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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
WhiteWaah,

The disinfect,ng agency of whitswash
(not; Congressional makes it valuable
when applied on out buildings on the
farmyard. Italso adds to tho looks Of
the buildings, and a. = whitewash that
will not wash of on the outside is very
valuable, we give the following:
"Slake one.half bushel of good lime in
hot water, keeping it covered during the
process. Strain through sieve or coarse
cloth and add peck OF ealt, dissolve in
hot water; three pounds of rice flour,
boiled to thin paste; half pound Of
Spanish whiting IF white is the color
wanted) and pound Of clear glue, dis
solved in warm water. Mix all these we'll
together and lei the mixture stand for sew.
eral days before it is used. Before it il
applied it should oe put in a kettle end
heated nearly to the boiling point as il
consistent with the safety Of the brushes
oil the while it is being put on. It may
be applied with a painters or q white.
washers brush. If you wanta red color
leave ont the Spanish whiting and substi.
tute Venetian red or red ochre. For brown
used burned lumber. A delicate yellow
may be made by useing French yellow
ocher. Other colors may be produced by
using other pigments. It IL not desirable
however, to use any of tho paints mad,
from lead, 40 they are likely to sink to III.
bottom Of tho dish.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Ocean Marine Dfsastern.

Forty.seven vessels belonging to or
bound to or from ports of the United
States, were lost during April. OF
these, twenty-five were wrecked, one
abandoned, one burned, three sunk by
collision, four foundered,. and ten are
missing. Three of the number were
steamers, seven ships, nine barks, eight
brige, and twenty one schoonets, the
vessels being valued, exclusive of their
cargoes, at nearly $2,000,000. The
STORMS Of the month, it will be seen,
" ere very destructive to shipping. y
Tnn Times says Dr.: Walpole has los.
his beautiful chestnut marc. She died sud
denly in harness, it is suppt scd from bots o,
pin worms. II the Doctor had used !She,1lon'!
Cdodl'y Condition Powders, he would, nc
doubt, have had his marc today-they arc
! death on worms
CHAprED hands are very common with thos,
who have their hands much in water. A few
drops OF j0hns0n's Anod',ne Lintna4nt rnbbct
over the hands two or three times a day, will
Keep them soft and white. Fishermen, sailors
ana others will do well to remember this
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Lovely Perky.

(The following verses are of interest a. q
youthful production Of President Jefferson,
and are printed in tho Historical Record from
the original manuscript in his handwriting
dolphia. The Boston Advertiser very truly
says: This poem should serve as warning
to young mon who have expectations OF be-
coming distinguished, never to put their man
nscript verses out Ut their hands. Onco one
puts the evidence Of his fooiishncss out OF hi
reach, there's no telling when it may appear K
make his fame ridiculous."l
Once moro I'll tuno tho vocal shell;
10 hills and dalcs my passion toll,
A ham which time can mover quell,
Which burns for lovely Peggy.
The greater bards the lyro should hit,
For, shy. what subject is moro fit,
Than to record tho startling wit
Aud bloom Of lovely Peggy?
The sun first rising in tho morn,
That paints the dcw.bosparkled thorn,
Docs not so much the day adorn
As does my lovely. Peggy.
And when in Thotis' lap to rost
He streaks with gold tho ruddy west,
He's not so beautiful as undrcet
Appears my lovely Peggy.
We're sho arrayed in rustic weed.
With her tho bleating 1locks I'd feel,
And pipe upon my oaten reed,
To please my lovely Peggy.
With her cottage would delight,
Airs happy when she's in my sight,
But when she's gone it's endless night
ALPS dark without my Peggy.
The zophyr's air the violet blows,
Or breath upon tho damask rose,
He does not half tho sweet disclose
That docs my lovely Peggy.
While bees from fow'r to flow'r shall rove,
And linncts MARBLE through the grove,
Or stately swan the waters love,
So long shall love Peggy.
And when Death with his pointed dart.
Shall strike the blow which rives my heart,
Ny words shalt be when depart,
Adieu, my lovely Peggy.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Asphalt Pavement and Fire.

