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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Great Sporting Contest In Tennessee

Great Sporting Contest In Tennessee.
A varmint" hunt for thirty days,
by two parties under the leadership OF
Captains Mitchell and Bracken, recent
" took place in Lauderdale county,
Tennessee. In reckoning the number
of scalps it was agreed bear should
count 500 and wild cut 800 each. All
0thtr kinds of game we're counted
single. Two bears and twelve wild cats
were killed during the hunt. Captain
Mitchell signalized his prowess in this
field of mimic war by taking 1906
scalps with his own hands; while Cap.
tain Bracken, scarce less renowned, ex-
hibits 10, $50 trophies of his skill and
daring. At the end of the month il
was found that the Mitchell men had
scored ~, $50, and the Bracken forces
Only86, 526. Total, 8O,O75.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
A Roman Superstition.

Talking of the Borgias recalls to me
q conversation I had the other morn
ing with q visitor, ON the traditions
current in Rome, formerly more be.
lieved than at present by really intel
igent persons. Those of Sixtns V. are
numerous, But there was one my friend
told me appropos of Innocent X, OF,
more properly speaking to his sister,
in-law, Donna OLYMPIC Pamphile Dosia,
which made great impression on me.
Her memory is held in great horror to
this very DAY, especially by the COM
mon people This ungovernable wo-
mon used to hold her high frolics out
at the Palazzo of the Villa Doria, on
the Janiculum. There are kept and
shown sometimes by great favor, ar
ticles of her wearing apparel slip
.pegs, a curious Indian mantle made of
Papagalle feathers, also q picture of
her, that is not very reputable one AZ
to the mode of representation. The
tradition is this !: Every night after
midnight, a red hot iron chariot is
heard rumbling along the Via Giulia,
and up the Janiculum hill The noise
it makes is tremendous. Its horses
are dcmoniac . demon guides them
and in the chariot are other demons
holding the unhappy Donna OLYMPIA.
When the chariot reaches the spot
where the old gates of the villa used to
be, near the Paolina fountain, this en-.
trance reappears, and the iron gates
chariot rolls through the grounds Of
the Palazzo it stops the demons lift
out their victim, carry her into the
house, and, on the very spot of her
former bad acts, scourge her on the
skin till near daybreak. Then they re-
place the poor, beaten wretch in the
hot iron car; the horses leave the Villa,
go with laundering velocity down the
Janiculum. and toward dawn, some
where in the Villa Giulia, the whole
phantasmsgoria "fades into the light
Of common day." Ny friend had this
from his father, who was an officer in
the Papal Guard, scholarly, cultiva-
ted'man-
ut is true, my son." he would soy,
selemnly, when repeating the story
(" it is true !; for when I have been on
guard IN the Via Giulia, these ears
have heard the thunder of those dread.
full car wheels, and I have felt the hot
air as it passed blow on my face :"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
New Mode Of Keeping Cider Sweet.

A correspondent of the New York
World, in whom they have confidence,
writes to them upon the subject Of keep.
ing cider sweet, in which no recommends
the use of bl .sulphats of lime % means
ofpreventing tho fermentation Of cider,
and says:
This material is now used in large
quantities by brewers, and also by the sug-
ar manufacturers. Cane juice properly
treated with it may be kept for months
without material injury, and may then DO
boiled with : certsinty Of producing ex-
ceilent sugar.." At the same time we
took the precautiou to ask large dealer
in the blsulphates aud chemicals general.
", and were informed that the cider man
ufacturers would not use it. He says the
process they nse is to let the cider Torment
once, so rs to clear; then rack of, and in.
to zach c.sk or barrel they throw a piece
Of raw beef. By this system the cider is
not only kept sweet, but some think is i'm
proved. We know nothing Of It's value,
except that it is very generally used by
large cider makers who have high rcp-
ut..tion for tho excellence Of their product.
Viewed in chemical light, We should
say that it was fur preferable to the BIZ
saiphate mode, as the albumen Of the
meat has tendency to soften the acidity
and produce mellownsss, while there are
circumstances under which the lime might
unite with the acetic acid and produce
acetate of lime, which, if not positively in.
urious, would not at all add 10 tho flavor
of the uider.
Bi-sulphate Of lime 10 very useful
compound, and very little known; it's
somewhat offensive smell has prevented it's
introduction for various uses to which it is
adapted. tits very superior disinfect-
mt, and meats dipped into it may be KEEP:
for great lengths Of time without aDy de.
composition. 1t has no superior as pre-
ventive Of acctifics ton, and is one OF tho
best substances which can be found to pre-
vent tho decay Of timber. 1t 10 in constant
u''. in Louisiana IN sugar manufacture,
and az now made il not subject to tou'e
objections urged in years past but there
arc parts OF the process Of refining sugar
whore It cnnaot be used, as sucrate ofIine
is likely to he formed, just rs We have in
dicated that tho acetate may be formed in
the cider.
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD en-.
OFFICE OF THD GRN1RA1. SurRRuf.

