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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
KILLING ALLlGATORS.
How Cubans Go About Strengthening tn
Man-Eating Saurlans.

How Cubans Go About Strengthening the
Man-Eating saurians-
''Come," said Don Manuel; 4'we will
show you how harmless alligators are
when you know them, and what q
simple thing it is for Cubans to kill
them!'
Moving stealthily along the edge of
the lagoon, we suddenly heard here,
there, beyond, and again as if all about
us, heavy splashes in the water, and
the quick parting and subsequent
trembling of countless swaths of reeds
showed where unwiedly objects had
made startled passages. We were
among school of alligators. How
many? well, may be several thou
sand within a square mile!"
answered the don, complacent-
ly. Jose had q tremendous qua
brahaca dumped stick, as large, almost
as heavy, and quite as strong as a crow
bar, in his hand. At a word from Don
Manuel he glided forward and flung
himself in a reclining posture on a
firm bit of ground perhaps fifty feet
from the edge of the lagoon, while the
don and myself hid in the edge of the
jungle. An almost uncomfortable silence
of perhaps half an hour ensued. Then
gentle splashings among. the reeds
were heard. These were shortly fol-
lowed by many soft, hah-whistled
gruntings. Directly the heads of two
alligators parted the reeds where Jose
lay motionless. For time these were
also motionless as an oriental study in
bronze. Then the bodies followed,
slowly and cautiously at first,
but soon with incredible rapid
ity they moved upon Jose. I
believe I was never so appre-
hensive and excited in my life. Isl
lence!" Kissed Don Manuel. Instantly
one Topped about, scampered to the
land-edge, and whisked himself into
the bayou. But the other, with snap
ping eyes and quivering jaws, was
bent on having Cuban meat for break
fast. In another instant he was at
Jose's side. The latter bounded into
the air like rubber ball. Flinging
his canvas hat into the alligator's
jaws, which snapped and crunched it
hideously, the guabrahaca stick
whistled through a wide air circle and
descended with crash into the rep
tiles skull. Before it's first CULVER and
sprawl Jose's machete was through its
shoulders foot into the solid soil be-
meath, and this bull alligator, seven
teen feet in length, was dead. Three
alligators were dispatched in this re-
ma rkable way.--Edgar Waken,an's
CabQp Letter. #
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
GARFlELD'S MEMORIAL.
Expected to BE Ready for Dedication In
0ctOhor.


CLEVELAND, O., July 18.-Since April the
number Of visitors at the Garfield memorial
tower has averaged 100 per day. 1t is ex-
pected that the monument will be ready for
dedication some time In October. The con-
tractors say they will be done by October1.
All the material for the interior decora-
tions was shipped from London several
weeks ago, and the artisans left England Q
week ago last Wednesday, and will proba-
bly, be here to begin setting up the ma
terial this week The imported material
consists largely Of African marble for the
wainscoting, which will be used in the
monument chamber under the windows;
also the material for the dome and the win.
dows The dome above the monument will
represent the American flag; the outside
windows the original thirteen States and
Ohio; the windows above the arches will
picture funeral procession in honor Of
Garfield, while the spaces above the en-
trance will contain symbolical figures Of
war and peace. The statue itself will
come from the studio Of Alexander Doyle,
Of New York. The carvings on the ex-
terror will be completed in three weeks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
A TERRIBLE SHOCK.

The Effect the Sight of u Coffin Had Upon
Young Girl.
The daughter of John May, farmer
living near W;nona, after a long illness
was pronounced dead the other day. A
messenger was dispatched to Winona for
q coffin, but during his absence the girl re-
vived, and friend was quickly sent to in
tercept the party with the burial outfit
He failed to meet him, however, and when
the men with the coffin arrived at the
house they found the young lady sitting
up, but the sight of the coffin proved such
a shock that she again lost consciousness,
and was expected to die at any moment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
YELLOW FEVER IN FLORIDA.
An appeal Made by tho Governor f
Is ~ Help from Washington.

