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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
POOR PAPA IA DEAD"

tqnestion. His indignantsdeliial would
have had much weight With the consci-
Faentious farmer hadanota Ben, II the Glib
bons' baby asserrte boldly that h. had
seen Jack p'iooling ,round tie desk more
than qnce!nla Ia s=| n 9.s M
I'm the eyes of ID e pr 81 III tssthis p, .of
was conclusive, besides it accounted for
the many petty thefts that, in the last
few month hadT sorely puzzled the
worthy eouple.s 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 tho 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
a poor, friendless orphan he said, as
he took mother Gibbons hi and at par
ting. T 80 49, ssse - .-ssa H.
Going directly to recruiting Office,
he. enlisted in O. 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 eonsumptive tendencies Jack made
a good soldier and came out, OF the
bloody conflict without his fair name
being furnished. il; - a9EI}1 }155IE,i
. Instead of returning to the home that
had sheltered his boyhood, be went
West and settled upon a 9Jclaim,I taking
up his lonely life as rightful heritage.
Not SO kindly did the four years of
warfare deal with the poor old farmers
lads, for when the boys In blue came
marching homA not one Of the stal;
;wart sons who had gone forth to battle
walked in the ranks. George and Ben
had como home in pine collins many
-days1bsfore, swhtlS Dan vassleft sleeping
beneath the bright Southern skies.
{ AfserSJ ack had gone away Hen gained
hfs fathers consent 70 become q 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 oFphan'boy alone intoth world,
F More than / score of years >afterwards
an irresistible desire to look upon the
faces Of the friends Of his youth sent
Jack back to catch glimpse Of the old
familiar walks, It was. on the 80thl .0f
Maythatfhe 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.
=, ,lrod ~, a - III 81 al Oh i'm fhn aaYnfa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

The boy grieved over his uncle's heart
less command, until the kind farmer
and his good wife agreed to give him Z
home among their own noisy boys and
girls.
The neighbors shook their heads
wisely, doubling the wisdom of the
step but when they demonstrated with
Mr.. Gibbons and pointed out the dan.
ger Of trusting TO one Of whose ancestors
hs knew nothing, he replied. II am only
doing for this strange lad what would
wish others to do for my boys, were they
cast friendless upon the world" Z
III We do our duty we can trust con.
sequences with Goo. added tho moth
erly voice Of his wife, who had CHANGED
to overhear the conversation.
The years passed on and Jack became
real farm er's boy-toiling in the fields
in the fruitful season and trnmping
across the woods to school in tho winter.
"Jack Shepherd is . 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 the fall of Fort
Sumter was flashed over the North that
sad April day in 1881, Farmer Gibbons
could scarcely be persuaded that he 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 the 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 the students arc volun-
teering," he wrote.
"Never mind, mother" said the farm
or, at sight of his wife's wet eyes. 1--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:
swat bit and see how times 60. 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 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.
Ahundred dollars that Mr.. Gibbons
had placed in the desk in the room adj
joining his disappeared mysteriously,
and circumstances pointed suspiciously
towards him as the thief Though obe-
dient 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
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!THE VALUE OF LISTS.

An Excellent system Devised by = Pro.
q, 'gress've Housekeeper. .';'i"'N r,
b., 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
ipjuncture: LET every thing be done
decently and In order" ~ 1''1 ~ ., 49,
First, let me speak Of the list. for
meals, which, with the marketing list,
has become with me a daily habit. AS
), soon as convenient after breakfastevery
morning, having made aa'short> inspec.
ton of the larder, and, II necessary,
having consulted the cook, I sit down
N. ~ preppa prepare li A 1 IF the next three
! meals. r. ~ f..f,.4,- -! NJ Il !,
For this ,'a and the /, n, marketing list
keep on hand small blocks OF paper
(21< inches by s Inches I and large
enough), and tear of the lists Is T write
tho b.. ~ The lists for meals ! hang on d
tack in the kitchen, by the aide. OF the
sink whore the cook can consult it, and
thus II she happens. to have, short
memory, need not run to- ask what was
ordered for any meal. Vi For tho mar
kettny list Iconsult the meal list ito see
VIII at will be needed for the next TWEEN
ty-four hours adding TO- these articles
any thing We happen to be out, 81. 'oF
any other errand ! wish to rememb Der,
In this way, BY giving not more than
fifteen minutes care and thought to the
matter each morning. ? T am able to
J dismiss the question tof food from my
mind for the rest Of the day do my
own marketing, taking my list with me.
and starting as early as i conveniently
can every morning, II lIorder that. the
butcher and grocer may deliver my Or.
ders before dinner time. My afternoons
are always free for calling, reading CT
sewing, and9tI have invariably found
that the cook likes the list system, anu
that ! give up the practice for . few.
DAYS she will feel lost without 1t and
ak forlthe s'receipt, Z, as one girl .nvatri-
IDLY called III Cor. Christina st WJrk..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

