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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
A Faithful Illustration.

When q child falls and bumps his
head, and mother, running to help
him, he Immediately concentrates his
mental faculties upon his injury, puts
his hand up to judge of its size, thinks
and feels it into q large and painful
protuberance, begins to pity himself,
lifts up his voice anG weeps. If
mother keeps her sympathy to herself,
ignores the bump and draws the child's
attention to some thing bright and
pretty, his mind flstens itself upon
the pleasing object to the, exclusion of
the bump, which, being thus put with
out the pale of his consciousness,
leases to be a source Of pain and is
forgotten-the child is spared the ex-
ertion of shedding tears and the
trouble of drying them. The child
buttgives a faithful illustration OF the
effect produced upon human nature by
what commonly termed sympathy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Dakota's Morning Air.

Persons coming to Dakota will do
we'll, in the fall or winter, to rise up
with the sun on any cool morning, and
they will be we'll repaid for their
trouble. As the sun is peeping over
the horizon, if the morning is clear,
one a see for ten, twenty and thirty
miles, according to the levelness of the
country. One can see timber thirty
miles away as if not more than six
miles away, raised high in the air, SO
the sky can be seen between the mirage
and the earth. Elevators and barns,
houses and timber, seem to be mount
ainous in size. even though they are
twenty miles away; the air is SO cool
and clear that people and stock are
seen with the naked eye much better
than with opera or field glasses. and
persons talking with each other two
miles away will be distinctly heard.
Dakota is q wonderful country.-Dun,
dee (Dak.) Cor. N. X. Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Growth Of the Auction.

The growth of the auction in America
would be an interesting theme for a
volume. The attractions offered to in.
sure favorable results are multiplied OF
late by free trains and substantial din
ners. Care is taken that both the inner
and outer man r. comfortable and in
good humor. The auctioneer must be
a w!oa. of racy and cheering parts, and
know how to take advantage of trifing
occurrences. Good music is not sell
dom an accompaniment of a f~irst-class
auction The book auctions of New
York are n feature by themselves, and
require a specially-ftted class of men
to manage them. Many times an old
lot of worthless volumes brings more
than a good library. The professional
attendant OH auctions is a novel char
acter. He can not help being there,
and generally carries home nothing
but rubbish. Auctions in the older
States of farm lands and homes are
greatly increasing Of late years. The
tendency to speculate in unsafe crops.
such as hops, has in the short run
brought luck, but in the long run dis
a,ter.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
T.4E LAST MEMORY

The windows are darkened, and dim is my sight
In the gathering twilight of age;
And now lean scnrce rend the story alright -,
That IS written on memory's page;
Though MI of life's visions are vanishing fast,
One shines like u star in its place;
In the gloom that the present throws over the
past,
remember my mothers sweet face.
1pray that my sad heart this treasure may save
TIL my soul is released from its strife;
Each year cometh on like o coneuering wave,
Sweeping over the waters OF life.
Reslstless and mighty, from deep unto deep
Eternity's flood moves apace:
Though Its tide hurries oil to oblivion's sleep,
remember my mothers sweet face.
Be patient. God knoweth what ripens the grain
And when it is reAdy to reap;
Down into my heart mercy falleth like rain
To quicken the seeds that are deep.
Tn lessons of patience, the stories, the prayers
That I learned in my mothers emb, .ce,
Would long since have grown to a harvest Of
tares
Had I failed to remember her face.
I listen and wait in the shadows that foil
Ger the deep on eternity's shore,
But ont Of the stiffness I hear a voice call
That sounds like an echo of yore.
Through the watches Of night I shall not DO
alone,
Nor afraid of the dawning of grace;
Though all else loved into darkness has flown,
remember my mothers sweet face.
Irving Bachelor, in N. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29

Spring medicine means more nowadays han it
did ten years ago. The winter Of 1885, 50 has!eft
the nerves oil tagged ont. The nerves must be
strengthened, the blood purified, liver and
bowels regulated. Paine's Celery Compound
the Spring medicine Of to-day-does all this,
as nothing else can. Prescribed by Physictans,
Recommended by Druggists, Emdorsed By Mntstey4,
Guaranteed by tho Manufacturers to be
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29

The magician's a Of suppo,
is s~leight-Merchan Traveller,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
The Best
Spring Medicine.

