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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17
What the Microscope Reyeals-With q
Moral.

Lewenboeck tells us of an insect seen
with the microscope, Of which fifty seven
millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen in
the cavities Of a grain Of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with
the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully I, atAercd
Hams are hollow tubes
The surface Of our bodies is covered
with scales like fish; a single grain OF
sand would cover one hundred and fifty Of
these scales, and yet s. scale covers five
hundred pores. Through these narror
openings the sweat forces itself like water
through sieve.
The mites make five hundred steps a
second.
Each drop of stagnant water contains a
world Of animated beings, swimming with
as much liberty as whales in the sea.
Each leaf has colony of insects graz
ing on it, like COWS on Il meadow.
Moro1.-Have some care as to the air
you breathe, tho food you cot, and the
water you drink.-Home and Health.
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Lime O ReIOvatOr OF Soils.

The constant use of special manure
tends to make the land what is called
"sick." Thus we hear of land being clover
sick; Of land that has been manuced with
superphosphate, guauo, or fish, IS being
burnt, and no longer yielding to the appli
cation Of more manure. Barnyard manure
is not yet in sufficient supply to have pro-
duced the same effect or given rise to a
similar complaint, but even when this has
been applied in large quantities to the soil,
it will be found that something is needed
to remedy the lodging OF crops for want
of stiffness i'll the stalk or straw. Lime
is q remedy in all these cases. When the
soil is tiled with vegetable matter lime
rapidly decomposes it, and not only is it q
solvent for this, but for many mineral
matters that plants need for food. A lime
stone soil is as much improved by lime as
any other land, and needs it equally at
stated periods; for limestone is MT lime
in the sense in which agricultu'ists use the
word and it cannot fill the Office Of lime
until it has been fitted therefor by the op
Grafton of the kiln.--Hearth md Home.
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Eating Green Corn.

LAST autumn persons who wished to OBJ
serve "the proprieties," inquired of us
whittier it, was according TO good usage to
gnaw the corn from the cob, or if it should
be cut into the plate. Generally, though
not always, matt~rs Of tsblc etiquette are
fuuntcd in comitlon sense. A bird can
only be properly enjoyed by picking it,
hence good usage sanctions the use OF the
fingers in removing the flesh from the
bones of bird, while one who should
take the hone Of a beefsteak, or mutton
chop, in his fingers, would be looked upon
as i'll bred. The only way to get the full
satisfaction out of green corn is to gnaw
it from the cob, and though the operation,
especially to foreigner who knows not
corn, is not an elegant one to witness, it
is performed at the best-ordered tables.
So G. IL. rally is it conceded that corn
should be eaten from the cob, that silver
smiths now make silver green corn
handles; these are thrust into the large end
of the cob, and allow it to be held with
cut soili1g the fingers 1t is rather an
awk ward matter to cut the corn from the
ear at tnblc, especially if the knives are
not cha p If it is to b. eaten in this way,
it should be prepared before it is sept to
the table. The operation of eating from
the cob is much facilitated by drawing a
sharp knife lengthwise of each row, in
such manner that the hull Of each kernel
will be split. When this is done, the
digestible, nutritious contents of the ker-
ncls will slip out, and the often tough hull
be left upon the cob. Those whose teeth
are sensitive or defective will find this a
great help.-11ner1cGn AqricaAturIst.
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Iced Water.

During the hot season the excessive
use of iced water is one CT the most pro-
life sources of disease and sudden death.
In very hot weather, when water is rend.
cred extremely cold by the use Of ice in
the cooler, no person should drink it in
that condition, but should pour in, or dsaw
from the hydraat, as much water Of the
ordinary temperature as will modify the
iced watt to about an October tempera.
ture. Then he may drink without damage
Nothing is worse for the teeth than ex
tremely cold water and many a man has
acquired dyspepsia by its bad effect upon
the stomach. Not q few have suffered
from congestions which were dangerous OF
deathly. We remember a boy, smart
black eyed, and handsome, who was con.
nected with our Office. He was just old
enough to be wise above that which is
written. Being one day demonstrated
with for drinking two or three glasses Of
water as cold as ice could make It, he re-
piled tartly, Water is never too cold fol
me; never feel the slightest injury from
its use" The weather was extremely hot
and if ever cold water could be used at any
time, that, OF all others, when the system
Was everheated, was not the time to use il
so copiously The next day he was not in
the office, and the following day he die
not come. The third day about noon he
made hts appearance, and looked as if he
had had chills aud fever for three months
He drank no more ic> d water that summer
and probably got lesson which will las
him his lifetime. 1t is wonder it die
not kill him. A word to the wise is sut1i
Gent. - ph1enOl0Q5cQL Journal
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Management Gf Horses.