An appeal Made by tho Governor for
Help from Washington.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Secretary Fair
child has received telegram from the
Governor of Florida asking the as
sistance of the Government in sup.
pressing the yellow fever which,
he says, threatens to become cpl.
demic at Tampa and Manatee. The Secre-
tary had conference with Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital
Bureau, on the subject, and instructed him
to render all possible assistance. He also
informed the Governor of Florida by tele-
graph that the necessary steps would be
taken by the proper Federal officers to aid
the local authorities.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
FACTS ABOUT LUMBER.
An Experts Opinion Of Northern White
and Southern Yall0w pine.

q. Z r.
An Experts Opinion Of Northern white
ana Southern Yellow Pine.
s there are many peculiar points in the
pine lumber trade with which people
outside the business are entirely I'M
acquainted. There is considerable con-
dict on the markets between the white
pine of the North and the yellow pine
Of the South. There are several i'm
portant facts always considered by the
dealers In yellow pine. This pine,
owing to the large amount of pitch
and rosin contained in it, when sawed
Into lumber, weighs 81 pounds to the
foot. The white pine lumber in the
rough weighs only 81 pounds. At a
shipping rate Of 10c per 100 pounds,
this makes q difference OF 81 per 1000
feet in freight. But while it takes one
day for 8 good carpenter to "work up"
1000. feet of white pine, it will take
the same man one day and half to
work the same amount Of yellow pine,
owing to the rosinous substance in the
latter making the boards tough. As
a good carpenter will command s. per
day as wages, therefore, it costs $3.50
more to "work up" 1000 feet of yellow
pine than it does 1000 feet Of white
pine. So, there is, on this reckoning,
difference of 81 in freight and $3.50
in labor, total of So. so in favor of the
white pine. When buying lumber in
markets where the two. specimens OF.
pine are brought into competition, the
lumber dealer who knows his business
always adds the above amount to the
cost of yellow pine. But the pitch in
the yellow pine causes the lumber,
after it is we'll seasoned, to be tough
and more durable than the white pine
lumber. The pitch is also a valuable
feature of the lumber in other ways,
notable as an exterminator of bed bugs,
cockroaches, worms and other obnox-
ious visitors of sleeping-rooms. tits a
fact now becoming we'll known that q
room furnished in yellow pine lumber
is remarkably free from bugs and other
insects. But notwithstanding the fact
that yellow pine lumber is far superior
to white pine, yet the latter COM
mands the higher price in the
market. This fact may appear
70 be singular, but it is only the nat
ural result of the organization in
the trade. The yellow pine comes
from the South, and the Southern deal
ers and manufacturers of lumber have
no proper organization to control their
trade, and, therefore, they have no
uniform system of grading, they don't
work in harmony with one another,
and by lack of business intercourse
they fail to become as we'll informed
in the trade as they would otherwise.
Each dealer has his own method of
grading lumber in the South; hence,
there are no uniform prices, and they
work against one another: The North
ern lumber dealers, who handle white
pine, have an organization known as
the Lumbermen's Association, which
formulates scale of prices and es-
tablishes uniform system Of grading,
and, therefore, they are enabled to OBJ
tain higher prices for their lumber
than those received by the unorganized
Southern dealers for far superior
g:ade.-W 4. Steele, IN st. Louss
Globe Democrat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
Strange Cattle Disease.

The Saxson boys. of Worthington, met
with heavy loss recently. The cattle
were turned in the pasture one morning
seemingly all right and we'll, and Charley
Saxson looked them over in the forenoon
and did not see any thing wrong with
them On going within sight of them in
the afternoon he saw some of his cattle
lying on the ground unnaturally, and on
going to see what was the matter found
fourteen of them stretched out dead. The
next day five more died, making in all
nineteen. The cause was unknown.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
To starve Out the Chinoh Bug.

sPR1NGF1ELD, ILL.,, July Is The farmers
of Crawford County have notified Tho
State Agricultural Department that they
have agreed to raise no more wheat, bar.
ley or rye for the next three years to
achieve, if possible, the determination Of
likewise.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

The mayor of a municipality in
Kansas appointed q city marshal whom
the Council didn't want, and the latter,
to get even, fixed the marshars salary
at 81 per month.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
The w, C.. +. u.

