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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Homes in the West,

At no former time in the history of
the country has there been SO deep, so
widespread, and so intelligent an interest
felt in the matter of migration and
Western settlement as now. The rapid
construction of railroads which pene-
trate the fertile but hithertounoccupied
areas of our new Northwestern States
and Territories, thus rendering accessi-
BILE and valuable millions of acres of
land which would otherwise have lain
waste for scores of years, has given a
wonderful impetus to the Westward
tide of population.
A large portion Of both foreign and
American migration will henceforth
naturally and inevitably flow into that
new Northwest, now for the first made
accessible by the building of the North.
ern Pacific Railroad. The belt of coun
try traversed by the route of this thor
oughfare WISCONSIN, Minnesota, Dako-
to, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and
Oregon) has such characteristics of soil
and climate as to render its speedy
settlement and prosperous cultivation
certain.
The Northern Pacific Company is
now selling its lands in Minnesota, and
the facilities and helps which it furnish
en- to settlers and colonies greatly re-
duce where they do not wholly remove
the "hardships" of pioneer life. For
example transportation at reduced rates
is furnished from nearly all parts of
the country to the line of the N. P.
Road, and if a settler buys forty acres
or more of railroad. land he and his
whole family are carried free over the
n. T. Road when going to settle.
Then at three different points, on the
road large and elegant reception houses
have been built and fitted up with con-
veniences for single persons, families
| and colonies. Settlers no matter wheth.
erthey locate on free Government home
steads or purchase railroads lands. en-
ter these reception houses on leaving
the cars aud use them free of charge,
as temporary home while engaged in
selecting land and building dwellings,
of their own.
The company has fixed low prices on
its lands, gives seven years: credit to
purchasers, aud receives in payment at
ten per cent. premium its own first
mortgage bonds which are now selling
at par, and which are favorite invest
ment throughout the country.
There are now few localities in the
West where good Government land for
free homestead entry can be found near
to railroads and markets. The North
ern Pacific Road has been 30 recently
built through Minnesota, that there
are, close to its line, plenty of public
lands OF the finest quality awaiting
homestead settlement and they are
being rapidly taken. Large numbers
of soldiers who, under the new law of
Congress, obtain free homesteads of
16O acres: near railroads by one and
two years residence are locating on the
line of the Northern Pacific. Soldiers
and all others who think of seeking
homes in the West can obtain full in
formation, maps, copy of homestead
laws, etc. by addressing Land Depart
ment Northern Pacific II. r. Co., st.
Paul, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

Mrs. BoFF1N, an ignorant parvenue,
having "come in for II heap OF money, :"
il enabled to keep a footman. She has
recently been to the theatre, and has
seen that in the stage drawing room
stage footmen never bring notes in
their hands. Her servant Thomas has
just been guilty Of so doing. Imme-
diately she draws herself up and tries
to look with Belgravian hauteur on the
mental as she observes, Thomas, I'm
o surprised ut your bringing in n note
like that. In futur', always bring it in
on q saliva
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

had gambled away whatever money his
wife had, and&sthen compelled her to
write home for more. He had not only
neglected but was openly disloyal to
her, he abused her savaeely, and even
beat her, all of which she bore with
out complaint At last he deserted her,
leaving her almost penniless in Paris.
! Then she disclosed what I have related,
and retained to New York, 4 miserable
and broken hearted woman, dying two
years after her desertion.
ANOTHER SACRIFICE.
Such an experience might have been
o severe lesson to almost any mother {;
hut it was not such to Mrs.. Her
only remaining daughter Oet her be
Margaret) she married to fast young
timorean, in the tobacco business
with his father, who was presumed to be
rich. There was, nos congeniality be-
tween the pair, and his habits were
such as would have made him an I'm.
fit companion for any pure or refined
woman. He took Margaret to Balti
more to reside, and Before her honey
moon was over The firm of which he
Has member failed, SO disastrously
that it could not pay five cents on the
dollar. This. financial adversely made
the husband more reckless and profit.
gate than ever. He left, Margaret on
pretence of seeking to <ye-establish his
fortunes in Texas, and she never saw
him after. She also went back, with
shatteretRhopss 70 her fathers home
and owing to her broken health, died
in the pangs of maternity
FORTUNATELY.
Mrs. - has no more daughters to
sacrifice on the altar of Mammon. No
doubt if she had, The would immediate
them AZ she has inundated the others :
for she is still said to believe the house
of cOntentment must be rooted with
gold. Perhaps she imagines she has
done her duty faithfully and zealously =:
and so she has, if it b. \ duty to give
birth to two adectionate and excellent
girls, break their hearts for the sake
of wealthy marriage Tor what pretentls
to be such). and then bury them with
the whitest Of camelias and the show.
lest of funerals, in one of the most de-
sirable family lots in Greenwood.
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4 Place Where Bishops Drink Every.
thing but Water.

