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RITNINKKA f'AUIMI.
O.B. STAPLES,
DENTIST.
R'cbards' Block, over tbe store for­
merly occupied by Austin A S*mout. 7tt
DENTISTRY
J. RABE,».». if.
Bnsforrf't Block. Austin, Minnesota.
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for wood or
Work exchanged
duee.
A. ELDEtt,
M. HOWK.
'REGISTER OF DEEDS, Mower Co
nn. Will examine titles, pay taxes for non­
residents, ic.
Austin, Minn., Feb. 1st, IsTf.
EXT
Eli HOTEL.
D'
]i. SLOCUM,
Dealer in Grain"and Lumber, at Pose Crock,
Mian. New ljiiiubci Yard just opened. Lum­
ber, Lath and Shingles, constantly on hand.
Try me.
OblNSON HOUSE,
BROVTNSDALE, MINN.
Opesitu the JI'i^l. on Main Street.
T7n21 JOHN RORIXSOX, Prop'r.
1)
R. W. L. IIOLLISTER,
Corner of Main .and Winonfi..Stnicta,
A us^rin* Minnesota.
noCaud-j.
JTUSS
13. DAVIS,
General Agent Home Life Ins. Co,
for Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa.
OSce, 1st Door South of Court Housa.
rjlUE RAMSEY OUSE,
J9UN E. MOIllvESOX, PROPBIBTOR
RAMSEY MINX
GALLOWAY
AUSTIN, MINN.
Oi'ocerios & Provii
Al^o—A^ent for the St Joe Plow,
urad at Mishawuka, Ind.
WJI. II. THANnAl.L. LAF VYi'TTE FliENCII.
uANi'ALL FlilONl'If,
*. ATTOiiXKYS x\T 1jA\V, Austin,
Mi.-n. (tfHcc in Bank Block ailjoining
TR vsscmrT
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CLERK OF T-nB DISTRICT COURT,
Aastin, Mower County. Minnesota
P, VAN VALKENIUHUUI,
I esler ia Farm Machinery, Salt, Coal,
Lime, firain, Ac.. Jtc. Office South Side of
iljlio Square. Austin, Mi-»n. nil2
ofriee. Collections aud other bus-
ia'.!».•» n^Kiided to carctul!v and pro'nplly.
AG To O TH E E N A INS. CO.
N. WHEAT, M. D.,
Koiaoepathic Physician and Surgeon,
Office and I'csuleuee,
Center cf Si. Paul and jltd Streets.
2vl A« «Sis. !Uin«s«»a.
JT£ J. TYLER,
City AacMo
Leave Orders nt the M-»vor's Office.
vGn51 AUSTIN. MINN.
jyj D. RE DAL, J. D.
Physician and
J. P.
Surgeon.
Office and Residence, corne of Market
Pleasant Su., Brownsdale. Minn.
PHILIPinLAWRENCE.
SQUIRES,
Jjl O. WHEELER,
late of Blue
Earth City, respectfully informs the
public that be has permanently
LOCATED IN AU3TIN.
Office over Solner & Morgan's store. Resi­
dence, first door east ol the Public School
btiildinjr, where he may be found to attend
promptly to all calls in the line of his profes­
sion.
(Sttccettor to PAGE Jb WIIEELETL,}
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
Dealer in Real Estate.
OFFICE OVER 1st NAT'L BANK,
Austin. Minn.
Southern Minnesota R.R.
The Shortest, Quickest, and most Reliable
Route to the East is
Via La Crosse.
Passengers by this rente for
MILWAUKEE,
CHICAGO,
BUFFALO,
TORONTO,
MONTREAL,
PHILADELPHIA,
PITTSBURG,
ALBANY,
BOSTON.
NEW YOYK.
And all points East will save detention, and
arrive in Chicago
Twelve Hours in Advance
•f any other route, connecting closely with
EXPRESS TRAINS
Forthe East.
S Fares as tow as
by other
B.W..HOLLEY, TV
Snperiataadieat.
J. VANVALKENBUItOH,
Produce Dealer,
Austin, Minnesota.
AXFIELD & SUTHERLAND.
AUSTIN, MINNESOTA, do a General
Commission business and solicit Consign­
ments. They have erccted a ware-houso and
have ono of the best'of Cellars.
Reference.*:—First National Bank, Mower
County Rank, Sherman Page, Judge of Dist,.
Court. Richardson A May hew, and Solner &
Morgan, all of Austin, Minn. 42yl
llOS. F. STEVENS,
Attorney at Law
Late .of the Maccoupin County (1117.) Ba?« A
business entrusted to him will receive prompt
and naieful attention.
Office in Austin & Chase's Block, Austin,
Minn.
AUSTIN
AND RAMSEY
LINE.
Stages leave Austin daily, making close
«»nncction with Passenger Train* over th«
outhorn Minnesota Railroad.