possesses absolute authority in admin.
aisrstion. The country ltsi governed By
executive DEGREES rather than by con-
stttutional laws, Elections ara carried
III military pressure and menipulations
aoof the civil services 8 II u the custom Of
10 country 70 have ths retirinx gresi.
dent nominate snd slect his spceessor,
The last President secured the election
al 1.-THE present'incNmbentaMhofwas his
brother-in.law. The present executive
10 alleged TO have Get his heart upon
controlling the succession IN the interest
81 one 81 his relatives, who is now !
5 prominent omoial S These vicious prao''
tices are not nctioned BY the eonstitu 8
ton, but the country Is accustomed to
the assumptionFot; absolute executive
power and does not revolt against it
Nominally, the Argentine political sys-
tom is perhaps the best in South Amer
loo, but practically It is thoroughly IN
democratic and needs radical reformar
ton. Cor. n. Y. Tribune. Il
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
oEcoRAT,oh. DAY;

Tho old earth 70 the sunbeams said: Z
"Come, let 10 hasten with the flowers;
Give me-" she breathed, ''your kindling kiss;
Give ms your strength" she prayed ths
.'o.,d,n, ,nyso., ,,s o, u. .-.npp,> !
Cali the azalea sweet as musk,
Cali lilies that from burdened hearts
Their fragrance pour along the dusk.
"A4d call from all my secret cells
The bushes Of the perfect rose,
ForlI would heap my heroes graves -
,--F Full soon With every bud thht biows'f &.
- i wi ri I'll III I i h
The saad THO sunbeams snd the shosvers' I {
-#''1n morning glow, in midnight dew.
Though clothed with grass, though heaped with
Though sntine skies Dstgray 81, hlne.i IL
fYet whileion eschE white marble thsss & -,
6 The sacred letters shine like fame, &C. "
Thesgrave no other garland needs =, =, >''
r Whose headstone bears hero's nsmsr Z Z
y s : -. -Harper's Basaf.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
For the third time little Tommy

~ For. the third time little Tommy
Figs had asked his father what was ,the
cause IS the desert aot Sahara, Finally
the old gentleman laid down his paper
and answered: u reckon It twas formed
when the 1sraelites3 !. lost their sand.
And IL YOU don't quit asking me 80
many questions I'll sec chat yourmothet
s'uts YOU TO bed before Iiget home here.
after. "ie''But pa, how can you see her
put me to bed il she puts me to bed be-
FIRE you get hcme2' And thst question
was Tommy's last-for that evening. ),
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
DOGS AND PICTURES.

Incidents Showing That Animals C.l
SNAKE Out" y Painting.
It has long been a disputed question
whether animals can be made to per
ceive the semblance Of living creature:
in the fat surface of picture, and be
deceived into supposing that the paint
ed representation of an animal is really
living thing. Stories Of such percep
ton in dogs, horses and cats are not
very rare, but few Of them have beer
well authenticated; snd the fnct: ha,
often been observed that tho most in
telligent animals, though they are ex
Iesedingly curious. and often becometex
cited over an timage4in n 2looking-glass
regard pictures, with indifference ';': ssi.
The london! Spectator, however, ~
lates, on the faith Of correspondent, al
incident or two which seem to indicate
sIni certain animals, atleast, an ability K
make outs picture: ,.%,"... ', ,Inn., :
An English painter, the Spectator
sxys, owned a terrier which had very
bad habit 81 chasing sheep, and was
cur ed Of it by dints Of much l,e,.l labor and
care. eff RE Cody Ri IA aas,,.
~;s..'. ~ NJ. Nssa - ss H~Y,,.
tn,~ do.s 49, ~ Ea,ng asi NV u. ~
~ 80 ~ ~
1ean;ne ~ ae s a es,as No. ssss;as1f
~ 10; $3.50. :'s co. I'D -
lighted. for he regarded Tho fact as ,
compliment to his work,sfo And his ter
40. ~: My . d. ~, p.lyuo' 49,, ~
- up' - yI'a y 'l,es,1 "'Ys
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28

Southern prison aud tlsat the two danrh.
tiers 81 the Same hol sohold had died
within q week Of eaah other, leaving
the old folks childless and almost pen.
nilcse. Waiting to hear no more, Jack
hastened to the old farmhouse. and
without making himself known listened
to tho pitiful story Of the old people,
who upon tho morrow would be turned
out Of tho house where al their welded
life had boon spent I'VE gave our
boys all to our country, but now we are
forgotten both by God and man." MUIR
INJURED the old man.
"Father, God never forgets, " said the
good wife, tenderly. Don't you re-
member poor jacks last words Go
will not fopget your kindness to poor
orphan boy?'"
"Ah! but did not send the poor lad
away for crime our own boy com.
mitted9 God is furnishing US Tor this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
THE NATIONS DEAD.

