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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
AGalaxy Of''G's."

From the CFeSeland Ieader.J
The galaxy of great statesmen and
warriors who a few years since gave
the letter "G'' such prominence is
growing smaller; and will soon pass
away, Garfield, Gambetta, Gortscha-
koff and Gordon are dead. Grant is
sinking to his grave, and Gladstone is
old and growing more infrm year by
year. At best, he cannot survive his
illustrious contemporaries long, and
he may fail at any moment. It was a
remarkable group.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
An Excellent Plan.

My old great-grandmother had way
OF making her children finish their
work. If they began thing, they
must complete it. If they undertook
to build a dollhouse, they must not
leave it until it was done, and nothing
OF work Or play to which they set
their hand would she allow them to
abandon incomplete. 1 sometimes
wish I had been trained in this way.
How much OF life is wasted in un-
finished work! Many a man uses up
his time in splendid beginnings. The
labor devoted to commence ten things
and leave them useless would finish five
ofthem and make them profitable and
useful. Finish your work. Life is
brief; time is short. Stop beginning
forty things, and go back and finish
four. Put patient, persistent toll into
the matter, and, be assured, one COM
pleted undertaking will yield yourself
more pleasure and the world more
profit than a dozen fair plans of which
people say, "This man began to build
and was not ablet to finish. Christian
Observer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS.

The man who writes, and writes In verse.
Is seldom worth tinker's curse.
The man who plays the violin,
Is always lazier than sin.
The man who thinks he knows it all.
Displays mighty sight Of call.
The man who thinks himself the best,
Is he whom We should all detest,
But he who pays the printer is
The nOblest Roman In the "biz.''
Big Springs (7ex.) Pantagrapl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
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, 1885-04-01
KINGS EVIL

Was the name formerly given to Scrofuh
because Of superstition that it could be
cured by kings touch. The world Is
wiser now, and knows that
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01

"DD you lose your limb going up in
q balloon, Mr.. Simpson," no." re-
piled the cripple, II lost it coming
down in 8 balloon"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
"A True Story.

"A True Story.
where is the baby, grandmamma?"
The sweet young mother calls
From her work in the cosy kitchen,
With 1ts dainty whitewashed walls.
And grandma leaves her knitting,
And looks for her all around;
But not trace of baby dear
Can anywhere be found.
. No sound of it's merry prattle,
No gleam of its sunny hair,
No patter of tiny footsteps,
No sign of it anywhere
All through house and garden,
Far out into the field,
They search each nook and corner,
But nothing Is revealed.
And the mothers face grew pallid;
Grandmamma's eyes grew dim;
The fathers gone to the village;
No use to look for him.
And the baby lost? Where's Rover?"
OF the old well In the orchard
Where the cattle used to drink.
Where's Rover? know he'd find her!
Rover!" In vain they call,
Then hurry away to the orchard;
And there by the moss grown wall,
Close to the well, lies Rover,
Holding to baby's dress;
She was leaning over the wells edge
III perfect tearlessness!
She stretched her little arms down,
But Rover held her fast
And never seemed to mind the kicks
The tiny barefeet cast
So spitefully upon him,
But wagged his tail instead,
TO greet the frightened searchers,
While naughty baby said:
"Dere's little dirl in the 'ater;
She's dust as big as me,
Mamma; want to help her out,
And take her home to tea.
But Rover, he won't let me,
And don't love him. Go
Away, you naughty Rover!
Oh! why are you crying so?"
The mother kissed her, saying:
my darling, understand,
Good Rover saved your life, my dear
And see, he ticks your hand!
Kiss Rover" Baby struck him.
But grandma understood;
She said: Its hard to thank the friend
Who thwarts us for our good"
-Abbe Kline in BaIlWins MOnfb1v
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01

A LADY residing on South Street, on
answering ring at the door bell the
other day, found the Rev. DR.. Thomas
Hill on the steps, intently regarding
his watch, which he held in one hand,
while he held up the other to enforce
silence. In a moment hesaid: '"They
are going at the rate of sixty miles an
hour" the doctor was timing the
speed of the boys coasting on the
street.-Port1and (Me.) Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
Resuscitation After HANGING.

