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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05
COnRessolliv the Best.

Valor has its bounds, which once trans
crossed pass into the domains Of vice.
Equally SO has medical science its bounds be-
yond which lie the territories Of Quackery.
But Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters strikes the
ana blood purifier known. All genuine
bear the signature Of J. Y. Allen, st. Paul,
Mimi %r. ;sFIEt zZ=&sf@5 ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

{ IT is not always the most sensitive base
ball player who is the most easily put out
- Washington Critic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

! THE ice-dealer's motto-As we journey
through life let US live by the weigh
Merchant Traveller, -, hf'.a
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

One thing can be said in favor Of Chi
nese dramatic actors never forget their
queues. --Ne,p Haven Neu& ID
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

PASTE diamonds are so called because
people get stuck on them so often.-San
francisco Examiner.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

IN some people the htgh-drawl-ic form OF
ypeech bespeaks water on the brain.-Er.
81 a1QA ss4s Sss@E{ E. 80 &c.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

AGENTS wAN1En For our new book IS The
NO6UsO Wow ~ Life Of Gen. Sherldan;''
Liberal terms. Empyrsai PuS. Housess st. Pau Mnn
o0-NAAG YAAs PAkAk every you MIA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-09-05

DON'T fail to ask for NATIONAL YEAST. I
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

Mr.. u. A. Frost. artist and photographer,
accompanied Mr. Kennan, and the results of
his work will forma wonderfully interesting
series Of pictures Of Russian and Siberian
life and scenery.
The articles begin in the May Century,
which is great issue in many other re-
spects, containing also an interesting illus
trated article on ranch life; first chapters
of ''The LIAR" a novelette, by Henry James;
the exciting narrative, ga Locomotive Chase
in Georgia;' suggestive paper on 1.-THE
Chances of Being Hit in Battle;'' an essay
on Milton by Matthew Arnold; "a Love
Story Reversed by Edward Bellamy, ETC.,
etc. Our local bookseller will have the num-
Der after the first of May.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
pared with last year, would be from
eioh teen To thirty. sig million, bushels So -

pared with last year, would be from
eighteen to thirty-six million bushels.
A LARGE portion of the town of Caledonia,
Wis, was flooded on the l9th by a break
in the levee on the west bank of the Wis
| consin. Farms were also submerged, and
the damage would be great
CARNEGIE. PHlpPs & Co., proprietors of
the Edgar Thomson steel-works at Brad
dock, Pa, decided on the 10Th to resume
operations with non-union men. The
works, which employ four thousand men,
had been closed for four months on account
Of wage troubles -. $50
SAMUEL CoNYERs, at Rockmarth, Ga, dried
can OF wetpowder on the stove on the Goth,
and the explosion which followed blew him
to pieces
DURING the seven days ended on the Goth
there were ISL business failures in the
United States against 1862 the previous
seven days. The total failures from jan
uary 10 date We're 8, 543, against 8, $40
In the same time last year.
EIGRT men surrounded the Yesuuitas
ranch on the Goth near Brownsville Tex.
ana binding the men and women robbed
the house of about So, 900 in money and OF
quaint ty OF Jewelry. p +
FIVE clipping couples were married at
Jeffersonville, Nd, on the Josh.
N. b. LESTER was hanged ON the goth at
Lebanon, Tenn, for the murder of Lieuten-
anti T. Lana "
ADv1CEs OF the Goth say that eight horse
thieves We're caught by an armed posse
thirty miles from Purcell, L T., after run
ming fight, and strung up.
BALL games played on the Goth at the
opening Of the National League champion
ship season of 1888: resulted as follows:
Chicago, 5; Indianapolis, 4 Pittsburgh, s.;
Detroit, 2. New York, g.; Washington, g.
Boston, 4; Philadelphia, 3, 81
THE house of Fred Slower at Portland
Ore, was burned on the Goth, and Mrs
Slower and her baby were burned to death.
BLAST explosion on the Goth near
Labadie, No, fatally injured FIVE men,
THREE men We're burned to death and
several others were injured by the burning
| OF the Bethel House in st Louis OIL the
Goth.
EMMA ALrHousE, of Attica, N. Y, who is
sui Iect to frances, awoae on the 10th from
thrty-three days sleep, and Immediately
| informed her physician that her grand
father was dead. Singular to relate, the
| old man had expired at Mumford while the
| young woman was in her trance.
HE Goth WAS The one hundredth day OF
| the present session of Congress The House
| had passed 425 bills and the Senate S3 l.
| Altogether 209 bills had passed both houses
and gone to the President for his signature.
and ~, SOS bills and resolutions had been
| introdnceu-the largest number on record.
| AN entire family named Lathrop, father,
mother and three children, occupants of /,
farm house near Wolf river at Enbarrass,
Wis, were swept away by the floods on tho
| Goth and drowned
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
~ DR.. Richmond s supper,

