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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
For Dyspepsia.

Indigestion, depression of spirits, and
general debility in their various forms;
also, as a preventive against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers,
the "Ferro-P hosphorated Elixir of
Calisaya," made by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., New York, and sold by all drug
gists, is the best tonic, and, as a tonic
for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal.-C0na.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
A Nice Little Pool in Canadian Copper
Stock.
From tho Boston Commercial Bulletin.

There are some queer experiences
among the brokers during the time of
speculative excitement. John Leigh
ton, who figured in State street as an
active operator, q few years ago. out.
witted some of the sharpest who used
to undertake to upset him. Upon one
occasion there was nice little pool in
Canadian copper stock started, and the
ring congratulated themselves that
Johns finger wouldn't be in that pie
he hadn't been buying any! Oh moi
Brisk, the managing broker, knew
every share and every man that held it,
except few thousand shares to G. A.
Payne, some countryman, Brisk
thought, for he couldn't find his name
in the Boston Directory; no one in the
transfer Office knew him, and no one on
the street ever heard of such a man.
Well, the: ring event in: )" a nice little
operation. Brisk kept watch of the
books of the company, bid up the stock,
made a nice corner, and was having
everything his own way. "Old Payne'
apparently hadn't heard tho news, aud
never would, so Brisk thought, for his
six or eight thousand shares remained
untransferred.
Brisk had any number of seller con.
tracts of from one to five hundred
shares, that had got to be fulfilled to
him during the week. He went into
the Board, bid and dumped" his
stock, but brought in no new buyers.
Going out of the Board he was asked
by broker who had sold him one of
his earliest lots, how he would have it
transferred.
"Transfer it to me-" said Brisk; so
he said afterward to some one or two
others, and was surprised to find it
regularly placed.
Inquiries revealed that all this stock
came from Charles A. Payne. Who tho
deuce was Payne? Nobody knew but
batch after batch of Payne's stock was
transferred by broker after broker with
Payne's powers of attorney.
Brisk was gravelled. He wished
Payne had kept at home, and hadn't
read the papers.
In this mood he sauntered in to John
Leighton's Office one day after business
hours, and sat down before the bright
coal fire in the front Office, where the
clerks were posting up the days bust
ness, while John himself was busy in
his private room.
Brisk seated himself and waited for
Leighton to come out.
"Boy, hand me that newspaper"
said he to lad in attendance.
The boy, little, pale fellow of do
zen years or so, who did Johns rum
ming from Office to Office, passed him
the sheet.
"Why, you look thin, my little fol-
low, said Brisk, patting him on the
head; care you well2"
80, yes, sir; never sick bit"
"Got any brothers and sisters2 ~
eyes, sir, got FIVE"
"You don't say SO, said Brisk, land
what's your name, my lad2''
"Charles A. Payne" said the boy in
his shrill, piping voice.
"What Z"
"Charlcs A. Payne" said the boy
again, louder; "the last name is
spelled with a ""
eyes, curse it," said Brisk, 81 know
it u.s." as he caught sight of Leighton's
book keeper bursting with suppressed
laughter, behind big ledger, and he
left the Office like rocket, and was off
up the street to his own, having learned
another lesson in the fncssc of stock
operating.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

GENERAL JOSEPH LANE, of Oregon, the
candidate of the Breckenridge party in
1850 for Vice President of the United
States, was 20 years old On the 18th of
December. He is still in good health,
and is still unaware that small ssg :" is
not equal to all the requirements of
composition.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
Weak nerves.
BY T. 8. ARTHUR,

