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Mower County transcript., 1904-06-22
OAKLAND

Remember the sociable Friday eve
ming.
Swimming parties are the fashion
again.
Ray SeYerson of Hayward has charge
of the depot while agent Felker is
away packing his house hold goods,
preparatory to moving to Oakland.
j. G. Jasperson returned from
Oklahoma last Monday where he had
been to see the country. He said he
wanted to leave that place behind him.
He brought samples of winter wheat
all headed out, that was not more than
foot high.
Mrs. Thos. Targerson, died at her
home last Tuesday, after lingering
illness of consumption.
j. w. Bird and John McCourt left
Wednesday morning on homeseekers
excursion to Lakota, n. D.
Miss Maggie Tracy is making home
folks a welcome visit.
Miss Sarah Norton of Austin is visit
ing her brother, Miles and wife.
Mrs. John Tracy is suffering another
attack of rheumatism and is quite sick.
M. O'Hallaran bought the Smith
elevator and is repairing and newly
painting it. Parties from Austin doing
the work.
The village school closed Thursday
fer the summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Howe are enjoy
ing a visit from Mr.. Howe's mother
from Wabasha. After visiting her son
she will go to North Dakota to spend
the summer with two daughters.
Mrs. John Cotter was called last Fri
day to Dakota by dangerous illness Of
a sister.
Adam Buchanan and family and
Frank Morgan attended the Odd
Fellows picnic in Austin last Tuesday.
Mrs. Ned Pace of Austin was visit
ing relatives in Oakland a couple of
days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Leftingwell of
Wisconsin are making their cousin, A.
p. Wiseman welcome visit.
Mrs. Evan Morgan and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Ava Lee were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Morgan last week.
Miss Mary Dumphy of Preston is the
guest of her sister Miss Marguerite at
Mr.. Hatch's.
There will be an ice cream social in
the Oakland Presbyterian church Fri.
day evening, July l.. Everybody come
and have good time.
Zella House of Albert Lea is visiting
her cousin, Zelpha Lugg.
Mrs. A. Ingraham and Mrs. M. John.
son who have been visiting relatives
there, went to Hayward Saturday for 8
visit with relatives. =
Mrs. u. M. Jones would be much
obliged to some of the people Of
London,if they would leave her a few
Strawberries in her garden at that place
Avery pretty wedding took place al
the home Of the brides sister, Mrs. Bert
Mann, Wednesday evening, June Is
when Walter Henry Wiseman and
May Catherine Rice were united in
marriage, Rev. r. &. Anderson of Aus
tin officiating; the ring service being
used. Promptly at 8 o'clock to the
strains Of the wedding march played
by the groom's sister, Miss Ella Wise
man, the bridal party entered the room
/ preceded By two little flower girls Ruth
McCourt and Carol Mann. The bride
was handSOmn1v, Unwnnd in nroon
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-22
LYLE

LYLE
The Misses Laura and Edna ,Sher-
man and Cora and Nor Peterson who
have spent the past year at Carleton
College have returned home.
Several ladies Of our town have been
availing themselves of the abargain
sales" at Austin for the past week.
Our base ball boys are very proud of
the record they have made within the
past few days. Last Friday they went
to Dodge Centre and won the game,
the score being to 4, and last Sunday
they played Albert Lea; score 9 to 8 in
favor Of our boys. With a continu-
alton Of such play the Lyle boys may
well claim the champ mpionship of southern
Minnesota. ... s:."s.
Miss Della Wilson returned home
last Saturday after an extended visit in
Decorah, New House and Mabel.
Miss Inga Myhre is attending sum
mer school at the S. NJ. college at Aus.
tin. z5g. !.
d. Frazer and son are preparing to
open an: up.to: date drug store in the
building vacated BY Geo. Robertson. s..
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-22

Coles Carbolisoap is not carbolic
soap. 1t is purely vegetable, healing
soap for the tenderest skins. If you
use it once you will use it always for it
is one of the necessary luxuries. Be
sure and get Coles. Sold by all drug
gists. -.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-22
VARCQ

