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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Clsc krOaches a f3lesaimu.

1t has been the prevailing opinion
among housekeepers that cockroacles
were nuisance, but among the prejudices
which science has destined to do away witt,
this opinion is to be numbered. We have
to learn now that the sprightly bugs
should be demestic.Ited and taught to feel
At home. SO insist VI. Stronin, If Paris,
and Herr Ehlert, Of Berlin. The breed
ing Of the cockroach, according u these
authorities SHOULD DO an intelii gent pur.
suit, directed by scientific knowledge and
prompted by sanitary powers" Any
misguided wife who physics them witt,
Lyons powders, smashes them with q
broornstick, or pours delectorious substan.
oes into their favorite corners, is IN enemy
to the health of her family and u direct
encsurager Of that dreaded disease, cere-
ero-spinal meningitis. What says NJ.
Strnnin :? :.
"In all these quarters of Paris where
the paper and paste are accumulated, the
people encourage the multiplication OF
the &c insects, and evon undertake to tame
and breed them, and Stronin attributes
their immunity from carebrO-spinal men,
nights and kindred diseases in q great
pnrt to this fact.
Anyone who wishes IL colony or two OF
these public benefact0rs will find the
English species the best. In certain Eng.
lish seaport towns there is n distinct class
Of oockroacl fanoiers who breed these
insects with great success. Crossed with
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
An ActOrsR Resources.


The actor Hind was remarkable for
his presence of mind and fertility in
One evening, while play
ing in some forgotten melo drama, he
extricated himself with honor from an
awkward difficulty. He represented
the hero of the piece, = hardened brig.
and, caught at last. and awaiting his
doom in sombre cell. One of his &C.
complies had contrivel to convey him
a rope-ladder and a file. His business
WIS to file through the bars of his
prison window, and attempt to escape
through the opening. At the moment
whom he was getting out of the window,
three soldiers had to rush on the stage,
fire at him, and shoot him dead. Hind
duly went through his part but at the
critical moment of the expected fatal
catastrophe, the guns missed fire. The
soldiers retreated in disorder, and i'm
mediately returned with fresh muskets,
which, not being loaded, merely flashed
II the pan. Kinds position was be-
coming unpleasant. Suddenly he fell
upon the stage uttering fearful cries,
dragged himself to the foot, lights in
apparent agony, and exclaimed, "Mer-
ciful Heaven! I have swallowed the
file!" Then, after we'll performed con-
v,.lsions, and another loud groan, he
fell stark dead. The audience, who
had begun to murmur, were appeased
with the clever improvisation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
A NOBLE ANIMAL,
A Dag THAT II Worth Something.

A Dog THAT IL Worth Something.
The following is from the Portland
Presa:
"A. G. Newman, assistant light-keeper
ut Mount Desart, is tho owner Of . hne
Newfoundland dog, Of whom we are told
thu following aneodOte: "On Sunday tho
18th ult., Mr.. Newman's litsle boy, nine
years old, strayed away and was missing
for about two hours, The mother went
out OF doors and called to him, when tho
dog in response, ran up from the shore
with the boys wet cap in bis mouth, and
signitiod by his actions that no desired
her 10 follow him. Tho mother, alarmed,
called the father who was sleeping in the
houre, aud they followed the dog US
quick a. possible: Downby the shore Oh
. rock. the little boy was lying insensi'
BILE, his clothes wet, ~ if he had been
dragged from the water. After long Of.
forts, in which the dog rendered all the
assistance he could in his mute why, the
boy was resnscited, and afterwards told
bis story. He was on the beach gather
ing shells when large wave came in
and carried him off in the undertow The
dog jumped in after him, but the wave
prevented him from reaching the hoy for
some minutes. He siezed him by the leg
If his trowsers and tried to drag him
ashore, but the cloth tore in his teeth;
and tho boy said he had I'm indistinct re-
collection of the dog coming down below
the surface for him again and that was
the List thing he was conscious of. 1t
seems that the dog had dragged the child
upon the rock out of tho reach of tho
waves and had tried to restore him.
When he heard the mothers call 10 took
the zap to inform her, IA we'll AZ no could,
of tho affair, and hasten assistance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
The Lakes.

