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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Cured BY Laughter.

The Plttsburg Gazette relates the
following: "a short time since. two
individuals were lying in one room,
very sick, one with brain fever and the
other with an aggravated case of the
humps. They we're SO low that watch
ers were needed every night, and il
was thought doubtful if the on; sick
of fever would recover. A gentleman
was engaged to watch over night, his
duty being to wake the nurse when
ever it became necessary to administer
medicine. In the course of the night
both watcher and nurse fell asleep.
The man with tie humps lay watch
ing the clock, and saw that it was time
to give the fever patient his potion.
He was unable to speak aloud, or to
move any portion of his body except
his arms, Lut Selling pillow, he man
aged to strike the watcher in tho fuce
with it. Thus suddenly awakened, the
watcher sprang from his seat, falling
to the floor, and awakened both the
nurse and the fever patient. The Incl.
dent struck the sick men as very ludi-
crous, and they laughed heartily at it
for some fifteen or twenty minutes.
When the doctor came in the morning,
he found his patients vastly improved,
and said he never knew 30 sudden q
turn for the better; and now both are
up and we'll"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
A New Thermometer.

Les Mondes describes q maximum
and minimum thermometer, formed
Of a compound spiral, consisting of
two differently expanslble metals
electroplated. By increase Of tempera-
ture, it tends to unroll; by decrease,
to twist up; in SO doing it moves one
or the other OF pair OF induces over q
graduated scale, the one of which req
listers the highest temperature attained. =.
the other the lowest. If required, q
third needle may be added, by means
OF which the actual temperature at any
moment may be read off without dis.
turbing either of the other pointers.
The instrument is used at several
meteorological stations in Switzerland
and Russia, and gives great satisfac-
ton. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Old COrpsos.

The following is summary of the
more important attempts which have
yet been made to determine tho antiqui-
ty of human remains or works OF art !:
From observation at the delta of
the Tiniere and on the lakes OF Teuf-
chatel and Bienne, the bronze age in
Europe has been determined with ap-
proximate accuracy to have been from
8, 600 to ,O0Oyeers ago, and the stone
age of the Swiss Lake dwellings at from
5000 to 1000 years. and an indefinite
anterior period. The burnt brick found
sixty feet deep in the Nile alluvium
indicates an antiquity of about 10000
years, taking, from calculation by
Mr.. Horner, the estimate of 81 inches
per century as the rate of deposit of
the mud. Another fragment found at
70 feet deep is estimated by NJ. Rosiere
to be 10000 years old. Some human
bones found in lacustrine formation
in FLORIDA have been considered by
Agassiz, after careful examination OF
the locality, to be at least 10, 600 years
old. A human skeleton, found Mt q
depth Of l6 feet below four buried for.
csis superposed upon each other, has
been calculated by DR.. Bowler to have
an antiquity of sc, 600 years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
observed; while the bottom being
common to both sets of cells, the diff
Guilty of thus regularly varying their
dimensions must have been great in.
eed.-Scientifc american.
Items.


LYMAN FISK of Barton, w., raised
fifty-five bushels of excellent wheat
from two acres and eight rods of land.
WHAT kind of manure do you use,
that makes your crops so good9"
queried farmer Slowgo of farmer Pro
gressive: Brains, sir, brains!" was
the significant reply.
THERE is nothing that adds more to
the comfort and attraction of home than
plenty of fruit trees md shrubbery. A
good orchard and fruit garden, and q
we'll arranged door-yard, tastefully
planted in ornamental trees and shrub
berry, will add more to the value of a
farm than the same amount invested in
any other way
BE- very careful to keep your trees
clean and free from worms, borers and
rough bark, If you ever expect to make
anything from your orchard, and no
branch of farming is of more profit or
benefit than the fruit portion, if we'll
managed. Wash every spring or fall
with strong soapsuds, scraping off the
rough bark with IN old scythe or other
instrument.
CONE who has tried it p" writes as
follows to the American Farm Journal {:
"N any farmer wants q convenient
and cheap cushion to ride on, let him
take sheep skin as soon as it is taken
from the sheep, and scrape the flesh of,
then lay it in smooth place. Pulver-
ize one pound of alum and the same of
salt, and cover the flesh side of the
skin and let it lie for q week or two,
aud it will be we'll tanned. They make
the best seat for the reaper, raker, corn
planter, or to throw on the horse to
ride from the field to the barn, and il
We should be caught in a sudden show.
or, they will answer for protection.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The EAruera.

