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FOR SALE-Finc covered wagon; suitable lr
i baker, butcher OF milk wagon viii sell
very cheap f-l Waterloo 81 e..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
Tho Mothers Heart.

In no relation does woman exercise
SO deep an influence, both Immediately
and prospectively, as in the maternal.
Her smiles call into exercise the first
affections that spring up in our heart.
She cherishes and expands the earliest
germs of our intellects. She breathes
over us her deepest devotions She lifts
our little hands and teaches our little
tongues to lisp in prayer. She watches
over us like guardian angel and pro-
tects us through all our helpless years.
when we know not Of her cares and her
anxieties on our account She follows
us into the world of men, and lives In
us and blesses us when she lives not
otherwise upon the earth. What con-
stitutes the center Of every home,
whittier, our thoughts turn when our
feet are weary with. wandering and our
hearts sick with disappointment? And
II there be 8 tribunal where the sins
and follies Of Z froward child may hope
for pardon and forgiveness this side 81
Heaven, that tribunal is the heart Of q
fond and devo ted mother.-N. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
DISCOVERY IN MEXICO.
A. Pyramid with . Spiral Road-W,
From Base to Summit.

A. Pyramid with Spiral Roadway
From Base to Summit
During the recent visit of Jesse R.
Grant and Charles J. Whimple to Sono-
"a, Mex, on business, they were much
struck with the sight of terraced
mountain. It is located about fifty
miles southwest of Magdalena The
mountain is circular in form, about
three-Quarte1s of mile in diane ter at
the base, and is terraced from base to
to peak. The height of the terrace is
from ten to twelve feet, and in many
places is built of solid masonry. At
many other places it is cut out of the
solid rock. The roadway is from
fifteen to twenty feet in width, starting
at the base of the mountain and coiling
itself, spiral-like, to. the peak of the
mountain, which is not less than 1000
feet higher than the base Of the mount
ain. The cost of the construction and
cutting out Of the solid rock of this
terraced road must have been enormous,
and the remarkable feature of this
wonder is the state of its preservation.
Here and there the masonry has yielded
to the orumbling influences of time, but
these are exceptions.
At the base of this terraced mountain
is a mighty rock. which has the appear
ance Of having been hewn out Of a solid
rock, and weighs one hundred tons or
more. It is placed at the mouth of
what appears to be the entrance to this
terraced mountain. Here another query
is suggested. Does this door to the
mountain open the way to mineral
treasure or to the shrine of ancient re-
ligious devotees? Again, does the ter
raced road which coils its way to the
mountain lead to the shrine of the an
cient vestal virgin who kept eternal
watch on the sacred fire which was
never suffered to die?
One thing is certain, there is wide
field for those near at home who wander
far into Egypt and Persia to study the
mysteries of the hidden past.-Tucson
Star.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
AeouT THE RUSSIAN.
His Good ana Had Qualities and His Re-
| +. gard for Religion. s=e--.--.- =:

His Good ana Had Qualities and His Re-
Is gard for Religion. ::
The Russ can not fairly be termed
merchant but his good qualities show
themselves in his uncomplaining way
of continuously toiling during very long
hours, on the poorest of fare, and with
. minimum Of sleep. All night long
some occupations seem to be going on,
and 60 to bed as late as you will and
rise as early as you choose, your servant
is always at hand, willing and obliging
to the last He is not bright or very
quick, but show him how to do thing,
and let him once grasp the manner Of
operation, and he will produce work
evincing skill and cleanliness OF manip.
ulation. He is an excellent carpenter and
cabinet-maker, and he would shudder
at the badly-fnished gaping joints Of
the woodwork in our houses; indeed, II
he were guilty Of 1.-THE OF the bad
work which our carpenters continually
put into our houses, Russian dwellings
would be untenable in winter. He
makes capital soldier, obeying his Or
ders to the letter, without thought
about himself, and frequently with q
love for his superior which would make
him 60 through fire and water for him.
As farmer or peasant he is frugal ex-
cept when he inclines to rodkt tolls I'M
ceasingly, and perhaps his only fault il
that he continues to do certain things
in = certain manner because his fathers
did the same for hundreds Of years be-
fore his timo. His piety, in outward OBJ
servances at least, is extraordinary; not
even Spaniard would have the slight
est chance with him. There are about
three hundred and fifty cathedrals,
churches, or chapels in Moscow, or, il
shrines arc included, about eight hun.
dred places of worship A pious man
crosses himself three times when passing
one of these. In every room of house
or Office there hangs holy picture,
generally with small lamp burning
before it, and on entering the room the
sign of the cross should be made. At
the Saviour's Gate in Moscow, opposite
St. Basilius' Church, every passer, with
out exception of creed or nationality,
must 60 through bareheaded. A sacred
amulet is Worn to preserve the wearer
from harm of all kinds. Every one has
his name or saints day in the calendar,
which is made of greater Importance
than the natal day.-Yankee Blade.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