A cruel trick was played upon the
well-knoWn diner-out, DR.. G. M. Rich.
mond, on Saturday night at the Lyceum
theater, says The New York Sun. The
doctor, with party of lady friends, sat
in whiskers Of the distinguishen bon
want were glossy with brilliant inc. and
his shirt bosom and white waistcoat
were made radiant by large gold buttons.
the same having no relation whatever
to the doctors profession of dentistry
and tooth filing, as was suggested re-
Gently by New York paper. Imr
mediately after the first act the docto,
leaned affably over the edge of the box
fixed an usher with one of his glitter
ing eyes, and said:
.'Hist!"
The usher rushed forward
elf said the doctor, "a latter comes
here addressed to c. M. Richmond,
please bring it down to me.
The usher nodded. When the cur
tain fell on the succeeding act the doctor
glared up the aisle and asked the usher,
in loud tone of voice, if that letter had
arrived yet for G. M. Richmond. The
uoueI Salu IL lau not. Inc OOcLOr
looked annoyed, and fully, half the
people in the audience shook their heads
dismally and wondered what had be-
come of the letter. Again the curtain
rose and fell, and once more the doctor
wheeled around and stared at the door,
as did most of the people in the
| audience. To the intense relief of every
body the usher ran beaming down the
aisle with q large white envelope in his
hand z .--
1.-The fact ISL said the doctor in an
explanatory and affable manner to his
friends, Il found myself without change
when we arrived here, and, as I thought
we would like to take a little bit of
supper after the play, I sent 4 check
for $50 that [ had in my pockes up to
| my friend Pond, with note asking him
to cash it so that we could buy some
supper. This is the answer ss...
| 1.-The doctor took the envelope. tore in
| open in full view of the audience and
his friends, and drew out one large and
smoking clam fritter, and card which
read:
DEAR DoCKEY! Have supperw this
me. I keep the click. Yours,
POND.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

Tent Life IN Siberia. etc, had spent four
years in Russia and Siberia, was thorough.
ly conversant with the people and the Ian.
guage, and had reached the con clusion that
the Russian Government had been misrep--
resented, and that the exile system Of Sibe-
ria was not SO terrible as was supposed.
Knowing that Mr.. KEENAN, held these
views, the Russian Government gave him
every facility for a thorough
INSPECTION OF MINES AND PRISONS:
of Siberia-the most thorough that had
ever been made by a traveller. Armed with
letters from the Russian Minister of the
interior and other high officials, Mr.. Ken
nan went everywhere, inspecting mines and
prisons, convict barges and hospitals, and
travelling with chained eXles along the
great Siberian road. He made the intimate
personal acquaintance of more than three.
hundred exiled 'sliberals -, and Nihilists,
many of whom wrote out their histories for,
his use. The, ACTUAL facts, as revealed by
this searching Investigation, were far re-
moved from Mr.. Remnants preconceived
ideas, as, this thrilling narrative of fifteen
months privation and adventure will show:
AS is already known, the publication of
Mr.. Remnants preliminary papers has re-
sulteGiin his being placed
ON THE BLACK LIST
by tae Russian Government, and copies Of
lite, gsasta1ry containing them have the OBJ
jectipRable article torn out by the custom
officials before being allowed to enter the
| CZar2s dominions.
"Iexpected, of course" says Mr.. Ken
nan, in recent interview, "to be put on
the Russian black list. The stable-door is
locked, but the horse has been stolen-and
fVe got him.1
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