I'm the spring Of 1887 I was all run down. I
would get up in the morning with so tired q
feeling, and was so weak that Icould hardly get
around. 1boughta bottle OF Paine's Celery Com
pound, and before I had taken it a week l felt
very much better. I can cheefully recommend
It to al who need a building up and strengthen
ing medicine" Mrs. B. A. Dow, Burlington, VT
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
Paine'S
Celery Compound

1s o. unique tonic and appetizer. Pleasant to
the taste. quick In its action, and without any
Injurious effect. it gives that rugged health
Which makes everything taste good. 1t cures
dyspepsia and kindred disorders. Physicians
prescribe it. s1.0o. Six for 500. Druggists.
WELLS. RICHARDSON & Co.. Burlington, Vt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-05-29
1t Makes
You Hungry
81 have used Paine's Celery ca

~ COMPOUND and IL
has had q salutary
effect. It1nvigorat-
ed the system andI
feel like q new
man. It improves
the appetite and
facilitates dlges-
j. T. COPE
LAND. PrfmI1a. &
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
ANACOSTIA.

SILK CULTURE IN THE SoUTH.-Mr. Samuel
R. Lowery of Birmingham, Ala, who has been
in the capital a few weeks sndeavoring to
secure from the Agricultural department q
recommendation to Congress for the establish
ment of an experimental station for silk
culture near that city, spent yesterday in this
village and left for his southern hume today.
he had with him specimens of cocoons and raw
silk grown there. His efforts are backed by
Senator ]. t. Morgan and other southern men
and he has been given hearing by Secretary
Rusk. He paid a visit yesterday to Hon. Fred
erick Douglass.
PERsoNAL.-Mrs. McAffee of Philadelphia Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Barrett, OF
Pierce street Mrs. Barrett presented her hus-
band with daughter Saturday last-Mr and
Mrs. ID. L. Pitcher and Mr.. Saml. Brewer have
returned from a weeks visit to Norfolk, va
Mrs. G. W. Pitcher is home from Hamilton,
Va, where she has been the past month
Miss Nellie Ford of Falls Church, Va, is visit
ing Mr.. J.C. Lees family.--Mrs W. L. Poates
and daughter, Miss Alice, left this morning for
visit to relatives in Virginia.-Mr. George
Simpson of New York, who recently retired from
the government printing office, is passing the
summer with friends here.-Henry Matthews
OF Giesboro was kicked by his horse yesterday
and severely injured, one rib being broken
Sergeant McCathron and Officer Il. o. Prather
are still off duty on account of sickness. but
both will be out soon.-Mrs. Ball OF Forrest
vile, an aunt of Mr.. Henry Langley of this
place. is very low.-Mrs. j. r. Pursell of
Monroe street is sick.-Mrs. Rollo Pursell,
aged 81, is sick at her home on Jackson street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
QUEEN VICTORIA vExED.


smalley In the New York Tribune,
There is a distressing story that the queen
was at one moment, or perhaps at two mo-
ments, on Saturday in . bad temper. which
means, NO doubt, that . frown was visible on
her majesty's brow. There were causes for
the frown. The ceremony began ten minutes
late, and the queen no more likes being kept
waiting than did Louis XIV. The reason for
the delay was simple enough The Princess
Louise of Wales drove away from Marl-
borough house in such . hurry that she
forgot her bouquet Whether the absence
Of Q bouquet would have invalidsted the
marriage ceremony cannot say, but il was
thought worth while TO send an equerry on
horseback from Buckingham palace 10 Marl-
borough house 10 bring the missing flowers.
How the crowd must have wondered as they
saw this warrior returning at full gallop along
the mall with o huge nosegsy in his hand
Nor was this the only incident As the princess
was arranging her veil the necklace which she
wore burst and was scattered over the floor.
The links had to be found and put together,
and there were croakers-there are always
croakers-who said it was bad luck, form Of
bad luck which they probably invented for
the occasion. So much for the beginning. At
the end came one Of those awkward pauses so
frequent in royal ceremonials, due simply to
want OF rehearsal. Nobody knew who should
go out first The bride and bridegroom waited
for the queen, but the queen thought it their
business to lead the way, and finally
the prince VI Wales, never at fault in q social
emergency, told Lord Fife TO go on, and on
they went. Last of all. it appears that Lord
Fife, shy man, did not salute in the usual
way the mother of his bride. Probably ii did
not occur to him that even in these circum-
stances. and by virtue of this new relation,
he had become privileged to kiss the princess
of Wales. AT any rate, he did not do it, and
the queen noticed the omission and was vexed,
and one Of the household, who does not like
the marriage, said: III he had been a German
prince he would have done it as a matter Of
course" But there are consultations in this
world, and, perhaps, Lord Fife would not ex-
change his lot even for that of a Battenburg
or of German prince of q more genuine
kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
NATURAL GAS.
How 1t Was known and Used by the
Ancients.
To the Editor of THE EVENING star:

