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Mower County transcript., 1896-10-07
Saturday, Oct. S.

The Spreckels sugar refinery at Phila-
delphia has shut down for an indefinite
period. Dull trade is the alleged cause.
Thomas Newkirk and Henry Ashcraft
of Middleboro, Ky., fought a duel with
Winchesters on the Long Fork of Shelby
county. They were both suitors of Mary
Dean Both men were killed.
Captain John Hart has been held in
81, 900 bail at Philadelphia on the
charge Of violating the neutrality law
in sending steamer to Cuba loaded
with arms and ammunition.
The monthly treasury statement
shows September receipts to have been
1924, ,584, ,244 and expenditures $26, SIS, ,535,
leaving deficit of 81 ,995, ,29l. Deficit
for three months of fiscal year, $50, ,914,-
129.
Fifteen students and the president of
Concordia college, at Milwaukee, are in
a precarious condition as a result of
eating tainted fish. About 60 students
were made ill, but the others not
seriously.
Mower County transcript., 1896-10-07

Monday, Oct. s.
Actor Alexander Salvini is reported
to be dying.
The National Democrats of South
Dakota have decided not to put up an
electoral ticket.
Walter @. Sanger has accepted chal-
lenge to race in match of five miles
with o. R. Hachenberger, the fast Dem
yer rider.
An immense bed of gold ore, Of which
million tons are said to be "in sight,"
has been located on the west slope Of
Mount Tacoma, near the snow line.
The First National bank of Joseph,
Wallowa county, Or, was robbed Of
$4,000 by three men, one Of whom is
dead another badly wounded, while the
third was pursued by posse.
An effort will be made by the regu-
lar Democratic organization of New
York to keep the National Democrats
from getting on the official ballot, on
account of the similarity of it's name to
its name to the old organization.
Tuesday, Oct. 6.
The First National bank of Mount
Pleasant, Mich has failed.
Kearney and Haines, the Irish Amer
lean suspects, sailed from Rotterdam
for New York Saturday.
The treasury lost $l29,500 in gold
Monday which leaves the true amount
of the reserve 1925, 100, 1896.
After four months recess the United
States supreme court will reconvene on
Monday, the 18th inst, for the October
term.
The mysterious "Johnson" charged
with being the principal in a tobacco
smuggling scheme uncovered in De.
troit in June last, has been arrested.
Secretary Herbert has awarded the
contract for one of the 30.knot torpedo
boats to the Union iron works Of San
Francisco, and the contract for two
smaller BO.knot boats to the Bath. iron
works of Maine. -. <".zHE'.,. - EzsE.: :. !.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

~. "only the minister oald We should
remember 70 save some OF our gifts
for the poor. think poor folks and
heathcn are an awful bother. Esther"
And Len looked up deaantly. as n
ready TO endure all that Esther nigh:
say In answer 10 such a shocking senti-
mcnt. To his great surprise Esther
said quietly. so do l. Lenny: some
times feel about discouraged when l
think what a bother they are"
Lenny's fat hand reached out and
transferred the sixth pile to his
pocket.
There's lots o.. folks taking carr
OF them. too. and giving them money
and things" be said.
yes" said Esther there are people
in the great cities who spend their
whole time looking after these poor
persons. visiting them a. their homes.
begging fuel to keep them from freez-
ing. and food 70 keep them from starv-
ing. getting them into hospitals when
they are sick. and teaching them 10
work. They don't do this for pay. but
Just for the dear l.oid's sake. and they
keep on az work until they are worn
out and die. and then someone else
takes II up. Oh. It Is a dreadful both
or."
Lsnny's hand erept into his pocket
and ingercd the money doubtfully.
And there are people who 80 out In
the new countries. and live In mis-
cradle little cabins. and have scarcely
enough 70 eat or 10 wear. and no money
to buy books. or papers. or Christmas
presents. or 20 send their children 10
school. all became they are trying 70
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25
An ABLE PRAcTIcAL JOKE.
% Created Considerable Excitement In
= University city.