The journal of the Society Vt Arts states
that during the reign Of the Commune in
Paris, in 1871, the fires made by jnoen.
diaries were mover known to have been
spread by means Of the asphalt pavements.
In London experiments were made on this
p"int by hcaping wood on the Val de
Travers pavement and setting fire to it.
When the fire was ut it's fierccst tho burn
ing cmbers were raked away, and only u
few feeble flames were seen to issue from
the pavement, and they went out directly
of their own accord.
In the stables Of the Paris Omnibus
Company the grain loft is Immediately
over the stables, and to protect the oats
from the effluvium form tho stables tho
floor OF the loft Was covered with thick
layer Of asphalt. In five different conf]a.
grations this floor arrested the course OF
the flames until help could be procured.
A wooden floor covered with asplalt
was also perfectly protected against u fire
which was lighted On the asphalt; for
though this substance gives off volatile
material which is inham,nable and burns,
the moss of lime and roko which remains
is sufficient to protect the wood against
the flames.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
A Sad Story.

Almost unparalleled distress (says a
telegram received recently prevails
among the population of the islands of
:Bafin and Shark, off the coast of Gal.
way. The sheep have died of starva-
ton, and the potato crop of last year
being failure, the people have no
seed to put in the ground. The fishing
season has commenced, but the men
have no gear, and they cannot obtain
nets and lines on credit rs they did
before. Al. T. F. Braday, whose posi-
ton Us Inspector of Irish Fisheries
brings him in contact with the fisher.
men, has issued an appeal in their
behalf in which he says, rs the system
of giving money gratuitously is not
considered good mode of atfording
relief, it is proposed to raise fund by
private subscriptions to enable loans
to be made to the fishermen on their
own security, for the purchase Of fishing
gear, and thus enable them by their
own exertions to surmount their pres.
ent great difficulties. Mr.. Brady adds
that not a moment is to be lost to meet
the present emergency.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Literary Notes.
1NtCIU1y NOtCoS
CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is having his
biography written.


CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE is having his
biography written.
"THE diary of Louis XVI" the MS.
of which was recently discovered in the
National Library, has just been pub.
lished in Paris.
DIR. WILLIAM A. HAMMOND will
shortly publish little book on
"Society and it's Relations to the
1nsane," timely topic on which he is
best qualified to treat.
Mn. Durr1ELD and Mr.. Watts, two
Spanish scholars we'll qualified for
their difficult uL<ertakipg are engaged
on translation of "Don Quixote, !"
that will for the first time give English
readers an adequate notion of the text
of Cervantes' great work.. A first in.
stallment of the translation will appear
IN the course Of TIE present year.
The personal life of George Grote,
the historian, illustrated by numerous
letters, which is nearly ready, will form,
writes Mr.. Wexford to the Bookbuyer,
another instance of the long preserva-
ton of intellectual vigor in women, as
the authoress, widow, is now eighty
years of age. "The Life, Journal and
Letters of Dean Afford" also by his
widow, gives pleasant picture Of the
career of most amiable and accom-
plished man.
The Athen@um tells characteristic
story of Mr.. Dickens. An Oxford un
dergraduate, with the natural modesty
of the race, sent to the editor of House.
hold words, at the end of the Crimean
war, q copy of verses ON the return of
the Guards, with this note: "Sir,-
Understanding that you insert Rhymes
in your Serial, I send you some"
To which Dickens answered: "Sir,
We do not insert Rhymes without
Reason"
The roll of Alexandra Dumas's liter
ary achievements closes comically, if
not appropriately, with posthumous
publication of nearly twelve hundred
pages, on cookery and the pleasures of
the table. We are forbidden to Sug-
gest that, in composing this singular
work, the "beau contour " was actu-
ated by any meaner motive than a
desire to further a science. that is the
chief result of civilization, and has
done more than any other department
of learning for the elevation of man.
kind. The preface of the encyclopedia
declares that NJ. Dumas conceived, in
happy moment, the purpose of con-
Guiding his series of five hundred VOL
| umes with treatise on eating, which
should leave no room for another work
on the same lofty subject. He did not
take pen in hand for the execution of
his design until he had spent several
fsyears of his green old age in collecting
materials for his arduous undertaking.
He wrote no line of the " Grand Die.
tionnaire " without lively sense of
his historic and scientific obligations.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
About Pigs