From the St. James Gazette.1
Few criminals sentenced to death
have so narrowly escaped execution
as Lee, the convicted murderer of Miss
Keyse, who, as Sir William Harcourt
announced in the house of commons
last night, has been respited "during
her majesty's pleasure" There have,
however, been some remarkable cases
OF resuscitation after supposed execu-
ton. Among these, one of the most
singular was that of Margaret Dixon,
the wife OF a fisherman, hanged in Ed
inburgh in 1928 for the murder of a
child. After execution her body was
cut down and delivered to her friends,
who put it into coffin and sent it in
cart to be buried at her native place,
Musselburgh. The weather being sui
try, the persons who had the body in
their care stopped to drink at village
called Pepper Mill, about two miles
from Edinburgh. While thus refresh
ing themselves one of them saw the
cOtiin-lld move, and g. moment later
Mrs. Dixon sat up, to the horror of
the spectators, most of whom ran off
in great trepidation. A man who was
drinking at the public-house, and was
not scared at the spectacle, had SELF
possession enough to bleed her. She
was then put to bed, and by the fol-
lowing morning was so far recovered
as to be able to walk to her own
house. By the law of Scotland, having
been executed, she could not gain suf-
fer the penalty, and was totally ex-
culpated, but the kings advocate filed
a bill in the high court of judiciary
against the sheriff for emitting to full
fill the law. Mrs. Dixon was in all re-
spects fortunate, for her husband re-
married her publicly few days after
she was hanged, and it is to be hoped
that she gave him no cause to regret
this evidence OF his devotion. Another
curious case of resuscitation was that
of William Duell, hanged at Tyburn
for murder on the oath of November,
TAO. After the execution his body
was taken to Surgeons Hallfor dissec-
ton. Symptoms of life being observed
in the supposed corpse, one of the sur
geons took some ounces of blood from
him, the result being that in two
hours he was able to sit up in a chair.
In the evening he was again taken to
Newgate, and his sentence was subse-
quently changed to transportation. A
very painful scene arising from i'm
proper management of an execution
took place at Newgate on the 9Th OF
June, 1897, when two men, by name
Clench and Mackley, were hanged for
murder. Before the caps were drawn
over the eyes OF the unhappy men the
platform suddenly went down with the
two clergymen, the executioner, and
his assistant. The Catholic priest who
attended Clench being, it is said, Every
lusty, suffered most, but not materi-
ally" 1t would have been we'll if this
accident had put a stop to the hang
ing, for the men, as was afterward
proved, were innocent of the crime of
which they had been convicted.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
Variety for Hogs.

If the farmer has made no provision
for feeding his hogs other than corn,
let him i've them clover hay. This
may cause the exclusive corn-feeder to
smile but he should remember that
this is not only a change of food, but
that the clover contains the very ele-
ments the corn lacks. If his hogs have
been SO pampered that they have no
appetite for such food, then get a.
breed which has, and let "early ma
turity" mean, with him, healthy
body, ready to slaughter. care not
whether a pig weighs 100, 200 or 800
pounds, so long as this weight has
been made at a profit. Good appe-
titles are the result of good bodies, and
good bodies cannot be made without
a variety OF food. With good ap-
petites and strong digestion coarse
and cheap food can be utilized, and
herein is the best basis for profit. Let
corn come in as an aid in fattening
swine, but not as the all in all in pig
feeding-F. D. Curtis in american 4g-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
Dynamite in War.

TOLL tHc Ne" OK Mall.
Dynamite will have an important
part in the worlds next great war,
and foreign diplomatists, as we'll as
American military experts, regarded
with much interest the test of dyna-
mite projectiles which took place on
the banks of the Potomac, near Wash
ington, yesterday, under the direction
of the State Military committee.
Much doubt has been entertained as
to the possibility of firing from can
non dynamite projectile of sufficient
power to destroy a first-class ship of
war, but it is said that one of the six
inch shells used yesterday would have
sunk any unarmed ship afoat and
severely racked the heaviest ironclad
Eight-inch shells containing thirty-fve
pounds of nitro -glycerine, are soon to
be tested, and it is believed that the
new engine of war will be irresistible,
whatever the strength Of an enemy's
fleet. Its production may simplify
the problem of the defense of our sea-
coast, and the latest developments
confirm the conviction that this Ma
ton may, at the expense of less than
its annual average annual surplus of
revenue in recent years, make it's har-
bors impregnable to the assaults of
any foreign power.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01

