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The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-17
Dyspepsia or Indigestion,

ache. Pain in the Shoulders, %
'Tightness Of the Chest, Dlzzine&i
Eructations OF the Stomach, BadI
i'll the Mouth. Bilious Attacks, Psl
taticn of the Heart, .nfammatiol6
Lungs, Pain in the region ol tbsi
neys, and Il hundred other painfia
toms. are the oflspringS Of Dyg4
One bottle will prove a better els1
Of It's merits than Il lengthy alg1
mant.
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-12-17
ScrOfula. or Kings Evil,

SweliingS, Ulcers. Erysipe.as, SwciIris
Goitre, ScrofnIouS lnflalnmalions i5-
Indammations, Mercurial Ailecuoh
Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore E!yal
In these, aS in all other constitution
eases, WALKER's VINEGAR BITES
shown their great curative powen I
most nbStingta aud irtractatlia cases
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Denudjng the Land,

It is reported from Asia Minor that
the destruction of forests by fire con-
tinues in that country to most alarm.
ing extent. It is the ancient and fatal
practice OF the nrtives to burn down the
woods for the purpose:of turning the
land into pasture for their cattle. In
this way a large forest of pines on the
mountains of Nymph- Dagh was re-
Gently consumed, while in the neigh
borhoon of BeI-Ka1ve, near Smyrna. o
plantation of three thousand olive
trees has been destroyed, owing to the
carelessness of the country people. In
Gambia, also, a large fire has been rag
ing for eleven days among the noun
tains of the Sphakid. and it has nearly
decimated Gee of the most magnificent
forests in the island. cit is melan-
cholly to observe" says the Pail Mall
Gazette, "that as civilization advances
coal mines are becoming exhausted and
forests are disappearing. How the
world is to get on without fuel remains
to be seen. And probably it will have
to adopt the practice eff eating "a J..
meat in the absence of any means of
kindling q kitchen fire." Times are
sadly changed in England since the
provision was inserted in the Cavta de
Foresta, in the ninth year Of Henry
I'LL. stWhosoever, archbishop, bishop,
earl or baron, cemlng tons at, our COM
mandment, passeth by our forest, it
shall be lawful for him to take and kill
one or two of our deer, by view of oul
forester, if he be present; or else he
shall cause one to blow horn for him
that he seem not to steal our deer; and
likewise they shall do returning from.
us as it is Aforesaid" Instead os tax.
ing haunch of venison going or re.
turning, the forests are nearly all gone,
and the deer have departed with them.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
FARM AMI HOUSEHOLD,
FeciliNS flOraGSa


Warning says: Very much of the value
and availability Of the horse depends on the
quality and quantity of his food and on the
manner in which it is given to him. Too
much at one time, too little at another, food
or improper kinds or in bad state of pre-
paration, is the foundation of one-half the
ills that horse-Aesh is heir to. There is no
worse economy than the stinting OF food, or
the administering of bad food because it is
cheap. Also, there is no moro wasteful
practice than the giving of too rich and ex-
pensive food. Neither is there any greater
source of loss in connection with tho keep
ing Of farm horses than the neglect to which
they are systematically subjected.
The horse, even in the rudest state is of u
delicate organization. His pow
ers are very great greater than is generally
supposed; but in order to their greater de-
velopment and to their long endurance, it is
that they DO fed with the greatest
care and with an ever watchful Judgment.
Probably the capital invested in farm
horses in the United States would go twice
AS long-if they were thoroughly woll fed
and cared for.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
OPINIONS OF TIE PRRss.-The Texos

OPINIONS OF THE Press. Texas
Ne0 Yorker says: IAN old Scotch
physician once said. to ono of his pa
tients: Keep your feet warm, your
head cool, and your bowels open, an
there's little '' Else can harm ye. This
aphorism is full of wisdom, and ex-
presses exactly what DR.. NA1kza's CA1-
FoRN1A V1NnoAR B1TTEns will do for
you. We speak Of what We know from
nearly two years practical experience
in the use of this indispensable family
medicine. It's Office is to attack lazy.
torpid liver, and impsrt new life to
this vital organ-a proper flow of bile
aud a prompt discharge Of ehEete mat
ter. A good digestion and appetite
are restored to the sufferer. Pure
blood, tho life of the flesh,' 10 secur-
ed, and the patient soon feels himself
q sc0lkiny electrical battery. Good
health is more precious than fine gold
'-VMEaAR BrrTERs restores it, and is,
therefore above price. The man who
Uncovered it is q philosopher and q
beneiactor OF his race"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
America Abroad.

