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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
GrOtes0uo Smiles.

A grotesque smile is sometimes very
expressive. Remarkably so were those
of Daniel Webster, who likened the
word "would' in Rufus Choate's hand
writing to small gridiron struck by
lightning; of sailor, who likened a
gentleman whose face was covered
with whiskers up to his very eyes, to a
rat peeping out of a bunch of oakum;
of a Western reporter, who in wealth
er item on a cold day, said that the
suns rays, in the effort to thaw the
ice, were as futile as the dull reflex of
a painted yellow dog; of conductor,
who in heated discussion as to speed,
said the last time he rar his engine
from Syracuse the telegraph poles on
the side looked like a tine-tooth comb.
Smiles of like character are often
heard among the common people, and
are supposed to be the peculiar proper
ty of Western orators. Instances AS
sharp as the little end of nothing; big
as all outdoors; slick as grease, or
creased lightning; melancholy as a
Quaker meeting by moonlight; flat as
founder; quick as wink; not
enough to make Cruel for sick grass
hopper; not clothes enough to wad a
gun; as limp and timber as an India
rubber stove pipe; uneasy as a CAT in
strange garnet; not strong enough to
haul a Goldfish off a gridiron; after
you like rat-terrier after chipmunk
SQUIRREL; useless as whistling psalms to
q dead horse; no more than a grass
hopper wants an apron; don't make
the difference of the shake of a frogs
tail; like crazy porpoise in a pond of
red hot grease: enthusiasm boiled over,
like bottle of ginger pop; as inn
possible to penetrate his head as to
bore through Mount Blanc with a
boiled carrot; as impossible as to ladle
the ocean dry with a clam-shell, or to
suck the Gulf of Mexico through a
goose-quill, or to stuff butter into
wild cat with hot awl, or for a shad
to climb up a fag-pole with a fresh
mackerel under each fiji, or for a cat to
run up stove-pipe with a teazle tied
to his tail, or for a man to lift himself
over fence 10y the straps of his boots.
There is another class of SMILES
scarcely as pertinent, as for instance:
1t will melt in your mouth like a red
hot brickbat; talk to him like Dutch
uncle; smiling as basket of chips;
old a. Dick hatband; happy as
clam at high water; quicker than you
can say Jack Robinson; like all posses
sed; like fury; like all natur'; like all
sixty; as quick az any thing; mad as
hops; mad as Halifax; sleeps like
top; run like thunder; deader than a
door nail; getting along like two-forty
on q plank road.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
VudeYLill's Death.

Vanderbift's death suggests one or
two homely truths. He was the richest
man in America at 2 20 p. M, Tues
day, Dec. 8, 1885, being worth the In
apprec;ably large amount of $780,
100000. One minute later he was not
worth a mill more than tho most ragged
beggar who died at the same time.
Verify, death is the great leveller.
He respects neither prince nor pau
per. He cannot be bribed by millions.
His calls are memorable. In life, the
man with wealth possesses great adj
vantage over him who does not; but in
death all are equal so far as worldly
possessions are concerned. The only
thing man can carry beyond the
grave is his soul, and the future happi-
ness of that depends not so much upon
the advantages which the owner pos
sesses while alive as upon the use to
which he puts whatsoever advantages
he did POSSESS.
A man is held accountable in this
world-we leave it to the theologians
to decide about the next in proportion
to his endowments. Responsibility in
creases with blessing. The man or
woman who is superior in social or
political position, in wealth, or in men,
tal power owes more to his fellowmen
than the person who is inferior in those
respects. We Judge almost guilty OF
murder a man who stands on the
riverbank and without exertion allows
another to drown, but hold to no re-
sponsibi'ity a person who was not
present at the accident. That illus
trates the accountability of advantage.
The same principle applies in other
directions. If person in an official
position of power refuses to exert him.
self for the accomplishment of a re-
form which he can accomplish 1t he
puts fort the effort. we condemn him.
II members of society, who are able to
elevate those with whom they come in
contact by the force of strong, high
principled character, fail to do so,
they are censurable.
Vandcrbilts' possessed great wealth.
its possession was no crime. 1t is said
that he was generous to his church and
to some other institutions, but he did
not have a reputation for liberality
commensurate with his wealth. He
possessed vast resources for benetitting
his race. The question upon which we
are to Judge him is, did he improve his
opportunities for doing good? 1t Is to
be hoped that the true answer Is differ
ent from that which common observa'
ton will lead most people to make.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
Nataral Gas ut Pittsburxh.