The following thing has recently
been put forth concerning our great
lakes:
"Lske Erie is only sixty or seventy
feet deep; but Lake Ontario, which il
500 feet deep, is $50 feet below tho tide
level of the ocean, or Us low as most
parts Of the Gulf of st. Lawrence; and
the bottom of Lakes Huron, Michigan
and Superior, although tho surface is
SO much higher, are al, from their vast
depths, on level with tho bottom of
Lako Ontario. Now, as the discharge
through the river Detroit, after allow
ing for the probable portion carried off
by evaporation, docs not appear by any
means equal to the quantity of
water which the three upper lakes
receive, it has been conjectured that a
subterranean river may run from
Lake Superior, by Huron, to Lake On
tario. This conjecture il by no means
improbable, and accounts for the sim
gulnr fact that salmon and herring are
caught in all lakes communicating with
tho st. Lawrence, but' inn others. As
the Falls of Niagara, must have always
existed, it would puzzle the naturalist
to say how these fish got into the up
per lakes without some such subter
ranean river !; moreover, any periodical
obstruction Of the river would furnish
. not improbable solution of the mys-
terious dux and rehux of the lake"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Train Signals.

A Boston exchange describes the
Z" train signals recently adopted by
the Eastern Railway of Massachusetts
as follows: The signals, of which
there are two kinds, are operated by
electricity; one includes the constant
use of the ordinary telegraph, by
means of which the arrival and
departure of every train is re-
ported from all the principal stations,
instantly to the Boston Office. By this
means the superintendent can know
the position of every train along the
line at any moment. The other ar
rangement is designed to keep every
train. engineer informed of the position
OF the train which Immediately pre
cedes his. This is done by means of
signal flags, which ore operated by
every passing train. The instant a train
passes one of the signal stations
which are perhaps mile apart-a red
flag, or disk appears, AND continues
until the train has passed the next sig
nal station, and every train is required
to stop five minutes unless the red flag,
or light by night, has disappeared, and
after five minutes to proceed very SLOW
ly, with an extra lockout. Another
part of this signaling apparatus, which
is quite important, is the notice which
o coming train gives the depot man OF
its approach. About a mile from the
station every approaching train sets a
bell to ringing in the station, which is
continued until the arrival of the train.
Thus everything seems to be done to
insure safety from collision.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Large Raft,

The Wabasha Herald says that the
great ambition among the lumbermen
is to see who will send down the big
gest raft of logs. 1t remarks that some
time back, Mr.. Geo. Winans, of Still
water, took down the largest raft that
had ever aoated, but the past week Mr..
Michael Drury and Mr.. Peter Kirms,
of st. Louis, laid their heads together
to see what they could do, and as a re-
suit, have beaten Winans out of sight.
We give, in words and figures, the va
rious dimensions of their King raft.
It contains 1884 cribs, which gives us
1914. 9O7 feet of lumber. But this is
not all. It has a top load of 3,678
lunches Of shingles, 1, 691 bundles of
lath and 265 bundles of palings. It is
1872 feet wide, and covers an area of
fec and three quarter acres. Its value
is upward of $4,000. It requires
twenty-tour men to man the forward
course by the good steamer J. W. Van
SAINT, commanded by Peter Klrms,
Esq, who is also pilot of the raft. It
left Wabasha Oct. 4th, and its des-
tinatiOn is st. Louis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
A ROYAL Lover.

The Archluke Henry, of Austria,
who some years ago committed the
terrible crime of marrying IN actress,
aud was in consequence banished the
dominions of Franz Joseph, has been
SO far pardoned as to he allowed to re-
turn to Austria, with his wife, upon
condition of residing in the Tyrol.
Leopoldine Hoffman, his wife, is q fine
woman, and the marriage was love.
match. The sentimental King of b.
varin took u great interest in the ,,n.
fortunate couple, and raised the Arch
duchess to the peerage of Bavaria, in
the hopes of making her more accept.
able to the aristocratic heir of the
CAESARS, but in vain. It is believed that
the Emperor WAS influenced in his Sc
verify to the Archduke by his mother,
the late Archduchess Sophia, who was
extremely 1ncensed at the conduct of
her nephew. The Archduchess was
indeed a woman with no heart, cold,
cruel, and proud, and she is said to
have instigated her son to order the
terrible execution of the Hungarian
generals at Arad, which Mortified all
Europe, simply to crafty Il private re-
venge.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
The Wealth Of Alaska.

