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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Mirabeau, the Black Sheep and the
Great Man.

It was in the year 1888 that two
noble old men, splendid in appearance
and magnificent in manner, who looked
as if they had been forgotten by the
century before and left as types of a
better and more refined age, met to.
gether to hold family council upon a
black sheep-a prodigal son, who, after
having passed through an early youth
distinguished by every vice and folly,
had appeared before them rs a peni.
tent. It was like q scene in play,
almost grand enough for Corneille,
almost laughable enough for Moliere.
One can imagine the two, leaning on
their gold-headed cares, recalling the
costumes of Louis Quatorze and speak
ing the language of st. Simon-wis-
dom and justice (wlthout mercy)
breathing through their lips - tie
Marquis and the Commander Victor
Riguetti or Arrighetti, with his brother
Jean Antoine dc Mirabeau and
this black sheep, this prodigal SON
s'pOurogan" as his family called him
the world calls by a name which will
never be forgotten. 1t is Mirabeau.
Ten years after, an immense crowd
gathered before tho gates of house in
the Chausseo d'Autin where man Law
dying. The people thronged the street,
the court, the staircase, to hear the
last verdict of the physicians-and
that was that there was no hope. Hard.
" had those who stood by the bedside
pronounced the fatal words, III es,
mort, " when the President of the M
tional Assembly rose, and in a voice
broken with sobs proposed that dep.
utation' should attend the funeral o.
the great man. The reply was made
with one voice: eve will all attend =
The great man of 1891, was the blacl
sheep of l781.-L0ndofa iS0cictu.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

CRIMINAL SEoRECY.-The martinets
of the medical profession insist that it
is beneath the dignity of regular ply
stefan to advertise. If q member of
the faculty should discover an absolute
remedy for any disease it would be a
breach of professional decorum, to offer
the specific for sale through the Jour
nails of the day. Scorning such preiu-
dices one of our Leading practitioners
is now making known to the public
through the columns of over three
thousand newspapl rs, one of the most
comprehensive remedies for disease that
has ever assauged the sufferings of hui
manity. DIR. WA1KER's CALIFORNIA
VINEGAR B1TTERs, although compare
lively new medicine, has already at
tracted the attention of millions in
both hemispheres. 1t has been adver-
tised through all the channels accessi-
BILE to advertising enterprise, and the
result has been tho preservation of
thousands of lives, and the prevention
of an untold amount of physical tor
ture. DIR. Walker thinks that the
"greatest good of the greatest NUMBER
is the true object of medical science,
and hence he steps boldly out of the
contracted circle of professional exclu-
siveness, and places his Great Restora-
tive within the reach of all. It's bene.
fetal effect in cases of chronic dyspep-
STA, biliousness, kidney disease, govt,
diseases of throat and lungs, rheuma.
tism, nervous complaints, and all dis
orders of the secretive and e1cretive
organs, il beyond al estimate.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

1t ts tho easiest thing in the world to lose tho
blessing OF health, but when lost 1t is not so easy to
regain It, The popular idea Of fifty years ago that
tremendous securing Of the bowels was essential
| element OF cure in almost all diseases has for.
tunatcly for mankind, been pretty cffeetualy ex-
piodcd. The Introduction OF Hostettcr's Stomach
bitters nearly quarter OF century ago, may DO
said to have given the coup dc grace to drastic purga
ton. The world has learned from the beneficial
effects produced by that admirable preparation,
that one medicine may embrace the three properties
Of tonic, laxative and Alternative; and the
three curative processes Of invgoraton purifica-
non and regulation may bo comprised ut tho
tl1le ny the operation of single agreeable remedy
There aro sound, philosophical reasons for the
marxahlo Improvement which the Bittcrs Occasion
III the condition OF dcranged and cnfccbled sys-
ten' This pure combination Of vegetable JUICES not
only strengthens tho stomach, stimulates the appe-
TT" and traces tho nerves, Int nso inrarts tone and
vgor 10 the sccrctOry Organe-as tho skin, tho liver
ana the kidieys;- anl If tho blood las become too
tn1n ana watery to nOurisll tho body properly, CHE
riches and vitalizcs that raw material OF oil tho
SOM portions Of the frame. At this period of tho
year, when intermittent fevcrs, bilious disorders,
stomach complaints, and tlyscntcric and darrlaac
elments are always more, Or less rHe occasional
doses OF the ttcrs will BIC found thc'hst safcg,ard
against The atmospheric conditions which generate
thom III accession Of general vig"r is necessary to
enable tho system to +, stat tho morbid influence
81 tho haIari'n' vapnr4 w'li. rise from the earh ut
this season, and Of all the known ivigorants, Hos
tctter's Bittcrs il tho safest aud most potent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Scraps Of Science.

