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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

SAN FRANCISCO is very humane to-
ward the canine family; more so than it
is to the celestial John. Supervisors
whose duty it is to watch the dog
pound and release such tramp CANNES
as may be deemed worthy Of life, are
appointed yearly and paid good salaries.
The rule is to give every good looking
cur fair chance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

EDWARD F. MCDONALD, who was nom
ncrts or tbs garseV CIV at e
Jersey, has declined. He says be intends
to yete fer BptleF,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

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sanity and leading to misery. decay and death,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss Of power
IN either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
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WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received byua
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send the purchaser our written guarantee TO- re-.
fund the money il the treatment does noteHec$
Rcure Guarantees iEsned only BY
JOHN q, WEST & CO.,
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

SOME letters have been addressed to the
National Republican Committee in reference
to Mr., Blaine's views on the question pt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

ENGLISH walnuts and almonds have
been raised in Augusta, Ga.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10

J The use Of the term
"Short Line" In connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of q great road, con-
veys an idea Of just what IL
required by the travelling
pub.ic-a Short Line, Quick
Time and the bsst Of 40
commodations-all of which
aat Railway in America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-09-10
SH0R 7
line.
q
CHICAGO,
milwaukee
44e ST.


Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota; and it's main lines, branches and connac-
lions reach al the great business centres 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,, Portage La
Crosse and WinOna.
Chicago, MilW aukee. OrtOnvi11e,
Aberdeen and EIlendale.
Chicago, milwaukee,. Eau Claire and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Wausau and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Beaver Dam,
FO.id du Lac and Oshk osl1. :
Chicago. Milwaukee. Waukesha and
ssconOmOWOc.
Prairie 1u CHEN.
Chicago, milwaukee,. Owatonna,
MankaIO and FaTibaults
Chicago, Reloit, GAINESVILLE and Min
Chicago, EIgin, Rockford and Du.
chisax@, c Linz T:, Rock Island Cedar
Chicago. sic. moinesp Council Bluffs
Chicago, canton, Sioux City, Sioux
Chicago, MiiWauaee, Albert Lea aud
Southern R1innesOta Points.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mason City,
Rock Island. Dubuque, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
DaxenpoTt, Gaimar, st. PAM and
H. Mfnn eapOlfs. .----1
Milwaukee, Racine, Beloit, Freeport
and ROCK island
Mitchell, WOl~ey, Ashton and Aber-
deem,
>. Dim River Valley Lne.)
Pullman SLeepess an& the Fyssest
Dining Cars In the sUO1l6 are run on tho
main lines Of the CHXCA 60, MILWA U:
KEE d ST. PAUL RAlLWAY, and
every attention is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company. &: H.
s. 8. Merrill, A. v. n. Carpenter,
Gent Manager Gent Pass. gent
J. T, Clark, Geo. II. Heafford,
GeEl Supt Asst Gent Pass At
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
A Wise Charity.
NEW York Times I

The late Peter Cooper wisely founded
the Cooper Union long before his death,
and had the pleasure of seeing many
thousands of young men and women
prepare themselves for useful and COM
Portable lives by means of his benef-
cence. The schools of the Union were
SO intelligently managed that Their ex-
cellence bore fruit from the first; they
have been steadily increasing in effect
iveness. For Instance. the Woman's
Art school, under Mrs. S. n Carter,
las ten teachers of both sexes for the
200 or 300 pupils in the free and pay
ing classes. Among these teachers
three are painters of note. But
this winter, for the first time since Mr..
Cooper's death, complete check has
been put on the entrance of new pupils
to the free-hand drawing class of the
free school. There are from 500 to 600
applicants for this class owing to the
fact that it forms the stepping stone to
almost every kind of artistic work. The
reason why no opening exists is that
pupils in more advanced departments
have the right to claim places in the
free-hand class, in accordance with the
rules of the trustees. In other classes
200 beginners can find places, if they
satisfy the requirements. Between 800
and 400 applicants are thus about to be
turned from the doors of the art school
over which Mr.. Cooper used to watch
with paternal care.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
whisky Did 1t.
cincinnati Newa-Journal.

