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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
1ntemperance and Pauperism.
From the London Times.l

A representative body OF relieving
officers of the metropolis met in Exc
ter Hall on Saturday afternoon last, by
invitation of the National Temper
ance league, to consider the relation
of intemperance to pauperism. Mr..
Samuel Morley, NJ. p, who presided,
said he desired very much to arrive at
the truth in certain aspects OF the
temperance question. He was in
creasingly persuaded that much of the
misery from which the people suffered
was selt-lnfiicted, and that the remedy
was, to a large extent, in their own
hands. As q member OF the royal
commission to inquire into the hous-
ing of the poor, he did not hesitate to
say that drink lay at the bottom OF
very much Of the misery which existed
at the present moment. Many of
these people could at once improve
their dwellings if they kept out OF the
public-house and abstained from in
toxicating liquors, as they might we'll
do. So impressed was he with the
Importance of this drink question that
when he retired from parliamentary
life, as he intended to do at the next
dissolution, he was resolved to devote
himself to temperance effort among
the people and to try and persuade
them to follow his example and be-
come abstainers. A large number of
relieving officers then addressed the
meeting. There was unanimity on the
point that drinking largely increased
pauperism, though the estimate diff
fered. Several went 80 far as to state
that three-fourths of the poverty now
prevailing was caused by IMPROVE
dence and drink; among other causes
mentioned were bad homes, earlymar-
riages, and the cupidity OF landlords
in demanding rents higher than the
people could afford. Several of the
speakers also said that drink was the
main cause of lunacy One speaker
deplored the absence of what he termed
"the chivalrous spirit" which work
ingmen should have for their wives.
There was general unanimity as to the
absence of teetotalers from the books
OF relieving officers; one speaker said
that out of 1000 applications he
had only known of two proceeding
from total abstainers. Another men
toned that the Phoenix teetotal or
ders have about 10000 members;
nearly all of these members are work
ingmen of the poorer class, but in his
district there had only to the number
of two applied for relief. The Nation
al Temperance league will shortly
hold two other conferences for the
purpose of considering the bearing of
intemperance upon the religious con-
dition of the poor of London.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
Foreign Railroad Fares.

Paris Cor San Francisco Chronicle1
1t is absurd for foreigners who have
visited the United States to say that
our railway tariff rates are much high
er than those in Europe. It takes two
nights and q day, or two days and a
night-that is to say, thirty-six hours
to go from Paris to Vienna. The
fare is $37, and if you ride in sleeper
it will cost you So more. The dis
tance from Paris to Berlin is twenty
four hours; the passenger fare is $25
and the sleeping car is S. extra. The
fare to London-distance, nine hours
is $14. From Paris to Brussels is
about lao miles; the express makes it
in five hours and the fare is 81. TAX
ing one road with another, the fares on
French lines are about double what
they are in the United States. Take
the line from Paris to Bordeaux, one
OF the best, and on which the trains
are altogether the fastest; the distance
about 1853 miles-is traversed in
nine and one-half hours and the fare
is SIS, with SIS more for the sleeper.
Passenger coaches in use on the CONT
nent are practically Identical with the
kind in England. Exceptions occur in
Switzerland and one or two lines in
Germany, where two-storied cars are
also in use sometimes. Certain COM
partments, labeled "Dames seules,"
are reserved exclusively for ladies on
every train, and there is very gener-
al reservation of certain cars for non
smokers. The system OF communica-
ton by cord between the passengers
and engineer does not exist, but in al
most every compartment there is an
arrangement by which you can signal
the "guard," as the brakeman is called.
When you have been slowed away in
the almost air-tight box called COM
partment, if you will take trouble to
examine your rolling prison, you will
notice on some of the lines little tri-
angular piece of glass let into the par
tition and accompanied by notice in
French, German and English to the
effect that if you should really need as
sistance you must break the glass,
touch button or pull ring and then
wave your handkerchief out of the
right-hand window. 1t looks very
simple, but what you would do if at
tackled by murderer or g. mailman is
more than can say.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
A Rare AutOmatOn.

