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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
Flremen Clothed IN Asbestos

The London fireman are about to be
uniformed for duty in asbestos cloth, a
material which has already been adopted
by the Paris fire brigade with satistacto-
rY results. Equipped IN this incombusti-
BILE apparel. the fireman is practically
master of the flames. London cor. New
York World.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18

George Sylvester, the oldest medical
practitioner in England ,sdied recently at
the age of 100 years. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
THE STAR.NEWS

Is the great one-cent paper of the Northwest.
1T is THE PEOPLES PAPER. 1t is wide--
awake, progressive, independent and: has all
ready achieved remarkable success. Spring
liEg % the front nike of iourDalism g h1t
none, and Is much more popular with the.
great mass OF Intelligent readers than the
older and higher priced newspapers. The.
year 1888 will be full of exciting events and
every one should subscribe for daily paper
in addition to their home paper.
Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
Gail at once and secure the benefit Of
these low rates.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18
10 Q correct map Of the

The above 10 . correct map Of the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and its immediate connections Through Trains daiy
from ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS 70 CHICAGO,
without change, connecting with all lines !
EAST and SOUTHEAST
Tho only line running Through Cars between =
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, fowa.
Through Trainsbetween
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS, -
connecting in Union Depot for all Points South and
'outhwest Close connections made with St. p, NJ b NJ
I. P. and St. P. Duluth Railroads, from and to al
,ointa North and Northwest, y = = -
REMEM RER! PULLMAN PALACK SLEEpINe
'ARs on all night Trains. Through Tickets. and bag.
aye checked to destination. For time tables rate Of
are, etc. call upon nearest Ticket Agent address
- s. F. BOYD,
&oA'l Tkt. 4 Pass. Ag't, Nilleapolis, I
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-01-18

I. O. o. F.
The regular meetings of austin Lodge,
No. 20, are held in their hall every Tuesday
tons Whose oaness eaG tSem to xns
tin, are cordially invited to visit US.
LAFAYETTE FRENCH, N. G.
o. L. GIBBONS. Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
An IrreIigiOus MussuIman.

OSman'S chief characteristic is rec less
disregard for the cOnventionalities of social
life and religion; he never seems to tDther
himself about either washing his person or
saying his prayers Somewhere. not far
away, every evening the faithful are sum
moned TO prayer by muezzin with the most
musical and pathetic voice l have nestr1 in
all Islam The voice of this muezzin calling
''Allah-ilA-l-l-a-h' as it comes floating over
the houses and gardens in the calm silence of
the summer evenings is wonderfully inn
preSSive.
From the pulpits of all Christendom have
yet to hear an utterance so full OF PathOS
and Supplication or that carries with 1t the
impressions of such deep sincerity as the
''Allah-il-A1-la-h" of this Afghan mUezzln
in the Herat valley. 1t is a supplication TO
the throne of grace that rings in my ears
even as l write months after, and it touches
the heart of every Afghan within bearing
and taps the fountain of their piety like
magic. 1t calls forth responsive prayers and
pious sighings from everybody around my
bungalow but Osrnan Osman
can scarcely be called imperturbable, Tor hs
has his daily and hourly moods and is Of
varying temper, but he carries himself al
ways as though conscious of being an Outcast
whom nothing can either elevate or deiile
When his fellow Mussulnans are piniIsly
Frustrating themselves and uttering religious
signs sincere as fanaticism can make them
Osnlan is either curled up beneath pome-
granate bush asleep, feeding the horse or at
tending to the peewit.-Thomas Stevens in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
Tobacco in Venezuela.

An impression seems to prevail abroad that
the ladies of Venezuela, being direct descend
ants of the Spaniards, are great smokers.
have made particular inquiries, but have
found the contrary to be the case How could
it be different The caraquennas show such
excellent taste and SO much refinement that
they could not possibly stOop to such vices.
1t seems, however, that certain elderly ladies
occasionally enjoy good cigar when among
themselves, but never in the society of gentle
men. Probably they would indulge in it a
little more if cigars and tobacco were better
in Venezuela But there are no good cigars
to be had.
The native tobacco, although grown IL
large quantity, is far below the average, and
Havana cigars are very expensive. OF ciga-
rettes, American or Turkish are almost I'M
known and but those of Havana make ere
used. Among the women of the lower classes
cigarette smoking is far more common, and
women of a certain, or, to express it more
plainly, of an uncertain, age indulge a great
deal in cigar smoking. A curious and very
general habit among them is smoking cigars
inverted, with the burning end inside the
mouth. have seen this frequently in the
West India Islands, at Curacao, and among
the women of Venezuela, but 1 never noticed
men indulging in this risky practice. They
say cigars taste much better if smoked in this
way, but must leave it to the readers toSka-
eide for themselveS-E. De Hesse Waltegg
in New York Sun
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
FOuntain1ess London.

