and shape she was one
of the finest specimens of the human
race l have ever seen; her features
small and exceedingly regular, her eyes
almost black, with long lashes, and she
had beautiful hands and feet. Her
hair was all shaved, with the cxcep-
tion Of one tuft of long hair quite on
the crown of the head, which was rolled
up tight in small tuft. She was In a
perfect state of nudity, and as she sat
there unabashed, with her hands raised
to her head arranging her tuft, she was
the most graceful creature 1 ever saw.
While sitting in the stern sheets of
the boat, which was fast distancing the
shore, she was casting anxious looks
back to the spot from which she had
leaped, and of sudden her beautiful
eyes frightened up, and there was
smile that had some sort of devilment
In it playing over her face, caused by
her having caught sight of her pur-
suers, three in number, with bow and
arrow in hand. The foremost of them
went down on his right knee, and the
girl motioned the men to look out, and
before he could take his aim the boats
sail was run half way up the mast, and
was protection for all in the boat.
The sail had not been more than few
minutes up before several arrows
pierced it, and stuck there. This was
signal for the coats crew to seize
their Snider rifles, and the first shot
caused one man to roll over, and the
others instantly took to the bush, and
no more was seen of them. We landed
our fugitive safely on the ships deck,
and she was supplied with clothing,
and soon apparently at home with
other female recruits ON board,
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

Hans Ma kart, the greatest of Aus
trian painters, who has recently be-
come hopelessly insane, was married in
1882, in Vienna, to a ballet dancer.
The marriage was by no means elande-
stine, because the parents Of the couple
did not consent, there being no parents
on either side, and the bridegroom hav-
ing already attained the mature age Of
forty-ive, while the bride was thirty
five on her last birthday. Still Makart
thought 1t advisable to have his mar
riage performed in an obscure suburb
after one announcement only, because if
all the ladies to whom he had made
love and promised marriage had ap-
peared in the church they might with
out any very great efforts have prevent
ed him and the bride-elect from enter
ing the church at all. The news of his
marriage and departure on wedding
tour was as startling as the bursting of
the English bombs in the forts of Alex
andr1a. .Makart had been married once
before, early In life, and his wife,
handsome girl of Munich left him two
children, a boy and girl, and died of
consumption. She had been a devoted
wife to Makart, devoted even to his
caprices for when she found out that
he was exceedingly partial to reddish
hair she died her splendid black locks
that color. During her illness her hair
| 90 -
in her coffin half of it was black and
half red. Makart's friands were rather
anxious in regard to his personal
safety, because it was supposed that
the many forlorn maidens whose hearts
he had broken might unite to take re-
venge upon him, unless, indeed, they
thought that his new wife would
avenge them all upon the illfated art
| list.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04
Catch EN- by Electricity.

A tall, delicate, pale-faced young
man with an intellectual-looking face,
stood neryously twirllng bundle of
strings in his hand this morning at the
No, 2 engine house, talking to Major
Hughes,
81 am glad you are getting along so
WELL" said the major, kindly.
"There is no reason why fish cannot
be caught by electricity" replied the
boy, half to himself and half TO the
major. "You see, " continued the boy,
turning to a reporter, 81 am expert
menting on a machine that will make
fishing one Of the easiest things in the
world. A man can lay in his bed and
fish. l have not obtained patent on
it yet. The outline of the way it works
is this: You take your bait and throw
it into the water. The line is attached
by a switch to magnet. When the
fish bites the line switches the current
of electricity into the magnet, and the
magnet pulls pin out of a slot. This
causes a long lever to fly up and hangs
the fish. As soon as he is hooked a
bell starts ringing and continues until
you take the fish off the line. You
can arrange the machine 20 that il can
be put at the head OF your bed and the
ringing of the bell will awaken you.
OF course you must be near the river.
l am going to fix machine in Captain
Devan's Life Station. 1 have been
working at electricity several years and
made several electric machines. was
fishing the other day on the river when
it struck me that trouble and time
might be saved by using electricity. L
am having castings made now. and
soon expect to have my invention in
working order.n
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

