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Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

money. So get in early and have your
pick. s~.:'... &
! : COlOred Dress Goods.
25c J Jacquards for %. ............ 15c
Scotch Tweeds and Mixed Suit
ings worth SOC and Csc for. . 421ac
Imported fine Wall Serge, sold for
Poplins, Venetians, Coverts and
Cheviots, sold for 75c and &c.,. SIC
Mixed Suitings in flake, bars, y
! stripes, Venetian and canvass,
sold for 800, 81 and $1.25. .... 79c
Other Suitings in beautiful mix
lures and colors, sold for 81 and
$1.25 for. SOC
All $l.25 pattern goods for. 81 10
All 81 so pattern goods for. -. .$1.33
A mixed Suiting, so inches wide
being sold for l.25 and $1.50. .$1O0
Black Goods.
38 inch Black, Csc quality for .. 19c
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

RECENT HOME OF THE&FLORAL CLUB
LIBRARY. = .. s,~
From the files of the TRANSCRIPT
for October 16, 1901, the following
item is copied: -
,'~ AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The subject of a public library has
been agitated in these columns for
several years, ever since the faithful
lady managers of the Austin Library
Association expressed emphatically
their wishes in the same direction.
Last winter, we commenced the agita-
.tion for an application for aid from
Mr.. Carnagie's library fund. Several
Austin ladies commenced correspond
ence in that direction and on his trip.
to Washington, ID. c., a short time
since L. D. Baird personally interview
ed Mr.. Carnagie's attorney and re-
5ceived assurances that Austin might
have anything up to. 1925, 600 which it
desired for library purposes on meet
ing the conditions laid down. News
was received yesterday that definite
offer of $12, ,O0O has been made to the
city from the CaFnagle fund for public
library purposes on condition Of a
perpetual guarantee OF $1,2OO to be
raised annually for the maintenance
Of such a library and it remains now to
decide whether ou citizens will
bind themselves to- this conditions.
Much credit is due to the ladies and
Others who have been SO persistent in
agitation Of this matter since last
winter f=.5
This was practically the beginning
Of the movement which has culminat-
ed in the beautiful library building
which is now completed and ready for
public dedication. The city council,
in response i TO the unanimous sentis
sment Of our leading citizens gave up
the large and centrally located LOT
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4 Improved Sidewalk Brick.

Ed Barr, proprietor Of the Austin
Brick & Tile w orks. is making superior.
brick especially adapted for sidewalks.
Its advantages are cheapness, neatness
and durability. They are not as slip
|pery as cement in winter. They cost less
than plank and are much cheaper than
cement, He will furnish them on .
five year guarantee. Get particulars
and estimates before laying your walks
this spring. BID. BARR. Austin.
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new CARNAGE LIBRARY.
Elegant New Building Ready for
Dedication -Culmination of Efforts
Of Ladies' Floral Club "A Munificent
Benefaction. .s> y

A few months ago we published an
extended account of the noble work of
the Austin Ladies' Floral Club and
Library Association, the oldest woman's
organization in Minnesota and one Of
the oldest in the west. The article
was widely read and commented on by
the press of the state. This Club was
organized March IL, 1869, by twelve
Austin women with Mrs. E. n. Morse,
who had proposed the movement, as
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t4 = -
ed>slate and TO put on stone cornice
instead Of copper at an addit tional cost
of 1856. "
G In the early spring Of 1903 work on on
the superstruc cture was com menced but
there were delays during the summer
owing to strikes in the stone quarries
and the building was mot enclosed un;-
til fall. June 1, Mrs.:Fl Flora Gonnor Of
Minneapolis wasse elected Librarian and
since that time she has been making q
special study Of library manageme
preparatory to CONNIE ncing work last
month. AZ the 81 xpiration5 5of the term
of Office 81 three offssthe board Of lirec-:
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president. She
filled t h at Of
fee with great
ability andc
scienntiousn ess
for thirty-t W o
years until she
resigned in the
spring of 1901
OH account o t
the intirmity of
age In various
ways the club
labOred j nces-
sanity for t h e
L,,;lI;no. I'M ofo
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

Farmers. if you knew what you
could save by having Coles Veterinary
Carbolisalve handyyou would never be
without it in your stables. 1t is
guaranteed to cure cuts, gals and sores
without scars and renew the hair in its
original color. SOC and $1.W by all
druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13
New F1achine Shop.