The Rev. Gideon Draper writes to
tho New York Methodist q humorous
account of his experiences in Norway.
He says:
"In accordance with previous in
vitation we repaired to the parsonage
to partake of formal dinner in honor
Of tie Bishop. The, Norwegian flag is
flying from the flag staff, and a regret
is expressed by the host that he has
not the beautiful American flag to I'M
furl by its side. The catechist and
officers of the church, With a few other
guests, all of whom are gentlemen,
gather around the; table, and q good
Norwegian dinner il served, introduce
ed by fish pudding and the accompany.
ing side dishes. Many toasts are
drank, among which America and its
Representatives, are not forgotten. A.
ter dinner, coffee and pipes, and subse.
quently bottles containing divers kinds
OF beverages, among which / was sur
prised to- find one temperance drink.
Good pure water sbounds, it was said,
in Norway, Ireplied that, ], had never
yet seen q Norwegian drinking any.
The preacher took his spirits in the
vestry after his labors, the Bishop his,
and wine, and punch were in album
dance. This drinking of anything but
water il here universal and incessant.
The total abstinence society has in
Norway An open but I fear ! discourage
ing field. The Bishop toasted the
young candidates who had just finish
ed their theological studies. It would
require some stretch of imagination to
fancy Bishop Jaynes taking his grog
after his pulpit labors, and then toast
ing in the wine cup those whom he or
dained to the sacred ministry. But
customs differ in different countries.
We returned home, not knowing wheth-
er we were wore impressed by the
solemn church services of the morning,
or the ecclesiastical jollity of the after
Nom -
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oy Of putty or glazing, with white lead
and linseed oil. Fill in the joints rs
securely ~ possible, while tho stove is
cold, and lot it stand q day or two before
using.
Pie CRUs1.-One cup of -FOUR cream:
ono cup buttermilk soda sufficient to
neutralizo the acid little salt and flour;
roll a little thinner than lard pie crust it
will not be fiaky but light and deli.
cious to one who haa more regard for
health than mere custom or fancy.
TO DRIVE AWAY Bed Bvoa-An e.
change gives the following as y sure wav
to drive bed.bugs from old beds: "Take
green tomato vines, put them in b,siu or
tray, pound them to pieces as 6ne rs pos
siblo, then stain the bedstead which thsy
inhabit with the juice, fill the srevioes
with pieces Of vines, and lAy leavss under
tho stats. II this is practised twice q
year net bug will remain in the bed.
stead"
10 WASH SlLx.-1Ialfa pint Of gin, four
ounce. Of soap, and two ounces Of honey,
we'll shaken. Wet sponge with this mix
ture and rub the silk. which should be
spread upon the table. Then wash it
through two waters, in which put two or
three spoonfals Of OK gall, which will
brighten tho oolors aud prevent their run
ming. Do not wiring the silk, but hang it
up to dry, and while dry 'front.'. The lady
who furnishes this recipe says she has
washed green silk dress by it, and it looks
Us good as new.
CLEANSING THE uAIR.-The best sub
stance with which to cleaase the hair II u
teaspoontul or two of common epirits Of
ammonia in basin Of water. The scalp
and hair should be thoroughly washed and
rinsed and wiped dry. A little giycerine
dissolved in alcohol may then be advan-
tageously applied; ali other oils will
hscome stale, and IRE unfit for such use.
BARRIERS commonly use carbonate Of Potash
in tho water they employ for shampoonisg
but spirits Of ammonia il better.
HoxE.MADc CAxpY.-Use new tin
basin, put in four tablespoonful Of water,
one pound Of :" c,ffee A sugar, one table
| spoonful Of good cream Of tartar, boil,
stirring constantly to avoid burning
After it begins to have soapy appear
anee try it often by dropping in : little cold
water, and if done it will at once become
brittle. Butter an earthen dish and pour
the no, candy into it, that it may cool juss
enough to handle. Flavor to taste with
oil OF PEPPERMINT, winter.green or lemon.
Two drops of oil will flavor it strong. For
VARIETY, divide into three or four parts
and flavor differently by touching ono
kind Of oil to each. Work in the hands at
at once; the more i: is pulled the whittier 1t
| will get.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

