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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
Keeping CabbaSes Through the Win.

"W. R. r." of Michigan writes {:
"You speak Of raising cabbages for
stock. How do you keep them through
the winter2 We have no difficulty in
growing large crops here, but as yet we
have found no good way to keep them. !"
We make deep and wide "dead fur
row " with pillow, in dry, sandy soil :
and then lay the cabbages in it, packed
close together, with the stalks up.
Then throw the earth back on to the
cabbages. The cabbages should be
dry and the weather cold, and care
should be taken that the furrow left on
the side of the row of cabbages should
be cleaned out, so as to carry off the
water. If no water gets to the cab
bages, and the heads are sound, large
and hard when put it, we have never
experienced any difficulty in keeping
them perfectly until spring. And there
smoothing that our sheep relish SO
much. The only trouble about raising
cabbages for stock is that they usually
command SO much more in market than
they are worth to feed OFT, that it is
difficult to resist the temptation to sell
them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

A SUPERIOR quality of champagne is
now made, with petroleum as tho chief
ingredient. The manufacturer claims
that it il the best ever benzinc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
GaopRexel1S@

conduct IN agency for the reception Of advertise
ments for American NEWsRAFE18-the most COM
plete Establishment OF the kind h the world. Six
thousand NEwsFArE1e are KEPT regularly On nIe,
open to Inspection BY customers. Nores iiug-rooms
however complete, receives one.txentieth u tnis
home price Of the paper, without any adaitioaal
charge or commission, sothat IN advestser in deal
ing With the Agency, is saved trouble and core
spondenoe. making one contract instead Of dozen.
pages containing lists of best papers, hrgest cFc1-
lations, religious papers, .e,isuinral papers, el.ss
papers, magazines, and an publications., with some
information about prices, il sent FREE 10 any
ing to make coatracts for ADVERTISING m any town,
city, county, State or Territory OF the United States,
or any portion Of the Dominion Of Canada, may sed
concise q atement Of what tAey want to9ettef wth
. COPY Of tho Advertisements they desire insert
ed, and Win receive information by rckCrst mail
which win enable them TO decide whether toit reese,
roiiuce foreRo the order. For such fufor:aa&io0
there = no charge whatever: Prbli.hers r,t only
send their hles free but pay Messrs GEO. p WELL
L Co. for their services Orders are accepted for
eingle paper we'll as for larger list; for a SIM
gle dollar - readily for larger sum. Adj
dress the American Newspaper Advertising ,:ency,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
Raising Poultry.

and trouble Of keeping poultry, in tho
Gardeners Monthly, says:
Poultry is evidently dear food to the
consumer; but does it cost more food
to procure pound of poultry than q
pound of meat, live weight I answer,
decidedly not, but the reverse, for my
cattle and sheep don't eat worms and
insects, whereas fowls consume them
every scattered seed or kernel that
would otherwise be wasted. In an
other point of view, is the cost of at.
tendance and shelter greater with
poultry than cattle2 I reply not. As
to the production of eggs, that depends
upon the quality and quantity of food
administered, and the accompaniment
of proper warmth and shelter. There
is no fear of overstocking the mar.
ket with either eggs or poultry. I
generally keep from 800 to 400 fowls.
They have free access to every field
during the whole year, and although
they help themselves at harvest time,
when the corn ia in sheaf, T always get
my best crops of corn on fields adjoin-
ing the hen house. have this year
two fields of wheat drilled, and only
one bushel of seed per acre. They
come within twenty yards of the fowl
house, and are q perfect plant, al
though the poultry have been scratch
ing the fields ever since they were
drilled.
We are apt to forget that fowls like
sheep manure where they go. must
say I used at one time to feel nervous
and angry when I saw them hard at
work on the newly-sown corn, but I
soon learned to feel confident that in
scots were their principal gain, and
that my we'll aud deeply deposited corn
escaped.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Calp Nj tho<l. Of Curing Tobacc

The Calp NJ. thotl. Of Curing Tobacco.
The Culp method OF curing tobacco,
says IN exchange, as distinguished from
the old method, is described as follows:
It has been customary to hang the cut
plant up by the butt under a shed with
the leaves pressed against the stalk.
Mr.. Culp hangs up the plant horizon
tally, so that each leaf is separated, in
tight house so arranged that it can be
ventilated and heated. Instead of al
lowing the plant to hang up until. dry
enough to use, he takes them down
several times and let's them ferment in
piles, his process being based on actual
chemical analysis of the elements need
ed to obtain the highest developments
of tho good qualities, and the throwing
off the bad qualities found in the plant
when green, or formed during the pro-
cess when curing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. >.e
- -.. EsoM St. Nicholas for November.
Qnslcf tho Ll4hteAOUsc.
BY CELIA TNAXTER.

