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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-08-15

town As he had never had before. 1t was
40 such n ride that he never wanted a
second one.
Tie same dose was given to the wife
beaten and the tramp. It was such good
medicine that tramps came to shun the
place as plague infested spot. A ride
like that in plain sight of his fellow men
was calculated to make drunkard, tramp
and wife beater shun place that re-
called such unpleasant memories. Pho
neer justice in this country is something
the history Of which has never been fully
written. 1t would make interesting read
ing. A coat Of tar and feathers was one
Of the condign punishments visited on
those who trespassed. 1t was not I'M
common to crop the ears of horse thieves,
that they might be recognized wherever
they went. There are middle aged peo-
pie in various parts Of the west and south
who have seen in their childhood indi-
viduals thus marked for life.
A Pest Of White Ants.
Mr.. E. II. Strykie of Australia, while
at the Leland hotel, said the people Of
that continent are in need Of metal fur
niture. He has been to England to 10
cure school desks and seats of kght metal
which VIII be durable and cheap, but
neither in England nor in America has he
been able to get what he wants. He says
the pest Of Queensland is the white ant,
against the ravages of which sheet iron
roofing and tin covered chairs are the
only protection thus far devised. The
ants eat wood of every description, Dor
ing the doors and house rafters until
they are honeycombed, tables, bedsteads
and bureaus suffering similarly. Mr..
Strykie thinks a metal furniture factory
which could supply these things at
price permitting them to be shipped
long distances would have q large trade
on the Australian Chicago
News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
James Il Assell Lowell's Hobby.

A gentleman was telling me lately
that among the hobbies of James Rus
sell Lowell is ono concerning the admix-
ture of the Jewish with the European
Christian races. Mr.. Lowell holds that
about eight hundred of the greatest
families in Europe and America, which
are reputed to be orthodox Christians,
have the Jewish STRAIN in them. After
he had proved to his own satisfaction
that such was the case, he was mis-
chievously asked if this view came from
any personal interest, whereupon he is
said to have replied: "Why, yes, of
course. Every body named Lowell and
Russell has the Jewish strain in them"
He then went on to show the derivation
of Russell, and said that all the Russell
or Derby family in England were of
partial Jewish stock. The same is the
view taken by Renan in his works that
the Christian and the Jew together have
built up the system of civilization, but
in that case also, the wish may have
been father to the thought.-Cincinnati
ENQUIRER
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
BUYING UP A TOWN.

A Competitor In . County Seat Election
Purchasing Its Rivals Buildings.
KANSAS CITY, No., Dec. ga coun-
ty seat election is soon to be held in
Rawlins County, in the northwestern
part of Kansas, the towns of Atwood and
Brakeman competing for the honor of
being the seat Of government. The latter
town has begun novel method of cam
paigning. A fund has been subscribed
to buy all the houses in Atwood and
move them to Brakeman, and thus de-
populate it's rival. Forty-seven dwell
ing houses and stores have already been
moved to Brakeman and the pur-
chasing committee is negotiating
for majority of the remain
der. The people of Atwood are
said to be hard up and quite willing to
dispose of their houses at a fair price,
The Brakeman purchasing committee is
backed by railroad and town com
pany and finds no difficulty in raising
the funds. The Brakeman people are
confident of success at the coming cleo
ton.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
MEN IN TROUBLE.
Cheir Ghastly Joke of Mutilating Corpse
Proves . Serious Matter.

Their Ghastly Joke of Mutilating q Corpse
Proves . Serious Matter.
The coroner's jury which had been in
vestigating the Lake Johanna horror
concluded its labors the other night and
rendered a verdict strongly censuring all
who had any thing to do with the mutt
lation Of the corpse contained in the
whisky-barrel coffin labeled "a traitor"
found in shallow grave on the shores
of,the lake. The jury denounced the in
human and unlawful, If not unprofes-
sional, conduct of Health Commissioner
Henry F. Hoyt; his son, Mark Hoyt;
Bert Austin, son of Ex-Governor Aus
tin; George Lynch, an electrician, and
DR.. J. 81. Murphy, acting surgeon OF the
St. Paul & Duluth road. County Attor-
ney Egan intimated that he would bring
the matter to the attention of the grand
Jury, as the mutilation of the remains
was a fragrant violation Of the law, pun
ishable by five years imprisonment or
q fine of 81, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
The very Smallest Republic.