q Created Considerable Excitement In
Univsrsity city.
The Cambridge England Independ-
ent Press retails the story Of the hoax
perpetra,ed upon the civic and uniyer-
sity authorities at Cambridge on the
occasion OF the visit OF the late shah
Of Persia to that country. Il was on
Saturday. June 2s. 1879, at II O'Clock
In the forenoon. that a telegram was
found lying on the hallkeeDors table
in the Guildhall. Il was directed 10
the worshipful the mayor OF Cam
bridge, and was signed by Lieut. Col.
Hamilton and read as follows: His
imperial majesty the shah OF Persia de.
sirea TO visit your university town to-
day en- route for London by special, ar
irving at Cambridge station about if0
o'clock. BE prepared with escort and
reception "a far as time allow" In.
stantly everybody began tumbling over
his fellow. The town clerk was sent
for and messages were dispatched to
the vice chancellor. the members Of the
corporation. the volunteer officers and
the cook OF 81 Peters college kitchen
The vice chancellor hurried on his
robes. the aldermen and councillors ala
ditto, the volunteers donned their uni.
forms and the cook began to boil ana
Try, Nor was the general public be.
midland. Flags were hung out and
crowds gathered in the street DR.
Cookson, the vice chancellor Glrrever.
entity known In those days as Dis.
nhl Jimmy1. made his way To the
station % fast as his dignity. would
permit The mayor Mr., T. II. Naylor
and the corporation followed suit A
guard Of honor aad carriages were In
waiting and soon everybody was Their,
except the shah. Then the news few
around that the railway officials knew
nothing about the special train. ant
after brief delay Il was apparent tina
the whole thing WIS a hoax. The per
petrators Of the hoax were never dis
covered. though two persons we're after
ward freely mentioned In connection
with Il. In the year OF grace 1879 IN
era OF practical jokes was past, bu
had the authors Of tho shah's visit beer
alive In the days Of Theodore Hool
they mishs have lived in literature.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25
ARTIFICIAL RAIN.
How to Make Tempest In a bottle
Unique Experiment.

How TO Make Tempest In a bottle
Unique Experiment.
NJ Errcra. professor at the unlver-
slty OF Brussels. has succeeded and By
a very simple process. IN making arti-
hclal rain. says the New York Herald.
All that he uses Ia bottle OF bohemian
glass. which Is covered with an or
binary porcelain saucer and Is hall
allied with alcohol OF 81 degrees
strength. he heats this bottle IN a bath
Of water until the alcohol. the sides
of the bottle and the saucer are Of an
almost equal temperature. Then he
takes q ont OF The bath, places Il
carefully on a table and observes Il
closely.
he Is rewarded BY an interesting
sight The vapor Of the alcohol soon
dlls the bottle. but The saucer cools rap.
ldly and the vapor being warmer be-
comes condensed as soon as Il comes
IN contact with H. The upper air in
the bottle also quickly becomes OF a
lover temperature and real clouds soon
appear. These speedily become dis
solved Into a multitude Of tiny rain.
drops. which iall thlckly. inst as an
ordinary rain shower The bath OF
water performs the finctlon Of the
sun. the alcohol represents the ocean;
the clear space beneath tho saucer aNay
be comparcd.to the pure sky. which
dominates the Eonlber mass 81 clouds
and the upper air In the bottle. chilled
BY contact with the saucer, plays the
role Of the cold atmospheric currents
which bring about the conformation Of
vapor into clouds. We see Shen, that
the phenomenon faithfully repro.
duced In an its d gals. A ssiil NOR
striking result q 30 obtained BY us
inr a cold sauce qiace Of the warm
one. In .hai ne difference Of
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

A Llee chimney sweep recently
found 4 containing coina worth
$500 d a which he vas cleaning
In a lltnwhon the lady who had
emploStd learned OF the dlscov-
cry Sd / into tears. The money
had n I'd d by her hard work and
Feli-dqnlaiome time ago her son.
who vas a steady youth, left her
house. lo never to return, Hav-
ing fofEt where she hidden
the uionhe had aocuA i'm OF
siealiuE
As umnt BY she had grown con-
sianilt = certain that the charge
she I'D against her boy was well
founde1. sudden discovery that
she lad him a horrible injustice
filled herh bitter rcmorse. She Il
now win the hope that he viii
hear o. hindlcation and return u
her. Neork World.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25
&c THRoNE oF rnunn.n-
IL L. NE slightest Point o. shs w..,...
side n Afrlre.

