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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
Mcbride the Grocer

We acknowledge the receipt of the
annual catalogue of the State University
this week, and it may be of interest to
know that Mower County students may
De found IN nearly every department.
These are reported from our county: In
the Junior class, library course, Joseph
Jorgens and Homer Pierson of Grand
Meadow. In the sophomore class, liter.
airy course, Edward Phoenix of LIE Roy.
In the Freshman class, classical course,
Lou Francis Whortor of Austin, In
the sub-freshman class, SPECIAL course,
Minnie Crimes of High Forest. In the
junior class. school of agriculture, Burt
Galloway, of Austin, and in the gradual
ing class, Wilson Higbie of Grand
Meadow and Carroll Payne of Dexter.
Law students, jnnlor class, Martin Da-
wilson, Austin, George Harden and
Henry Knight of LIE Roy. IN Freshman
class Homeopathic medicine, and surgery
Tory Prestegor of Austin.
The ambitious operator of the Dem
ocrat- Evening Herald outfit, when be
presumes to publish statements and re-
ports rejecting upon the private life and
standing of one of our fellow citizens,
ought, in all fairness and decency, to
dSCcItdlu tuc LIutu, anu Lucu COuuQe MN
self within the reasonable bounds thereof
His extravagant article in last Saturday.
Herald with reference to Dr. Macdonald.
shows his thirst for sensation The facts
in regard to the matter are that Dr. Mac
donald's trip to Rochester. and his pres
ence there as a patient in the hospital
for inebriates, were both at the Doctor s
own suggestion. and in pursuance of his
own wish. 1t is true that the morphine
habit has strong hold upon HIM, and
his own efforts to give up its use proved
to be in vain. Therefore the Doctor
opened correspondence with the super
intendent Of the hospital in regard to
treatment, and upon the advice of the
superintendent, he decided to enter the
hospital as regular patient. and he pro.
poses to stay there long enough to re
ceive permanent cure. We admire the
doctors courage and determination in
this matter, and feel sure that the very
best results will be reached by the course
upon which he has entered.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
DIR. HUDSON

Has positively resumed his practice of dem
tistry from the above date. Office in
Richards block, north of court house, where
he vii be pleased to see all wanting work in
his line. Office hours from S u. m. to o. m.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
AL parties having business with G.
A. Mitchell should call on Judge Allen,

A. Mitchell should call on Judge Allen,
agent. ..,s ~ II .,,.s
For the Fourth Of July, excursion
tickets will be sold rs follows: To any
point to which local one way fares are
supplied, sell July 5 and 4, good to re-
turn until July l. Rate, one regular first
class fare for the round trip. c. H. Cole
man, agent G., N. s st. P. Ry. "
Every tissue Of the body, every bone,
muscle and organ, is made stronger and
more healthful by Hoods Sarsaparllla.
Some of the herbs in Halls Hair Re
newer, that wonderful preparation for
restoring the color and thlckening the
growth of the hair, grow plentifully in
New England.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Baird celebrate
their thirty fifth wedding anniversary to-
night Their children are all at home for
the occasion; Ed, with his wife and little
daughter, arrived yesterday from Grace.
vile.
MIR. Lashbrook received telegram
Sunday morning announcing the death
ct his mother at Waverly, Ia. G.. E.
Lashhrook started for Wavcrly Sunday
evening and Mrs. c. E. Lashbrook went
Monday.
The old settlers meeting announced
for last Saturday has been postponed to
July (. On account of the heavy rains
Saturday 1t was impossible to have any
meeting. The program as announced
will be carried out on the Fourth.
Wells Advocate: Mrs. W. +. Law
renee of Austin arrived in Wells Monday.
She is visiting with friends in Clayton,
and in a few days will go to South Sioux
City, Neb,. where she will make her
home. She has in that town one son,
A. B. Lawrence. and two daughters Mrs.
Frank Everett and Mrs. Herman Everett.
Mrs. SWAIN who was buried in Le-
mond Ceme,ary, near Owatonna, last
week, was lO1 years old when she died.
She distinctly remembered George Wash
lngton, who was one time entertained at
her fathers house. She was cousin to
General R. E. Lee, the rebel chieftain
and greatly sympathized. and mourned
for the lost cause.
Fresh today:
New Potatoes,
Green Peas,
String Beans,
New Cabbage,
Strawberries,
Bananas,
Oranges.
Lemons
Mcbride the Grocer
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
Chicago, St. Paul 4 Kansas City Railway