Fare. 50 Cents,
11-m3 S. IIUTCUINS, Proprietor.
D.1
44tf
6nod accomodations for Man and Biast.
?IMS ItE ASOXA 3 .E
»7m0.'j D. 0. PAGE, Pro.
.,
At tke junction of the .Milwaukee
A
and ieutiiern Minnesota Railroad*.
St. Paul
Dealer in
A. GRITTLTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Farm Machinery oral Produce,
Anthracite and Bituminous Coal.
Orders Solicited sind Promptly filled.
Proprietor Pioneer Coal Yard.
lJyl AUSTIN, MINNESOTA.
B.
LUITIILEN.
CONFECTION
of all kinds,—including Sweet
keeper of the finest
30
TIrst National Lar.1
•SlOTiS.
manufac
«16f
(Su jcessor to Ilfirl.in W.
and
"n20
FIRE L.-
guranoc Reliable Companies', at low
lates. Al^o Agent for the
NEW YORK LIFF.
on Main St., Austin,
PBee with Engle & Co.,
Hima. v7-n9
y^illiam Ac Robinson,
House» Sign, Carriage and Orniment
al Painting
Graining & Paper Hanging.
ORI I:KS SOLICITED.
Shop on Main Street over Cronan's store
MAV 1ST, 1875, AUSTIN, Minn. yl.
I)'
KR.
cf Austin,
1\30, Bunker.)
'LI7iJR \T.SHAW EAULA3 W.PAGE,
Pr»»-:ilent. t.'ashie*.
G. F. l'RLNWITH, Asst. Cash'r.
Dilttcroif!-
OLTVKB W. SIIAW, (J. E. SKINSEU,
£. A. R'JLLIN.S, K. 0.
WjiiiKl.E!'.,
(President National
HAKLAS
Life Ins Co., Phil'd.
rocr
RY
DEALER IN
Meats. Also
Mains Parlo?
in the city, vvhere persons or parties can be
nccoiiiniodated with all the delicacies of the
se-ison, on the shortest notice. Oa Mill streit
opposite Chandler Bro's.
Austin, Minn., Dej. 15th. tf.
Q^EO E. WII.BOUll & SON,
Merchant Tailors,
Af'ul dealers in
Ready-Made Clothing,
Furnishing Goods,
Hats. Ohds.
V»". PAGE*
Fast.orn Kxehange and Drafts on Great Bri­
tain and all principal Continental Cities, to
!e siinis to-'suit.
Collection!* will receive proral-t attenti.in.
Agents tor Cunard Line of tfteamsliij'3 ant!
Tickets soid at iowesft eurrencv rates to
lud lrom
all
RaiVvoy Star'ons in i2unie.
Bariiitoa. Cedar Easlis & Minnesota-
ram going North.
KOr.A L" .NOT!
ON.
St. Paul Ex. ar., i:i a.m Es..& Mail S:lSp.m.
AUSTIN.
St. Paul Ex. ar., S:0G a.m. Es.A Mail 10:30 pui
Trains Going South.
AUSTIS.
$L. Louis Ex. Ivc0:-t0 p.m. Ex.Ju Mail 12:30 j».ai
NORA JTJ.NCTLO^.
Louis Ex. Ira 11:25 t. m. Ex. A
KE7T EUIL25HT&,
NEW STORE,
NEW GOODS.
Hl!l¥ JACOBS,
HAS JUST OPENED A NEW CLOTHING
House on Mill Street, where be will keep
everything needed in a gentleman's wardrobe.
He will make the manufacture of clothing
a Special Feature of his business. Having
had in*ny years experience he feel confident
that he can please all who favor him with
their patronage. 33tf
I S I
makes
SUN PICTURES
in every Style and Variety, known te the sci­
ence, and of all sizes.
Having recently supplied myself with an
entirely NEW AI'PAItATUS, I am prepared
to make a
Specalty of Landscaping,
AND
-T-1 -1 E -E- W W-S--S-.
SA TISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Rooms on Maple Street, South side of Pub
lie Square. v6-12-tf
A. M. RADEHACHER,
has jast opened anew stock of goods at
G.F Radeinacher's old stand, on Mil!
Street. He will keep the best of
GROCERIES,
CROCKERY, "t
CONFECTIONERY,
TOBACCO,
FLOUR
roads.
D. L. CLEMENTS.
Genr'l Tioket AgH
CIOAR3, ETC.
DRIED AND GREEN APPLES,
AND OTHER FRUIT3.
A I
AND
FEED.
Goods sent to any part of tfce City, an4
ricr« DOWN te the Iftweat livinf figuree.
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S0®8«g?fg3!
VOLUME YIII. ATJSTIN.1lWEil(HJJTO^
ISS C. L. CHAMBERLAIN,
TEACHER OP
Vocal and Instrumental Music.