No class of people may better rejoice
in their lot in view OF the pinch that is
now upon men engaged in other call
ings in the cities and villages, than the
farmers. They. will have enough for
food and raiment, come what will. If
what they raised brings less on sale,
they will buy what they want at lower
rates. Their scrip and bills may be
less, but their real ability to obtain all
needful supplies for the comforts and
even the Injuries Of plain country liv-
ing will be none the less. Thousands
in the cities and used to the factories
and the shops would gladly exchange
lots with the farmers: and it seems
quite likely that not few of the boys
and girls that have left tho old home in
the hope Of doing better in other EN-.
Payments will be thankful to find an
open door for them at the old home
stead this winter. Let the farmers be
content with comparative exemption
from tribulations; that are now upon
thousands in our land who have been
engaged in other pursuits. Thanks.
now, for the farms and the quiet homes
Of those hills and valleys!- Vallea
Farm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
THIRTY YEARS. EXPERIENCE or An
Old NUIRSR.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP 10 THE PRE-
ECRIPTIoN OF Of the best Female PHYSICIANS and
Nurses In the United States and has been used for
thirty years With falling safety and success b.
millions OF mothers and idren from tho feeble In
FAINT Of week old to the adult It corrects acids
Of the stomach. relieves Wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest health and comfort to othe,
and child. We believe it to DO the Best and Surest
Remedy in tho World In all cases Of DY1ENrERY
and DIARRHGA IN ORILDEN. whether Il
arises from Teethtug or from any other cause. Full
directions tor using will accompany each bottle
None Genuine unless tho faosi n lie Of CURTIS
PERKINS 10 ON the outstde wrapper.
SOLD By ALL MEDICINE DEALERs,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Keeping Dahlla Bulbs.

VIII you please to tell me how to
preserve dahlla roots through the VIM
teri f. J. Carr.
When the plants have been blackened
with frost in the Fall, cut them of at
the ground, and throw q shovelful of
earth over the crowns, as for sweet po-
tatoes: They will now thoroughly
mature: and may be left where they
Then lift the roots on some dry day,
and.lay them in an airy room to dry.
When thoroughly dry, pack in dry
sand, and place in dry cellar, OF 9TH
er dry situation secure from frost, first
labelling each plant so that the marks
may not be obiterated during the
winter. We have never had any diff
Guilty in keeping them perfectly in this
way. If yoa have q greenhouse they
may be kept under the staging where
it is dry, since moisture is the one
thing most fatal to them, next to frost.
-Western RuraI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

A NATION OF DYsrRlT1cs.-We live
fast-dissipate in everything except
righteousness, and fill early graves. We
drink all kinds of poisoned alcoholic
spirits, and swallow, without mastiea-
ton, pork, grease, and every conceiva-
bic carbonaceous, soul-dwarfng, life
destroying, system-cloggins, indigesti-
bic food. DIR. WA1KER's VEaETABLE
VINEGAR B1TTERs cannot stop this in a
radical manner-but it will remove the
evil effects, and the recovering patient,
with fresh. pure. vitalized, electrical
blood flowing through his arteries and
veins, will have q clearer head and
cooler judgment, which, coupled with
experience, will cause him to abstain
in the future. Good, nutritious, d.
gestlble diet, which the most delicate
stomachs may take, can be found in
cracked wheat, cornbread, tomatoes,
raw OF soft3boiled eggs, baked apples,
boiled rice, plain rice pudding, corn
starch, rare beef, mutton, and poultry.
With VINEGAR Buffers and moderation
in eating and drinking, there is no in
durable case Of dyspepsia. Com.
AT Posen, on the 18th instant, Arch
bishop Ledochowski was found guilty
by the law court of four wrongful in
stitutions of priests, and was sentenced
to fine of 1900 thalers, or thirteen
months imprisonment. This is the
heaviest fine yet inflicted upon a
Roman Catholic prelate in the present
struggle between the Church and State
The Archbishop did not attend the
krio1
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
The Challenge.
By II. ". LoN0HLIeW.