Chicago, St. Paul / Kansas City Railway
Is the direct route to CHICAGO, ST.
PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS, DUBUQUE.
ST. JOSEPH and KANSAS CITY.
Connects in Union Depots at St. Paul and
Minneapolis tor all
Dakota, Manitoba and Pacific Coast
Points Connects IN Chicago with ali Lines
East and South,
GOING NORTH.
ST. Paul Accommodation. ....o:4o n m
GOING SOUTH.
Mason City Accommodation. ......--.l 80 p NJ
Austin Local.. ........ o'+~ r. Ill.,
Chicago accommodation arrives At Chicago
at 1o:45 D. NJ. making connections for All east
eru points. 1t also makes connection at
Dodge Center for all points on c. 4 N: ". Ry.
east aud west. and at st. Paul to all Pacific
coast points The Mason City accommodation
makes connections at Lyle for all Ill. Central
points and at Manly junction for Omaha,
Kansas City, St. Louis. and all points south
and west.
~ All Daily.
W. r. BUSENBARK.
Genl Pass. and Ticket Ag't,
Chicago. Ill.
For tickets an6 information apply 10 Arthur
Cole. Agent at Austin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
THE HOTEL EASTMAN
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.

HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
The largest and finest RESORT HOTEL IL
America. with the finest Bath Houses in the
world connected, will open (under manage
ment of 0. 6. BARRON. Of White Mountain
Hotels, for season of 1890. January 18th.
Tickets should be bought via St. Louis and
IF Mountain s. Southern r. Il.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-06-18
TF5
THE

TILE
SPECIAL SALE IN
DRESS GOODS
@y~ " AT
D. p. OLSON & GO.
Was a grand success
and to accommodate
those of our custom
ers that could not
conveniently avail
themselves of the op-
portunity before the
25th,we have decided
to continue the sale
until the 28th and
give you all a chance.
Remember that with
every dress pattern
to the amount of SO or
over we will give you
the Innings complete.
THIS IS AN OFFER
YOU CANNOT AZ
FORD TO MISS IF
YOU ARE GOING
TO BUY A DRESS.
as it is a well known
fact that our stock of
dress goods is the
most complete in the
city and our prices
always the lowest.
We do not boast of
being the oldest firm
in the county, nor can
we boast of being
able to show you
goods that have laid
on the shelves for Is
or 90 years, but we
have this to say, that
we can sell new and
seasonable goods just
as cheap as older
merchants can sell
you their old and
shelf = worn goods.
They have got them
and must get rid of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

The result of this conversation was
that Mr.. Tracy 500 became quite a
frequent guest at IL little home, yet
nothing of any interest occurred. .He
was genial, polite, and apparently very
frank, without a care upon his mind:
I confess that ! almost grew to like
the man. and began to be ashamed OF
nv suspicious. I remarked something
like this to my sister cneday, and then
begged her to tell me what was her
plan to eNtort 4 confession. She only
shook her pretty head to all my plead
ings, but refused to join me in my new
feelings of regard for MI. Tracy.
A few weeks later | was deputed to
invite "Our Murderer," as Rose and l.
called him, to an evening entertain
ment at our house. There was to be
music and tableauX. My part of the
performance. Rose said, was merely TO
sit next to Mr.. Tracy i'll the audience
and prevent him from leaving the
house in any event, for, as Rose sig
niticantly observed. Something might
happen that would flighten him"
Upon the evening OF the entertain
ment the company assembled at about
9 o'clock, MI. Tracy and myself being
assigned seats i'll the rear of the others.
The tablcoux, interspersed with music,
went on successfully for al hour, then
the programme changed and the stage
manager made this announcement:
Ladies and gentlemen, we are ia
vored tonight by having in our midst
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
ssThe Tail of Roberto"