get What'll keep You comtorta0lA.
Mind, do5as I say; don't ask questions;
don't chin; you'll give yourself away
II don't half understand you," said
the widow; ''you hev such curious ex-
pressions kinder, but Cousin Jedediah
offers much for two acres Of stones and
house. like this he's goin' crazy"
'Mebbe he's seen Q ghost" said ST.
mon, ''but3you mind me- ia Il r =
He was of. Not too soon, for the
wheels Of Jedediah Twombley's wagon
ratified down the road tho next mo-
ment and Jedediah stood at the door in
the place Of his servant. .
''What you said kind O. teched me
yesterday, Samanthy," he said, '''and
I've been thinking. What you want Is
rest. Sell your place and 90 board in
the village. I'll buy it. 1t amt worth
much, but what'll you take?"
The widow looked at him. 1t was not
benevolence that shone in his eyes, but
greed.
"Well," she said, cautiously; some OF
the same blood ran in her veins, and
she could bargain also "Well, whatll
you give?"
Five hundred dollars!' said the rich
man. "Eh?"
Samanthy shook her head.
"Eight!'
"Lor' no." said Samanthy.
IA thousand"y9 %rs. ..
Samanthy turned pale, but shook he1
head.
1.-Two thousand" said Jedediah.
II reckon you're calculating I'm half
witted, said Samanthy.
''She knows about the gold, said jed
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
BETTER THAN GOLD,

How . Ga min of Twelve Consoled .
Youngster of Six or Seven.
It was in Essex street the other day
that q gamin OF twelve found young
ster of six or seven years crying on the
curbstone, and when he asked what was
the matter the latter replied:
IL lost cent?"
"Lost q cent Ell! Well, that's bad.
Hev ye hunted all over?"
"Y-yes"
"I'd give ye cent if L had one, but
I'm broke. hain't got no gum, fish
hooks. marbles or string, either"
The youngster began weeping sfresh.
''Say, I'll promise to take ye to the
museum next year."
Tho tears increased.
I'm come around here with IN apple
Tomorrow" ~
Louder bowls.
49,, Say, I've got i'll II yen stop crying
1ll-1ll let ye lick me-"
''You are too big" sobbed the other.
mo, Ihain't I'm bigger'n you, but
hain't got no grit Any boy kin lick
me. Come now 49,. .s..-
MAY lick you?'' 81. "a .-s
J. Yes Now, I'll get down on my stom-
aoh, and you jist pile on me and hamme,
till holler."
!, He took position, the little one piled
on and pounded him about the shoul.
ders till he cried enough And when
they got up the small boy was radiant
and excited, and exclaimed: So ..
81 Didn't make you holler, thought
Now I'll 60 homo and lick my two sis
) tersl'-N. Y. Sun.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

ments precious to a geologist had been
carefully stored. The desk and book.
case Aunt Samanthy regarded with rev.
erence. The case she did not under
stand. Bits of stone, bits of ore; she
emptied them all into her apron, and
dumped them with other odds and ends
out of the window upon flower bed
that had not been dug up that year.
Aunt Samanthy had no heart for gar
dening. Things had gone very wrong
with her, and the death of her old
boarder, returned California miner,
who had made and lost several fortunes,
had put the finishing touch to her woes.
His room it was that she was now put
ting to rights; knowing that she should
never see the old white head and kindly
smile again.
II felt it more than any thing else,
after losing poor Peter,'' she sighed, as a
tear rolled down her cheek. HE was
always so kind to me-"
As she spoke, there came a heavy
step Oh the porch, and. looking out OF
the window, She saw her cousin, Jede-
diah Twombley, standing there. Jede-
diah was rich man, lately made richer
by an inheritance from his grandfather,
who had lived to be one hundred and
five years old, and died leaving all to
his wealthy grandson and nothing to
his extremely poor granddaughter. 1t
was natural that the thought should
sting the widow as she looked at him.
''Morning!' said Jedediah. "Morn-
ing, Cousin Samanthy. l stepped up to
get the shade. feel the sun consider
ably, and my horse has lost shoe, and
I've sent Simon to get it fixed; thought
I'd light here and see how you got on. -
Il don't get on at all, Jedediah,' -
said Samantby. "Not as l should If
Grandpa Twomb 1ey had left me suthin',
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