There is q greater army.
That bescts W round with strife,
A starving, numberless army,
AT all the gates Of life:
The poverty-stricken millions
Who challenge our wine and bread,
And impsach us all as traitors,
Both the living and the dead.
And whenever sit Al the banquet.
Where tho feast aud song arc high,
Amid the mirth and the music
can hear that fearful cry.
And hollow aud haggard faces
Look into tho lighted ball.
And wasted hands are extended
To catch the crumbs tl,at tall.
Fer within there is life AMI plenty,
And odors fill the air;
But without there is cold and darkness,
And hunger and despair.
And there in the camp of famine.
In wind, and cold, and rain,
Christ, tho great Lord Of the army,
Dies dead upon the plain.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Preparing Wax.

The wax left in the colander after the
honey is strained should be thrown in
to pot Of boiling water. The wax
will rise to the surface, and must be
skinned off and packed in little molds
slghtly creased that the cakes may be
turned out with ease. Every house.
keeper will appreciate the advantage
OF this bit of economy, as few things
are more handily useful in many little
little family e1igencies than nice
piece of homemade wax.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

An extraordinary case of starvation
has occurred in Edinburgh, on the
10th ultimo. A man named James
Thin was found lying exhausted IN
Princes street. H. was conveyed to
the infirmary, where lie died. On re-
moving his clothes nearly ESQ was
found concealed about.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Persona who have hocOxno khnros, al,

PERSONS who have become thorough.
" chilled from any cause, may have their Cir
stomach q tcaspoonful OF .Joi.nson's Anodyne
Lininaent mixed in q little cold water, Weli
sweetened.
EVERY farmer who owns q good stock OF
horses. cattle and sheep, and intends to keep
them through the winter, should get at once
= good stock OF Sheridan's Caualry Condition
POWDERS. One dollars worth will save 1T
least half ton Of hay.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Honey for Winter Use.

The luxury of honey with buckwheat
cakes furnishes of itself sufficient in
ducement to the housekeeper to make
provision for its supply. Honey
brought to table in the comb makes a
very pretty dish, but can only be thus
served during short season. If pur-
chased in any larger quantity, expos
u1e to heat seshoney to ferment and
become thin, while the first severe cold
weather hardens it into a solid white
mass, uninviting in appearance and
rough 20 The palate. Pour all yonr
honey together iuto clean colapder:
support the cara of the colander BY two
rods resting on the rim of the bowl.
Cut the comb transversely and repeat
edly, then leave it to drain. This will
: be accomplished thoroughly in a day
or two, the honey running through q
elear liquid, leaving the wax behind
elean and dry. Bottle the strained
honey, cork tight, and it win be ready
for use at any time. To make rs.
surance doubly sure, some house.
keepers lot their strained honey boil
before bottling, and say that thus pro.
pared it may be kept for an indefinite
length Of time. A warm, dry store
room is to be preferred as a place o.
deposit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

A GOOD and useful Christmas present
to a gentleman or boy, will he carton
of Elmwood or Warwick collars, con-
tanning 100 collars. Any furnishing
store can supply them.-COm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Bees n ARCHITECTS and ma,h.~.~-

1ot2nS.
Man is Obliged to use all sorts of on.
g1nes for measurement-angl rules
plump llnes-to produce his buildings
and to guide his hand; the bee exc
cutes her work immediately from her
mind, without instruments or tools of
any sort. "She has successfully solv.
ed problem in higher mathematics.
which the discovery of the diferentisl
calculus, a century and a half ago,
alone enables us to solve ut all without
the greatest difficulty. The inclina-
ton OF the planes of the cell is always
Just so that, if the surfaces on which
she works are unequal, still the axis
running through, it is in the true direc.
ton, and the junction of the two axes
forms the ongle of 60 degrees az accu.
ratelt as If there were none.
Ibe manner in which she adapts her
work to the requirements of the mo.
ment and the place is marvellous. In
order to test their ingenuity, Huber
glazed the interior of hive, with the
exception of bits of wood fastened on
the sides. The bees cannot make their
work adhere to glass, and they began
70 nuild horizontally from side to side;
3es interposed other plates of glass in
Elnerent directions, and they curved
ths!r combs in the strangest shapes, in
oroer 10 make them reach the wooden
supports. Hcsays that this proceeding
"ehoted more than an instinct, as glass
was not substance against which bees
could GO be warned by nature, and that
tney changed the direction of the work
be1ore rea:hing the glass, at the dis
vance precisely suitable for making the
necessary turns, and on the outer side
greatly, and Oh thci'.ner side diminish,
ing tnem proportion;.tely. As the diff
ierent insects were working on the diff.
terent sides, there must be some means
OF communicating the proportion to be
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

