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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
LULLABY.
Tread lightly whero my bnby lies,
For she has closed her pretty oyes

Tread lightly whore my bnby lies,
For she has closed her pretty oyes
And falln aslunbcring
6ho seems moro tender thun tho flower
Whose petals fold at sunsets hour;
So still sho lies and scarcely breathos.
Quiet IS little bird that shcnthcs
Its head within its wing
You may 60 search thro' glade or grove,
You'M ind no 0alntter lady.lovo
In ours or ialryland.
And this Is Why her dreams arc sweet,
6no hears tho fairies pattering feet.
And secs them circliug round md round
Al they her resting .plnoo have'iound
Aud by her wondering stand.
Sc, they have huilcd her "fairest fair,"
And crowned her Qneen Of revels there
Where mortals may not tread.
The great, rcd sun hns rolled away,
But dcw0rops bright and glow worms gay
Shine glinamering down tho pearly hull
Where tho merry folk hold carnival
Aud tho fairy feast Is spread.
Now, let us make this roundelay:
"The cynios head Is soonest gray
And u simple hearts prize.
For fairies watch round evory ono
That lives and laughs and lovos the SUM-"
This song well sing her when sho stirs,
But whilo she sleeps sweet dreams DO hor.
Tread lightly whero she lies.
Harold E. Boulton, IN Domorest's Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
AFRlcA'S HIGHEST POINT.

Snow-Capped Mountain Peak Undor an
Equatorial Sun.
When tho scientific world laughed al
the humble missionary Rebmann, who
reported over forty years ago that he
had found q snow-crowned mountain
under the equator, no merely replied:
II was brought up in Switzerland, and
ought to know snow-capped peak when
l see one." That was the first event in
the history of modern discovery in Cen.
trail Africa, and it is only within the
past few weeks that we have had tho de,
tails Of DR.. Hans Meyers final triumph
over Kilima-Njaro, whose snowy Kibe
domo had defeated the efforts of a mum.
Der Of explorers. - s,rer,,. ~.~>-a-g,,.r
Rebmann would have felt repaid for all
the 9ridicule that was showered upon him
If he could have seen DR.. Meyers com
panion, practiced Alpine climber, with
his ice-axe and ropo and snow spectacles
cutting steps up the steep icy slope.
Both climbers paused to rest every ten
minutes, because tho rarity Of tho al,
mado continuous effort impossible. In
these periods of rest they could dimly
see the far-distant plains through the
openings in the clouds below them.
Then, when on their second attempt,
three days after their first effort, they
reached the highest point in Africa,
about 1850 feet above tho sea, they
found themselves on the edge of q great
crater over . mile across and $50 feet
deep, the icy mantle sinking in terraces
from tho edge Of the crater to the floor
while through great gap in the west
wall q mighty glacier about q mile and
q half long swept down tho mountain
side. \ ~. IN
Seen from below, the topo Kibo looks
like q great snow dome, and no one eve.
imagined that an abyssmals crater would
be found there until Meyer stood on Its
edge. london Times. s5@ 6 8. 49,,
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4hey are prepared from the pur.
est materials and put up with the
greatest care by Fleming Bros..
rittsburgh, Pa. Be sure you Get
the genuine. Counterfeits ara
made in St. Louis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
souTH AMERic LAS CHICAGO.
BAhe Fhenomennl Growth and ProRro.. AZ
n tho City Of Duonos Ayrss. -