'tDon't make that frightful noise,
Hartley" said Mrs. Overman, speaking
to her son, lad in his tenth year.
Hartley had found an old tin pan, and
was beating ON it with two bits of iron.
The noise was peculiarly trying to SEN
sitive nerves.
"Why can't make it," asked the
boy. 1T doesn't hurt anybody"
ut hurts me-" replied Mrs. Over
HURLEY looked curiously at his moth
''Where does it hurt you7 -" he que.
ried.
ut hurts me here" she replied,
pressing a hand against her forehead,
"and it hurts me all over. It sets nv
nerves in CULVER"
"What are nerves, mother? How
does it hurt theme : inquired the boy.
And Mrs. Overman answered,
s'Nerves are little white threads run
ming all over our bodies. Some of them
are so small that the eye cannot see
them, and some are as large a. whip
cords. It is by means of these nerves
that we feel, see, hear, smell and taste.
The eye, the cal, the mouth, the nos
trils, and indeed the whole body, in
every part, are full of them. The plea
sure you have in eating comes from the
nerves OF taste, and the pain you feel
when pricked by pin comes from the
nerves of sensation. There are nerves
of feeling and nerves of motion. If the
nerves Of feeling were destroyed in your
arm, I could cut it with knife and you
would suffer no pain, or if the nerves
OF motion were destroyed, you could
not move it.
The boy listened in silence; then he
gave loud bang ON his tin pan, watch
ing his mother as he did 50. The effect
was decided. Mrs.. Overman gave q
quick start, while spasm of pain con-
tracted her forehead.
Did that hurt your nerves2" asked
Hartley with the GOODNESS of q scientific
student.
eyes," replied his mother. eff you
had struck me on the head with your
fist, you could hardly have hurt me
worse"
The signs of pain on the countenance
of Mrs. Overman were too distinct for
even the boys eyes to mistake them.
He dropped the pan, and coming up
to her. put his hands on her face and
said,
Elm sorry. Did it hurt much I"
Eyes, dear. My nerves are very SEN
sitive."
"What is sensitive, mother2"
Easily hurt, or very tender. This
finger was sore last week :" and as Mrs.
Ovcrman spoke she took hold of Hart
ley's little finger. 81 can squeeze it
now and you feel no pain, but few
days ago, if had done so, you would
have screamed out. Why2 It was
sensitive then, like my nerves."
"But how can a noise touch your
nerves z" asked the boy.
cit touches the nerve of hearing,
and through these jars all the rest"
"Oh!" he said, quietly, and with
the air of one into whose mind light
had come.
"All the strange and wonderful
things in our bodies," Mrs. Overman
said, "are SO linked together and so
dependent on each other that if any
thing happens to one part, all the other
parts in a measure feel the shock.
When you Jared just now my nerves
OF hearing so RIDLEY, all the sensitive
nerves of my body were disturbed"
"Why don't the noise hurt my
n"rves2' asked Hartley.
because they are in healthy Con-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
Wooden Drains.
The following is from the German
town TELEGRAPH

The following is from the German
town Telegraph:
Strange as it may seem, after all our
experimenting with wood and the tile
d. aiming material, we are likely to
come back again to wooden drains of
some sort under peculiar circumstan-
ces. They are pronounced to be on
good authority superior to, as they are
far cheaper than tile drains, where the
wood is subjected to the vapor of car
bolic acid. But even without this pre-
paration, wooden water pipes, made in
the best manner, will last two or three
generations under ground. But as it
regards the so-called Robins process, it
is not applied to logs, but boards, so
that the logs of any perishable woods
sawed into boards, and the boards SUBJ
jected to carbolic acid. formed into
square conductors aud used as drains
upon farms, will last, it is claimed,
forever" at cost of not over q fourth
or q fifth of that for tile, heavy article
and expensive to farmers living at q
distance from a mandatory. Should
this process turn out to be all that is
claimed for it, the farmers of the coun-
try will find it means of rejuvenat;ng
their lands by draining, which, while It
will cost but little, will nearly double
their productive capacity
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
1T SAVED MYLlFE.'
Words Of 4 Reliable DPa1sIse.

MARINE CITY. MOE. July 18th, 1870.
J. HARRis Co-DEAR SIss The Aliens
without It. for 1t has saved my life. took bad cold
and cough, and finally consumption seated upon
that was recommend, and spent great deal Of mon
ey, and got no belp. 1 had Aliens Lang Bslsam for
to take it without knowing more about Il. had not
sold bottle. When your agent called upon told
he urged me e IT, It myss!i did and 70 xr.te
before the third bottle taken, ny lungs vere
healed and we'll. and speak Knowingly to ny
friends and customers Of the good qualities of Aliens
Lung Bafsam. Iremain yours, respectfully,
l. G. COrT8ELI.
eK It is harmless to the most delicate child
~ 1t contains no opium in any form.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

TIE late Baroness Weld has left the
bulk Of her property to Archbishop
Manning for religious purposes, in
Guiding u large sum for building Ro-
man Catholic church at Oxford.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

Mr.. WILLIAM HENRY GREGORY, of
Galway, who has been 10 years men,
Der of tue British Parliament, and was
noted for his DESTINATIONS sympathy
with the southern secessionists, left
England on the 18th inst, to assume
the position of Governor of Ceylon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