The German traveller, Blattner, who
has hunted and travelled in the Alps and
the Pyrenees during the last summer.
gives an account of the smallest repub.
lie in the world-the little hamlet OF
Goust in the mountains mentioned last
above. 1t belongs neither to France no.,
to Spain; has not to exceed 1875 citizons,
all told; is Catholic in religion, and is
wholly supported by the silk industry.
The people have no taxes or other pub.
lie charges to pay. They have no mayo,
or other official, each male inhabitant Of
the age of eighteen having equal saw in
administering the affairs of state. They
have not even an established church OF
priest of their own. They paw TO,
church and school privileges at the
neighboring village of Laruns, thei1
marriages and burials being performed
at the same place. Among the Goust.
enese there are no rich or poor, noble o.
churl, master or servant. - Chicago
Times.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
A SHORTER ROUTE.

Arrangements Made for New Railway
Route from Minneapolis to the Sea.
Arrangements were perfected recently
for q new permanent route by rail and
water from Minneapolis to the
seaboard, the Flint & Pere Mar
quette Railroad Company being
the principal agent in the agreement.
1t is proposed, in connection with
the Green Bay, Winona & St.
Paul railway and the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore & Western, to establish
line by way of Manitowoc, Wis,
Ludington and Port Huron, Mich,
over the Grand Trunk to New York by
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western.
The distance to New York by this route
will be thirty-four miles shorter than by
anv other route.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
"L1TTLE 30 PEEP

had lost her sheep and couldn't tell where to
find them" So the old nursery rhyme says,
and it goes on to bid her Leave them alone
and they'll come home and bring their tails
behind them" All this may be true Of lost
sheep, but If you have lost your health you
cannot afford to leave that alone. It will
not come back of it's own accord. Some
people bTag that t. they never p. bother about bout
came" Alas }! too often the victims go
to a consumptive's grave. Until very re-
Gently a cure for Consumption, which is
universally acknowledged to be scrofula
affecting the lungs, would have been looked
upon as miraculous, but now people are
beginning to realize that the disease is not
incurable DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure it, if taken in time and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
ABOUT VENTILATION.
The Most Important Matter During this
Winter Season.

The Most Important Matter During this
Winter Season.
We have now come to the time of the
year when we shall sit with our win.
dows closed and our doors also, an6
shall consequently feel the loss of tina,
pure air which we have hitherto ad.
mitted through open doors and windows.
Not only shall we suffer this loss, but
we shall have to endure the untold
evils that accompany the warmth Of
stoves and furnaces. We can do much
however, to mitigate these evils by
judicious ventilation of our houses, but
it will require some management and a
little study to accomplish this. The
simplest method of ventilating a room
is by opening the window from the TOP
and putting it up from the bottom,
allowing the foul warm air tc
escape and the pure air to enter.
An open fireplace helps greatly to
keep the air pure. If the bedroom
windows are guarded by shades and
blinds, one at least may remain open all
night, provided it does not subject the
sleeper to draught, and the effect will
be highly beneficial. This should most
certainly be done in any apartment
heated by a stove or furnace, ascarbonic.
oxide escapes from either as ordinarily
manufactured.
Air is sure to become unwholesome
whenever it stagnates long, so the best
thing one can do is to make it circulate,
or at least to set it in motion outward
from the room, and this can be done, az
we have said, by opening the window at
top and bottom. If windows and doors
are opposite each other, open both, il
it is only for sixty seconds, and let a
strong rush of cold air come in; and this
will drive the heated foul air out
On coming into the room after this
ventilation, no one with any sensibility
can fail to discover the healthful differ
ence between foulness and purity. This
simple act of ventilation should be per-
formed in every sleeping chamber where
lamps have been lighted and people sit
ting before retiring. This thorough air
cleansing will be needed in addition to
opening the sashes and leaving them
thus with blinds closed and shades drawn
down.-Ladies' World.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
A CLEVER iMiTAToR.
Strange Doln4s Of Warrington sclsntln
Frankenstein. esy. Vs..