London is fountainless city 1t is not for
want of urging; we have before now pointed
out that there are many hooks and corners in
London which would be almost beautified by
the addition of little water in an ornamen-
tai form. We have, of course, the Trafalgar
square squirts, but they are only apologies
FOR fountains. We want something really
beautiful and refreshing to the eye, not that
miserable sort of thing which has given the
nickname of Squirt square, to the space be
hind the Town hall in Birmingham Foun-
tains can be made per Sc attractive by the
mere arrangement of water.-London Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
IN A kocHA RESTAURANT.
An Eating House Where Hebrew Epi-

An Eating House Where Hebrew Epi-
cures COngregate-Solne Cheap Places.
Kocha is a Hebrew word signifying
clean" and kocha restaurant is one where
inc Mosaic law regarding the preparation of
ood is observed to the letter. There are sew
sral of these places in New York, all of them
well patronized, for a strictly orthodox Jew
seldom eats elsewhere away from his own
table.
Tie Delmonico of the Israelites is Lustig.
His restaurant is on Mercer street, in the
heart of the dry goods district, and his chef
is q German Jew. Here at midday tho
wealthy Hebrews of the vicinity congregate
for luncheon. For forty cents an admirable
meal is served in the German style of cook
ing. 1t consists of several courses, barley
OF chicken soup, boiled beef or Hamburger
steak with fried potatoes and sauerlraut,
veal outlet, roast duck or brOiled chicken,
with salad, and compete of prunes and
rasins or some delicate pastry. A dish OF
the choicest fruit and jar of celery stands
always on the table. A small cup of black
coffee completes the meal. No butter is
served with the bread. No milk or milk
product is allowed in the restaurant, the
Mosaic law expressly forbidding the eating
of milk and meat in any form at the same
time For this reason the Jew drinks his
coffee clear or abstains from it altogether.
At MONDAY Lustig's is always crowded
with Hebrews of a distinctively German
type. A spirit of jollity pervades the place,
and for time all thought of business is cast
aside This is especially true On feast days.
when the menu is considerably amplifed.
On such occasions poultry of all kinds IS
served; turkeys, ducks, chickens, geese, snipe
quail, whatever fowl is in season can be had
resh, and cooked deliciously with herbs and
spices On fast days Lustig's and all the
strictly kocha restaurants are closed.
On the great east side of the city. i'll Essex
Norfolk, Ludlow and adjoining streets, Chere
are many so called kOcha restaurants. They
are kOcha, however, only in name, as the ser
vice is filthy and the food scarcely fit to eat .
Any one passing through the Jewish quarter
may see them. They are mostly small rooms
in the cellars upon the ground floors of
tenements, furnished with a few wooden
tables and chairs, with bill of fare, printed
in Hebrew characters hanging outside the
door. In the windows the shrunlzen car
casses of geese are allowed TO hang until
blackened with exposure.
A substantial meal, such as it is, can be
purchased in any of these places for from
eight to fifteen cents A favOrite dish here
is a fish stew, strongly favored with garlic
and redolent with Odor. A strictly orthodox
Hebrew would turn in horror from such res
taurants, for the underlying principle Of the
Mosaic law concerning food is cleanliness.
New York Evening Sun.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
Sluggish Liver,
ETC, ETC, ETC,