Tr.RTMS: #12.00 for twenty Lessons. Rooms in
Masons block, South side of tbe Public Square.-
WOOD! WOOD!!
DRY WOOD
For salo by
Geo. W. SoMnson.
Enquire
Deeds.
STAGE
at tLe Ofiico of the Register of
33-tf.
G. L. HENDERSON & CO
Bank, Passage, & Foreign Ex
change Business,
LE ROY, MINN.
Tickets to ar.d from all parts if Europe by
.bo Anchor, Guian, aud all other lines,, sold
at low rates.
Responsible parties can obtain Tickets on
Credit, at liberal rates, until after next har­
vest, if desired.
Money loaned on Real Estato or Ciliateral
Securities.
LaRoy, Minn.. Feb. 13th, 1S74.
OIlIl & WOLD,
Druggists & Pharmacutists,
AND DEALERS IN
Stationery,
Shool and
Blank Books,
FANCY ARTICLES,
Main St., Austin, Minn.
v7.nS9
KAISER '&. GUINEY,
Austin, Minnesota,
Manufacture and Deal ia
HARNESS/
SADDLES,
ic.,
&
li-ly Austin. £Iianesot3
IIORSE COLLARS,
TRUNKS & WHIPS
G-EXEK AIJ
£?i
Sins
CHEAPER
THAN TKE
CHEAPEST!
STORE ON MAIN STREET,
Adjoinin! Jones' new Block.
CLOTHiNg,
ifANKS,
&.c., Lc
Repairing HeaCy anj Cieajly Done.
All Work Warranted.
Austin, Minnesota. Nov. 16, 1S71. 35
H. GUNZ.
v7n22»f
NEW FALL STOCK.
B. Dunkleraan
as received a LARGE
STOCK of
CLOTHS,
CASiMERES.
And also a Very Nice Stock of
AT S, & CA PS,
and
Furnishing Goods.
The Selections were made by Mr. Dunkle
man in the Eastern market, and he4s sure of
giving satisfaction to his Old Customers, and
ail new ones who may favor him with a call.
SUITS made to order, in the latest style
and by the most, expert Tailors.
Store in Old Headquarters Building, corner
Main rnd Bridge Streets, Austin, Minn
OUT OF THE
OLD STORE
INTO THE
IN" 33 W
JOHN WALSH,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Flour, Feed,
etc., etc.,
Will open his New Store on Mill Street, on
SATURDAY.
llis stoek is'complete and his prices are rea­
sonable. He solicits a eall.
Go and See F'
•&£•> -E-R
*i
la hi* lev ai)d eUgant
^pr\S
ry
-1
Cleaner, Renovator and
TAILOR.
Thirty years experience in-business gir«a
IB* pre-eminence over all competitors.
WORK DONE PROMPTLY.
Cutting in the Latest Styes.
Removed to Adains Street, (meat of Baptist
Church) Auitin. Minn. S3tf
rmrPI nVKUWP
Men-wo,nen
The Christian at Work.
T. De Witt Talmage, Ed
Without Premium,$3 with Premium, 53.25
To Clergymen, 75 cents less.
A Choice of Two Premiums. Agents want­
ed.
Also, Fife SaMH-ScM Papers
Under tbe same editorial supervision. Each
published monthly, and suitable for Sclioql or
Iloine. The best and cheapest published.
Beautiful Premiums with these also.
GOOD WORDS, MY PAPER,
iiOOD ('IIEEK, 01,l AND
YOIIKG DGR OSS
Tugsieafil.
J^*We number our papers, but do SOT
'date them, making them good at any
TIINE.-FSASK
Full particulars and sample copies of all
papers furnished on application
HORATIO C. KING. Publisher,
51t3 Box 5105, New York.
FUR GOOD.
HART, TAYLOR & CO.,
OF BOSTON, MASS., ARE JOBBERS OF
Hats, Gaps, Furs,
Buffalo Robes,
AND MANUFACTURERS OF
LADIES' FURS.
They are represented iu this city by their
traveling Agent,
MR. JNO. A. BABCOCK,
Who will be hero in about three weeks, with
samples. lie will take rders for everything
made of Fur, and furnish the very best qual­
ities of goods. Prices astonishingly low.—
Please reserve your orders for our Agent.
24m3 HART, TAYLOR CO.
HO! FARMERS!
HAVE YOU SEEN THE
Manufactured at Austin,
And sold throughout the State? It i& one of
most valuablo devices for producing butter
fn/rn cream ever invented. Any ordinary
quantity of cream can be changed to butter
in
TEN MINUTES TIME
The Churns are of two kicd^, one of wood
the other of stone. They are
Cheap,Durable
Easily operated, and kept clean without dif­
ficulty, No other churn can compete with
these in any respect. Call on nie for. the
EXCELSIOR
24tf C. N. BEISICKER.