Beneath tho tall whito lighthouse strayot tho
In the May-mornine sweet;
About the stcop aud rough gray rocks they
wandered
With hesitatiDg feet:
For, scattered far and WIDE the birds wcrc ~.
ing.
That met. whilo they woro swiftly wingine
n0rthward,
Tho fierco light overhead,
And, as the frail moths in tho summer evon'
fIy to tho candies blaze,
Rushed wildly at tho spleMdor, finding only
Death in those binding rays.
And here were bobolink, and wren, and spar
row,
Vecry, and oriolc,
And purple finch, and rosy grosbeak, swallows,
Aud king birds quaint and droll;
Gay soldier biackbrls, wearing OH then
shoulders.
Red, gold-cdgcd cpaulets,
And many homcly, brown, rea-brcastcd
Whose voice 10 child forsots.
And yellow biras-what shapes OF perfect
What silence after song!
And mingled with them, unfamiliar warblcrs
That to far woods belong.
Clothing the gray rocks with mouroful
by scores tho dead forms lay,
That. dashed against tho tall towers cruel
windows,
Dropped like the spent sca-spray.
How many All old and sun-stcopcd barn, far
Should miss about its caves
The twittcr and the gleam Of these swift swal-
lows!
And, swinging mid the leaves,
The orioles nest, now empty in the elm tree,
Would cold and silent be,
And mover more these robins make the mead.
%, Ring with their ecstacy.
Would not tha gay swamp.border miss tho
Whistiing so loud and clearp
Would not the bobolinks' delicious music
Lose something OF its cheer2
Yet, thought the wistful children, gazing
laHlward,
Tho birds will not be missed;
others will take their place in field and forest,
Others will keep their tryst:
And we, VIC only, know how death has met
them.
We wonder and We mourn
That from their innocent aud bright existence
Thus roughly they are torn.
And 80 they laid the sweet, dead shapes to-
Smoothing each rufflel wing,
deeply
The meaning OF this thing.
Goo hard to fathoH for the wisest nature
Crowned with the SHOWS of agel)
And all the beauty Of the fair May morning
Seemed like blottcd page.
They bore them down from the rough cliffs OF
granite
To where the grass grew green,
And laid them meath tho soft turf, all to-
gether,
With many flower between;
And, looking mp with wet eyes, saw how
brightly
Upon the summed sea
Lay the clear sunlight, how white sails were
shining,
And small waves laughed in glee;
And somehow, comfort grew to check their
srieving,
A sense Of brooding care,
As if, in spite OF death, a loving presence
Filled all the viewless air.
"What should we fear ?" whispered the little
children, ::
"There is no thing SO small
But God will care for it in earth or heaven -
He sees the sparrows fallln
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

Our readers should be careful to
notice that PRocrER 4 GAMnLE's STAMP is up
on the bars of their NOTIFIED GERMA N Soar,
as all good articles arc initiated, and this
Soap being so popular other manu- .acturcrs
have copied their stamp.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

WALT WHITMAN has the same unfor-
tunate complaint as the Pope. He il
always getting better.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
How to Keep Your Winter Apples.

How to Keep Your Winter Apples.
The following excellent suggestions
are offered by the Vermont Farmer:
The way that most farmers save their
winter apples is to hole them up, like po-
tatoes orpile them up in cave or cellar.
BY this method you lose much valua-
BILE time, and lose very many apples;
and what you keep over winter are in
bad condition. Apples may be kept in
barrels that are quite open, but the
best and cheapest way is to keep them
in crates or boxes made in the follow.
ing manner: The ends or head-pieces
should be ten or twelve inches wide by
fifteen or eighteen long. They can be
sawed or split. Nail your boards on
the bottom and sides, leaving places
for ventilation. Have your boards all
the same length-about three feet.
When you gather your apples from
the trees, put them in these boxes lido
not bruise them) and lay the boxes on
each other in your apple houses. Two
men will handle these boxes with case.
You can look your apples over in these
boxes at any time with but little labor.
When You are ready TO ship, nail a
board over the top and you are ready.
In this way you get your apples to
market in a good condition and handle
them but once. Keep your house as
cold as possible at all times, without
freezing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

