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Diaz-A Portrait of Byron That Was
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by Benjamin West.
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DROPOsALS FOR SUPPLIES, WASHING
4 WETTING-CLOTHS, AND FOR THE PUR-
CHASE OF PULP, WASTE PAPER, ETC
Treasury Department., Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, Washington, d. c. April 3, 1890
Sealed j aproPosalsM M will be received at this office
supplies to the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing during the fiscal year beginning July l. $780,
of the following classes: Dry Colors Oils. etc.;
Chemicals, ETC.; Paper Topographic, Inks; En-
Plumbers Supplies; Castings; Textiles, ETC..
Rubber Goods; Grocers' Sundries; Lumber Horse
Feed; Ice; and Miscellaneous. Awards will be
made only to established manufacturers of, or
dealers in, the articles Sealed proposals viii
also be received until the same time for Washing
Wetting, Cloths during the same period, and the
award will be made only to a person or firm hav-
ing established facilities for doing the work.
Sealed proposals will also be received until the
same time for the purchase of Pulp produced by
the maceration of notes securities, etc. and for
the purchase of Waste Paper and other Refuse
Material during the same period. The right Is
reserved to waive defects, and to reject any or
all bids or parts of bids. Blank forms, with
specifications for proposals and further informa-
tion desired by intending bidders, will be fur
nished on application at this office. WIN. Nj.
MEREDITH, Chief OF Bureau. ap6-3t0
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

The boy grievod over his unclo's heart
less command, until the kind farmer
and his good wife agreed to give him q
home among their own noisy boys and
girls.
The neighbors shook thoir heads
wisely, doubling the wisdom of the
step but when they demonstrated with
Mr.. Gibbons and pointed out tho dan
ger of trusting to one Of whose ancestors
he knew nothing, he replied: II am only
doing for this strange lad what l would
wish others to do for my boys, wo"o they
cast friendless upon the world"
If We do our duty we can trust con.
sequences with God" added tho moth
erly voice of his wife, who had CHANGED
to overhear the conversation.
The years passed on and Jack became
real farmers boy-toiling in the fields
in the fruitful season and trnmping
across the woods to school in the winter.
Jack Shepherd is a good boy, and we'll
worth the raising" his benefactor would
say, proudly, whenever the boys capa-
bilities were called in question.
When the news of tho fall of Fort
Sumter was flashed over tho North that
sad April day in 1861, Farmer Gibbons
could scarcely be persuaded that no was
too old man to shoulder musket and
march to tho defense of his country, and
when it was told him that his oldest
boy had headed tho list Of volunteers,
he said, with tears streaming down his
sunburnt cheeks: God bless you, Dan.
You would be no son of mine if you
tried to skirk from duty now.''
The next day letter from George,
the student, came, telling that he, too,
had donned the blue. II could not help
it, father. All tho students arc volun-
teering," he wrote.
''Never mind, mother" said tho farm
or, at sight of his wifc's wet eyes. "We
gave them to God when they were
babes, and if He chooses to use them in
helping to save the country, His will be
DONE"
Jacks patriotic heart would have
tempted him to follow the example of
Dan and George, but Mr.. Gibbons said:
"Wait bit and see how times 90. Old
men like me and slips of boys like you
are not worth much on long marches, SO
for the present we had better stay at
home and raise something upon which
to feed our soldiers"
Jack listened quietly, and then with
out a word went back to the pillow he had
left standing in the furrow.
A year passed away, and with it
poor Jacks bright hopes of the future.
A hundred dollars that Mr.. Gibbons
had placed in the desk in the room ad-
joining his disappeared mysteriously,
and circumstances pointed suspiciously
towards him as the thief. Though obe-
dent and tractable, the boy was high
spirited, and resented, as base, any in
situations that called his honesty in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
POOR PAPA Is DEAD"