for the selection of delegates to the Nation
was a victory for General Harrison for
President
THOMAS G. HANcE, native of Maryland.
died on the 10th at Macedon, N. Y, aged
one hundred and six years
Mr. A. s. ABELI, founder and proprietor
of the Baltimore Sun, died on the 9th.
aged eighty-two years. He leaves an estate
valued at nearly 500, 600, 600
II. DEwART a prominent Democratic
politician and a member OF the Thirty fifth
Congress, died on the 19th at S,nbury.
Pa, aged sixty-eight years.
THE Democrats in the Fifth Indiana dis
tric5 on the 10Th nominated George W.
Cooper for Congress. g-f
AT a meeting on the Goth Of the Ohio Re-
publican League in Dayton judge John A.
Cald well, of Cincinnati, WAS elected presi.
dent es.z--.s.. s-..E.
v HICKS, veteran of the war Of 1912
and tie Black Hawk wsr, died at Rood
house, ILL.,, on the Goth, aged ono hundred
years He never rode on railroad train.
and though he could not read or write he
amassed quite fortune.
The observation-disclosures party of West Vir-
ginia will meet at Charleston on tho Sd of
May to nominate State ticket
MISS MARY COLLINS died at Darlington
Wis, on the Goth, aged one hundred and
ten years.
WILLIAM B. DrNsMoRE, president of the
American Express Company, died at New
York on the Doth, aged seventy eight years.
FUNERAL services were held at ten O'Clock
on the morning of the Doth in Trinity
Chapel, New York, over the remains Of Ros-
zoe Conkling: At twelve O'Clock the casket
was placed on special train and taken to
Utica, where the interment would take
place.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
Epit0me of the Week,
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSlONAL,
IN the Senate on the 18th bills were passed
1or publlc buildings in Lansing, Itch. (S1O) OOo)
Burlington, Ia. G15,O0U Saltwater, MINI. $50.
O0O; appropriating $4,000 for the relief of the
Omaha tribe OF Indians in Nebraska, and thirty
hVe private pension bills. .. In the House b lis
were reported for the erection of public build
ings at Sioux City, Ia, and Racine, Wis, and
Tor the location Of Il branch Soldiers, Home in
Grant County, Ind. The debate on the Mills
TariH bill Was commenced, Mr.. Mills CTex
speaking in favor of the measure and Mr.
Kelley (Pa) against.
IN the Senate on the 18th the bill for the at1.
mission Of South Dakota as State and the
organization Of the Territory OF North Dakota
was further considered. A bill was introduced
by Mr.. Belmont to prohibit the coming of
Chinese laborers into the United States A
message Vetoing the bill for the relief of Major
Daniel N. Bash, Paymaster United States
army, was received from the President. Eulo-
gles upon Roscoe COnklng were delivered
In the House DlllS were passed to create De-
partment OF Labor, and to create boards of ar
bitration for the settlement Of controversies
and differences between Interstate common
carriers and their employees. --~-~~-
BILL was placed on the calendar in the
Senate on the 10Th authorizing the President to
appoint and retire John c. Fremont as Major
General United States Army. The. bin for the
admission OF South Dakota as a State was
passed by a vote of 26 to %. In the House
further consideration of the Tariff bill was
postponed until the eth, and the session was
occupied in discussing the Indian Appropria-
ton bill. but no action was taken
THE Senate was not in session on the Goth.
LIN the House the Pension Augmentation
bill $50 ,2SO, OOD and the Indian Appropriation
bill (s5, l92,252) were passed. A bill was intro.
duced to protect the public from interruption
OF traffic hWraiway strikes and other causes
At the evening session twenty-five pension
bills we're passed.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
ROSCOE CoNkLlNG DEAD.

After Many Days of Intense Suffering the
Great Statesman Passes Away i'll New
Aork City-Unconscious for Hours Be-
fore Ills Death-Sketch of Els Remark
abe Career.
NEW YoRK, April lS!-Ex-senator Conk-
ling died at 1:5O a IN. At his bedside when
doath came were Mrs. Conkling, Judge
Coke. Dr.. Anderten and Mrs Oakman
and her daughter and the nurse. Mr.
Conkling passed away without moving q
limb He looked as though peacefully
sleeping: Mrs. Conkling and her daughter
both bore up bravely, but the elder lady
was the most Frustrated. Mrs. Oakman
supported her mother The ashen pallor
deepened upon the emaciated face.
Mr. Conkling gasped three or four times
and passed away. In death the lines about
his mouth and on his face were slightly
drawn. He was emaciated, but still in
death his face seemed natural 4.st
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

Young physician diagnosing a case
The trouble with you, sir, is you .ss
too nsuch.
Patient-Doctor, what eat VIC ,oss1o,t
keep a bird alive.
Young physician-Hump. I see.
your system needs nouris .hment: Won
don't eat enough.
Patient-How much is it, doctore
Young physical Two dollara
please, Epoch
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

On dear" sighed farmers
wi1e' Yearly, as she dropped into a
ehalr s.fter hard days work. 81 feel
just as if | We're going to be sick. My
lead throbs and my back aches dread
fully, and"- 81 declare" inter-
rupted the farmer, starting up and
seizing his hat, "that reminds me; !
forgot to give the two-year-old colt his
condition powders tonight, and he's
been wheezin' all day. and he hur,
ried to the barn. National Stockman,
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
Five Men Fatally Hurt.