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
In the Saturday evenings STAR, August 10,
the article headed "Oil Struck in Chicago"
calls to mind the fact that biologists have long
known that Chicago was built upon veins of
petroleum" or, as it has been commonly
known, crock OIL" which is mo new thing under
the sum-" 1t has been known in Italy for more
than two hundred years and was used for the
light houses of Parma and Modena More than
two thousand years ago it was used as a medi-
cine in Burmah. Alexander the Great saw the
flames of the ignited gas issuing from the earth,
as we can learn from Piutareh, who SAYS:
Alexander was much surprised at the sight of
q pace where fire issues in continuous stream
from a cleft in the earth and where a stream
of naphtha not far from the same spot fiovs
out 30 abundantly as to form a sort of lake
This naphtha, in other respects resembling
bitumen, is SO subjec to take fire that before it
touched the flame it kindled at the very light
that surrounded it and inflaned the intermedi-
ate air. The barbarians, to show the power and
nature Of ii, sprinkled the street which
leo to the kings lodgings with little
drops OF 1t. and when il was almost night stood
at the further end and with torches lighted the
drops, and at once, as quick as man could
think, from one end to the other it took fire in
such a manner that the whole street was one
continued flame. An Athenian who attended
Alexander in his baths desired to make an
experiment OF the naphtha upon Stephanus a
young man with a ridicuiously ugly face, whose
talent was singing well. For said he, If it
take hold on him and is not Immediately put
out we must allow it to be of most inconceiva-
able strength. As soon as he was
snointed and rubbed with the naphtha he was
touched of, and his whole BODY broke out into
such flame that nothing could have prevented
his being consumed by 1t if, by good chance,
there had not been people at hand with a
great many vessels of water" A cruel expert
ment truly!
The fossil corals and shells and stems of Or
ganisms of American strata, which are vastly
older than the oil and gas-bearlng rocks Of
Asia, are the rocks which produce the HYDRO
carbons, gaseous and fluid In New York at
watertown it trickles from the pores of the
coral In Trenton lime stone, as also in the
lime stones Of Canada, il fills the chambers of
orthocerata, and on the shores OF Lake Erie in
the pores Of honeycomb coral So also all
along IN that region toward Lake Michigan
DIR. Hunt has analysed specimens of the OIL
bearing limestone under Chicago and shown
that, although this rock does not yield oil in
Quantities that pay working. each square mile
OF It contains seven and three-quarter million
barrels"
IL would not surprise me, if fair test were
70 be made, that this industry in and about
Chicago would result in great profit to those
who will undertake TO develop the resources of
that underlying lime stone-a specimen Of
which was experImented upon as above stated.
WM. IL. SINGLETON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
MOSQUITOES SPOIL THE PLAY.
They Came to Feast on Cesar, Not to
Praise or Bury Him.
From the Boston Herald,