In the story of the discovery and ut
ilization of natural gas at Pittsburgh
no element of an Arabian Night ro-
nance, except untruthfulness, is lack
ing. Here are facts that put to shame
the Arabic fancy. 1t has given day
light to city that had not for years
seen the sky. 1t has given cleanliness
to streets and houses that had always
worn coats of coal-dust as their best
attire. The worker in iron is as clean
" as the worker in silver. The coal
dealer is no longer necessary evil.
The CRATE is obsolescent, and coal dust
forgotten annoyance. Cheap, odor-
less. and smokeless open fires have
eliminated furnaces and stoves,
coal-scuttles and ash-barrels, from hui
man troubles, and brighter colors have
taken the place of the sombre shades
of houses and of clothing. The beauti-
full scenery about the city has been re-
stored to view. and Pittsburgh has
more than its share of light and of re-
lief from dust. Ifit has not henceforth
corresponding cleanliness and sweet
ness, nature surely cannot be blamed.
ANY one who was familiar with the ap-
pearance of the undiscovered city
few years ago would not know where
he was if he were put down there now
on clear day. Not only is the atmos-
phere clear, but peculiar blueness is
caused by the flames, which burn in
daytime as well as night. A sight that
can be seen in no other city in the
world Is what stranger might mistake
for fag-poles, from the tops of which
these blue sheets of flame float, which
at night give the city an appearance at
a distance of a city on fire, except
that they produce no smoke.
The re-introduction of daylight, the
retaining of scenery, and q revolution
In household economy are but the light
er phases of the great change that has
been wrought at Pittsburgh by natural
gas. Not less than half a million dol
lars are saved annually in the cost of
fuel. besides . corresponding saving in
the cost of light. Manufacturing has
entered new era of prosperity. Many
enterprises that were suffering from
depression are now running with prof
It, many that were suspended have
bssn resumed. and many new enterpris-
60 have been undertaken. The gas has
now almost entirely superseded coal as
fuel In tho manufacturing establish-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

In his report from Berlin, Consul
General Raine shows that Prince Bis
mark has more intelligent and more
humane way of dealing with tramps
than prevails in this country. A large
area of partly improved land was set
apart in Westphalia, and the German
tramps were sent thither, and set to
work. Some of them became honest.
self-supporting citizens. and others
were found irreclaimable, and had to
be sent TO warehouses;. How large
proportion were made industrious, and
how many failed, MIR. Raine does not
tell; but that the experience was on the
whole success, appears from the fact
that the system has been extended to
other parts of the German empire. In
this country the treatment of the tramp
question is in some places such as to
encourage vagrancy, and in some states
it is barbarously cruel. Imprison-
ment is no meaus of reformation with
most of the breed, since in prison they
are well housed and fed. and have
little to do, and many of them commit
some petty offence for the express pur
pose of being sent to the house of cor
rection, especially during the inclement
season. 1t is said that deserter from
the British army, who is tailor has
spent most of his time for many years,
in Massachusetts House of Correc-
ton, where he mends the clothes of his
fellow prisoners, makes no trouble and,
when he is released, directly contrives
to get arrested, and sentenced again as
a vagrant. One old man, a few years
ago at the beginning of winter, applied
to the person appointed in neighbour
ing town for caring for tramps, and
wanted to know if there was not some
way in which he could get locked up
during the cold weather. The agent
told him that if he would 20 over the
line into New Hampshire, and beg for
a drink of cider at three or four houses,
he would quickly be arrested and sent
up. The old fellow inquired the rear
est way to the state line, and immedi-
ately started for it as if it had been his
Promised Land. That is the inefficient
way of deal ing with tramps. In
Georgia they have a barbarous way.
The story was published some months
ago, of two honest Northern men, who
we're seeking work, and asked to be
put up at the station house at Atlanta.
They were accommodated for the night,
and in the morning were sentenced as
Migrants to the chain gang for year.
Neither of these plans are aimed at re-
forming the tramps, nor can the evil be
reduced by any such means. But the
cchomo of Riemarok ia neither crncl
nor encouraging to vagrancy: 1t
promises cure, and it appears that it
has been operated with success sut1i-
cient to encourage the extension of
the first experiment. 1t is worthy OF
consideration whether something of
the sort might not be tried with adj
vantage in this country. It would not
be expensive, and would be a great
gain. if Observation-Disclosures Her.
| AID.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