The construction of ovens heated bv
gas for tho purpose, of Matching eggs is
now so perfect in France that the gas
flame regulates its own rate of COM
bustion, and keeps the variations of
temperature in the oven within on de.
gree.
NJ. Bouss1NavuLr finds as the result
OF aserics of experiments on churning
milk that only three-fourths of tho but
ter is obtained by this method. He
says it is not difficult to detect by the
microscope tho difference between this
milk and the buttermilk TINT remains
after churning cream.
To REMOVE old putty from broken
windows, dip small brush in nitric or
muriatio acid (obtainable at any drug
gist's,) and with it anoint or paint over
they dry putty that alheres to the
broken glass and frames of your win
dows after an hours interval, the
putty will become so soft Us to be re.
moved easily. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The Horse Epidemic.

This disease is acute catarrh or in.
fnenza, prevailing ut this time as an
epidemic. 1t consists of irritation.
CONGESTION and inflammation of the mu.
cous Innings, of all the air cells and
passages of tho head and throat.
Everybody knows the symptoms. Lit
tic medicine should be given. as there
Is more danger of giving; too much than
not enough. By careful nursing 80 out
OF lO will get along very we'll without
internal medicine. Take away their
my and oats; feed warm bran mash
and clean oat or rye straw moistened
with brine. We have given our horses
and we have six all sick with the dis
temper from six to eight drachms of
bromide OF potassium two or three
times day, dissolved in bran mash,
tor the first two or three days while the
inflammation lasts. This medicine is q
powerful sedative, and as such lessons
the How OF blood to the head and lungs.
l have prescribed the bromide of pot
tasslum Tor two years past to break up
severe colds (Which is acute catarrh) Of
myself, family aud friends, and it never
tailed to cure the cold effectually in
from - to "a hours.
1t has worked we'll on my horses.
AFTER tho nose begins to run freeley,
the danger is passed and by good care
the horse will be soon we'll. External.
" used and would recommend DR.,
Irask's Magnetic Ointment to the
throat, around tie ears and on tho fore.
head: This ointment contains tobacco
and lobelia, and operates upon the mu.
cous glands Of the head and throat by
causing an increased flow of secretion
from them, at the same time by its re-
laxing effect removing the structure
and giving almost instant relief to the
cough and breathing. Free ventila
ton, (but avoiding draughts of air. i,
very Important; good fresh air is very
essential, therefore burning tar or any
thing of the kind should be avoided
If the weather is not stormy, turn thu
horse out during the day:-D. RAN
! SOM, n. d.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
BILLINGS Philosophy.