A correspondent gives some idea of
Alaska's wealth as follows: "Then, in
the way Of fish, the cod, salmon, halibut,
and herring present their claims, with a
score Of others. The Goldfish of the
Islands is superior to the
Eastern article, and the supply it unlimit-
cd. A species of small 1ish called the
yulikon is remarkable for its plentsous.
ness aud rs being the latest member Of
the iinny tribe-.so greasy that the Indians
use it after drying as u torch; they light
tho tnil, and that and the backbone serve
as q wick, the stamp" burning for some
tune. Ia valuable oils there arc the
whale, walrus, seal and other descriptions
for manufacturing and lubricstinf pur.
poses, to say nothing of tho " bars grease"
essential to everys we'll furnished toilet,
and the cod.liver oil which furnishes con-
sumptives with new pair Of lungs year.
~. The far.bearing animals of Alaska
comprise both tho land and sea otter, the
waIrus, bear, wolf, deer, fox, martin,
mink, muskrat, nearly every kind of seal,
in short, all the desirable and beautiful
species one could ask for. Walrus ivory
and whalebone constitute source, a.so,
Of considerable profit. 1t has been hardly
penetrated many minds that nyriads Of
birds Of the richest plumage exist " away
up there" but such 10 tho fact, and in re-
gard to numbers, it is said that il the
surplus down 'of Alaska acre collected
and distributed no person on the Pacific
coast need repose ON any harder bed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
A Missing Point.

A Cairo paper reports that the Sur
veyor General of Canada and the As
tonomer to the Royal Engineer Corps
have been in that city searching for the
points where, in 1907, the waters of the
Mississippi and Ohio joined. This 10
necessary to settle the boundary of q
tract Of land, 400 miles square, in
Canada, always in dispute, and in the
original titles defined by landmarks,
one OF which, the junction named, was
directly south of one corner of the
tract. Her Majesty's Government has
gone to work in earnest to locate this
missing point, which, a portion Of old
Cairo residents assert is now out in
deep water, while others are equally
certain that it is far inland.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
In Vain.
II ROSE TERRY.

Sec how they crowd and snort below,
Aud fight .:Or husks all brown and dry;
While At their feet like beads of snow.
The pearls YOU throw to feed them lie.
Tears that tho bruised ant breaking heart
Hides in it's sholl, to jew, IL turn;
They have their value in th- mart,
They glitter when they coasc to burn.
Go, take them to the smiling bride,
Your life that lives in frOxen tears;
They crown her dark hairs olOrOus pride,
The heart-bcats swing them in her oars.
Oh, fool, to fling them to the swine,
That tramp and scratch anu rend below
You pour away your life divine,
And think to reap the grain you SOW.
Know, ttcu, that all your waste is vain
VANITY thcs;: precious gems arc thrown,
The snuftlins beasts that crowd the plain
Are hungry b ,asts, and beasts alone !;
Alas! what dream OF fnl despair.
What lavish love, hath power divine
To work nh answer to your prayer.
To make you angels out Of swincI
independent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Not Very Reassuring.

4 Rocky Mountain correspondent says ::
These stages are towed by six horses,
steered by the most elegant young gentle.
men ever seen, whose cheeks always
blush Of youth and innocence, and whose
eyes are always ON the alert for holes in
the ground instead Of the young ladies in
the stage. Some portions Of the road is
along hil!sides, and the prec'2ice below is
very frightful to many womao's nerves,
and they turn pale and gasp out: ooh!
driver, do be carefulp and tho like, bu.
he goes on his winding way. Ono lady
asked the driver what he would do if the
stage went down the bank?
"Roll down."
"DO you ever have any nccidentss On
thin road, said she.
Sometimes, but not often" was tho
reply.
What do the people say that get
hurt?"
"Nothing, for we knock them in tho
head a. onoe," was the answer, which did
not ut all reassure the lady.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31

