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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
WinterilAu Rees.

We must not forget that the forest is q
great protector in this respect, and that,
while the bees are in the boil Nv, with lin
ing Of rotton wood, and surrounded by
thick walls Of live wood. to leave swarms
on their summer stands, with hives of
inch boards, without any lining, is very
great contrast. 1t is like one in a cold
day, passing through forest, or exposed
to tho sharp winds Of the prairie. For
this -eason we must, by the use Of doublo
boxes, bee-hcuses, dry cellars, or cover
ings Of corn stalks, make the conditions
equal.
Our neighhor johnson, who places his
bees on the ground, against the garden.
fence, with few boards over them, ALWAYS
has better luck than the most Of us. He
sees that they are on their stands at the
proper time in the spring. He secs that
the cool position,-for he shades them,-
and the sun keep them in u semi-torpid
state, and they lave NO desire to fly out on
warm days, as they would do if MT taken
from their winter shelter early in the
spring. l could not if l would, persuade
him to winter them in any other way, for
this has been his method for the past nine
years, being the time he has owned the
farm.
Do you admit air, Mr.. johnson ayes ::
l leave hole large enough Tor single
bee to pass out, aud let the bees glue tho
top Of the hive; tut the passage throu III
the honey board is left open. have
sometimes put in cobs aud pieces Of old
bed quilts, and think highly Of this PLAN"
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Our Bodily Inllrmitics.

Physical in1irmties are the lot of all. Millions are
always sick. No man, woman OF child is uniformly
IN perfect health. Much, however, Of the sickness
ana suffering which render life burden to 20 many
OF our fellow beings due to carelessness and neg
iect' mighty antdote to the leading causes of dis
ease has been provided. It IL q harmless - It ef-
hcient. No poisonous drug enters into it, compost
ton. 1t 10 an undecided stimulant, tonic and aperi-
ent, Of which every ingredient il vegetable. This
unexceptionable preventive and restorative medt-
cine 10 not new thing under the sun" Hoetetter's
Stomach 6itters will soon have bean before the
wofd quarter OF century, and It IL not too much
nov using It who would have been in their graves
years ago had they not been strengthened and sus-
tanned tame ~ tnis wholesome stimolant. The rapidly
with which minor ailments often become, when
negiected, obstinate diseases, II well known This
tonic u famous for the immediate check which Il
gives to these breeders of deadly disorders The
sensation Of lsnRuor, the sick headache, the ner-
vousness, the tndisposion to exertton, the nausea
the confusion OF brain, the physical debility, which
are intended to premonfsh Of the approach Of se-
rious danger, are invariably removed By few doses
OF the Bitters. The fame Of the preparation q .
genuine specific for dysp psia, bilious complaints.
ma'sr1ous levers, fheumatism and chronic DEBILITY
Is % wide - the wofld and in these days Of inf
NOUS charlatAntsm, when fierce cathsrtics that rob
the invalid OF the last remnants of his strength are
advertised % invi9orants ", it is indeed blessing
to mankind that Hostetter's Stomach Bitters ne
everywhere procurable. and everywhere popular.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Resignation Of q Catholic Bishop.

>sA~A
We learn from the Savannah Morn
ing News that Right Rev. Bishop Per-
sico, Of the Catholic Church, has ten
dered his resignation to the Pope.
stated. Bishop Persico has presided
da for year or more, and has, by his
consistent course, genial manners and
capable ministration, given general
satisfaction, and his present determine
ton to sever his connection officially
will doubtless occasion much regret.
It is not known definitely what dispo-
sition will be made of the resignation,
though it is supposed it will be expect
ed. Rev. Father Wavrick, now pas
tor of the Church of the Holy Evan
gclist, New York, is spoken OF as the
successor of Bishop Persico.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Wlntering Vegetables.

