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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
BOi led COrn.Isccf and Cabbage.

If the piece is very salt, let it soak over
night. II young beef and properly corn
ed, this is necessary. For boiling, pour
cold water over it after washing off the
salt, letting the meat he we'll covered. The
rule is twenty five minutes to a pound for
boiling meats, but cOrn-beef should never
be boiled it should only simmer, by being
paced on part of the range where the
simmering can be uninterrupted from four
to six hours, according 10 the size Of the
piece. If it is to be served cold, let the
meat remain in the liquor until cold:
Tough beef can be made tender by letting
it remain in the liquor until the next day'
and then bringing it to the boiling point
just before serving. For rump pieces this
is the superior method. A briskct or plate
piece may he simmcrcd until the homes can
be easily removed; then fold over the
brisket piece, forming u square or oblonr
piece; tie over it piece of muslin. nlac1,
sufficient weight on the top to pr. 50 the
parts closely together, and set it where #
will become cold. This gives us firm.
solid piece, which eaten in slices. ia a de.
lightfnl "rclish."
The hriskct liquor, when boiled down to
small quantity, may he served to pour
over finely minced scraps and pieces of
beef. Season to the taste, with pepper and
sweet herbs; press the meat into mold
and pour over the liquor; lay over this q
flat cover that will fit closely, ard place a
heavy weight upon it; when turned from
the mold, garnish with sprigs Of parsley or
celery: Serve with fancy pickles or
French mustard.
In many houeeholds this vegetable is
classed among forbidden indulgcnccs, on
account of the dsagrceablc otlOr arising
from it while cooking. This may be avoid
ed almost altogether by the following caro-
full mode of preparation:
Quarter the cabbage and removed the
h"rtl stalk, wash well, and cut.as for very
coarse cold s'aw cover well iii, cold
waller and let it's remain over night tor
Tor ten hours, change the wattr tic next
morning. When ready for boiling, remove
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
NATURES KEMEbY< ,
|YEGE{IHE1|
1Ae GREAT BLOOD nNfiirR/

VEGETiNE is made exclusively from the juices Of
carefully selected barI<s, and herbs, and 20
strongly concentrated that it will eectuay eradicate
from the system eycSy faint of ScrOfula. ScrOfu.
lOus Il"l00r. Tumorn, Cancer, l'anecroau
HumOr, kryaipelas. Salt Uheuns, - phillaie
Diseases, Canker. Faiutness at the Stomach,
and all diseases that arise from impure blood Sci
atica. lnflammatOry aud Chronic RbeuMa.
tissn. Neuralgia, GOut and spinal Conpl,iuta,
can only be ehectually cured through the blood
Fo" Ulcers and Eruptive a,lseayes of the skin,
POstulcs. Pimpics, Blotche., Bells. Tcater.
Scnldhead and lsing,vOrn, VEGETINE has never
failed to effect permanent curs:
For Pains In the Back. Kidney Cs.pl,i.,..
Dropsy, Female Weakness, I.eucherrhr..
arising from internal liberation and uterine d.ease,
and General Debility, vEGETINE acts dir,ctl,
upon the causes these complaints and
strengthens the whole syste acts upon the seerstv.
organs, allays inflammation, cures ulserataoa. and
] regulates the bowels
For Catarrh. Dyspepsia, H.bitual Cessive.
ness, PniDitatt0n Of the Heart. Headache,
Piles, NervOasness and General prostration d
the Nervous System. NO medicine has ever eivsr
such perfect satisfaction ~ tho VEGETINE It purt
es the blood cleanses all of the
controlling power over the Nervous systsm.
The remarkable cures eheoted BY VEGETINR h,ve
induced many physicians and apothecaries whom VI
know to prescribe and use It in their own fa.iliea
In fact, VEGETINE il the best remedy yet diseov
cred for the above Diseases snd 10 the only reliable
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the public
Prepared by H. K. STEVENS, Boston. Mass.
Price S1.2J. Sold by all Druegists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
The Wheat Field of America
aealthful Climate, Free Homes,
Good Markets.