Speaking Of that stereotyped answer
of the bookseller, "We haven't the
book in now, but will send and get it,"
the "Listener" recalls a story. In a GER
tain family every member wrote out a
list of the Christmas presents that he
OF she would like to get, and hung itur
on the chimney-piece, for the guidance
of those who were going to make gifts.
1t was rather convenient and nice all
around. But a young man of the fam
lily conceived the idea of throwing a lit
tie humor into the list of things that he
wanted, and among the other articles
that he put down as desirable Christ
mas present for himself he included
"The tail of Roberto" Now Roberto
was the name Of a cat that lived in the
house, and the young man could not
possibly have the eats tail for a pres
ent, because it was bob-tailed. It was
a fairly good joke, but it happened that
a member of the family, who wasn't
very good TAT photography, took this
entry for the name OF a book, and, hav-
ing a partially for the young man,
started Off on q tour through the book
stores in search of it.
"Have you The Tale of Roberto q
she asked at a very large and entirely
tirst-class store.
The bookseller scratched his head a
moment and made nswer
"No, We haven't it in stock Just now.
but We a send and get it for you!"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

bottle at the end OF it. AS already re
marked, this bottle-mold is m American
invention, and the saving in toe case OF
cheap goods is very great. The bottles
are a%nnoa!ed-a process of reheatin& n
gradual cooling--nnd finished OH ut The
necks. etc, by manipulation at the glory
holes" of smaller furnaces.
In anotherpart of the factory the Wis
itor witnesses the mixing OF carboys, OF
the huge jars employed to hold acids and
liquids in bulk; the final shape i'll this
instance also being given by pressure in a
suitable mold. The carboy, before being
taken to the annealing furnace, is de-
tsched from the b~lowing-rod by a dex-
trous flip on the neck with a stream o!
water, which cuts Off the carhoy as clean
as if a knife or file were used. A sini!Hl
experiences is exhibited by a neighao.in
workman, who, before expanding the
'gathering" of molten glass into a car
boy, examines it critically TO detect flaws
and impurities undiscernible to an ordi-
nary eye. These flaws are picked on
with a hot iron tool, just as a cook would
extract q plum or cherry stone from a
mass of dough.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

the great materializing medium, DIR.
Slayton, recently from London, where
he suffered considerable persecution
for the sake Of his supernatural pow
ers. He has kindly consented to give
us a slight exhibition Of his remarka-
BILE ability to communicate with the
unseen world. He promises, however,
not to frighten anybody who has not a
guilty conscience"
This speech was greeted with laugh
ter and applause, and the introduction
of Dr.. Slayton was generally believed
to be a capital joke, part of the muse
ment Of the evening. But the verita-
BILE Doctor soon appeared upon the
stage, to the surprise of my companion
and myself, who were familiar with his
appearance, he having been II Of our
fellow-voyagers upon the Hateful jour
ney from Europe,
Nothing very terrifying occurred.
Some familiar airs were played by I'M
seen agencies, and bouquets of natural
flowers were bestowed upon some of
the ladies-howers that came from
nowhere, apparently.
Presently Mr.. Tracy and myself
were requested by a messenger to re
pair to the library. We crossed this
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
ELECTRICAL PHOTOGRAPHY,
Edison Has Devised n Proc,
Which Works at Lightning Speed.

W ILAISoA AAb' " 1'fnr--
Which Works AT Lightning Speed. "'
1t seems almost like a fairy tale to ra,,
of the new and wonderful directions ~ y
the fertile brain of the great elect,;u
cal wizard, Thomas A. Edison, is reacbina
out. About a year g MIR. Edison becam.
intensely interested in instantaneous nh
Biography in its possible availability in cav
nection with the phonograph, and at onoa
began an exhaustive series of experiment.
in that direction. The first thing was ~
develop the possibility Of the camera as ~
rapidity of exposure, and experiments wess
made in photographing a bullet passino
through the air with an initial velocity i
5000 feet q second. But to secure a nsr,
feet picture of a bullet moving at this az
traordinary velocity it must apparently IN
at rest and hence the actual time of er'
posure must be brought down to incredibly
ininitessimal limits.
The inventor at once harnessedthe light,
ming to do the work, and before the camera
arranged a series Of vertical wires SO fns
rs to be practically invisible, and SO con.
nected that the breaking of any one Of
them would complete an electrical Circuit
and furnish an illuminating spark for thu
200, UO0th of a second. The slight, imp4r.
ceptible tremor of the room in which the
experiments were conducted, caused by thu
motion of the machinery and dynamo,
was sufficient to destroy the sharpness and
value of the Photographic images. This
was overcome by erecting a special build.
ing for the purpose and placing the camera
on a pier of solid masonry running down
to the primitive rock. Then, and only
then, it was that success attended the e1.
DerimentS.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

