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Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
M0RBM|EN' NEEDED
CALL FOR ADDITIONAL. vo LUNTEERs
LIKELY TO BE MADE SOON.


Long Oceupation Probable-M.y Be
Years Before United states Troop. Can
Be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Arm Necessary
to Preserve Their Peace and Prosperity.
New YORK, May 24.-A dispatch to
The Tribune from Washington says:
Another call for volunteers is under
serious consideration BY the military
authorities, although 1t may not be is
sued for at least week or two, or at
any rate, until the invasion Of Cuba
has begun and the necessity for addi.
tional troops is clearly demonstrated.
The difficulties of arming and equip.
ping many of the soldiers already mus.
tered into the service are rapidly disap-
pearing, and from the experience
gained in the recent call army officers
are satisfied that more than month
will be consumed in mastering an ad.
ditional 90, 900 men, and that in this
time equipments could be prepared for
that number. The
Unexpected and Extraordinary Drain
on the regular and volunteer forces by
the Philippines expedition, necessitat.
ing at the outset $1,000 men, together
with the prospect that Spain will not
be influenced by European powers to
abandon her futile struggle, but will
wage war until her resources are ex.
hausted, is causing the military au.
thorities considerable anxiety regarding
the sufioienoy Of the armed force of the
government for carrying out the re-
possibilities which have been under.
taken.
The simple task Of freeing Cuba has
been increased through the necessities
arising in the Philippines and through
the probability Of being compelled to
maintain an army of occupation in
Cuba several years. until the war is
beginning to assume tremendous
dimensions. If Porto Rico is added to
the, scales eventually, as the Philip
pines were, the magnitude of American
responsibility will be materially in.
creased, and
CusS0eE A0CEo0D0 VI tno army
will be compulsory. Many public men
are beginning to express the conviction
that the forces Of the United States
will be as difficult to withdraw from
Cuba as those of England have been
from Egypt, although there is no modi-
fication ups to this time of the resolu-
ton to make Cuba a free autonomous
republic. With regard to the Philip.
pines and Porto Rico, however, a dispo.
sition is already manifested to regard
them as fruits OF. victory, and, in view
of the notorious incapacity of their in.
habitants for self.goverument, to; take
permanent possession of them and pro.
vide them with complete colonial es.
tablishments. Eventually they may
become in part self.governinR, but the
strong arm of the United States may
have to be exerted indefinitely to pre-.
serve their peace and prosperity.
Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
Married.
!! DEMO-eILLIMAN. .

Avery pretty wedding took place
at the Episcopal church Ia Blue Earth
City at high noon, Thursday, when
DR.. w. A. Demo was united 10 holy
wedlock to Minnie Elene, oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Sill.
man, Rev. u. H. Gibbs officlating.
After the ceremony the bridal party
was driven to the pleasant home new.
~ furnished for the happy couple
where a dainty collation. was served,
DR.. and Mrs. Demo leftin the after.
noon for short trip to Hokah, the
home Of the groom, Hastings and
Min neapolis and after May 15,, will be
at home in Blue, Earth City to their
many friends.
DR.. w. A. Demo is we'll and favor
ably know by his numerous friends at
Rose Creek and at ElktOn in this
county who wish to join with his
friends at Blue Earth City in wishing
himself and bride unalloyed Joy and
happiness through life.
MA We
Give the Children Drink
called Grain-O. It is delicious, ap.
petlzing, nourishing food drink to
take the place of coffee. Sold by all
grocers and liked by all who have used
it because when properly prepared it
tastes like the finest coffee but is free
from all its injurious properties.
Grain-O aids digestion and strength.
ems the nerves. 1t is not q stimulant
but a health builder, and children, as
we'll as adults, can drink it with great
benefit. Costs about as much as
coffee. Is and Is cents.
Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS, May u.
WHEAT-May closed at sl.56; July,
el.547<! September, 9OX@olc. On Track
No. hard, 1864; No l Northern,
1,64k,
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PHILIPPINE REVENUES.