AT meeting of the officers of the Mime
sofa Womans' Christian Temperance Union
held in Red Wing few days ago Mrs. Ju-
liza B. Nelson was appointed State vice.
president In connection with other work
she will deliver lectures and organize
unions. The State convention will be held
in Red Wing September 10, IA, Is and Is.
Miss Florence W illard and Miss Anna Cor
don expect to be present.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
THE ElGHT-HOUR LAW.
The Senate Passes the Bill-A Synopsis Of
Its Provisions.

WASHINGTON, July II. - The Senate
on Tuesday resumed the consideration
of the bill providing for the adjustment of
accounts of laborers, workmen and me-
chanics employed by the Government
under the eight hour law.
Senator Dawes (Mass.) moved to amend
the bill by inserting the words " whether
engaged alta price per day or on piece-work
or on task-work." Agreed to.
The bill was then passed-25 to q. Tho
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
Sash, Door and Blind Mon.

The Manufacturers Wholesale Sash,
Door and Blind Association of the North
west held its annual meeting at Lake
Minnetonka the other day, with represen.
tatives present from Chicago, Oshkosh,
Milwaukee, Dubuque, Clinton, Fond du
Lac, Winona, Minneapolis, St. Paul and
other Northwestern points. A banquet
was rendered the visitors in the evening at
the Hotel Lafayette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
Prohlbitionists of Minnesota.

Prohlbitionists Of Minnesota.
The State Prohibition convention was
held at Jackson recently, Judge E. G.. Pey-
ton acting as chairman. Bishop Galloway
successfully advised against an electoral
ticket. A resolution favoring the repeal of
all internal-revenue taxes on whisky was
defeated. A resolution demanding that
the State Legislature pass prohibitory
law was adopted.
The News Briefly Chronicled.
Mrs. Hugh Thompson, wife of Hugh
Thompson, of the firm of Thompson II
johnson, of the Red River Valley -four
mill at Fisher, died the other morning.
A new bank was established at Tower
under the name Of the First National Bank
of Tower: The Minnesota Iron Company
and Duluth Union National Bank are in.
terested in it, 1t has a capital of $50, O00
At Minneapolis a Jew days ago Frank
Hoover, president of the Typographical
Union, and William B. Hammond, men,
Der Of its executive, were indicted for boy.
cotting the Saturday Eventng Spectator.
At St. Peter recently lightning burned
barn containing several valuable horses.
and two other buildings. Many hundreds
of acres Of corn were destroyed by hail.
A bill has passed the United States Sen
ate authorizing the building of a bridge
across the Mississippi river at Wabasha.
The BURBERRY crop this year bids fair to
be from six Thousand to eight thousand
crates, and of extra quality. ~
The Supreme Court has granted a stay
of proceedings in the case of Tim and Peter
Barrett. sentenced to hang for the murder
Of Street-car Driver Toleffson in st. Paul.
As Jailer Edwards was giving the pris-
-oners in the county Jail at Worthington
their supper the other night they attacked,
bound and gagged him and all of them, six
in number, made their escape. One or two
were desperate criminals. rr. ..s.,-.
The following patents have recently
been issued to Minnesota invent0rs:. p. F.
Barr, st. Paul, cable railway; NJ. Myre and
C. Cristo6erson, WinOna, bridge gate; T.
j. Simpson, Worthington, wind propelled
swing. ~.-@-s. .-r ~
Mabel, q five year-old daughter Of w. III.
White, of Minneapolis, was burned to
death recently by setting her clothes on
fire. 49,. -. S..~.<-.,a
The employees of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis railway held meeting at the shops
in Minneapolis few days ago and formed
railway employees club y for mutual
benefit and protection against class legis-
lation.-~~ ~
The American Hotel Company of Jordan
has filed articles of Incorporation. The
capital stock is $4,000.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
FULLER WINS.