HARDWARE.
ftronS-!Iachett iierdsare Co.
farv.l,, bz,Hun & jackson.
y d-n Deck-r
IRON, steel, AND HEAVY HARDWARE
>i"rt> & bean.
Rhodes 6 Eur1Gn.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Auerba. Il. fi,"l, 8 Van Slyck.
Indexes. Warner = schumacher.
Powers, Durl<ee & Co.
NOTIONS AND FURNISHING GOODS.
rIahon, Ware" & "h,piey.
Arthur, Warren & Abbott.
GROCERS
~ ". Kelly Mercantile Co.
AL. II, Moon + Co.
ifaxfieId- q >eabury.
isessH pre-, Ke0gh f. Co.
Yanz, eris S. Howes
TEAS, CofFEES AND SPICES.
Berke5, Talmadse s. Co
BOOTS AND SHOES.
G. GOTTA" & Co.
Keslneg, .JnsnSon & Co.
Foote, >c!iHlze & Co.
Fcrcpaush e Tarbox.
HATS, CAPS AND FURS
Gordon & Ferguson.
l.anpher. FincI. s. skinner.
strc,ssguth & Drake.
DRUGs.
Eoyes Ri o.. h Cutler.
Ey~n Drug Co.
CHINA, CR0CKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Craig, arkin l. -mit;,.
Pollock, Donaldson b Ogden.
LEATHER, SHOE FINDINGS AND SADDLERY
HARDWARE.
r. r. L. Hardenburgh & Go.
Srheffrr & Ito.sun.
Cnas. G. h..liHitit.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
Av~rI;l. Carpenter Co.
Ward, Hill 4 Mcclellan.
Pioneer Pre@s Co.
BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY.
St. Paul Book & stationery Co.
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS
Campbell b Burbank.
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS
Guitermsn Bros.
TLILORS TRIMMINGS AND W00LENS.
Ialiop. DeGroot Co.
RUBBER GOODS ARD BETTING.
st. Paul Rubber Co.
Go0uy car rubber Co.
CIGARS AND foBACCo3
Whitsman Is. os. 4
e. II. AcLan1. -. ..
NOTIONS AND COUNTER suPnH
y. 0onAsFs 4 c.. ...>-~.. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

msnts. One natural fas-conpany.
alone supplies nine hundred residences
sixty-six glass factories, thirty-four
rolling mills, and fifty other manufac-
tories. There Is saving In labor as
we'll as>in fuel. Boilers that required
as many as . hundred fireman and
coal beavers now need the services of
only one man. The very architecture
Of boiler-houses aud Of mills has suffered
changes that give greater convenience
and make neatness possible, and the
danger of fire has been very greatly
lessened. .-.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
Looxing Before Lsaping.

Prot. Summer of Yale College, re-
Gently delivered An address to the
students on social matters, In which ho
says:-"Dirth 10 q dire misfortuns for
many children. and their parents can
not do enoug h for them In return for
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
A Disguised Brit0n.