diah to himself; ''or-yes, some one
else knows and has made an offer"
The miser and the gambler some.
times mingle in ono man. They had in
Jedediah Twombley.
Fifteen thousand dollars!' he cried,
hurriedly. "You can live comfortably
on that, eh?"
"Grandfather's ghost has appeared II
thought Samanthy.
WELL" she said, If you'll drive
over to the lawyers, and pay me now,
I'll do it,"
Ten minutes after this the two were
seated side by side in tho wagon. 1--we
hours more Samanthy was, in her own
opinion, rich wo nan, with no fear OF
suffering before her, and no more need
to toll for her bread. She was to leave
the cottage that day, and bewildered by
her sudden prosperity, she was packing
her few poor possessions, when again.
as in the dawn, Simon stood at he1
door.
"Sold it?" he asked.
EYES," said the widow, breathlessly;
''for fifteen thousand dollars. reckon
grandpa appeared to him."
Simon put his hand in his pocket and
drew out a bunch of something.
whats that?" he asked.
The widow looked at what he held
toward her.
Its bit OF rubbish I threw out Of
that case there" she said.
Its gold ore," said Simon. "Your
| Californy boarder had a lot of specimens
Of it in that case; he often showed 'em
to me. was a miner once. took an
interest in 'em. You throwed 'em into
the radish bed; dug 'em up out of it.
/ jest showed them to Mr.. Twombley.
His idee has always been that there's
gold in these mounttnga He thinks
there's gold on your place."
"And he ,oanted to give me five hun.
dred dollars!' said the widow.
cts all right for you, and l didn't
tell no lies," said Simon. II did dig up
them specimens in the radish bed"
The widow lives at ease in the village
now, and keeps her own counsel; and
there's big hole with o windlass near
it, where her home once stood. People
call it 'T~ ombley's Folly" but Jede-
diah Twombley intended it for gold
mine, and spent little fortune also in
working it several years.-Asa T. Ferry,
in n. Y. Ledger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
VERY CLEVER WRENs,
A Pair Of Them Euchro Two BluobIrdD
Out OF Nesting Place.

A Pair Of Them Euchre Two BluebIrdD
Out OF . Nesting Place.
On Farmer Harvey M. Van Sickle's
place, in Silver Lake township, two
story stone milk-house has been stand
ing for more than fifty years. When
the masons built 1t they knocked the
mouth from an old earthen Jug and
cemented the jug into the solid wall
toward the peak. leaving the open end
on the outside Of. the wall. The kind.
hearted workmen put the jug there for
purpose, and every summer since then
wrens have nested in it. .s -s,e.
This season pair Of bluebtrds got
there . few hours before the wrens did,
took possession OF the jug without any
ceremony, and began to carry bits of
straw and dried grass into it at
intervals Of fifteen or twenty
minutes. Toward noon pair OF
wrens fitted into tho yard and
sailed around the milk-houso two or
three times. Then thcy made dive
for the opening in the old Jug, darted
into it, and soon flow out, squalling
spitefully. The reason why they did
this was because they had found ono of
the blue'birds fixing thing up inside.
The surprised blue-bird sailed out in
the wrens' wake, and then foathered
warfare was begun that lasted for two
hours. Finding stranger in home
that had been occupied by wrens for
half century, made the little wrens
mad all over. They pitched into the
blue.bird and tried to drive it away,
giving vent to angry pipes and squalls
as they fought For time the blue
bird gave battle to the little birds. but
the two were more than match for it.
and it retired to tree. While it was
perched there, the wrens few into the
jug and started TO drag out the straw
and stuff the blue. birds had carried in.
The wrens were busy cleaning out the
jug when the bluebird on the tree was
joined by its mate. All at once they
took bee line for the Jug. They
darted into it like fash, and in SEQ
ond the wrens came out as though they
had been fired. They hadn't been
cowed down by the large birds by a
long sight, for they Immediately turned,
darted into the jug, and drove the blue
birds out Then the four feathered
combatants had it back and forth
among the trees for half an hour,
neither party entering the jug while
the battle lasted.
Finally they stopped lighting, and
each side began to carry things into the
jug. The wrens made two trips while
the bluebirds were making one, and
late in the afternoon the wrens had
filled the hole so full Of twigs that the
bluebirds couldn't get in. There was
room for the wrens to 60 in and out,
and they held the fort against their
bigger foes, who made several attempts
to tear the barrier of twigs away, but
without success. Toward shutdown the
bluebirds sailed away and never came
back, and the wrens have had posses
sion of the old Jug ever since.-Scran'
ton (Pa.) Cor. N. Y. Sun.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