II, as Thackeray said, the English
tourist has carried the national God
dem into every city on the continent,
the American tourist has certainly in
troduced his rational beverages will,
equal impartiality. "American bars
have long been established in London,
and at the Vienna Exposition we are
reported to have made quite as marked
an impression by our sherry cobblera
~ by our plows and sewing machines.
We now learn from q Paris newspaper
that at nearly all the cafes on the
Boulevard Madeleine, favorite resort
Of travellers from this country: the
calls for wine and absinthe are COM
few, and that Parisians, as
we'll as strangers, ask in the morning
for III ouvrc-t'YI or q 41euc-de-co1,
and as they saunter home in the even
ing, after attending the opera or the
play, they prepare themselves for the
bed by taking bonnet. 0c-nuit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
The Milwaukee monthly ha, ;nst

LIE MAWduAeo mO0Culy mas lust
completed another volume. The year 3 mum.
b rs make BOOK Of five hundred pages ofe1t
cellent reading. varied and interesting, and j.
is really astonishing that 80 much can be civ.
Gu for a dollar: The Magazine promises to be
even better for 1874, and should have the
warm support Of all western people. The De-
ccmber number is Lrimful Of good things, and
is sent free to all subscribing before the frat
Of January. Its contents are: A beautift,:
full page illustrated trcntispisce !; an enter
tanning sketch, Up the Valley Of the Rhone."
profusely illustrated with the finest engrav-
iinss; po' N by A; n. Thom:on, the we'll
known post.editor Blossom and The Fairy, a
charming verses by G. I: James j; Justine and
Hermann, a story by Ella Wheeler; Dido. a
humorous story Oak Openings, an article on
the literature and the HleraH Of the West, BY
Marion Y. Dudley: Our New Bank, spark
ling and characteristic article from the pen Of
the late Luto A. Taylor, the last he over
wrote Visiting; Winter Flowers Christmas
and finely illustrated fashion resume, con.
tanning many practical illustrations and de-
signs. Subscribe at once. or send stamp for
specimen copy. Address T. J. Gilmore, Mil
Waukee, Wis. Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
GnpR@6xrI:l!,ll86

conduct IN agency for tie reception a advertise
ments for Amesicsn Nkv1RAPK11-tbe must com
plete establishment Of the lind h the world. 1tK
thousand NKWSRAPKS are keQt regularly O al,
open to inspection By custo0eIs. No resdfAe4oom,
however complete, receives ooestwentfsth a. this
number. Every Advc1tfsement = taken at tAs
home price 81 the paper, without any sdditsoaal
charge or oonsason, 50 that IN ADVERTISE, IN daal
ing with the Agency, il saved trouble md eoREs-
spondence, making one contract instead Of doae1,
. hundred or thoussnd. A Book of eighty
pages containing Lifts Of best papers, largest ehc1-
lations, religion. paper. Agricultural paPe1A elass
papers, political papers, daily papers, country
papers, magazines, and an publications., VIII SONS
infoIm2f1op about prices + sent zRle ~ e ~
ing to make eeaalaet. 19 ad.sstasEn9 n my town.
any portion Of the Dominion of Canada n,sy Sad
. concise statement Of Whist they want, together With
a copy of the Advertise me MT they desire insert
ed, and will receive information BY return znasl
which will enable them to decide whether to iocTeae,
reduce or fore9o the order. For such inform2tio1
there Is no ch,<se xb.ts,eE:. Prblishers not only
send their files free, but pay Messrs. GEO. r RCWKL
90. for their services. O1dWs AID accepted for
single paper ~ ven q for hrger -hse; Tor sim
gle dollar - readily IS for larger sum. Ad-
dress the American Newspaper Advertising Agency,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Gods Music.