How natral it IL for man, when he
makes mistake, tew korrect it by kus-
sing sumbody else for it.
The wimmin ought tow ketch all
the phellows who part their hair in the
middle and clap red flannel petty
coat on them.
Here il just what's the matter-if yu
shut yurself up folks will run after yu,
and if yu run arter folks they will shut
themselves up.
Ambishun tew shine in everything IL
sure way tew put mans kandle oil
out
There IL no revenge so komplcto as
forgivness.
He that desires tew be ritch only tew
be charitable, il not only WHO man,
but Il good one.
Crate welth in our journey thru life
is only extra baggage, and wants heaps
of watching.
Beware ov the man who makes still
noizo when no walks, and who purrs
wien he talks he il kat in disgulzc
-" Almona1, 1873.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
American Library Associations,

Ten of our American cities have
Mercantile Library Associations, with
an aggregate membership of upward
of 10000 and an ownership of over
10000 volumes. The Philadelphia
Mercantile Library has II, 786 members,
66, 874 volumes and an annual income
of $39, 200. New York has an associa-
ton numbering 10,413 members, and
owning 1877, 200 volumes. Similar as
sociations in Brooklyn own Al, 600 vol
umes; in Cincinnati, $4,000; in Pitts
burg, 1890; in st. Louis, "a, 1913; in
Boston, "a, 1913; in San Francisco, 3d.
600; in Baltimore, %, 300. To these
may be added the Boston Public Lii.
brary, which is free to all residents of
the city, and contains 1O2, 958 volumes.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The Wheat Field of America
8ealthfhl Climate, FREQ Homes,
Good Markets.

TIE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
offers for sale Lands In Central md Western
NIinncs0ta, embracing: l. Tho best Of Wheat
Land; 3. Excellent Timh sr for tho Mill, the Farm
and tho Fire; B Rich Prairie Pasturase and Natura
Meadow, watorod BY clear Lakes and running
streamstn hoalthfol Climate ,oAsrs Feosv aud Aase
10 wn1nown.
Grain can DO shipped hence by lake 70 market as
choapIy a. from Eastern Iowa Central Illinois.
cars 30H run those lands from Lake Superior
70 Dak0ta Price Of land close to track S4O to $500
Pr acre; inrther away 896O TO 34O0. Seven Ycare'
Sired!ts Warrentee Deeds; Northern Pacific 7.4()
0nas, now nelltnR et par received for land at 81
10 otner unoccupiod Lands present such advantages
SOLDIEkS under tho Now Law cMarch 1872 get
loo acres FREE, near tho railroad, BY one and two
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED,
AtATtsS furnished from ell principal points East
| purchasers OF Railroad Lands, and to sottlers on
! Government H"mostsAds. Purchasers their wive,
| and children carried free over tho Northern
racine Rond Now Is the timo for ettlera and Colo
MICS to got Railroad Lands and Government Homo
steads clos, to tho track
send tor Pamphlet containing full inform alton
map and copy OF Now Homestead Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT. NORTHERN PACIFIC
| RAILROAD. ST. PAUL. MIMI,
OR 23 FIFTH AVENUE. cor 9th St. NEW YORK
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
The Great Mother
BY CARL SPENCER.

Our tender mother, Naturc! -she has word
for each;
To-day or else tomorrow she'll name you in
her speech;
Say not she smiles too lightly-tl,erc arc weep
crs every dav-
But 80 yOu to tho meadows when troubles
once away.
All tho shining and tho song
Shall nothing seem to wrong:
Oh, the world is good, and may the world live
long!
We know the Gardens story-sorrow is old as
Is sorrow old as tho world Who knows which
first began2
Whoever tuned tho chorus till the chief singer
camc,
Through all his cchoing ages tho key has
been the same.
For Adam in his time,
And for each III PASSIONS prime,
Tho loy-bells and tho dirgcs rang an inter-
The hearts Of men are rivers that chaic in Or
With now song Of signing, and now song
Mature, mother Nature, shc hath borno us
on her breast
Till her own great heart is beating in flow with
our unrest.
Many a time the sky
Hath wept it's blue eyes dry
Ere ever wept beneath it you and l.
She has winds that cry OF conflict to tho soul
that strives;
She has deserts bittcr-hearted with tho grief
OF wasted lives;
She has lonely rocks and moOrs, and ovor-
signing seas;
And some day you shall hcarkcn to your own
life in these.
Bnt it's Ho, all the day,
When troubles once away,
And again she'll pipe for us, and We IL be gay.
She has mountains weird and kingly, with the
clouds upon their head;
She has fearfull thundcr-placcs where the
storms are bred;
But strength and safety grid her-sca depths
and mountain bars;
And peace is whero Eternity dwclls among the
stars.
And it's Hush, all the night,
And tho monaghan licth white,
Like the pale hand Of Peace, shutting the lids
from sight.
All TO keep the life in US, the life that goeth
fast;
Ever she turns and turns it, but it weareth
out Mt last:
Sorclyaud of, she sighcth to put the old away;
So to us shall tears be given when VIC have
had our day.
Then for us the world will keep
"a silence sweet aud deep,
And again she'll sing for us, and We shall
sleep.
-Harpers Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