From the Boston Herald.
"You would not think" said an old actor,
''that little festive mosquito would break
up performance, would your Well, such is
the fact. You remember Ned Buckley, don't
you? Used to be leading man in Boston
theater; also with Booth and Barrett. One
rather warm night before some sort of holi-
day, Ned took snap company out to a town in
western Massachusetts, to do Julius Cesar. +"
1t was not a sumptuous performance, by any
means, but still it pleased the audience.
Buckley played Cesar, and did it we'll If I
am not mistaken Fred Bryton was the Mamc
Antony. 1t became so hot before the perform
ance had fairly begun that the windows in the
rear OF the stage were wide open. It was not
very long before the stage was swarming with
mosquitoes, they being attracted, no doubt, by
the strong light on the stage. Buckley had on
pair OF white tights, and he discovered at the
last moment that there were several small
holes In the legs. So he got piece of billiard
chalk and whitened over the tights where they
were burst.
Wen, the play ran along smoothly enough
until the time came for Marc Antony to bury
cesar and not praise him. Poor julius was
lying on the bier, and just as Marc began the
Grafton he felt the Internal little animals get
ting III their work. Buckley said forever after
ward that they were educated. They Just
picked out the spots where he had used the
chalk. He stood the agony just as long as he
could; then he began numbering his torment
ors: Several times did julius slap his limbs,
and every time he slapped he grunted with re-
lief: He kept slapping his limbs and grunt ting
all through the Grafton. the audience shouting
with laughter all the while. The audience Just
about knew the cause Of the trouble, because
they were doing some Strengthening on their
own hook. Buckley stood the agony lust
as long as he could, then he gave Artony a tip,
and the Grafton was cut remarkably short.
The audience was tickled immensely and in
sisted upon the actors going before the curtain
several times. The mosquitoes who made the
MT went with them. The performance was
farce for the balance of the evening, Every
time that somebody began to act one of the
auditors would begin to laugh and everybody
would ioin in the chnrns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
MR.. ROOSEVELT HAD MET HER,
But Cattle Kate Wasn't q Marker TO
the Terror Of Third Mud Creek.

From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Today several newspaper men came in to
see him, among them one he had known when
he was running q ranch out in Dakota. The
conversation naturally drifted to the lynching
Of Queen Kate" and Mr.. Roosevelt laughed
as he said: II met her once, and I didn't at
tempt any foolishness while was there. In
my most polite manner greeted her as
'Madamn' and observed the utmost politeuess
while was in her presence. You couldn't
fool with her, and she at that time wasn't such
q bad woman after all. But there was o woman
mp on Third Mud creek who was . second Kate
after her fashion. She was small, but, oh my!
She had husband about her own size, but he
hadn't the nerve, and she ruled the house.
They had kid, too; not their own child. but
youngster they had picked up and ado pied.
Mrs. - dare not mention her name, be-
cause she is living yeti made fine buckskin
shirts, and one day I rode over to have one
made. Al soon as I reached the house saw
that there had been family squat, and
acted accordingly. l sat down on the porch
and waited for Mrs. -. She came along di-
rectly and stumbled over my feet. Keep
those - big feet out my road was the
command she gave, and got them under my
chair quickly. Anyhow, left my order for
the shirt and rode away.
Some weeks afterward went over after it.
Instead of the husband and the kid l found
Cherokee Jim installed as the proprietor
didn't dare ask Mrs. = what was the matter,
but pumped it out Of Jim. 1t seems that q few
days before bullwhacker wagon came along
and stopped for dinner In the wagon was a
jug OF whisky, which the kid stole and drank
half OF it. That spoke volumes for his cousti-
tuition Then the kid started to clean out the
old man, and was about to split his head open
when he was shot in the side, but not fatally
Inc old man then emptied the jug of whisky,
and, feeling brave, thought it a good opportu-
nifty to assert his rights. He took the wooden
ramrod OF his gun and started for his wife.
She waited till he was almost on her and then
with one of those things you lift the lids off
stove hit him full in the face. Then she
jumped astride of the PROSTATE form, took it
by the ears and banged his head against the
noor TIL he was reduced to a state of insensi-
bility. All this to the intense amusement of
the bullwhackers, who were watching her
through the window. She then picked up the
body and threw it through the window The
boys lifted the old man, the kid, and the
empty bottles into the wagon and drove of.
tell you, those women have to be treated with
respect"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
SOLD FOR $500, 900.
Carry's Brewery Purchased by q New
York Brewery Company.

Yesterday afternoon q deed was put on record
In which Albert Carry conveys all of square 81
bounded by Z, F, 4th and 5th streets northeast,
on which his brewery plant is located, to ''the
Washington brewery company" for s4OO, OO0
The purchasers are incorporated in New York
under the above name, the capital stock being
5000, 900 in shares of S10O. The directors are
William Rasquin, jr.. Monroe Crawford. Ed
ward II. Carpenter, John s. Lockwood and
Fred. j. Winston. With the deed a number of
mortgages on the property ,aggregating S225, 600
in all, were also recorded. Notes of this
amount are made payable to A. S. Worthington
and James A. Clarke, trustees for Albert
Carry. The purchasers. Mr.. Carry states, are
all Americans. MIR. Garry retains two-thirds of
the stock and will carry on the business for the
company. He says that a new building will be
erected for brewing and also one for storage
ware house. 1t is the intention to increase the
capacity from Sc, 600 barrels yer year to 100 900
barrels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
Good Tempiars Enjoy Themselves.