United States Government WIN Assume
Control at an Early Day.
WASHINGTON. May 24.-Not since
the war began has greater mystery sur.
rounded the movements Of the hostile
fleets. Practically nothing is known
as to the whereabouts Of Sampson,
Sohley and Cervera. Not single
scrap Of news was made public during
the day. The department. may know
the status in the West Indies in detail,
but probably does not. Its general
knowledge is SO carefully guarded that
not even the vaguest of hints reach the
public.
The general impression, in spite Of
this marked lack of definite informa-
tion, is that Cervera is still in the
Caribbean sea and that his chances for
escape are not Of the best. The navy
department will not admit that it ex-
poets early news Of battle, but the
anxiety apparent is proof that tidings
of importance are expected daily, il not
hourly.
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GLADSTONE IS DEAD.

sAo long CoeeeT Oh Engl1ndS Greatest
Statesman Ends Peacefully ut
HAwar1en. :. - sGs%
HAwARDEN. May l9.-William Ewart
Gladstone passed peacefully away at s
O'Clock this morning. About o'clock
quick movements about the corridors
of the castle and glimpses of people
passing hurriedly to and fro before the
lighted windows gave evidence that
tho supreme moment could not be far
of. Naturally, it was impossible to
obtain information, as all those in the
castle were near the death chamber.
Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, May, "a.
WHEAT-Cash. No. hard, Sl59
No. l Northern, s1.59; No. 3 Northern,
s1.46 To Arrive-No. l hard, $L55;
No. Northern, $l.55; May, $l59:
July, $1.55H, September, go.
Mower County transcript., 1898-05-25
Tuesday, May -.

=. Sc
Sir John T. Gilbert, the historian OF
Ireland, is Dead He was born in Dub
lin in 1929.
, Henry s. Foraker. father of Senator
J. B. Foraker of Ohio, died at Hills
boro. O.. aged 50.
At Wheeling, w. Va, Oscar Gard.
ner, the "Omaha Kid, defeated Fred.
die Began Of San Francisco in II
rounds.
Reports from dozen or more coun-
ties in North Texas wheat belt are that
fully one.half the wheat crop has been
destroyed BY the tornado
Four jockeys were injured in the
third race at the fair grounds track at
St. Louis Monday, two Of them, it is
thought being fatally hurt.
General T. s. Clarkson Of Omaha.
past commander Of thu. Ct. A. r. has
been appointed general manager Of the
mississippi exposition.
Two hundred and five members Of
the Illinois naval reserve will be sent
to the gulf coast. Il Is said they vii.
be given q ohanoe to serve with Ad
miral sampson 9 f1eat.
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Chicago Union stock Yards.


CHICAGO, May "a.
HOGS-Market steady, to SO lower.
Sales ranged at $aS5@l.30 for light;
$Al5@4.55 for mixed; A154465 for
heavy; 4.15@4. 80 for rough.
CATTLE-Market quiet but steady.
Sales ranged at $S90@5.l Is for beeves;
S2.5O@4.6O for cows and heifers; $500
4.s5 for Texas steers; $S90@4.s5 for
6bockers and feeders
SHEEP Market strong to 100 higher.
Sales ranged at $3.25@4.6O for natives;
S4.OO@4.55 for Westerns; $4.00@5:90 for
lambs
Receipts: Hogs, $4,000; cattle. $500;
Chicago Grain and Provision.
CHICAGO, May ~
CLOSING PRICES.
81 WHEAT-May, $l.65; July, Sill;
September, S9hc: December, $3.50
CORN-Aay, s47So; July, 35Ns@353ic;
so1.-' OATS : May Ny, aexo; July, Sxo;
September, 2S11c.
PoRK-hay, sla.oo; July. ;ls.l5: Sop
tember. $1a.30.
Austin Markets.
s Wheat--No. 2, Bills; Oats, 24c to 25c :, Flax
Sill: Corn, Sos Timothy 0Gc; Barley, 800 to
$50; Glover 600; Rye. $50.
ooRRHoTED BI M'BRDa, THE aRooER.
Butter, loo TO 15c: Beams, 600 TO $1.s5; Eggs.
So; Potatoes. 800 to 4Oc. -
AUSTIN PACKING Houss HARKnT.
: Cows & she 70 50; Sheep. sxo to sAc Hogs.
Iu1L-Oo1R1OTMD NJ a. II. DAOK11.
3 Hard coal @6.26; Illinois coal. q. .26 iIndi.
csnnel sesl. SO; !eod, PR .esosd: h.ple
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
FOR THE REFERENCE SHELF.