A FIXED FACT IN PHARMAcY.-Con-
sidering the multitude of diseases, it is
amazing that we live: In view of the
countless remedies for them, it is won
derful that we die. Unfortunately,
however, all the diseases are realities
whereas most of the remedies are
hunabxgs. One exception to the latter
rule demands the recognition aud
approval of the press. We refer to
DIR. JOSEPH WALKRR's VINEGAR Brr-
TIERS. Of the Doctor himself, we know
nothing; but of his medicine We can
speak from observation, for it seems to
have found it's way into almost every
household. Probably it is more ex-
tensively used in this country, Us
family remedy, than any other prepn-
ration. although it has not yet been
before the world three years. Where
ever we 20 VIC hear Of it, and whenever we
hear OF it, the comments Oh its efficacy are ell
thusiastic. We have questioned sufferers
from liver complaint, remittent fever, fever aud
a$ae, chronic headache, vertigo, irregularities
OF the bowels, indigestion, rheumatism, net-
rahg'a, govt, kidney diseases, and affections
oil the lungs. ~ to its effects, and the unifolm
answer has been. - II is doing me good" Be-
l'cvng that "what every body says must DO
true" We have no hesitation i'll admitting that
VINEGAR BITTERs is tho Great Medical SUCCESS
"t the present ccntnrv.--Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Rules for Care OF Sheen.

Keep sheep dry under foot with litter
Thisis even more necessary than roofing.
them. Never let them stand in mud or
snow. Drop or take ont the lowest bars
as the sheep enter, OF leave a yard, thus
saving broken limbs. Begin granting
with the greatest care, and use the small
est quantity Mt first. Ita eve loses her
lamb, milk ber daily tor few days, and
mix little alum with her salt. Give the
lamba little mill feed in time of WEAVING
Never frighten sheep, if possible to avoid
it. Sow rye for weak ones in cold wealth.
Of, if you can. Separate all weak, or thin,
or SICK, from those strong, in the fall, and
give them special care. If any sheep is
hurt catch it ut ooce, and wash the wound
with something healing. If the liu,b. il
broken, bind it with splinters tightly,
loosening - the limb swells. Keep a
number of good bells on the sheep. II
one is lame, examine the foot, clean out
the hoofs. pare the hoof if unsound, aud
apply tobacco with blue vitriol boiled in q
little water Shear any sheep commence
ing to shed its wool, unless the weashe,
10 too ssvere.-Northgestsrn Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
TO TUX PUBLIC.
FEVER AND AGUEi
AI.8O THE
8RRAT "CHOLsRA" RKMEDY.
PERRY DAVIS
PAIN.KlLLER

III Az. won for itself reputation unsurpassed in
for tho FainKis. y newell. inters stinE. and ssr:
PairK 10 regularly sod in largo and stesflv
inereosag quantities. not only to general agents In
eyery state and Territory Of the Union, and every
Province In BEatiah America, bat to Beenos Ayres,
Brazil, Uruguay; Per-. Chill s1d ether eoath AnsE
other West India Islands; 70 England and CONT.
bar and other African lsads To- AastEslis and ca
cutta, RangOon and other places in India has a.
80 been sent to China. aud VI do06t there 10 any
Which IL fraaaentsd By American and Eeropesn mis-
.onaItes. travellers OF tsaders into which The Pain
Killer has not been introduced.
The ezsnt Of u IL another Feat feature
Of this remark medicine II il not only the best
thing ever Known, e everybody w comics. FOR
a. or any .clt Of bowel conplaist Il l. : femsd1 IN
surpassed for cenoZ and rapidly Of action IN the
great cities of British India and tho West India Isl
ands and other ho4 climates It has bsoome the stea
ard medicine for al .uch oonpl.nte. we'll dys'
pepsis. liver complaints. and Other kedred dsorders
dissaties !. has been proved b tho most abundant
and convincing trials and testimony to bs an invsua
BILE nedioino. The propseters arc IA poosession Of
letto" from Of the highest character and
spc- ttity testifying In aneQuivocal terms to the
OUT 6ected and the sstiffectofy results produced
Moe, %. That ths Pain: KILLER - deserving 81 III it,
prots actors claim for IL ID amply proved BY the anpar
allcled popularity IL has attained It 10 and
secess remedy 10 - sold In almost every oeuntry in
every yeaE: lts healing prOpeett?s have been faly
tested az ove! tes world, and It need only TO b
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
4 Fortune Found and Disnosad NJ

A peculiarly interesting incident re-
Gently occurred at Phyloyet, in Tur.
key. The Jews in that city having COL
lected some funds for the erection of q
school, purchased several old houses
on the site Of which the school was in
tended to be built. The deeds were
written In the name of the jewish city
scribe. While removing the old build.
ings, IN iron box wss found full of an
tique COINS, stamped at Costillia and
Camp, and valued at $4,000 The
coins were immediately delivered to
the police, but when the news reached
the higher authorities, it was decided,
in accordance with an ancient law of
the State, that the coins belonged to
the owner of the houses. The scribe
was accordingly made possessor of the
treasure, and he distributed the same
in three parts: the first for the benefit
OF the school in question, the second Il
the school in Bagdad, and the third to
the former owners of the old buildings.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Exercise for Pigs.