LOOK! LOOK!
Red Jacket Mills I
—SITUATES ON—
DOBBINS' C^EEK,
About AO rods east from the Depot. The Un*
dersigned are now prepared to do all work in
the way of
MILLING.
They have spared no pains in getting the
best Machinery, using the latest patents for
Btutfieterfttg Peer.
They feel confident in assuring tho Public
of as good work as eaa be turned oat in the
E A A E &
5000 BUSHELS
of Wheat wanted, Highest prices given,
Cash paid for
^BPJTSS-W
and agents,
IjlUiLUl JluiU. we Jiave just wbat you
need. Our 9x11 Mounted Chroino^ outsell
anything in the market. Mr. Persons'writes:
'•I struck out yesterday, and by working easy
four hours, cleared $7." A lady bas just re­
ported her profits for the forenoon as $5 yes­
terday up to 2 o'clock she cleared §7.60. We
can prove beyond question that .one agent
ordered 5,600 of thego'chromos in eleven work­
ing days. We have the largest and finest as­
sortment iu the United States hun,dreJ* of
cboioe subjects from wbicb'to select. We will
send-you aa assortcd"100 of the best selfing
freeofcharge on receipt of $6.50. Send in
your orders or give us a call. Samples Ijy
mail 25e., or 12 for $1-..
BOSTON FRAME AND CHROMO CQ.
292 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
P. O. Box 26fi2.
also
CORN ANO OATS.
J. 6. WA&XEB, C. C. CRANE Co.
rT-4*tf Austin Minn. Ick.»'74
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W«3SR9
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A. A. HARWOOD, Editor and Proprietor. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE". .WITH CHARITY FOR ALL.—OBCTlB.
"EVEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY."
OQOO in Persia reigned a King,
Who upon his signet-ring
Caryed a maxim true and wiao,
Wbieh^if bold before his eyes,
Gave him eountel, at a glance,
Fit for every change and chnnco
Solemn words, and these are the
"Even this shall pass away."
Trains of camels thfough'the sand
Brought him gems from Samarcand
Fleets of galleys through the seas
Brought him pearls to match with these
But he counted not as gain
Treasures of the mine or main.
"What is wealth?" the King would say
"Even {his will pass away."
'y^:
yJ In th'o revels of his court,
At the zenith of the sport/
IgVThen the palms of all his guests
Burned with clapping at'his jests,
He, amid his 6gs and wine,
Cried: (Oh, loving friends of mine!
Pleasure comes, but not to stay—
'Even this shall pass away"
Fiichtiug on a furious field,
One a javelin pjereed his shield
Soldiers with a loud lament,
Rore him bleeding to his tent.
Groaning from his tortured side,
"Pain is hard to bear," he cried
"But with patience, d^y by day,
'Even this shall pass away.'"
Towering in tbe public, square,
Twenty cubits in the air,
Rose his statute carvcd in stoue.
Then the King, disguised, unknown,
Musing meekly: "What is funis?
Fame is but a slow decay
'liven this shall pass away.'"
Struck with palsy, sere and old,
Waiting^f the gates of Gold,
Spake ho with bis dying breath:
"Life is done but what is death?"
Then in answer to the King
Fell a sunbeam on his ring,
Showing by a heavenly ray—
'•Even this shall pass away."
AN ICE-BOUND PAIR.
Winter Experience of a Man and Wife—
TUvee Months Alone Amid Sea of Ice.
Henry Best and wife, who have cliarge
of the crib, liayc had, perhaps, the most
sensational experience during the past
winter of any family in or about Cleve­
land. The couple are enjoying the pres­
ent spring weather na highly as anybody,
and are commencing, not to-make garden,
but to do Such chores about their habita­
tion as the circumstances will allow. A
Herald reporter paid them a visit Thurs­
day afternoon and fonnd Mr. Best busy
whitewashing the inside of the roof and
wood-work uf the crib, while Mrs. Best
was engaged in other employment about
their solitary home." They stated that in
Novembi'v ice formed on the lake, and
from that time on, for three long months,
they were utterly alone and entirely un­
able to reach the shore. The ice at times
was strong enough to bear their weight,
but it was not safe to leave the crib for any
distance,, as spaces of water were frequent­
ly created between the crib and the ice,
which would not close up for several
hours. They told our reporter that the
fury of the winds and surging of the ice
were sometimes terrific. The ice often
piled up around the crib twenty feet high,
and the force of the wind and waves shook
the whole structure, strong and firm
fariw
HS
is. On tiie night of January 23, the build­
ing was rocked with such violence that
O
Mr. aud Mrs. Best became thoroughly
alarmed. Jumping from their bed, they
remained on the floor till daylight, ex
pecting almost every minute to find thei*
habitation capsized and they left at the
mercy of the furious powers that raged
Without. The building shook so that the
water in a pail standing on the floor was
half splashed out, and their bed moved
about on its castors. The hours of dark­
ness were anything but cheerful and pleas­
ant, and that particular night will be re­
membered as a notable one in their expe­
rience. However, they stood it until morn­
ing, when the wind went down and that
dread time of peril was over. Some time
during one of the violent storms tliat pre­
vailed the li«avy iron sheeting on the out­
side wall of the crib was broken in two
places by the surging of the large cakes
of ice.