CURIOSITIES OF POPULAR GUS
 TOMS-By William s. Walsh. Phila-
 delphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.
 For sale by J. A. Holman.
 This handsome. and substantial volume should prove valuable addition to every thinking mans library. MT. Walsh has already done good work in his Hand book of Literary Curiosities, and the present book, though covering a wider sphere, Is issued in uniform style. Within the space of more than a thousand pages we have alphabetically arranged infor- nation on the customs, rites and cere- monies of mankind from the earliest times down to this century-end age. All the odds and ends, the flotsam and jet sam of human life which have been over looked by the encyclopedias, have been gathered together and lucidly arranged by Mir. Walsh; the works of all known antiquarian writers have been ransacked, , and even the humorous elements of leg endary lore have not been. overlooked The volume is well printed in type of a clearly legible size, and there are many quaint illustrations copied from medieval woodcuts.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
PLAYING AT WORKING.

THE WORKERS: AN EXPERIMENT
 IN REALITY-BY Walter 4. Wyckoff.
 Charles Scrbner's Sons, New York,
 1897.
 In making his investigations into the actual social conditions of the working classes MT Wyckoff has carried realism to its utmost length. As Greenwood did. years ago, in England when he be came an Amateur Casual so MT. Wye kof. shedding his dignity as graduate of the Princeton University, shouldered his pack and set out to seek his fortune as a humble and obscure laborer
 The change in life conditions was an abrupt one, for NIT. WyCkom vividly tells us how he stepped forth one morning from princely country mansion and tramped pennileSs along the high road to earn his living as best he could. His course lay through the thickly populated New York State, where houses and people are to be found in plenty and openings for casual labor present themselves with much greater frequency than in the sparsely settled West. Consequently. it was with the greatest ease that the courageous investigator passed into the ranks of the great unknown, here chop ping wood for his supper and the right to sleep in a barn, there earning his dinner by moving a garden lawn or mending a broken fence.
 By turns, in the course of his expert ences, the author became a day Iaborer at West Point. a hotel porter, a hired man at an asylum, q farmland and a helper in logging camp. Here he finished his experiences of labOring life in the East but we are promised a second volume dealing in a similar manner with the workers of the West He tells his tale of life in a simple mar T-1 live .l.,--,
 embroidery, and scorning. even in the smallest details. the aid of fiction. And even among the lowest of the workers. the unshlled laborers on a contract job he met with reception which will come as surprise to many who are accus- toned 10 speak scornfully of the horny handed:
 ''I have received the strangest kind ness from the men. the most tactful treatment of me as a novice. They laughed at my strenuous efforts to do what was so much easier to them and they laughed when the boss singled me out for abuse, but never ul-nat1redlv. I thought. And those who made up to me with whom l picked up acquaintance showed the kindest consideration. They never pressed me with embarrassing questions, but fell gracefully into the easy assumption that l was a factory hand or a trader out of a job"
 The only drawback to the value of MT. Wyckons s experiences of the labor market is the delay in their publication. Though he made his working trip through the East in the latter half of 1891, the articles have only recently aD- peared in Scribner's, and the complete narrative is but just offered to the public In book form. The delay is regrettable because many things have changed since MT. Wyckon made his tour and it is to be hoped that his Experiences in the West, where he nearly starved on the streets or Chicago as a member of the unemployed, will be brought up to later date
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
A POEM OF THE YEAR.

THE WOOING OF AIALKATOON-By
 Lew Wallace. New York: Harper &
 Bros. For sale by A. M. Robertson
 Price g 50.
 One of the most handsome of holiday books published this year is entitled "The Wooing of Malkatoon." by the au- thor of Ben Hur." Mir. Lew Wallace's marvellous ability to portray with graphic pen Eastern historical scenes is noticeable in his latest work. The Wooing of Malkatoon" is a poem full of rich Oriental imagery. In fl the author relates how the great Othman loved a beautiful girl, Malkatoon, and how his love for her spurred him into founding the Ottoman empire. The lines contain many beautiful thoughts and are markedly free from sensuousness, the love affair of the two characters being of the most ideal nature.
 The second poem in the book is enti- tied "Commodus." Herein are related the doings of one Maternus, an outlaw who sought to rid Rome of a tyrant Caesar, but perished in the attempt A different feeling pervades this poem. with its clash of arms its meetings in dark German forests and plottings in the i'm perial palaces of Rome The end of the poem is somewhat bloody, but is thor oughly in keeping with the times. and the death of the outlaw is told in pc cHliarly powerful manner.
 Numerous illustrations appear through out the book, which is an elegant piece of workmanship in every respect.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
PHIL MAY, CARICATURIST.

