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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
ChambOrd's Horse.


Just before the visit to Salisbury the
Counte de Chambord sent to Reutz's
circus, in Vienna, to buy horse which
had been long in training for the ring.
It was beautiful pure white animal,
and very gentle. Although his educa-
ton was complete, Adonls had never
appeared in public, and Henri Y. sent
to purchase him in order to make his
royal entry into Paris. The heir to
sixty Kings is very lame, and, not be-
ing able to sit horse we'll, desires q
tame one for his use. The Germans
have q droll word for designating a
gentle or well-trained horse. He is
called tr0nsna, which means q "pious
horse" In buying an animal one asks
with all the gravity in the world if he
is pious. The wit of each language is
almost untranslatable, but in German
this is exceedingly droll, and one can
understand Henri VS. entry into
Paris upon a pious white horse called
Adonis." It is jokiDgly said that the
Prince carries his ultramontape ten
denotes into every minute detail, even
to the selection of his stud.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
POD-COrn as Dessert.

I think I need not tell how to POP
corn, need /? 1t is the best way to have
a corn.popper; then you can watch the
progress Of the coin and vary the de.
gree of heat as seems necessary. Many
imagine that the pop. corn is more ten.
der or brittle if taken from the hoi
fire and shaken about in the cold all
as quickly as possible. Children are
apt to stuff themselves with popcorn
when they are not in the least need Of
q meal. Pop corn is food, and such a
crowded condition of the stomach pro-
duces discomfort, and so popcorn is
supposed to be unwholesome. tits quite
the contrary if eaten as food with the
regular meal and properly chewed. Try
it with milk or app1e.sauce, or with
any other fruit sauce"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
Our Tobacco CrOp.

Tho great mass of the tobacco crop
of tho United States is raised chiefly in
Virginia and Kentucky, although large
quantities are grown in Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and other
States. The crop tins year in Virginia,
it is said will be large. and, though
damaged by drought and other causes,
will be au average one, with much fine
tobacco. In Kentucky, with the ex
ception OF the Green River District,
tho crop will be very good, and in some
places larger and better than last year.
In Indiana, the yield falls off about
one-fourth, and is not SO good as last
seasons. A similar report Of short
crop and poor quality comes from Ill
inois. Tennessee will give an average
yield Of fair quality. Missouri wi!
have al average yield, but the crop will
be materially damaged in some locali-
ties. In North Carolina the crop is
large, but damaged, though the yield
will be an average one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
Speedy Butchering,

The Australian butchers have in
vented new method of slauehtering
ullocks. At Sydney the animals are
driven, five at time, into the slaugh-
ter house, where there is no person to
be seen. While they are quietly star
ing around this strangely quiet apart
ment, a man silently passes above
them, walking along the open beams
which closely cross the house. He is
armed with lance, with point like q
mortising chisel. One by one the
beasts are pierced with this weapon
just behind the horns; they drop in
stantly, and as soon as all are down the
other men, waiting in the next room,
enter and bleed and dress the car
Cases.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
Scientific Memoranda.
[From Scribner's Monthly.1

As the result of moze than thirty ex.
periments on the feeding of animals on
meat taken from tuherculous creatures.
NJ Collett concludes that such flesh
does not develop tubercles in healthy
animals. Where other experiments
have obtained opposite results, he be-
lieves that they havs experimental on
animals already diseased, or have al
lowed portions of tuberculous matter
to gain admission to the lungs of the
animals in the air they breathed.
A French medical writer has exam
ined 900 cases of suicide, and deduces
therefrom the following conclusions:
Philosophical or premeditated suicide
Is accomplished usually during the
night or little before daybreak acct.
dental suicide, on the contrary, during
the day, because then the exciting
cause appears. The manner also var
les with the age. In early youth it il
usually by hanging; this, during man
hood, is abandoned for the use of fire.
arms and as the bodily vigor declines
in old age, the method by hanging i.
again adopted.
The dredge on the Challenger hat
brought up nodules of peroxide o.
maganese. Mr.. Buchanan found thai
these presented the concentric layer.
and intimate structure of coral, and il
of the opinion that they have beer
formed by the slow substitution of per
oxide of manganese for calcie carbon
ate in the original coral.
Those who have delicate galvauome
tiers should be careful to see that they
are not kept in the field of permanent
magnets. unlese, as in the case of tn,
mariners compass. they are free t.
move in the direction of the lines O
forces of the magnetic field in which
they lie, otherwise they will quickl,
lose their magnetism.
NM. Treve ana Chedeville find tha
if 9 current Of electricity trsverses .
coil OF wire that surrounds o cooling
iDgot of cast steel, the steel, when per
fectly cold, shows on fracture fine,
grain than when the current is moi
passed. The magnetized steel also
has less power of resisting forces Of
extension and compression.
HOLSTERS are now cultivated in a salt.
water pond on the New England coast.
The pond covers thirty acres, and IS Sc
arranged that the alter is partially
changed at each tide. The food con.
sists of refuse from the Boston fish
markets, and during the first year 15,.
600 Holsters were sold.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