Tho plan Of allowing pigs to run in u
large, open manure yard, and tread straw
into manure, answers better fo= young or
growing pigs than for those that are fatten-
ing Neither is inconsistent with the best
modern methods Of making and preserving
manure for while there is not = better un.
deEstood fact in physiology than that ami
mails must be kept still and quiet during
the process Of fattening, and must have
their rambling instincts restrained, yet,
with animals which are young and growing.
= worry different course must be adopted.
If much confined they will got misshapen
and rickety, will lose tho bloom Of health
and vigor, and remain small in size and
tender in constitution. Exercise is a. nee
essary for them rs it is for horses, and tho
manure heap in the yard will be benefited
by their roofing. The odd corn will 10
picked up, and the fermenting mass will
torn warm and healthy bed highly suited
to tho somnolent habits Of the Dig in win.
tor
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Climatic Changes.

It is curious fact, says late writer,
that as the settlements spread beyond
the Mississippi rains increase both
in frequency and amount of water.
Many beds of streams which were uri-
formly dry in summer only ten years
ago are now full through the year.
Travellers say the Laramie plains were
once destitute of vegetation; now they
have a luxuriant growth and will raise
large crops of wheat. Denver was built
OH the banks of nm extinct creek, per-
fectly dry. Now it is full of water,
and needs to be crossed by bridges.
Salt LIKE is seven feet higher than ten
years ago, and it is steadily rising.
The vast plains which engineers once
pronounced uninhabitable, ind fit only
for droves of buffalo, because destitute
OF springs and streams, may yet be
come great states, the home Of crowd
Ell population.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Restoring the Ord Lanslmarks.

The wholesale heavy hardware house Of
new tore on tho old site, 80 to 81 Michigan
avenue-a massive iron and stone:lront build
ing. 6ox1S0 feet. with six floors. admirably
lighted, railways, elevators, and oil the apph
sncts ior handling their immense stock Of
iron. steel, nails, spikes, bolts, horseshoes,
visea. anvils, wagon and carriage wood mate
rails and ca riage hardware. Their store is
heated BY steam, and has al the oonvenienoes
for receiving, storing, packing and shipping
goods which the experience Of twenty-five
years in the business could suggest.
They have = larger and moro complete
stoc&, and sell more 'ods in their particular
line, than any house in the United States.
Their enterprise, integrity and fair dealing
have made their firm name a synonym for uD-
rightness among Western merchants. Their
trade is 20 directly connected with productive
volume measures the development and pros
perity Of the West: To such as they Chicago
is indebted for the preservation Of it, mer-
cant lc honor in it, late fiery trial, and for
tho marvellous restoration which makes the
New Chicago the wonder of al beholdsrs.-
Chic 100 Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
Crime in Sau Francisco.

The San Francisco Call says that not
less than fourteen persons are lying in
the cells of the prison in that city
awaiting trial for murder, and adds, as
q corOllary to the statement, that the
lax manner in which the laws of the
State are enforced is the true reason of
that state of things. "Until our
COURTS" declares the Call, "are gov
erned in their decisions more by a
sense of what il due to justice, than to
bubbles; until attorneys are actuated
by a higher moral sense in the line of
defence they adopt in defending crimi-
nails, and until the jury system is re-
modelled, We see no way Of avoiding the
consequences of the frequent offences
which are perpetrated against the lives
md property of our citizens.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-31
October.

Lifo sco'ns worth while upon day like this,
Packed full Of flavor ~ nut Of meat;
Tho scr''l faint that often spolls thor sweet
Now, clarified, its mellow juicos miss,
STEPPED ny y"n sn" into pure drops Of bliss.
Such weather mxkos one sooff ut tropic heat.
And feel les" sad for summers flying foot.
So rare tho honey Of a parting kiss.
Ycstcrdny's fog somehow bcfoggol tho brain,
And IN the blood streak Of madness wovo;
But this Northwestern Sits bad jroams In twain,
A. SaIadin's scimitor tho cushion Glove.
Iw"n's' not change tho crisp, Immortal breeze,
For all the balm Of spicy SUMMER seas
-Indepenieyx