Mr.. Brooks of Mantorville, Minn.,
came the 18th to visit his cousins, Riley
and Asa Brooks.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Parmenter of Aus
tin were at the farm Sunday.
Miss Mabel Allen and her school
children from the Gregg district held a
picnic at Brooks park Friday. A large
number of Varco people were there also.
Sara, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. B. Sayles, died Friday morning after
an illness Of several months. The
funeral was held at the house Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The family
have the sympathy of the entire COM
munity.
Mrs. E. Peck of Madison, s. Dakota,
Mrs. Jones and three children of Man.
kato, Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Ames and
three daughters of Minneapolis came
here last week called by the severe ill.,
ness Of G. b. Sayles' daughter.
Mr.. French of South Dakota. friend
and school mate Of G. B. Sayles, visited
him on Saturday. >
MIR. and Mrs. Will Brown of Austin
passed through this place Sunday to
spend the day with her sister in Lyle.
A large delegation from this place
attended both the golden weddings in
Austin last Saturday.
Members of the Degree of Honor and
many others from this locality attended
the funeral of Blanche .Tidd in Austin
Monday. She formerly resided here.
Mower County transcript., 1904-06-22

Our Illinois and Indiana customers
want to buy your farm. They will be
here every week. If you want to sell
your farm come now and list it with
us. John M. Cannon. Land Agency.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09

Of materials. The cape collar adds
largely 10 the effect and gives the
fashionable droop TO the shoulders but
can be omitted If palmer garment is
preferred.
The Eton is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means of shout
der and under arm seams and single
darts. The narrow vest is applied
over the front edges and the cape col
lar stitched with corticelli silk Is ar
ranged over the whole. its inner edge
serving TO outline the vest. The full,
sleeves are wide and ample, finished
with shaped cuffs. and can be made
either with fitted Innings or loose as
may be preferred The coat sleeves
are made In regulation style and cut
in two pieces each. being simply
stitched 10 form cuffs.
The quantity OF material required
for the medium size is three and one
half yards twenty-on inches wide,
three and one-cight yards twenty-Sev-
on inches wide. or one and one-half
yards forty-four inches wide. with two
and onc-half yards of braid to trim as
illustrated.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
THE USE or TIE FROG.

No horse can travel safely without
the use OF the frog. Aside from its
all-essential necessity as the natural
rest of the bony structure upon the
ground, its expansive power in keep.
ing the hoof from contracting upon
the inclOsed joints and its promotion
by its action Of circulation of blood 10
the extremity OF the hOof and conse-
quent growth, tie frog has a function
too often overlooked. 1t is the only
part OF the hoof that communicates
with the nervous system, and through
that to the brain, and il is, therefore,
the only means that the horse has OF
accurately determining his foothold
upon the ground. Upon no muscle in
the body is he more dependent for
healthful. natural action. and from the
moment the frog is displaced by the
blacksmith's iron the decay of the
horses power begins. Contraction
quarter cracks t,r cracks, nayicular
disease, inhammations, and, more
troublesome than all else. corns, usurp
the free elasticity Of nature, and the
animal commences downward
course.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09

very stylish model illustrated shows
the characteristic epaulettes and is APP
propriate to the whole range of waist
ing materials. The model, however,
is made of white vesting simply
stitched and trimmed with pearl but
tons. To facilitate the laundering the
cpaulettes are finished at the front
edges and buttoned into place.
The waist consists OF the fronts,
back. epaulettes and sleeves. The back
is tucked to give the effect OF a single
box pleat at the centre and the fronts
10 form wide box pleats that extend
from the shoulders. while at the centre
is regulation box pleat through which
the closing is made. The epaulettes
can be finished separately at the front.
as in the case OF the model. or stitched
to position as preferred. The sleeves
are the favorite ones Of the season that
form wide puffs below the elbows and
are finished with shaped Jared Guys.
The quantity Of material required
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
CORN MEAL FOR COWS.

An item is now going the rounds OF
the press that ScourG in calves and
some other troubles the calf was like
ly 20 have were due to the feeding OF
corn meai to the pregnant cow. This
is absurd, unless Of course the corn
meal constituted the entire ration
when it would likely injure the calf,
provided the COW lived to bear the
calf. AS a matter Of fact there is a
lot Of nonsense written about the Use
OF corn in its various forms. Admit.
tedly it is abused in the feeding OF
easiest Of ali food crops to grow over
n large area of our country so long
must it form major part Of the "a.
ton.
II mistakes are made in feeding corn
il is because ii is not fed with sulli-
cient variety or too much Of it is fed.
We believe that corn may be SO min.
cled with other grains that it may
safely constitute at least one-haif the
ration and COWS AMI most other farm
animals thrive on it, But corn meal
one day, cracked corn the next and
corn on the ear the next is not vari.
ETY. by any means. Use the other
grains in proper mixture with corn,
using also plenty of succulcnt feed AMI
it will he a long time before the ami
mails will refuse the corn or cease 10
be benefited by it,
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
CLEANING MILK CANS.