A New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal says that music in q
New York churcl,is not only an expen.
sive thing, but very troublesome one.
The best singers are Italian players,
who come from the boards as late as
II O'Clock on Saturday night. Their
behavior in some OF the organ lofts is
about as reverent rs that which qraces
the green room The expense is very
fearful. The music in one church.
which is run by Wall street broker,
costs Els, 900 year. One church i'm
ports n basso from Boston. He lenves
on the Saturday night express, sings
morning and afternoon, and returns to
Boston on the Sunday night express. He
is kept in a first class hotel in the city.
has all his expenses paid and 81, 600
year. In q fashionable up town church
there have been two choirs-one run
and paid for by the church, occupying
the chapel, the other occupying the
choir gallery, with quartette and chorus,
and run by q wealthy gentleman who
paid ali the expenses. Every one knew
that the thing could not last. The
church might as we'll have two rectors,
one ct each end. There were jealousies,
and rivalries, and collisions, till the
choir end of the house had to give in.
and the stock broker and his choir went
out rupturing tue society and so
weakening it that it's life is despaired
of.
Another church that had steady going
music, caught the operatic fever. It
what is known as the Mora
Choir. For a little while tho thing
was o great success. The church was
densely crowded, and the pew holders
had to 60 in through the vestry. As |
usual, difficulty arose between the
minister and the leader. The choir
left, carrying portion of the congre-
cation: Congregational singing was
then tried and proved a failure. A
choir Of boys was introduced, and that
offended another party. Before the
year was out the minister himself had
to leave. There are many congrega-
tions in New York dying from too
much choir.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Two Pieces OF Gossip.

The Secretary of War will bring
bride to Washington in the course of
the next four weeks. The wedding
will, no doubt, take place IN New York,
and with as little parade about it as
possible. The bride elect is lady
than whom no one is more universally
admired and beloved in WASHINGTON
and wherever else she is known-Mrs.
Bower, whose youth, beauty, wit and
nobility of character have alike won
for her every social distinction. She
is native of kentucky, and is one Of
the ladies' Of whom her State is proud.
1t is whispered that the marriage of
Mr.. Henry Clews, of New York, and
the niece Of the Secretary of War,
Miss Lucy Worthington, who, as a
guest of Secretary Bell1nap, was a
reigning belle in Washington during
the past two winters, has been post
poned. for the present, and probably
will not be celebrated, as was original
ly intended, ut the same time as that
of Secretary Belknap and Mrs. Bow
ers.- Washington Cor. N. Y. Graphic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27

being at the same time white and Law.
onder.
"And what is the name of the gen
tleman you are to marry9"
A blank look spread over Miss LANES
face. II don't KNOW" said she; 81
haven't made and here, in spite of
herself, the rosy mouth wonld open
wide, making perfect round 0 tor I
can't tell how many seconds, ~
haven't made up my mind yet"
Minnie darling" said Mrs. Gray,
"dont you remember, when Aunt
Mary was married, that her train was
carried by her bridesmaids as she walk
cd up the church aisle2 Let us play
that you are bride now, and will be
your bridcmaid and carry your train as
we so up stairs. and let us play that
this is tho bridal DRESS" And Mrs,
Gray produced, with some trepidation
as to the result, suspicious-looking
white roll that until now had been con.
cealed behind her.
20 yes," said Minnie, slipping down
from her chair, "that will be so nice"
SO Mimic was undressed, and the long
white nightdress put On. "But, mann
ma, I must have white veil, you
know" she said.
"Of course" said Mrs Gray, "and
this will make such nice one," pro-
ducing, as she spoke, piece of white |
mosquitO-netting from her work bas-
ket, ard with couple of hair-pins she |
fastened it to Mlnnie's curls. Minnie |
looked in the mirror and was we'll sat- |
istied as to the result, and seldom does |
q mirror reflect a sweeter, fairer, or |
younger bride. Then the bridal pro-
cession moved out of the sitting-room
and up the stairs, the soft little white
hand of the bride clasping one balus
ter after another to assist her on her
hind bore the train of the bridal dress
with becoming grace and gravity.
When they reached tho chamber,
Mrs. Gray lifted Minnie, and seated
her on the side of the bed to take of
her shoes and stockings.
80 mamma, do brides be" Just
there sleepy Minnie's mouth made an.
other round o, and she applied the
knuckles of both hands to her eyes in
q vain endeavor to hold apart the lids
that would keep drawing together. It
was so long q pause that beth shoes
and both stockings were of before she
completed her question with "bare.
foot Z"
"What is it, darling Z" asked Mrs.
Gray.
..Do brides be barefoot" repeated
Minnie.
Mrs. Gray laughed; and, cuddling
both Of the dimpled little pink feet in
the palm of one hand, she said she
had seen . great many brides, but
never seen ono before who had such
cunning little feet, and shethought any
bride having such would not mind
going barefoot.
By this time Minnie was too sleepy
to get through with "Now I lay me-"
by herself, and her mamma had to help
her to what came next more than once;
and in just two minutes after her head
was on her pillow the dear little bare
foot bride was fast asleep. - Sarah G.
Dulev. ~ =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Lost.