PENNSYLVANIA RAu.ROAD en-
OFFICE OF TH GRxnRAL Su11lmt.
GEsT1l,lEx:-Yhs watches manu-.
featured BY you have been in use on
this Railroad for several yeazs by our
engine men, to whom No furnish
watches ~ part of our equipment
There are some THREE HUNDRED
OF THEM CARRIED ON DUB LINE,
and We consider them GOOD and RE-
LIABLE TIME-KEEPERS. Indeed.
I have great sstisfaction in saying
YOUR WATCHES GIVE Us LESS
TROUBLE, and have worn and do
wear much longer without repairs than
any watches Ne have ever had in NE
on this road. A. you. are avare, ve
formerly trusted to those Of English
manufacture, Of acknowledged rood
reputation, but - . el1bs they never
keep time ~ correctly, nor have they
done as good service - yours. So -
In these statements I am sustained
by my predecessor, Mr.. Lewis, whose
experience extended over . seeies Of
years. = i = F. - u sS;esIi 49,
Respectfully, 5.xt.:= ~ sid
IS EDWARD, II. WILLIAMS,
General Supszintsndent.
American Watch Co., Walthau.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SOVWlMn Wheat.


This is ono of the most important
points connected with growing winter
wheat, and one that is also greatly
owe Rocked. The time of sowing. Of
late years, has been neglected to such
al extent that we have observed many
farmers do not get their seed in till %.
tober. This il wrong. In such q
climate as ours it is desirable that the
wheat should have u sufficiently early
start to enable it to got we'll rooted into
the soil, and also so we'll grown ut the
top that when snow falls the tops will
be, when pressed down, protection to
the roots, not only against severe frost,
but also against the sunshine, should
the snow go off early, before the time
for vegetation has come. The best
time, and in fact tho proper time to
SOW winter wheat anywhere north of
latitude 400 in America, is from tho
25th of August to the 18th of September.
This is quite wide enough range to
suit the times and circumstances OF
any farmer.
The method of sowing is important.
If all the wheat sown was carefully put
in through drill, the extra crop in
the year would nearly pay for all the
drills used. But drill ia expensive,
and what is worse, by the careless
manner in which too many farmers
use and put away their implements
after the work is done, is liable to
become quickly destroyed and useless.
Still the fact remains that if We want
to grow good crops we must use good
care and enterprise. Even broadcast
sowing, if carefully done on we'll pre-
pared land, and the seed properly
covered afterwards, will do very we'll.
But the advantage is with the drill in
that it deposits and COVERS every seed
at uniform depth, hence making q
surety of its hold in the soil. The
saving of seed alone by using 4 drill
ON large farm is of itself on small
item. We have observed this year
that in every instance where a good
crop of winter wheat has been secured,
it was mainly due to the fact OF The
seed having been drilled in.
We will not say anything here about
varieties, for that is q question every
farmer is best able to Judge for himsef
by observation of what succeeds bes
for his own locality, or if any new sor
is to be tried, let it be done on the re
commentator only of those who hav,
proved it themselves to be good an,
reliable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Attempt to Murder Eighteen Persons.