Feed literally, work steadily, and
clean thoroughly, is my motto in the
management Of horses. My great trou.
bic is to get tue horse rubbed dry
and clean before leaving them for the
night Where horses are worked six days
in the week, thorough grooming is abso-
lutely essential to their health. The more
highly they are ted the more important it
is to clean them. Most men use the curry
comb too much, and the wlisk and brush
too little do not nlys. If insist upon it,
but / believe it would pay always to take
the whole harness from the horses when
put in the stables at noon, and rub them
dry, washing th, shoulders with cold wa.
ter, afterwards thoroughly drying them
with cloth. Every man and team on the
farm cost me at least $3.50 year; and l
question if one farmer in hundred duly
appreciates how much be loses from hay
ing poor horses and in not keeping them
in vigorous health, and in condition to do
a maxium days work.-American Agri'
cztLtu23yt
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Biliousne,s and Indigestion.

These two complaints are more general at THIS
season of the year than at almost any other. They
are closely akin; for biliousness always involves
an impaired digestion, and indigestion is neces
sarily an accompaniment of a disordcred or torpid
liver. Happy the man or woman who can boast
of stomach that has felt the horrors of dys-
pepsia and to whom that great secretive agent,
the liver, has never given pain or trouble. Not
one in thousand can lay claim to entire immunity
from irregularity in these organs. How, then,
shall they be rcgulateds Not by powerful cathar-
tics, alternatcd with ordinary stimulants, but by
medical invigorant, like Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, which combine in due proportion the tonic
aud the Alternative principle. Wherever there is a
church, a schOol-hOuse and general store. TINS
famous medicine may be procured. No village
merchant finds it prudcn. to be without It, for it Is
inquired for every day ny every class The work,
ingman buys it because it increases his capacity for
the salubrous roots, herbs. etc of which 1t IL com
posed. ditfused through his system by the pure
stimuiant which forms the basis of the Bittcrs, Is
most healthful and invigoratng. The scholar,
the merchant and, in fact, al men whose minds
or bodies. or both are in constant exercise, Will
derive benefit from its use. To persons of eeden-
tary habits it supplies, in some measure, tnat &C
tivity in the circulation which is Obtalned ny PnyN
cal exertOn and is the best known remedy LOT coH-
stipatiOn. m.
Ask for Hostctters Stomach Bitters, ana 40 not
and frnnds sometimes offered in its stead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

How to Make Bread.-I dissolve one
hop yeast cake in one pint of warm water.
Then take five potatoes, just boiled, skin
them, put them into a separate dish, throw
cup Of flour, upon them, while hot !;
mash the potatoes and flour fine; working
them with the hands, if necessary, TO re-.
move all the Jumps When cool enough,
SO as not to scald it, add the yeast cakes
and the water in which they have been
dissolved, beating the whole together
vigorously few minutes. It's then a
moderately stiff batter. Set this in warm
place for an hour, or so-or even let it
stand over night. When it has risen, slit
the flour into the bread pan, pour in the
yeast. Then add salt, dissolved in
warm water, and knead your bread II
the yeast does not mojsten it sufficient to
work it in:o paste, add more warm water.
When it is kneadcd stiff leave it in this
pan to rise again and when it is up to the
top Of the pan, add little sifted flour, and
Knead it over, working into loaves, filling
your baking pans little over halt full.
Let it rise, and in fifteen or twenty minutes
they will be ready for the oven. By
preparing the yeast cakes (you can use
yeast of your own manufacture Unsteady
over night, your bread Can be baked and
set away TO cool, by nine in the morning
This plan never fails to insure you light
sweet bread.-Cor Western RurdL.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