ST. LOUIS, April 21.-As five section men
were passing the Geslings White-Sana
Company's works in hand-car ON the st
Louis, Kansas City &. Colorado road near
Labadie, NO.. yesterday, a blast exploded,
blowing an immense rock upon the hand
Car. All Of the men We're fatally hurt A
Later report says three have died
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
A. Wisconsin Man in Big Luck

OSHKOSH, Wis, April 2l.-James Lowell.
Of this city, has inherited a fortune o.
100000 by the death of his father a.
Niagara Falls. Mr.. Lowell has been ,aua
for several years, employed as clerk ., ae.,
eral retail stores He will soon rer> ,va ,,r;t,,
his wife to Niagara Falls. hsse1
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
SAN DlEGO's BIG DAM COMPLETED
It Is the Largest in This Country and Cost
Nearly a Million.

r.. Nearly MiiilOn.
SAN DIEGO, CAL, April 21-The compile
tich OF the great Sweetwater dam and Ma
tional City water-works was formerly OBJ
served Thursday. The dam is solid ma
sonry built across Sweetwater valley in
order to- form a large reservoir for the pur-
pose OF storing water for the dry season.
The dam is ninety feet high from the base
of the gorge, and is claimed to be by
twenty feet the highest dam in the Uni;ed
States The area OF the reservoir is 7aO
acres. The cost of the dam is $500, OOO
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
"A st, Lo,1is hotel-keenar hoe q no

"A St. Louis hotel-keeper has cat
that has developed an uncomfortable
appetite for strong drink, his favorite
tipple being rum and milk. He goes
on regular sprees if he can get enough
Of the beverage that he likes, and
"cuts up = somewhat strangely while
drink. =. .,...
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

The sign "Marc Anthony & Co..
on Peachtree street, is one WHICH al
ways catches the eye Of visitors 10 the
city, The fact that Marc .nthony is
IN the grocery business in Atlanta, has
been going the rounds II the press.
4AtlA4tQ Constitution. g. .'s
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
LATER NEWS.

Gov. CHURCH, of Dakota, on the 21st,
instructed his attorneys to bring action
against the Sioux City Journal for pub
fishing an interview in which he WIS
charged with securing his dwelling in Bis
| marck through fraud.
Two prominent hotel keepers of Spring
field, Ohio. have been fined $50 and costs
each and sentenced to ten days in Jail fol-
| using Oleomargar. ne on the tables WITH
utpostng notics III t1ejr dining rooms.
RIOTS occurred in Paris on the 21st aused
by students and adherents of Gen. Boulang.
or, and number of persons were injured
by the police. Forty thousand friends of
Bonlonger paraded the Latin quarter on
tue 22d.
GOV. LARRABEE, of Iowa, on the 21s.
issued proclamation raising the quaran-
tine on Illinois cattle. II.
JOHN A. RICE, a we'll known Chicago no.
tel man, proprietor of the fremont house,
d ed in that city on the 21st.
AN incendiary fire at Wnona, Mss, on
the 2lst caused a loss of $25o, 0OO
All
Bremen from New York on the 2lst.
The new state house at Austin, Texas.
was opened to the legislature and tn. pub
Tic On the alst. It is the largest state cap,
tai building in the United st,tes.
EMPEROR FEEDER1cK's condition sho wed
q Sight improvement On the 22d.
| A DISPATCH from Louisville Ky, on the
!Sd placed the amount of ex-Treasurer
ratss defalcat on at s15s, 900. 4 ...z.
A CALL has been issued for division AMI
statehood convention, to meet at Huron
Dak., July4. 49,. ..,-..5s. ....-. -.
/ FUNERAL servers over the remains OF
Roscoe Conkling were hell at Utica, n Y :.
on the 2lst, after which the body was
placed in the receiving vault of the Gem
etery. The floral tributes were very nu-
merous and of unusual magnificence
MINISTER PESDLEToN was improving on
on the 3d. and no danger was apprehended
The International copyright bill and the
Dill for the admission OF Tor eign-built ships
| to American register were reported to thu
House on the 21st. The bill as it passed the
Senate admitting South Dakota to the
Union was read twice and referred to the
committee on territories.
A FIRE at Eau Claire, Wis, on the 21st
damaged the Eau Claire Sash aud Door
eompany's factory to the extent of $50, 600.
WHILE crossing the Grow river near
pelano, Mimi, on the 21st, Mary HEM and
Andrew Biebel were drowned
DEXTER, the famous trotting torse, died
On the s1st. He was thirty years old.
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12