strange Dolnss Of wasl,lnE toms scientific
Frankenstein. (s,sg. VS.
There Is another queer genius con-
nected with the National Museum in
the person Of Prof. Henley, who is "a
military known as 1.-The Wizard OF the
National Museum" His particular
forte Is In making perfect limitations OF
any object from a diamond to a human
being, the. appearance. weight and size
In each instance being perfect His
imitation of grapes. bananas peaches
and other fruits are marvellous. They
not only appear natural to the eye, but
also to the touch. having the same pill
ability. color, etc., as the original The
professors latest and grandest achieve
ment. however, is the manufacture of
human ears and noses to take the place
OF natural members which have been
lost In fights or by accident The ad.
vertisement of Chicago man who had
lost his right ear while fighting with
his brother induced Henley to make
experiments for the production OF arti.
fetal flesh. The unfortunate Chicago
ian offered $3.50 to any one who would
satisfactorily supply him with an
other ear: Henley undertook the
task and succeeded. In his laboratory,
in the Fish Commission building cor.
ner of Sixth street and Maine avenue,
several specimens of his skill In this
direction can be seen. They are hang
ing on the wall--three ears and two
noses-and the sight of them recalled
my visit to the dissect-room. The
noses and ears are perfectly pliable.
colored the natural hue Of human
flesh. and can not be effected by either
heat or cold.
"rhey will stand the temperature
fifty below zero,' said Professor Hen.
ley. without danger of being frost.
bitten"
The most striking peculiarly about
them is that after being affixed to the
patient both ears and noses will assume
and maintain with regularity the tenn.
perature Of the patients body.
Out OF the same composition Henley
has made a large slice of beefsteak. the
appearance and touch of whic:, would
deceive the most expert cook Wash
in9top Cor. Chicago Times
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

Rfven q fair trial. This world renowned
remedy will not make new lungs, but it
will restore diseased ones to healthy state
when other means have failed. THOUSANDS
gratefully testify to this 1t is the most
potent tonic, or strength restorer, altera-
tive, or blood cleanser and nutritive, or
flesh builder, known to medical science.
For Weak Lungs, Splitting Of Blood, "Iiv-
fE o1 uns snd pS1 4Pe%psd1 or
"Golden Medical Discovery" is the only
medicine Of its class that is sold by drug
gists under printed guarantee from the
manufacturers, that it will benefit or cure,
in every case Of disease for which it is rec
commended, or money paid for it viii be
refunded.
WORLDS D1sPENsARY MEDICAL Asso-
CATION, Proprietors, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
Capture of 3 Lunatic.

Mrs. Voelker, living at Winona. was
surprised the other night by the sudden
appearance of her brother-in-law, who
formerly owned a farm in Otter Tail
County and had been sent to St. Peter
Hospital for insanity. he told her he
had chung the doctor and got away"
and had reached Winona by taking off
his boot and knocking the conductor of
the train.' The sheriff was summoned
and Voelker caught just as he was
Harvesting neighbor's horse.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
SIXTY YEARS AGO.
a Vermont Church Service in the Early
2 = Part Of tho Century. -.