Preserved Peaches.-A lady contrib
utes the following to the Western Rural i:
Take the free.stone yellow peaches, pare
them, and weigh after the skin is removed
Allow one pound of white sugar to one
pound of fruit Place layer of fruit al
the bottom of the D sserving kettle, then
layer OF sugar, then fruit, and so on.
Stand il over hot ashes or GOALS until the
sugar is entirely melted; then boil them
until they are clear; remove them. piece
by piece, and spread them on dish free
from syrup. Boil the syrup alone, until it
jellies. When the peaches are cold fill the
jars half full Of them. and I'll up with the
boiling syrup. Set them away for short
time, covered with thin cloth, then put
on brandy paper, and cover them close
with cloth, paper, or skin. 1t usually takes
thirty to forty minutes to preserve them
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

They are not a vile FANCY MIMI
Made of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof snirits
and Refuse Liquors doctored, sp,ced md rvee..
cned to please the taste, called "Toacs " nnet:z
err" Rcsorers," &C.. that lead the t,pper IN TO
drunkenness and ruin but true Medicine. mad.
from the Native Roots and Herbs Of California freq
from oil Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE, perfect Ecnovator and
1nvgortor Of the SYSTEM carrying OF all poisonous
matter and restoring the blood to healthy condition
No person can take these Bttcrs according TO direC
tions and remain long unwell provided their bones
are not destroyed by mineral poison or other mcans
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point OF re-
pair
They are a Gentle Pureative as we'll as 4
Tonic, possessing Also the peculiar merit OF acting
powerful agent in relieving Congestion or n1am'
nation Of the Liver. and all the V!sceral Organs
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether n
young old, married or single, at the dawn OF wo-
manhood or at the turn OF e these Tonic Bafs havs
10 equsf.
For Innammatory and Chronic Kherma-
tism and Gout, Dyspcpsta or Indigestion,
Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent Fevers,
Diseases Of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, and
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful
Such Diseases are caused by Initiated Blood,
which is generally produced by arrangement Of the
Digestive Organs.
.dp Fs1 Il IL sn Oh
ss sSa5 OF hf
Of the Heart Inflammation Of the 1ung Pain in the
symptoms. are the odkprings efDyspepsia.
They invigorste the Stomach and stimulate the tor
pd liver and bowels, which render them unequalled
e M I'D tns e vi and
FOR SKIN D1sEAsES, Ernptions. letter, Salt
buncles, Ring Worms. scaldHead. Sore Eyes, ErysiE
and Diseases the Skin Of Ehsteyer name or nature
phort time by the Of these Bitters One bottle il
such cases WIN convince the most ncredulous Of their
curative effect.
Cleanse the yitiated Blood wheneyer you ma it,
tons or Sore cleanse it when yoH nd It 3bstr9ctsd
and the health ofthe system will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in the
system of SO many thousands, efectually destroy
ed and removed. For full directions read carefully
the circular around each bottle printed in four Ian
| guages-Englsh, German. French and Spanish.
J.wALKER, Proprietor. r. H. MCDONALD 4 CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cal, aud
81 and "a Commerce Street. New York.
G1-6OlD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERA
|
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Price rs cts, SO cts, and 81 per bottle.
J. N. HARRIS & CO., Cincinnati, 0.
n FOR SALE BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
o. Health and Strength.
[GR@@K: ':$')Wi NE3fHR]
Throat and Lungs.

FOR ten years DR.. Crsaa's Anh- q Tss n ns
been tested and proved "a THOUSANDS OF ceses. ca
nerformnR wonderful cures. Will you let preJu.
pdice prevent you from being cured also1
pa. CROOKS WINE OF TAB is rich in the medlcin-
eredients Of undoubted value 1t rapidly restores g
fus.sd strength cleanses the Stomach, Iela1ss me
Liver and puts them to work, causes the 1900 g
in any way, We know the Mss!vng tonic properties Of
DR.. Crooks Wine of Tar: are what you need:
Itcures all Coughs and Colds and its many wonder.
to ca It sspecific for these complaints Tssat all.
ments require but few doses: All suneriny from
cousumrtIon or any Disease the Lungs should remem-
Der that Dr.. Crook " inc Of Tar has cured many
cases pronounced incurabie.
The Veal and peb!ltatsd should rememoer t, ssas
It also cures Llve aaa Kidney Complaints, and By
n,rIs Try one bottle. Take only DR.. Crook''
Wine Of Tar. Sold by Druggis.s.
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slider the free use of soda as very beneficial
to health. They make serious mistake.
Soda is sometimes used as a medicine to
correct acidity in the stomach. 1t is better
at such times to take the quantity pre-
scribed mixed in little water and not in
the food. The free use, for length Of
time, Of cookies, cake, etc, in which there
is supprabunda of alkali, will result
in Impaired digestion.-Cor. Americam Ag
TtcuIturist.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