An interesting test OF the effect Of
cleaning milk cans MI making them
germ free by the use Of steam be-
fore milk Is poured into them has
been made in Germany. Some time
during hot summer weather two milk
cans We're selected; one was thor
oug.ly we'll cleaned in the ordinary
way by scrubb.ng with hot water,
the other was subjected 10 the ac'
tion Of steam for half an hour. In
the first the milk went sour in TWEEN
ty-three hours. iu The second in TWEEN
ty-eight and half hours, and the con-
tents OF the first can were found 10
contain twenty-siX times as many bac'
terra rs the other. The same expert.
ment repeated IN the winter showed
that the sterilized milk can will keep
the milk sweet for nine hours longer
than the other.-Thc American Culti'
vatOr.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
ORIGIN OF CITY PLANS.
Most of Them Trace Their Designs tn
Military Camps.

All cities, with few exceptions. trace
the origin of their plan 10 the enclosed
camp, and mauy still show marked fea-
lures of primitive fortifications. In
all early schemes for defense the i'm
closed square was considered the best.
From the time when wagons were
merely packed on the plain To the time
when buildings were constructed with
blank walls To the enemy. and their IA
cade 10 the open square, this plan has
been universally adopted; and many OF
the great market places or squares ot
famous cities still show undeniablc evil
dences of these precautions for de-
Tense In the old city of Brussels the
square upon which faces its wonderful
City Hall is approached by streets so
narrow that they must surely have
been constructed with the idea OF de-
fensc in mind.
Were it possible 10 forecast the rap
id development of cities. or to predict
which OF our many cities is To become
a metropolis. the problem might not be
such a difficult one. but such unfortu-
nately. is not the case. Even the most
vivid imagination would scarcely have
been able 10 predict the enormous In
| crease Of population and the conse-
Quent architectural development of
modern cities. The rapid growth OF
| American cities is well known. but few
/ rcaliz, that the older cities OF Europe
have had similar experience. The re-
] cent increase in Berlin has exceeded
that of Chicago. and what is true OF
Berlin 10 true Of many other European
centres. 1t is then not surprising tC
note that I'm Hanover. Hamburg. Nur
emberg. Leipsic. Leignitz. st. johann
Sarr. and Magdeburg modern munic
ipal buildings OF great Importance have
recently been or are now being con
structed. Architects and Builders
Magazine
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
TIE GENIUS OF TIE LAMP.

The title Of The Sultan Of Sulu" has
comic opera sound which, writer in
Evcrybody's Magazine declares, is car
ricd ont by the appearance and bchav-
ior Of this Oriental potcntatc. The Sui
tan and his suite were once entertained
ut luncheon on board n United States
transport. None of them had ever
been on board a large vessel before.
The visit was full Of surprise and ex-
citcmcnt for them.
They looked the ship over at first
with stolid interest. and the Sultan
himself set off the six FOUNDER without
1ickiug an eyclid. But at last. i'm the
saloon. some one attempted TO explain
the mystery of the inCandesCcnt lamps,
ana there the natives were surprised
out of their reserve.
Even the Sultan's face showed
amazemcnt when an army officer
reached up and turned lamp on and
off repeatedly. His IlighneSs ordered
one of his suite to do IL. The fellows
face went greenish for a moment, but.
nevertheless, he reached up and trcm-
blihNiy NVh'h'h II 10 h' N'hli w u
hot brand. When he found that it did
not hurt him, and that the light actu-
ally obcycd the impulse of his finger
tips, he was the most excited Moro in
the archipelago. His excitement was
contagious. Nearly every one in the
suite started for lamp on his own ac-
count, and the cabin was a bcwildcr-
ment of flashing lamps.
Presently Oriental cunning got the
better of amaZcment. and one or two
of them tried To fool the lamps. 4 fel-
low would steal quietly UP to n bulb,
and, reaching forward. suddenly turn il
on, evidently with the intention of
catching IL mapping. Or he would turn
il off and jump away. apparently with
the same intention. But the lamps re-
fused to be fooled. and the facial ex-
preston that followed each failure
was ludicrous TO behold.
OF course. they wanted to know what
made the light. IL was impossible to
| give them history OF electrical devcl-
opment. but an officer present thought
/ of giving them an object lesson that
would prove short cut To knowledge
He directed four or five OF them tC
stand in line. holding hands. Then the
men on the ends OF the line were told
/ to each grasp the brass part Of a lamp
| They did SO. and instantly the entire
! line sustained an electric shock. They
were too astouishcd 90 speak. and moi
knowing crough 70 let 80. they just
stood there with wonder and fear surg
ing from face II face
The officers broke them apart at last
and took them In TO luncheon. but they
were changed men. They had had an
experience that passed all Oriental un
derstanding
The luncheon was n more or less dig
nified affair. varied 10y interpreted com
pliments and the agonies OF the Sui
tan's official faster. II was easy TO Sc,
that although the faster was an hab
tual necessity TO the Sultan's peace o,
mind. on this occasion. at least. hi:
function was purely perfunctory, o.
what avail was the protection OF q pooI
,uman faster against magicians whC
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
4 StNlIsh Gown.