The Phenomenal Growth and Proxr... q
tho City Of Duenos Ayrss. ..
This Is Chicago reduced to sou their,
latitude. When one goes to the Doua
ana secs the shipping jammed and
wedged In the Riachuelo, no IL remind.
ed OF tho Chicago river. When he e.
turns BY train along the wator's edre
and goes out to. BalRrano, passing two
riverside parks, he recalls again the
metropolis OF tho West, with its rail-.
ways, pleasure grounds and palatial
residences along the lake shore. The
sun rises over . river 90 broad that Il n
Lake Michigan. From that river base
The CITY has shot out north, south and
west over broad and level plain.
doubling Its population within a
decade, and developing an immense
volume Of business. 1t Is tho most
important railway center OF South
America. 1t Is the outlet Tor the arri-
'ultural produce Of continental reaches
Of wheat belt. 1t Is thatchiof saladero.
Or slaughter-house. for tho stock-rais-
ing pampas. 1t commands a fluvial sys.
tenn exceeding In volume tho wafer
she'd OF the Mississippi. Its commerce
has expanded into enormous compass.
The progress OF Buenos Ayres is with
out precedent or parallel in tho history
81 South America. The population was
7S,600 In 1857; 177,sOO In 1860; a0s, 600 in
lsS.@, and 1t Is at least $50, 900 to-day.
Rio dc Janoiro has been distanced In
tho race for supremacy, and ut the end
II another ten or. twenty years Buenos
Ayres may be close behind Philadel-
?hia and Chicago. The development Of
The commerce of tho city has been as
remarkable as the growth of population.
In 1850 the import and export trade OF
tho country, which mainly centers in
his port, amounted to 81, no, 900; in
1870 tho aggregate was $Sl, $50, 600; and
t is now $a2s, 524,o1s. Tho house valua-
lions from $S7, 000, 900 In 1857 increased
20 SAG, 900, 900 in 1884; and in wealth
md resources the city has rapidly risen
rom an inferior position to the fore-
most place in South America. This
'henomenal progress has naturally had
The effect of stimulating the imaei.
A~'~~AA Va oAO tO"us ~ uuS V00 largest
possible ideas of its own importance
md Its manifest destiny. The traveller
abruptly informed that Buenos Ayres
the biggest, handsomest and most
prosperous city in the Southern hemi-
sphere, Melbourne, Sydney, Rio de ia
>eiro, Montevideo and Valparaiso hav-
ng been outriyaled. AS there is no CITY
North America that receives propor-
ionately as many immigrants, he is
warned that the position Of New York
IS the largest center of populat ton on the
American continent is insecure. The
admission is reluctantly made that Mel
bourne, Sydney, and even dospised Rio
AVE each a greater volume of COM
nerce than Buenos Ayres; but that fact
s explained on the theory that the Ar
.entine Republic is country of unde-
7eloped resources, and that twenty years
# additional progress and immigration
will make the city the first in export
md import trade as it is already the
lrst in population of the Southern hem
:sphere.-Buenos Ayros Cor. Y. Y.
Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14

tnem. 4n0 urot thlng that WAS Q0ne "
my eldest relntive was 10 make q colleo-
ton OF oil the guna and snives and pis-
tolls that belonged ostho crowd. These
he locked away in tho tremendous tool.
chest that have spoken OF, and then
tho house Was turned over to tho In.
dams, who got wildly drunk and fought
and raised rows and finally laid down
on tho hard plank floor and slept till
morning. Then their weapons woro
given them and they departed quietly
to their cncampmont. It often struck
mo as curious since thcn that IN armed
crowd, numbering, perhaps, from ono ia
two dozen, would allow an unarmol
man to peacefully gather in thoir
weapons. But they appeared to rocog.
nize tho ACCESSIBILITY Of 1t when they
were sober, and, Of course, when thoy
wore drunk thoy could not got the
weapons.
To show what an Indian can stand,
whom no has to, may toll OF m Incl.
dent which happened during tho winter
I was thoro. Towards evening on q
worry cold winter day, when it was snow,
ing just little and drifting a great
deal, an Indian came to tho log house
with a Jug halt full ofwhisky and with
his riflo. imagine that tho Jug had
been entirely full OF whisky when he
started, and by tho timo he got to the
house no was in rather u Jolly condi
ton. Tho Jug and tho riho were taken
away from ihim, and no was ordered te
get to his wigwan, as quick rs he could
before darkness camo on, He loft, and
was supposed to have gone to tho camp
but carly next morning his sQuaw mp
peared at tho house and said no had no,
como homo that night, and as tho night
was very cold, sho had been anxious
about him. Then the search for the
lost Indian began. Ho was found
in one Of tho sheds near the
barn. under . heap Of drifted snow,
and tho chances arc that tho snow thu,
was above him had helped to save his
lifo. Tho searchers for tho Indian had
gone in differont directions, and it was
his own sQuaw who, with truo Indian
instinct had tracked him out, and she
was alono when she found him. Ap
parently tho Indian was frozen corpse
She tumbled him out Of his snow banA
and pulled of his blankets, and dragged
him down to tho crock, where deo1
holo was cut in tho Ice for tho purpose
Of watering tho cattle. Laying tho In
dian out on tho snow, sho took tho par
that was beside tho icc-holo and, filing
1t repeatedly, dashed pailful after pail
full OF leo water over tho body Of tho In
dian. By tho timo tho other unsuccess
full searchcrs had returned sho had hel
old man thawed out and seated by the
fro wrapped up In blankets. There /.
no question that II he had boon found
By tho others, and had been taken into
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
!ouTWlTTlNa A eRAHM,N. 2
Western Ideas Arc Making Progress
tho Minds Of tho HIndoos,