are to be bedded before they are laid; for
if the bricks are dry, they imbibe the
moisture of the cement and destroy its
quality. There are two things which
cause mortar and cemcnts generally to
crack-too small quantity Of sand, and
too rapid cxhalation of water. There
must always he a contraction; but 1t is
least in those mortars which contain the
greatest proportion of sand; for it is the
moistened lime which contracts during
the process of drying. All mortars may,
for time, be affected by ATMOSPHERIC
changes, and especially by alternate wet
ting and freezing, but this is most remark
able in those which are liable to crack. A
mortar which sets without cracking will
always stand atLurWari."
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INuRRITRD DISEASES.-The nun

INHERITED D1sEAsEs.-The number of
transmissible complaints is larger than is
generally supposed. Not only scrofula and
consumption, but rheumatism, govt, liver
complaint, constipation, cerebral affections,
and probably dyspepsia, are Unbeatable.
Fortunately, however, these terrible heir.
looms may be got rid of. Cut Off the en'ai
with Dr. WALKERS VINEGAR BITTERs
This powerful Vegetable Alternative and
Invigorant, is also blood depurent. 1t
removes that transmitted poison from the
circulation, and cures what arc called con.
stitutiOnal disorders.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

Not long since an elderly lady enter
cd rail way Car and disturbed the passen-
gers good deal with complaints about a
"most dreadful rheumatic that she was
troubled with. Agentleman present, who
had himself been q severe sufferer from
the same complaint said to her: did
you ever try electricity, madam ! tried
it, and in the course of short time it
cured me-" "E't ctricity!' exclaimed the
old lsdv; Eyes, I've tried it to my satisfac.
ton. I nos struck By lightning about a
year ago, but it didn't do me single mos.
sci a. GOOD !"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

THE Young P1Lor.-The August num-
Der OF this excellent magazine is far in advance of
it's predecessors. Besides superb table of con-
tents it commences new department under the
editorship of Stanley Waterloo, which is both
humorous and instructive. The puzzle depart
ment '.Seck and Find ~ is also very fine. This
magazine for young people has secured the best OF
writers for it's pages and is second to none of like
character published. Only $1.04 year. Send
stamp for specimen. Address, FRANKLIN II.
T1NKER, & and Z Farwell Hall, Chicago, III. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17
The Sore Had In Poultry.

A correspondent in an exchange gives
the following remedy for the above dis
case which he states has never failed him
"In the absence of better cognomen,
I have called the disease the swell head.
The first symptoms are a watery and
frothy collection of matter in the eye,
often accompanied by warts or sores on
the head. If not attended to, the forma-
ton OF a white tough matter begins inside
OF the eyeli :, and always below the eye,
accompanied by considerable intlamma-
ton. The swelling increases rapidly, fire.
quently extending to the inside OF the
throat, which becomes liberated. The
fowl becomes blind in one or both eyes
as the disease sometimes attacks only one
eye at tlme-and death ensues. The
disease is highly contagious, and frequent
ly sweeps the poultry yard if not arrested.
have never failed to cure case even
when the fowls eyes were completely
shut from the swelling. The f.othy mat.
ter first coll, els in the front Or outer
corner of the eye, then to some extent
irppairing the vision, hich will be per
ceived by the fowl striving often to wipe
it away On its feathers.
"Poultry thus affected should at once
be placed in coop by themselves. Make
strong brine in an old cup, or some Other
suitable vessel, and wash the head at least
twice day, using a soft rag. Suffer the
brine TO go into the eye, az it seems to ar
rest the formation of the hard, laugh mat
ter alluded to. II sometimes occurs t-aa,
/ this formation has already taken place be-
, f0>e the disease is discovered. In such
cases sharpen piece of chip, and by
carefully inserting it between the eye and
! the lid remove it entirely. If not removed
by an operation, though the eye become
cured, there will always be an unsightlJ
! protuberance.
eff the head and gills have warts OF
them, the scab should be removed by thu
finger nail, or by pocket knife, prevlou
| to the washing. I do not remember eve
! losing but one case under this treatment
| though I have often had to feed them by
! hand for two or three days, on account o
blindness fl: nj swelling; and this case wal
! 80 far gone when took it in hand tina
ulcers had formed in the windpipe. II
addition to the above treatment, thu
nossrils must be kept free of matter By
pressing with q rag outward along TIL
! beak"
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FINANCIAL.
investment Securities.