One day in February the ice was safe
about the crib, .and appeared to be so all
.of the way tp the shore, so Mrs. Best start­
ed to. walk to the city. Her husband
watched until he saw her arrive safe on
land, but when the hour came for her re­
turn the ice had moved away from the
.shore, and she was not able to venture/mt
It .was two weeks latef before Mr. Best
dared Uf come in after her. lie was, of
course,fvery uneasy, not knowing but that
she had started home and was drowned,
or what could have delayed her coming
while she, in her anxiety concerning his
welfare, lost ten pounds.in these two weeks.
it
Mr. Best found his wife in the city, and
they returned to the crib in safety, and
made no more attempts to come ashore
until after the ice had entirely cleared
away.
During the long siege of Winter the
time wds not unemployed. An ice-house
was built, and twelve tons of splendid ice
stored for Summer use. An aquarium
about five feet in diameter was built of
brick, where they intend keeping a nice
lot of fish of all varieties. Mrs. Best em­
ployed much of her time in cleaning the
floors and woodwork of the interior of the
crib, so that everything is now as neat as
anew pin. As a pass-time Mr. Best put
iron runners on a small row boat, and by
lha aid of a siil was able to pass around
over the smooth ice on the more calm
days wiih remarkable rapidity and ease.
In answer to a question of the reporter as
to what they would do in case of sickness
during the winter time, the reply was that
they didn't expect to get sick, and hadn't
thought of doctors or medicine. They
had plenty of good, substantial food to
last the winterthrough, except in the way
of.fresh meat and, aside from the heavy
storms, they had lived as contentedly as
could tie desired. The husband has the
Best wife, and she the :Best husband in
that community, and, barring the slight
unpleasantness mentioned, tliey were one
of the happiest fftinilies
uud«r
the reign
OFJLAYOR^TTI.
1 ,~L* YJLFOR. 'Z\
Iks Tke of the Times
If the beginning of a new century of
our national life should be riiarked by a
revival of the early virtues of the people,
such as simplicity, frugality, and econo­
my, in place of luxury, extravagance and
grodigalily, we might reasonable believe
that the next htindml-years will Avitness
our growth in prosperity and power, such
as the present slate of things gives us no
right to anticipate.'
It will hardly be-denied that ostenta­
tious display is one of the great vices of
our time and country The haste to be
rich and make a show1 of what riches
can buy, are the canker of our social sys
tern, and will eat .put the solid and endur­
ing strength of any people. The facts on
which this statement is made, are appar­
ent.. Indeed they 'are thrust upon our ob­
servation as the grand object of life, and
we are compelled to see them, whether
they disgust or delight us, it is in city and
country alike. Everywhere thelustof the
eye and (he.pride oflife, flare themselves
in the sight of men. This is so much the
fashion of the day that it has ceasc-d to
receive cenSure, and it .rather commands
admiration, as the thiiig to be done and
and desired. The struggle of those v. lip
have the means to make the display, is to
them, and the more they get the more
they want. This is human nature. ItaL
ways so. Perhaps it always will be so.
But it never did mark the upward pro­
gress of a people. It is Ihe sign of cul­
mination and decline. It betokens those
views of life—luxury, effeminacy, tinsel,
glitter, veneering, shams, shows, froth,
folly, vanity aud vice—that cannot coax
istwith sterling honesty, simplicity, puri
ty, sobriety, and religious principle, on
which true greatness and permanent pros­
perity arc built.
To draw the line between the right and
wrong in this matter is not for us our
fathers, the founders of the republic,drew
it. There is but one of the distinguished
men of the revolution of whom extrava­
gance is imputed, and he was Benedict
Arnold. His greed was the incentive to
his reason.
We know how silly seems the attempt
to say a word against the extravagance of
the times as indicated in the style of
living, equipage, the furniture, the enter­
tainments, in which' the rich, and those
who wish to be considered rich, but are
not, indulge.
"We are laughed at for our pains, and re­
garded as croaking, when the world is
singing for joy. But the day -of reckon­
ing comes, to nations as \spll as individu­
als, and then "whose shall all these things
be?" Who, pf all those that pride them­
selves on cosily displays, contribute any­
thing of wisdom and power to the repub­
lic? How, few of them leave children
whose example is of any service to the
country? The sons o? men who waste
their substance in luxurious living, amount
to nothing. Such families soon run out.