4 simple gown Of champagne col.
ored net was made with a skirt laid
in small plcatS. In fact. almost every
skirt is pleatcd. This skirt had a front
panel aud two encirclng bands Of gold
color silk lace. bordered on either side
with a narrow stripe Of gold tinscl
braid. The fare OF the skirt was sup
piled by a wide foot rufile. shirred and
finished with small circular tucks. The
waist had yoke and collar Of shir-
rings. and had two rows Of the gold
bordercd lace running across IL. These
were trimmed with little fringe
made Of strips Of the net stitched aud
finished at the ends with tinsel balls.
The girdle was Of champa gne colored
silk.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09

/ traOrulnary story Of lions II says:
"AbOut 3 O'Clock on Sunday morning
at least seven lions counting the in
coming spoOrJ attacked our goats. Kill
Ing five and mauli1g three. and also
one native. About p. m boy turned
up badly scratched. saying that lion
was eating his companion. 20 we all
turned out. four Of us. followed by
about 100 kalilrs My three compan.
ions stirred up a lion about 200 yards
northwest OF the camp They fired
several shots, but missed. 20 we fol-
lowed the spOOr. Suddenly q huge
lloncss jumped up about sixty feet
ahead Of us. fired and hit her in tho
chest. She turned on her hind legs
away from me and made "A jump for
j.. When she reached l.. shot went
Off somewhere. aud L. went down with
the liOness on top Of him. did not fire
for fear Of hitting l.. Two more shots
went off, ana the lioness left L.. and /
gave her another shot as she jumped
a short distance into the Lush. The
affair lasted only a few minutes. J..
got up and ran a short distance to the
rear. ana / hurried 10 attend TO him
The lioness had torn his clothes and
mauled his left arm. We carried him
into camp, where he died a few min.
utcs after our arrival.
son Monday night We were again at.
tackled 10y lions. had put the remain
Ing goats In the wagon shed aud had
thorn bushes piled up all around seven
feet high, and had two lamps burning
in the stable and the shed, but lions
jumped over the thorn bushes, broke
In the door, killed several goats and
stampcdcd the rest. We had 10 shoot
mostly in the air for fear OF killing the
horses ana mules i'm the stable. Great
panic among the boys now. and they
refuse 10 work on the night shift
Wednesday we were once more at.
tackled, but the lions could do no dam
age. as we had set an armed guard i'm
the stable. Judging by the spoors there
were nine lions here on Sunday morn
Ing. | am securing the safety Of the
camp rs pcll as possible. Boys are
cutting brush and working day shift i'm
the mine, but won't work at night.
Lions have been trying to dig under
the stable again.
I'VE had another attack about 10
o'clock at night. One lion was killed
by the stable guard. | paid the boys
the premium Of Fl each. The lioness
we shot is dead also, but There are at
present too many lions In the bush for
us to be able TO get her skin. Fer the
last three days and nights I have
scarcely had six hours sleep, but we
hope soon thin all these lions Gown.
l have .n. food for the boys now cx-
cept some bran. The entire cam, and
workings we nave surrour led Sy q
thorn bush hedge. Lions come nea- the
camp even in daytime, judging from
the peculiar howl and bark OF the dog.
Last night single lion got into the
camp. He kept very quiet. This morn
ing we traced his spOor He came in
near my hut, walked down the row Of
hutS and went out near the dining
room lint -
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
BOY SAVES LIFE IN NIAGARA.