m,s. y Pn nesSrs are p 81 sls Iaoz R H"k
t.sse, called Tones. :. Xppstisesss @Reseo1ers,"
ss s sn: TEA; ;;ss NJ ds e e "a ruin:
They are the Great Blood Puri6e! and Lifssiving
system carving of all poisonous matter as6 vessosag
~ si" :ss;.:s s ssa. S;s II, "a
results, safe and reliable in al forms Of disease.
Ne terscn can take these Dateo1s .eessS-
their bone, destroyed by mineral pe;.os ~ oS
means aud the vital organs wasted beyond she poiss
DSspspss. or Indigestion. He,aaeAe. Pal.
il the Shoulders Coughs Tghness Of the Chess Dr.
ziness, Sour Eructaons Of the Stomach, Had Tasss
j. the Mouth, l'ioq. Attacks. P.lpi...ise, q IL:
The Kidneys, and hundred othe. pai.fa. syspso~a,
i has sqaa and one be.e vim P.o,: bess.; gas
T~ Tensale CosrIsi1ts, n yoag q 81,
married single at the dawn Of womanhood, g. d.
turn Of lie, these Tonic B;ters display decided
influence that marked impre'en'eot !: COG. psses1
~ r:r 1.a.-n..tory ..A ch.G;a,as 1lA..-
1eeas. asd Govt. Dy.'epsisae IsdE:s.,e., ssI;ess.
been mos. successful. Such Disesses SSFSssed b
Inflated Blood which j: seaesa1y psedseed t deszes-
Tsey p. are Z Gentis Pursssivs - wen -
aTense' possessing also the peculiar .erit q setng
a powerful agent IN relieving CongessaoA g loss.
ratio" OF the Liver and Viseesa Osy1nA AZ n Bbo0
D,:ssses: ,,.-- 80
p1oF 1 1iL. Osseasec, ErsFe,oes, 1seses; S.ie-
Hse9m' 1otcnes, Spots fimPass, faseusea oodA a.
e.oe6es, King worms Had. Sore 9yca. Fry
apet1s Itch Se9is Dseo'os9hoeso Of Tie 4kn, hsnoss
and Diseases OF the Skin, Of whatever n9ne - nafs
ass literally dug up and carried e.t Of The syeea ns
snort time BY the use Of these Bheesh One bottle .
such case: vi1 convince the ness isessd1oo q shea
essative e6eess: -s.a - s-s:t, ..fGit5t5*
C!eanse the sVStaaee1 D1oo1 vhsseyss yos
Ind its impurities bursting through the skin IN Pnpea
E'uptcns Or Sores; cleanse It vhen yea find Il D.
ssroesed md s.Egsh 10 the veins cleanse It when
foul: your feelings will tell you wea. KsePshe bIosA
Grateful theusands proeaais Yirfeaa Br1-
1ses The most wonderful Invgu7ne Ahakever sust1insA
| the sinking system. - -
-. TT. 49,: TAP. And ether wsr1sa l.iiag u
s.!oyed and removed. Say: dissi.E.i.hsd psy.s5
o..,t ns.e Seaee'y an ,naNda spA The fee ofths
7, T. ros 49, ~ Hom ne pseseneeo OF .o
worms e.st. but .non ,he 49,. @ sse 10y -
1 A>z>o~ Ae~SA 49, At
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

" We have often wond cred whether
there il person in oil New England who does
not know and appreciate the value of J0hns0n's
A'aodyne Lisinsent 40 a family medicine7 = 1t
adapted to most all purposes, aud 10 the best
pain Killer that can be used. -: "
Farmers and stock raisers have frequently
told us that they have seen very good results
from giving Sheriddn's Cdudhy Condition
Powders to cows and swine before, and after
they drop their Young. Tho powders put them
in good condition, and give them strength to
provide for their sucklings.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Helpful Hints for Housewives.