Il l. NE Hiehsst Pelnt on she ws.l.r.
side Of Afrisp.
Munko Nam LobeA, She throne.
place, az thunder, a. the natives q
Il, the peak Of Kamsruns, a. The whi0a
call IL, Il the highest palat ON the vest-
esn side Of the African sentiment. says
National Review. The hrst view the
voysEsr gsts 81 Il. Who. coming for
weeks along low shores and up the
stagrant rivera friREed with mangroye
swamp is a thing no man can ever for
get. Suddenly. right up cut Of the sea.
the great mountain rises to lis 1870
feet, while close at hand, 10 westward.
towers the lovely island mass Of Fer
nando Pc TO ia io.l90 feet. and. great
a. ia It's FIRST charm. every time yogsee
II Il becomes greater. although Il IL
never the same. Five times Fhavs
been In the beautiful, bay al ks foot
and have never seen Il twife alike.
Sometimes Il is wroathed viii indigo.
oiack tornado clouds. sometiqkea crest
ed with snow. sometimea statdlng out
hard and clear as though madk Of metal
and sometimes softly gorgeous. with
green. gold. purple and pink yapors
tinted by the sunset. There are only
two distinct mountains or peaks &c
this glorious thing that geologlsis hru.
tally call ''an intrusive maas"-Bie
kamerun and Little Kamerun. The
latter. Mungo Nah Eundah. has not
yet been scaled. though Il Ia only 5,S2e
teet One reason for this doubtless
Is that people DESTROYS OF going up
mountains. a rather rare form OF
human being In fever-strlckon. over
worked west Africa. naturally try foi
the big peak: also the little peak ls
mostly sheer cliff and covered with
almost impenetrable bush. Behind tho
kamerun mountain. inland. there are
TWO chains Of mountains. or one chain
detected. bearing the names Of the
humbi ana Onion mountains. These
are little known at present and arr
clearly no relation Of Mungo's. They
are almost a; right angles to Il, and
are, believe, infinitely older In struc-
ture and continuous with the many
named range We know In Kongo Fran
c'ise as the Sierra del Crystal. In a
southwest direction from Kamerun
mountain, out In tho Atlantic. is q
series OF volcanic lsliinds. presumably
belonging TO the same volcanic line
Of activity Principe. 1000 feet; San
Thome, i,si3 feet. and. farther away
still, Ascension. ST. Helena and the
Tristan d'Acunha groups.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25


presslve; the laugh is loud
cheerful: you are iovlal. hai
Gus and charitable; you are "A
lmals and fond OF a iine Aofsl
not as conservative a. you Z
and are liable 10 get into
deals; you are a natural lc'
have plenty OF courage 10
scheme through that you kao
innate; you always have a.
OF good luck that doc
come TO others; yoa may
on the brink OF a md
and Just ready 70 III
something will turn
pull you through an
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25
WHAT A MOTHER THEY ARE.

WHAT A BOTHER THEY ARE
teach the poor people about Jesus. and
keep them from growing as wicked and
lawless as the heather themselves.
What a bother Il must be to give up
everything sof'
Lenny's hand crept into his pocket
and laid about half the money back
upon the plano. but Esther went on as
II she had not seen him.
And then there are the heather:
just think how many men and women
have left their homes and their friends.
and gone away to try to win those poor.
ignorant creatures from worahipping
idols, and numbering their children
and their sick friends. and leaving their
poor old parents TO starve 10 death.
Jus, think. Lenny. Of the fathers and
mothers who have seen their dear chill
dren dying In these unhealthy regions.
or had 10 send them away from them
70 save their llves-of the martyrs that
have given up their own lives. all for
these heather. think they are n
dreadful bother. And when. besides
this. ! remember how much trouble
they have been 10 God. and how much
they have cost Him. I am sure they
must be precious or lie never would
have given His Son 20 save them.
Fer \. We would give all We have, our
money aht pur lives. we never could
give % tnuch AZ God gave-ior them.
snd us. Lenny." Lenny's lips Qulvered
little, but he laid the rest OF the
money down with a bang. as be said.
There. Esther. you needn't talk any
more; that's Gods money In this pile.
and | guess wouldn't DO mean
enough 20 touch H."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

HUIHANUH Of
the absent an
over the land will
be turning home
ward with the
coming Of Christ
~ t. ~ l.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25
Christmas glfts Tor thee.

Christmas gifts Tor thee.
Fair and frocl
Precious things from the heavenly
store
Filling thy caske, more and more:
Oolden love In diylneat chain.
That never can Be untwlned again:
hllte4g carols o. Joy hat swell
Sweetest Of an IN TIE hearl'a lone cen.
II pur belief Il urens. Cur stsrnlss
viz erons
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