lOluC!uudvl N0WS~JOuI
Two of the handsomest and brightest
young men that have grown up in the
capital city of Kentucky since the war
were Thomas Crittenden, grandson of
the great and good John J. Crittenden,
and James Arnold, son OF Rev. Isaac
Arnold. With physiques 1.-the and
sinewy as the thoroughbred horse of
that bluegrass region, with the heritage
of honored names and wealth that was
lavished upon their schooling, these
two young men and bosom friends might
have climbed to any position of honor
among a people who love to bestow
honors upon robust men of courage and
culture. But Tom Crittenden and Jim
Arnold early took to drink, in town
that boasts the manufacture Of the finest
whisky in the world, and introduced
the breezy afiuence of frontier dash
into the very proper society of staid
old village.
In word, they painted the town q
sunset red, and finally made it too hot
to hold them. Arnold drifted west and
became the prince of cowboys. Crit
tenden went to Louisville and took
leadership among bar-room broilers.
Arnold, while driving cattle on one of
the western trails, in company with a
degenerate son of Lord Paget, was shot
and killed by negro. Crittenden
killed negro for testifying against
him at misdemeanor trial before q
country magistrate, and has just been
sentenced to confinement in the Ken
tucky penitentiary for three years.
Both leave behind them honorable
fathers and loving but heart broken
mothers. Arnold left tenderer tie
than that of father or mother aud not
less tenacious. Whisky wrecked all
these lives.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
The Man with a Beard.

The man with the long beard at the
dime museum passed the seven feet of
brown hair on his chin through his
hands yesterday forenoon when asked
how he accounted for it, and said that
scientists called it freak of nature"
He is tall(nigh to six feet) man, with
thick gray hair, trimmed up close, and
rather thin, gaunt face and frame. His
mouth is as good as hidden by thick
mustache that mingles with the beard
growing high up on his cheeks. And
that beard runs ON and on, tapering
from the bushy growth at the roots to a
thin point over seven feet away, and
changing from dark brown in color to
light straw as it gets away from the
foundation. The reporter of The SEN
tinal ran the curious growth between
his fingers and found it fine and silky.
Then he inquired how long that thing
had been going on.
"When / was II years old" answered
the wearer, Il had very good and
strong beard that grew very fast, and
when [ was 16 had an astonisher for
boy. I was brought up on a farm in
Camden, N. Y, where I still have nice
place, and was always good deal
talked about around home on account
of my whiskers. My name? On, yes |!
It is Edwin Smith, and I was born in
1892"
"Did you use to shave often"
Between IL and 90 years of age I
shaved some, but after that let it
grow, although keeping it trimmed up
we'll. It grows about five inches year,
and I have had it measure seven feet
nine inches. just now it is worn off
from handling"
''Been in the show business long?"
Il started at it three years ago as a
professional. lost my wife and got
uneasy staying on the old place, so went
out with Barnum for change. used
to, six or seven years ago, go out to the
country fairs and make $50 day by
showing myself in little tent owned.
Then went to California, and there /
surprised the whole coast.
"How do you account for it ?"
sI don't. The scientists have studied
it, but couldn't make anything out of it,
so called it freak. I have twin
brother whose beard never gets beyond
six inches long. That seems strange to
me-"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
A Missing Link.
[Exchange.l


A primary school teacher in one of our
New England cities, met with strange
experience. Having taken pride in i'm
parting to her pupils much information
not found in their spoilers and readers,
she thought she would show this to the
visitors on examination day, and framed
a set of questions, such as ''Who made
you?" "What are you made Off etc.,
and so drilled the scholars in the an
swers that each child knew the question
coming to him and its answer.
The room was full of visitors who had
heard of the teachers new method. She
called up the class and gave the first
question, Johnnie, who made you?"
No answer. Johnnie was dumb as q
fish.
Who made you?" the teacher repeat
ed, in tone intended to reassure the
frightened child. But he only stared.
why, don't you know who made you,
Johnnie?" asked the puzzled teacher,
for the third time.
Please, ma'am," exclaimed Johnnie
q am the little boy what is made ol
flesh and blood; and-and-the little
boy God made has got the mumps."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
A QUILTING FRoLIc
Among the Colored Folks Down I'm
Alabama.