There had been great trouble in keep.
ing the singers up to the pitch, and, as
the village shoemaker performed u
the ~violoncello, permission was oh
tanned from the pastor to introduce
this instrument into the gallery to sus
tain the voices. On the first Sunday
that it appeared, no sooner had the
unlucky Crispin drawn his bow across
the strings to give the singers the pitch
for the Venite than Miss Smith, in the
front pew below, turned swiftly around,
the bows on her bonnet trembling with
the agitation which shook her pious
frame, and cried out, in loud tones:
"Stop! stop! take that thing out! I
won't have no fiddle in my church,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
Here Is a Genuine Touch of Pathos.

A lady living on Sixth street. who
has a window full of flowers all in
bloom, answered q ring ct her door bell
the other day to tiud a little girl SILVER
ing on the doorstep.
please, ma'am," said the waif, lifting
her shy, beautiful eyes to the face above
her, will you give me a fower?"
The request was such an unusual one
that the lady hesitated in surprise.
"Just one little flower" pleaded the
child, looking as if she were about to
"Why, Of course, you shall have a
flower, child; come in. You shall have
a pretty red rose" and the good woman
looked for her scissors and stepped 10
the window where the flowers grew.
Before she had cut one a light touch
fell on her arm.
"Not that one, please-not a red one;
that white one. Oh, won't it be Just
bootul," and the little girl pointed to a
candidum unfolding it's lily petals.
"Ihat!" the mistress Of the house
shook her head. 81 cannot cut that
one, child. Why must you have a white
one? Why Won't any flower do?"
ooh, Observation-Disclosures, it's
for poor mamma" and the child burst
into a violent lit OF weeping. Mamma
is dead and 1 ruined away to get her
some flowers"
The next moment she was sobbinp
on the bosom of new friend, and when
she went away she was comforted, and
she carried the precious lily with Other
flowers to the home We're death had
been.-DetToit Tree Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28

safe in walking under the noses of the
horses; the W pedestrian who adj
vonces. turns back, and her stands
still has only himself to thankif he is run
over.
1t is a busy scene, this interior of q
glass factory in full blast. About 100
'nnds, men and boys in nearly equal pro-
portions, are employed. First the oper-
ator sticks the end Of a long iron tube
iuto Il glowing white hole and draws the
instrument forth with a glistening gelatin
ous-looking mass at the end. He rolls
tbs mass actively for a few moments on
n flat slab called a Marvel" from a cor
ruptiou of the French word marbre, mean
in. marble, that substance being former
ly employed in making the slabs. The
marver is placed in a slightly inclined po-
si!ion on a wooden slab. and the rolling
Of tho glass on ths SUFFICE, easy as it
looks, i, quite an art.
While the glass is Still. in the soft,
p.bty condition the oIe.ator blows i,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
o-.;tios 10 make everything secure.

thorities. To make everything secure,
we had exacted a written confession
from him, to be used as evidence in
case he violated the terms of our con-
tract.
When we were alone together again
I tried to induce Rose to explain the
mystery of the ghost, but she would
give me no satisfactory reply. If she
knew it she was resolved to keep her
w secret, and in thinking the matter
over L am forced to the conclusion that
the famous doctor evolved the mani
Hesitation out of "thin air."
Whatever it may have been, the APP
partition was precisely the shadowy
counterpart of the murdered wife.
even to the expression of the wistful.
beautiful eyes.
Truly "there are more things in
heaven and earth than are dreamed Of
in our philosophy"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
Years.

pick theories carried out to practical con-
illusions. Glass-blowing is perhaps the
most striking illustration Of diversity OF
forms obtainable with the minimum OF
tools, Of the emancipation of the strug-
and a long apprenticeship in many
branches. Three hundred years of steady
development in the technical arts have
added little or nothing to the
of the glass bower, and the tools retain
the primitive simplicity of the days OF
Queen Elizabeth and the Venetian artists
in inimitable glass-work, The only I'M.
portant l~abor-saving invention; that OF
bottle molding. is an American device.
Withal, g%lass-blowing as an art has re-
coded rather than advanced within the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
Afraid to Go 10 His Own Room.