GINGER SNAPs.-One pint of molasses
stir in while boiling one cup Of butter, one
teaspoontui of soda, and one tablespoonful
ginger. Let it cool; then add i sufficien,
quantity Of -four to roll out very thin; then
bake in quick oven.
l. TO Day CIrRoN OR WATERMELON RINp
After preserving, place in the sun and
dry. They answer well in buildings and
cakes US substitute for the imported
citrOn.
BAKED DUMPLlNGs-Pare and core as
many apples US you wish, and roll them
up separately i'll crust made as for pies,
but not too rich. Bake one hour, . and eat
with hot sauce or with sugar and cream.
10 CLEAN OILED FuRNIruRE.-To one
pin, OF soft soup add one-half pint of sweet
oil boil we'll together; apply with soft
WOODEN rag; polish with dry wooden Or
flannel cloths.
uow TO MAZE A CEMENT FOX SrovEs.--
Take iron filings, and Ink to u y cu,.sis,eu.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

Lv1NasToNE's discoverer writes to
an English friend that he ia no Welsh.
man, but an American, and adds :
Ny name is neither Thomas, Rowlands,
Smith, Jones, nor Robinson, but plain
Henry NJ: Stanley. At '16 I was in
Missouri, at II in Arkansas, at Sin
New Orleans, at 10 in Europe, travel
ing, at 20 in the war and so on.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Some Feats in Walking.
Fron fha Pail Mall aavaft>

There is something very striking in the
reaction against steam locomotion which
has set in simultaneously with the rise in
tic price of coal. Not only have tho old
fUur-horso coaches reappeared on the
roads in the neighhorhood Of London, not
only has I'm attempt been made to swim
across the chanuel, but u Scotch minister
has just set the example Of walking from
Edinburgh to London. On Monday tore.
noon, says the Dundee correspondent of
tho Dundee Advertiser, the Rev. MIR,
Jameson, Of St. Matthew's, Glasgow, Or
rived at Chsring Cross in excellent con-
dition, safer footing every inch of tho
space that lies between the metropolis Of
England and the Register Office Edin.
burEh."" The time spent ON tho road was
IL days and . forenoon and Mr.. jamie
con mover started until after breakfast, nor
walked in the heat Of the day. His route
was the old coach road between the two
capitals passing through Carlisle Gerta
Bridge, Doncaster, Newark, Huntingdon,
&C.. +, aud his luggage was knapsack
weighing twenty.six pounds, which be
carried on bis shoulders. Mr.. Jameson
deserves credit for starting this new idea
Of Y holiday expedition, and perhaps the
old road to Scotland will before long be
thronged with pedestrians walking, not
like Mr.. Jameson, with slow and stately
step, but hurryiag between the capitals as
fast as their legs can carry them. Phil
lipidee, who; was sent from Athens to
Sparta, is stated TO have run one hundred
and nifty Roman miles in two days. In
October 1911, Mr.. Riv;ngton, farmer
near Dorchester, walked five hundred and
sixty miles in seven days; and q still more
remarkable teat was performed by Clan
vile, u native Of Shropshire, who in 1906
walked one hundred and twenty-five
miles on Ithe Bath road in twenty mine
hours and three.quarters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
An Extinct Volcano.

Leaving the road at Market Lake and
bidding farwell to tho last ranch We sec
for many weeks, we struck out across the
country towards our objective point, the
Yotons," which now loomed up before
US in the form OF sharks teeth. Passing q
sharp butte about 1000 feet in height,
the geo'ogists were somewhat puzzled in
regard to its formation. The rock resem-
bled basait, but presented u soft sandstone
appearance Oh inspection. MIR. Stevenson
having made the ascent. reported it to be
an extinct volcano. After dinner party
was organized to explore this interesting
discovery. Crossing the plain We
made the ascent after climb Of half an
hour, and were we'll repaid for cur efforts.
A narrow wall ofigneous rock, about fifty
feet in thickness ut the crest, encircled the
crater, the bottom of which was on level
with tho plain we had left below. The
circle was broken on the side facing the
camp, thus showing the direction Of the
lava flow and explaining tho geographic
cal phenomena which had myst,fied US
at first. Professor Bradley said the has.
attic overflow had taken place under the
water and disintegrated by the rapid cool
ing, had formed u volcanic sandstone when
ccmented. The formation is Of rare &C.
currence and will add another feature, be-
sides this discovery of tie "Quabeo
Group" 10 tho geological report. Stop
ping to rest after our climb, beautiful
landscape spread out before US. lIenry's
fork, with its tributaries, wonnd across
the plain, and was lost among the hills be-
you'd. Tho jagged rocks Of the foot Of
the mountain on which we wore, stood out
in bold relief, assuming fantastic shapes,
one Of which we called "Kenilworth.
Castle" from its resemblance to that noble
ruin. Continuing around tho rim Of the
crater to the other side, Snake River pro.
per stretched across the valley till Loot to
view, pursuing its course toward the great
Pacific Ocean. We now descended into
the crater, and, as wo stood in the NINA.
ture prairie, ! was reminded ofthe crater
Of 20 x"li, near Naples, tho sulphurous
smell from the still active cave alone
being wanting to completethe resemblance,
Fort Hall (Ldaho) Letter to New York
Herald.
A SPECIAL dispatch to the London
Times from Paris says the report that
Theirs will propose to the National As
sembly, after its recess, the formation
Of :, second Chamber is absol utely cor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Fail PlOwlnR.