"A SLIGHT Cold" Coughs. are
aware OF tho Importance OF checking cough
or "sLIaHT COLD which wonld yield to q
mild remedy, If neglected, often attacks the
lungs. Bro,on's bronchial 7rochss" g:ve
sure and almost Immediate relief,=Cun
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

The purest and sweetest COP Liver
shore, from fresh, selected ivers, Of the
Cod only, by cAswEL1, HAZARD 4 Co., New
York. It is absolutely pure and s,eet. Ps-
tients who have once taken it prefer it to iii
others. Physicians have decided it superior
to al other oils in market.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
CURE OF LIVER DIsHAsE,
HusK, Texas, May 10th, 1873.

DIR. II. V. P1EKCE:
Dear !ssr-My wife last year at this time was
confined to her bed with Chronic Liver Dis
ease. had one Of the best doctors to sec
her. snd he gave her ny to- die. when ! cau.e
upon some OF your medicine. bought one
bottle and commenced giving it. She then
weighed 81 ibs.; now che weighs 40 ibs., and
is robust aud hearty. She has taken eight
bottles in all, 20 You see am an advocate for
your Medicines WIZ. MEAZEL.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
Symptoms OF Liver Complaint.

A sallow or yellow color of skin, OF
yeilowish brown epots on face and other parts
OF body; dullness and drowsiness with fire.
quent headache dizziness, bitter or bad taste
palpitation in many cases dry, teasing
cough, with sore throat !; unsteady appetite
raising Of food, choking sensation in tfroa,
distress, heavincss, bloated or full feeling
about stomach and sides, pain in sldes, back
or breast, and about shoulders colo, pain
and soreness through bowels, with heat con-
stlPation alternating with darrllna; piles, dat
u'cnce, nervousness, GOODNESS OF extremities
rush OF blood to head, with symptoms Of apo.
plexy, nnmbness Of limbs, especially at night
cold cnills alter mating with hot flashes, kidney
and urinary difficulties !; dullness. low spirits.
nnsociabilitv and gloomy torebolinss. Only
few OF above .. mptoms likely to be present at
one time. All who use DR.. Pcrces AIT. Ext.
or Golden Medical Discovery for Liver Com.
plant and its complications are loud in ito
nPaiua
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

THE Prince dc Joinville has suffered
= lamentable misunderstanding
epouvantable, as the French say. His
VINE cellar has been flooded with
water, and "the most prince]y wines
are sadly spoiled"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

CUBAN War played out, but Eclipse
Wind Mill never will. See advertisements
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

IT is announced that Mr.. Hepworth
Dixon is coming to this country on
recurring tour.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

As a rule, the men who have the
oleanest farms make the most manure.
1 know . farmer who feeds q great
many sheep every winter, and makes a
large quantity of manure. He has sue.
ceeded in bringing his land to high
degree OF Productiveness. But it is
very foul: The weeds rob him Of half
his profits. This farmer makes all the
manure he can, but does not cultivate
his land thoroughly. Now the point I
want to make is this: A man may
make much manure and not cultivate
MS land but did you ever know man
who took special pains to kill all the
weeds on his farm and get his land mel
low and in the best mechanical condi.
ton, who did not aim to make and use
all the manure he could 2 And 80 when
L recommend good tillage L take it for
granted that the extra crops producai1
viii, to great extent at least, be used
Tor feeding stock and making manure.
Ihere is sense of course, in which
tlllage is an exhausting process. It
develops the plant-food lying dormant
IN the soil If You develop this plant
1Ood and convert 1t into corn and Glow
er, and then sell the CROPS, YOU limo
verlsh the farm more than if you did
not cultivate the land 80 thoroughly
But, on the other hand, if the corn and
clover are fed out on the farm, and the
manure saved and applied, the good
t1llage will make the farm richer in
available plant.food. This process
will Soon enable farmer to double his
crops and quadruple his profits.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

KAISER WILLIAM could sit on his
horse under shower of bullets, but
when it came to having an aching
tooth drawn he took chlorofor,n and
was as nervous as an old woman.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-12-18

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