Those who endure, perpeuate their names
and tiieir influence through successive
generations, are the sober, frugal, steady,
conservative people, whose highest ^ambi­
tion is to do their duty to God and their
country.
TERMS:
We shall see these truths brought to the
front in the discourses which Hie centen
nial will produce, and well"will it for the
country, and so fitr the world, if the truth
be sent home to the understanding and
conscience of tl^ nation, that we shall
have a revival of those domestic and so­
cial virtues which indicate soiid worth,
and assure the existence and influence of
those public Virtues which are essential
lo permanent national life,:—New York
Observer.
Famine and Pestilence Raging1.
In addition to the famine, which is rag­
ing with unabated violence, Turkey is
visited with another national affliction.
A cattle disease is ravaging the herds and
flocks all over the empire, from Bagdad
on the Tigris to the Adriatic coasts. At
Scala Nova, in the province of Smyrna,
and in the vicinity of the Dardaneiles, the
9mall-pox among the sheep, and pulmon­
ary disease anions: the cattle, have caused
the loss of fifty per cent, of the former.
A recent visitor to the plains of Troy re­
marked the skeletons of thousands of
sheep lying on the ground. Reports from
Smyrna state that vast- flocks have been
totally destroyed, and one letter tells of a
shepherd who, stripped by the murrain
of his entire flock, has become insane, and
takes out to pasture a pocketfpll of white
pebbles, which he fondly believes to be
the fleecy tribe, in the possession of which
he was a few weeks ago comparatively
rich. In the region around Adrianoxle,
thirty per cent, of the horned cattle are
swept away by a disease which, in some
localities, affects the bowels, in others the
respiratory organs, but which seems to
partijke generally of a typhoid character.
In the case of horses the disease affects the
spine, and is very rapid in its action. In
the district of Enos the sheep are affected
by lung dfsease, and the sanitary physi­
cian of Varna reports a like aflection of
the flocks in the Dobrudja, between the
Danube and the Black Sea. It is painful­
ly evfdent. says The Levant Herald, that
throughout the whole length and breadth
of the empire pastoral industry is smitten
by a visitation which must tell severely
upon the econimical condition of the
country generally.
The Secret of Being Stylisla.
From careful and extensive observation
I have about come to- the conclusion that
no woman can be really stylish who
apparently knows what to da with her
hands.
She may have wealth and position, she
may paint and powder her face, have ele­
gant clothes and wear the mask veil just
below her nose, but if she appears to know
what to do with her hands she is lost.
Tliey absolutely must hang in listless,
graccftil(apparent) helplessness but not
all the time they must wander aimlessly
about, as if seeking a resting place and
finding none, and they must come together
occasionally with a touch like melting
snowflakes.
My dear girls, my word for it, there's the
whole secret.
You m&y have everything, do everything,
be everything else, but, if you seem to know
what to do with your hands, your case
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is hopeless—there will be an indescriba
ble "something" lacking you never will
be stylish.—-Gale Forest, in Cincinnati
Times.
A Namtltil Crime.
The particulars of the commitment of
the most ^revolting crime known, have
come to light. On Saturday night last,
Emma Hoskins,. a young girl about 15 or
16 years pf age, daughter of Edwin Ho»
kins, who resides in North Minneapolis,
above the beer garden, attended Ihe even­
ing service at Pilgrim church. Bhe was
returning home alone, when she was over­
taken by a man unknown to her, who ac
costed her and offered to escort her home.
The frightened girl refused, but the man
was persistent in his offers and forced his
presence upon her. She told him the did
not desire hi? attendance, a few words fol­
lowed, and grasping her by the throat he
clfbaked her so that she could not scream,
and succeeded in outraging her person,
and then left her. The frightened and in­
jured girl related \o her parents upon
reaching home, what had happened. The
bright moonlight enabled her to get a
pretty good view of the villain, and she
was enabled to give to her mother an ac­
curate description of the fiend. With this
in their possession a warrant was sworn
out for John Doe, aud placed in the hands
of officer Williams, wSo believed he knew
a man answering to the description given.
Last eight he arrested upon the warrant
Charles Peterson, a Scandinavian laborer
who, for four or five years past, has been
employed upon the boom.
Since Sunday night the girl ha3 been
confined to her room, as the result of in"
juries received, and was not therefore en­
abled to appear in court. Peterson was
therefore taken to the house, and had no
sooner been brought before Ihe poor girl
than she identified him as the fiend who
had been guilty of the crime. There was
no hesitation in the recognition, and in
the minds of those who were present there
•s little or no doubt of the man's guilt.