DEAD Or DY1Na.-Where the hair is
unless artiacisy vitalzsd, Z viii DO dead
stimulate tho torpid scalp With L1oN's KATHAIRoN,
and the evil which must Otherwise culain.te IN
necessary for the health of the brain, tha 1t be kept
moderately moist with preparation capable Of nour
fills these conditions and Is the only article that
actually puts ~eU into tho capillary fsbes through
which the natural nourishment has ceased to pass.
This pure md hsrnle:s vegetable prep.I.tisn Is
hair. and passes into tho laments by tho force Of
CAPILLARY aftracs&Jn.-C0M. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

READY FOR CUsroMERA-H. w. &
J. NJ. Wetherell have located, since the fire,
ct 1853 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, and can now
furnish their customers new and complete
stock Of Millinery goods.-Cona
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
TUEOnlO POWDER EXPLOSION.
Further Particulars Of the Gala nnil
Mar An

Further Particulars Of the Gala NIFTY
Near Actra.
The explosion of the mills of the
Miami Powder company, near Actra,
Monday morning, was one of the most
terrible in the history of powder-making
III tho West. The shock was 60 great
that in the adjacent towns and cities
much CONSERVATION ensuel. In Day.
ton the children rushed from the school
buildings, fire bells rang, anu there was
a general apprehension that some great
calamity had occurred within the city
limits. In Troy and Tippecnnoe the
houses were shaken As by an earthquake.
The first explosion occurred in a wheel
mill. This commenced with the press
mill, where the powder, in process Of
manufacture, is contained in canvas
bugs. The double lighthouse, fifty feet
square, containing q vast quantity of
~" .''''''''cr, cc.no IL ,c..t f.r H.o:. ..c.
ton. From this the flames started ON
their GRAND of terrible destruction, tho
other mills following in quick success
sion. Double lighthouses, three Craze
mills, one canning mill, two press and
one packing house were annihilated,
while the remainder Of the company's
works were more or less injured. The
names Of the killed instantly are
Arthur Nero, David Comfy (colored),
w. Robbins and John Billiard; Harvey
Duncan (colored>>, wounded in the
head, and will probably die; Samuel
Miner, blown across the mill race, and
his hearing partially destroyed. Others
were badly 0fnnnod barely oscaDinp
with their lives. Ali the manned were
men of families. From twenty to twen-
ty-five tons Of powder were in the de-
stroyed building. The company esti-
mate the loss ut $5O,OOO
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

FoR SALE B1-GREENE 4 BUTTON. II. Boa.
WORTH SONS and DOHMEN, SCHMIDT 1
Co. Milwaukee, FULLER FULLER and ATJRi-
BHT EDSALt. GhiSsEo; H1XEs BROS. Cur.
Inns BROS, St. Louis WIZ
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
MISS SAWYER'S SALW,

0ERE you have q salve combining soothing md
IL healing properties, with no dangerous ingred.
lent A remedy At hand for the many pains and
aches, wounds and bruises TO which aesh il heir.
ID more easily applied than many other remedies,
never producing bad effect, but always relieving
pain, however severe
IN her own extensive treatment of the sick, for
The principal diseases fof which this sa,ve rec
Sevofia, Old gzee1s, Sat- Rhe,,M. S1suias, Burns.
Ftper Sores, Felons, Pmplcs Eyysipelas, Sore
Eyes. Ba,oer's Itch, Deatness. Boizs Riag-so
ache, Sore Nipples, Ba!dness, S,rolzen BREASTS.
Se@id., CT. S;s;.e:, Group, c;aeted Lips, and
II never fails to cure Rheumatisn, II properly
spilled. Rub it on well with the hand three times
aday: In several case. Il has cured palaied limbs.
edy. Persons that have been afflicted for years
have been relieved BY = few applications. For Ety-
sipe1as it works wonders, eIlayine the inamn,alsn
P prodacss eu ,Ds eesa zth TITS SAT-
they viii lind it inva"a;ie: 1t is good in cases Of
viii; it TIC hos. salvc ever invented for Srolea
Brea.' and Sore Nipples. No way injurious but
sure TO- afford relief Sore or Weak Eyes-Rubk
ness by pnttin: in the ears 4 piece of cotton.
For Felons this 10 superior to anything kncxz.
For Rimples this acts like charm. For Barns
u
immediate relief. For Old Sores, apply once =
day. = " =
Not among the least of the Invaluable properties
Of Miss SAWTRR's SALvE are its beneficial effects
on the hair. Rubbed on the scalp, iu FIVE or SIX
different parts, promotes the growth of the h:.,
prevents It turning gray, and on bald spots pro-
without this Invaluable article Indispensable
cosmetic for the toilet It eradicates danruf and
disease from the head, and blotches and pimples
from the face. 49,, 49,:
We. tho undersigned, have been acquainted with
Miss Sawyer for many years, and believe her to be
. Christian lady and a skilful nurse, and having
used her salvc in our famiher, It gives NJ great
pleasure In saying it is the best general medicine
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