FROM the Troy Standard
Nicholas Thelan, of Schenectady. a
blacksmith by trade, is now engaged
on a piece of automatic work which
will be completed in another week,
and which is wonderful in construc-
ton. BY the aid of ninety-four small
limitations OF human beings, the move:
ments of which are regulated by ma
chinery, Mr.. Thelan portrays the clos
ing scenes in the life and death of
Christ. The cabinet is of light weight,
and could easily be transported from
one place to another. The machinery
is in the lower part. There are nine
compartments in the upper cabinet,
the doors of which open in rotation
and. disclose the progressive scenes of
the Passion. In the lower part are
keys similar to those in large organ.
1nfront of these and little above is a
large roller, operated by cog-wheels
and a rope. Attached to the rope is a
heavy weight, which, after being raised,
is allowed to descend, and the machin-
cry is set in motion. The roller, on
which are small pieces of wood placed
at intervals, turns slowly, and each
piece in it's turn comes in contact with
a key. A wire leads from each key to
a separate compartment in the
cabinet, and when the pieces of wood
on the roller strike the keys the COM
partments open and the mute display
begins. When the machinery is first
placed in motion a curtain rises in
front of the cabinet and Christ and
his apostles are discovered sitting at
the last supper. It is the moment when
Judas, hall arising, leans toward his
Master and says: "Lord, is it
II" The curtain falls, doors near
it open, and the Savior is seen
in prayer, an angel ihoverng
near by; close at hand the apostles lie
in different attitudes of repose. The
third scene opens upon the garden
where Judas betrays the Savior. The
picture is portrayed by nineteen fig
ures, six being soldiers. Following
this the apostles slowly pass through
the corridor of Pontius Pilates pal
ace, but when they are in front of the
audience q door opens above them,
the Savior appears and blesses them.
At the same time Peter, in shame,
turns his head away. When the pro-
cession is first seen Satan's head
shows above the cabinet. It fixes it's
gaze on Peter for an instant, and then
turns to Judas, and does not remove
it's eyes until the figure disappears.
The fifth scene represents the scourg-
ing OF Jesus, seven figures taking part.
In the following Jesus is crowned; in
this there are also seven figures. Then
comes the courtroom scene, where Je-
sus is sentenced to be crucifed. Here
Pontivs Plate is seated on his throne
listening to the message from his wife.
The eighth representation depicts the
Savior ON the cross between two
thieves. Near by is troop of Roman
soldiers with their leader on horse
back. The ninth and last scene rep
resents the ascension, shown by twelve
figures.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
~ ISHLER'S
\, AERB
6ITTERS.

isns,combination Of valuable herbs. care:
regular Physician, who used this pre-.
scription largely in his private practice
with great success. Il is not q drink but
q medicine used by many physicians.
q II Is invaluable for DYSPEPSIA,
k 4 % xEy,s and LIrER COMPLAINTS,
NESS, IND1G ESTION, &c and while
curing will not hurt tho system.
Mr.. G. J. Rhodes, a we'll known iron
man Of Safe Hazbor, Pa writes:
My son WAS completely preetrate ed by fever and
then sent for Misher's Herb Bltters and IN shorS
time the boy was quite WELL"
-: A. schelleutrager. Druggist, TIT
st. Clair Street, Cleveland, O., writes:
Your Btters. can cay, and do say are pro.
physiciansin our city"
M1sHLER HERB B1TTERs CO.,
525 Commerce St., Philadelphia.
Psrker's Pleasant Worm Syrup Never Fails
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
Many a Lady

is beautiful, all but her skin;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolia
Balm,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
The Happy Poetry Editor.