Peterson was brought before Judge Coo
ley this afternoon and bound over until
Saturday next, in $3,GOO bail, which he
was unable to secure, and was therefore
sent to jail. The probabilities are that the
grand jury will take the matter in charge,
and relieve the court of any further action
in the matter.
Peterson is a rough looking Scandina­
vian laborer, who does not seem to be
much moved by the terrible charge made
against him. The parents of the unfor
tunate girl are said to be highly respect­
able people, who have not long resided in
Minneapolis.
Mr*. CoblelgK's Hot Potato.
Mr. Cobleigh had just got down to break­
fast. He was standing up to the stove with
his hands clasped behind him, as is his
custom, contemplating the attractively set
table. A large platter of broiled ham, with
fried eggs, was the central feature, and Mr.
Cobleigh is very fond of ham and eggs.
The family cat was lying under the table,
purring to herself. It was a strongly mark
ed domestic «cene, and Mr.' Cobleigh felt
his eyes moisten as he surveyed it. Mrs.
Cobleigh was taking up the potatoes. She
had the last one pierced with the fork, and
was about to deposit it with the rest, when
she espied the upturned palm of her hus­
band's hand. What possessed her she can
not tell, but she dropped the steaming vege­
table straight into his unconscious hand.
He didn't ask her what she was doing he
didn't look around he simply emitted an
awful scream and sprung madly into the
air. On the descent he struck the table with
his knees with such force as to complete
ly overturn it, and, with the contents he
went to the floor with an awful crash. Five
dollars' worth of crockery was smashed
and a carpet, coat, and a pair of pants were
ruined by ham gravy and butter. It
probable Mr. Cobleigh wTould have fainted
dead away from the effect of the shock
had not the cat, across whose back he fell
as she was darting away from the awful
calamity, turned around and fastened both
claws and teeth into his thigh with deadly
ferocity. The house is now shut up. Mrs.
Cobleigh is visiting her mother in Brook
field, and Mr. Cobleigh has taken a jaunt
to Boston on business. We understand
she thinks Mr. Cobleigh is to blame in the
matter, for, she properly reasons, had he
not jumped so like an all-fired fool, there
would have been no damage done.—Dan
bury News.
The Duration ofLife.
The following facts on the duration of
life appear in the Deutsche Yersicher
ungs-Zeitung: "In ancient Rome, during
the period between the years 200 and 300
A. D., the average duration of life among
the upper classes was 30 years. In the
present century, among the same classes
of people, it amounts to 50 years. In the
sixteenth century the mean duration of
life in Geneva was 21.21 years and at the
present time as many people live to 70
years of age as 300 years ago lived to the
age of 43. In the year 1693 the British
Government borrowed money, the
amounts borrowed to be paid in annuities
on the basis of the mean time. The State
Treasury made thereby a good bargain,
and all parties to the transaction were sat­
isfied. Ninety-seven years later Pitt es­
tablished another tontine or annuity com­
pany, based on the presumption that the
mortality would remain the same as 100
years before. But, in this instance, it
transpired that the Government bad made
a bad bargain, since, ^while in the first ton­
tine 10,000 persons of e?ch sex died under
the age of 28,100 years later only 5,772
males and 6,416 females died under this
age. From these facts it appears that life
under certain favorable influences has
gained in many and probabiy in all its
forms and manifestations, both in vigor
and duration. To still, further promote
this tendency it is only necessary that
those conditions under which the at­
tainment of the desired end is possible
be made to accord with the fundamental
laws."
How to Take theCenaua.
The "Smith method" of calculating the
population of cities may be new to some
of our readers. Chicago and St. Louis,
those jealous rivals, have been trying it.
It is claimed that in the United States
there is one Smith to every 540 persona
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The St. Lauis dirrdtPry
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and by applying the other (actof ia
calculation tbe population Is shown
489,240. This being published in kWt.
Louts paper, a Chicago' editor rises
mark the Smith family theto materialises
much better than that, fie Hods 1|M
Smiths, arid 48 Smyths, Smfts, Schmidts,
etc., making ID all 1,418. fife multiplies
this by 540, and behold Chicago's popula­
tion looms up to 776,520. As be proclaims ..
the result, he casts a glance cf mingled
pity and scorn at the insigoijfcaot Tiling?'
over in Missouri.
Steaming Food f«r Stock*
The diccussions which have taken placer
in regard to the best methods of prepaid
ing food for stock, and the practice of
soiling* steaming food and cutting Todder,
have undoubtedly had tbe effect to lead
to a general improvement in the care and
feeding of cattle^ In questions of this
kind, as in most others, the truth is most
commonly found in the middle course,
and however applicable it may be to
special cases it is not universal. Though
the opinions of practical fanners differ as
to the advantage of steaming food, fcr
example, it is surprising to find that su
many daftymen who are raising milk for
sale are either steaming their food system*
atically, or doing what amounts to the
same thing essentially, treating it with
hot water poured upon it in tubs or feed­
ing boxes which are, covered and allowed
to stand till the materials are completely^
softened. In this way they induce an en*
ormous flow of milk, the quality of which
depends chiefly upon the ingredients
which constitute the mass subjected to this
treatment.