SAMPLES FREE.-The Saturday Even.
ing Post, 319 Walnut st., Philadelphia, gives
q beautiful CHRoMo to every yearly subscriber.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

NJ. HERMANN AuBERr prepares cafeino
tho lnssis of cOaee-in Il new way.
He treats the coffee with water, evapor.
ating the extract to the consistency of
syrup, and then let's 1t digest with from
four to eight times its weight of chic
reform. by this means he obtains
more caffeine than by the ordinary pro-
cess,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

ONE may live rs conqueror, king,
or q magistrate: but he must. die rs a
nun. The bed of death brings every
human being to his individuality, to
the intense contemplation Of that deep
est and most solemn Of all relations be-
tween the creature and his Creator.
Webster.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

from the atmosphere, which its
roots supply, but also to tho position
in which this matter is deposited. Tho
roots reach deeply into the soil, and
on their decomposition they serve to
draw moisture from the lower soil, and
by the decomposition of fertilizing
matter to a considerable depth they in
duce the descent of the roots of other
crops to point where they arc much
more sure of supply of moisture dur
ing dry seasons than they could he if
nearer the surface. Then again, these
deeply penetrating roots traverse parts
of the subsoil not heretofore open to
vegetation, aud in their decomposition
they produce chemical effect on the
inorganic substances that lie along
their courses, and help to render them,
too, serviceable for future crOps.-
american Agricuttalrist.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
GOLD BA811,
Payable in currency Our nsw rates aee - follows
REDUCED RATES:

Agents and Postmasters furnished With samples
and other information application 70 the pfopie.
tors. CanvasserB wanted.
Any person - authorised to form clubs 1t these
rates. Postmssters will nd it to their interest to
communicate with ~. Samples seat to any address.
All letters should be carefully addressed,
CRADlER, ATKINS Il CRAMER,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13

r., 1h =. u pulost anu sWeetesg OoD LIVER
shore, from fresh, selected livcrs, Of the
God only, by CAswELL, HAZARD 4 Co., New
York. It is absolutely pure and sweei. Pa
ITEMS who have once taken it prefer it TO all
others. Physicians have decided it superior
to all other oils in market. Com,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
AYERS CATHARTIC PILLS,
For all The purposes Of q Family Physic,
CURING


mors and salt Rheum, Worms, Goat
Neuralgia, ~ Dinner PHI, and Purifying
the Blo0d, are the most conRcntal purgattve
yet perfected. Their effects abundantly show how
much they excel all other Pills. They arc safe and
pleasant to take, but powerful to cure. They
purge on: the foul humors Of the blood; they
stimulate the sluggish or disordered organ into
action and they .mpart health and tone to the
whole being They cure not only he every day
complaints OF everybody, but formidable and dan
gerous diseases. Most skillful physicians, most
eminent clergymen, and our best citisens, send
certificates Of cures performed and Of benefits
they have derived from these Pills. They arc the
safest and best physlc for children, because mild
~ wen % ehectual Being sugar-coated, they are
easy to ts1e and being purely vegetable, tAsy arc
entirely harmless.
Dr.. J. G. AVER & CO., Lowell, Nan,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
LIZ h.. n~a. - l..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-13
Novel Life.BOat Invention .

Tho Liverpool Courier of Oct. 9th
has the following: "A maritime COM
munity will be considerably surprised
to hear that real life-boat, which will
neither sink or break, has at length
been invented, and that, like all useful
Inventions, it is the simplest thing i'm.
aginable. As it has not yet been
christened, though baptised thorough
~, we will, for convenience, designate
it the Excelsior Life Boat of Liverpool.
"This boat is constructed on a new
principle. The shell of the boat is
neither stout wood nor galvanized
iron, nor pliable bamboo, bat that
common article which we disliked so
much in our school-days, though now
destined, perhaps, to save our lives in
maturity-namely, cane. This is not q
promising material for constructing q
boat, but that is the inventors merit.
Out of cane he has made the most use
full boat extant. The cane is woven
like wicker ware, compact, yet pervious
to the water, which runs in, and there.
fore out, as through q fine sieve: 80
that the new boat, instead of keeping
the water out, let's it in and
let's it out with equal facility.
This wicker frame, stout but not stiff,
is buoyed up with q lining of solid
cork and so effective is this buoyancy
that the boat can be, and has beer,
filed and crammed with human beings
without sinking, and with compare.
tlvely little displacement. OF course,
the boats crew and their shipwrecked
freight would not be obliged to stand
on the wicker bottom hip deep in
water; that mode of rescue would be
little better than drowning. The boat
is constructed with a double keel,
which gives an elevated flooring, also
of cane-wicker, this false bottom being
high enough to afford dry footing
above the level of the water outside
(and inside) this floating reti-
cule. When the boat 'ships a sea,
as any boat must in rough surf,
the water floods the wicker floor, and,
of course, drains off instantly, for water
cannot stand on a seive. This quality
is important, but not the most impor-
tant, as poor Jack knows. In rescuing
persons from q ship in q rough sea the
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10
New York Money Market.
New YORK, Feb. s, 7 80 P.