TN&Nx nm 1 N tu0 C1ty,
AQNl EMI BY thousands VI
E0 i&lSj go crowd and come
W. 1Mz.eDs51S0eH1f To the gates of thai
Vs~-- ~ II! strange, mute city
Where xll tho dwellers 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 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 all to their duty,
Asking body, and brain, and heart.
What memories throug as We pause and stan6
Where flowers on these graves are thrown,
While all about us the sunlight streams
And the breath of the May Is blown
From warm, green valleys whose ripened grass
In drifted swathS is mown.
What dreams come to US. j.. . All! far away
Is the martial clang and tread
Far, far, is the sound Of tho 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
MN la thot cod ,Y4 $h0 hSSl( A.
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 smi,esanstead
We dream 81 the solatoFaeraye 5Bgt we
OF the nssa, who were loved andsdear;
OF theunkissed Kisses, thevows snkept.f -
The passionate, +holmesick tear;A s-l4 & -
The human yearning, the whispered prayer
That \ no one but God could hsari -, J.
OF Urea aeepers, with boy1sh .brows, - u
Dew-drenched in the starlit air;
OF blotted letters, and true-love rings,
Andthe pictures Of women fair s. /
Hidden close In those stalwart breasts - 4" :,
With lovers jealous care.
Our hearts bent fast with the boating drum, - ;
Swel1high with the music sstrstn,& 81 e ~
For love, that is over lifes theme Of song,
The sweeter through loss and pain
For Lore, fhstSlasts over strMesandswar, a.
White the years and the ages ~ane:. ~
Bring nowers-for tho worldis ahaoom, !.
Like gSnden grown anel; = TSs +
There are Wiling hands st che tendertoil, "S-''
There are hearts long tried and true,
And flowers enough for tho boys In gray. -
Aswen = the boys IN blue
Tho task Is ended-the twilight falls,
The sounds Of the day decrease; ,u E.,
Yet not with the silence OF shout and song
Can the palms Of our glory cease; S'
We have strewn the breasts OF our noble dead
With the blossoms Of lasting peace.
Madeline S. Bridges, in Lesne's illustrated
Weekly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-05-28
GOD NEVER F0RGETS.
The Story Of One Deoorat Day
and What BROUGHT / 4

NE bright even :
ing among tho
last da Us Of
May ls 1852, there
came to%Fa-mer
Gibbons door,
seeking shelter
for the night, a
con 3 u m ptive.
looking man
and his little
seven year -old
son. The good:
T q r m err ad
newer been
known s:,:'y!. TO turn q
hungry stranger
from the door,
hence the warm
est corner in.
the cOzvkitchan
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN. That
IN the subscriber, Of Anne Arundel
county, has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Anne Arundel county, IN
Maryland. letters Of administration on
the personal estate Of WILLIAM TA1-
LOR, late Of Anne Arundel county. de-
ceased. All persons having claims against
the said deceased, are hereby warned %
exhibit the same, with the vouchers there
Of, 10 the subscriber. on or before the
0TH DAY or sEPTEMBER. 1880.
They may otherwise, by law, be exclud-
Cd from all benefit Of the said estate. al
persons indebted 10 said estate are request
: Ia make immediate payment.
- - ~en under my hand this Ath day q
MakSh WM0 TAYLOR,
&n.. ..usfgEGkt Store lketraloT
fined 10 our special line
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-16


q $50 900 cost1n mil i talked q -
Eaorence. AKA
Russians use American sleighs lined
nitb buffalo robes.
a Chicago working girls ciub tearfes
drsasn.akirg. millinery. cooking. &C.
IL Bsooklyn Il l. against the law &C
charge over $50 Bosd for ns0fSng q
hall n5ie
Chicago terra Gotta workers and The
slone mAsons have worked 6 hours since
1867.
A PhiIade1Ehia father recently paid g.
800 f0f a dolls house for his little year
old daughter.
Nine sewer pipe works near Toronto.
Ohio. have been purchased ~ an English
syndicate
Prominent men and leading clergy
ia New York are aiding the demand for
seafs FOR the girls Ia stores.
The future n the cattle industry IN
Texas has not looked 30 bright - Il does
a. present for several years.
One q cslicago's leading general stores
now works 80 cash girls only s hours
ard has them az school hours
A tig contracting firm IN Pittsl,urg is
bringing negroes from Virginia to take
the T,ace q the Italians il formerly en-
pioyed
Philadelphia 10 population b second
only 10 New York, bat under the recent
action Of her license court she has only
Lib saloons, while View York has 1855
licensed bars.
The frSt negro Land company Of the
South, and probably a the world, has
been organized BY leading coiored men Of
Atlanta The company begins with 100
shares u stock. representing $4,000.
From careful estimates received from
farmers themselves ia every county IN
Kansas the cost Of raising q bushel Of
wheat IN an average crop-l5 bushels 70
the acre-is believed to be - cents.
The New York Bureau Of Labor Sta
tistics estimates that the organization Of
labor IN that State in the past five years
has increased the weekly wages per capita
81 The increased wages thus secured Ia
1850 are estimated az s.. 392 .337.77.
Mrs.. Sarah Williams, Of C0louaa. Mich,
gives this sample Of home industry: The
other morning she made barrel Of soap,
did her family washing. cburned l6
pounds Of butter, put Oh her other dress,
and read the morning paper al before
10 o'clock. And she isn't . very big
woman either.
Never in It's history has the State Of
Texas been 50 prosperous Is now. The
crops for this year have been the best ever
known; bat the greatest advance has been
fn the cotton crop. ConservgA srlmates
plzce its vs1le at So. 000, 600, or So. 000,-
600 above any crop Of previous years.
The total agricultural product viii this
year exceed &13O, 000, 900.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-16