II DON'T GET ON AT ALL, JEDEDIAH."
rs / always reckoned he would; and
now my poor old boarder has gone, I've
got to that pass I've had to sell the
cow II II. %s.s.....s.fss. =
.Too bad!'' said Jedediah: well,
come and get pan OF milk any time. !"
.Two miles there and back; thank
yep' said the widow. Do you know i
I was you, Jedediah, what I'd do? I'd
say, Cousin Samanthy, I'm rich and You you
are poor. I'll give you 2 little slice :, @
tie Biz IN grandpa left me- That's
vonr CHRISTIAN duty, seem grandpa was
hundred and five, and weak-minded
when he died. He'd hey done # him
self ten years ago, and you know !a + !. Z ],
..Pshawl, laughed Jedediah. But
you're woman; that's your excuse ZOE
talkin, asiotic I'm not mean MAJ 1'..
III give you Ave dollars down, saman'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
Ouk COUNTRY.

Ioe following poem, by Mr.. John q. Whittier,
was read ut Hawthorne,s old home in Concord.
81 reception givea by Mr.. and Mrs D. Lothrou
IN honor OF Mrs. Jt.hn A, Logan. Mr. whittier
was obliged to decline an invitation to the re.
ception, and his letter Of regret was accompan.
led by this poem, written for the occasion,
Our thought of thee is glad with hone,
Dear country Of our love and PRAYERS:
Thy way is down no fatal slope,
But up to freer sun and airs
Tried as by furnace fires, and vet
BY Gods grace only stronger made:
In future tasks before thee set >
Thou shalt not lack the old.time aid.
The fathers sleep, but men remain
AS true and wise and brave as they;
Why count the loss without the gain:
!, The best Is that We have to-day.
No lack was in thy primal stock, -,..
! No weakling founders builded here;
There were the men OF Plymouth Rock,
! The Puritan and Cavalier;
And they whose firm endurance gained
The freedom of the souls Of men,
whose hands unstalned in peace maintained
The swordless commonwealth OF Penn.
And time shall be the power Of oil
To do the work that duty bids;
And make the peoples Council Hall
AS lasting as the Pyramids.
Thy lesson all the world shall learn,
The nations ut thy feet shall sit;
Earth's furthest mountain tops shall burn
With watch fires from thine own uput.
Great, without seeking to be great
By fraud or conquest-rich in gold
But richer in the large estate
OF virtue which thy children hold.
With peace that comes OF purity,
And strength to simple justice due,
So owns our loyal dream OF thee,
God Of our fathers! make it true.
Oh, land Of lands! to thee We give
Our love, our trust, our service free;
For thee thy sons shall nobly live,
And at thy need shall die for thee,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
Cleaning Files by electricity.

The file manufacturers are not dis.
posed to regard with much complacency
the recent application Of electricity to
the cleaning of files, oy which process
the tools are made virtually as good as
new. After being cleaned and wetted,
the files are dipped between two car.
bons into acidified water, and the cir
cult of an electric current is established
by means Of q piece Of motal upon
which the file rests ,, The water Is de-
composed by the current, the oxygen
acting upon the cuttings of the flle,
while the hydrogen bubbles settle in
the teeth and protect them against the
action of the calculated water. The
file is then brushed to remove the
oxide Of iron, and Immersed in An aka
line bath to remove all trace Of the
acid, and the process is complete
Commercial Advertiser.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

Mrs. Sharp What is the mates
with Mrs. Portly? She has always been
SO aristocratic and dignified, and they
say she is getting very PECULIAR Mrs.
Keen-!"Yes, I hear she walks in her
sleep.p Mrs. Sharp'"Walls in her
sleep? Oh, Ro, my dear Mrs. Keen.
She might drive IN her sleep, but She
has too much regard for appearances I .
walk -America, 81 !.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
CHANGED THEIR MINDS.
Indians Who Used to Take White Men for
~. Good Gentt.