describe this monster as being Of the
same shape and color as the common
sqnid, and as moving backward in the
water the same way.
HOW TIE DEv1L-F1sH GOES TO WORK.
It is difficult to conceive of moro
horrid fate than to be embodied in those
cold, clammy arms, which grasp with
a death. like tenacity, and glide with
almost lightning speed round and
round the victim, flashing themselves
to his flesh by suckers, which seem to
sink in and drink the very blood. To
escape from the cold, Shiny grasp of
the devil-fsb, as the English fishermen
call that monstrous form, of life, is inn
possible. Like living blisters the
suckers eat into the flesh, and every
struggle of the victim to get free only
produces tightening of the gigantic
arms. The feeling of horror produced
by the very touch of these corpse-like
fingers is sickening and paralyzlng {;
while the glare Of the cruel, watery
eyes, and the powerful threatening
beak, strike terror to the heart. Fancy
those two fleshy arms, each thirty. five
feet in length, d;rting ont like tongues
from monstrous jaws, gliding in SER
pentine folds round the body of some
unfortunate victim, binding it like a
Tightening cord. and dragging it with
IN reach Of the powerful mandibles.
The Imagination can scarcely conceive
anything more horrible. The body of
this monstrous creation is huge
stomach, snrmounted by head, with
a powerful parrot-like besk and pair
of ferocious eyes. No wonder Victor
Hugo named it "the sea vampire, :"
describing it as "a glutinous
mass endowed with malignant
WILL" The members already de-
scribed can be- used either as
arms or legs. It walks at the bottom
of the sea with them, having it's mouth
and head downward and it's body up
ward and it swims partly by them,
and also captures its prey. The fin.
like expansion of its tail enables it to
swim forward with rapidity, while it is
endowed with a hydraulic apparatus
which enables it to move backward
with equal swiftness. This apparatus
consists of tube or funnel near the
head, connected with the breathing or
gans, to which the water is admitted
by means of valves, and having cammu-
nicated its oxygen to the blood, the
water is expelled by this tube. By
ejecting the water from it with force,
it is, by the reaction of the surround
ing medium, enabled to dart backward
with amazing rapidity. Such is the
wonderful devil-fsh, surely the most
wonderful of all the monsters of the
deep.
It is to be regretted that the. body,
or at least the head, Of this gigantic
cephalopod was not secured but we
cannot wonder that the fishermen did
not attempt its capture, and were only
too glad to escape with their lives. It
is not unlikely, however, that the rough
surgical operation it has undergone
will affect its general health, and that
its body may yet be cast ashore. In
the interest of science let us hope that
death may soon step in to terminate
it's sufferings, and that its corpse may
yet adorn our museum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
November Neurology.

Among llt y eminent members Of
the old WORT no died on Nov. % were
the following: Pope John XXIII.,
in 1419' Robert, Lord Give. the found.
or OF the British empire in India, in
1774; Francois LIE valiant, the Afri
can traveller, in 1924; Sir Henry Fl We
lock, the Indian general, in 1857, and
Father Lacordaire, the eminent French
preacher, in 1861.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
OuACK MEnIc1Nps w,

QUACK MEDICINEs.-We never puff,
but AEAKEs1s, the great 'reste,m PILE remedy,
has cured Thousands, after lotions, oiptments
and all manner Of nOstrums have failed. II
is the discovery Of Dr. s1LsBEE, an eminen:
western physician, and has been endorsed by
medical mon OF all schools. 1t is simple
medicated suppository, acts as an instrument,
poultice aud medicine, affords instant rellc1
from pain, aud is pronounced an infallible
cure. For sale by druggists everywhere. Sent
free BY mail on receipt Of price by 7. Neu
staedter h Co. ANAKEsIs Depot, 46 Walker St.
New Y0rk.-COm,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