The machinery and stock Of the old
foundry formerly owned by Carlson &
Anderson has been removed to 216
Chatham street, east of court house,
where we are equipped to handle your
work in the machinery and boiler re-
pair line in first class manner.
Plumbing, steam and hot water heat
ing in connection. Estimates promptly
furnished. =
(. G.. ARTHUR CARLSON.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13
Settlers Rates

To points in Minnesota, North
Dakota, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatch-
evan and Assiniboia. Tickets on sale
by the Chicago Great Western Railway
every Tuesday in March and April.
For further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer,
G. p. A., Chicago, III.
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Suits.
Black and Colored
Dress Goods. -. .

5Sztl'he biggest stock of Dress Goods in.
Southern Minnesota representing every
conceivable fad, style and color. These
goods are all from eastern markets and
can't be duplicated anywhere for the
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

A mothers cabinet should contain
box of Coles Carbolisalve. Burns
and cuts are of common occurr, nee
among children. Coles Carbolisalye
instantly stops the pain and cures with
out scars. Keep box handy. 25 and
SOC by all druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13
Greatly Reduced Rates

UTedt1y NeQuCeQ NdtGS
To the west and northwest. Every
day in March and April the Chicago
Great Western Railway will sell tickets
at very low rates to points in Montana,
Washington, Utah, idaho and Cali
fornia. Write to j. p. Elmer, G. p. A.
Chicago, ILL.,, for full information.
Mower County transcript., 1904-04-13

40 inch Granite, SOC quality for. SOC
AZ inch Vol, Csc quality for ...... 5se
IS inch Vol, $l quality for. ....... 89s=
46 inch Voi], Armure, seeded
cloth, faxed Herring bone stripe
with a seed, other new weaves
just out, all SSl25 quality for .. Ss1os
$l.75 Alsacian for. .$1-5s
Dress Trimmings.
All Dress Trimmings in Applique
Silk and Cotton Bands, Cluney Laces
and all other Laces at Is per cent off.
A Great Millinery Oppor-
tunity.
The most practical hats for the least
money can't be duplicated in this vicin-
ity. Special reduction on Street Hats.
Full line of Chi dren's Hats from 75c
up. Dress Hats at prices never heard
Of in this locality considering quality.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
ArbHtnS.

Amid the slush and mud and noise
That choke the city's thoroughfare,
They hawk these bits of fragrant joys:
Arbutus blooming everywhere.
Rude Winter struts the icy street.
The wild March gusts howl to and fro,
But clear. though faint, a perfume sweet
Proclaims Our Lady of the Snow.
From some wild Carolinian wood
Where Spring has paused and wild bee
huns,
A gladness scarcely understood,
To our chill North she comes-she
cOmesi
Her timid tints have brought a smile
To Natures face. long white with woe;
Our hearts sing "Ave," all the while:
Hail, little Virgin of the Snow
The Aryan in us makes his hymn
For Winters passing. in a tongue
Forgotten since the ages dim
When all the lowered world was
young.
Old faiths revive. new doubts recede.
Strange voices whisper soft and low,
And every soul of every creed
Worships Our Lady of the Snow.
Smart Set.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
Il Leap Year Conspiracy.

A prominent member of a publish
ing company of this city Is paying the
penalty that attaches to one popular
with the ladies and incidentally is be-
ing initiated into some of their ways
in leap year matters. 1t appears that
the gentleman is not entirely unlovely
in the eyes of very charming young
lady of San Francisco, who knows her
rights and intends to exact them For
some time past he has been receiving
from many of the silk houses in town
samples of very expensive silk Think
ing it was intended for his sister, he
paid little attention to the matter. The
samples continuing, he finally asked
his sister why she didn't have her
things addressed in her own name. His
sister, who is a close friend of the first
young lady spoken of. then confessed
to a dark and deep laid conspiracy.
She told her brother that If he were
at all observant he would realize that
it is leap year, and that all girls have
an unwritten law that If a man re-
fuses a proposal he must send as balm
to the rejected one a silk dress; also
that her girl friend had him under
serious consideration and ordered the
samples sent so that the penalty would
be ready for selection if ne refused.
The victim gasped, but not to be out
done said that he, too, had a little con-
spiracy and ii was that before he would
be mulcted for the dress he would ac-
cept the proposal. The samples are
still coming, so evidently the end is not
vet
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
TALk OF THE TOWN
AND H0Rlle s. OF KHE
TIMEG ~
The Magic Word.