LASTING LONELINESS --Twentv years ago.
when paint. pearl powder and enamel, wero ruinine.
the complexons and destroying the health Of women
OF fashion, HAaAN's MAGNOLIA BALM was brought
out a. pure botanical cosmetic, guaranteed to re.
store bloom and beauty to the skin. From that time
to the present has been continually Sisg In public
preparation Of its class Instead Of an aTtl
der varous names a. beautidors"i /: keeps tho skin
s0i e e y sSosh nd Glossy
Is thS s:s* aaset Of loyeins.s This
the Balm daily be prolonged from youth 70 a9e
lady Who purchased the first bottle Of the article
nineteen years writes to say that her
at forty pursr. clearer and brillant than &
has ever beon 1nd she attributes its BEAUTY e0iey
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
How to Treat Whoopiny Cough.

In cases of the whooping cough in
it's first stage-that is, after its third
week-put one ounce of the strongest
liquid of ammonia into gallon of boil
ing water in an open pan; keep up the
steam by means of a red hot brick
having been put into the water con.
tanning the ammonia, the pan being
placed in the centre of the room. Allow
the patients to come into the room as
the amonia steam is passing of. This
method, used in the evening just be-
fore bed time, has been so effica-
cious in abating the spasmodic attack,
and after three or foWd days terminating
the malady, that its value cannot be
ovcr.eseimated as a therapeutic agent
in tranquilizing the nervous system in
whooping congh.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Indian Rivers.

Aliens Indian Mail says: "a re-
markable instance Of the extent to
which Indian rivers are apt to change
their courses is furnished by the his
tory OF the Bramaputra during the last
ninety years. In 1885 that river flowed
far to the east of Dacca, receiving in
its course the rivers of Silhet, which
joined with it to form the Meghna, at
that time the direct outlet for all the
drainage of the Assam and Caehar VAL
ieys. Since then, however, the Brama-
p1ltra has shifted it's main channel
nearly 200 miles westward, consigning,
many an ancient city to ruin and giving
birth to new centres of trade
and population. All this seems
to have happened in the space of
twenty years, the process having been
pretty nearly completed in 1890. The
Jheels or swamps of Silhet, deprived
of the vast supply of silt which the
Brahmaputra used to wash down from
the hills and higher valleys, lost their
chance of m early transformation into
cultivable land. The influx of the Brah-
maputra into the Gangetic River system
tended to develop the process of land.
making in the Gangetic delta, by fore
ing the Gangetic rivers to spread their
silt over wider area than before.
While Sonargaong, the old capital of
Bengal, deserted by the river to which
it owed its prosperity, is now mean
village surrounded 10y heaps of
brick and jungle, the great trading
mart of Serajganj, where so much jute
was damaged by the late cyclone, has
sprung up like gourd on the new
channel of the Brahmaputra. The
trade of Dacca itself is even now threat
ened by the same disturbing cause.
Similar changes appear to be going on
in the Ganges, one of which we lately
mentioned as tending to undermine q
part of the railway between Colgong
and Rhagalnur. ItIis not unlikely, as
the Englishman suggests, that these
changes may have something to do
with the prevalence of endemic dis
eases, like the Bardwan fever, in the
districts affected by them. The mat
ter, at any rate, is one that calls for
and would doubtless repay careful in
nuirv -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Noted Graves IN Boston.