An English nobleman in reduced cir
cumstances moved to western Texas.
Not long since the English exile, meet
ing Col. H. B. Andrews, vice-president
of the Sunset railroad, said:
Hits blawsted kentry, ye knaw.
I'm going 'ome to hold England
tryp"
"Why, hits beastly. If a man dom t
work he don't get anything to eat, ye
knaw. I could have that at 'ome,
much cheaper, ye knaw." -1eras Sift-
tnQs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

breadth of chest, and a shoulder strap
attached to the check hook, to prevent
the lantern from sagging down be-
tween the horses legs when for any
reason the traces slack. 1t would be
well to have short strap sewed to the
inside of the breast collar, to slip the
spring through. so as to prevent any
lateral motion"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
Auevotee of tho Game.

Proprietor of sporting goods house
(to college freshman who has just pur-
chased a complete base ball outft)-
Anything else to-day. sir9
Frsshman--H'm, do you keep base
ball literature? -
Proprie,or-Ob, yes. everything ever
written.
Fresbman-Well, you might give me
A copy of The Rise and Fall Of the
Roman Umpire" .. !:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

3ERS. 1885.
MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
Robinson & Gary.
Rogers, Willis d. Co.
lamrI,rl', Walsh & Jilaon.
WG0D AND IRON PUMPS AND PLUMBERS
SUPPLIES
II. p. Ruee & Co.
SCALES, WINDMlLLS. ETC.
Fairbanks, Morse d Co.
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS
A. Oppenheimer & Co.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Nathan Ford.
w. j. Dyer Bro.
FRUITS, NUTS, ETC.
b. Presley & Co.
FURNITURE.
Quinby & Abbott.
CRACKERS AND CONFECTIONERY.
Berrisford II. 4 c. Co.
Friedman Lewis.
DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS.
Bonn N anufac curing Co.
+. A. Abbott h Co.
WAGONS and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Mast, Esuford 4 Isurwell Co.
&. II. Th0rstnn h SON.
Js II. Mailer Co.
ht. Paul storage, Forwarding d 1mplo.
ment Co.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Perkins, Lyons Z Go.
Geo. Benz Co.
GRAIN AND CONFESSION,
WEE ". <: y hae: si,1e = Co.
FLOUR.
St. Paul Roller Mil Co.
ROOFING, C0RNlCES AND MACHINERY.
scribner-Libbey Go.
J. p. Gribben Lumber Co.
Mood 4 Maxwell.
f. r. sum ~ alt.
G. y. Eeison Lumber Co.
w. r. FIfield & Co.
John Martin Lumber Co.
BarrOnnett lumber Co.
Hohn Manufacturing Co.
LINE CEMENT AND PLASTER.
The Northwestern Limo Co.
FUEL.
st. Paal Pacific Coal & Irsn Co.
HoFth1estern Fuel Co.
TRUNKS, ETC.
II. 8. crippen E Co.
SEWING MACHINES
Domestic =. ~. Co.
SfEAa FITTING, FOOLS AND suPPLN
Il ~ Osborne.
| GUNS, Fl tolls AID SPORTING GOODS.
u. y, Ksn1sdy q Bres. r.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

1T would delight me to know when you
will pay me-" said a creditor to Koskisusko
Murphey. YES no doubt" replied MUIR
ply; land it would delight me still more
to know when Twill be able to pay you.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
SEVILLE