Friendship lodge, No. IL, LOOT, which
had increased its membership by twenty-eight
persons during the last quarter, met last night
and the following program was well rendered:
Chorus, by the lodge choir; Col. Switzler
made some interesting and timely remarks;
recitation, by Lulu Cole; vocal duet, by Mr..
Lindsay and Miss Osborne; cream and cake;
recitation, by Mr.. Berg of Independent lodge;
imitation banjo solo, by Josephine Burgess !;
remarks by Mr.. Mauphin and Rev. Bro. Searls
OF New York; vocal solo, Bell Jenvey; reading,
by Emma Bishop, S. ]. T.; chorus, by the
choir; piano solo. Bro. F. A. Berry; remarks
by Mr.. Reid, Morning Star lodge; reading,
by Mr.. Green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
THE RUSSIAN EMANCIPATION.
1t is Failure After Twenty-F Five Years
Trial.

From the Nineteenth Century.
After q trial of quarter Of o century the
emancipation act is now acknowledged to have
utterly failed. The reports of Russian officials,
Of statistical professors n Moscow, such as
Jansen and the nihilists, with Stepniak at their
head, all alike agree that the misery of the rural
class is greater than even in the days of serf-
dom; cultivation is at the lowest ebb, the yield
wretche ! and less than in any other European
country. Each peasant must pillow, SOW and
reap as his neighbors do. The three-feld sys-
tenn Of corn, green crops and fallow, which was
abandoned in all good agriculture long ago
goes on with disastrous results. As the lots are
changed by the mir at their pleasure, after
every year, the temporary owner does not care
to manure, &C., or In any way to improve his
land. Although the rent is sometimes as
low as e. an acre, yet the peasant
cannot live. Agriculture is a business requir-
ing capital, knowledge and a sufficient amount
of land to enable different crops to be grown,
so that II one fails it does not mean starvation,
for another may succeed The Russian peas
ant has none Of these qualifications. The
peasant proprietors can neither pay the money
owing to the government for their land, nor
even the state and communal taxes, and are
logged by hundreds for non-payment In one
district Of Novgorod 1850 peasants were thus
condemned in 1887. Five hundred and fifty
had already been logged, when the inspector
interceded for the remainder. Widespread
famine is found over a great part Of the coun-
Try; usurers, the bane OF peasant proprietors
in all countries, are in possession Of the situs-
ton; the Koulaks and Jew ''mir-eaters" supply
money on mortgage, then foreclose, and when
the land il In their own possession get the work
done for nothing as interest. These '.bond-
age laborers," as they are called, are in fact
slaves, and are nearly starved, while the
small pieces of land are often reunited into
considerable estates and their new owners con-
slider they have only rights and no duties.
Meantime, a. forced labor is at an end and free
labor is Of the worst possible kind, the old
land owners can get nothing done. They have
tried 70 employ machines bought by borrow
ing from the banks, and are now unable to re-
pay the money. The upper class has been
ruined, with no advantage to the peasant.
s'The wastefui culture of the cottier," as Step
MAX calls IL. ION these small plots il 90 bad
that the general welfare of the country" says
Prof. Jansen, sis In danger by the small yield
Of the soil" In spite Of the philanthropic in
tentions ct the car he il believed to have
aimed at diminishing the power OF the mobiles
~ much ~ Of improving the condition Of the
peasants. He succeeded. The mobiles In many
districts are entirely ruined and there II moth
ing now between the unlimited power of the
autocrat and his 50, 600 900 subjects, vs-sixtha
Of whom are peasantA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-13
The Prince Of Wales a Sufferer.

Edmund Yates in New York Tribune
The prince of Wales has been suffering very
much from his leg since he went to Cowes. A
vein which has never resumed its normal size
since he had typhoid fever swells and causes
him great pain from time to time, and lately il
has been very bad, making his leg Of enormous
size, and preventing the prince from riding or
walking much. Indeed, with varicose vein
OF such long-standing and size as the one from
which the prince suffers he ought to be up for
some weeks and not use his leg at all. The
doctors of course know that such treatment is
not possible, as the prince, being hearty
eater, requires a certain amount of exercise.
He goes to Homburg in a few days, but his
time there is generally more for amusement
than health