Within an hour IIughie Mclean,
fourteen years old, son of Donald Ne.
Lean. owner Of a large lumber yard
in North Tonawanda, y. Y. rescued
two boys from drowning in the Mag.
ara River. ut the risk of his own life,
on recent afternoon.
The first life saved was that Of IIar.
ry Wagner. twelve years old. who fell
from pile Of lumber off McLean's
wharf into the swift surrent Of the Nj.
agara River. Young Mclean knew that
Wagner could not swim and quickly
he was in after him. Wagner was
sinking for the second time when Nc.
Lean caught him by the leg. Being
an expert swimmer, Mclean succeed.
ed in keeping Wagner up until taken
from the stream by several men who
had been drawn by the cries for help.
Young Mclean went home in his
fathers automobile to get dry clothes.
He was returning TO the wharf less
than m hour after, when he heard a
splash I'm the river. then cries for help
He ran TO the edge of the wharf. whore
several boys stood rs though glued 10
the spot, and saw Henry Coycr, a boy
of his own age. struggling in the wa.
ter. Again Mclean divcd i'm the river,
and after a brave fight succeeded in
reaching one of the supports of the
dock. Here he clung with COyer'S \
limp body in one arm until assistance
arrived
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
Tbrse-ouarter Goats.

Three-quarter loose coats made ~
silky finished linen canvas in light
blue, old rose and mauve are smart
looking trimmed with a wide band OK
white silk Hercules braid. For fore.
noon driving with a pretty straw tat
they will be quite irresistible, met on
country rOadways. Short coats when
more than half Of heavy white lSres,
announces Vogue, promise to be much
worn, both in white canvas and light
weight yachting serges.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
nnr GnIfInther-

The man who was largely response
Ole for the Introduction OF golf iu this
country. Robert Loc6hart. died a faw
days ago in Edinburg. Scotland. lie
was for years a linen importer In New
York. and organized the first golf club
IN the United States in Yonkers. y. Y.
in lSSS. II was known as the Apple
Tree Gang" subsequently he found
ed the -. Andrews Golf Club.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
THE DEPARTED
The departed! the departedi

The departed the departedi
They visit us in dreams,
And they glide above our memories,
Like shadows over streams.
But where the cheerful lights Of home
In constant luster burn
The departed, the departed,
Can never more return,
The good, the brave. the beautiful,
How dreamless Is their sleep,
Where rolls the dirgelike music
OF the ever-tossing deep,
Or where the surglns night winds
Pale winters robes have spread
Above the narrow palaces,
In the cities Of tae dead!
j look around and feel the awe
OF one who walks alone.
Among the wrecks OF former days,
In mournful ruin strown;
i start TO hear the stirring sounds
Among the cypress trees.
For the voice OF the departed
Is borne upon the breeze.
That solemn voice II mngles with
Each free and careless strain,
scarce can think earth's min.trelsy
Will cheer my heart again.
The melody OF summer waves
The thrilling notes of birds,
Can never be so dear TO me
AS their rememberd words.
I sometimes dream their pleasant smiles
Still on me sweetly fall,
Their tones of love ! family hear
Ny name in sadness call
j know that they are happy,
With their angel plumagc on,
But my heart is very desolatc
To think that they are gone.
Park Benjamin.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1904-09-09
GIVES LIFE IN VAIN.

While Nathan Weincr, Barney Vein.
or, Mrs. Rose Krlnsky, brothers and
sister; Ida Lippman and Ilimcy Is
aaCs. all of New York, were bathing at
Long Hill. Conn, the boat they were
using sprang a leak. In balinc it out
they all sat on one side. The boat cap.
sized. All were thrown into the water.
Nathan and Barney Wciner rescued
Ida Lippman, Kinney Tsaacs and Bar
ncy then tried to save Mrs. Krinsky
They got her near enough to the shore
for Nathan TO grasp her and pull her
out. then Barney, exhausted from the
effort sank and was drowned.
Mrs. Krinsky lay on the ground about
half an hour before help came Then.
in spite OF all efforts of the physicians.
she died.
Her husband was summoned from
Bridgeport by telephone. Hiring a
team. he drove furiouSly 20 Long Hill.
In turning a corner near the scene of
the accident. the carriage wheel came
off and he was thrown out IN his head
and knocked ScnSelesS. He was brought
too by the doctor. bA. seemed crazed.