THE OkrHtIeN PACIFIC RAILROAD
"ners for ralo Lands In Central and Wc.tern
Mt"n:sotn- embrncinE: !! Tho best of Wheat
Land; T., Excellent Timber for the Mill. the Fam,
and the Fire. J. Rich Prairie Pastursse and N.tur.I
Meadow, wstsrsd ~ clear Lakes and runuins
ntrea,nstn hsalthful Climate. ehers Fessr and Aos<
is snt"o,on.
Grain car he shipped hence by lake to naS,kst a,
cheapIy ~ from Eastern Iowa OF Central Illinois
CArs run through these lands from Lake SupeTfO
to Dakota Price Of land close to track, to esq
per acre further away % 50 to 44O9. Seyee YeNS
Credits Warranted Deeds; Northern Pacific ia
Bonds, now selling at par. received for land at clio
to settlerS. :. - r. :
SOLDIERS under the New Law March, 1872 xe
l6o acres FREE. near the railroad. by one and tw'
TRANSPORTATION AT ;RBDUCEn
RATES furnished from all principal points East Il
purchasers Of Railroad Lands, and 70 Settlsss OF
Government Homesteads. Purchasers, their viva
and children Carried free over the Nofthes,
Pacific Road. Now b the timo for Settlers and Cole
mics to got Raflroad Lands and GoveSnnsut Hors
steads close to the track.
Send for Pamphlet containing fall information
map and COPE Of New Homsst1sd Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT., NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD, ST. PAUL, MIMI,
OR lZO BROADWAY. NEW YORK
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
log. Next night quiet still reignefl.

dog. Next night quiet still reigned.
The "head of the house" resolved to
ascertain what wonderful ''soothing
syrup" had been administered to pro-
duco such sudden change. So with
slippered feet, and lamp carefully dark
ened, he stole out to solve the mystery
His curious eyes behell family pic
ture. Stretched out on his bed lay IL g
dog, sleeping away rs calmly rs a tired
child, while across his neck, her dull
fur contrasting strangely with his
shining coat, lay the old cat.
Here lay the secret of his content
The poor dog was lonely. The cat. at-
tractcd by his cries, crept in to share
his bed, and relieve his loneliness
Soothed by companionship, he ceased
his cries, and hcnceforth behaved like
u gentleman.
As long us pussy lived, they were
faithful friends. They nte from the
same dish, ,nd shared the samo bed.
II ono was called, the other responded
also.
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The Bishop Of Manchester and s.Pnncl,. ,,

The Bishop Of Manchester and ''Pmncl,. -
The Bishop of Manchester lately
made a speech, in which lie was repre-
sentel to have charged the cartoons of
Punch with an impure tendency. The
subject having been taken up by the
editor of Punch, the Bishop has writ
ten letter to that journal, in which
he says:
'.What meant to say, and what I
believe did say, was this: THE
light literature on our drawing-room
tables, the engravings in our illustrated
papers, even the cartoons of Punch, in
dictate that the tone of fashionable 80.
ciety, if not actually impure, is peril.
ously close to the border-land OF i'm
purity Nobody who knows the way
in which your artists hold the mirror
up to nature, and illustrate the fobiles
OF the age, would charge them with
ministering to impurity; indeed, I
have often admired the skill or the
right feeling with which they have
touched on delicate gr.und; but 1 was
thinking of the general tone of that
fast, fashinable life which those pic.
lures illustrate, and whose follies they
often SO admirably expose. I deepl5
regret that I should have been mis-.
| repOrted.'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
The Pine Forests Of France.

The pine forests cultivated on the
southwestern seaboard of France cover
an area of 1926, 572 acres, or 1880
square miles. These forests are inter
sected with valleys, water-courses and
roads, and do not suffer much from
fires. Statistics kept for three hundred
years show that the most serious con
fagration occurred in March, 1890,
when z, 418 acres were burned over.
The soil on which the pine is cultivat-
ed is formed of sea-sand, and during
the first three years no attention is paid
to the pine seedlings. In the fourth
year the weeds and unpromising young
young trees are cleared out, and in the
fifth year the useless shoots are trim
med off to assist tho growth of the
trees. When fifteen years old the
small trees are cut down, to be used
for poles, SO that only the trees intend
cd for trapping are left standing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
CHiLDREN'S CORNER.
Rome Wasn't Built In aida

""sn't bu11t In o1Day
The hoy who docs . stroke and stops
VIII mover . great man b.:
'Iis tho aggregate Of single tlrops
That makes tho sea tho sea.
Tho mountain was not at its birth
mountain, go to speak;
Ine little atoms Of sand and earth
Have made its peak peak.
Not all at ono" tho morning streams
The gold above the gray;
It's q Thousand little yellow CLEANS
That mako the day the day.
Not from the snOw-tlrift May awakcs
In puppies, reds and green's;
Springs whole bright retinuo 1t takes
To make her queon Of queens.
Upon the orchard rain must fall,
Aud sOak from root to root;
AMI blsso,ns bloom and fade withal,
Before tho fruit il fruit.
Tho farmer must needs BOW and till.
And wait the wheaton bread;
Then cradle, thrCsh and 20 10 mill,
Before the bread IN bread.
Swift heels may get tho carly shout,
But, spite Of all tho din,
1ts the patient holding out
That makes the winner win.
Make this yonr motto, then, at start,
Twill help to smooth the way,
And steady up both hand and heart,
Rome wasn't built in y day!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Joe Jefferson.