New YORK, Feb. 8, 7 80 P. NJ.
MONEY-Wss active to- day for cal
loans at I per cent. gold.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE-Dull at
lO9t@lO9t for prime han ers' sixty
days sterling, and ll0f for sight.
GOLD-Active and higher, ranging
from ll3t to ia. The books Of the
syn licate closed to-day both here and
in Europe for city subscriptions, but all
orders from the country will be received
up to tomorrow evening, according to
the European custom. Many favorable
and unfavorable rumors are afoat in
Wall street, to-day, as TO the success.
of thseyndicate, which had marked in
fluepce on the course Of the speculation
both on the Stock Exchange and in
the gold loom.
GOVERNMENT BONDS-Msrke,
was lower early in the day and higher
at the close; prices were influenced by
the course OF gold and the call of Sec
rotary Boutwell,. The transactions
we're more important in the afternoon,
especially in Nav and November bonds
and at the close 1868 advanced TO ll4i
and 1865 from ll4s 10 ll4t; United
States currency 6s, ll59ll5l
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

n. D.,;., Rove, If hi. tovnahip.
,T- n.S:., 49,, Al.
VINO nsa Deso iuoS WIN ni0na'i
bright in Portlssd township, sincs iss'
fall, started on last Wednesday to visit
his son, Rev. jacob Bower. near this
Mac. and sta,ted hack Tbursdsy NOR.
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

Some years since. in Cincinnati, .
house in tho western part of the city
was occupied BY two families, one OF
whom took an English paper, the other
q German one. The papers were
throwu into the lot Of ground before
the house BY the carriers. The occu.
pant Of the upper part Of the house had
q email dog, which he taught to distin-
guish between the papers, and sent him
down every morning to take up his (the
English one). This the dog did, never
making q mistake; and if, as some
times happened. the German one was
lying there alone, he would have moth
ing to do with it, but returned up stairs
again without delay,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10
FINANCE AND TRADE.
rev York Market.
New YokK, February 8.

FLOUR-Market dull and In buy
ers' favor. The scarcity OF freight room
checks demand. $6 30@7 10 for su-
perfine State; 81 30@7 80 for extra; 81 IS
as 90 for choice do; IS 00@8 so for
fancy; $6 25@7 Is for superfine
western; 81 25@7 Is for common to
medium extra western; 81 85@8 so
for choice do; IS 50@10 IS for COM
mon to choice white wheat western
extra; 81 40@7 IS fer common TO good
shipping brands of extra round hoop
Ohio; s. 10@10 so for trade brands;
IS OO99 SO for common to fair extra
ST. Louis; 50 50@l3 so for good to
choice do; Southern -four is quiet and
steady; s. 60@9 90 for common to fair
extra, and 50 00@l3 IS for good to
choice do. Rye -four steady and in
fair demand at "a 1906 40. Corn
meal is steady.
GRAIN-Whest-market dull and
nominal, 1@2 lower. The high price
of ireights checks the export demand
$I6l@l u for No. 2 spring in store
81 1901 80 for No. do; 81 90@2 90
for winter red western; 81 90@2 05
for amber western,$l 9O@2 IS for white
western, the latter for fancy. Rye
quiet and firm. Barley 10 dull. Barley
malt is inactive. Corn dull and In buy
ers' favor sales have been made of
Al, 900 bushels at oslo for new mixed
western 96@663c for old dosfost; 63i
@64c for new do in store; &c for yell
low jersey. Oats steady with a mod
crate inquiry, at 53@543c for new mixed
western; 533 for old do; 54@57c for
white western; 53@533c for mixed
State.
PROVISIONS-Pork, market is dull
without change; $l4 37& for new mess;
$l3 1904 90 for prime mess. Beef
dull; sales OF so barrels at 50 00@ll Is
for plain mess, and $l2 00@l3 50 for
extra do. Bee: hams in moderate re-
quest at $50 00@33 90. Tierce beef
steady at $2l OO@23 90 for prime niece,
and 1923 00@25 90 for India do.
Cut meats in fair request at Il@l2c
for hams, and6f@64c for shoulders.
Middles are rather more steady at st
@7c' for long clear. Lard firm, with
light offerings; sales Of 800 tierces at
Si@S 5-l6 for No. l to prime steam,
and SA@83 for kettle rendered.
COTTON-On spot opens quiet at zoe
for low middlings, and 2ltc for mid
ding ..uplsnds.
PETROLEUM-Dull and in buyers
favor at &c for crude and l9fc for re-
fined.
TALLOW-Quiet at S4@SAc; sterine
dull at 8s@8ic
WHISKY-Dull at 93fc.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