10 we'll located, nine miles north Of Tarpnn
Springs, on the Gulf of Mexico, having q water
front on the ocean. The land adjoining and In the
rear 10 high and rolling, having an elevation Of
about dfty feet above the ocean within one and
one-haN miles. vessel 10 owned and used OK.
pressly for the trade of this settlement. Ar
engagements are being made for the erection Of .
hotel In Ocean Park, whsrves and other va
rious improve ments IN Seville. The new steam
er finished in Pittsburg, Pa, Septe mber Is, 1885,
by the Gulf Steamship Co., expressly for the line,
few miles south and north from Tarpon
Springs, will connect with boats at Tarpon
Springs for all points.
Tho soil varies from sandy loan to hnnas
muck and mari, and is OF dura 10 fertility, as
will be seen from the large size of the trees and
the rank growth Of grass III the timber.
Water soft, purc and abundant.
Gov. Blo1ham says that Florida has DOUBLED
ito resources In FOUR YEARS.
$4,000 s nsnsy in 1 r"ids 'i the pass 4"
lO4,UUU registered at the Florida hotels
the past winter, and invested In the state over
$8, OOO, 900 in four months.
Great inducements In desirable town lots and
Eve and ten acre plats; Also my size tract up to
10000 acres, adapted to colonization; l6 NILES
NEARLY SOLID OCEAN FRONT.
Seyeral charming town sites and thousands Of
acres Of desirable lend adjoining.
eB Special inducements 10 men OF means
and tuct, to organize colonies.
100000 1 Hs,e' well "''e'ed stock lands
30 800 acres best sugar lands In America.
10 acres In Florida productions yield more net
cash than 100 acres In the north, sown In grain.
Free transportation BY our rebate laad tickets.
Offices, Tarpon Springs and Jacksonville, Fla:
Philadelphia, New York and other points.
We are the exclusive agents and managers, not
only In Florida, but everywhere. Of the Gni
Coast Reserve, the Lake Butler Villa Co.. the
Cootie Land and Improvement Co.: also agents
for tho Florida Land and improvement Co., and
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Canal and Okeechobee.
Land Co. The stOck OF the latter company ie
one OF tho best and most secure Investments Ia
Amertcs-<ecured BY broad acres. Informatiors
regarding this stock furnished on application.
Send for map and new prospectus: also state
exactly what You want, and whether You can in
duenoe capital or emigration.
Address,:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03

Just opened to travel by railway and steamboat.
PIcrUREsQuE portion OF Florida. Highland crys-
tai lakes teeming with fish: grand natural wood
ed parks. where deer, wild turkey and other
game abound. Winged game in great variety
on land and water.
The Tsrpon Springs Hotel 10 one Of the best
farnished and appointed houses south Of Jack
sonvile, and In all respects will be kept in frat
class style. The prices per day will be $500
aud $3.50. Special rates will be made by the
month or season. Tho Tropical Hotel and the
Fernald House are we'll and comfortably kept at
. price per day Of $3.50 to $500, with special
rates by the month or season. Camp life ut
Tarpon Springs and Seville costs about 200 per
week.
These lands being below the killing frost lines
on the Gulf coast of fernando and Hillsborp
counties, with direct steam transportation to all
points OF the U. s., make them especially valus-
bio for tho production of vegetables for ship
mont, from December until May, to Northern
markets, when the highest prices are obtained.
Tomatoes ranged the past winter from s. to s.
ps4 crate Of three pecks, and other vegetables
equally profitable. Tobacco, rice, sugar cane,
all vegetables, tho cereals and grass ssprodnce
largely.
It requires but six to eight weeks from plant
Ing 70 market tomatoes and other vegetables
We have cheaper lands back from the Gulf coast,
and still cheaper lands In the various counties
north Of the 29th parallel, where winter vegeta-
bles cannot be grown successfully, and whcre
the orange and other fruits occasionally are
pinched by the frost, but the people who have
examined our GULF COAST uIGHLANDs, consider
than nrefePahle from every point of view.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-02-03
VO Words