question. His indignant denial would
have had much weight with the consci-
entious farmer had not Ben, the Glib
bons' baby, asserted boldly that n had
seen Jack "fooling round the desk more
than once"
In the eyes of the parents this p, ,of
was conclusive, besides it accounted for
the many petty thefts that, in the last
few months, had sorely puzzled the
worthy couple. The soul of honor him
self, Mr.. Gibbons would not tolerate
any departure from recti tude, especially
in one for whom he had done so much.
The result of the trouble was that Jack
packed up what few things he needed
for change, and went out from the
home where his happiest days had been
spent.
God will not forget your kindness to
poor, friendless orphan" he said, as
he took mother Gibbons hand at par
ting.
Going directly to recruiting office,
he enlisted in Michigan regiment,
and in less than twenty-four hours he
was on his way to Tennessee, where
General Halleck was just then laying
siege to Corinth. In spite of his youth
and consumptive tendencies Jack made
good soldier and came out of the
bloody conflict without his fair name
being furnished.
Instead of returning to the home that
had sheltered his boyhood, he went
West and settled upon a claim, taking
up his lonely life as a rightful heritage.
Not 50 kindly did the four years of
warfare deal with the poor old farmers
lads, for when the boys in blue came
marching home, not one of the stall
wart sons who had gone forth to battle
walked in the ranks. George and Ben
had come home in pine collins many
days before, while Dan was left sleeping
beneath the bright Southern skies.
After Jack had gone away Ben gained
his fathers consent to become a soldier,
but before year had passed he sick
ened and died, but not until he had
taken upon him self the theft that had
sent the orphan boy alone into the world.
More than a score of years afterwards
an irresistible desire to look upon the
faces of the friends of his youth sent
Jack back to catch a glimpse of the old
familiar walks. It was on the 30th of
May that he arrived, and the little town
was gay with flowers and banners. join
ing in the PROCESSION that was vending
its way to the cemetery he passed quiet
~ to the grave of his father, now
marked by marble slab. In the same
row, little to the east, he read the
names of George and Ben Gibbons, and
an old veteran who was scattering flow
ers on the graves of the brothers in
formed him that Dan closed his life in q
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
DECORATION DAY,

The old earth to the sunbeams said:
Come, let us hasten with the flowers;
Give me, - she breathed, ''your kindling kiss;
Give me your strength" she prayed tho
showers.
Call the rhodora from the swamp,
Coll the azalea sweet as musk,
Call lilies that from burdcned hearts
Their fragrance pour along the DUSK
"And call from oil my secret cells
The bushes Of the perfect rose,
For would heap my heroes graves
Full soon with every bud that blows"
Then said the sunbeams and the showers:
I'm morning glow, in midnight dew,
Though clothed with grass, though heaped with
bloom,
Though tenting skies be gray or blue.
'sYet while On each white marble there
The sacred letters shine like fame.
The grave no other garland needs
Whose headstone bears hero's namew
-Harper's Bazaar.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
DOGS AND PICTURES.

Incidents Shown: That Animals Can
MAKE Out" u Painting.
1t has long been disputed question
whether animals can be made to per.
ceive the semblance OF living creatures
in the fiat surface of picture, and be
deceived into supposing that the paint
ed representation Of an animal is really
living thing. Stories Of such perccp-
ton in dogs, horses and cats are not
very rare, but few OF them have been
vel! authenticated; aid the fact has
often been observed that tho most in
telligent animals, though they are ex-
ceedingly curious. and often become ex.
cited over an image in looling-glass,
regard pictures with Indifference.
The London Spectator, however, re-.
lates, on the faith of a correspondent, an
incident or two which seem to Indicate
. in certain animals, at least, an ability 10
make out" picture.
An English painter, the Spectator
says, owned a terrier which had very
bad habit of chasing sheep, and was
cured of it by dint of much labor and
care. - ~.
One day the dogs master painted a
picture of a flock Of sheep. guarded by
two dogs, and on being called out of the
studio by some one, be left the picture
leaning against WALL.
On his return he was surprised and de-
lighted. for he regarded tho fact as {,
compliment to his work, to find his tor
rier barking loudly at the picture, his
ears pricked up, his eyes cleaning with
fire, and his whole manner Indicating
excitement r., 49,:
The paintee looked upon the incident
as the more .remarka bic from tho fact
that the figures Of the: sheep. were not
painted life-size, but were only about
eight or ten inches long.
But while the dogs illusion regarding
the sheep must have" been complete, it
was quite remarkable that he did not
seem to see the pictures of the dogs. and
paid no attention to them whatever.
AS often, afterward, as he was show
the picture, the terrier became greatly
excited by it, frequently mounting a ta-
BILE in order to approach nearer to it.
The same journal tells another story
of quite as remarkable character. A
lady who possessed two dogs had tho
portrait of one of them painted by tho
artist Chalon. The painter, having fin
ished the picture, left it out of doors a
few minutes to dry. The other dog,
happening to come up, began to bark at
it and to gambol about it precisely rs
he would have done If he had met his
companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
THE VALUE OF LISTS.
An Excellent System Devised bv q Pro
Erexsive HOusekeeper.