which she held in her hand waiting for
half minute to expire before she could
take her medicine.
"rbis is just as it should be-" said
the doctor in a cheerful voice, ~ see
by your improvement that you have
kept your promise"
Miss Dickford swallowed her powder
and looked up at her visitor.
'Now you fee restless and tired of
the bed, and you would like to make
another move" said the doctor in a
confidential tone.
"Yes-may II"
''Not to-day" was the decided re-
ply.-"I will call again tomorrow, and
If you continue to improve 80 rapidly
which you certainly will if you follow
my orders strictly-yOu may occupy an
armchair
"Your medicine is really wonderful
DOCTOR" said she. Just think how many
years have lain there unable to raise
my head, and now you are curing me
so quicklyp
81 knew there would be no difficulty
if could only have my orders obeyed, !"
was the reply.
The next step in her recovery was
walking. This had TO be undertaken
very cautiously, for she had been out
Of practice so long that she had entirely
forgotten how, and the lessons of her
babyhood had to be taught Ter over
again. II was all accomplished now
in good time, and at the end OF three
weeks she had thrown aside crutches
and all other assistance, and was walk
ing as steady step as any one.
Miss Dickford could not say enough
in praise of the new doctor. His Won
derful cure was looked upon by the
whole community very much in the
light of miracle. Patients poured in
upon him continually.
The little unpretending house of four
rooms became formidable opposition
to the imposing mansion on the other
side of the stl eet. DR.. Jaeger contin-
ued to shake hands with the same bland
smile; and he congratulated the young
man upon his success, while he un-
willingly admitted that this very
"clever boy" was rival to be feared.
Finally he called upon his young broth
er in the profession, and proposed a
partnership upon equal terms, to which
our friend acceded.
1t was not many years before the
house of four rooms, which DR.. Min
ter had in the meantime purchased,
became wing to larger edifice which
rose beside it, Annie always laugh.
ingly declared that this was built upon
a foundation Of cochineal and magne-
sia.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

do you know how lcebergs are form
in the Arctic seas.
''Well you know an iceberg is made
of fresh water while the water they
float in is salt. Some people think that
the saltiness is taken out by freezing.
That's a mistake. 1t is the spring
water falling down the mountain sides
that makes icebergs. 1t runs from the
springs in the mountains and freezes as
it falls until its accumulated weight
breaks it off and it goes drifting down
the channel, if it falls in plenty of
water. l have seen icebergs grounded
in 400 feet,
"Talk about your Niagara Falls
l have seen nothing prettier than some
OF them mountain cataracts in the Arc
tics. There's variety about 'em, too.
They are always breaking away and
forming in new shapes, so they never
look twice the same. Fine place for a
landscape painter that, but 1 suppose
they prefer to draw on their imagina-
Vion. Ineln pictures Oh the hndlng of
the Greely survivors in the illustrated
papers SNOW all they Know about it.
mo, we never had vessel ground
up in sne ice IN our voyages; always
lni nau Ine goou luck 10 get out OF the way.
Lne way we uiu u was 10 make aItlt1-
olai haroors IN the shore Ice. When
we sd" Dig lce-noe coming, and the
wAiiu was cro"ulhg IL 10 our side OF the
cualhel, IL was 'hurrah boys u L tell ye.
we carrleo long ice saws with pulley
a'VaSnlnenCs ana trestles TO support
Cnen overhead. When put In position
ior saving part OF the crew manned
.ne puliey ropes wnlle Others held the
'ee'h oi 'he Sd" against the Ice. The
rope anu pulley maoe the raising OF the
saw easy and It's own weight carried
IL uo"h' we would start three saws
~ Ihe outer euge OF the Ice and cut
Ihree seams, starting hundred feet
apart ana Vergng toward each other.
hen Ihe Two shorter seams met, and
Sliiaii Vilans uiar piece oi ice hau Deen
siio'eu out inIo Tue current 1t was easy
70 loosen the larger piece ana send 1t
aurilI' lnen we uhshlpped our rudder
anu nauieu our vessel INTO the harbor
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NUMBER AZ.