The'branchcs are wailing, wailing,
Tho winds are heavy and chill
The shadows, sailing and sailing,
Go chasing over tho hill
Lo, 10! faint and fnrlOrn.
Maddened and sore aflrishted,
Rushcs like ono bcnighted,
And the masses OF clouds sho crosses,
10 loft and to right she losses,
With glimmcring, golden horn
Oh, Heart, thou art stricken aud ailing,
Watching and waiting for morn,
While tho night il so wcarily waning i
But useless is thy complaining,
Thy sorrow is uDavailing
10 call back the UnreturninS
And foolish thy fond cndcayor
10 fan again into burning
The cold and Acsolatc ashes
10 kindlo again into flashes
A tiro that has vanished forever.
H. Il Warner IN GALAXY for December.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
1be - $a1t.
NEW YORK 1874 WEEKLY, SEMLWEEKLY, AND DAILY


already fifty thousand ano
which briefly
be 1ouno IN
ndintees mann
fret
kind
carefully selected lin it's 49,
regularly appear in
no 90.
II es-
fear Of and their
fashions the ladies, tho
catlem to which ton
published secuIen for
club WEEKLY
dollar
Sunlight nys Columns Only slo discounts
rccntto f q
Addres.. City.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Bad for the Lawyers.

Quite number of the subordinate
oranges of Iowa have incorporated into
their constitutions clause binding MEM
bers in cases where differences occur be-
tween them, to submit in all cases to the de-
cision OF arbitrators. This they rigidlv
adhere to, and law suits are becoming
things almost unknown, and the lawyers
and courts find little to do. A member
who refuses to abide by the pledge he takes
in this regard when he signs the constitu.
ton, is considered to have greater regard
for law than justice, and is subject for
grange discipline, even TO expulsion. This
feature of grange management cannot be
too highly extolled, nor too widely adopted
among the subordinates. If we could get
at the expense of litigation among farmers,
the lawyers and court fees, the time
squandered, to say nothing of the ill feeling
and permanent enmity resulting in the
rupture of social intercourse, which is 90
palpably essential to growth in morals and
happiness,-we have no doubt it would
be be found to go long way toward pay
ing the farm taxes of every community
Let the example presented by our Iowa
friends spread, not only among patrons, but
among all organizations Of farmers
P7usTse Farmer,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
Domestic.