JAY COOKE & Co. are now selling, and rec
ommend as a profitable and safc Investment
for all classes, the First Mortgage $50 Cole
Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
l,ny, bearing Seven and Threc-lcnths pei
cent gold interest (n,ore than 8per cent. cur
rency), and secured by firt and only mort
gage on the entire road and equipments, and
on more than 2S,NO Acres Of Land to every
mile of track, or 500 Acres OF Land 10 cacl
81, 900 Bond. The highest current prices WI
be paid for U. :. Five Twcntics, and all othc
marketable Securities received in exchange
Pamphlets, maps and full in!nrmatien will b'
furnished, on application, by JAY Cooke {
Co., Philadelphia, New York and Washing
ton, and by most Banks and Bankers through
out the country.
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s. &. M. Do

Don't stand aghast with awe and fear, eyes
wide open, hair on end, and fingers tightly
clinched, with the idea that these mysterious
symbols are cabalistic signs, and represent
some secret organization of masked demons,
who carry terror and dismay with their mid
night prowlings, and dispense on the dawn of
morning. No! They are only the initials of
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, that
pleasant medicine, which has acquired Ma
tional reputation, and proven so efdcacious
in Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Consumption
and kindred diseases. For these complaints
it has no equal. Sold by all druggists. $40
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The" local" of the Chicaro L

The " local" of the Chicago Republican
says: "Tho newest method of making
al honest living is to 80 round at night
with an accomplish, and play tom cat I'm.
der the windows Of irascible bachelors.
Then they throw boots and boot jacks,
and air.brushes, and crockc,y, and such
things at you, and you pick them up and
sell them for old rags. We got part of a
bed room set worth $50 last night, and
to night we are going back to get the rest
Of it"
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righteousness SO much that we want rs
goodness Men want everything to run
into themselves. There should be an out
ward circulation. He who helps man
helps God. We serve God by taking care
of His children = Henry Ward Beeche''s
Lecture Room Tyh.
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Is IT MrD1clSE:-A friend of ours, who hall halle
from one of the upper districts Of south Carolina,
called nj the pick ufficc, and among other NJ vel.
ties, he mentioned "Wolfe's Aromatic schiedan
Schnapps," and stated as fact, that in his section
Of the country, nearly all of the physicians in Ger
sary to proloug or save life, Invariably used these
"schnapps' justly regarding it az the only spirits
that could lie pr. cur. pure and unadulterated
lie also stated that this medicine or ''Schnapps'
was becoming the only beverage sold on the great
stage or railroad routes lie says those physicians
who have used and analysed it. state that for :'s
eases such as gravel, govt, rheumatism, &c, II Ii
incompatible
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

OFFICERS and Soldiers who served in the
army, physicians, surgeons, and eminent men
and women every where, join in recommend
ing Jot1son's Anodyne Li"inent to De the
best internal and external family medicine
ever invented. That's our experience.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-08-17

J.V. FARwELL & Co., Chicago, are daily
receiving large additions to their immense
stock of dry goods, woolens, dress goods,
notions, hosiery, gloves, etc, and are prepared
to do a larger business than any dry. goods
house west of New York. The quality and
prices of their goods suit the trade of the
Northwest, and attract the best class OF Gus
toners,
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Mt. Cnsroll SEMINARY, Carroll County, Nv Hr,% a.
Nl trdS superior advantages III Music aud AlNtN
EXPENSES moderate. N,nHH tabor fT those who Would
ct,'non,izc cxp,.>vs Address Principal. for lnrncnls
and receive FREE ORNAi, and LHhh7fiih OF seminary.
E00 Agents Wanted TO sell the beautiful Photo,
)JU Cru pll Marriage Cert ificntes. For cIliis,
send stamp to CRtpEH Bro, Publishers York, Pa
4 II. RICHARDSON'S new and elegant book
n. "Garltrd E.r:lvrS" Agents wanted. Address
'IoLUMbIAN Book Co.. Hartford Conn