1t is one thing to raise q good crop of
vegetables. hut quite another to keep safely
through winter. Il is, doubtless, the fact
that more vegetables TIRE injured by heat
in winter than BY cold, because most per.
sons crowd such things together in large
quantities, and then cover deeply t. keep
out the frost. When placed in cellars, the
windows are closed, and in the more
Northern States, banked up with, perhaps,
fresh horse manure from the stable. OF
course it is necessary to Keep potatoes, tur-
nips, bae:s, and similar roots from fr.ezipg ::
still they would be Of far better quality #
kept US cold as possible, aud not actually
frozen. Turnips and bees, in particular,
are very liable to heat, and become spoile
fa large quantity is placed together and
potatoes are often injured by being stored
in large bins, instead Of being put in barrels
or spread thinly upon shelves in dark
cellar. When buried in the ground in small!
heaps, sly twenty to thirty bushels in each,
is best. Rural New Yorker.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
er, and dozen other kinds that I can't

er, and dozen other kinds that can't
remember.
For the stick themselves, there is
| scarcely tree or grass large enough
that is not used, from the palm to the
| cane
You know the cane-which gives
name to our walking sticks-is moth
ing but big kind Of grass, don't you ?
Then, rs If nature didn't furnish
enough variety, in the shape of sticks.
they use whalebone, glltta- perclu.
rams horns, Il hope they have a good
time getting those straight ivory. and
shark spine. Then they are endless
varieties Of heads from the DOCTORS
gold headed, pepper box looking top, to
the stays head, or ivory foot.
There are also other kinds of walk
ing sticks than those we SEQ cyery dav.
There's the Aipenstock, without which
IT isn't safe to climb the mountains in
Switzerland. 1t is very long, and has
!" sharp iron in the end, to keep it from
slipping.
1n the Middle Ages the Pilgrims used
a. heavy. stout walking stick, or staff,
they called it, the top of winch was hol-
low like box. II vas made to hold
relics and crncifix, but some odd
things found their way in the curious
little boxes.
One pilgrim, who wished to intro
duce silk worms into Europe when it |
was sure death to do it, stuffed his box |
with silk worms eggs, and brought |!
them safely away. Gold pieces often
found secure hiding places there.
Nowadays it's the fashion to crowd
camp stools, umbrellas, fishing rods,
artists cases, and other pieces Of furni.
tire into cane. A Scotch doctor had |
made one to hold stock of medicines.
and surgical instruments. Another
an Englishman-h had room in his cane |
for a map Of London. Others you've |
probably seen with swords and dirks in |
them.
But the drollest cane ever heard of
held looking glass, dressing case,
inkstand, telescope, thermometer,
drawing instruments, paper, and
matches.
A man who owned that, could almost
travel without trunk.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
NeNSll0yK, Homes.

The Newboys' Homes arc "playing
out" in our cities. In Philadelphia,
the Inquirer says that the street Arabs
of that great, wealthy and charitable
city are hereafter to know no public
home except the common jail. 1t gives
an account which demonstrates not on
~ the vicious character of those boys
who sought the benefits of the Home,
but the consequent troubles encoun.
tered by the management in it's attempt
to control and reform such uuruly spir-
its. 1t is clear that the managers were
dismayed from the beginning by tho
wretched class of guests they had in
vited t. the institution, and that they
abandoned as hopeless, before three
years of trial, the great and noble work
they had undertaken.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
SAD ACCIDENT IN LOUISVILLE.
Fall of q BuiltliMg-Stx Persons Eurfe,
III the Ruins and X illed.

Fall Of a Builtling-Stx Persons Buried
III the Ruins and X illed.
A terrible accident occurred in Louis
vile Friday evening, involving the
death of six persons. A new house be-
ing .rected at North Market street, be-
tween Third and Fourth, four stores
high, fell about 7 p. NJ, crushing in
parts of houses adjoining, one J. G..
Webb's printing Office, over Henry
Nolte's merchant tailor establishment.
Nolte's family, consisting of himself,
wife, five children and q journeyman
named Lewis Johns. were at supper,
and were buried in the rains.
The accident quickly drew a large
crowd IN front Of the place, fire alarm,
was turned in, and the police and fire.
men were promptly on the ground.
The soon recovered the bodies Of three
children, boys, aged z, 8 and IL years,
badly bruised and cut, but apparently
no bones broken, and the doctors
thought not dangerously hurt. After
several hours labor the bodies of the
remainder of the family We're recovered,
consisting of Nolte, his wife, a baby
eighteen months old, a little girl six
years, and jonrneyman, all dead.
One of the boys died afterwards, evi
IDENTITY from internal injuries. No cause
is known for the accident, but it is re
ported that the building was put up too
quick, before the mortar was we'll set.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Statistics of the British Postal Service
for 1871.