SMOKING is waning in the English
universities. Now only about one
fourth of the students smoke, instead
of four fifths, us few years ago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
Cav TIQMl

Call for " Aliens Lung BaIsam,n and shan tho usa
Of any other Balsam; unprfnciplod mon NAV deceive
you With worthless PrePaFetions.
IN. HARRIS CO., Pfopfs, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

You will always hear men who know
what to eat, and how to dine, calling for the
Halford Table Sauce at all tho best hotels
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
The British Museum.

The British Museum is now said to
have 1000, 600 books in its library. The
idea of printing its catalogue entire has
been abandoned, inasmuch as there sre
in the collection some hundreds of
thousans eph;%e,a publications and
logue to magnitude that, for practical
purposes, would be useless. The num-
Der of American books in the Museum
is said to be greater than in any library
of the United States. A separate cata-
logue of these books has been compiled
by Mr.. Henry Stevens, the gentleman
who has had the largest share in pro.
curing them. Since 1848 this gentleman
has devoted most of his time in Lon
don to adding to the collection of
American books in the British Museum,
and also in enriching many Libraries,
both public and private, in the United
States, by his selections from the for
eign markets. The Museum contains
no less than IT'S various editions, in
our own language, of "The Pilgrims
Progress" as we'll as % copies of the
work in other languages, including
Arabic, Bengalee, Danish, Dutch,
French, Gaelic, German, Maori, the
peasant dialect of Norway, Oriza, mod.
ern Greek and Russian; also, ~ edi-
tions in English of Paradise Lost"
while there are 50 editions in other
languages, including Armenian, Danish,
Dutch, French, German, Icelandic,
italian. Latin and Swedish. OF "Rob-
inson Crusoe " the library contains "a
editions in English, and 26 in other
languages.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
AGRICULTURAL.
COpperas end Salt ~ y Preventive OF
Pear Blight.

Copperas end Salt ~ = Preventive OF
Pear Blight.
An exchange says:
Many years since We used copperas
water applied to the soil, as remedy
for leaf blight in the pear, and the use
of iron filings, scraps etc., has been
occasionally reported as preventive.
In other words, pear trees standing
near blacksmith shop, around which
MI the refuse filings, etc., of the shop
were thrown, have been reported
healthy, when trees not so supplied,
but in equal or better roll, just adioin-
ing, have blighted and died. The use
of hot copperas water as q wash to pre-
vent the blight has been advised, but
while it has acted beneficially when
taken in the very first stages of the dis
ease, it h as not been generally accred-
tied rs o specific value. The why is
believed to be, because the blight is
caused from some unhealthy condition
of tree, and like the human system sub
jective whatever disease may exist in
tho same.
A study of the organism of tee plant,
its ingredients to form health and Wig
or: has therefore been as much point
with the intelligent horticultural, as
has the human system to the professor
OF medicine :, and careful observation
makes it apparent that copperas or
sulphate of iron, as we'll as common
salt, are necessary to health in the pear
tree. With this knowledge in view,
therefore, it becomes the pear tree
grower to apply to his soil a solution of
coppcras and salt, in preference to a
free use of animal manure, in which are
only small percentage of the great
properties of the two Ingredients of
food requisite to health in the tree.
As to quantity and time of applica.
ton it is our impression that to each
pear tree of ten years. growth one
fourth pound of copperas and two
pounds of salt dissolved in two gallons
of water aud sprink]ed over the ground
within the area of the branches is about
the quantity that should he used, and
that any the time previous to March is
the time to make the application.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

COLUMBUS discovered America, but Il has been
found that the only economical Shoes for children
are the celeb1ated SILvER-TuPED- wear cut
at the toe and are worth two pairs without Tina
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15

ABRAHAM LINCOLN said, "Never swap horses
while crossing stream" This saying loses an IL
force II you have On . pair OF CABLE SCREW WIRE
made Boots and Shoes, a. they never leak
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
Barn Cikferna.