- VCE0OuG S1AUESOA cCEVAC0 IA VnO EOCAy
Part Of tho Century.
As soon as the text was given out,
Deacon Batchellor, who was old and
very deaf, rose from his pew, walked
heavily down tho aisle, and half as
cended the pulpit steps. Then he adj.
iusted an enormous tin ear-trumpet, and
sat there through the long sermon, q
pious attentive, but most grotesque,
figure. The singers seats stretched en-
tirely across the church in front Of the
pulpit-two long rows, with a rack or
desk for hymn books between them.
The men singers sat with their backs to
the pulpit, while the women faced
them. When the leader struck his tun-
ing fork and gave the key, all stood up
and literally bawled and sang in each
others faces. All the old mournful
minor tunes were great favorites, and
the rhymed stories Of hell fire, damna-
ton and lost souls gave the greatest
satisfaction to both singers and
parson. Questions of doctrine
were Elder Whiteinch's greatest JOY and
most frequent discussion, and several
times year he preached on the ''un-
pardonable sin," but we must remember
that he had none of the sins of great
cities to form subjects of sermons and to
preach against-not even that Of intern
perance, for the simple reason that 1t
was then considered sin in no one to
drink strong liquors provided man
stopped short of gross intoxication.
Habitual drinkers were all those New
England farmers. In nearly every
household in the winter months little
pewter flagon or tankard filed with
boiling water land with straw-covered
handle to prevent burning the hand)
was brought in to the farmer at eight
o'clock, the regular bedtime. Then a
great pitcher of rum toddy or cider flip
was brewed, and every one. men, women
and children, drank of it, and thus went
warmed to their ice-cold cha mbers,
where the snow sifted in little drifts on
the floor. No farm hand would work at
blowing and haying without three glasses
Of rum day. Even the few workwom-
On who took their rounds among these
farms-a tailoress, wool-weaver, an In
dian ''squaw nurse"-all demanded, re-
ceived and drank their daily glass Of
rum. Bears were not infrequent visit
ors in Vermont in those day, and may a
bears tracks and depradations were re-
ported at the Sunday incoming" and
the hunt was planned there as we'll. 1t
was subsequently carried out in action,
dealing death to the bear, and giving
sufficient reason for the large consump-
ton of New England rum. But the bears
are gone with the forests, and the old
A5clover Church is gone also. A chance
spark from an oil lantern set fire to the
Jackson barn. The fire could be i'll
fought with only the bucket from the
old well-sweep and milk pals to carry
water it. So the flames spread, and the
high winds blew them across the road
to the old wooden church, and all were
destroyed together, and only a cellar
wall and few half-burned bricks mark
the spot where so many dull happy Sun.
days were neutrality-suspicious. Re
view.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
KILLED By THE CARS,

J. d. Revell, Wife and Child, of VIII
motto. ILL. Lose Their Lives ut . Crc.s-
Ing.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-At Wilmette, q
suburban town about seventeen miles
north Of the city, about $50 last night
Mr.. and Mrs J. D. Reven and BABY
daughter were instantly killed by .
passenger train on the Chicago & North
western road while crossing
the railroad tracks. The fam
lily was returning in a buggy to
their home near the depot from pnr~
chasing Christmas presents in the
village.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
BROKE UP A BAD GANG.

st. Pauls Police Arrest SIX Notorious
Burglars and Stolen Goods Receivers.
The most important arrests of crimi-
mails made by the St. Paul police in
the past twelve months were recently
effected and would result in break
ing up gang of burglars oper-
ating in St. Paul since last
July. August Holdengren. William
Crompton, John Mann, William Durand,
burglars, and Madelaine Frelinghuysen
and Ellen Bradshaw, ''fences," were ar
rested. The houses of the two last
named were raided and nearly $4,000
worth of stolen goods, plate, 3ewelry and
sealskins recovered.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