Unlike many kinds OF cathartic
- medicines, do not make you feel
worse before you feel better. Their OPP
Grafton is gentle, but thorough, and
unattended with disagreeable effects,
such as nausea. gripping pains, etc.
Seigel's Operating Pills are the best
family physic that has ever been discov-
cred. They cleanse the bowels from all
irritating substances, and leave them in
a healthy condition.
The best remedy extant for the bane
of our lives-constipatio and sluggish
liver.
These Pills prevent fevers and all
kinds of sickness, by removing all pois-
onous matter from the bowels. They
operate briskly, yet mildly, without any
pain.
If you take a severe cold, and are
threatened with fever, with pains in
the head, back, and limbs, one or two
doses of Se1gel's Operating Pills will
break up the cold and prevent the fever
coated tongue, with a brackish
taste, is caused by foul matter in the
stomach. A few doses of Seigel's
Operating Pills will cleanse the stom-
ach, remove the bad taste, and restore
the appetite, and with it bring good
health
Oftentimes disease, or partially de-
cayed food, causes sickness, nausea and
diarrhea. If the bowels are cleansed
from this impurity with a dose OF
Seigel's Operating Pills, these disa-
greeable effects will vanish, and good
health will result
Seigel's Operating Pills prevent
ill-effects from excess in eating or drink
ing. A good dose at bedtime renders a
person fit for business in the morning.
These Pills, being sugar-coated, are
pleasant to take. The disagreeable taste
common to most pills is obviated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
Seen at Night.

It is surprising to be told, as we are by
writer who is an experienced yachtsnan, that
dark tanned sails are much more easily dis
tinguished at night than are white ones The
same remark holds true of buoys, which are
seea against the water and not against the
sky. In their case, black can be seen farther
and more distinctly than white in the night
time.-Youth's Companion
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10

The dead letter Office received during the
last fiscal year 5,J1S, 9GS pieces of neil mt
ter, or more than a. 600 per day, or an AVER
ARe Of 90 minute.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10

For Sale by ALI Chemists, Druggists
and Medicine Vendors.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-04-10
WING NO Chan & CO.,
Commission Merchants.

Importers and dealers in all kinds of
Chinese Provisions, Merchandise, Cigars,
Ebony Furniture, Ebony and Marble
Tables.
Chinese and Japanese Crockery Ware
Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Vases of all
kinds.
Mattings, Camphor Wood Trunks,
Rattan Chairs, Clothing Baskets, etc.
Silks, Satins. Embroidered Silk Hand
kelchiefs.
Grass Cloth, Grape shawls and Grape
Silks
All kinds and all styles of China and
Japan Teas, of the latest importation.
Opposite w. C. Peacock & Co., Nuu-
anu street, Honolulu, III. /.
Mutual Telephone No. Is. P. o.
Box 1876. 3m
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
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hILRAfH and SULLIVAN.


John Las s5,0OO viii bo Covered To-
day by Fox's Protege--Nl Mitchell and
Dempsey.
NEW York, Dec, 15.--Jake Kllrain haa
accepted John L. SullivRns challenge to
fight to finish for $40, 000.sA The money
will be posted to-day AND furtSAr arrange
rner's viii be riada n ,rcnpqtFs They
w.tl prob 3lg met ia CsuAia to lIranp
pse5iuiB4fils &'dsAell viii 90. ri NA.
rains manager, but his baoker is uu-
known, though one authority says he Is
backing himself.
Regarding Jack DempHey's challenge,
Charley Mitchell said yesterday. ~ do
not care 10 fight TO o finish first" he said,
land that is what Dempsey is most
anxious to have me do. I should much
rather spar 10 rounds here in the east for
S5 600 u side, and then go TO Sen Fran
cisco, and within six weeks fight 10 o
finish before the California Athletic Club
for tho SIC, COO they have offered for such q
contest, the winner OF the finish fight TO
take the stakes In both eyents, making a
grand total OF $40, 200, with the chances
OF the loser being but $5, COO out on the
whole affair. am willing to bet and
give odds that Demsey doesn't knock me
out, but would not wager 5000 even
that would win"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
TO oct po.se..lon or the I.lands.

PaILADELpHIA, Dec. Is. - Word was re-
oeiyed from Washington yesterday, that
the attorney-general Of the United States
would begin condemnation proceedings
at once to get possession of the islands In
the Delaware that 1t is proposed TO 70.
move to improve navigation. The owners
want 81 200 900 for thSm. The United
States has limited it's payment to
$500, QUO, go that the city and state and
New Jersey will have TO make up the bal
apce required, which will be not less than
half million. II is expected that work
can be begun next spring, rs the settle
ment of damages can be made after the
Islands have been taken. The improve,
ment will narrow and deepen the river In
front OF the business part of the city, and
allow the extension OF wharves there SO
as to take In tho largest steamers, whereas
they are now scarcely big enough for
ferryboats.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