Soft GNGERBREAD.-Melt butter half
= ootfeecup. molasses two cups, one egg, one
Tablespoonful OF ginger, one oofeecup Of
sour milk, two heaping teaspoons of soda
add the last before baking, and -four to
make stiff batter. Bake at once in an oven
with steady heat. No cake burns as easily
as 1holasses cake. ..:y.
To WASH STRAW MArr1Na.-Takea pail
half-fuu OF hot water, perfectly clean
long.handled mop, and q dish of dry, un-
sifted 1ndian.meal. Sweep all dust off the
mating, then scatter the dry meal evenly
over the room. Wiring themop 80 dry that
it will no drip at all, and rub hard, one
breadth at time, always lengthwise of the
straw, and use clean water for each breadth.
When the mating is dry, the meal can be
swept off easily; it should always be done
on dry day.-W.
To Wu1TEN YELLOW F1ANNEL.-Dr.
Artus tells us that flannel which has be-
come yellow with use may DO wbitened by
putting 1t for some time in q solution OF
hard sosp, to which strong ammonia has
been added. The proportions he gives are
one and half pounds of hard curd soap,
fifty pounds of soft water, and two thirds
OF pound of strong ammonia. The same
object may be attained in shorter time by
placing the garments for quarter of an
hour in weak solution of bisulphite Of
soda, to which a little hydrochloric acid has
been added.
BREAD MERINGnE PUDD1Na.-One pint
OF fine bread crumbs, one quart of milk,
juice of a lemon, yolks of five eggs, one
cup of sugar. Beat the whites of eggs to
stiff froth, flavor with the grated peel OF
juice of a lemon, one cup of sugar. When
the pud ding is baked, spread over it layer
of jelly or preserve (rasberry jam 10 nice for
this purpose), cover with the prepared
whites of the eggs, and return the pudding
to the oven until it is light brown. This
pudding is nice made with three eggs some
persons add tablespoon of butter. to it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
An Interstate University Contest.

Arrangements have been completed
by which grand Interstate College
contest is to be held in Galesburg, Ill.
February o., 1874. The Governors OF
the States represented have signitied
their intention to be present if posi-
bic, and Governor Beveridge, tof llli-
nois, has appointed Prof. A. Stetson, of
the Normal University, as one of the
judges. The other judges have not
yet been appointed, but will he an.
nonnced in due time. The following
article will explain the affair: "The
Adelphi Society of Knox College, feel
ing it to be for the mutual benefit Of
Western colleges to engage IN friendly
rivalry, and preterring the culture of
the rostrum, to that end desire your
consideration of the following propo.
sition: The Adslphi Society offers
two prizes on oratory, to consist of
500 and SIS respectively, to be open
for competition to the following named
universities and colleges, each insti-
tuition furnishing enc orator. Hi.
nols State Industrial University
and Chicago University of Illinois
Iowa State University and Iowa Col
lege, of Iowa, and Wisconsin State
University and Beloit College, of Wis
consin. The contest will be held
under the auspices of the Adelphi So
ciety of Knox College, in the Gales
burg Opera House, on the evening of
February 10, 1874. The Governors of
the three states represented shall each
select one man. and these three ap-
pointed shall constitute the Awarding
Committee. In marking the contest
ants, the Judges shall take into consid-
Grafton the excellence of thought,
style of delivery and composition,
marking each on o scale of ten the
person receiving the highest average
marks to be entitled to the first prize,
and the one receiving the next highest
to the second. At the close of the con.
test the Committee of Award shall
place their marks in sealed envelopes
in the hands of the Chairman, without
any comforting together or comparing
of marks. A committee of three, Sc.
lected from the audience by the con.
testants, shall receive the. marks from
the Chairman, take their sum, and an
nounce the successful contestants"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-11-27
An English writer contributes 70

AN English writer contributes to
+" Notes and Queries q list of strange
names which he has compiled from
London sign boards. Among them are
Mr.. Allchin and Mr.. Appleyard, Mr..
BY the sea and Mr.. By the way-a for
getfal gentleman probably-with Mes
sra. Baby, Barefoot, Butter, Bellhang-
er. Christmas, Camomile, Cutbush, .
florist Oobbledick, who should be q
shoemaker; Death, Deadman, Draw
water, Drinkwater, members of the
temperance society; Drinkall, Eyes,
Eatwater, Gosling. Gray Goose, Goto-
bed. Ghost, Handsomebody, Hollow
bread, Mackerel, Oysters, Punch, and
Pigeon.