Pork-raising is considered the most pro
itable Of oil stock if, properally attended
to-, The trouble that some experience in
this department arises from a want Of
knowledge in regard to feeding, care, etc.
The following contains much information
relative thereto:
acorn meal fed alone, either if made
into Tnash and allowed to stand few DAYS,
or wet and fed at every meal, is likely to
give pigs tie scours-here is the greatest
danger. If cooked, there IL less danger.
1t cooked, the meal in warm weather will
soon become 30 sour as to be bitter, too
much fermentation taking place, and in
this state it is unfit for the stomach. If
fed as soon as mixed with water, milk
or whey, and the pigs allowed to run in
pasture, dysentary Is very apt to be the
result. Many pigs are lost in this way.
In soaking corn start only with enough tor
the next days feed. Twenty four hours
is long enough for tub of corn to soak
before using, and it should then be fed
during the next day,to avoid all bitterness
by standing too long. Into the tub put all
the slops from the kitchen, boiled potatoes,
roots, ard the many things that are pala
table to the pig, and be sure not to omit
milk and whey. think if the dairymen
would feed corn soaked in whey they
would soon adopt the practice.
"Good pens, and NO other, are always
best q hog resorts to q good warm place
to sleep more readily than any other do
mestic animal. All pens should be kept
clean and warm for the winter. All
cracks, particularly near and about the
beds ehould be battened-no current Of
cold air allowed to disturb them. AS
SION as cold weather sets in, confiue those
intended to fatten in snug, warm pens.
The breeding sows should have exercise
every day."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
The Plague in Pennsylvania.
From the Pittabnrv Disn,ich

Reports from all parts of the state
mention the prevalence of cerebro-
spinal meningitis as approaching al-
most to an epidemic. A great number
of fatal cases have occurred within the
past month or two. Tho people are ut
a loss to account for it, but
many attribute it to malaria arising
from the wasting of the unusually
heavy amounts of snow which fell du-
ring the past winter. Tho disease at
tacks people of all ages, but seems to
be, SO far, especially fatal to young
people. The mortality from this dis
ease seems to have been rs great rs
that from the smallpox epidemic in
the thick!y-settled communities OF
Pennsylvania during the years 1871
and 1872.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Helpful Hints for Housewives.

Helpful Hints for Housewives.
JukBrrs.-Two cups of sugar, one cup
butter ono egg, five cups Of -four, one
half cup Of sweet milk, one.half teaspoon
tul of soda.
pickle FOR HAMs.-For 100 pounds of
ham take six gallons of water, nine pounds
ealt, one quart molasses, three ounces
saltpetre,a and one ounce saleratus. When
ready to smoke they can be soaked, and
then freshened to taste if too salt.
To stop bleeding ut the nose, plug the
nostrils with the scrapings from fur hat,
or with lint dipped in a strong solution Of
alum, or tannin, or Monsel's porsalt of
iron, one part to ten parts Of water.
ONE-HALr pound Of borax will drive the
cockroaches out Of any house. A large
handful Of the powder to ten gallons Of
water will effect great saving Of fifty
per cent. in soap. 1t is IN excellent den.
tri6ce, and the best material for cleaning
the scalp.
CoRNED BEEF.-In cooking corned beef:
at this season Of the year 80 delicious, it
should be put into boiling water when put
to cook, and when it is done it should r..
main in the pot until cold. This is tho
whole secret Of having corded beef iuicv
and full favored, instead Of tho contrary
CAKE. I'm cake making never beat the
eggs and sugar together before adding
other ingredients, as tho sugar hardens
the eggs. In using Aavoring, ono must
depend upon the taste instead Of dire ctions,
as some extracts are much stronger than
oth>rs. 1t, in baking layers of cake, it
breaks in coming out Of the tins, either
make it less rich or add more egg.
STArFoRDsH1RE PuDDtNc.-Line shall:
low dish with puff paste, and put rasp.
berry jam, about an inch in depth, over
the bottom; beat the yolks Of four eggs
and the white OF one. to which add u
quarterfof q pound Of powdered loaf sugar
three quarters ofa pound of butter, and.
favored with little essence Of almonds.
all we'll together, pour it upon the jam and
bake.
JELLY CAKE Beat together one CUP
Of butter and two cups of sugar thorough.
ly; add the beaten yolks of four eggs;
stir in ono cup Of milk and two even cups
and one scant cup Of flour; beat the whites
Of the eggs and stir into tho batter; then
add one tcaspoonful of extract Of lemon
and two ana halt tcaspoonfuls of baking
powder. Stir ten minutes and pour into
pans.
How TO Cook HoMlkY.-Wash slightly
in cold water, and soak twelve hours in
tepid soft water, then boil slowly from
three to six hours in same water, with
plenty more added from timo to time,
with great caro- to prevent burning. Don't
salt while cooking, as that or hard water
will harden the corn. So it will peas and
beans, dry or green, and rice.
To Boil A TuRkEy.-Stuif young tur-
kay, wei Ching six or seven pounds, with
bread, butter. salt, pepper, and minced
parsley skewer up the legs and wings as
il to roast; flour cloth and pin around
it. Boil it forty minutes; then sat the
kettle and let it stand close covered half
an hour or more. The steam will cook it
sufficiently. TO be eaten with drawn but
! tor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

VoLrA1RE once praised another writer
very heartily to third person. It is
very strange, was the reply, that you
speak so we'll of him, fer he says you
are charlatan. Oh, replied Voltalre,
think it very likely that both of lis
are mistaken.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Turkey Raising.