She was young and beautiful, with
eyes as blue as the skies of a. New En-
gland autumn noon and bright as the
stars that light the polar midnight,
golden tresses. cheeks like June roses,
and lips red as the coral that is found
on the vendure-clad islands of the
Southern Pacific. The editor smiled
upon her as she entered, and said
genially:
"Pray, take a seat, MISS"
Seating herself, she said:
"Here is a poem"
The editor rose with a frOwn, walked
| to the door, kicked the Office cat down
three fights OF stairs, although the
obliging animal had eaten up thefunny
mans copy the night before, returned
to his seat, pushed his fingers through
his hair, and said in tones from which
all the kindness had fed:
"Well, let's hear it,"
"a poem," she continued sweetly,
written by Lord Byron, entitled
The Maid of Athens and the last line
of each stanza is in Greek. Having
no knowledge of that language I have
ventured to call upon you, hoping
that you will have the kindness to
translate the lines for me-"
A smile illumined the EDITORS face; he
took the beautifully-written manu-.
script copy of the poem from the hands
OF the charming creature, and trans.
lated the Greek into rich and sonoroue
| English. Then as the maiden took
her departure, smiling and gurgling her
thanks, he bowed her ont with a Ches,
terfeldian grace and courtesy that
only editors can assume.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

RIA,
When she was Child, she cried for CAS-
TORIA,
When she became Miss, she chung to CAS-
TORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them
CASTORIA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.
Best in theWorld.

No other complaints are so inSidiOus IN their
attack rs those affecting the throat and lungs:
none 80 trliled with by the majority of suffer.
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from q thrilling or unconscious cx-
posure, is often but tho beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
well proven its efficacy in forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should lie
taken II, all cases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
"In 1851 { took severe cold, which affected
my lungs. hal II terrible cough and passed
night after night without sleep. The doctors
TOnAL, Which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
TOR the recovery OF my strength. by the
continued use Of the PICTORIAL a rerma-
ncnt cure was effected. ! am now 81 years
old, hale AMI hearty. and am satisfied your
CHERRY PICTORIAL snved me.
HORACE FAIRBRoTuER."
Rockingham, w., July 10, 1892.
Group. "A Mothers Tribute.
"Whle in the country last winter my little
boy, three years old, WAS taken Ill with Group;
it seemed as it he would die from strangu-
lation. One of the family suggested the use
of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, Il bottle Of
which was always kept In the house. This
WIS tried III small and frequent doses, and
10 our delight in less ,lnn half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that tho CIlEKY PICTORIAL had
saved my tlarIing's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude: Sincerely yours,
Mrs. EMMA GEDSEY."
$50 West 12Sth St., New York, May lG, 1882.
~ hnvo used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most eifectnal
remedy FOR coughs and colds We have ever
tried. \. H. CRANE"
Lake Crystal. Alinn., March 49, 1852.
suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess. WAS cured by the use Of AYERS CHER.
nv PICTORIAL. IOsErN WALDEN"
Eyhaliu, Miss, April s. 1852.
IL cannot say enough in praise OF AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL. believing rs TO that
hut for its use should long since have died
from innS troubles f. BNACDOS.'
Palestine, Texas, April q, 1892.
No case of m affection of the throat Or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
Ivy the use Of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
and it will G!,cays cure when tho disease ~
not already beyond the control Of medicine.
PREPARED ny
Orr. C.Ayer& Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

/ AN surprised, john said an old
lady when she found the old butler
helping himself to some OF the finest
old port. $50 am /, ma'am. I
thought you had gone OUT" was the
reply.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

A FAMILY at High Falls, n. Y, have
for a pet a tree toad. 1t makes its
home among the fower-plants and
vines in the house during the winter,
and in summer is allowed the freedom
of the garden.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
AND CNNECTONS,


ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and Its immediate connections. Through Trains dali
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO
without change, connecting with all lincs
EAST and SOUTHEAST
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, Eowa
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
,nneCfing in Union Depot for all Points Sont! ny
nithwest Close connections made uIth ST. r.. NJ &
\. +. and st. T.. & Duluth IteiIroads, from and t.
ints North and North! Wcet.
REM EMRE0i PELLyAH PALAcY SLEKr:. ,
AXIS on all night Trains. Through Tickrts. and ba
ne checked t" destination For time tables. rate Is
nc. etc. call upon Nrarc.t Ticket Agent, address
=. +. BOYD.
Gent Tiki. 4 Pass. Art. Minneapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
sRAt y

Used herbs in doctoring the family, and
her simple remedies DID CURE in
most cases. Without the use of herbs,
medical science would be powerless;
and yet the tendency of the times is to
neglect the best of all remedies for those
powerful medicines that seriously in
lure the system.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
Chinese Advertising.