In ono of the old grave yards of Bos
ton, under the shadow of Park Street
Church, on fremont street, Boston,
in the most busy part Of the city, lies
tho dust of three signers OF the Decla-
ration of Observation-Disclosures
Adams and PANE; of seven Massachu.
sets Governors Hancock, Adams,
Bowloin, Sumner, Sullivan, Love, aud
Eustis; and not far distant, under q
larch treo close to the iron fence, the
ashes of the victims of the Boston mas
sacree. Among other noted persons
buried here were John Hull, mint mas
ter in 1862; Judge Samuel Sewell, OF
noted memory; Potter Fanexil. General
Joseph Warren, Colonel Paul Revere,
and Richard Bellingham, a Colonial
Governor. A white marble slab, with
the simple inscription, "No. 16, Tomb
OF Hancock" indicates the tomb OF
the distinguished patriot, John Han
cock, the first signer of the Declaration
of Independence.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
KIP );
KING OF THE BLOOD,

4nI MOST 4HoRoUoR HUn11IR8 - Z"
=, Rood TT D3OUvH1gD.
CURES AL III MuM NOE 1R9 ,1 4 c94no@
csaee.uos tanos &c dispassd without Do q.
geon's kniie-ScFuldla conquered, and Coos1np
lion prevented and cured. - = y
Venereal Diseeses, Mereutal and Nina.
oas health and a9eosnd constitution established-
Renalo fvS0ak1eRs 49, Oeoeo9oi
Dropsy. general OF paRtin. Swelling, szsanal q
internal; and Tunks aze red1eo1 nd diiFEss,ed
ErJSipciss, Salt Bheam, seaa Head, s.d
Fever 6ores are sooa removed By tho Powssa4
de4eeRent medicine. = - a. -,
ee0fb1tie Deeease9s 01111ogs Gay
lcayinS the skin smooth and faiR. :
Chronie Diseases, Fever al D1..
ordered Live, DysPcgsia Rhe1matss1 NGvces
Ina@elo o diseases cansed 81 bad blood nc con:
ouefcd, and give way before this most powerful
, comectcr. The King Of the Blood.
Each bo!sle contains between forty 80
fro0 00o - Coor Or Ave o0tslee YIN
cure Salt Rhcnm. Scald Head, Ring Worm, Piu-
pics ON the F.ce, Bilee: ordinary EIuptioGs, etc
scsly Eruptions Of the Skin. Ulcers. Sores. and
Canker inthe Mouth and Stomach. Erysipelas, etc.
Rron two 70 ten bottles will restore
healthy action to the LIVER and Spleen, VIII reg
Rron TIVE g aaX boes1e0 win b foand
, edectual In curing Ncuraleta, saek-Headaehe. St
Vitas' Dance and Epilepsy.
Rfo.Q Ave g twelve bodies Will euro
The worst cases Of ScrOfula.
Rron three e twelve ooeeles VIII
euFe eeveFe aud obstinate cAacs Of Catarrh. .
In0a tWO % loQr oottles will cure tho
wort eaecs Of Pilce and regulate COetive bowels.
Fron I've % ten bottles viii euro
~ PTiee 81 ~ isssac, Or bottles s'< q
Sold by all Druggists
d RANSOM, son + CO, fssprA
seet.s.imonial. in ,ocn, co,nnn. EaaAle. n. Z.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