lent ,in,pressicn that he clashes off, his sketches. Sketching, he says, is much more serious work than that- For every. sketch of his which IS pup Iished he makes a dozen studies which never see the light.
 MT. Nav was asked why 1t is that one occasionally finds some of his original drawings on sale, and he re- piled characteristically: That don't know: they must be sketches which l have given to friends and have been sold by them. Terrible thought lsh 1t? But that is the only explanation. It reminds me of the Liberal politician I once heard of
 .sWhat was that?" asked the inter viewer, on the alert for good story
 "Oh. it was the same sort of thing only mere so. It seems this man was an ardent Liberal-no, there IS no po- Iitical bias in this story He got lnto correspondence with MT. Gladstone who gave him some of his works wltn his autograph on the fiy-leaf- Notnlhs remarkable about thati No, but what was the sequel? That man went ana sold those autograph books, and on the proceeds of the sale he went down into the country to vote against the Glad stontan candidate! Cynical sort or pfo- ceeding, wasn't it?"
 MT. May works best when he Is out of London Besides his regular work for Punch and the Graphic, he has an engagement to illustrate an edition de luxe of Dickens works which George Allen is to publish some time during the year. "I am never tired of read ing Dickens,'' he says; T can never find a dull page in his books. l think my favorite is Oliver Twist. ana after that David Copperf1eld.' have been busy looking around for my types, and have met good many or his characters. Wonderful genius TOT characterization! He had the observ- ant faculty as few men ever have it., The illustrations will be quite labor of love, and, therefore, all the more arduous."
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
PRoTESTANTISM CRITICIZED.

THE PROTESTANT FAITH-By Dwight
 Hinckley Olmstead. New York: c. P.
 Putnams Sons.
 In this essay the author sets out his objection to the doctrine of Justification by faith as preached by Martin Luther. It Is a sharp readable criticism of ortho- doxy and episcopacy by a liberal-minded writer, written in an attractive, clear and forcible style. The arguments are powerfully and logically stated and the author subjects the various religious creeds and systems to a rigid analysis, treating them with remarkable impar- tiality and with a degree Of justice rarely met with in the doctrinal and theological discussions of the day. Such little jour neys into the fields of religious contro- versy are of more than ordinary interest and contain lessons which every one can study to advantage.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
A FLYING HONEYMOON.
GLORIA VICTIS-By J. A. Mitchell. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. prio

GLORIA VICTIS-By J. A. Mitchell.
 New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
 Price S1 50
 The author of "Gloria Victis" is the editor of Life, a publication whose oc- casional merit is refreshingly accentuated by its preponderating demerit. The same may truthfully be said of the book in question: it begins wen, but wanders from the path of interest and steadily increases in idiocy after the fourth chapter. The hero, or rather the heroette, is a lad be- gotten of bad parents and who inherits all their objectionable qualities. His mother elopes with a fourth-rate music hall singer, his father fees the country to escape justice. The boy hustles for himself, and in the fifth chapter. at the mature age of Il, becomes highway man and holds up parson with 4S Colts revolver. He also commits mur- der and does other strange things, but, for some reason or other the police never hear of his doing5. Finally he pays court to a fair trapeze artist by beating her black and blue and manages to gain her affections In the last chapter they are seen swinging together on flying trapeze in the full enjoyment of their honeymoon In addition to its general inanity, the story is sloppily written and one wonders how such firm as the Scribners ever published it.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
FOR THE AGRICULTURIST.