The rails for the Gold Coast Rail.
way, though light, are constructed OF
a hard metal, and although designed
only for a temporary purpose, are said
to be suited for permanent use, and
even heavy traffic, should it be
thought desirable to leave the line as
a memorial of the expedition, and the
agent of commerce and civilization.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
Life in q Monitor,


The monitors are again being put in
to service. An eastern journal, discuss
ing their advantages and disad vantages
saye
"Lite in monitor is not the most
delightful, and all officers dread to be
ordered to one. Nevertheless, oul
monitors have generally made all trips
safely upon which they have been or.
dered, and have stood the shock Of
battle, as we'll as that of storm, very
we'll. Officers who have served and
sailed on them say they are very COM
Portable; but this statement is taken
with manv grains of salt by others,
VIII" suspect that those who thus report
are something in the situation of the
fox who lost his tail. The general i'm
preston is (and any one who examines
them will see enough to justify the opin-
ion> that on monitor there is not room
enough to swing cat that they are
very damp, when not flooded; that
they are illy-ventilated when at sea {;
that there is no light except artificial,
and that there are other discomforts.
1 am told that when any one has made
a voyage on monitor (Which is gen.
orally under voter when moving, ex-
cept in the smoothest sea), he comes
up with a complexion of the most
CHASTITY pallor, which he does not east.
" get rid of. All concur, However,
that monitor is less disturbed by the
motion Of the sea than any other ves-
sci, as the waves which strike
against the sides of an ordinary
ship pass completely over her. Al.
though the dread of service in moni-
tor is so strong and wide spread
throughout the navy, yet it is held a
point OF honor as we'll al of duty to
accept the situation when ordered to it.
Still hear of designations on account
of orders to serve on monitors AN en-
gineer ordered to the Manhattan
(among others) resigning at the frantic
entreaties of his wife. The captains
cabin on the Manhattan is very small
and irregularly-shaped cudy, with the
scantiest accommodations of every
kind. The other officers are even less
we'll accommodated, aud the crew,
when there is any, stow themselves
away in all sorts of odd hooks of the
most contracted character. There is
no crew at present on the Manhattan,
as none is yet needed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
A Vessel Ballasted with Human Bones.
The San Francisco Bulletin of Nov.

II reports the following:
Last Satu, day the German bark
Matthias Meyer, Captain Niemann, ar
in this port from Ancon, Peru, after q
passage of thirty.six days, and is now
lying at Front street wharf. The YES
sci arrived at Ancon with o cargo of
coal from Newport, England, and fail
ing to secure sugar on favorable terms
sailed on her outward trip with two
hundred and fifty tons of sand as bal
last. On Wednesday she began dis
charging the sand previous to receiv-
ing supply of wheat for Liver
pool. Nothing unusual occurred
to excite the imaginations of
Of the loungers who congregate in
that vicinity, until yesterday after
noon, when sections of human frames
were exhumed with great rapidly.
Blood-curdliDg rumors were quickly
circulated, and a motley crowd, attract
ed by morbid curiosity, was soon on
the ground discussing the various sur
misses advanced. Up to II O'Clock this
morning six skulls and a large number
of minor bones have been discovered.
One of the CHASTITY relics was the skull
OF young woman, with long, heavy
black hair, which clings firmly to the
scalp. Several others have complete
sets of teeth, and are bleached white.
The skull with the hair attached has
been secured for the private collection
of q surgeon residing at Alcatraz.
Captain Nie1nann states that Ancon
is situated on sandy waste, and that
vessels now secure ballast from the
suburbs Of the town which was occu-
pied centuries ago as a gravey ard.
Bodies of men. women and children,
upheaved by earthquakes, are now
bleaching in the sun, and may be
counted by the hundreds within ten
minutes walk from the heart of the
town. Corn in the cob is dug out OF
the graves in large quantities also
pieces Of pottery, images, coins and
symbolic letters to the spirit world,
made of knottel iwiue and cord. The
cemetery covers such large amount of
ground that it is difficult to supply the
necessary amount of ballast for the
large number of vessels stopping ct
anchor, without occasionally parting
with some of these relics. This ex-
PLANTATION will afford relief to those
who believed this to be the foundation
of startling sensation"
A POSTAL telegraph carriage is de-
vice recently introduced in England
for temporary communications. 1t is
a movable Office, carrying all necessary
appliances, with working room for
eight clerks, and half 4 mile of three
WIRE, iron-shcathetl cable IL slowed
away in the "boot," to be paid out
anu drawn in MS occasion requires. It
has been found OF use at agricultural
shows and races,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