An insane person is hard to handle.
particularly when the poor creature
happens to be violent To subdue one
whose mind is gone is sometimes
dangerous task and one that often re-
quires the combined strength of three
or four men. Quite frequently, how
ever, one mentally deranged can be
quieted by a single person who has a
slight knowledge of the mania or the
unfortunate.
This. was exemplifed the other day
at the hospital for the insane at the
City Hall. In one of the cells was
young English sailor. He was, to use
a common expression, "as crazy as
LOOM" He yelled and yelled, and the
stewards could not make him keep
quiet. though they tried every means
within their knowledge. Even when
they strapped his arms and legs and
threw a blanket over his head he
yelled.
Finally, when every one about the
place was worn out, Deputy Sherln
Tom WheIan, who has been handling
maniacs of every description for years,
came in.
why don't you make that fellow
stop yelling?" he asked the stewards.
I'VE cannot" they replied
who Is hep" asked Tom.
"A young English sailor" was the
response.
with only this slight knowledge
Tom walked into the seaman's cell.
He stood over the cot occupied by the
unfortunate, raised his hand In
threatening manner. and in voice
that would have done credit TO the
biggest bully on a windjammer shout
ed:
Shut up, blast you, or I'll crack
your skull with handspike."
At the word handspike the loud
yells of the young sailor ceased He
whimpered and with a very subdued
AYE, aye, SIR turned his face to the
wall. For hours after he did not ut
ter a sound and when late in the af-
ternoon he commepced yelling again a
repetition of the deputy sheriff
threat caused him to become quiet
Immediately.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
FRANCE UNDER THE SWORD.

IN EXISTENT press reports concerning the effect of
the present in the Far East upon the dinlo-
matte balance of Europe credit France with a
strong desire cooperate with Great in the offer
to patch up the broil in the Orient While the German
with every report of Russian defeat Russas ay is do
ing everything its power get Russia safely out of
the if honor alone remains Continued strife
in the East matter upon which side the scale of vic
tory be turned is grave menace to the welfare of
France
With the forces of the Gar in retreat as thew seem
to be at and with the Japanese fleet supreme in
the China Sea- France is brought face peril perhaps
greater than any she has had to cope with since the
Treaty of Versailles. For France is at the present mo-
endeavorng perform the difficult feat of carry
ing both shoulders. By the articles of the
dual alliance with Russia, France to see to it
that Russia does not have oppose Japan and England
combined. On the other hand, the growing entente
cordiae between herself and her neghbors across the
channel, circumstance which has allowed France an
easier feeling than she has had for many year makes
it almost imperative upon her that she preserve the
present comfortable status Frances Russian alliance is
indispensable, since, Sydney Brooks says in the cur
Atlantic, the bond gives France Security"
the powers The arbitration treaty France and
Great Britain is manifest token of good will to
permit of any doubt of the desires of both
The tide of victory which has carried Japan into an
almost undsputed possession of Korea would seem to
guarantee that Great Britain will called upon to
become active ally in the field The of the dual
alliance does not spuate that France is duty bound
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
4 Coming DIGNITY.

The young Crown Prince OF Japan
has developed very pronounced taste
for motoring and may be seen flying
about the suburbs of Toxic in very
up-tO-date automobile. being so thor
Oughly acquainted with the mechanism
thereof that he is able TO dispense with
the services Of a chauffeur. Indeed.
most of the time he is accompanied by
a Frenchman named Sarrazin, who
was formerly his French tutor,
but whom he has now attached to his
household as one of his gentlemen-in-
waiting and the only foreign member
of his establishment. The Crown
Prince is much more up to date than
his father. Whereas the latter speaks
no foreign language. the Prince is ffu-
ent both in English and French. and
while the Emperor or "TennO" has a
large seraglio the Crown Prince has
but one wife. Moreover, he Is very ap-
prOachable. entirely devoid OF affec-
tation, genial and familiar with his
many friends and thoroughly in touch
with the people. who owing to this
will experience when he succeeds to
the throne some difficulty in attribut-
ing to him the species Of divinity which
they accord to the MikadO.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
Useless old Age.