The News Briefly ChronicIed.
In drunken dance at Bruce the other
night T. c. Thompson was robbed OF
about $500.
At St. Paul the other day Ernest Rud-
emann, Respondent from business
troubles and repeated family bereave-
ment, shot himself through the heart.
A reception in the West Hotel at Min
neapolis the other night for the benefit
of the Tribune building fire sufferers
netted nearly $4,000.
Apetition signed by over one hundred
wood-sawyers and laboring men asking
to prohibit the saving of wood in Fari.
bault by horse or steam-power was
handed to the City Council recently.
A starch factory is to be established
at Lake City.
Mrs. Otto Will, wife of the large
breeder at Minnesota City, died recently
in her sixtieth year.
The sentence of Andrew Void to
death for murder was committed al
Breckenridge recently to life imprison'
ment.
A. C. Jones, the leading artist at Wi
mona, aged thirty-three years, died sud:
denly of erysipelas recently, leaving E
wife.
George P. Welsh, the pioneer enginee,
of the 500 line, died of Inflammation Of
the bowels recently at the Gleenwood
Hotel.
A man by the name of Hazen while
digging we'll few miles north Of
Faribault few days ago was accident
ally killed. The man above let the
rope slip, and the pail struck him or
the head, smashing it.
A bill has been introduced in Con.
gress providing for the erection of q ST..
500, 900 Government building in St.
Paul.
Farmers in the vicinity of Winona
were seeding wheat and blowing recent
~ in celebration of the fine weather.
and pansies, roses and many delicate
towering shrubs were in full bloom.
At Rochester recently the mayor and
city recorder signed railway bonds to the
amount Of $40, 900, despite the instruc
tions of the City Council as to the inser
ton Of certain clauses in the securities
Some citizens said that the bonds would
be void in the hands Of the purchasers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
Christmas Day ut st. Paul.

Christmas Day, 1889. proved the most
remarkable in thirty years in the North
west The Mississippi river was open
from St. Paul to the Gulf, and steam
boat excursions we're the order of the
day. Steamers left the dock in St. Paul
at 2 D. m. Full bands were on board
for dancing, and ice-cream, soda water
and lemonade were served. Fans were
distributed, and linen dus tiers and straw
hats formed part of the attire of the ex-
cursionists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

TALK about generalship! If Napoleon had
ever seen girl climb barbed-wire fence
he would have held the honors Of Auster-
litz at nothing.-Bingham Republican.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

The saving In clothing where Dobbins'
Electric Soap is used is taoe',ty times the soap
bill. 1t is no new experiment, but has been
sold for "a years. To-day just as pure as in
1865. Try it. Your grocer has it
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

Oregon, tho Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full Information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

A large meeting of millers of South
ern Minnesota and Wisconsin was held
at Winona the other day to consider
mutual interests. The following officers
were elected: II. E. Brooks, Winona,
President; A. Porter, of Winona, Secre-
tary; M. Waters, of Mankato; E. G. PAIL,
of New ulm, and A. Brooks, of Porter
Executive Committee.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

No Opium, in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

You hardly realize that it is medicine, when
taking Carter's Little Liver Pills; they are
very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

An EXTENDED POPULARITY. Broscn's Br0n-
chial Iruches have for many years been the
most popular article in use for relieving
Coughs and Throat troubles.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
Liver Pills are much better. Don't forget this.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

You can no more judge a man by his
daily walk and convers ation than you can
an election-day saloon by Its front door,
Detroit Free Press
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

A SHORT aoquaintance-them man who "a
always wanting to borrow noney.-Burling
ton Free Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

THERE Is no full stop to the furnace in
cold weather. Railways requires the colon
Boston Gazette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

How WE admire the man who happens to
catch US when we are doing good deed on
the sly.-Atchison Globe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

WHEN q cashier goes to Canada his en-
ployer's face and his own accounts are the
long and short of it-Chicago News
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

THE merchant has to drive q sharp bar
gain when trade is dulL-Kearney Enter
prise.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

THE golden stair appears to be the only 70
liable are-escape.-Bingha Leader:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01
We recommend t'Tansills Punch" Cigar.

1T Is all right to blow your own horn, but
some people haven't any horn to blow.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-01

NOTHING tends to turn man toward pro-
hibition quicker than going to the closet in
the dark for the brandy bottle and getting
the cod liver oil bottle by mistake.-Somer-
vile Journal =