Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-12
USEFUL AND Suggestive.

Sun FLowERs.-A writerin the P~niril
f4'"ser thin ks it more profitable to false
inc mammoth sun flower than the common
| Kinds, but they are all good. The seed is
valuable Tor many purposes, especially for
iecding hens. The stalks are very useful
for kindl ny fires"
REMEDY FOR EAR AcHE-Generally,
heat is the best remedy. Apply q warm
pou'tlce or warm oil TO the ear Rub the
back of the ear with warm laudanum In
case of fetid discharge, carefully syringe
the car with warm milk and wafer In all
cases keep the car thoroughly cleanscd.
kelicf is often given by rubbing the back
OF tbs ear with little hartshorn and wa
ter
WE are generally losers in tho end, if
we stop to retute all the backbitings and
gossipping we may hear by the way.
They are annoying, it is true, but not dan
gerOus, so long as We do not stop to ex-
postulate and scold. Our characters arc
formed and sustained by ourselves, by our
own actions and purposes, and not by
others. Always bear this in mind, that
calumnlators may usually be trusted to
time and the slow, but steady, justice of
public opinion"
DRILLING WHEAT.-In drilling in fall
wheat some advantage may be gained by
the direction in which the drills are run.
The prevailing winds in winter are from
northerly direction. If the drills are ar
ranged to run similarly, when the ground
is frozen and the vii DIS are violent much
earth is blown from about the roots, and
they become sometimes dangerously ex-
posed. If tie drills run in an easteIly d.
rection the winds will blow acr es them,
and all loose earth, dust and floating mat
tiers, and, most important Of all, the sn w,
will be orifted against the rows OF wheat
plants on the side where they need protec-
ton. The roo's will thus gain covering
which is useful not only during the cod
weathe', but also during the growing sea-
son-HearM and Home
How TO SEE UNDER WATER.-Says a
writer in the Scientific american: "Tbe
Indians of North America do this by cut
ting hole through the ice and then COW
erlng or hanging blanket in such man
ner as to darken or exclude the irtct rays
of the sun, when they are enabled to see
into the water, and discover fish at any
reas5 nable depth. Let any one who is
ANXIOUS to prove this, place himself under
the blanket, and he will be astopished
when he beholds with what brilliancy
everything in the fluid world is lighted
up. once had occasion to examine the
bottom of mill. pond, for which con-
structed a float out finch plank, sufficient
to buoy me up; through The center of this
float cut q hole, and PLACID blanket
over it, when was enabled to clearly dis
cover objects on the bottom, and several
lost tools were discovered and pi, ked up.
am satisfied that, where walter is sufjci-
emily clear, this latter plan could be sue
ccsstullv used for lost bodies and articles"
LOOK most to your spending. No mat
ter what comes in, if more goes out you
will always be poor The art is not in
making money, but in keeping it.; lie
expenses, like mice in barn, when they
are many, mske great waste. Hair by
hair, heads get bald; straw by straw, the
thatch goes off the cottage; and drop by
drop, the rain comes ia the chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, if the tap leaks but
drop minu c. When you mean to save,
begin with your mouth: there are many
thieves down The red lane. TIL, ale jug is
a great waste. In all other things keep
within compass. Never stretch your legs
farther than the blankets will reach, or
you will soon b. cold In clothes. choose
suitable and lasting stuff, AID not tawdry
fineries To be warm is the main thing;
NEVER mind the locks. A fool may make
money, but it needs wise man to spend
chimneys than to keep one going. If you
ing left for the saving bank. Fare hard
and work hard while you are young, and
you will have chance to rest when you
are old.
THE HEAT OF THE BLooD.-How many
of us know the real temperature of cur
own bodies? All the thermometers are
marked wrongly; they generally mark
blood heat" at ninety eight degrees
Fahrenheit. Now, the real temperature
of the blood, in healthy person, varies
little from one hundred de-
grees. But the temperature of the axilla,
or arm. pit, which is the part of the body
whose heat is most frequently and con
veniently measured, averages ninety eight
and six-tenths degrees. This is the usual
healthy temperature Of the body; little
variation from this temperature occurs,
rounding air. It is we'll known that we
retain an inward warmth while exposed
to the cold. But the same vital power al.
SO keeps us cool when exposed to de-
gree of heat far higher than that Of the
blood-as in the case of the experiment
tiers who entered an oven heated above
the boiling point of water. And this
power to retain an even temperature is
one of the strongest proofs of sound con-
stitution in the individual. Any range of
the axillary temperature below ninety
seven degrees or above ninety nine and
bali. is always very suspicious Hearth
and Home.