Among the Colored Folks Down I'm
Alabama.
[Anna P Stow in Kansas City Journal
You have never attended q negro
quilting. Then do not refuse an invi-
tation, for with the country negroes it
is the crowning frolic of all others-ifwe
except q colored funeral, which COM
bines the tragic and comic until it be-
comes farce. The invitations to a
quilting are given out several days be-
forehand, and the whole neighborhood
is aroused by accounts of the supper,
the band, etc. OF course the time is at
night after all work is done, and the
place of meeting one of the negro
cabins.
The quilt consisting of multiformity
of pieces of worsted calico, homespun,
and bed ticking, and which would rival
in variety the colors of Joseph's coat, is
put in large frame. Around this the
girls are seated, each having provided
herself with thimble, and the strife
begins as to who shall do the most quilt
ing. Two men stand. one at each end
of the frame, holding candles, and at the
back of each chair stand chosen beau
to thread the needles. It does not take
long to finish the work for, of course,
time is economical in the length of the
stitch. When done, the girl who tri-
umphantiy takes the last stitch, be-
comes the belle of the evening, and the
quilt is thrown over her head while she
claims kiss from favored gemman of
the party. with whom she leads the
dance, and the frolic begins. The band
comprises banjo and a fiddle, and,
though last, not least, patter. They
always have "patter," one who beats
time by striking his knees regularly
with his hands. The refreshments con-
sist of candy, whisky and occasionally
cake made of meal and molasses, served
at indefinite intervals. This quilting"
continues until 2 or o'clock in the
morning.
Sometimes instead of dancing they
form parties and go about the country
serenading one another. These are the
country negroes or field hands, for the
town negroes and house servants are
more pretentious in their entertain
ments and strive in every way to initiate
the dress, manners and pastime of fash
ionable society. An instance of the
kind came to my knowledge on New
Years day in one of the capital cities.
The colored beaux drove about the city
in great style calling upon their friends
who were to receive" At one of these
receptions a young colored girl, who
wished to outdo her friends in point of
finarv Maid "a To another aerva0t tn
borrow" from her mistress wardrobe a
very elegant pink silk dress for the oc-
casion. The loan was accomplished,
and Sally arrayed herself with gratifed
vanity for the reception, but among
the visitors came two policemen-exit
Sally.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
Inter Ocean. !

The Austrian method of executing
criminals differs greatly from that in
vogue in this country, and though ap-
parently more horrible in the deliber-
ate rigor of the arrangements, is more
speedily effective. The condemned is
placed against post, at the top of
which is hook and at the bottom 3
pulley. A rope having loop at each
end is passed around the-neck of the
victim, another is tied about his feet,
the end being passed through the pull
lev. Two assistants then lift the man
by means of the rope about his neck
about six inches, and suspend him from
the hook at the top of the post. AT the
same time the other assistants pull
with great force at the rope attached
to the feet. Death ensues usually IN
simultaneously, though there is range
from one-half to two minutes in many
cases.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
The Festive Crocodile.