The Senate, BY Vote Of Il to 20, Con.
firms His Nomination 20 10 Chief jus.
tice OF the United States. te,s.
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-It only required
two hours time In the Senate To consider
the nomination Of Melville w. Fuller, of
Chicago, to be Chief Justice Of the Su-
preme Court Of the United States and to
confirm it by vote of Al to
20. Senator Edmunds W.T. opened
the opposition by a long and severe
speech, in which he recalled the record Of
Mr.. Fuller In the Illinois Legislature Just
before and during the early days Of the
war, He charged Mr.. Fuller with being
. copperhead and with having voted
against the resolution directing the ar
rest of VAlandingham. He declared
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
BUSINESS CARDS.

CATHERINE WILCOX, II. D.,
o1ADUlzE az Nzxxxlxv coxLxox. oxx
80 Geo. III.
Over two yeaFD practice in hospital ollnlea1
work. Omoe and residence aE present tvl
doors east Of Asns6eld House. on opposite
2ado Of street
AUSTIN, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

n Il. JOHNSON, n. D., G. n, .=
esslusts Of Ne0ln College, Kontrsal. lste A.
elgAat eufgeon IN Nontrssl General Hospital.
ooes over tlsnmsr D Pools1s drug store. Cailp
attended day and night
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

7, r. CLAUsEN.
ATTORNEY Al LAW
Collections promptly attended to. Austin, Min
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

n B. JOHNSON, Jr.
., l1TORKEXJ Ar LAW,
AustaA, xinn. Practice IN Ill tho courts Of IL
state. Prompt attention xiven % collecting.
Once ever DuAkslmanl's stolo. juno
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

J. D. surFD1'
Is ~. ATTORNEY IT LAW. ..-e-t
Justee Of The Peace for arst ward, city q Az.
III, and Insurance and Collection Agent O0eo
oveI O. ". TsyloFs store.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

7 YIAN D. BAIRD,
ATTORNEY At LAW
Real Estate, Insn1anes snd Collection ARonA
Once, front room, second hooz, ever Hail Vests
store. Austin. Minnesota.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30
a Hint TO school Teachers.
Philadelphia Record.


The investigation OF labial contacts
in the public schools was begun by a
Young man whose best girl is teacher,
and who, in the exchange OF loving
embraces. communicated to him a
very sore throat. which has destroyed
his singing voice He was much hurt
at the lady's mode of su-pending his
vocal efforts, and vowed that he would
get at the bottom OF the plot. The
young teacher admitted that she had.
on the doy previous, kissed fayorite
scholar plump on the mouth-just
where she kissed the Young man
This scholar was suffering with a sore
throat, and in the interchange Of en-
braces communicated her trouble to
the pretty teacher The young mans
sore throat was the natural outcome
OF his affection for the teacher. and he
started the investigation y it'll the phil
authropic motive Of preventing any
OtIer young men VINO have pretty
school teachers for sNeethearts from
becoming victims OF a bad practice.
His iHquiry showed that while the
practice i not general. there j. still
enough kissing done between scholars
and teachers o. create an epidemic OF
sore throat among school marns
lovers and he will take active meas
UFe- 70 stamp out entirely the last
tass Of publlc-schoOl kissing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30
Missionary Folly.


II will thus be seen that converts
often cost as much as $50 or E70
apiece. And. unfortunately, they
would often be dear. Canon Taylor
goes on to show-at nothing. He
saws: I'm the missions to Egypt,
Persia. Palestine and Arabia. where
there are no heather. the Church
Missionary Society employs 10
agents. and has spent E2S SIS As "a in
the last two years. The net results are
nil. In Egypt last year there were
two 'inquirers, one q negro and the
other on Egyptian, bat the inquiries
did not lead to any further eesults.
In Arabia sick ro5ber who was doc
tored by missionary promised to alb
stained from robbing for 10 days. In
Palestine, the one Moslem convert of
last year, a weak-minded orphan girl
who required constant guidance. and
for whom the prayers % all English
Christians were invoked, has gone
over to Rome and Is now immured in
a nunnery. In the oldest OF our West
African possessions all the unrepent-
ant Magdalens OF the chief city are
processing Christians, and the most
notorious one in the place boasts that
she never missed going to church on
a communion Sunday Three years
ago, in 4 nominally Christian village,
a quarrel broke out, and not few
were killed. The victors cooked and
ate the bodies of the slain. As pun
ishment, the native pastor announced
that they were suspended from
church privileges. Canibalism is pun
ished by temporary exclusion from the
holy communion
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30