WOLVES are killing the sheep and
pigs around Springport, Miss,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
An Enterprising Boy.

rrOIu Cne 6OSCOn COuT1er.l
One of the most promising of the
younger artists in Boston has q
wealthy father who opposed his sons
art aspirations, and wanted him to
devote himself to business instead.
The boy, however, was determined to
study art abroad, and finally COM
promised. He was large western
dealer in cattle, and sold his son on
credit, but at a pretty stiff market
price, small herd OF choice cattle,
with the stipulation that the boy
should take them to Liverpool to
sell. The profits on the transaction,
if any, he could have to pay his ex-
penses while studying abroad, but if
he lost money he should return home
and go into business.
The boy brought the cattle to Bos-
ton, shipped them from here to Liver.
pool, going on the same steamer with
them, reached that port in nine days,
struck q good market, sold out in one
day at a big profit, cabled a check to
his father for the amount of his loan,
and in less than a week, with the prof
it's OF the transaction in his pocket,
was in Paris studying, where he was
able to remain two years. His pluck
and his present success has so pleased
his father that the latter now says:
$50 back and continue your studies
whenever you get ready, and call on
me for what funds you want"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01
Protection Against Sunstroke.

From the Lancet.
At the Japanese village, Albert-gate,
there is now being made by order of
government a most ingenious contriv-
ance, which will it is hoped, effect
ually protect the soldiers at present
serving in the Soudan from the rays
of the sun, and render an attack of
sunstroke almost impossible. It is
formed OF light bamboo and paper,
and may be thus described: On each
shoulder is fixed a piece OF bamboo
bent in the form OF an arch; in the
center of each arch piece of bamboo
somewhat resembling an umbrella
stick, eighteen inches in height, is Sc
curely fixed, and these sticks support
q light awning two feet in length by
eighteen inches in breadth; the frame
of the awning is composed of bamboo,
and the covering Of paper painted
green inside; the weight will scarcely
be felt, and the wearer will enjoy all
the comforts of large umbrella with
out experiencing the Inconvenience of
holding it up, and his hands win be
left entirely free to carry his rifle or
other articles.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01

VICE CHANCELLOR SIR JAMES BACON,
who celebrated his eighty-seventh
birthday recently, is the oldest Judge
on the English bench.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-01

The brilliant parlors were ablaze
wi, h the glitter OF jewels and odorous
with the perfume of dollhouse bloom.
There was IN actual "crush" of the
very cream OF the city who were anx-
ious to behold for the last time in her
maiden freedom, the fair daughter of
the house.
She came at last, in the flowing
bridal draperies, orange buds upon
her, and dainty bridal roses that were
not winter than her girlish cheek.
She took her place at the side of the
expectant bridegroom, who was him.
self rather pale; and a silence fell sud-
denly upon those about them. while
outside the evening gloom half hid a
woman, crouchlng under one of the low,
unfastened windows, over which vel
vet curtains fell, but through which
the clear tones OF the clergyman's
voice reached the listener.
''If any one present can tell OF q
just cause for the two standing be-
fore me not becoming man and wife.
let him speak now, or forever after
hold his peace
There was slight pause, but no re-
Spouse came from the guests, among
whom Charlie Vincent stood, cain, and
proud, but very pale.
The clergyman resumed, proceeding
with the ceremony, when suddenly the
curtain that concealed one of the win
dows was thrust aside, the sash was
pushed further up, and a woman-a
stranger to them all-stepped into the
room. She advanced toward the
clergyman, the guests making way for
her. in wondering surprise.
"Hold," she said, laying q hand
firmly on the clergyman's arm. her
voice ringing with authority; ''hold;
your words are a mockery-a bias
phemy! know OF a reason why yon-
der man." pointing to the bridegroom,
should not become the husband OF
this girl.'
The black eyes OF Ernest Riviere
flashed upon the speaker, a glance
that it was hard to read; but his
handsome, foreign face grew ashen,
and the hand at his side was clenched
so tiercely that the glove upon it was
rent in pieces.
proceed with the ceremony" Ern-
est Riviere said, trying to make his
voice calmly careless; Eve are waiting"
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-13
FOR SALE.