Western Ideas Arc Making Progrcss In
tho Minds of the Hlndoos.
The Brahmins are the sacred caste of
india, and their sanctity is tho basis of
heir supremacy. This is so powerful
that to refuse Brahmin food is to call
Town punishment from the skies, and to
beat one is to consign the beaten to an
,ternity OF WOO. But Western ideas arc
making progress in the minds of tho
natives, and the following story, con-
iensed from "Tent Life in Tigerland,"
shows that the little leaven is working
n the lump Of Oriental superstition:
There are different kinds of Brahmins
md some Of them lead lazy, vagabond-
.sh life, relying upon tho virtue of their
;aste to secure them food and lodging,
It whatever house they may visit. One
# these oleaginous peripatetic loafers
zane one day to the door of o grain
seller, reputed to be wealthy. With the
.mperiousness of high-caste Hindoo,
The Brahmin demanded some refresh.
nent. The grain-seller had imbibed
English ideas to such an extent that his
mind was made up not to be blackmailed
~ able-bodied but lazy Brahmins.
Other villagers brought food to the
Brahmin, but he refused to accept their
offerings, being determined to break the
spirit of the grain-seller. Ono day
passed, and neither had yielded.
On the second day, the Brahmin, now
very hungry, poured forth his curses
upon the grain-seller's head, muttering
spells, and bringing forth all manner OF
,bjurgations. The grain-seller remained
,bdurate. Then tho Brahmin lacerated
ais arms, for he thought that when the
nan saw the blood of Brahmin drop
ping at his door, he would submit
through fright. The horror-stricken
1eighbors implored him to yield and
AVERT the dire consequences that might
come upon the village. The grain-sellel
was as deaf to their entreaties as to the
,lamor of the lazy beggar. Wa
On the third day, as If to scare the
nan by one horrible deed, the Brahmin
went to the edge of q deep we'll in the
courtyard, and amid the cries of the
assembled VILLAGERS, jumped down
into the gloomy depths. The women
screamed and beat their breasts,
the men tore their hair and garments.
The grain-seller rushed to the we'll,
bent over the; brink, and begged the
Brahmin, whose form he could see
ioating in the water, not to drown him.
,lf.
The Brahmin must have thought that
1t last he had conquered, for his hands
grasped the strong silken girdle which
the grain-seller let down, and suffered
himself to be slowly drawn up. When
the spluttering Brahmin reached the
top Of the we'll, his wrists were grasped
by the grain-seller, and tied together
with the girdle which had served as q
1raw-rope. IT,.
Amid the lamentations Of the shrek.
ing crowd, the grain-seller hauled the
aalf-drowned Brahmin to the nearest
police station, and charged him with
attempting to commit suicide. The
Brahmin was sent to prison, and from
;hat day the pretensions Of the mem:
oers Of the sacred caste we're not needed
n that village Youth 8 Companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14

IT WAS SHOWING JUST A LITTLE.
the house, frozen as he was, he would
have died.
Tho Indians were never troublesome
and mover stolo any thing. For them
tho latchstring always hung out, and
they went in and out Of the house ut all
times Of tho night and day. Sometimes
in the early morning in the cold winter
days wo would find when we got ur
that an Indian had been there and left
a quarter Of venison on tho floor, or per.
haps pair of wild turkeys that no had
shot. They were very undemonstrative
people and seemed to mo always angry
and sullen about something, but in real.
ity they were not They were merely
Indians.-Detroit FREQ Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14

An English literary statistician has
discovered that Of the 562 heroines in
last years novels 81. were blondes and
100 brunettes- B. IS. Il.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
REAL INDIANS.
characteristics of the Rcd Man of
Years AGO.
Luke Sharp Tolls How His Three Bachelor
Friends Sustained Amicablo Rotations
with tho Blbulous Aboriglncs
ThawinC Out rrOzsu Indian.

B UT seven
miles north Of
our village q
number Of my
relatives lived.
When 1t became
evident that tho
resources Of CIV
ilization woro
becoming a lit
tic too mach for
mo / was sent
out there to rus
ticate and to at
tond tho rural
sch ool, which
was o log cabin
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-14
FACTS ABOUT AMBERGRls.