could express TIC agony endured from Rheunsr
tis,n and it was i cuu'd do to endure 1t. Grip
pied, not abc to walk or Sleep took two-thirds OF
bottle o. ATuLorHoRos and N a few days YVES we'll"
T. l.. CuA1f1ELD. 36o ETH Avenue. Milwaukee, Wis.
Gssh Is thu hi s1 mi, ls ' sssi AT0Ph0R0S
Which is tho only remedy for rheumatism that has
ever had successful 10; and it sells because It II
t cure, safe. speedy euro. Ath!ophoroS contains
no opium or ether dangerous injurious Ingredient
It IS absolutely cato, and Is 60 pronounced BY
leading physicians OF tao country who prescribe It
regularly for neuralgia and rheumatism II you
hare any doubt est its merit write TO the naanrtsc-
tusers for ma / parties in your own State who
Esya been c::-cl Il 1.!cr1aatia:a cad reurSgia 81
Is use.
Ask your drusci2t f,r Athloos1o!o5. II you con.
not getit Of him paid on receipt
irregular pricc-5i 90 per bottle. We prefer that
you buy j. from your druggist, but II he hasn't 1t do
net le persuaded IN try something else but ozde1
ct once from directed.
k7HLooEonns CO., ~ WALL ST., new YORK.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
JOB W'ORX.

THE TELEGRAPH office
is Supplied mith t'ro excellent
lob presses, q FIJI assortment Of
lob typc and is prepared to
erecutc JOB 1rorh with ncatness
and dispatch end at City prices.
GIVE Us \ TRIAL.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07
Cutting Timber in August.

Experience has shown US that the
best time to cut timber for posts, rails
or stakes, is August. The bark Will
then come off readily, and the Wocd
becomes harder and endures longer
than if cut at any other season. Hlck-
ory never makes a good post or stake,
as it rots rapidly in the ground or on II,
and if cut when the bark adheres, Will
soon rot, or likely be cut to pieces, be-
fore it Can rot, by worms. But ii cut
in August, very few, if any trees,
make more durable rail for off the
ground. The bark drops off, and the
wood becomes 80 hard that it s.jingIes"
when struck, while the worms do not
attack it. Hickory rails made from
trees cut in August and kept off the
ground, will last fifty years.
White oak makes a durable rail or
post, cut at any season, but its dura.
hiiity is increased at least fifty per
cent. by cutting in August. "Pin
oak" is unfit for posts or for rails
either, on or off the ground, when the
tree has died, and is entirely unfit for
posts, and almost unfit for rails if cut
when the sap is not flowing; but rails
| made from Il pin oak tree, cut in
August, will last at least twenty years
| of the ground. What is true of pin
oak is true of red elm. II cut in Au-
gust it is as durable as hickory or
white oak, as long as it is not set in OF
on the ground. White elm is fit for
firewood only, no matter at what time
| it is cut, and this is true of wild cherry
also. With but few exceptions the
gain by cutting in August is sufficient
to compensate for cutting at that time
1t ia not necessary that the rails OF
posts be split out then. The trees may
be feiled only, and the further work be
put of until cooler weather. But it
better to split the trunks into xai] {
posts for later use as soon as ,e,,ed
the wood will then season rap div. an
the highest point of durs> .,ilitv is a
tained.-AnseTict4,e AgaTev' >t,,;s,.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1886-08-07

What t.athing is to man, grooming
is to hoy Sc. 1t is to cleanse the hair,
but it should accomplish more, and
what is of far more Importance, prevent
the G losing of the millions of opening,
thru ugh which the glands must ride
thu. body of dead or poisonous matters,
AVID this is accomplished by cleansing
the hide-removing the adhering
sw eat and dust and matter thrown out
on the surface of the skin by the
myriads of little glands. But groom
| ing can do this only when it is
thorough, The use Of the comb is not
enough. 1t is n splendid instrument in
| it's place-to remove the thickest OF
the dirt. But it should be followed by
! the brush and cloth, used vigorously,
to remove the filth that will surely
! escape the comb. Grooming should
include greater use OF the brush than
of the comb, and it should be frequent
as once per day, at least in the case ol
animals at work. 1t il then of the
Egreatest advantage to the horse, and
he will keep healthy aud sleek wher
without it he would be poor anC
capable of far less labov.-Ieros Fam
and Ranch.