The New England Homestead has
the following in relation to the manner
of making brick cisterns-a great de-
side,xztstna where there is no supply of
spring water for barns:
In ordinary clay soils cistern may
be built without brick except for the
arch-by merely making the excavation
of the size and depth required and lay
ing the mortar Immediately on the clay
sides; if well done with good hydrao-
lie cement, and clean, coarse sand, it
will be as permanent as if plastered up
on brick wall. Brick will be required
for the arch. To do this, about eigh.
teen inches below the surface of the
ground, shoulder should be made
the width of the brick on which the
arch is to rest. One thousand brick
will be sufficient for cistern of the
capacity of one hundred gallons, con-
structed on this plan, and the whole
may be built at the cost of $25. On
many farms brick may be already on
hand and some farmers, perhaps, would
prefer to wall the entire cistern from
the bottom. To do this, two-thirds, or
perhaps three fourths more brick would
be required.
''The most proper form. and the one
which gives the greatest strength to a
cistern is that Of an ordinary Jug say
ten or twelve feet deep and six or eight
feet in diameter at the bottom, increas-
ing in the middle to nine or ten feet,
and from the middle upwards the size
should be contrived to the base of the
arch to six feet or less. Such cistern
will hold from one hundred to one hum
bred and fifty barrels, and would afford
supply Of water for twenty head of
cattle continually.
"It is important to secure as freshly
burnt hydraulic cement as possible.
The coarsest sand makes the strongest
mortar: This should be clean, that is,
free from any clayey or marty substance
Every good mason knows the proportion
in which these should be mixed."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-02-15
The Nouse.NIousc and tho yVooa-1dou,
BY CARL LARSEN.

The siOuse.Mousc and the WOod-Mo0se.
BY CARL LARSEN.
A house-mouse and a wood-mouse
once met, and invited each other to q
visit. The house-mouse was to 20 to
the wOOl.mOuse so the wood-mouse
made her house, which was ct the foot
of tir.tree, look as nice as she could,
and took home some roots and berry,
buds for dinner.
Then the hOuse-mOuse came and
tapped at the door. and courtesied like
lady; and the visit began. OF course,
company must like what is set before
them; and so the llouse-mouse tined to
eat; but it was hard work, and, to do
her best, she couldn't chat as much as
ut other times.
Next day it was the house-mouse's
turn to have company. She lived in q
granary, aud handicapped up u nice pile
of barley and wheat and rye, and bits
of cake, and polk, and ends of candles.
And then the wood.mouse came; and
SO her visit began.
The wood mouse had never before had
such q dinner; and the house-mouse
had to tell how she came by such nice
things. She told about the the pantry
and the kitchen and the cupboard,
which last was so hard to get into.
But Just as they were saying how
much better it was to live here. than in
the wood, they heard some one come
slyly over the straw.
"Hush, hush! there comes Sheriff
Cat," said the hostess. So they sat
still, hardly daring to breathe but, be-
fore they knew it, the sheriff was stand
ing right over them.
"Who are you, mussing up my grana-
rye" said he.
"Only two little MICE" said the
house mouse.
''What are you doing hre2"
"Only having little dinner"
Eating mp all my grain!"
"Oh, no! We have taken only what
was lying loose"
~ am going to take you now"
"Oh, no! Don't take MS" said the
house-mouse, "and we will tell you a
story"
Let me here it, then," said the
sheriff.
"Once there was little bird"-
"Well, what did he dot"
HE was going to sweep the floor,
"Then he was very neat,"-
''And he found dime"
"Then he wasn't poor"
$50 he bought a tiny piece of sau-
sage
"Then he had enough to eat"
"He put it on the GOALS to fry"
"Then he didn't eat it raw"
Gle laid it on the door-sill to cool. I"
"Then he didnt mean to get burnt. {"
"But the cat came and snatched
it"
"And so shall I snatch y0ss," replied
Sheriff Cat.
But the wood-mouse ran quickly
away and didn't stop until safe under
the root of the fir-tree. She was so
scared that she did not dare to come
out again until she was SO thin and
hungry that she could hardly creep;
and she resolved never more to visit the
granary.
And what became of the house-mouse
That is for you to guess. THE nursery.