Turkey Raising.
Farmers who live in sparsely.settled
districts, Astounding in large dry pastures,
can afford to give the timo of q fsithful
and intelligent lad the whole summer
through, to be devoted exclusively to
rearing turkeys. Tho young broods
must be watched - constantly as ever q
shepherd watches sheep in q region in
tested by wolves. Every night, or during
the day, on the approach Of ram, they
must be driven to roomy shed with q
tight roof. The mother birds, and the
young, can be soon trained to being driven
to pasture. Give good forage ground,
and keep out of rain and dew, and success
is almost certain.-The Poultry World.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

CHAppED HANDS, tace, rough skin,
p'mples, rinsworm, salt-rhcum and other GU
taneous, affections, cured, and the skin m 10
soit and smooth, by using the JUNIPER TAR
SoAP, made by CAswELI, HAZARD Il TO-, New
YORK. BE certain to get the Juniper Tar Soap,
made by us, as there are many limitations
made with common tar which are worthlcss.
Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

THERE are periods in life when credit
is an anchor that saves from bankrupt
cy; and the fact that man insures in
the WASHINGTON, is positive evidence
that he is prudent and careful bust
Mesa man -Conn
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
CHILDREN'S CORNER.
Under tho lIe9vcss
BY MISS 8. p. BARTLETT.


The hidden May-aowers bloom
Under the leaves
1t is the same perfume
On tho warm breeze,
That III all other years ~'~N
Came back to re;
But now it brin., the tears
Too tcndcrlyl
So cold, SO: sweet, SO Fair,
0! pink-tlushed sprayl
I lift to tho soft air
And sunny dayl ..
But colder, fairer still,
My Bloss'm lies
Low in her gravc-nor thrill
OfSprlpg's surprise,
With warm and joyful breath
Rcnews her bloom
To rosy life, from death
Aud prissncd gloom!
The Little Corporal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

UJIJ1 STANLEY, who recently left
New York for Europe, is now supposed
to have gone to st. Petersburg, en-
route to Khiva, to act as army CORE
spondent with the Russians, in the very
probable event of the breaking out Of
h0stilitiea 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

DIR. D. GILMORE, of IS Warren ST.,
jersey City, N. j., has = certain cure Tor Cam
Ger. He uses q vegetable extract that takes
out the Cancer, roots and branches, when the
sore rapidly heals, and never ulcerates. In
its early stage charges nothing for treatment
and medicine until cured.---Com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
CHICAGO,
161IwAU1nB
4 st. 1AU&
RAILWAY.
fMilxankee g. Ranl Raifxnx CAY

(AUWaAkee 81. Faal Hallway Co.)
THROUGH TO CHIe:A(aO.-C onneettng 9TH
the several Railway Lines thence 70 Hey Ycek, New
England, the Cansdas, Southern and Southwestern
States. Conuectin4 IN Milwaukee with Detroit aud
Milwaukee Railread line.
81 ILWHHK RE DEPOT-Csrper Reed a.S
Chicago Ei'OT- Csr.er Canal and
Madison streets. with PittsburR, Fort Wayne 4
s. 6. MERRILL, Gen. 0anaRef.
JNO. c. GAULT. Asst Gen. AanaSer.
A.V. H. CARPENTER, G. P. and T. Agent
GENERAL Observation-Disclosures. Via
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

Some say that the use OF tobacco is
another form Of intemperance, but no man ia
Incorporate that wears the E!mwood Collar.
For sale at all furnishing storcs.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

COLDS AND CouaBs.-Suddenc changes
OF climate are sources OF Pulmonary and
Bronchial affections. Take at once " Brorn's
bronchial T'oches, let the Cold, Cough, or
Irritation OF the Throat be ever 20 slight ,om
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

CUr1ER's Vegetable Pulmonary Bal
sam. " Doubtless the best Cough Medicine in
| the world "-Cum,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Bull DING FELT