Zone of the saddest things in the life
Of the tenements is the position of the
grandmother, and every tenement
mother looks forward to that position, f"
said Mrs. Alexander Ewing. at one of
the monthly conferences of the Charity
Organization Society. held yesterday
morning in the Assembly Hall of the
United Charities Building.
IF you try to encourage a tenement
mother by saying that her children will
soon be grown up and able TO help
her." proceeded Mrs. Ewing, "she. will
tell you that when her children are
grown up they will not want to be
bothered with her. AS an almost in
variable rule. the children do not want
the old people around. They are too
cranky. they say. and the life of an
aged grandmother in a tenement home
is so intolerable that she is ready TO
do anything to escape from il. The
people of the tenements seldom make
any provision for their old age, but I
know one woman who was so i'm
pressed with the horrors of the grand
mothers situation that she brought
her small savings. about 25 cents a
week, to missionary, and asked not to
be allowed to have them again. no
matter how bad she might want them.
SO unwelcome are aged parents in
tenement houses that we seldom find
them there. They live by themselves
or entirely alone, if only one survives,
as long as they are able to support
themselves. and when they cannot do
so they go to Blackwell's Island. II
they have to live with their sons and
daughters their lives are made a bur
den to them I know one old woman
who was tossed back and forth con-
unually between the home Of her son
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
TREASURE TROVE.

~ ROM out the mysterious south there comes tale
r OF treasure trove more dazzling than any of the
Thousand and One Nights A party of British and
American engineers, while engaged in the prosac occu
patton OF driving stakes for survey in the mountains
of Bolivia suddenly struck the usual hard object which
gave forth hollow sound" dug it up and found that
they had uncovered $I6oooooo the treasure of
the Incas For $40 years this of gitterng wealth
had lain undiscovered, though the pot at the end of
many seekers rainbow, and now it goes to
few who happened to have luck.
Besides uncovering comfortable store for the old
gray stocking these engineers also unearthed golden
truth, these many times exhumed How cheerless and
to what little profit is the lot of the professional
seeker With all their willow wands their dvinations
and their occult whisperngs, hapless wghts have been
seeking this buried of Incas for three
tures, wearing away their lives effort to find the
golden of the Andes; when along come mere en-
gneers with their wooden stakes and they plump right
into the Midas store with not so much as an effort
What the tears and the of three hundred
years before the blind clumsy luck of these fortunate
surveyors.
For the man who puts his all into the Andes or South
Sea hunt who is willing back with his last
penny hoary-headed old sinner of sea-doo who
has mysterious chart up his sleeve the little text un
earthed with the Inca should have an appealing
sound Captain Kidd may have buried ingots like tur
tie bures her eggs but they for some small
tradesman householder of this year of grace to find
The South Seas may have richness greater that of
Inas coral strand but the for is not to the swift
Let the past be keeper of its secrets Fortune hunters
should remember the old fable of the seven sons who
dug diligently the length breadth of their orchard
for gold and found their treasure hanging from the laden
boughs of the trees.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
Niagara in 1872.


How many Of the thousands OF
visitors who stand in awe beside the
roar Of Niagara's cataract are aware
that the ground upon which they walk
was the scene Of some of the blOOdiest
fighting which befeu in that brief and
stubborn conflict known TO history as
the War of 1912? The Niagara from
tier was debatable land all through
that struggle and hardly a foot of ter
ritory on either side, from the brink
of the falls to the limits Of Lewis
ton. is free from a record of patriotism
and valOr.
There were many fights along this
narrow strips of gOrges and rapids but
the dark and bitter struggle at Lundys
Lane shows up the reddest- Both sides
claimed the victory after silence had
fallen upon the field. The tall shaft
which Canada has erected TO the men,
Ory OF the men who fell there as
sumes the palm for England without
reserve Historians, however. are in
doubt, and when the element of pa
triotic pride is eliminated, the battle
is written down as a drawn engage
ment.-FOur-Track News.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

and her daughter, in one OF which
her only bed was a quilt on the floor.
When she could no longer stand
one she went TO the other. An
other grandmother was compelled to
sleep in the same bed with three chill
dren of the family: but she was finally
restored to a position of Importance
and honor in the family by means OF
the wOrkrOOms for unskilled women
The groceries which she carried home
every night as the price Of her labor
made her daughter-in-law regard her
with new respect, and when her son
lost his employment and the family be-
came for time entirely dependent
upon her. she was treated with all the
Difference that naturally goes TO the
bread winner New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