not severe the air has FREQ circulation all
over the surface Of the milk, consequently
tho milk remains sweet longer ani tho
cream arises better than in any other I'M
foreground collar or house wo always use
two-galion tin milk pans, and do thetmilk-
ing in tin buckets. We churn in an oak
churn. of the old dasher kind, Never Let
tho milk stand over thirty-six hours in tho
summer, or forty.eigh. hours in tho winter
lift should stand longer in the former case,
the cream would get too sour in the lat
ter, too bitter; and of course the butter,
III either case, would be spoiled before it
was churned. Wash the butter before
sailing, Us soon rs churned salt and set
away without working, till cooled then
work we'll, but not to long. Set away over
night, and in the morning work out all tho
milk, and Toll, or pack, IS desired.
II the above directions arc observed
there will DO no complaint for want Of good
bntter the year round. 1t will be yellow,
high favored with aroma, and we'll grain.
ed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
Wrought Iron Pine.

It will doubtless be surprise to
most of our readers to learn that CHICAGO pos
scsses one Of the largest Works for the manu-
tacturo Of this article in the United States and
Bios. MAxurAcrun1xa CoMrANY, (officc, 10 N.
Jefferson Street.) They are obliged to run
their Pipe Works night and day to supply the
demand. and consume 800 tons Of refined iron
per month in this department alone.
They also mako a speciality Of the manufac-
ture of all Gas, Steam aud Water Fittings
(!ron and Brass) connected with Pipe and all
steam warming app]iances.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

EXCITEMENT in regard to the driving
OF Texas cattle through Kansas runs
high among stock-farmers. In the vi
c'nlty OF Lancaster, Atclliaon county, a
total Of IA head of Kansas-fed cattle
have died, and tifty-threc are sick, it is
SAID, from disease contracted from Tex
aa cattle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

Dr. Do LEWIS gives tho following
cure for dyspepsia "Havc right
good talk, with funny anectlote or
two, and half q dozen hearty laughs,
will, each meal. This eating alone at
IL restaurant and shoveling in the pro-
yc,lAcr in solemn silence will give dys-
pepsiu to an ostrich"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14
IN illustration IF thu offoot of tho

AN illustration of the effect of the jar
produced upon the particles of iron in
a rail or cannon in constant use, may
be got by scattering iron dust upon a
piece OF glass, under which there lies q
magnet, and tapping the glass gently.
The particles Of iron rearrange them
selves IN new lines. as in granulation,
and this is what destroys the life of the
railway track or columbiad.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

STEAK1Na of the climate of the Ar
gentine Republic, Prof. Gould Says
"A bowl of water left uncovered in the
morning is dry at night ink vanishes
from the ink-stand as if by magic. The
bodies of dead animals dry up instead
of decomposing, and neither exercise
nor exposure to the suns rsys pro-
duces perpiration.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

If you WISH to purchase tickets to or
from Europe, or draft on Great Brit
ain and the Continent, address F. 81.
MCCLURE & Co., Bankers and General
Passage Agents, 365 East Water street,
;iluonkoo
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

A YouTH's PUB11cA11oN.-For nearly
ton, has been published. 1t was startod in
1897, and is to-day one OF the brightest and
most vigorous papers with which wo arc &C.
Quainted.-COm. %
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

A CASE of chronic rheumatism of un.
usual severity. cured by Johnson's Anodyne
Imminent, is noticed by enc of our exchanges.
A large bunch came out upon the breast oil
the sufferer. ana appeared like part OF the
breast bone.
The sweetest word in our language is
health. At the first indication of disease. use
we'll known and approved remedies. For dys.
pepsia or indigestion, use Parsons Purgatice
Puts. For coughs, colds, sore or lame stom.
ach, use Johnson's An0dyne Liniment.-Com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-11-14

y CHAprED HANDS, face, rough skin,
taneous affections, cured, and the skin made
soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER TAR
Soar, made by CAswELL. HAZARD l. Co.. New
York. 1t is more convenient and easily applied
than other remedies, avoiding the trouble of
the greasy compounds now in use.-Com.