NT lSS1s
OF the 85,OOO,0OO postcards, nearly
300, 900 came to dead lock in the re-.
turned letter Office. OF the 915, 900. 900
letters, above 8: 500, 900 found their way
to that species of prison-house, but a
large proportion was ultimately liber-
ated. About 10, 600 went back to for
eign countries, and of the remainder
more than than nine-tenths either
reached their destination by means of
corrected addresses or we're returned
to the sender. About $4,000 If the
undelivered letters contained property
of various kinds, and of those g $40
had no address, although in not few
instances the latter enclosed coins or
bank notes" As usual, there were
sundry letters posted without any ad-
dress, the number last year being near
~ 5000. The registered lettrse
amounted to about 8, 800, 600, or some
thing like one IN 800 of the whole bee
ing an increase of IL per cent. on til.
number in the previous year. Of news
papers 98, 600, 600 passed through the
postotfice last year, and of book pack:
cts 103, 600, 600, the years increase on
the two collectively being $4,000. 000
About million OF the newspapers fail
ed to get delivered. There are now
more than 1900 money order Offices in
the United Kingdom, nearly $50 having
been added buring the year. The num-
Der of inland money orders increased
from upwards of 10, 200, 900 in 1870, to
more than II, 100, 600 in 1871 growth
exceeding 10 per cent.-and the report
states that this has now become more
than "a per cent. More than 1900
new telegraph offices were opened dur
ing the year, making the whole number
ut the end of 1871 upwards of 5000,
while the messages transmitted in
creased by about rs per cent, the total
for the year being close upon 12,OOO,-
600. in addition to 1000 messages
sent on behalf of the newspaper press
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
The English Postal System.

The acknowledgement of England.
in bis annual report, quotes among
others the following complimentary
letter from an American gentleman.
which goes far to prove the perfection
to which the postal system has been
brought in England:
" Havi g recently arrived in Eng
land, and net knowing the present
whereabouts OF q sister, I addressed a
letter to her late residence thus: up.
per Norwood, or elsewhere L receiy-
ed reply in orderly course of mail,
saying it had been delivered to her on
the top of stage coach in Wales. 1
venture to say no other country can
show the parallel, or would take the
trouble at any price,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Twilight Music.

BY MILTON IL. MARBLE
When the sunset comes in splcndor,
Painting up tho western sky,
And sweet twilight in tho valley
Aai's, and hardly dares come nigh,
III the sun has tu tler vanished
Then l love to sit. and hear
Music floating Gu tho brc. zcs,
From tac happy angel sphcrol
Then each star from out the heavens,
In the bright blue azure sky,
Gazing down upon me, scemeth
But an angels radiant cve.
SO with hearing, and with seeing,
Almost do secm to stand
just Inside the golden gateway
OF tho happy spirit land!
But as thicker grows tho darkness,
Warming me to sleep and rest,
Homcward 10 wond my footsteps.
Fcing, oh! =, richly blcst,
That the world is full of beauty.
Observation-Disclosures:
And five but do our duty,
Would it not be full ofloye?
FROM The Young Folks Rurol,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
The Trials Ofa Poor Stick.
BY OLIVE THORNE.