A distinguished engineer, who is
connected with scmo OF the most hon.
orable families in Italy, has Just been
arrested at Florence, charged with at
tempting to murder on a wholesale
scale. 1t appears he was involved in
financial troubles, and, with view to
extricate himself by means of the prop
erty OF his friends, which he expected
to inherit, the wretched man tried to
poison, by morphine, no fewer than
eighteen individuals, among whom
were his father, brother, wife, and his
own children. The Gaulois says he is
plainly mad, as it is not possible to be-
lieve any man endowed with reason
would try to accomplish such crime.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Helpful Hints for Housewives.


MOSQUITOES abominate peppermint.
The knowledge of this fact may be of
service to many who are annoyed
daily by these petty nuisances.
COTTAGE CHEESE. Boil two chickens
till tender, take ont all the bones, and
chop the meat fine, season to your
tacto with salt, pepper and butter,
pour in enough OF the liquid they were
boiled in to make it moist, put into
whatever mold you wish, and when
cold turn out and cut into slices. It is
excellent.
DOMESTIC HoNEY.-Ten pounds Of
coffee sugar, three pounds of water, two
ounces of cream of tartar, two table,
spoonfuls of vinegar, the white Of one
egg we'll beaten, one half pound of bees
honey, ten drops of Lubln's extract of
honeysuckle. First put the sugar and
water into kettle aud place upon the
fire when lukewarm stir in the cream
of tartar and vinegar, then add the egg,
when the sugar is nearly melted put IN
the honey, stir until it comes to a boil,
take it off and let it stand few min
utes, then strain, adding the extract of
honeysuckle last, let it stand over
night, and it ia ready for use.
BEAN SoUp.-Wasb the beans and
boil them with salt pork. When soft,
take them out, and pass through the
colnnder. Then put them back in the
same water they were boiled in, with
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
4 Text For Boys.

A man of very pleasing address, but
very dishonest in his practices, once
said to an honorable merchant, "whose
word was as good as his bond, -" I
your good name"
"Why 80 Z" asked the other in some
surprise.
thousand dollars out of it."
The honorable character which wae
ut the bottom OF the go&d name he
cared nothing for : it was only the re.
putation, which he could turn to &C.
count In money point of view, which
he coveted.
But q good name cannot be bough,
with silver it, of all other possessions,
must be fairly earned. When it is pos.
sessed, it is better business capital thar
q great sum Of money It is q capital
any boy or girl may secure. Honesty
must be its foundation, even in the
smallest particulars. When IN employ.
er says, "That is boy I can trust
he will always find himself in demand,
provided he joins with it industry. -
"The hand of the diligent maketh
11C0.
It seems hard ut the time, maybe
this ceaseless round of work while
other boys are longing about store
steps, or playing on the green. But
the reward will come if you are faithful
While loungers are dragging out mis-.
cradle lifetime in privat,on and pow
erty, the Woodworking boy lives at hi.
ease, respected and h0nOred
Remember this, boys, if you desire
to make your way in the world. There
is nothing that can serve your purpos,
like name for honesty aud indstry
and you will never acquire either if yor
are . lounger about the streets, and
shirk at your business. Everybod,
= suspects lad who is often seen abou
saloon-doors or tavern-steps. thunder
mines q boys character for honesty
very rapidly to mix with the society Ii
finds there and such habits tend t.
anything but industrious ways.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Trlbulations Of . Ausioian at th. Tur.
XIII Cent.

Ay3 COUt6s
Tho Paris correspondent of the Man.
chester Guardian ID reaponsible for the
following:
- ~The celebrated pianist, Leopold d.
Meyer, gives his experience at the Tur-
kish Court in letter, which il goi & the
rounds Of the papers. 1T was" he says,
"no easy matter to play music in the ser-
aglio: You are sent for 1t eight in the
morning in order to play in the afternoon !:
you must be in full uniform; you wait
seven hours in a fine gallery, where it is
forbidden ,osit. From time to time you
Are informed Of what his Higbness is
doing. His Highuess has Just got up
you must PROSTATE yourself A little later
you are Told bis Highness is taking his
6ath-yon PROSTATE yourself again. His
Highness is dressing you reprostrate
yourself. His Highness il taking his
coffee, and you reprostrate yourself at
each Of these particulars moro profoundly
than before. At longth your piano Is
brought in. The legs have been taken off
90 as not TO injure the floor, q precious
mosaic Of rare woods. Tho immense
grand piano 10 placed on five Turksl The
wretche6 men support the crushing mass
on their knees. why you say, 4 can't
play on q five Turk piano. 1t Is thought
that you hesitate because the instrumen,
10 not horizontal A cushion is therefore
placed upon the knees Of the smallest
Turk. No one supposes that sentiment
Of humanity makes you hesitate. After a
long explanation u this refinement o.
civilization, the piano is placed On its OWL
legs again: Tie Sultan appears. Ate,
I'LL sorts Of salaams you are told to play
You ask for chair; there is no chair
No one ever sits in the pres nee Of hi
Highness:" N. do Meyer suppresses ont
detail which, however, is current here q
authentic. Ito played long fantasia o,
his knees, and when, At the end, the Sulta,
said he thought hs must be very tired, NJ
do Meyer convinced his Highness Of tn
contrary BY moving round the gallery Of
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