J. B. Jones, Macedon, Wayne County,
n. Y, writes thus:
often notice articles recommending
fall blowing for heavy soil. and occasion.
ally complaints Of it having been tri: d
with poor success. l always fad fall
pl'wing beneficial when done early
enough in the season to rot the sod but
never turn sod late in the fall intending
to rlow again in tie spring in fact, for
most crops IL good cultivating in the spring
is bo':sr 'han blowing, it we'll plowed and
subsoiled in the fall. l prefer to turn a
soil early in August after sowing or pas
turing; harrow and cultivate often, keep.
ing the surface loose, and not allowing the
sod below to dry !; it will then rot perfectly
by November, when l cross piow and
subsoil, leaving the surface rough. In
the spring put on IL good two-horse cult.
vator, and work as deep Us possible, and
plant or SOW 1T once. Even for nursery.
stock land, thus prepared it has given the
best satisfaction, and for planting berries
upon it il very superior.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

For DYSPEPSIA, Indigestion depres-
sion Of spirits, and general debility i'll their
various forms also, - q preventive against
fever and ague, and other Intermittent fevcrs,
the g -Phosphorated Elixir Of Calisaya.'
made by Caswell, Hazard Co., New York, and
sold by al druggists, is the best tonic, and, as
tonic tor patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no eqna1.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
.,,,Ns,laTi&.r,vEs::

Tho advertiser. having boon permanently cured OF
that dread disease Gonsnmp.ion. BY simple remedy,
means Ct cure TO y! who desire Il. 10 wtll send
tho direetions for preparing and using the same;
which they will find SURE CURE YOn CONSUMPTION
culties.
Parties Wishing the prescription viii please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON.
(9l Penn street. Niiiialnsbuvxh, n Y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

The JUSTICE OF THE VERDICT rendered
BY the public in favor of the MEXICAN NUE.
used that famous preparation kesn It uesd. Its
healing influence frs.tstibls Tie nest obstinats
cured By IT. and thst IN issoncev.bS short space
OF Vine Extsfnal tatorics or Ores Whistler Of RIA
or beast, o. welt ell inc human Maladies for
vhieh haipsnt may BE- uced, ere specially rom edisd
but IN eEadieant Of diseasA-Con. "a,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Music 4 Ia Mode.


Somebody who saw and heard, de-
scribes the performance She was q
young woman, with as many white mus
lin founces around her as the planet
Saturn has rings. that did it. Size gave
the music stool q whirl or two, and
fuffed down on it like a whirl of soap
suds in hand basin. Then she push
ed up her cuffs as if she were going TO
fight for the, champions belt. Then
she wriggled and twisted herself into q
position similar to travelling turtle,
elevated her sentimental eye balls as if
studying the figure of the fresco work
upon the ceiling, after having gobbled
the necessary inspiration, threw himself
at the piano as if to wreak suggestions
vengeance from every fiat and sharp up
on the guilty key board. She hammered
it, caressed it. firted will, it, banged it
in fact overcame it, and after pound
ing all manner Of life out of it. was con-
veyed away, wriggling and apparently
fainting, while the gents were enrap-
tured and the ladies applauded with
g faint" praise-for all of which the
unsuspecting public supports fraudu-
lent female seminaries and. colleges.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03
Anniversary Of the Fire.

The October number of the Lakeside
Monthly will be entirely devoted 70 =, descrp-
ton OF the marvellous Rebuilding OF Chicago,
With 50 illustrations Of notable new buildings.
Price IS cents. For sale by all Newsdealers, or
At Office, II Canal st., Chicaso.-Chicago ri
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-03

D0oLEY's Yeast Powder cannot be
excelled for making Light, sweet Rolls, Biscuits,
Wafaee, Corn Bread, &c. 1t is always ready
and relsble.-Com.