lt|4.tf5aeALfI ..---lIlI.l.l '|l..'a 80
h.lEsEc2IEfcv
tItIS>f u. s, 49,
eTIOEA= l@02
f,. 81
II lESI1rlEAEi5.
Sell HoUsANDs Of
= tlf the absent an
leko over the land will
ef be turning home
MYtt,i AZ ward with the
AMV VIZ coming Of Christ
~ ----~iAs M as The
krp Babe OF Bethlehem who
~ =. was born IN a manrer and
= al lived a homeless life upon
4 earth hath se, the solitary
IN families. and given rs homes.
Happy school girls have been eager.
" counting tie days until the holi-
day recess. when they will 60 home,
carrying many dainty Gifts Of their
def handiwOfk TO the loved ones
there. Eager boys from college halls
viii 20 back 70 the lreslde where ana-
ious prayers have risen daily for their
welfare since hrss they went away.
Young men from the marts Of COM
merce and the paths Of trade will put
tho city. with rs manifold teapla-
lions and cares. behind them 70 ind
rest and strength IN the old couniFy
home.
Alddle-ared mm and women win 70
to he hcmts OF their childhood 70
meet again brothers and sisters in fam
ily gatherings. and 20 cheer onee more
with their presence the heiated Pill
GFima who stu larry below. divided
between the children who have gone
before and those who siili meet once
a year around the parental hearth
stone.
What Joy. what memories. what
hoDts The Christmas limo will waken'
Aud to some tho merry season will
brink new panss OF erlefs they
never knew before. Since last Christ.
mas dear old parents have gone home
20 God. and children who used u
gather about them viii not 20 10 the
old homestead thls year. hecsuso "a
much Of the home that was there has
vanished into the heaven. Aged
mother1 will watch for sons who will
come no more ilercayed husbands
VIII walk alone the rounds Of the chill
dron's rooms. trying vainiy 20 b. boil
mother and father IA preparing th'
surprises Tor the little ones on Christ
mas morning And stricken wives vii
DO thcir best 10 keep the little one.
from feeling too kecnly this lrsg Christ
mas since the husband died. that pap
Is dead" Thousands OF little ones vii
know az they have not known beiorl
the losses which the year has brough
them.
Coed iaea and women win thanl
God for the homes behind them, and 70
The good home before: and wayfarlnl
outcasls viii oiop to think Of colder
days gone by. and 20 wonder n some
how they will no. one day find a rest
ing place. And So with an classes. IN
season should be one OF tenderness an
love and thankiulness Rev. W.
Gambler. D. D.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

The81ltost fashion In uncover
lug the hlHs salsNr has reached
Boston las OF NeN orN !
consists Ilting the hat heu 'h'
head ani \ suddenly thrustinN !
straikni before you ~ arm
lcagin broadway no other styl
OF salni Is recognized as COG
iorn. bpE The crowded aud NJ
row sirs of Boston Il Ia nj
diilre'N achievement II H.
uuusna man who aitcm1l. d,
TO not smash his hat, d.
vase Z nutcs IN apologig
ihc neou no we're too ne - sol
Wien ! nutcd the salute
20 ag q gllh such q joN
clieeiif one stands -
cnaaeo z The person i b,o +
him that no has - =
passcl Ills dificult -
awnl q rss.ion like
Ia Hal. neffv Chr
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

nah, ia stop . Lille Morley returned eo..
The - u" ,omms' p Yesterday '''''''a nom
iral a 4 sr,ss IN M IL Buels,.o.
can nlt ~. and Bay "'"' 70 "oust'n yes
capss mann ~ |fhere an,
lne ~ ,,ion Of bpal chm. pc Sc Vices At The Rp,
I'D ohls nr.vslIhg. ~ - "c"ck this hofrs
Of mel -..sn, y VA.
TAs y nsos WY 'ulef with coughs, colds ana
co u seeursl ,S. snpIe when LAXATIVE nnono ur,s.
Aaan avs. u ~ -. VII cure you in one dav ~.
a. tne m oin ~, nS' P'odaee the ringing Ia the h..s
- " ~ ,Ie s,apha'e Of Q,Inine. Pr, ~ 80. =
msns tr 90 sn'. eS Convenient fot taxing "a
Ia PEE 70 cute, or money r.n,sSss
f.t za '''e' Soc' For sale ~ ''"''eos
tobac y 20. N. n James
"a is sam y. Wilson
ai.ol.I AM 3 ]. Fountain
wheH 'iai''sD'up klcre.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-25

OfuCCra. u sc INV UNI Win Au6N
long cavaoots pulled well up over
their kaiui splashed up to their
waists. n their horscs and rushed
10 the IA here their dress uniform
suits had len for safekeeping.
They vefn emerged. however. In
full togsed entered into the pleas.
urca OF t,nce with the hTight-eyed
girls. whny Of them were fragile
az falria worked like peasants foI
their hinl country. These younl
people siay-haired now. but The
Lessons d dehial. industry and fru'
gallty d D they became past mis-
tresses fhave made Of them the
most an self-rellant and tendel
women / ever known-all honol
to thera
SO. b licrvhange Of the course
sizes an a ties Of lie. TO which vi
could nni its comforts and pleas
urcs. n he last Christmas In IN
Confodl ansion.
vtl JEFFERSON DAVIS.
New 4lvorld.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-02-27
A Knocker OF Gold.