tAFoAAetoA ACAOSA6PA.1
With its short legs out of sight in the
ooze, its murderous, snout sunk to the
upper jaw, tangle of river drift caught
upon its shoulders, and the tail perhaps
lying in pool of water, the bulky rep
tile looks so harmless. that birds sit twit-
tering upon it's armor, and hunt among
the erevices of the fungoid-grown and
Shiny scales for insects. It's very size
d;sarms suspicion; the outlines become
indistinct, the complete monster indis-
tinguishable. And a crocodile's patience
for mischief is prodigious Hour after
hour, and all day long, the abominable
fraud lies IN its place without sign of
life. Natives going to their work In
the morning look down from the bank
and see the birds fitting about the dark
object at the water line in pursuit of
the swarming mud flies that are at
tracted to the brute by their keen sense
of smell; but, familiar as they are with
the wiles of muggur and gharal Gas
they call the blunt and the sharp
nosed crocodiles respectively, they are
deceived to the last, and go on their
way to the field or shop thinking it
was only driftwood that they had seen.
If it had been dead body, bullock or
tattoo, washed up by the river, the yul-
lures would have been close by, pa
tiently waiting for the carrion to ripen
in the fostering heat, and the crows
would have been there too, hopping on
and off it impatiently, trying the tough
hide here and there with their beaks,
and cawing and croaking in discomfort
with their baffled appetites.
But by and by, if the crocodile will
only hold out, or unless some one pass
ing halloos to it at venture-"just to
see if it is muggur or not"-there will
come along the waters edge hungry
pariah dog, trotting in an aimless, shut
fling way, and shifting as it passes at
everything in the line of drift, with its
head turned toward the river, and away
from the crocodile. And so, trotting
along, thinking only of chance offal,
it comes up to the waiting brute.
A sandpiper, startled by the dogs
FLASHING feet, tumbles up with a
sharp cry from under the shade of
the reptiles side, and the pariah stops
dead, startled as the bird, watches it
fit along the shore and resettle few
yards>further on and then resume it's
jo3-trot, or rather, it has just made up
it's mind to go on, when suddenly the
ooze all around it seems to heave up,
and in shower of mud there is an in
stant's vision of huge pair of jaws,
glistening with white teeth, and then q
crimsoned ripple on the river, and the
tragedy is complete. The native thinks
he heard dog yelp, and turns his
head. There is only scared sand
miner wheeling in the air.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
Love- Making on Brooklyn Bridge.
New York Star1 :


On the one clear night of last week
I walked over from Brooklyn on the
bridge and noticed the large number of
loving couples slowly promenading the
smooth plank walk.
This appears to be a convenient
Lovers Walk" / remarked to a
policeman on the New York tower.
well, should smile, !" said he, with
d grin. @If You had my place you'd
think this ere bridge was built for the
special convenience of lovers. The
rush of regular travel stops about s
o'clock, and from that time until 1890
there's more innocent spooning done
above the water than any othe one
place il. the neighborhood. Rain and
wind sometimes drives 'em of, but on
clear night like this they stroll back
ward aud forward between the towers
for hours at q time. The watkins
easiest there, and I spose it's more
romantic than over dry land. I heard
one feller in an ulster, with a silk hand
kerchief around his neck, tell his girl
there was something strangely sweet in
the lofty silence, broken only by the
rush o. the water and the steam whistles
below and the weird music of the wind
through the wires above. I 'spose
that's the way it affects all of 'em."
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
A Curiosity.
FC1:z H1j

A veritable natural curiosity 8 in the
possession of st. Louis editor 1t is
the head of 2-year-old rattlesnake
preserved in spirits, the lines and trac-
ings on the back of which formed very
well defined picture of the head and
bust of woman. The gentleman states
that he and party of friends were rest
ing under an apple tree in Cleburne.
johnson county, Tex, when they per-
ceived the reptile on a branch above
them, and knocking it down with q
whip, killed it.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
VOL. TX.
AFTER THE BALL
Night Watchman in Life.l

Night Watchman in Life.
And 50 you have come back to the ballroom
Long after the dancing is o'erl
Couldn't sleep-yes, know the sensation,
For I've been there myself before.
And so you climbed In at the window!
Q'm glad there are no moro spies
And you go straight back to that corner
Where she lacked up into your eyesl
And there, where she sat in the corner,
You are looking with eager face,
In the hope that she dropped a rosebud,
Or ribbon, or bit Of lacei
But, aias your search will be fruitless,
For the place has just been swept clean;
So goodbye to the dingy ballroom,
With its odor Of kerosene.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
Hnmethinx Affec.

re-. c. Cochran in The Current.
In all the patchwork of hypothesis
mot sciencel the menchanicists cannot
account for the "primordial germ nor
for the existence in man of the abstract
sentiment of good and evil, for moral
sense, for a belief that there will be
something after this life which Max
Muller once called part OF the original
dowry of the human SOUL"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
Too Truthful a likeness.
burlington Hawkeye. |