WITHIN the past six years, Rev.
Father Guilfoyle, of Newport, KY, has
erected in that city $50 comfortable
brick houses, which he has disposed of
on liberal terms to industrious me-
chanics.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
coxs,1,T, i&..r1xm::

The advertiser, having been Permently cured OF
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy
means Of cure. TO all who desire it. he viii sene
tho directions Tor prepsrinE and useise t6e same.
which they will find SURE Cum FOR OONsUNPrIoN.
As HMA, BROECHITls, and all Throat or Lang DIM
culties. -
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. ED WARD A. WILSON,
1874 Penn street. Willtam6hufE, 7.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Miss ANNA Swan, who for many years
exhibited in Barnu,n's museum rs the
Nova Scotia giantcss, is dying with
consumption in New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
How "a Raise Turkeva.

A farmers wife, who has had years
of experience, gives the following az
her mode of raising turkeys:
In the first place select q good one.
The autumn, or early in winter, is the
most favorable time for that, just be.
fore the birds are sent to market. Keep
them we'll during the winter. In the
spring, a few days before they begin ia
lay, put them in an Enclosure, where il
is most desirable to have their nests,
and where they cannot get out. After
they have made their nests, they may
be set ut liberty without any fear Of
roaming or straying. Next take good
care ut the eggs. They should be
gathered carefully every day, and
placed between layers Of flannel o.
cotton, in a place of uniformly cool
temperature, and turned over every
day. As soon as the birds are Matched
feed them with warm bread and mill,
we'll peppered, with boiled eggs added,
or thlckened with cooked corn meal,
or wheat middlings, which is better.
A little care in these matters will repay
ell efforts. Before / knew how to take
care Of the eggs, set thirty eggs, one
year, and but one of them Matched.
The next year I set forty eggs, and
nearly oil of them hatched and the
birds lived. At present prices raising
poultry is much more pleasant and
easy occupation than the slavish
drudgery Of making butter and chees.
american Rural Home.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Pos Beauty ofPoilsh. Saving Labor, cloan-
illness, Durability 4 choapneos, UnequaIoa.
D4WARE ~ WORTHLESS lAlIA1loxs. under sther
nanee bat resembling ours in shape and color Of vsp2e
Intended to 6seeive.
uoe, at twelve cents per pound-tWe1ty-1ve and 1f1Y
Pound bcxes "CheaPef than aay othsr Dutk Relh for
1othinG." =. -
INK Rfslxo sex -rXsER PkyClI.-No ShasDenine
Chap and other pospo
biaGs and 0aehinery. Lasts six tinesa loae g 81
a1eoe. 1lb. aid sob. boxes, Is cents peslA 1Eyk
neo409 0Roo,, proppeo,, ooneoN, Asas,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

VIZ would not recommend the fire.
1ucnt or constant use of any medicine. 1t 10
impos ant to take even good article judcions.
ly. Parsons P,.rgatiue Pitts are safe, prompt
and reliable as laxative .r cathartic.
Base ball is undoubtedly good exercise and
capital amusement, but it often occasions
bunSed owes, broken skins and blistered hands.
We can tell you that in all such csses, il John.
sons An0dyne Imminent il resorted to, it will
reduce the swelling and stop the pain.
The Browne AND BLACKS produced BY that cser-
ling preparation. Crtstadoro's E1celstor HAK Dye
cannot he oxcelied by Nature; 'its tintS challenge
comparison with Natures most favored productions
and DEFY detection.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
Occupation Of 4 French Relic.