The Carnayalet museum contains
also abundant materials to enable US
To trace the history OF the flag OF Paris,
which has become the tricolor flag of
France. In brief, its history i, this:
When the first French revolutionary
leader, Etienne Marcel. reused his
iellow-citiZenS 10 claim their rights in
the fourteenth century, he adopted
the colors red and blue because they
were the coiors of the old Parloir aux
Bourgeois or Hotel de Vile. which
was the seat OF the municipality and
the center OF the revolution.
. In l1s9 the PdriSians followed the
example OF Etienne Marcel, and the
Partisan cOckadc which Mayor Bailly
presented 10 Louis XVI. when the
king returned 10 Paris on July Il. az
ter the fall Of the Bastile. was blue and
red. The king fixed il on the large
white cockade, which lac wore on his
royal hat and thus formed a tricolor
eockade. Lafayette, prompt to seize
The political union which this chance
}uxtapositiOn seemed to symbolic.
induced the Commune OF Paris to ac-
cept TINS addition OF white 70 the red
and blue. and in 1890 the national
assembly ordered that the hite flag
Of France should be replaced by "a flag
reproducing in vertical bands the red
white and blue Of the national
Cockadp
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30
GENERAL sHERaAMs virus
The General Thinks Union Ne. Ont.
should lie Sent Abroad.


Gen. ". L. Sherman vas interv;e~..,
to-day IN regard to his speech ls.f
night at the Chamber 0f Commerrs
banquet, in which he said he was gisS
of General Harrison's election becsn.e
il meant that the American peonle
would be represented in the cahinst
and in foreign countries by those Mo
fought for the country, and not against
il.
Il meant every word of it, he said
If YOU were n young mgn in Vienna
and a man should come over there M
represent this government who hsd
once borne arms against il, Won would
make up your mind that the cause he
battled for could not have been 4 had
one. want 20 keep the people over
there educated up to the fact that We
crushed the rebellion I'm not Oh
posed 10 ex-rebels holding ofiee
among their own people: indeed. i
have recommended the appointment
of ex-rebels to local office, but I'm o.
posed To sending them as our repre.
sentatiyes TO foreign governmental
do YOU know General HarIisonff
Know him2 I've known him ever
since he wore pantIloons. | knew bis
grandfather and his father. He was
one of my soldier boys. and we can an
go to sleep for four years now, fully
assured that we will have a strong
Union government
"You are on the retired list, and, Of
course, are still subject 10 military
rules. Could your remark last night
about the president be construed As q
violation of the military regulations
the attitude of a soldier
toward his superior ofiicer?,i
The General laughed in a way that
meant he would like to see some one
call him TO account for violation Of
discipline.
i've as much respect for authority
as any one" he said. "and will pay
respect to il, but | have a right TO
think just as ! please and say what l
think"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-30
A Girls Toilet Articles.


4 sensible girl will not keep a lot OF
cosmetics and drugs on her toilet ia
BILE, but there are a few articles she
should always have in a convenient
place. She should have an array OF
glassstopped bottles, containing alco-
hol, alum, camphor, borax. ammonia
and glycerine. or vaseline. A little
camphor and water NAV be used as a
wash for the mouth and throat il the
breath is not sweet. Powdered alum
applied to fever sore will prevent it
from becoming very unsightly and
noticeable. Insect stlngs or eruptions
on the skin are removed by alcohol.
A few grains of alum in tepid water
will relieve people whose hands pers-
pire very freely, rendering them I'M
pleasantly moist. A few drops of sui
phuric acid in the water are also bene-
fetal for this purpose, and are also de-
sirable for those whose feet perspire
freely. We should always recommend
care in the use of scented soap; in
many cases the perfume is siDply a
disguise for poor quality. A good
glycerine or honey soap is always pref
cradle. OF course, one may rely on a
scented soap from high-class manu-
facturer, but it costs more than it is
worth. In addition TO the soap for
bathing, white CASTLE should be kept
for washing the hair. Occasionally a
little borax or ammonia may be used
for the purpose, but it is usually too
harsh in its effects.