Steaming food will undoubtedly pay in
a large milk dairy—that is steaming or its
equivalent—but it will not pay, as a gen­
eral rule, except where the object is to
produce a large quantity. It has the ad.
vantage of enabling the farmer to econo­
mize many feeding substances, like corn­
stalks, coarse hay and straw, since it soft,
ens and renders them easily digestible.
But though it pays to cut and steam such
materials the same can hardly be said of
good English hay.
That cooking tood improves it is per­
fectly well known to most careful feeders
of stock. One bushel ot dry corn, for ex­
ample, made five pounds ten ounces of
pork, while one bushel of boiled corn
made fourteen pounds seven ounces and
one bushel of boiled meal made sixteen
to eighteen pounds, thus showing the
great advantage of preparing food for fat
tening stock so as lo put it in a perfectly
digestible form. System and regularly in
feeding is quite as important to success
as the condition in which the food isgiv*
en.—Massachusetts Ploughman.
Driving Three Abreast.
We have used some complicated ar.
rangements, and many simple ones, for
driving three horses abreast in plowing..
As a rule we have always found the more
simple ones the better. We have done a
good deal of fall-plowing with three hors­
es and always found that we had as much
land turned over at night, and as deeply,
as we could have accomplished with four
hitched two before two. The reason is
obvious: The leaders arc so far from the
draft and the attachments so heavy that
the labor of fully one horse is expended
in overcoming this difficulty.
A great deal of ingenuity has been ex­
pended, first and last, in so arranging the
several parts of these three horse draught
bars that the power of each horse should
be equalized successfully so, in a consid­
erable measure, in the more complicated
ones, and also in some of the patent clev­
ises. In the Canada Farmer we lately saw
a three-horse-equalizer figured which com.
mends itself at once as being simple and
effective and which any farmer can make
for himself from any rough blacksmith
iron.
To make it take three pieces of tough,
hard wood two inches thick by three inch­
es wide that for the middle horse twenty,
two inches long, and those for the outside
horses each twenty-seven inches long.
These are joined together in line by one
quarter inch strap-iron, so that they will
have considerable flexibility, and leaving
a space ot one inch between each- bar.
Now lay these pieces down beside a doub­
le-tree five feet long, two inches thick, four
inches wide at the center and three inches
at the end, and mark where the attachments
of strap-iron, as described for connecting
the draw-bars, should be. Connect, and
the whole will be ready for use. The hors­
es are attached to the ends of the long
pieces and on the middle of the short piece,
each by a common single-tree.— Chicago
Tribune.
A Fatal Practical Joke.
A practical joker named Edward Cole,
near Penn Yan, New York, was killed by
his brother-in-law, Pierce, Thursday night.
Cole came home and knocked at the door
for a joke. When asked "Who's there?"
he answered, "Your money, or your life!"
Not being admitted, he went to the rear of
the house, and pulling off his boots he
climbed upon the shed, and effected his
entrance through a window. Mr. Pierce,
who sleeps down stairs, hearing him,cried
out, "Don't come into the house or I will
kill you." Seizing a butcher knife* he
started up stairs. Mr. Cole all the .time
keeping silent, stood at the head of the
stairs in the dark to receive him. Mr.
Pierce grappled with the supposed assas*
sin: and during the recounter cut his
throat with the butcher knife, severing
the jugular vein. The young man ex­
claimed, "You have killed Edward Cole!
My poor wife and children!" and died.
Mr. Pierce is about thirty-eight years of
age, and one of the best citizens of Yates
county. Mr Cole, his brother in-law, was
younger, also from an excellent family,
and of the highest integrity. He and his
brother.in-law have always been warm in­
timate friends, and their families greatly
attached to each other.
A Great Liar.
Two sailors, one Irish and the other
English, agreed reciprocally to take care
of each other, in case of either being
wounded in the action then about to com
mence. It was not long before the Eng.
lishman's leg was shot off by a cannon
ball and asking Pat to carry him to the
doctor, according to agreement, the other
readily complied, but had scarcely got his
wounded companion on his back when a
ball struck on the poor fellow's head.
Pat, through the noise and bustle, had not
perceived his friend's last misfortune, but
contiued to make the best of his way to
the surgeon. An officer observing him
with his headless trunk, asked him where
he was going? "To the doctor," said Pat.
"To the doctor!" said the officer "why
blockhead, the man'has lost his head."
On looking at it veiy attentively, "By my
sowl," said Pat. "lie told me it was bia
leg. but I was a fool to believe him, for
he was always ag^eatliar."
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