The surgical operation on the left
eye of MIR. Joe Jefferson, which was
performed by Prof. Reuling, of Balti-
more, last Thursday, has thus far been
attended by the most satisfactory re-
suits. The technical name of the eye
disease with which he is afflicted is
glaucoma, term formerly synonymous
with cataract, but now ordinarily ap-
piled to opacity of the vitreous hnmor,
Or Of tunico hyuloida manifesting it.
self by " grayish or grccnish spot, seen
through the pupil.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

A MOST matter-of-fact death is report
ed from the vicinity of Hoyne street,
Chicago, that of u woman who has for
some time past been i'll with rheumat
ic affection. One morning, recently,
she felt better, and seneh husband to
market to purchase sundry articles.
On his return, she said: "Did you
get the veal?" EYES" "And the
caulifower?" eyes" ssWhat did
You pay for them?" He answered so
much. "That was about right: an
swered the prudent wife, turned her
face i'll the bed, and died almost in
simultaneously.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

N"VVSSOsV~s
How many days belong to tho year
32j the rest are Lent.
THE boy who asks no questions is Il
queer one, but the boy who asks any is
the querist.
DOES u cows tail resemble swans
bleast9 Yes; Tor they both grow
down.
"SALT" is the subject of tho school.
boys latest composition: Thus-''The
salt is spice which spoils the potatoes,
if you forget to put it on"
"CHARLEY," said a fond mother tc
her son, "you are into that jam again. >
No." replied the pet, you arc
wrong, ma the jam is into me-"
A MINISTER made an interminable cal
upon q lady of his acquaintance. Hel
little daughter, who was present, grew
very weary of his conversation, and NJ
last whispered in IN audible key
IS Didn't lie bring his amen with him
mamma
Miss IN. E." of Utica, contributes
the following: Il wish 1 had an ante.
lope," said Harry to Benny. "Well,
was the response, II don't think they
are ut all funny, for I had an amt
clopc. and mamma felt ever so bad
about it.
We laughed heartily at the reply said
to have been given by little boy in
London. to the following question ask
ed him by gentleman What oc.
cupation does your father pursue for a
Gving" He answered with great sim
plicitv, "Ee is d1cadtul accident
maker, sir, for the newspaper"
DR.. GUTHRIE, in a recent address,
told very suggestive story to this ef-
feet: A friend of his, questioning a
little boy, said: "When your father
aud mother forsake you, Johnny, do
you know who will take you up?"
eyes, SIR" said he. "And who2''
said the friend. "The police" was
Johnny's answer.
A BEE, buzzing from flower to flower,
gathering honey, rested on the broad
pink petal of full blown rose. Alas!
the rose Was just ready to fall apart,
and the bee with sudden dash, top.
pied forward into the water of o bnb-
bling brook. A dove in the leafy bower
OF IL maple-tree, saw the accident, and,
plucking a leaf, dropped it to the
frightened bee, who struggled on to
the leaf, and was waited safe to shore
by this little sylvan boat.
A dove was softly cooling in her ia
vorite tree, when q sportsman, with his
dog and gun, came by, and silly raised
his deadly weapon to fire, when, 10! q
bee stung his finger, making him drop
his gun and cry with pain. The shot
was scattered, and the startled dove
was of on the wing.
The bee went buzzing on his way-a
happy bee for it had paid debt Of
kindness with kindness in return.
:" And thus in the world the rule was made.
That each should his fellow creature aid;
One does another a service to-day,
Tomorrow that other the deed can repay. ,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
StiDgless Honey Bees.