The Chinese know the value OF ad.
vertising. Here is the Fad" of an ink
manufacturer of Canton, translated:
AT the shop Tae-shing prosperous
in the extreme very good ink; fine!
fine! Ancient shop, great-grandfather,
grandfather, father, and selfmade this
ink; fine and hard, very hard; picked
with care, selected with attention.
This ink is heavy; so is gold. The eye
OF the dragon glitters and dazzles: so
does this ink. No one makes like it.
Others who make ink make it for the
sake of accommodating base coin and
cheat, while I make it only for name.
Plenty of A-kwantsaes (gentlemen)
know my ink-my family never cheated
they have always borne a good
name. I make ink for the Son of
Heaven and all the mandarins in the
empire. AS the roar of the tiger ex-
tends to every place, so does the fame
OF the dragons ieWel.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

THE itch prevails along the railway
lines in West Tennessee,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

G5-For notices in reference to Special Excur-
sions, changes OF time. and other items of inter-
est in connection with the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE,
& ST. PAUL RAILWAY please refer to the local
columns OF this paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

"THf cI,RRFNT" CHICAGO zree.
I'LL UUNnSNI Literary aud Family
. Journal of our time.
Clean perfect. grau.i Over GOO brilliant contrib
utors. a yearly; mo-, Sa5O. Buy it a. your news
deelers-Sand 10 cents for sample copy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

TH VoI1A1o BELT Co, OF MarshaIl, Mich,
ofer to send their celebrated E1EorRo- Vo1rAle
But and other EI.Ho1R1o APPLIANCES on trial
tor thirty days, to men (ycung or old) of1icted
with nervous debility, loss Of vitality and man.
hood, and al kindred troubles. Also for rheu-
matism. neuralgia, paralysis, and many other
diseases Complete restoration to health, vigor
and manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurred
~ thirty days trial is allowed. Write them 1t
once for illustrated pamphlet free.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08
THE
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
e. ST. PAUL

RAILWAY COMPANY
Owns and operates nearly 5000 miles Of thor
oughly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota.
Il IL the Short Limo and Best Route
between all principal points in the
Northwest and Far West.
For maps, time tables, rates OF passagc and
freight, etc., apply to the nearest station agent OF
the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL RAILWAY:
u to any Railroad Agent anywhere In the United
States OF Canada
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

J
"When we got there the little gal
wuz in her night dress, standing in the
middle OF the floor and rubbing her
eyes.
"'Is it Christmas p she SEE, and is
St. Nicholas come? And what woke
me up?'
II ketched her up in my arms and
wrapped my coat all around her, 50
she couldn't see what had walked her
up, and sez, SEE /:
"'It amt quite Christmas, yit, hon.
ey,' SEE l; but St. Nicholas is come,
sure, and he's got whole raft of
things fur you, up to my ranch
"'I want my stocking, she SEE, kind
er struggling to get away from me.
Father don't know l hung it up, but
did, and I want it,
"Well, sirs, jest to quiet her, I found
out where she'd hung her stocking,
way up the chimbly where her father
could Mt see it, becuz she knew power
full we'll he wouldn't hev no sech fool
ishness, and got one of the boys to
kinder hunt around fur it, Jest to quiet
| her
| "Well, sirs, gentlemen, that thar
little stocking-with more holes and
patches and places where she had cob
bled it herself with cotton string, than
stocking-wuz a laying in the ashes
Jest where the bar had knocked it
when he broke down the chimbly, and
they wuz nugget of gold as big as my
three fingers right on top of it. Two
| or three smaller pieces wuz scattered
around, and it was plain to the mean
est intellec' that in falling the greasly's
paw had clawed out q pocket of gold
in the rocks Jest above the shanty,
| and the whole had just natchelly
gravitated down with the bar. IN
HE wuz dead, Of course, and when
the boys KEN to lift him, Jake Pearson
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-08

''That's pretty little girl you got
got with you in the Pullman, Cap.
Grandaughter?'
"No, she amt no granddaughter"
said "Cap.," looking at the conducto or
with injured expression. "Iain't no
spring chicken, nor yit amt no grand
dad"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-16
Mrs. Burnett's Boys.
From q Washington Letter.