Queen Victoria's private estates extend
over 81 ,3I2 acZes, the annual rental, even
at the lately deprecated prices, being
20,i33 pounds. This does not include
Cisremont, which in the year 1866 was
granted to the queen for LIE, with the
reversion TO the country. Some years
ago her majesty, acting uader tha advice
OF Lord Sydney. purchased the property
for the sum Of $500 pounds, estimated
at tho lime as being little over holt iss
market value. 1t is said to be worth
to-day $50 600 pounds. Ths queen also
possesses property OF ooburg, and the
Princess Hohenlohe left her the yiiin
Hohenlohe at Baden, one of the best and
most valuable residences in the place.
As to personal property, there was the
bequest Of quarter of million left to
her majesty by Sir James Camden Neild.
This will was proved in 1852 and ut the
compound interest upon which it has
been nurtured the bequest must now have
reached magnificent proportions. Then
there was the property left by the Prince
Oonsort, estimated to have reached nearly
100000 pounds, hut as this will was
never proved, and 80 escaped probate
duty, the exact amount ia not known.
These items are over and above the
queens annual savings.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
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WINFER CHEHR.

Lost lost is the light OF the autumn's be-
queRthiag;
No more the late suuflower sleepily nods
To the bfeez in the eorn-plames a lullaby
breathing,
And lazily sWaying the flower.bsan pods.
Al! shorn Of their grace are the elms and
the willows;
The winds through the locust bouRhs
gnstily blow.
The sun has gone down under turbulent
billoWs--
There's wrath in the west, and the FIRE
says "snow."
But let the wind blow through the feI3s
bleak and lonely,
Where Tell the June sunshine all golden
And son;
Twill And the dry etubble and brambles
The cotu's in the crib, and the hs "a In
the loft. - : =
And let the rain pour-not o whisp OF the
clover,
Nor spray OF the meadow sleft to be lost
For the temptest TO beat and the snow 10
drift over, " ~
For blast OF the hail and for blight OF the
frost. y 'tio
And o., the red light where the fore.stick
is burning,
And backlog is cheerily glowing, could
The tints Of the leaves when the forest was
turning "','
From cool ocean-ggeen into amber and
And deeep-hearted closets are tllled with the
fav5H - s'-e
Pomona bestowed In her kindliest care
Inc Richest OF tints and the sweetest M
favors -
In rare-ripe and danson and pippin end
pear,
And cellar and store-rooms are filed IN
o'erflowtng. 1900 y
And granasies burst with the barley and
wheat;
Our cottage ls anugsest whom weird winds
are blowing,
beat. - ~ -
But stop! while our hearthstone "a bril-.
liantly lighted, " y =
And fortune hath favored Us braysiy in.
deed, .'-
Let us think Of the ones whom the GOODIES.
hath sighted,
And spare of our store to the neIghbor In
need.
And, Father, look down in thy far-seeine
power
On those who have neither the wine no,
the corn; 49,
Keep watch OF them all In their winter-time
hour,
And temper the Winds to the lamb that 10
shorn. - '''''s g
Good HOUSEKEEPING.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
Tho Race Question.

fhHhdclphlh Ledger.
The race question is settling itself, and
it is only necessary 90 have faith in divine
and human justice in order to believe or
kAei7 iaai t,at ehtt 8! VITA 0pe day be
fully accomplished, and that wiheuf the
dise ppsarance of either rsre nhssa ID
room enough here for both, and before
the pesaimists, like Senator Ingalls, de.
clare that one race or the ether must go.
let civilization, education, character have
their chance to work. Revolutions Of
thought are wrought ont slowly, but they
are not wrought ont backwards. They
do not even stand still, and if any man is
diEposed to doubt that throughout the
south, ss throughout the north, the col.
ored man will not be made secure eyeutu.
ally in all his legal ard political rights,
yet BIN contra1t the present condition of
the blacks aith that Of only 20 yeags ago.
God doea reign and the world doeB move,
and he reiEns justly, and il moves for.
ward to the perPetuation and elevation,
not 10 the determination and degradation
Of races OF men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

IN Alpharetta, Ga, Esquire Ludridpe
waa engaged 70 perform marriage cero.
mony. The groom was Alexander Ja,nes
aad the bride was Miss Edith Smyth,
While tie bridal party stood in the
esquirs's office awaiting .ba performance
Of the ceremony, Alr, James excused niro.
aelf from the company, aud mounting a
horse which he found outside paIlonsd
away at furious rate. He had wins.
pered to the gfoomsman before he left
that he was ashamed TO get married ba.
fore SO many people. This bride, with
the utmost composEre, turned to the
grocmsman and said
You helped to bring me here, and
now Won muAt take bis place.
The grOomsman readily did SO, and the
marriage ceremony went on. Al its con.
clusion the brids said
When make up my mind to do any.
thln3 never let anything stand in the
way
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
so,.,e,h!ng o. . vetcrn,,.