A GOOD and useful Christmas present
to = gentleman or boy, will be a carton
of Elmwood or Warwick collurs, con-
tanning 100 collars. Any furnishing
store can supply them.v-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs, for
Pulmonary and Asthmatic Disorders, have
proceed their efficacy hy test Of many years.
and have received testimonials from eminent
men who have u,cd them Com,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, Ii

FoR Loss Of Appetite, Dyspepsia, In
Debility, in their various forms, FERRo- PHosPo
RATED ELIXIR OF CALIsAYA, made by CAsWELL
HAZARD l. Co., New York, and sold by all drug
gists, is the best tonic. As stimuIant tomb
tor patients recovering from fever or othe
sickness, it has no cQual.-COm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

THE London Economist says Senator
Boutwell,, in ms financial lecture in
New York, talked rubbish"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

never equalsd by any other medicine. 1t stu
makes the most emectual cures OF Coughs. C1taS'
Consumption, that can DO made By medical ek1l1;
Indeed the CHERRY PECToRAL has really 1obbso
these dangerous diseases Of their tsrr0fs, 20 e
their fatal effects that 10 well fotnded, II tie rem.
edy DO taken in season. Everyfsmily should nevs
its members. Sickness, suffering, and svsn NJ ts
Should not neglect il, and the wise ~fll not Ksep
it by you for the protection it s0rds BY Ito timely
use in sudden attacks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCE or A
OLD NURSE.

OLD NURSE.
MRs. WrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP IL THE PRE-
BURnTIoN OF ons Of the best Female Phvsicians and
Nurses in tho United States. and has been used TO,
thirty With failing safety and BY
millions OF mothers and ohD dren, from the feeble in
FAINT Of week old to tho sdult 1t corrects aodiJ
Of tho stomach, relieves Wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest health and comfort to mothe,
and child. We believe II to be tho Best and Surest
Remedy in the World In al cases Of DYsENFERY
and DIARRHEA IN CHILDEN. whether 1,
arises from Teethiue or from any other cause. Full
directions tor using will accompany each bottle
Mono Genuine unless tho faesi lie Of CURTIS
PERKINS II ON tho outside wrapper.
SOLD BIZ ALI. MEDICINE DEALERs.
CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AMI
SICK
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

RUFUS CHAPMAN, Of Liberty, Maine,
had q stiff leg bent at the knee. limbercd md
strengthened by the use OF Joltnson's Ano-
DIME LinisneMt.
The proprietors of Johnson'S Anodyne Linz
'nent. Parson's P"yatice pizS, and Sheyitlnn's
Capahy Conditio" Io'rdrrs have published
readable and Instructive pamphlet. which NAV
be had free by ma,l.--Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
BROWNS vRRMnuoE ooMF1rs

BROWNS vRRMIFUGE OOMF1Ts
will destroy without injury to the child bel ne
psrfssly WHITE, and FREQ from al coloring 9TH
erinjurious Ingredients usually used in worm prepar
ations.
CURTIS BROWN, PRoPRIEroRs,
No. 3l5 Fulton Street, New York.
Sold BY DvxSgiss and CAsm;ss, and deole,s In Aedi
clues, ss TWENTY-FIVE CENTS Box.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
the HOUSEHOLD FANACEA.

10 tho best remedy In the world for tho follovin
complaints. vis Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach
Pain In the Stomach, Bowels or Side. Rheumatism in
ali it, forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia Cholera, Dys
entsry, Gold, Flesh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat
Spinal Compliance, Sprsins and Bruises, Ohills and
Fever. For Internal aud External use.
Its operation ID not only to relieve the patient. but
entirely removes the cause Of the complaint. Itpen
strates and pervades the whole system, restoring
healthy action to all it, srts and quicke ming the
blood.
TIE HousEaeLD PANACEA - PURELY VEGETABLE
and All Healing.
Prepared By CURTIS BROWN,
No. rs fulton Street, New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
NO. 30 Fult0I
For sale By all Druggists.
DID OR SORE THROAT