This water: proof material, re.
Isembltng 6no leather, is for
'Outside work. (no tar substance
used) and tnside, instead OF
plaster. Felt carpettngs, etc.
Send two stamps for CIRCULAR
and samples.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

The Best Location Gor Coioaies.
FREE HOMES FOR ALL! MnIIoNs o. AonHs
the HoXEsrEAD Law. near this GREAT RAILROAD,
With good markets and all the convenaoneos Of -
old settled country.
Free passes to purchasers of Railroad Land
of DESCRIPTIVE PAMPHLET WITH NEW NAP MAILED
FREE EVERYWHERE.
DAVIS,
Land comRissioasr 3. r r. r.,
01TAHA a1R0
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
C3nkcr Worm ,
G. W. Splading, Cisna, Wayne county

G. W. Splading, C;sna, Wayne county,
Ill, says:
/ have been pestered with what some
call the canke. worm, in my orchard for
the last two years. The pests commence
their depredations in tho spring ~ soon
as the leaves make their appearance, land
if not checked they destroy all the leaves
and fruit. Tho worm is about one inch
and quarter long, and about AZ thick as
rye straw 1t is OF brown color.
The wingless femsle moth that lays the
eggs of the canker worm must ascend the
tree by climbing up the trunk. All tho
methods of prevention opposes no obsta-
Gle to her ascent, or catch her in tho act
Of climbing One great difficulty with oil
these representatives. is that they are not
put upon the treo carly enough. It has
heen found that the insects ascend tho
tree very early, even during the warm
spells that We often have in February, and
that the only safety in sections where they
are abundant IL 10 keep the pro, ectins
material always ready. Tar has been
nsed, but the following plan is much bet
ter: Bind bands Of sheathing-paper six
or eight inches wide around the trees
(same 40 for the old tor process), and
make an application Of refuse printers
ink. Tho ink il now manufactured for
the purpose, and costs 1T cents per
pound. This remedy has been used in
Massachusetts, for three years, and gives
general satisfaction. Two to four appli.
cations year are sufficient, and an or.
chard averaging from four to twelve.inch
trees can be projected for On annual sum
Ut ten cents per tree.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

WHEN a man "tires with wrath,
what sort of shot does he use3
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Manifest Absurelitfes.


Il there any good reason why the dictates Of COM
mon sense should be disregaraed in medical prac-
tice7 Surely not. Yet how literally they are
sometimes set At naught in the treatment Of dys.
pepsia, liver complaint, constipation, nervous pros
traton and general debility. How often are power
full purRativcs emetics and salvants given in
of indigestion, bilious collie and ccstiveness when
the disease has already robbed the patient Of
strength he needs to combat with the attack. The a-
surdty Of giving debiliating medicines to sick peo-
pie who too weak already, Is manifest that It
is astonishing how any sane man can believed in such
practice. The rational course under such circum.
stances II 70 administer tonic and regulating med
icine, aud the experience Of quarter Of century
has proved that Hostetters Stomach Bitters II tho
most wholesome and efficient preparation Of this
class to be found in the medical repository. 1t ia,
however, something more than IN invigorant and =
regulator. 1ts properties % aperient and anti
bilious agent; ats ~italizing and purifying effect
upon the blood it, utility when given as an sno-
dyne. instead Of laudanum, Choral digitalis,
some other supplying narcotic it, tranquilizne
tendency in spasmodic Affections, and its palatabi
ity, contrasted With the sickening pills and pc
lions of the pharmscop:s certainly entitle Hostel
ter's Bitters to be called the most comprehensive
| remedy in existence.
Best and Oldest Family NIe1le'ne.-sasforF.
neadae6e. Bilious X!sseks and iii dersnse@ ents d
It, BeeaTs Of limitations.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

THERE was o man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise.
He had pain from car to car.
Another between bis eyes
And when he saw he had Catarrh,
With all his might and nam
He purchased Sage's Remedy,
And has his health again.
1t is sold by Druggists everywhere.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15

WHY TAKE pints Of nauseous fluid remedies for
euro you at once. No sickness, and no purgin9.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-05-15
Proper Light for stable Windows.

The regulation Of the admission of
light into stables by the proper location
Of windows has been found to be of tho
highes Importance. A side window, &C
cording to numerous observations, is apt
to produce weakness IN the eye on that
side; window Immediately in front OF
the manager throws glare of light into
both eyes, in the hig hest degree injurious
while one higher up, intends to render a
horse over sighted, and consequently Lin.
bic to shy at low objects.