"Only think of it, exclaimed Mrs.
Bullion, "that creature Mahlstick
actually threatens to sue mel" docs
he? Why, haven't you paid him for
your portrait ?" "No, I haven't, and
what's more, I won't" What, aren't
you satisfied withit? It's perfect like
ness" II know it. Isn't he awfully
mean 2"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
nndley,s Last unnca

Washington Cor. Cleveland Leader.l
At the Ohio reception last week I
was standing beside Col. Dudley, the
pension commissioner, when q lady,
noticing that he looked at the hundred
couples who were whirling about in the
mazes of Strauss waltzes with vistfuI
eye. asked: do you dance, colonel 2.
"No," was the reply, with smile. 81
danced my last dance just before the
battle Gettysburg. A lot of us out
on picket duty and skirmishing about
came to an old Dutch oven beside which
We found three buxom German girls
baking bread. We stopped to chat
with them, and an old man appear
ing with fiddle we improvised dance
then and there. It was great fun, and
we went into the battle the next day all
the better for it. Before the fight was
finished, however, a shot carried off my
leg and stopped my dancing forever.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

The Irish population of the earth is
as follows: At home, 100000; in
England, $500, 600; in Scotland, 2,000,-
600; in Canada, 1000, 600; in Australia,
200, 900; in America, II, SOC, 900; else
where, 5000, 900. A total in round
numbers Of $4,000
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14
Fine italian Air.
[Arkansaw Traveller.

A scientist has discovered that in the
air of Italy rests the secret OF the coun-
try's fine vocal music. It is said any
one can breathe the air of certain Sec
aions OF Italy and become fine singer.
An enterprssing New Highlander will
soon begin t !, ship boxes of Italian air to
this country.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

While we have no desire to underrate the
enterprise and perseverance of some men, it
can hardly be denied that they too often lose
sight of the fact that their proper calling is to
guide and direct public opinion. Instead,
however, Of aiming to afford information or
to Iaad their readers to think, they habitu-
ally indulge in violent and reckless writing.
The greatest writer of invective Is deemed
the best member of the staff. An argument
alive article would be thought wholly out Of
place, heavy, dull, and deficient m the pop
ular element. The rule is, better to lie than
be dull
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

Lillian Whiting: City life is SO full
that one is clogged by over-possession.
It's the mill stopped by the food, the
engine paralyzed by fuel.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

lions Herald: Who would wish to
gather up the ashes and keep them IN
funeral urns? How awkward It would
be for man with the cinders OF three
or four successive wives confronting
him and the last successor, daily, n
his homel
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

Henry Ward Beecher: The past is
the great granary of the soul, where
the fruit of ages Is collected.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-14

Pocahontas IS to have monument II
jamestown, We.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-09-30
Notice to the Public.

Persons dealing with one Jos. jackson.
near Centerville, are hereby notified that
he is not in my employ, nor is he in any
manner interested with me in mining or
any other kind of business. | am the sole
owner of the Golden Fleece and Golden
Star mines, near the quartz mill, about
one mile east of Centerville, and the said
Joseph Jackson, and all persons, are here.
by notified not to trespass on either of said
mines, as any one who shall do SO will be
dealt with according to law.
MARION F. WALDRON
CENTERvILLE, July /, 1884.
Title Abstract of Deed
From Dryden McClintock, Sheriff 10
M. f. Waldron, deciding all those certain
quartz lodes known as the Golden Fleece
and Golden Star mines, situated in Cen
terville mining district, Boise county, T
T. n'y' 1.
Fate of deed, March 20, 1883. and recor
ded March 2S, 1888, at 8 O'Clock. NJ in
book 10, on pages 800, 400, 4O1 and loa
Deed records of Boise county, l.. T. Tvs
Territory of Idaho,
County of Boise
| do hereby certify ,hat the foregoing is
true and correct abstract, as appears If
record. Vi
Witness my hand and seal of
office, this 9th day of Jnlv A
Seal D. 1854 TIN o,n,o, :
Auditor Boise Co., 1T.