Stingless Honey Bees.
In many parts of South America, but
more particularly where the antbear
ranges, there are industrious honey
bees without stings. They usually
take possession of hollow trees, in
which they construct rows of wax cups,
nearly the size of half an eggshel.
When full of honey, they are capped
over to exclude air, which preserves
the contents in q fluid state. When
one pot is finished, they proceed with
another, and thus store up an immense
amount of delicious food, of which they
are invariably robbed without the pow
er of Offering resistance.
At the exact season when ants eggs
are deposited nature has so arranged it
that the ant bear, which subsists almost
entirely of ants, avoids those hard clay
pyramids, the massive homes of those
ingenious insects, climbs the bee trees,
and thrusting in its long whiplash
tongue, feeds sumptuously on honey
till the new crop of ants are large
enough for food. Just as the honey is
exhausted their wants are amply pro-
vided for. Thus alternately animal
and vegetable aliment is secured by an
unalterable law, so that ants are kept
within control in one direction, never
becoming sufficiently numerous to de-
stroy the source from whence their owp
necessary food is derived.
Thus the race of ant bears are sus-
tanned during q particular period neces-
sary for the preservation of the race of
ants and the poor bees ore instru-
mentalities for sustaining the law with
out any apparent compensation for
their unccasing labor, beyond the
privilege Of slipping nectar from the
flowers and enjoying unrestrained lib
erty on the wing.
Who does not discover in the FORE
going relation, an exact reference of
means to ends? 1t is an illustration
of the admirable adjustment of cause
and effect, which secures the perpetui-
| ty of species, and demonstrates beyond
question, the existence of an omniscient
Law Maker-because such laws do not
make themselves.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

They have been trying patent gas
ut the Charleston State Prison. It
gives Il good light, and is much cheap
er than that furnished by the gas COM
pany. The only objection to it seems
to be that it will explode. They had
a gentle ''bust up" there tho other
night, which raised the roof more than
a foot, and severely burned down
easter, who started tho thing by throw
ing the match he had used in lighting
his cigar into the gosometer tank.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

A WEALTHY bachelor, having had one
or two law SUITS for breach Of promise,
now replies to any young lady who
wishes few minutes private conversa-
tion: "No, You do not, madame. 1t
cuts me to be compelled to doubt the
ho"or"hlcncsS of yonr Intentions, but
that sort Of thing IL played out. My
ru'c is Imperative, and if you nave any
business 10 transact with mo- it must
bo i'll the presence Of two witnesses.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

aylOrS DivcrslODS OF the Echo Club:
There's them that cats till they're Dustin,
And them that drinks till they re blind,
And them that's snufi1n' and spoOney,
But tho best Ut all, to my mind,
And Two been around in my time, boys,
And cavOrted with any you like).
Was Big Bill, that lived In tho slashes,
We called him Big Bill o. Pike.
If he put his hand to his bowie,
Or scratched the scruff of his mock,
You could only tell by waitin'
To sco If You bletl peck:
And tho way no fred, twas lovely!
Nobody knOwcd which was dead,
Till Big Bill grinned, and the stl6 'un
Tumblod over onto his head!
At school i,c killed his master;
Conrtin', no killed seven more;
And the hcarse was always y waitin'
little ways from hiH door.
There wasn't much growth III tho country,
Az tho census returns will show,
but We had big Bill We W 40 proud Of,
And that was enough to grow.
And now Big Bill Ia an angel
Damn me, it makes mo cry
Jist when no was ranpin' tho toughest,
The poor fellow had to die.
thicvin' and sncakin' Yankee
Got the start on our blessed Bill,
And there's no ono to do our kilin',
And nobotly left to kill!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
An Incident Of the Derby.

The return from the Derby races is
always accompanied by fun and frolic,
but the London News gives an incident
of this years return which happily
combines fun and frolic with lynch
law. On the evening of the races the
occupants of a four-horse drag were
amusing themselves as they approached
home by pelting pedestrians with flour,
peas, "and other missiles" They
pulled mp in the Chaplain road for re-
freshments, leaving three of their num-
Der to care for the horses, and these
three proceeded with their sport. Un-
fortunately they threw -four on the
wife of a railway porter, who immcdi-
ately called on the crowd to storm the
drag. No sooner said than done, and
in I'M instant the funny gentlemen were
pulled from their seats, earned to q
liorse-tr"ugh, soundly ducktd, rolled
III the mud, and then sprinkled with
their own flour. As soon as possible
they and their comrades drove rapidly
away amid the jcers and boots of the
crowd
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Use OF Paris Green.

Alta regular meeting of the Natural His
tory Society Of the Michigan State Agri
cultural College, last Monday evening (3fd)
an essay was read by DR.. Kcpzie, (suhiect,)
Use Of Paris Green on Potatoes, in which
he stated that it was not poisonous unless
used in excess, although it contains two
deadly poisons, arsenic acid and arsenic
of copper, 1t formed an insoluble prccipi-
tate with the ferric oxide, Drown Hm-
ma'ide ore) contained in the soil, as he has
proven by several experiments.
The argument some have advanced,
9hat Paris Green is insoluble in water, and
hence does not poison the potato, does not
hold true, Is it Is only insoluble in pure
water, and all our rain waters contain i'm
puritics and a small trace of ammonia in
which Paris Green is perfectly soluble.
From his experiments he has derived the
following results:
LIST. That the potato does not contain
any arsenic.
End. That Paris Green can be used in
quantities 70 small as to kill the bug and
not poison the potato. J.M.D.
LANSING. MICHIGAN.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