Who would think it could take more
than fifty pairs of hands to make a
needle!
You would be surprised to know how
much care and labor is bestowed on
little things that you ore accustomed
to See that you never give them a
thought
There's your grandpa's cane-what
trials and tribulations, what fire end
water: and cutting, and grinding, and
turning, and twisting, and scraping.
and filing do you suppose that bit Of
stick has been through since it was
happy branch of a tree, holding its
armful OF leoves up to the sum-
In the first place, it was rudely cut
from its home, it's lovely leaves stripped
Off, and taken with lots of other sticks
to the cane-maker.
AS the bark is taken of, it went into
the hands of the peeler, who put it into
Il kettle to boil. You didn't think
grandpa's cane can be boiled like a DO
fato. did you2 Well, that's only the
beginning of troubles for the Door
stick. After boiling two or three
honrs, its skin was peeled off. and it
went to the crookmaker, for you see 1t
is bent over at the top. This man Just
stuck the head of the unfortunate stick
Into hot, wet sand.
That soon took the stiffness out OF it,
and made it very yielding-for while.
The workman took advantage of the
pliable mood, and bent IL over into a
crook, holding 1t there until it was cold
and dry, when all it's stiffness came
back, and it couldn't get straight
again.
The straightener, who next operated
on the stick, had groove in q plank.
and after taking the last spark OF spirit
out of the branch by burying it in hot.
dry sand, he crowded and forced it in
TO this groove, and left it thereto
harden az ail'. II it was not naturally
knotted, it would have to be filed with
proper roughness. but this stick had
It's own natural knots on.
Alter all this comes polishing, rub
bling with sandpaper, emery, or rotten
stone, and smoothening with fish-skiu.
Still, after that, the long suffering stick
is stained, so his own mother tree
wouldn't know him. Some of them
are even burned outside, and then the
burnt part scraped off in spots, to make
i'm "ll-looking, spotted stick.
At last comes the varnish. But It
can't rest yet, it must have ferule,
which is kind of iron shoe-for hasn't
it foot, If it's a walking stick 2-and
then come the ornaments, if it has any.
Some have brass rings others have
gold or silver plates for q name: 9th
ers are tipped with gold or silver.
Don't imagine these are all the varie-
ties. Why one man ut the Worlds
Fair displayed five hundred different
kinds!
For handles alone they use ivory,
agate, gutta percha, horn, tortoise
shell, mother Of pearl, corneila, leath-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Experiments with Corn.

Very favorable reports have been re.
;eived by tho Department Of experiments
with Cooley corn" distributed during tho
year 1912 Among these may be noted
the trial made by Mr.. A. J. Wright. Of
Port Gibson, Claiborne county, Missies-
ippi. MIR. Wright ssys:
"1he Cooley corn received from the
Department was planted March Btu and
March 18th, on land Of moderate strength
with slight broadcasting Of ashes, plss-
ter and superphosphare. 1t Yielded a
choice number Of roasting ears by the 10th
OF June, growing about as early US the
early garden varieties. The ears were of
good size and handsome, and the Weld
very heavy, many stalks bearing three and
in some cases four ears OF corn. Planted
nearly month after the peabody Proli.
fc,' it was in roasting ear ten or twelve
days in advance Of that variety. We had
rome tiue varieties Of corn from Kansas
and some ot the kinds usually planted
here, but the Cooley was superior to
any Of them, except the Peabody, con-
corning my experiments with which l
submit u memorandum.
MIR. Wright states that he planted small
quantities. OF corn received from Mr..
CHARLES A. Peabody, Of Augusta, Ga. on
tho 10th and Both of February of the
present year. It Was in roasting ear
about June 26th, giving IN unusual
yield. although not cultivated with any
considerable care Suckers shoot from
the base to the number of two, three, and
sometimes four, growing in rich land
nearly to the size Of the parent stock, and
bearing ear, SO that theTe is sometimes a
product ct nine or ten ears to the single
grain. The growth is very fibrous, yield.
ing o lerge amount Of fodder. 1t is
thought by Mr.. Wright that, with proper
cultivation, it might yield, on Mississippi
fields, as high as one hundred bushels per
acre.
Cooley corn has succeeded we'll in
Florida. Mr.. J. D. Wolfe, of Pensacola,
says that he marketed his product two
weeks in advance of all other corn, and
that for early maturity and productive.
ness it is unrivaied in that section. On
one sixth Of an acre, although the season
was upfavorable, he raised one hundred
and ten dozen ears of good size, which net
ted in market $2,75, or ut The rate Of
$l4s:5o per acre, Mr.: w. planted bis corn
Il: different times, with reference to having
roastir 6 ears until the trosts in November
Having planted peas between the rows,
he would have, in addition to bis corn and
pea product, corn fodder and forage ut the
rate OF Two tons to the acre, the ground
being cleared in time for u crop Of turnips,
ready for market in January.-Agricxltur-
al Report for July.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Lie Down and Rest.