An Excellent System Devised bv a Pro-
grexslve Housekeeper.
There is nothing in my own expert
ence which have found of more value
than lists-shopping lists. marketing
lists, lists for meals, calling lists. cor
respondence lists, lists of every sort and
variety to aid the memory and help
toward the realization of the Scripture
injuncture: Let every thing DO done
decently and in order"
First, let me speak of tho list for
meals, which, with the marketing list,
has become with mo daily habit. As
soon as convenient after breakfast every
morning, having made short inspec-
ton of the lardor, and, If necessary,
having consulted tho cook, l sit down
and prepare list for the next three
meals.
For this and the marketing list l
keep on hand small blocks OF pape,
(219 inches by $ inches I fl nd large
enough), and tear off the lists a. I write
them. Tho lists for meals hang on a
tack in the kitchen, by the side of the
sink whore the cook can consult it, and
thus, if she happens to have short
memory, need not run to ask what was
ordered for any meal. For tho mar
ketiny list consult the meal list to see
what will be needed for the next TWEEN
ty-four hours, adding to these articles
any thing we happen to be out of, or
any other errand wish to remember.
In this way, by giving not more than
fifteen minutes care and thought to the
matter each morning, am able to
dismiss the question of food from my
mind for the rest of the day. do my
own marketing, taking my list with me,
and starting as early as conveniently
can every morning, in order that tn.
butcher and grocer may deliver my or
ders before dinner time. My afternoons
are always FREQ for calling, reading c.
sewing, and l have invariably found
that the cook likes the list system, and
that give up the practice for few
days she will feel lost without it and
ask for the ''receipt," as one girl .nvari.
ably called it. Cor. Christian at Work.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
SCENES ON MERCURY.
Day and Night on n llanct Of Great In
tcrest to E ,rthD wellers.

Day and Night on n ilanct Of Great In
tcrest to f ,rth- ID wellers.
In the regions, covering three-eighths
Of tho planet, where the arc is all be low
the horizon, the sun will never be seen,
and tho darkness will be perpetual
Thick and eternal night will reign
there, except perhaps from tho acct
dental appearance OF some light pro.
duced by refraction and atmospheric
CLOVIS, or phenomena like the aurora
borealis; together with the light emit
tod by the stars and planets.
Another part of Mercury, including
also three-eighths of its surface, will
nave the arc of oscillation all above its
horizon, and will be continually ex.
posed to the rays of tho sun, without
any other change than the varia-
tions in the obliquity of the rays
through the different phases as
sumed during tho period OF
lightweight days. Night is absolutely
impossible. In other regions, covering
u quarter of the planet, in which the
arc of oscillation is partly above and
partly below the horizon, there will be
alterations of light and darkness. In
these privileged regions the period OF
lightweight days will be divided into
two intervals, one characterized by. q
continuous light, the other by dark
ness; the two intervals will be equal in
some places, of different length in
others, according to the position of the
place on the surface of the planet, and
the length Of the part OF the solor arc
which appears above the horizon.-G.
V. Schiapare1li. in Popular Science
Monthly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
Southern prison and that the two daurh.