The sailor hat il again fashionable, il,
indeed, IL has ever gone out Of fashion.
o ser a young fair face il Is certainly fas-
clnatfng. Milliners trim il simply with
q roll ~ velvet and fold Of white crepe
for relief: q rosctte Of velvet and quill
thrust through ii, or a plumed arrow
with golden tip Blue straw sailors for
yachting are trimmed with scarf OF
white crepe or Of plaid velvet knotted
hf0h on ton
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-06-16

Over 60 people were forced to leave
their homes yesterday 70 call at their
druggists for q free trial package OF
Lanes Family Medicine. If your blood
is bad, your liver and kidneys ont ~
order, II you are consiipaied and have
headache aud az upsightly complexion,
don't fail 10 call on any druggist today
for free sample Of this grand remedy
The ladies praise II. Everyone likes IT.
Large-sIze package 90 cents.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06

"Hollow'en" is fast becoming a nuisance
especially in some towns, that should be
abated. Reports have come in from several
towns of this county of gangs of young hood.
lums destroying property and otherwise caus'
ing great inconvenience to peaceable citi-
zens. Large mountains of property of a
Heterogeneous co IMPOSITION appeared in the
streets, against doors and even on tops of
small buildings Saturday morning. In a
blooming town few miles east on the Wa
bash business men sat up all night to protect
their goods. In the larger towns this prac-
tice has become wormy chestnut that pro-
duces dry mouldering smoke, and those who
still hold to the boyish and disgusting sport
are quarter of a century behind the times.
Hollow'en is back number.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
Which Will You Pay,

If you pay attention to this advertisement
you will not pay the extra profit others are
making on clothing, mems furnishings and
hats. We don't bulldoze But we do sell CLOTH
ing cheaper than any house in Napoleon. We
save by buying for cash of manufacturers
and by us saving we save our customers at
least 20 per cent. You won't pay 20 per cent.
on the dollar uselessly. Who would You'll
come to us and save money, wont you Re-
member the Place, Eagle Clothing House,
Henry Meyer, proprietor. If
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
Grand Inter State Mass Meeting and
Sabbath Observance Convention.

Calls for grand mass meeting of the
friends of the American Sabbath, in Illinois
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio
and Wisconsin, and for a convention of the
Sabbath Association of Illinois, have been is.
sued by the proper officials. The two to be
had jointly in the First M. E. church, corner
Ozark and Washington streets, Chicago, Nov.
11-l2, 1890. Leading speakers, ministers and
laymen have been secured to discuss the prin-
cipal issues involved and es. ecially the ques-
ton of the Sunday closing of the Worlds
Fair in 1928. Reductions on nearly all the
roads in the above states leading towards
Chicago have been offered. All persons at
tending should secure the usual certificate of
the agent when ticket is purchased. This
will be the most notable Sabbath observance
meeting ever held in this country and should
be largely attended.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-06
OBITUARY.

RKKD.-RhodA Rosetta Reed, daughter Of Marshal
and Ann Reed, born in Henry county, Ohio, Deoem.
Der 2S 1875 died October g. 1890 Of quick oonsump-
tion aged IL years, 10 months and days. One
brother and six sisters are left 10 mourn The os oi
kind sister; nve have already preceded her to the
tue better land. Her funeral took place sc the NJ
Z. Church at Wesley Chapel by the Rev. Colgan, OF
the Cole Cemetery.
How well We remember but q few summers ago
when the flower budded and bOssomed and sent
tneir fragrance TO perfume the bslmy morning Of
May that Rhods's cheeks like the roses then fresh
and promising to bloom tor many summers; but
alss, as the wintry winds blew over the barren
mountains her cheeks, as the roses faded away to
mains rest in hope of glorious resurrection.
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