DIR. Hall says the best medicines in
the world, more eiliclent in tho cure of
disease than all the potcucjes of the
materia-medica, are warmth, clcanli-
ness and pure air. Some persons
make it a virtue to brave disease. to
keep up" as long as they can move
foot or crook a finger, and it sometimes
succeeds; but in others the powers of
life are thereby so com >letely exhaust
ed that the system has lost ability to
recupera,e and slow aud typhoid fever
sets in, and carries the patient to a
premature grave. Whenever walking
or work Is III effort, warm bed and q
cool room are the first indispensable
steps to a sure and speedy recovery.
Instinct leads I'LL beasts md Dir Is to
quietude and rest the very moment
disease or wounds assail the system.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Characteristic Anrcilote OF Peter Cart.
wright.

The following anecdote is related of
Peter Cartwright: HE was preach
ing before the Nashville Conference.
when the time-serving clergyman whose
pulpit he occupied, seeing General
Jackson standing in the aisle, leaned
over and said in q loud whisper, Gen.
erol Jackson has come in, General
Ja"'A On has come in who is Gen.
Ell ackson2' cried Cartwright in a
W :. Of thunder, If he don't get his
soul converted God will damn him as
quick as he would a Guinea negro.
This did not convert Old Hickory at
the time, but it commanded his respect
for his monitor, and he treated him
with the greatest consideration ever af-
tcrWards.'"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
In Wilmington delaware there ia

In Wilmington, Delaware, there is a
gentleman SO years of age, who has to
be closely watched to prevent him from
getting married. He has made about
fifty attempts, and always finds women
to share them. Last week his friends
rushed in and forbade the banns just
III time to prevent q magistrate from
uniting the Id gentleman to spinster
OF ~. He is said to be "mono-
maniac on the subject of marriage.
UNIVERSAL ARTICLE OF FArru.-In
these days Of contention has been thought
impossiblo indicate article Of faith upon which
az secs end classes we're united. There 10 one, how.
cvf i and ve1Y one TO- vix belief which
tat Z, matchess HousA HOLD toxic KEcUPt RXxT,
rLAsTAT ION blTTERs. The constantly increasing
patronage which It receives has, 1t ID tEue excited
TIE petty envy Of certain splenetic advertisers OF
Rinchbe OK panaceas, Who hope to make market for
.a own decryins I'll spr
n ,hei their pot.ons
OF the enemy a. entirely too thin !-Coln
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17

A WESTERN editor, receiving an in
vltation to take tea with lady friend,
accepted. While ut the table the lady
observed that he had no spoon for his
cup. :" Is it possible" said she, "that
1 forgot to give you a spoon2 Icould
not have made such mistake" II
have no spoon, madam" said the edi-
tor, rising from his seat, "and If You
you don't believe it you may search
-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17

The JERSEY MosoU1ro.-Sir Toby has
been spending a few days in South
Jersey, and philosophically observes of
one of the experiences of his visit !:
II never did have that animosity
towards the mosquito that most peo
pie teel but when saw him in his
glory down here, deliberately leaning
against my bed post, his legs crossed
and his right Aippers resting carclessly
on his hip, watching for me to go to
bed, it struck me that, for vampire,
his conduct was impertinent and cxas-
perating i'll the extreme"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-17
Singular Story OF a Snuff Box.

Carafa, the composer, who died re-
Gently, was far from rich. HIS princi-
pal income was derived from O snuff
box. This snuff box was given to the
author of 'La Prison d'Edinbourgh"
about thirty years ago, by Baron James
de E c'thschild, as a token of esteem.
Cars ssold it twenty-four hours later
for g. renty-five napoleons to the same
jeweler from whom it had been bought.
this became known to Rothschild, who
gave it again to the musician on the
following year. The next day 1T return
ed to the jewelers.. This traffic contin-
ued till the death of the banker, and
longer etill; for his sons kept up the
tradition to the satisfaction Of Carafa,