THE CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES
 By Edward J. Wickson. San Francisco:
 Pacific Rural Press. Price g.
 Professor Wickson's work will be of in- estimable assistance to those who are interested in vegetable growing in Cali fornia. Strange as it may appear, this Is the first work of its kind ever pub hshed, and as the author has been pre- pairing It for over twenty years it is not likely that any points of value to the farmer have been omitted. The fact is well known that Eastern gardeners have found their own methods fail absolutely when applied to vegetable raising in this State. Climatic conditions are different here, and the soil has to be differently treated before it will yield the best re- suits. These matters are dealt with thoroughly in the present work. Besides devoting chapter to every kind of vege- table known and the best method of rais- ing them, ProfessorWickson also deals with the important questions of irrigation, drainage, fertilization, garden location and arrangement. cultivation, weeds, the planting season and propagation. The completeness of the work is. therefore, self-evident, and 1t will prove of value not only to the vegetable-raiser on large scale but also to the large number of people who cultivate these products for their own consumption
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which are pathetic. some charmingly
STUDIES IN CHARACTER.

OTHER PEOPLES LIVES--By Rosa N:
 Carey. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
 Company. For sale by Joseph A. Hof-
 man. Price S1 p.
 Miss Carey's forte lies in her power to write healthy stories for girls just enter ing upon womanhood. Her new book, "Other Peoples Lives" will appeal, how. ever, not only to the young but to all those who like a clean story told in charming manner. The characters to whom one is introduced in its pages are the inhabitants of the village of Sand1- lands in England. Their joys and sor- rows and daily doings constitute the plot of the book in question, and although the story, taken altogether, Is a sad one, yet everything is made to turn out we'll Tragedies are not confined to great cities, and unhappy people are to be found in the best regulated of the worlds hamlets These facts are accentuated by Miss Carey, who also teaches the lesson that Providence watches over men and women everywhere, and that sooner or later those who are meant for one another will be brought together. even from the ends of the world.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
IN DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.

SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD VIRGINIA-By
 Thomas Nelson Page. New York:
 Charles Scribner's Sons. Price S1 50.
 Little has ever been written concerning the South before the war. We have had to depend chiefly upon plays for instruc- ton on this interesting topic, and the playwrights idea of the South can be summed up in two words-bloodhounds and blackguards. The Southern gentle man is nearly always pictured with a whip in one hand and a cigar in the other, and his fair sister is an under bred little provincial, who falls in love with handsome Federal officer.
 That this libel on the South has been permitted to pass unnOticed and unre- buked for so long is beyond ones com prehension. Mir. Page, however. has at last taken the matter up and has suc- ceeded in giving hls readers a very good idea of how people lived in Virginia in the days when the negro was still a slave. Life in the South to-day is not what it was before the disturbing six ties. The war was responsible for the changes and the work of reconstruction even more so. But after perusing Mir Pages book one gains an insight into what those conditions were, and the knowledge is well worth acquiring. Suffice it to say that he treats of everything connected with Southern life. and that the picture drawn Is a charming one. The volume is profuSely illustrated.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

the receipt of papers a somewhat ftful event and this must be my excuse for the delay in answering your delicate apostrophe to me. That you should in- suit Scott and Thackeray and Dickens with your approval pains me but little, since they will never hear of it; that you are so much cleverer than I am l must modestly accept your word for; that you strain yourself to be facetious and but prove yourself a dunce I must at tribute to your academic degree and a. course of the blighting wit of the com mon-room; that you should attack me with base misrepresentation l set down to some rag of chivalry that still clings to you; that you are of ancient lineage am willing to admit. since your putting into my mouth words and sentiments which are not mine shows you infected with the blood of Ananias; that you should take yourself as a serious judge of art is crime for which it is painful to think you must one day settle between you and your God; but that you should write yourself down an admirer of mine is the ugliest blow that my art has dealt me, and l take this opportunity to pub hcly apologize for it. Believe me, yours in sorrow for your insincerity,
 sfSARAH GRAND"
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
FOR OLD AND YOUNG.

There is a vast amount of interesting reading in the fifty-fourth volume of the Century Magazine, which is now issued in bound form. The book, which is most handsomely got up, contains the numbers of the magazine from May to October of last year. Among the serials which are to be found complete within the covers is Marion Manville Pope's humorous TO- nance, up the Matterhorn in a Boat"
 The young people will be delighted with the two volumes of St. Nicholas, gay in dress of red and gilt. which have also reached us from the Century Co. St Nicholas is acknowledged to be among the best of magazines issued for the use of little folks. and in these volumes the high standard which the publishers have always set is fully maintained. The books include the issues of the magazine from November, 1896. to October. 1897.