The petition of the Wintu and Yana
Indians, which has been submitted to
the President through the interposition
of Congressman Greenhalge, contains
the following touching passages:
1--WE thought the white men were the
Yapaitu, the ancient people, the spirits
of our religion who lived in this world
before the Wintu came into it. Some
of these Yapaitu were turned into the
animals, birds, plants, rocks that are in
the world now, and the rest went far
away beyond the edge of the world,
where they have lived happily.
1--WE thought that the white men
were the Yapaitu who had come back;
we called them Yapaitu, and call them
by that name yet from habit, though
we have learned to our cost that they
are different people.
believing the new people to be va
paitu, we said to ourselves at first:
There will be better life now, more
justice and happiness in the world
"But as soon as the new people were
numerous and strong they took our
women, our children. took our land,
killed our men. When our people saw
they had to do not with Yapaitu, but
with mon who had no respect for US,
they wished to band together and defend
their wives, children and land.
1--WE agreed to leave the whites in
us in this land which we held to be ours,
since it belonged to our fathers, and, in
justice, it is ours yet for no man has
bought it from US.
I'VE had to leave in silence and 90 to
another place with tears in our Dyes,
and we had to think in our heart itmust
be that Washington told the white
people when you 60 to California kick
the Wintu, swear at the Wintu, drive
the Wintu from their land, kill the
Wintu.
''When we went to second place and
put up houses, we lived there awhile,
then another white man came and said:
Clear out of here, you Diggers; this is
my land;' and after that we were driven
from place to place, till now in this land
of ours there Is no place so barren that
we can hold it.
''From the time that white men began
to take our country they killed q great
number of us,iin one place50, in another
20. in another 100, and even 200. !, 1
If one Of us at this time stands at q
fence and looks into q field, man cries
out: What are you looking at, you In.
dian? Be of. Don't hang around here.
II our women 60 to gather aoorns q
white man drives them away, saying:
Those are my scorns; don't you take
those soorns; I want them for my hogs
''The Yana were A000 in number at
the lowest calculation. This people,
who were perfectly innocent, who did no
harm to the whites, were massacred in
1884 50 that Of the 1000 there remains
to-day but "a '%@z> : sS.<@ "a ga, 81
1.-THE destruction Of the Yana was
wrought by two bands of men who
bound themselves by oath to spare
neither age nor sex, and the kept their
oath. They slaughtered little children,
they spared neither youth nor middle
age, nor the most advanced decrepitude.
When they had finished their work the
Yana land was clear, and not one person
Of the race, SO far as they kr-w, was
left alive Boston Globe.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17
TWOMBLEY'S FOLLY.
A Turning Point in tho Life of His
Cousin Samanthy.

lDOW APPLE
by, called Aunt
Samanthy b y
her neighbors,
was tidying up
a room which
had been fur
nished or a
sleeping room,
and had in it
also a desk, a
bookcase and
a little row of
draw ors. in
which frap-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-09-17

-''That horse I sold to Brown died on
his hands. " Mercy! how disagreeablel
land what large hands!' '-Hsrpsr's
Bazaar.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-26
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue of deed Of trust executed
to me as trustee from Mrs. Nj. L..
Martin and J. Il. Martin, her husband,
dated January Goth, 1888, AMI of
record in the clerks Office of the
Hastings court for the city of Roam
oke, Va, in deed book II, page 293,
to secure to Jacob w. NJ Keeling the
payment of the sum of $3.50. payable
in 3. G., o, 10, IS, IS, q, "a and 81
months FROM the Goth day of January,
1888. with int rest on each payment
until paid, and each payment being
in the sum of $50 each.
And. whereas, default having been
made in the two last mentioned pay
ments. at the request of the beneticl-
ary. the undersigned, as trustee, will
sell to the highest bidder at public
auction in front of the premises, on
Tuesday, the 9th day of September,
1890. at 5 D. M, that certain lot or
parcel of land, together with the i'm
provements thereon, lying and being
in the city of Roanoke, Va. bounded
and described as follows, to wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
of Rutherford and Brooke streets,
thence with the latter s. % w l3ofett
to a point: thence n. $50 w. 1164 'eet to
Commonwealth avenue; thence with
the latter N. 40 E. 17S feet to Ruther-
ford street; thence with the latter 5.
$50 E. s feet to the place of beginning.
Terms, cash as % the sum OF 1922 81
and cost of this sale and the residue
on such terms as will be made known
on the day Of sale.
ans TO sept9 Trustee.