Southern prison and that the two daueh.
ters of tho same hos sehold had died
within week Of each other, leaving
the old folks childloss and almost pen.
nilcss. Waiting to hear no more, Jack
fastened to the old farmhouse. and
without making himself known listened
to tho pitiful story OF tho old people,
who upon the morrow would be turned
out of tho house where Ill their welded
life had boon spont. 1--WE gavo our
boys MI to our country, but now VIC ure
forgotten both by God ind man," MUIR
INJURED the old man.
Father, God never forgets," said tho
good vito, tenderly. don't you re-
member poor jacks last words Go
will not forget your kindness to poor
orphan boy?"
"Ah! but did l not send the poor lad
away for crime our own boy com.
mittod? God is furnishing US for this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

was given up to the wayfarers and
Mother Gibbons brought out her most
dainty knick-knacks to tempt the appe-
tite of the sick man. That they were
no ordinary tramps their scrupulously-
clean, well-mended though threadbare
garments testified. The man told sad
story of an old home in Pennsylvania
which had been forsaken for the rolling
prairies OF the great West; of the mis-
fortunes that had robbed him of his
small es tate and swept his wife and
children into the grave. After five
years Of helpless struggling in the new
country he was going back to die among
his own kindred and leave his little
Jack in the care OF his own people.
In the morning the family was aroused
by the cries of the child who understood
enough to know that the white, stiff
form by his side was lifeless.
Poor papa is dead" he sobbed, as
Mr.. Gibbons and his wife came hurry
ing downstairs. The boy was right
the stranger had died alone and unat-
tended while they slept.
A coffin was provided at the expense
VI VIC w AeA1p, anu tne ue4I morning
few of the neighbors followed tho hum
BILE dead to a grave in quiet corner in
the church-yard.
Before the day was over Mr. Gibbons
wrote to an uncle whose address little
Jack was able to give, but it was weeks
before reply came, and then the only
satisfaction obtained was: II have a
family of my own to support and can
not take the lad into my house. Bind
him out or send him to the almshouse
until he is old enough to support him
Belf.''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

For the third time little Tommy
Figg had asked his father what was the
cause of the desert of Sahara, Finally
the old gentleman laid down his paper
and answered.: II reckon it was formed
when the 1sraelites lost their sand.
And II you don't quit asking me so
many questions I'll see chat your mother
uts you to bed before get home here
after" But pa, how can you see her
.,ut me to bed il she puts mo to bed be.
FIRE you get hcme?" And that question
was Tommy's last-for that evening.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

sin, Mary, and tomorrow night we will
sleep in pauper's bed"
God never forgets said tho stranger,
and thon came tho most joyful moment
Of his life, when he was able to reveal
himself to them and assure them that
the boy whom they had saved from tho
almshouSc had come back just in time
to rcndcr them like service.
Jack did not leave them again, except
for few days to arrange his business in
the West and bring back the money to
save the old home from the auctioncers
hammer. God did not forget them,'
and after many days the bread which
they had cast upon tho waters came
back to them.-Belle v. Chisholm, in
Christian Inquirer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
GOD NEVER FORGETS.
The Story of One Decoration Day
and What It Brought.

NE bright even
ing among the
last d a Us of
May, 1852, there
came to Farmer
Gibbons door,
seeking shelter
for the night, a
con 9 u N ptive-
10 o k ing man
and his little
seven year odd
son. The good
t a rm er b ad
n 9 yer be en-
known to turn a
hungry stranger
from the door,
hence the warm
est corner in
~ 1rsk@l-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
A Genuine Curiosity.

Hardup-Do you see this SIS bill, Dunn.
ley? There's something quite peculiar
aboutit.
Dumley-How's that? 1t looks to ME
just like any other SIS bill.
Hardup-We]l. there's one great Diff
ference between it and most other bills.
1t belongs to me.-Light.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