LIVER COMPLAINT, Liver DISEASE, !.
E. B1L1oUsNEss. complaints-
by some termed liver lisease-are very
common in this country. The ordina-
~ indications, such as yellowness of
the skin and whites of the eyes, pain
in the right side under the inferior ribs,
with sometimes difficulty of respiration
and troublesome cough-are familiar
TO host of sufferers but the liver,
sometimes, is in very unsatisfactory
state without the presence of such
symptoms. When we reflect that the
liver is the largest gland of the body,
that it secretes the bile which lubricates
the bowels and keeps them in order, is
the great blood purifier or cleansing
machine of our systems, it may truly be called
the Housekeepe,' Of our Heath. Sudden tran
sitiOns ct climatic temperature, or impure air.
or ,cater arc disturbing elements which arrest
the functions of the liver, and render it torpid,
producing dio'rhga, dysente,.y, bilious remit
te,ts, Intermittent feuers, and i general pros-
tration, and unhealthy state of the whole or
ganizatiol.
It is Tot surprising that medicine which
can restore the healthy operations Of the liver,
should command general attention. Such q
medicine is CALIFORNIA VINEGAR Buffers. The
Housekecper's Towel and Broon.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27
Geographical Changes In Europe.

The researches made by M. Levas.
seur as to the relative extent of terri
tory and population of France, Eng
land, Prussia, Austria, Germany, and
Russia at the beginning of the eight
zenith century, and the subsequent in
crease or decrease, give an idea of the
changes which have since occurred in
the positions of what were then the six
great European Powers.
In 100 France had o territory of
49,, 600 square kilometres; Great
Britain, 3l3, 600; Prussia, 10000:
Austria, $40, 900; Germany, ESQ,
and Russia, 1912, OO0-their respective
populations being: France, 10, coo, 600;
Great Britain, 5000, 600; Prussia,
1900, 600; Austria, IL, 600, 900; Ger
many, &c, O0O, coo; and Russia, 10. OOO.-
600. In 1889 France had 526, 600 square
kilometres and q population. of &c,
000, 600; Prussia had in the mean
while doubled her territory and popu.
lation, while the other Powers had
made considerable stride in popula-
ton, but had remained relatively sta
tionary in regard to territory.
After the vlcissitudes of the revolu.
ton and the Empire, France found her
felf in 1915 with only 5000 square Kill.
ometres less than in 1859, and popu.
lation of $4,000, 900. Prussia. in the
meanwhile, had again doubled both
her territory and population, which
stood at ESQ, 600 square kilometres and
and 80, 600, 900 inhabitants; Germany,
G3O, 600 square kilometres and 80. COO
900 inhabitants; Great Britain, whose
supertices~ had remained unaltered.
had a population of 5000, 600; and
Russin had S, $50, 600 square kalometrea
and q population Of $4,000, 600.
The France of to-day, setting off the
gain of Savoy and Nice against the loss
of Alsace and Lorraine, has 582, 900 Kill
ometres-or G, 600 more than in 1876
with population of sc, 100000. Prus,
STA has a territory of 352, 900 square
kilometres and "a, 200, 900 inhabitants ;
Austria has 622, 900 square kilometres
and 36, 600, 900 inhabitants while Ger
many stands at SD, 900 and 40, 600, OOO
inhabit ,nts. The population OF Great
Britain has nearly doubled since 1916,
and Russia numbers $4,000, 600 inhab-
tants upon the 5,559, 600 square kilome-
tres of her territory. Ital y, whose ex-
istence as one power is only of recent
date, has now 296, 600 square kilometres
and Cf 500 Of10 inhabitants
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

WHETHER for use on man or beast.
tho Merchants :Gargling Oil will be found an
invaluable Linimcnt, and worthy Of uso by
every resident in tho land. We know Of no
proprietary medicine or article now used in the
United States which shares tho good will Of
tho people to greater degree than this IN.
Y. IudeDentlenk
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

The genuine Halford Leicestershire
Sauce, now SO generally in use in families, can
to try single bottle to become its reference.
It 's the cheapest, at the same time that it is
tho host--Co,n
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-27

ELEVEN editions Of the first volume
OF John Fosters Life of Dickens have
already been called for in England be-
fore tho publication of the SECOND VOL
ume of tie work,