The amount of toll young and pref
ty girl at Trouville undergoes each day
is something astonishing. Very likely
she is up at o'clock in the morning,
and with her bathing dress on, bare
footed, she is running over the sands,
joining few scores OF other girls and
young gentlemen in digging for equil-
les in the sand. That done she bathes
for half hour. Then she goes to her
clej,tner, a kind of q morning dinner.
Next she walks out ON the sands; then
she drives out over the country; then
she dresses for dinner then she passes
an hour at dinner; next she promen-
AIDES the sand again then she puts on
evening dress and goes to the salon,
where she dances perpetually until
mid night if it be ball evening. The
ball evenings are Thursdays and Sun
days. Sunday is the great evening for
dancing; on that day the young girl
will probably dance until after ]
o'clock. -French letter in Gin. Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

TIE best business men are trained at
the Spenceriau Business College, MIL
wa,lkcO, Wisco'lsin.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

TIE total evacuation of French ter
ritory Cy the Germans is expected to
be accomplished about May, 1873.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

PIMPLEs on the face, Erupti0rs,
Blotches, Scrofulous diseases, and all
sroes arising from impure bleod, are
cured by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. GU.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

BuaNRrr's CoooA1NE gives new life to
the hair, and makes it grow luxuriantly.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

FLAaa's IHsrANr REIIrr-Wsrrsutsd to relieve
al Rheumatic Ahlictions, Sprsins, NOnralgte, ETC.,
The best the surest. and the quickest remedy tos az
Bowel Complaints. Relief guaranteed or the money
refupded,--COm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
A RAILROAD
WATCH!
MADE BY THE
AMERICAN WATCH CO.,
VValtham, Mass.
"ATCH.!
MADE ~ THE

Trsvelers by rs;lroad fre'qusatly a.d
their watches completely demosalised
by the continuous jar Of tho train. TO
overcome this difficulty has long been .
problem with watchmskers, and it il
now successfully accomplished in the
new grade made by the >sf
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Louis NAPOLEON has been sue6 on
account of "Julius Cesar whose life
he is responsible for. The publishers
of that life have sued him,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

CHAppED HANDS, face, rough skin,
pimp'cs, ring worm, salt r'oum, and other Gu
taneo,,a affections, cured, and tho skin made
soft aud smooth, by using the Jus1rEx TAN
soar, made by CAswErI., HAZARD Co., New
York. 1t IL N Jre convenient and easily applied
than other remedies, avoiding the trouble VI
tine ,,rcasy compounds now in u8c.-COm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26

Rest and oldest Family MEDICINE: ;sa. fo,d I'd:
Ton;c Tor dyspepsia, Constipation Debility, Sick
headache, Bilious Attacks and all de,angements o.
IeHurc II initiation
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-09-26
The Loaf of Bread.

IfOm the German OF Schmidt.
In q time of famine, a rich man al
lowed twenty of the poorest children
in the town to come to his house, and
said to them, -" In this basket there
IL q loaf of bread for each of you.
Take it, and come again ut the some
hour every day, till God sends better
times"
The children bounced upon the has.
ket, struggled and fought over the
bread, because each wished to have the
largest and best loaf; and then they
went away without a word of thanks to
their friend.
But Francesca, little girl, meanly
though neatly dressed, stood at a dis,
lance, and gratefully took th> loaf that
vas left in the basket, which was the
smallest then kissed the good mans
hand, and went quietly home.
The next day the children were just
"a naughty and Ill behaved and this
time there was left poor Francesca a
loaf that was hardly half AZ large a.
the others. But when she reached
home, and her mother cut the bread,
there fell out number of new pieces
of silver. The mother vas frightened
and said, :. Take back the money this
moment for it is certainly in the bread
by mistake"
francesca took it back.
But the kind man said, "It 10 no
mistake, my good child, I had the mo-
ney baked in small loaf in order to
reward you. Be always a. contented
and yielding a. you now are. He who
10 contented with the smallest loaf,
rather than quarrel for the largest, will
receive abundant blessings. "-Chil-
tlren's Pyizt.