c. 44oul 5GlUDe-DsmoGraE.
IN the town of Mapleton, Ind. lives
the oldest voter in the United Stasee, who
stu gets around on his trusLy, old fash.
ioned crook-hahdled cane, aud prides
himself upon having can't his ballot for
every Presidential election but the first
three. lie 10 a sturdy OLD veteran o:
more wars than hs has fingers aud taes.
because hs has slways had Lis gan handy
to fake part IL eyasY local Indian Uprising
that from time 20 time threatened hia
fronti0r clearing. George Hubbartt ID
his name, and tho records at Washington
show that he was regularly enlistad in the
Itlaian war Of 1870, when bis age was 2s.
At that time Me. Hubnartt was a thrifty
farmer living in a log cabin, but nov, 81
tile mature age of 1C4 years, he finds, ~
he puts ii, that hs .'aiut much account
around a farm" The whole family Of
Hubhartts are blessed with unusual Ion.
geylty,an the old gentlaman's baby boy.
George, Is vigorous stripping Of so.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
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a PROFITABLE DREAM.
TO which the shot Tower owed Hts
1nvention.

To which the Shot Tower Owed Hts
nnventions
Philadelphia North American.
There was once O mechanic az Bristol,
England, whose name was Watts. He
was by tro6e SHOEMAKER. Waite had TO
take great bars Of lead and pound them
ont into sheets Of thickness about equal
to the diameter OF the shot he desired to
make. Then he cut tina sheets into little
cubes, which he rolled in revolving
barrel until the corners were worn OF
from the constant friction. The Chicago
Matt thus relates the rest OF the story
watts, after an evening spent with
some jolly companions at the ala-bousa,
went home and turned into bed. Ee
dreamed he was out again with the
'boys.' They were all trying to end
their way home when it began 20 rain
shot. Beautiful giobnles Of lead, pol
ished and shining, fell in torrent. In
the morning when Watts arose he rem sln-
heI5d the dream, and wondered what
shape molten lead would take in falling q
distance through the air. at last he car
ried ladleful Of the hot metal ap into
the stssple of the church Of st. Mary Of
Radcliffe, and dropped it into the maat
below. Descending, be took from the
bottom Of The shallow pool several hand
fuis OF perfect shot, far superior to any
his had ever Bsen. Watts' fortune was
made, for he had conceived the idea OF
the shot tower, which has ever since been
the only means employed in the MANU-
facture OF the little missiles go much
used in war and sport.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20
.snriginnl CantrIhu,inns.,,

A Western paper recently cffered Q
prize for the best story to be written by
pupil of public SCHOOL. Here are q
few passages from the contributions
"Coya Brown vas fortunately the DOS.
SCISSOR Of birthday, for abe was The
daughter Of rich friends"
But all this time cloud was gather.
ing oves Mrs. Delaney, which grew large
az years went by. and that cloud was full
of gFasshoppers.
my father desired me TO marry bank
president, handsome, reck.asa man,
fond Of nnught save the gaming table,"
Vat ! dell you, vat l dell You ?,
shouted the Irishman.n
As abe entered the room cold, damp
smell met her sight"
'iEhe forget ihs Lord and all His
blessings. and after that she wen. and got
married"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-20

The secret orders throughout the
United States are said to number over
200.
He stood with one foot on the hub OF
his wagon wheel, talking to his wife, who
sat in the wagon holding the lines.
How much did you say, Maryp" he
asked. "a dollar" "Whet Ahull
dollar fur two pairs of stookiuRa ~
'Yes." 1--WE can't afford it. That's
perfectly reckless" "Bat / want lam. y
Eyes, ! suppose SO, bat you can't have
en-. Look-a-hsra. I've got TO have o
nscktie, new hat, pair Of suspenders.
Q pair of bnckshin gloves, some socks, a
plug OF tobacco and jack knife, and
tnstli take all the money we oan spare !"
Can't get one pair ~ well, mehbe.
but you'd better louk fur cotton, and
sumthin' Mt about 90 cents. Well never
git rich in the world il We don't keen ex.
penses down. "--Det,Gt Free Press.