their berths and they grab it and dress
as they go. The boat that gets the first
harpoon in gets an English pound for
their harpoon thrower, and when sever
al ships sight the same fish and each
ship sends off several boats you can be-
lleve there is some good pulling done.
The harpoonerin the first boat generally
encourages his crew with the promise
of a pound of tobacco to each man out
of his prize money if they get him to
the fish first.
But the best pulling is done when
the first boat gets a harpoon In and the
fish has to tow it, while the crew rest
on their oars and watch the other six
boats pull to catch up and get line on,
Then they bend to their oars and keep
it up ten or fifteen miles. This gem
orally happened when we struck fish
that had had her young with her. At
other times they dive Immediately they
are struck. But a young fish must
blow oftener than the mother, and a
fish with young skins along the sur
face, carrying the young one on her
back if too youthful to keep up with
her. We once had pull of twenty
miles of that sort, and it was the pret-
tiest regetta you ever see. Don't know
how much further we would have gone
if the young devil hadn't slipped off
the mothers flipper, and she turned
round to find it. Then the man in the
second boats struck her again, square
between the eyes. If the harpoon
thrower had missed his aim there would
have been trouble on that boat. No
body cares to get In front of a madden
ed fish, L can tell you, but that one
turning back came on 'em unexpected
like.
"Did l enjoy that kind of life Well,
l did. If had my time to come over
again that's just where I'd go-on an
Arctic expedition. Healthiest climate
in the world. Never heard of any of
us being sick.s They either freeze or
starye to death up there. Only those
two ways OF going to Davy jones' lock-
er in the Arctlcs, Noyellow fever and
cholera as we get in the tropics. Don't
wonder at the Greely survivors being
readyto go again. Would do the same
thing myself if hadn't got my anchor
down in fresh water in the shape of a
wife and seven children to look after
There's no money in Arctic expedi-
tions, but It's the independentest kind
of a life.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04
TWILIGHT.

Have you ever In the twilight
In the twilight of tue day,
Caught CLEAN of pleasure vanished,
Caught fieeting fading ray
OF the bright past, ever glowing,
Ever ebbing, ever flowing
Through thoughts channels, wider grow
ing,
As sad fancIes in them play2
Have you ever In the twilight.
In the twilight of your heart,
Felt the heavy weight of anguish,
That only lost love can impart?
Seen 1t silently retreating
From its home 80 sad and fieeting,
From the home that gave it greeting
With many joyous start?
Have you ever in the twilight,
In the twilight of a hope,
Seen it going, darker growing,
Leaving you wearily to cope
With the bitter disappointment,
With the wound which knows no ointment,
Save uncertain times anontment
With a new fair beaming hope?
Have you ever in the twilight,
Friendships twilight sad and chill,
Seen its shadow swift departing
From your heart without your will?
Viewed the monument erected,
O'er the living friend rejected
By the past-past so directed
That the heart is vacant still?
l have known these weary twilights,
And now see approaching fast,
That strange twilight, mystic twilight,
Twilight that will be my last,
I have tasted all the measures,
OF flife's pains and its pleasures,
Yet can claim but these sad treasures,
preary mem'ries of the past.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

Pardon others often, thyself sci,
dom,
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THE PLACE

to buy anything is where you
can invest your money to the
best possible advantage, and we
have many reasons to believe
that we can sell you clothing
for the least money possible to
get good goods. Our stock OF
Mems Youths Boys and Child
ren's Ready-Made Clothing is
such that we can cheerfully in-
vite comparison Of goods and
prices. Our own make of cloth
ing which we have prepared in
dull seasons differs so precept-
ible from ordinary ready-made
work that very few people can
tell it from custom clothing
which costs fifty per cent, more.
II is impossible to give a just
conception of the very large
stock we keep; or to convince
you that we can make it pay
you to visit us except by max
ing us call and we will cheer
fully show you our assortment
and leave the mattert of pur-
chase entirely with yourselves.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-10-04

The cabins of Montana ranchers
have been plundered by sneak thieYei
ately, -,A