VHn.-- IN VIA strange, mute city
Where ull the jewellers are dumb.
Nor hear the sound OF the bugle-blast
Nor call OF the rolling drum.
So still they lie IN their dreaming,
The hearts that were wont to beat,
Ready to rise and answer
TO hurry on eager feet,
BY day or nighttime, in rain or sun,
Through valley, or field or street;
Ready to meet the summons
Ready to come or go;
70 march in the Scorching heat and dust,
Or halt in the binding snow:
To spring half awake from dreams of home,
TO the sabre thrust Of the foe;
Ready to yield, not strength alone,
And the hands keen willing art,
But all Of the sweet, full life God gave
Not only 1.-THE or part,
But al! to their duty,
Asking body, and BRAIN and heart.
What memories throng as we pause and s1an6
Where flowers on these graves are thrown,
While all about US the sunlight streaDls
And the breath Of the May is blown
From warm, green valleys whose ripened grass
In drlfted swathS is mown.
What dreams come to us. All! far away
Is the martial clang and tread
Far. far, is the sound OF the clashing steel,
OF the charge in mad triumph led;
The pain, the passion, the tumult wild
For these are the peaceful dead.
Their flags are folded, or idly float
To the sweet caress Of the wind
The flags that pressed through the bullet
storm,
While q million Of souls behind
Followed steadfaSt and faltered not,
Like the thought OF one mighty mind.
What dreams comes to us. What heart.
deep prayers;
Yet the tender tears we shed
By these grassy mounds, where the heroes sleep
With the blue sky overhead
Are so bright with blessing, so touched with
light,
They might answer for smiles instead
We dream OF the soldier brave But we
dream
OF the naen who were loved and dear;
OF the unkissed kisses, the vows unkept,
The passionate, homesick tear:
The human yearning, the whispered prayer
That no one but God could hear;
OF tired sleepers, with boyish brows,
Dew-drenched in the starlit air;
OF b!otted letters, and true-ove rings,
And the pictures Of women fair
Hidden close In those stalwart breasts
With a lovers jealous care.
Our hearts beat fast with the beating drum.
Swell high with the music's strain,
For love, that is ever life's theme of song,
The sweeter through loss and pain
For love- that lasts over strife and war,
While the years and the ages wane.
Bring dowers-for the world IS abloom,
Like garden grown anea;
There are willing hands at the tender toll,
There are hearts long tried and true,
And flowers enough for the boys in gray
AS well as the boys in blue.
The task is ended-the twilight falls,
The sounds OF the day decrease;
Yet not with the silence OF shout and song
Can the palms OF our glory cease;
We have strewn the breasts OF our noble dead
With the blossoms Of lasting peace.
Madeline S. Bridges, in Leslie's illustrated
Weekly.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-05-23

the legal operation of the grant can br qurs-
TONED"
Suits we're brought upon New York pa
tents against persons in possession under
New Hampshire titles in Albany county and
prevailed. There was a Court Of Common
Pleas in Cumberland County which sat at
Chester, and afterward at Westminster, in
which Col Howard could have brought suit
on his patent for these lands, and would
doubtless have prevailed But those who
prevailed in the suits in Albany county
were told by Ethan Allen, who was there,
that the gods Of the valleys were not the
gods Of the hills and when they undertook
to get possession by their Judgments they
found out what he meant, and failed Col
Howard did not bring suit, but awaited cor
respondence between the New York author
tiles and the home government, and other
proceedings July / li73. Governor Tryou
wrote TO the Earl of Dartmouth
In the list Of claimants under The Massachu-
setts Bay do not reckon those whose lands we're
discovered 10 be on the north side where was ad-
Judged the settlement Of the controversy be-
tween that Province and New Hampshire in 1879
10 be the north boundary Of the Massachusetts,
Bay. These composed the Townships of Brattlp-
borough and Putney and that part Of Hinsdale
which was granted 10 Col. Howard the first set.
tiers of which upon that determination all acquir-
ed new patents under New Hampshire. estceming
the Massachusetts, title mere nuty and those
patents to have issued through mistake Be.
sides my Id as to Bratteborough and Putney
they are both confirmed under New York, and so
Hnsdale might have been If the occupants, either
from an unwillngness to pay the quit rents or a
slight OF their interests, had not neglected to
make themselves and their ease known to this
Government until part of their Township was
granted to Col Howard who bought over the Roy
al order for a grant Of ten Thousand acres aud
agreeable to the privileges given him in the Man
damus made his election Of that spot"
Brattleborough aud Putney had not been
confirmed to the New Hampshire grantees,
but had been granted to others The juris
diction of New York was, however, soon
overthrown, the New York titles rooted up.
and those of New Hampshire we're made to
prevail, and the occupants of Hnsdale we're
not any of them dispossessed by Col How
ards patent.
The same name for two towns side by
side, although in different states, made con
fusion, and Hinsdale in Vermont was
changed To Vernon, 10y Act of the legisla-
ture, October 21 1902