David Henderson. Manager Of the
Chicago Opera House, aided and abet-
ted by his Treasurer, Mr.. Prior, o n
Guided to make Mr.. Harry Ballard a
present. Having spent a day in knock
ing about the stores looking for some
thing suitable. they wound up the
search by purchasing all educated par
rot. 1t was taken to Mr.. Billiards.
room while he was absent. and that
same night after his work he retired
Immediately upon reaching his bed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
Anecdotes About Bismarck.

Prince bismarck WaS Oh one occasion
challenged to fight a duel by the Austrian
statesman Count Rechberg. Both were at
the time ambassadors to the German diet
Herr Won Bismarck S%chonhausen) soon
found out that Count Rechberg was hot.
tempered and passionate. but in the main
honorable and good-natured. Count
Rechberg, on his side, cordially disliked
Prussia, and it's astute representative, but
did his best all the same to keep on ami.
cable terms with his colleague. Both Of.
fciallv and socially there was, how.
ever, plenty of friction between the two.
On one occasion things came to such a
pitch that Count Rechberg, entirely losing
his s%elf-control, passionately exclaimed:
Zone of my friends shall wait on you in
the morning." why all this unnecessary
delay?" Herr Won Bismarck coollv replied.
In all probability you have a pair of pis.
tolls handy. Let us settle the matter i'm.
mediately. While you get the things ready
l shall write a report about the whole
transaction, which, in case l am killed, |
request you to forward to Berlin" Both
set about their work. When Bismarck /
had finished he handed the sheet to Count
Rechberg, requesting him to examine it.
Rechberg's passion had In the meantime
given way 10 SOBER reuectlOn. AIter nav
ing perused the report, he said, What you
say is quite correct; but is it really worth
while to fight a duel for such a reason
THAT is exactly. my opinion" was Bis.
marck's answer, and the matter ended.
One day Count Rechberg called on the
Prussian ambassador to show him a dis.
patch from his government instructing the
count to vote with Prussia at the next
meeting of the German diet. Bismarck
read the document and returned it to the
count, saying, This is evidently q mis-
take" Rechberg in his turn looked
at the sheet and changed color. In
stead of the official letter he had by
mistake handed to Bismarck the secret
instructions he had received concurrently,
calling upon him, while openly counte-
nancing Russia, to use his utmost en-
deavor to cause the other German states
to vote against the measure. Here was
Prince Bismarck's opportunity. How he
used it the sequel will show. For q mo-
ment both statesmen looked at one an.
other in silence. Then Bismarck said:
Don't be upset. You have never intended
giving me the letter. Ergo, you never
gave it to me; ergo, I know nothing about
The matter" AS a matter of fact, Bis
marck never reported the letter to Berlin.I
But he gained Count Rechberg's conti-l
aence, in his eyes an important conquest.]
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-28
As sleep wooed him he heard a

roice:
This is a fine time of night for you
to be coming home"
Mr.. Ballard is not accustomed to
hear such talk. There is no occasion
for it. The first thought thatoccurred
to him was that he might have entered
the wrong room. He soon satisfied him
self that he hadnot, and again pillowed
his head for sleep, when:
"What a head you'll have on you to-
morrow!" broke in upon his ears. This
was uncalled for. Mr.. Ballard arose
and looked in his mirror. He examined
his ice-water cooler. Nothing there but
water. He again went to bed.
"Next time you go out you'd better
take me along" was muttered in his
ears, and lie got up again and did what
few men ever do-looked under his bed,
and then i'll the closet. Nothing any
where, and again he went to bed.
"Where did you get that hat" wa
propounded in awful solemnity, andle
sprang from bed, turned up the gas and
threw up the window sash.
He sat there until morning dawned
and then retired. He slept. When he
awoke ii was noon. And glancing up at
the top OF his wardrobe he discovered
the parrot in his cage, with a card hung
on the door, Compliments Of Hendcr-
son and Prior"
He has tried in vain to sell that par
rot, and he can't give it away. He has
sent it to several places, only to have
it returned, and now he walks the
streets at night, IN unhappy man,
afraid to go to his own room.-Chicago
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