CHICAGO, February 8.
GRAlN-Wheat stronger, fc. to-
higher; No. 2 spripg at 25f@l 27s,
seller April, closing at 25t@l 274c.
FLOUR-Quiet and unchanged.
CORN-tc. higher, fairly active clos
ing 3l4c; seller February and March
OATS-Stronger, No. 2 closed at 26i
cash; 27@27i seller February aod
March. Rye quiet and easy at este
for No. 2. Barley in better demand;
No. lat 66@70c each, closing at &c.
HIGHWINES-Steady at site,
HOGS-Dressed active with ight
receipts, but heavy lots are l4@ l5c
higher, at $47O@5 90. Live hogs are
active at a O0@4 25 for common to
choice.
PROVISIONS-Quiet and strong,
Mess pork at $l2 IS March; II 90
April. Lard at 81 IS cash.
BEEF CATTLE-At$2 0O@5 90 for
good native steers.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10
Coal Property For
S8se.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Y the undersigned wishes to sell I'm
whole or in part) that portion OF coal now
in his possession. amounting to about II,
acres located along the Ohio river, aoou'
together with one acre of surface ~ The en-,
trance on the side nee rest the river, aud
three acres of surface around the other en-,
trance, back OF Fulton. The vein 81 coal
will vary from feet 6 Inches 10 'eet IN
depth, and could he conveniently shipped
Inv meaos OF The county road. or Hy the T.
w. & n. z. r., as the entrance on 'he river
side is not 300 feet from either.
The above will be sold on reasonable
terms, or exchanged for good town prop
erty.
Ton III
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

TIE Washington Capital has this:
"Talling about heels, rather a ludi-
crous incident connected Herewith
occurred at the Illinois reception the
other night. The ballroom floor at
Wizards was newly waxed, and
badly done at that, so that the fair
ladies and gallant beaux found their
feet sticking to the floor. While the
weaker was held fast, the stronger
and more energetic produced a noise
like unto shooting-crackers, as they
moved about or attempted to dance.
This got to be such nuisance that
the proprietor was called i'll and ac-
tive measures taken to remedy the
trouble. Meal from the kitchen was
procured and sprinkled over the
floor. Young ladies had to be lifted
bodily out of their tracks, in some
instances leaving their heels on the
floor, while others were pried up with
pokers, uttering little shrieks as if it
hurt. Several enterprising Illinois
beaux went to Milburn's and pur-
chased pieces of chalk, which they
rubbed on the soles of the young la
dies shoes. 1t presented a beautiful
picture to see an Illinois gentleman
with his knees stuck fast to the floor
while he whitened the soIes OF his
love, she balanced most gracefully
on one foot, smiling audibly to the
tickling process. One maiden lady
of a certain age went into Mysteries,
and from that into a hack. She has
not been heard of SINCE"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-10

oALKiAOhnp ESbkuoky Ss
FLOUR-Quiet but firm and un-
changed.
GRA1N-Wbeat quiet and steady;
choice white and amber ut 81 25@2 50;
fair to prime white at % 00@2 20,
common to prime red at ! S0@2 90;
western amber at 81 1902 %. Corn
dull; white southern at 63@64c; do vel.
low at 60G mixed western nominal.
Oats firm; western mixed at 44@47c
and other grades nominal. Rye quiet
at 90998c.
HAY-Uschanged.
PROV1SI0NS-Quiet but frm.
Meas pork at ga IS. Bulk meats,
shoulders at Sic; sales 10000 pounds
rib sides at 6}G clear rib sides at 6ic.
Bacon in good demand but unchanged;
hams at l2i@15c. Lard quiet at Ste
asked and Sc bid. | ...
BUTTER-N estern unchanged.
WHISKY-Stesdy and hrm at CSC