A COUGH. COLD OR SORE THROAT
BROWNS Requires Immediate attention and
BRONCHIAL should be Checked II allowed to
TROCHES continue, IRRITATION OF THE
FOR LUNGS. 4 PERMANENT THROAT
COUGHS AFFECTION, Or An 1NCuRABLE
AND LUNG DISEASE IL often the re.
COLDS. suit.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TROCHES
Having direct influence ON the parts, gives imme.
date reief For BRoNCnrTIs. ASTHMA, CATARRH.
CoNsuNF1IvE AND THROAT DISEASES, TRoCHEs
Gre ssed alsosys vfM good swceess
SINGERS AND PC BLIO SPEAKERS
Will find TRocHEs useful In clearing the voice whom
taken before Singing Speaking and relieving the
throat after IN unusual erton Of the vocal
Obtain only BRowN's BRONCHIAL TBoeHEs," and
do not take Of the worthless imita ions that
be offered. Sold everynhers
Rest and Oldest Family Medic,ne.-Szntord's
Liver l"ui9orstera purely vegetable Ca,hartie an
Headache, Bilious Attacks, and III ders.ge nent Of
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. AK your DrugSjat for
{. Bsso0Ss ~ 1sstf0sfOas
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
Ayers Cherry Pect0ld, .
For Diseases OF the
THROAT AND LUNGS,
Coughs, Colds, Whooplng Cough,
Bronchitis, Asthma and
Con9umptlon.

The few compositions
which have won the con.
Adence Of mankind and
become household words
among not only one but
many nations, must have
extraordinary virtues.
Perhaps 10 one ever %.
cured 20 wide 4 Yeputa-
,tiOn, or maintained II 10
long, - A1EE's CHERRY
:PBCTORAL. It has been
known TO the public
about forty years, By .
long continued series Of
marvellous cures, that
have won for IL . con
A. .A~AAA
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11

DURING the extreme heat of August
18th at Flessingen, Holland, the re-
fraction of light resulting from differ.
emily heated strata of air was so great
as to produce a remarkable mirage
for that latitude. A neighboring CITY
was seen apparently inverted IN the
skY.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-11
DUB NAVY.
Report OF Secretary Robson to
prenia1cMt

Report OF Secretary Robson to the
The Secretary of the Navy, in his re.
port to the President says there are
now in the navy 165 vessels, carrying,
exclusive of howitzers, 1869 guns
reduction since the last annual report,
by sale and otherwise, of thirteen yes
sells. A general enumeration of these
vessels presents sixty-three steamers,
other than iron-clads and tugs, carry
ing $40 guns; twenty.nine sailing YES.
sells, 1922 guns; forty -eight iron-clad
vessels, 121 guns and twent, five tugs
used for navy and freight purposes.
OF this number there are Al present in
commission for sen service, distributed
on several foreign stations, and on our
own coast forty-six vessels, carrying
4O7 guns. The cruising, oractive force
of the navy, as these may be called,
and which is controlled by the appro-
priations made and the seamen author
lied by law, is about the same. Six of
our ive-oak cruising ships are now in
various stages of forwar.lness at the
various yards. These are all of mod
crate, and none sufficiently advanced
to be of present use; but they are
adapted to the wants of our cruising
navy, and will add materially TO it's
stredgth and efficiency. The eight
sloops of war authorized by the last
Congress are all in process of build
ing. The valuable work thus begun
will not be discontinued, but the de-
partment should be provided with q
moderate amount of funds, and be
authorized to commence each year to
build vessels of a certain number of
tons, and supply regularly the yearly
expenditures of the naval force which
will of necessity occur. The work of
putting our iron.ciad force in an ef-
fectual condition, referred to in the
Secretary's last report, has been pro-
ceeded with as fast as the means nee
essary for the extraordinary work could
be spared from the current appropria-
tions for the support OF the navy. The
wisdom of this action needs no illus
tration from him at this time. With
out it we would have been left not
only powerless to assert our own rights,
but defeaceless against arrogance or
aggression. The Secretary says the
naval force on the North Atlantic sta
ton was reduced in the spring. and
summer by ordering elsewhere, Of ne.
cessity, some vessels which were in
need Of repairs, and whose crews need
ed change, having been long in the
tropics. The expeditions for the sur
vey of the Darien and Nicaragua inter-
oceanic canal have completed duties
and submitted reports. The Secretary
in speaking of the Polaris, says
her cruise has been decidedly
the most successful of Attic
expeditions. The geographical
knowledge of the Arctic regions has
been largely advanced. A very partic-