bolster Russia by force of for when the
vention consummated such need on the part OF
Russia entered at all in the calculations but the
spirit of the alliance certainly does convey the note OF
moral obligation the part of France only for the
sake of expedency Should the affairs of the Muscovte
reach dangerous crisis the present and France
be tardy in her offer of aid surely the ice pack
moves down the Neva would France find herself be-
the channel and AlsaceLotraine, utterly alone
With this serious problem to face, it is certain the
government of NJ Loubet will with great caution
misstep in either direction might The
third republic has had the of that
which gave baptism With the Bonapartists and the
Bourbons lowering about in the near foreground the
republic might have the strength to withstand the
shock of conflict
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

me z4tn OF January, 1884, fell on a
Sunday.
SENATOR-E. ]. X, Grants Pass.
Or The list OF United States Sena-
tors of the present Congress does not
reveal the name of Senator Jim
Kean," but it does show the name OF
John Kean. a United States Senator
from the State of New Jersey
GOLD CERTIFICATES A. p
Burnt Ranch, Cal The United States
gold certificates issued by the Govern
ment are of the following denomina-
tiOns: $4,000. $5OO0 $1,000 $500 500 $50
and $40. Such certificates are IN use.
particularly the smaller denominations.
CABLE CARs-H. MEG. City. The
application of an underground cable \
motive power for propelling street
cars was first made by the late A. s.
Hallidie Of San Francisco. who OBJ
tanned a patent for the device. The
first road of that character was built
on Clay street. San Francisco. from
kearny west, the work being COM
menced in June, 1873 The first car was
run over the road at 4 a. m. on the 1st
of August Of that year
COLLEGE FRATERNITTES-
Berkeley. Cal. There are more than
twenty college Greek letter fraterDi-
ties in the United States that claim to
be the greatest. The Alpha Delta Phi
claims a membership Of 1000: Delta
Kappa Epsilon. about $4,000 Phi Delta
Theta. 13.000 and many others that
have membership of 5000 and over To
ascertain if the prominent men named
in letter of inquiry belonged to any q
these fraternities write 10 each such in
dividual and ask the question
TRESPASS-C. W A.. Novato Cal
1t does not follow that in order to be
guilty of trespass on the property Of
another the individual trespassing com
nit an act that damages the property.
The mere entering upon the land Of
another without permission OF the
owner is a trespass. II an individual
enters upon the inclosed land of an
other for the purpose Of fishing in A
stream that runs through the land
without the permission OF the owner,
that is trespass-
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24
AHS1Uers to Queries.

AN OLD DATE-C. c.. Oakland. Cal
The oath Of January, 1s41, fell on a
Sunday.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

Special information supplied daily to
business houses and public men BY the
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's 330 Cali
1ornia street. Telephone Main 1912.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

Townssnd's California Giace fruits and
choice candies. In artistic ire-etched
boxes a nice present for Eastern friends.
IT'S Market street above Call building .
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-24

The split infnitive has always had
it's sturdy advocates, but the weight
of opinion has been against it, and
proofreaders and editors have generally
had their way when it came to ex-
cising it from manuscripts and proofs.
Professor Lounsbury of Yale has taken
up the cudgels in behalf of the prac-
tice. He declares that it has survived
the assaults of five centuries, more
or less, and he is confident that it will
prevail. In an article in the April Har-
per's Magazine he takes the ground
that the split infnitive adds both clear
ness and force to expression. This is
controversy which is not likely to
be settled by even SO weighty an au-
thority on English as Professor Louns-
bury.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-11-05
Corn GROWING On the Slope.


The Farmer: At the time of the
holding of the North Dakota state fair
at Mandan, we were surprised to note
the matured condition of the corn that
was there on exhibition. We were
also surprised at the extent to which
corn formed feature of the exhibit
in the agricultural hall. The date of
the said fair was Sept. 27-29. The corn
on exhibition was quite as mature as
the average corn in the latitude OF
St. Paul. In fact it was more matur-
ed than the average of the same, al
though it must be borne in mind that
most Of the corn shown at the said
fair was flint while most of that
grown in the latitude of st. Paud is of
the dent varieties. The dry sunny
days that usual prevail in September
in the neighborhood of the Missouri
river are very favorable to the ripen-
ing Of corn. We were also surprised
at the large well-grown ears on ex-
hibition.