Tho Essential Characteristics Of This Val
uable Marine Phenomenon.
The word ambergris is French, and
signifies gray amber; but by whom OF
when first applied to this marine phe
nomenon we have not been able to dis
cover.
The scientific expla nation of the nat
ure Of ambergris is that it is the prod
uct of some disease in the sperm whale
analogous to gall stones. 1t is found
sometimes in the intestines Of the Great
ure, but more frequently is found, ate,
expulsion, floating on the surface o.
tropical seas. 1t floats in masses which
have spreckled-gray appearance, and
mixed with which are generally found
some remnants Of the known food o:
whales.
The best quality Of ambergris is sof;
and waxy, but it is said not to be uni.
form in color. The streaky or marked
specimens are preferred. 1t is Opaque
and intlammable, remarkably light q.
to specific gravity, as may be under
stood from its always keeping the sur
face, and it is rugged to the touch.
Most Of what comes into the market i!
found near tho Bahama islands, but i
is also found at the Moluccas and Other
parts of the Indian ocean, of q portion
of the coast of South America, ani
sometimes floating on the Atlanti,
ocean.
The essential characteristic OF amber
girls is its powerful and peculiar odor
1t is SO peculiar, that art has never beer
able to initiate it, although the scarcity
and enormous price of ambergris ha
lent every stimulus to invention. It
50 powerful and diffusive that the YER,
minutest quantity is perceptible in tn,
most fragrant perfumes.
The chief component OF ambergris i
a fatty matter called ambrein, which i,
obtained by boiling in alcohol. Thi
ambrein-and there Is said to be abou
e1ghty.f1ve per cent. of it in the hes
ambergris-is whatgives it its value, I
1t 10 in this Ingredient that the perfume
lies. .#.s - ..s....,.......
There Is another popularity ascribei
to ambergris, and that is the power I
exalt tho flavor and perfume Of othe
substances with which it is brought int
combination. Thus, q grain or tw
rubbed down with sugar is often adde'
to hogshead Of wine, giving percer
tible and. what is considered by some
an improved flavor to the whole. An,
= small particle Of ambergris added t.
other perfumes is found to exhalt til,
odor Of the blend. I.
In fact, ambergris is too dear to us,
alone, and It Is sodear that II Is one o
the most adulterated articles known Il
chemists. It Is adulterated by thos
who export Il and in the countries Il
which It is used, Chambers journal
The Bossier banner., 1890-03-06
WspoM,s EMBLEM.
The Struggle for Supremacy Between he
Philosopher and the Owl.

The Struggle for Supremacy Between the
Philosopher and the Owl.
Once upon time the directors OF a
large public building devoted to learn
ing met to decide upon proper emblem
for wisdom, whose statue they. desired
should be upon the topmost spire of the
structure. All manner of created beings
contended for the honor of typifying
wisdom and the strife waxed vehement,
insomuch that the directors were sore
perpiexed. At last the contention was
narrowed down to two, the Philosopher
and the Owl
81 am in the human form divine"
said the Philosopher. ST embody the
knowledge of the ancients and the dis
coveries of the moderns. I can commu-
nicate my knowledge by spoken words
and by written signs. Moreover, I am
a representative of the only race Of
mammals that is endowed with wisdom
tooth. claim to be the best type of
wisdom
81 do not profess to embody all knowl-
edge, hooted the Owl, "but have that
which is better. | possess the art of
concealing my ignorance.
Whereupon the directors unanimously
chose the owl as the better emblem Of
wisdom, and they placed its statue upon
the pinnacle Of their temple of learning,
where 1T may be- seen to this day,--Chi.
Bago Tribune.
The Bossier banner., 1890-03-06