Valuable real estate adjoining Red
Cloud. the old fair grounds. Sealed
bids will be received by the committee
appointed at the last meeting of the
Webster County Agricultural Society
for e,he purchase Of its old TAI,
grounds, to-wit: For the southeast
forty acres of Of the sw or Of section
t~hirty-six, township two, range eleven
west This land is Immediately east OF
Red Cloud: the title Of the society Is BY
contract OF purchase from the state. on
which there il due $a52. having nine
teeo years 70 run At 8 per cent inter
est. This contract viii be assigned. or
full title given. a. the purchaser may
desire. The bids should specify the
total amount offered for con,rac: OF
deed. the amount Of cash to be paid,
and the time or times in whicht the bal.
ance Of the amount offered vii, be
paid, together with the rate Of interesi
and the nature Of the security for de-
ferred payment The bids should be
encloxed in sealed envelopes and de-
IivereL TO W. y. Richardson. chairman
Of the committee. Each bid should Be
accompanied by . certificate Of depos-
it of one of the banks Of the county for
800, which shall be endorsed by the
and be forfeited 70 the society
in case the person making . bid shall
fail 70 comply with the terms when bid
is accepted. Bids viii be opened ~
Richardson's Office, Red Cloud, AZ two
o'clock p m, on Thursday. the sud day
Of April. 1855 The committee reserve
The right 70 reject any and al hidA
By order Of the committee.
3l-& W. n. R;ciaARnsoy, Chm'a.-
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-13

the law wonld have demanded his life
for HE own Elm. Christ Wa q Jew oand
be kept the Jewish LAW. Ali who
we're under condemnation OF death.
but produces il. Christ came to de-
stroy death and give life.
tC0nsinued neyf u~k.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-13


Elder Newcomb followed BY stating
that there 10 nothing in which we
ohouldcsbe so much interested IS to obey
The commandments Of God.
In answer TO the affirmative he took
position that Christ existed only a I'll.
word until he VA born in Bethlehem
and did not exist - personal being
up 70 that time. Christ signifies n
anointed. and the amounting of Christ
VA his baptism; and prior TO that
event he Wa not the Christ. He then
sought 70 show thai the earth was ere
ssed in elk indifferent periods Of time
Of which the animal 10 the sixth and
that the seventh; and that the sabbath
q Genesis s:23is not yet ended thai the
word day" indifferent. hence we
have had one continual Sabbath sincs
creation and will have hencefor,h.
He next took the position that the
irst four commandments were positive
local, national and periodical and Civ
en- only 70 the Jews To sustain this
Aa rad from q work containing the
he testimony Of several authors on the
sahiect, Bishop Butler &c. ia posi-
i've commnd Is carried over from one
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-03-13
eECOND

Elder c. followed by first answering q
few objections. First, Several asser.
tons and no proof. The Question sis,
Resolved That the scriptures teach
that sabbath Of the fourth command
ment is binding upon all christians at
the present time" Elder still CON
tnplcstb,s ihr,.s n-,.,.I kf.-o H. 40
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-21

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The land is overrun with tramps and crimi,
nails. Idleness and crime are on the increase
1t is time to look these evils in the face and
ascertain their origin and the social condi,
tions which promote their growth.
In pursuing this investigation il is of the
highest importance 10 find out the most po,
tential factors of vagrancy and vice. FOrtu
nately, this is no very difficult task. The
statistics furnished by some of our best and
oldest prisons throw "A flood of light upon the
question. The report of the warden of the
Western Pennsylvania penitentiary may be
accepted as reliable statement of facts, and
1t is an easy matter, after reading it, to draw
the proper inference.
According to the report referred to, of the
574 prisoners received last year, Az never
learned any trade, business, or profession ;
20 learned a trade, and Y did some occa-
sonal work without having regular calling
OF this number 400 could read and write and
10 could not 3jI were either total abstainers
or moderate drinkers F; l9l were occasionally v
intoxicated, and i6 come under the head of
intemperance.
1t will be seen from these figures that So
biiety did not save these men, as So per cent
of them were temperate. Education did not
save them, as 81 per cent had an ordinary
English education. But 80 per cent. had no
trade, and when that fact is stated no further
explanation is required. IL is utterly useless
toeNpect temperate and fairly educated
youth 20 make his way in the world unless
he is taught some useful calling If he starts
out in the world wholly unprepared TO earn
an honest living, sobriety and education will
not prevent him from becoming a tramp or "A
criminal. lie must inevitably take his
stand among those classes, unless he inherits
wealth or some wonderful good fortune be-
fall him.
1t is well TO brush away the generally re-
ceived idea that ignorance and intem perance
fill our prisons. The statistics whi ch we have
quoted from state with white population
are matched by similar facts and figures from
the prisons of England and France. Every
where 1t will be found that idleness and the
lack of industrial training are the main fea-
lures OF crime. The lesson to be learned
from this brief summary should be kept be-
fore the mind of every parent The only way
to assure boys future is to give him, in
addition to the proper moral and literary
training, useful trade, business, or profess
sion, by which he may make himself self
supporting.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-03-21
RELIGIOUS.

DELICIOUS SERVICES WILL BE
~ held In the following churches tomorrow
In the morning at 1880 In the evening at 7;l5
sunday school at las y. IN. When the hour Is
different 1t is specially noted:
MEMORIAL (PREsByTERIAS)-s )-south Queen street.
Services morning. and evening at the usual
hours. sabbath school AT IA p. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening. Welcome to all. Thomas
Thompson pastor.
OLIyET BAPTIST CuURcH-Y. NJ. c. \. Rooms
RMey M NJ fmyne, pastor At 1890 a; m will unite
Orange: Baptism after sermon. 7ls p. m preach
Ing in Y. Nj. G. A. rooms sunday school at 4p.
CHg!sr LUTHERAN CHuRcH-west King street
L; l. Reed, pastor. sunday school at "a p. n.
church. corner of East Chestnut and sherman
streets, on sunday, March I'D, at o'clock, p. III.
Preaching IN both languages.
COLLEGE CHAPEL.-Divine service at 1880 IA III.
sermon by Rev. f.. Gerhart, u. u.
ing in the morning by the Rev, ". i. More, aud
In the evening by the Rev; Lewis Reiter. sun;
day school at li5 p. N. Prayer meeting at $50
ssSSsD , , EyaSSEIISaL S SEnglisSl, on Mulberry
Preaching at 1880 a. IN. aud at 7;l5 p. M by the
pastor. Sunday school at 2p. m. Prayer and
Glass meeting on Tuesday and Thursday even
GRACE LuTHERAN.-Coner of North Queen
and James street. Rev. Z; Elyin Houpt, pastor.
Services at 1870 II. m. and at 7:l5 p. III. Sunday
REroRMEp tsT LUKE's)-Marietta avenue, Rev.
1890 IA. m and 7:l5 p IN. Sunday school at p. IN.
UNITED BRErnREN IN CnmsT (COvENANTl-West
streets, formerly known as Saleml Rev. NJ. J
Mumma, pastor. Preaching at 1880 n. IN. and
7l5 p. m. sunday school at 2 u. IN.
ST. PAULs-DiVine service ut 1880 a.. IN. and
7;l5 p. IN. by the pastor. Sunday school ut lI5
u. IN.
PREsBYrERIAN.-Preaching in the morning and
evening by the pastor Rev. j. Mitchell, d. ID.
MoRAvIAsSsJ Max Hark, pastor loI9 a. N.
Iitany and sermon u. M, Sunday school
"a p m, Lenten, litany and Preaching.
ST. PAuL's Nj. 4. CHURcH.-No services morn
ing or evening. Sunday school at li5 p. IN.
Sr. Jons's IuTHERhN-Rev. sylvanns stall,
pastor. Preaching in the morning and evening.
by the pastor. Sunday school ut Las.
GoTwALD MISSION SCHOOL at 2 p. m
FIRST REFoRMED-Services morning and even
ing conducted by Rev. DR.. Titzel, pastor-elect.
sunday school at las d. m.
UNION BETnEL-Rev.G. W. Seilhamer PASTOR
Preaching at 1880 a. IN. by the Rev. Frayne of
the Olivet Baptist Church. At the close of his
sermon, he Will administer the ordinance of
Christian Baptism. Revival services in the
evening at 7:l5 O'Clock.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
prayer meeting VIII be held to morrow Sunday
afternoon In the prison. The Chaplain, Rev,
Mr.. Swank Will begin the services at quarter
past o'clock Meeting usual. AT O'Clock ON
Tuesday afternoon in Y. NJ. c. A. hall.