From . Washington Letter.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
well-known authoress, is one of these
exceptions, and her craze for the pic
turesque extends not only to her mani
mate surroundings, but her two boys. A
lady who has recently paid Mrs. Bur-
nett a long visit is the authority for the
statement that they are very handsome
boys. Their proud mother is quite
aware oftheir beauty by keeping them
dressed in a most becoming fashion.
She to hit them to pose in an artistic
manner. If the bell rings and a visitor
is announced, Mrs. Burnett turns
to her sons and says: "Take
your positions" Immediately the
well-trained boys fall into the poses best
suited to their dress and beauty. The
older one will lean his elbow on the
corner of the mantelpiece and rest his
head upon his shapely hand, while the
Younger will stretch himself in a grace
full attitude on the heavy fur rug in
front of the fire. The visitor enters
and cannot fail to be struck by the
picturesque beauty of the scene and
goes away, her mind full of admiration
for her friends children, and feels al
most ashamed of the general roughness
of her own boys at home. whom she is
much likely to find gliding down
the banisters, sitting on the fence
or playing ball than in poses which
would gladden. an artists heart. OF
course the attitudes given above are
only those for winter use. For summer
an entirely different set prevail, but
they are the pride Of Mrs. Burnett's
heart. What the result of this novel
of education Will be is a question which
agltates many of the writer's friends,
but they will 500 have the opportunity
of seeing, for q boy who can lean an
elbow on the mantelpiece cannot be Sc
very small.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-16
vxAr Is M1uD7
An 1xtraet FROM Dr.. Hammond's.Addrsa
at the Ishi4h University.

An EXTRACT From DE-. Hammond'sAddrsss
ct the Ishish Untvsrstty.
From the Popular Science Monthly.
Go into the chemical laboratory Of
your own noble university in honor of
whose founder we are here to-day
and touch the two poles of q galvanic
battery. What is it thrills through
your bodies, and perhaps eve burns
the skin of your fingers; or even, If the
current be strong enough, strike you
head on the instant? Galvanism. What
is. galvanism? A force. Yes, and so Is
light q force, and heat, and gravitation.
But when I am told this I am just as
far from knowing what any mi of the
forces is as I was before. ALI that you
could do, if I persisted in asking for q
fuller explanation, would be to tell me
something of the origin and proper
ties of the force in question,
and in this way I should OBJ
lain some idea of its characteristics, and
should be in no danger of installing it
for any other force. That is what your
professor of physics does for you, and,
if you have only profited by the in
instruction you have received, you have
o store of facts at your command that
will enable you to recognized heat, light,
electricity, gravitation, magnetism,
whenever you see them manifested.
When, therefore, you ask me what mind
is, 1 answer that it is a force possessing
peculiar properties and developed by
a substance constituting a part of the
nervous organism of man and other ami
mals,sand known to anatomists and
Psychologists as gray nerve-tissue. This
is similar in all essential respects, so
far as its terms are concerned, to the
definition that you would give me of
any other force. OF course it q be
made more precise and extensive, but
no enlargement would change its char
acter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-16

Benjamin =. Tsylor concluded his poem q
Chickamauga BY the following beautiful IN.
M on sweet home:
A camp Of blue, . camp Of gray,
A peaceful river rolled in betwcen,
We're pitched two rife shots away,
The sun had get the West Aglow,
The evening clouds were crimson snow.
The twinkling camp fires family seen
Across tho dArk'ning river.
There foated from the Federal band
The stSpangled Bsnner's'' strain.
Tho trays struck up their t.Dixie Land
And s.Rslly Round" and "Bonny Blue
All, no such fights shall cross again /,
The Rappahannock River.
And then, above tho glancing 'sbeam
" song bugle wArbled low,
Like some bird startled in . dream,
Home, Home, Sweet Home, " and voises rang
And gray and blue together sang
And other songs were like the snow
Among the pines when winds are stilled
And hearts ind voices throbbed and thrilled,
With, Home, Sweet Home" forever.