At Clifford, in Kent, there was for
merly a palace of the archbishops Of
Canterbury. Wolsey is said to have
held his court there. 1t was but a
small place, and is now farm house,
picturesque enough, and olden, but ex-
hibiting no special signs of prosperity.
The other day, however, this little in
cident happened The farmer sent for
carpenter to do some odd jobs about
the house, and, among other things,
to mend the knocker. The man took
1t off and said, after a close examina-
tion of it, do you know what this
knocker is made OFF" why, brass,
suppose" mo, it is pure gold" And
1t was. Think of the years that that.
rich prize has hung at the mercy Of
every tramp! A parallel case is that
Of the great globes on the pillars Of
the summer palace gates at Peking,
which 9Th" barbarians." both French
and English, concluded to be of some
base metal and left them untouched.
And they, too, were solid gold.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-02-27

showed poetical talent. Mrs Martih e&-
I poets to make literature one of her
studies and will in future devote much
time to this work in which she has ex-
hibited so much genius, thus adding an
other bright light to the many already
claimed by the Old Dominion.
Mrs. Knute Nelson, wife of the sena-
i, tor from Minnesota, is, like her hus-
band, a native of Norway, but came to
this country when she was but years
Of age. The family settled in Dane
county, Minnesota and there 1t is that
she has lived since reaching the United
States. Senator Nelson came from the
northern part Of Norway. When he
was but a child his parents emigrated
to the United States and settled in the
west, finally getting a home in the
same neighborhood as that in which
Miss Jacobson, now Mrs. Nelson, then
lived. And so in the wilds of the new
world these children of the frozen north
met and married.
Mrs. Nelson has only two children,
both of them grown. The young lady is
living at the home at Alexandria Mimi,
and the young man Is in business in
another part of the state. Mrs. Nelson
is quiet lady and cares not at all for
social pleasures, preferring instead the
domestic routine of life in the country
and finding all OF her happiness in the
retirement of a farm. Cities have no
attraction for her, and the only place
that holds her affection is the country
place out in Minnesota. She cares moth
ing for the questions of woman's rights,
would not vote If granted the privilege
and is an earnest advocate of the old
fashioned woman instead of the new
product.
Mrs. Thurston, wife of the senator
from Nebraska, is living at the Arling-
ton, having left her three children,
who are at school at their home in
Omaha. She expects to spend only a
portion of the winter here, but next
season will bring on her family and
take a house. Mrs. Thurston is a
woman of great strength of character
and fine mind, and devoted mother
and loving wife.
Mrs. Baker, wife of the senator from
Kansas, is housekeeping in new house
on @ street. Mrs. Baker dislikes to ap-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-02-27
Presidents and Hnmor.

Washington was the gravest man Of the Who'll,
nation. The tradition Of him is that he wa.
never known to laugh and seldom seen to smile
Boston Herald.
If there is such a tradition in Boston,
it is at variance with lots Of history, and
also with "reminiscences which men who
knew George Washington left behind
them. The Father Of His Country was
not devoid Of humor, and there were oc-
casions when he INDUCED in fun. The
Boston Herald describes him as gravity
embodied" a description which is in.
complete, and which can not be applied
to all the hours of his life He was
among the noblest of mankind, and he
had good share Of virtuous enjoyment.
In running down the line of presidents
from Washington to his more recent sue
cessors, the Boston Herald says:
Andrew Johnson could not recognize
humor when he saw il. "
We need only remark that our Boston
contemporary could not have been ac-
quainted with the North Carolina and
Tennessee tailor who became president
Of the United States.
The Boston Herald remarks further
that President Garfield was man who
chad no taste for fun 1t is certain
that our Boston contemporary never
spent a day, passed an evening or held
a dialogue with General James A. Gar
field. New York Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-02-27

Some Of our clever lawyers are not
clever at all when they are called upon
to give evidence, They can hack and
tear testimony to pieces. but when it
devolves upon themselves to make state
ments from the witness stand they are
not 'in it," Proof of the truth of this
assertion came out at trial a day or
two ago. One of our celebrated lawyers
was called upon to testify. Instead of
giving direct answers to his interrogator
AS he himself would insist ON having
a witness do-his replies, or, rather,
statements, were entirely foreign to the
line of his examination. He was repeat
edly cautioned against this style of Civ
ing testimony, but the warnings might
have been leveled at the statue in the
courtroom for all the results that ac-
crued. Boston Traveller.