MOOl luGcISoIluS Coilo1 -
button to secret history
will be the illustrated pa
pers on "Siberia and the
Exile SYSTEM" by George
KEENAN,. which are to begin
in the May Century maya
zine. They will embody the
results of what is he
lieved to be the first sue
cessful attempt by a COM
petent Investigator to make
a thorough study of the
Russian exile system. Be-
fore undertaking his ardu-
Gus journey of $1,000 miles,
in the interest Of The Cemt1s-
mi. Mr.. Kennan. author Of
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
FOREIGN


MATTHEW ARNOLD, the celebrated poet,
critic md scholar, died on the evening OF
the 10th in Liverpool OF heart DISEASE He
had been feeling in excellent Eealth and
spirits, and was out tor walk wi h Mrs.
Arnold when death came upon hin. He
was X!y-seven years of age.
SIR DONALD SMITH, president of tile Bank
of Montreal, on he 10th gave ST., 100000
for the endowment of the Royal Victoria
College for Women at Mon treal.
The chief clerk of the treasury was ar
rested at Athens Greece, on the 18th for
embezzling 81, 900. 600 of the public funds.
MARTIAL law was declared on tfe 18th in
three of The provinces of Cuba Havana
P4nar del Rio and Matanzas-as a means OF
dealing with the crime and disorder that
had ram riot for several months.
The Russian Government on the 18th
ordered the Immediate expulsion from Rus
sian territory of the foreign BON Jews in
babitating the province of lherson, Of
whom there are forty thousand
A FIRE on the 18th on two plantations
near Matanzas. Cuba, DESTROYED 10000
bales OF sugar cane.
In Salinas, Mex, six thousand sheep wero
kllle1 in wlnc-storm on the 18th.
The British House of Commons on the
18th passed the bill to lega!ize marriage
with a deceased wifes sister,
hDvICEs OF the 18th say that the riots in
Roumania We're spreading and soldiers had
been sent to thirty villages to restore
order Robbery, murder and othe" out.
RACES were being committed,
BERLIN dispatches of the 18Th say that
the condition Of Emperor Frederick had
changed for the worse, and his life was
considered in great danger
FIFTY meters OF railway between Gosseu-
sass and Schelleburg, in Germany were de-
stroyed by an avalanche ON the 10Th.
NJ PoL1IKoFr, the Russian railway king,
died in London on the 10Th. His fortune
was estimated at $50. 600, 600
AN explosion on the 105h in the Sc.
Helena colliery at Warrington, Eng killed
seventeen persons, and several others were
| injured
SHOCKS of earthquake were felt in Cln-
ada on the 10Th at Riviere du Loup an Il St.
Paul's Bay.
Apv1cEs of the Doth from the Philippine
Islands say that the town of San Fernando,
in the Province of Pampanga, had Leeu
partly burned, causing loss of 81, OO0,-
OOO
WHILE on train near Wiesbaden, Ger
! many, on the Doth Mr. Pend:e on, tho
American Minister, was stricken with
apoplexy, but he was not dangerously i'll
The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-12
SIBERIA.

| It's Secrets observation-disclosures kennan's
Wonderful Journey.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-03-23
School Hours tor Children.

On rainy days, instead of the usual hours
1ntermlsslon at noon, considerably less than
an hour is taken for recess, and with this ex
ception the children are kept continuously at
work from shortly after o'clock till 3. This
IS known in school phraseology as 'sshorr
session." the last two hours thereof, any
teacher will bear me out in saying, are worse
than useless. Children and teacher alike are
weary and irritable. They act and react
upon one another. 1t is more than doubtful
whether anything is effectually taught or
effectually learned. Surely when school
hours are SO long educational work might be
completed in them. After giving four or five
hours to mental work in school, children
should not be required to study two or three
hours longer out of school. Home work often
takes up the hour of sunlight which remains
after school on winters day, and children,
who need sunshine as much as do daisies, live
in semi-darkness till their cheeks are blanched
like celery stalks In half the time now
spent in lessons children would acquire as
much or more. Books would not be regarded
with the distaste which follows WEAKNESS.
The learners would come to study with minds
refreshed, and hence keen and attentive
E. M. Hardinge in The Epoch