Tor the bar-room, and which was one
OF the amplest rooms in the house, had
been lathed and plastered, and in this
building this acrobatic combination
agreed to give their show. This was
pie for the boys. We knew just exactly
how we could corral that show without
spending cent. In the afternoon of
the day that the show was to be held
we went up stairs in 1.-THE big frame"
There was no stairway, but we boys
climbed as we had often done before, and
we bored some dozen of holes through
the plaster in the ceiling so that we
could lie at our ease on the boards and
look down on the great aggregation as
well as the audience. On the upstairs
Jolsts there was no flooring, but loose
boards here and there, and we arranged
so that we could lie on these rough
boards without making too much noise
so that it would attract attention down
below. Every thing would have worked
well but for one little circumstance.
The joists were about two feet thick
and 1t was very difficult to get the eye
down to the hole in the ragged plaster
SO as to command good view. Some
body was doing perilous acrobatic feat
on tight wire, but the audience were
to see an acrobatic fea5 that was to knock
that silly in about two minutes, al
though none of them knew it. The
tight wire was almost out of the range
OF vision, and one of the boys leaned
over to get better view, and fell head
first down on the frail lath and plaster.
He would have been all right If he
had lain just were he was, for, though
the plaster fell in a shower on the
heads of the people below, the lath held.
But he sprang to his feet, and like
plummet dropped down into the audi
ence, grasping, however, in his fall two
OF the boys nearest him, who also fell
through with him, one, however, grasp
ing a joist, and dangling there for a
minute, above the heads of the paralyzed
spectators, who had now stampeded to
the corner of the room, and finally he
dropped. The rest of US were terror
stricken. We did not know but hang
ing was the penalty for this sort of
thing and we stampeded to get dowE the
fire escape, but the place was al dark
and we ran not wisely but too we'll, and
before five minutes most of the boys had
gone through the ceiling in a new
place and were down in the audience.
Of course, it ought to have broken the
necks of some of US, but you can't hurt
boy, and all of us escaped uninjured.
The wire rope walker had lost his bal
ance and fallen off the wire when the
first boy came through, and the per:
formers stood in their spangles and
tights, looking with amazement as one
after another of the population of the
village came into the room without go
ing past the ticket-taker. Some of the
women had tainted as they recognized
their progeny dropping in upon them
from above in this way, but the prin-
cipal man of the show, who had evil
IDENTIFY been boy himself once, laughed
and said:
'If there are any more up there, l
wish they would come down and I will
give free entrance by the usual way"
Then the plaster was swept up and the
show went on.-Luke Sharp, in Detroit
Free Press.
The Bossier banner., 1890-03-06
IDEAS OF ARABlANs.
What the Sons of the Desert Think OF
Caucasian Travellers.

What the Sons of the Desert Think OF
Caucasian Travellers.
Their general opinion Of an English
traveller is, that he is either lunatic OF
a magician; lunatic, if, on closely
watching his movements, they discover
he pays little attention to things around
him; confirmed lunatic, if he goes out
sketching, and spends his time in spoil
ing good paper with scratches and
hieroglyphics; and magician, when in
QuisitiVe about ruins, and given to pick
Ing up stones and shells, gathering
sticks and leaves of brushes, or buying
up old bits OF .~uoper, iron and silver.
In these cases, he is supposed, by aid Of
his magical powers, to convert stones
and shells into diamonds of immense
price; and the leaves and sticks are
charms, by looking at which he can be-
stow comforts upon his friends, and
snakes and pestilence upon his luckless
enemies. II a traveller pick up a stone
and examine itcarefully, it he viii be sure
to have at his tail a host of malapert
little boys deriding him, though keep
ing at q very respectable distance, in
Difference to his magical powers. Should
he indeed turn round suddenly and pur-
sue them few steps, they fly in an
agony of fear, the very veins in their
naked little legs almost bursting, and
they never stop to look back till they
have got well amongst the crowd again,
where, painting for breath, they recount
to their auditors the dreadful looks that
devil Of Frank gave them, making fire
come out Of his eyes and adders out OF
his mouth.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Bossier banner., 1890-03-06

Thirty-two OF the students were dur
ing the tenth year enrolled in the four
undergraduate classes. Nine were fresh
men, seven we're sophomores, elsven be-
longed to the junior class, and i've
seniors. To the members of the senior.
class certificates were awarded at the
close of the year, certifying that they
had during the previous four years
pursued course Of study equivalent
in amount and quality to that for which
the degree OF Bachelor Of Arts is con
ferred in Harvard College, and had
''passed in satisfactory manner exam
nations in that course corresponding to
the college examinations" At the
same time, on the recommendation OF
the committee of classical instructors OF
Harvard College, certificates were given
to one candidate for final honors IN
classics, and to two candidates for second
year honars in classics, Boston Herald.
The Bossier banner., 1890-03-06
WoMEN AT HARVARD.
What They Have Accomplished Darin
the Past Ten Years.

What They Have Accomplished During
the Past Ten Years.
The first announcement that courses
Of study were to be offered to women bv
professors of Harvard College, says Sec
retary Arthur Gilman in his tenth an
nual report, was made in circular da-
ted February %, 1879, and the first
examinations for admission to the
classes occurred in September of the
same year. The report which is now
presented is, therefore, for the tenth
year of completed work. The first year
began with twenty-five students, who
called for so many courses Of instruction
that they formed twenty-nine classes,
and broughtin its service Immediately
seven professors, four assistant profess
sors and twelve instructors twenty
three teachers. The tenth year finds us
with lis students, distributed into fifty
five classes, and directed BY fourteen
professors, eleven assistant professors
and sixteen instructors forty-one teach
ers in all. From the first year to the
close Of the tenth there has been q con.
tinual growth. -
The following table exhibits the grad-
ual increase in the number OF students
during the first ten years of our opera
tions, and also the income from tuition
fees, and the outlays for Instructions: