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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Curious Needles.

The King of Prussia recently visited
a needle mandatory in his kingdom.
in order to see what machinery, COM
bined with the human hand, could plo-
duce. He was shown q number of
superfine needles, thousands of which
together did not weigh an ounce, and
marveled how such minute objects
could be pierced with an eye. But he
was to sec in this respect even some
thing still finer and more perfect could
be created. The borer-that is, the
workman whose business it is to bore
the eyes in these needles-asked for q
hair from the monarch's read. It was
readily given, and with a smile he
placed it under the boring machine.
turned hole in it with the greatest
care, furnished it with a thread, and
then handed the singular needle to the
astonished King. The second curious
needle is in the possession of Queen
Victoria. It was made at the celebra.
ted mandatory at Beddich, and repre-.
sents the column of Trojan in NINA
ture. This well-known Roman column
is adorned with numerous scenes in
sculpture, which immortalizes Traian's
heroic actions in war. On this dimin-
utive needle scenes in the life OF
Queen Victoria are represented in re-
Lief, but 80 finely cut and so small that
1t requires magnifying glass to see
them. The Victoria needle can, more
over be opened it contains number
OF needles of smaller size, which are
adorned with scenes in relief.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
English Sicepin gears.

For the first time in the history of
the country sleeping car was run on q
British railway in the month of Febru-
airy, 1873. No one will be surprised to
learn that the affair was vastly inferior
to those in such general use in America.
The London News gives description
OF the single car thus far in use. It is
thirty feet long, about half tho length
ola {" Pullman sleeper" One end is:
devoted to luggage compartment, the
other to an ordinary second.class com.
partment. The part devoted to sleeping
arrangements is eighteen feet in length,
in two saloons, each giving accommo-
dation to three. passengers. There
is apparently no partition or curtains
between the beds, So that un-
less there is party of three to take
compartment. one or more of the beds
must be- nnoccupied, provided the
travellers are at all particular about
their sleeping companions. The most
singular thing about this single. sleep
ing car, owned by a company that
operates more than eight hundred miles
of railway, is. that it is not proposed
to run it regularly, but only when it
has been specially bespoken. 1t is in.
teresting to learn. that the doors of the
car open in such a way that the occu-
pant OF either bed may 60 out without
stepping over anybody; but to do SO
he is obliged to dismount at tho foot
OF his own bed, as the three mattresses
touch each other at the side, and fill up
the whole space between the sides OF
the car.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
A Sharp Fox.

The Sporting Gazette, of England,
tells the following story: "During
the last cluh.hun ting season of the
Badminton hounds, Mr.. Charles Min
cit, OF Chalkley Farm, in the parish of
Horton, Gloucestershire, was called
out OF bed very early on the morning
OF the 7th of October, by his cowman,
to see fox sucking a COW. On his
reaching the spot the COW was living
down and the fox gone; but the two
upper quarters of her udder, the only
ones getatable from her position, were
empty, and TIC teats wet, as if a cali
had sucked her. 1t appears that the
COW, when there is much keep and
grass, does not retain her milk we'll.
As it had trickled down the hill the fox
first Tapped it, and then traced it to it's
source. The COW was constantly watch
ed, subsequently, and the fox fire..
qnently seen to suck her. So constant
was he at one time that Mr.. Nfinett
shut up the COW, and preserved her
milk, when the fox turned his atten-
ton to some of the others, who, how
ever, would not stand it,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

was his astonishment, and vexation,
to see the oxen kicking, and jumping,
and plunging ahead, and Roltin appa-
rently initiating their movements.
" Here, boy, what are You
doing there !" screamed the farmer in
no very gentle manner. 1T guess we're
in hornets nest" answered tho fran.
tic Rollin: "In boys nest I guess
Here, give me that whip" said the en-.
ragged father, "and I'll see what this
hornets nest amounts to-" So away
he started after the frightened team,
intent upon hastily bringing order out
of confusion. He had gone but a few
steps, however, when the hornets met
him, and he evidently forgot the team,
and all former intentions, threw away
his whip, and to all appearances be-
came absorbed in the one idea of dano-
ing jig. at the same time furiously
slapplng his unoffending trousers, and
now and then his ears, in most fran
tic and shocking manner. Rellin, who
had found peaceful quarters over the
fence, now shouted back, elbow do
You like a boys nest, father2" Rol-
liz is now a man, and tho farmer is
bowed down with the weight of four
score years, yet he laughs in a very
quiet, but amused way, whenever Roll
lin refers him to "the boys nest"
A. NJ. K.
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The sap should be gathered fre-
quently, and boiled Immediately. Fer
mentation begins very. sooni if not in
stantly on thesap leaving the tree, nj.
though it may not be ut once percepti-
BILE to the casual observer 1t is cor
tain that the delicious maple flavor, so
agreeable to the palate, is best pre-
served by speedy removal of the wa.
ter by evaporation.
There are several devices for: evapor-
ating. The best in use is the Cory
Evap orator. It is of galvanized iron,
with lodges or grooves in the bottom,
whichgi dou6le the heating surface,
and cause current from sileSto side
rs the sap flows from end to end. A
monitor guage regulates the flow and
depth Of sap. and ~ faucet draws of
the syrup rs fast as it is thick enough.
The injury to- the flavor, which, is caus-
ed by keeping it over the fire hour
after hour, is MI avoided, rs it is re-
duced to- syrup and drawn off in half
An hour. The evaporation ia so rapid
That holders for storing are unnecessary.
I have no difficult in evaporating
barrel Of 80 gallons an hour in a, seven.
foot evaporation. One of twelve feet
will take care Of it as fast as produced
by very large sugar lot.
A gutta percha pipe from the gather.
ing tub to the evapc :ator saves all lift
gand storing. ,Fsltstrainels art. used
for removing lime andfmotes from the
strip. BY the use of such apparatus
as above described, I make syrup which
finds ready market in our village at
80 a. gallon equivalent to q. cents =
pound for spgar.) Every thing should
be in readiness to tap the trees Mt q
moments. notice. The "first run" is
the best. In the spring of 1871, the
sugar season was nearly over before
many farmers were ready.
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Hail |! and Earawelli

ha AZ. andfarewoll! Such is tho trail condition
w earthly intercourse. We meet to part.
Joy pellshes in rapture of fruition:
,r Ans! my heart:
INC flowers We gather wither in the erasping {;
M, Un heauty's check no fade'ess lilies dwell !;
clasping = - ~.
Hail! and farewell!
1870 : = =. - ~ - :
Hail! and farewcll1 Tho smile Of welcome
hCameth
Brief as sffuIg gent np :. lovers iipsc'2c
III hope exultant youth but little areametk
OF hopes eclipse;
Nor cares cares: to think that Time, who looks so
r., Is disseminating Fancy's magic spell,
10 dust dissolvins all hor fairy pageant;
Haill and farewell ~,
Hail! and, FAREWELL! It's thus each short
lived pleasure
-, Fades. from our vision like phantom wan -
we turn to gaze upon our new-found treasure,
And LOT tia gonel
MID Ia;, the delights that We must keenly covet,
Still we are startled by fond Memory's knell.
Ave ? q rslsl Oh, ny lsart'a beloved, - .
- Hail J! aaI Swcn assga J;
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Lands to Soldiers.

Accompanying the recent adverse re-
port. of the Senate Committee .. ON
Public Lands on Mr.. Holman's
Soldiers Bounty Land Bill, and which
effect,lally killed the measure, is an
important letter from Commissioner
Drunmond, of the, Land Office, in
which he reviews the history and
effects of all legislation granting lands
to soldiers from the resolution of tho
Continental Congress of 1776 to the
present time. He says that since the act
of 1852 the proportion of location war
rants by .beneficiaries thereof or bv
their heirs has not been one to one
hundred, and he is fully convinced that
as a general proposition the soldiers
have never appreciated. the national
benefactions in tho form Of public
lands, and that the bounty land sys-
tenn has failed to answer the design of
its projectors, either as d means Of set
Element of land or compensation of
soldiers. Mr.. Drummoud says that at
the present rate it would require half a
century to. survey-the land called for
by the bill, and that they would take
all the accessible lands not already
given away or promised.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
skipping the Aari Points.

Boys, 1 want to ask you how you
think a conqueror would make out,
who went through country he was
trying to subdue, aud whenever he
found / fort hard to take, left it alone.
Don't you think the enemy would buzz
wild there, like bees in a hive, and
when he was we'll into the heart of the
country, don't you fancy they would
swarm out and harass him terribly7 ~
Just SO, I want you to remember,
will it be with you if you skip over
the hard places in your lessons, and
leave them un1earned, you have left an
enemy in the rear that will not fail to
harass you, and mortify you tines
without number.
"There was just little bit of nv
Latin I hadn't read;" said vexed
student to me, "and it was Just there,
the professor had to call upon ne at
examination: There we're just two or
three examples I had passed over, and
one OF those was asked to do on the
blackboard.
The student who is not thorough is
never well at his ease; he cannot for
get the skipped problem; and the con-
seriousness of his deficiencies makes him
nervous and anxious.
Never laugh at the slow, plodding
student; tho time will surely some
when the laugh will be turned. 1t
takes time to be thorough, but it more
than pays. Resolve, when you take
up q new study that you will 20
through with it like a successful con-
queror, taking every strong point.
If the inaccurate scholars difficulties
closed with his school life it mightnot
be so great q matter for his future
career. But no has chained to himself
habit that will be like an iron bali at
the heel all the rest of his life. What
ever he does will be lacking somewhere.
He has learned to shirk what is hard,
and the habit will grow with years.
Now nothing we get in this life is to be
had for nothing. Success is not thrust
upon man. Ii you want any good
you must work for it. The eve that
never falters, and the nerve that never
quails, are the true elements of victory
in the mental and moral, rs we'll as the
physical world. Don't skip the hard
Enthusiastically Visitor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
IS The BOYS Ncaf.ss

Several years ago, a farmer in the
State of New York sent his son Rollin
to drag a newly plowed field. He was
to drive q young ox-team, and the faith
or in quite q pompous manner said,
"Now, boy, to drive this team you must
be man to-day, and keep ont of all
boyish scrapes, then you'll get along
we'll enough. Now remember, no boys
play with this team" Rollln said he
would do as we'll as he could, and start
cd for work. After the farmer had
looked to other matters on the farm,
and assured himself that all was NOV
ing along properly, he started for the
field to look after Rollin and the team.
Now Rollin had done well, and every
thing had gone along nicely until just
US the farmer reached the corner of the
field, when the drag caught in an old
stump, tearing part oft of, and bring
ing out an active nest of yellow jackets.
When tbs farmer came in sight, what
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The AirlaSS Noon.

Among the illusions swept away by
modern science, was the pleasant fancy
that the, moon was q habitable globe,
like the earth, It's surface diversified
with seas, lakes, continents, and
islands, and varied forms of vegetation.
Theologians and sov0nts grnvelv dis
cussed the probabilities of it's being
inhabited by race of sentient beings,
with forms and faculties like our own,
and even propounded schemes for
opening communication with them, in
case they existed. One of these was to
construct, on the broad highlands of
Asia, a series of geometrical figures
on . scale so gigantic as to be
visible from our planetary neighbor, on
the supposition that the moon people
would recognize the object. and imme.
diately construct similar figures in re-
ply! Extravagant and absurd as it
may appear in the light of modern
knowledge, the establishment of this
Terrestrial and Luna Signal Service
Bureau was treated as a feasible
scheme, although practical difficulties,
which 80 often keep men from making
fools of themselves, stood in the way
of actual experiment; but the discus
sion was kept up at intervals, until it
was discovered that if there were peo-
pie in the moon they must be able to
live without breathing, or eating, or
drinking. Then it ceased. There can
be no life without air. Beautiful to the
eye of the distant observer, the moon
is q sepulchraT orb-a world of death
and silence. No vegetation clothes its
vast plains Of stony desolatiun, ira
versed by monstrous crevasses, broken
by enormous peaks that rise like
gigantic tombstones into space: no
lively forms of cloud float in the black.
ness Of its sky. There daytime is only
night, lighted by a,rayless sun. There
is no rosy dawn in the morning. no
twilight in the evening. The nights
are pitcht1ark. In daytime the solar
beams are lost against the Jagged
ridges, the sharp points of the rocks,
or the steep sides Of profound abysses;
and the eye sees only grotesque, shapes
relieved against fantastic shadows
black as ink, with none of that pleasant
graduation and diffusion Of light, none
of the subtle blending of light
and shadow, which make the charm of
terrestrial landscape. A faint con
ception of the horrors of a lunar day
may be formed from an illustration
representing a landscape taken in the
moon In the centre Of the mountainous
region of Aristarchus. There is no
color, nothing but dead white and
black. The rocks reflect passively the
light OF the sun; the cratexs and
abysses remain wrapped in shade; fan
tastic peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery; the stars appear like
spots in the blackness of space. The
moon is a dead world she has no at
mosphere.-horpe''s Magazine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Design for q Gothic Cottage.

Design for q Gothic Cottage.
We give, this week, engrav-
ings illustrating a design for .
Gothic Cottage, for which we
are indebted to the supplement
of Bicknell's Village Builder,
published by A. J. Bicknell 4
Co., Architectural Book Pub
fishers, No. 81 Warren Street,
New York.
The publications of this firm
have done very much toward cor
recting bad taste in building in
this country, and those who in
tend erecting buildings combing
the three merits of elegance,
convenience and cheapness, can
not do better than to possess
themselves of the great variety
of admirable designs this firm
have from time to time publish
ed. The Gothic Cottage, of
which we give a perspective view,
and in Figs. 2 and 8 respectively,
plans of first and second floors,
can be constructed at q cost of
from $500 to 50, 900, according
to locality and style of finish.
The plans explain themselves.
The elegant exterior shown in the
perspective view will also receive
the approval of persons of taste,
without the commanding an.
pearance of more ambitious edi
fees, such a house, surrounded
by tastefully arranged shrubbery
and placed on an appropriate site
would present q very pretty ap-
pearance.
The plans are on q scale of
1-16 of an inch to the foot.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
King of the Blood.

For SwEL1ED NECK AND ENLARGED
GLANDS. Case.-For several years past have
been badly afflicted with Goltre, or Svelle,l
Neck, and it had become &C bad that an effort
to raise my arms above my head produced a
choking sensation, which was almost unendu.
rable: AFTER trying several remedies with no
benefit, was advised TO try KING OF THE
BLOOD, which did, and tho effect has been
almost miraculous. / took nearly seven bot
ties, and it has not only cured my neck. but
greatly benefited my general health. have
not felt so well for years. I have been
troubled from childhood with fatty tumors on
my Anus, and can see the wonderful effects
OF your medicine upon those, for they have
Already begun to diminish, and think thatit
tirsay disappear.
CHARLOTTE s. SMITH, Columbus, Pa.
Write for circulars to d. Ransom, Son l. Co..
Buffalo, N. Y.-COm. W.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
The Deor !; = Fable.
From the German

A deer once saw himself pictured in
. clear brook.
i" Truly" said he, II surpass all an
imals in gracelulness and majesty
How lordly do my horns tower up
But my feet how long AMI uglyl"'
Hardly had he uttered these words,
when he saw lion springing towards
him. With the greatest haste his
despised feet carried him to the next
forest; but suddenly his proud antlers
were caught in the overhanging thick
ct, and he could not tear himself away.
The lion overlook him and devoured
him.
! Learn from this not to value things
for their outward appearance, but for
their inner worth otherwise you will
often have to repent bitterly your un.
just judgment. What Neat.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

LET those American young ladies'
who go abroad and marry husbands
take heed lest the knot be insecurity
tied. They should take warning from
q case which lately came before a court
in Paris. Mrs. Maria Hicks, q Young
American, was married by p otestant
clergyman to NJ Dussance, a French
man, in her own country. A son was
the offspring of their union, and
NJ. Dussance having returned to
France with his wife, the child was
baptized, members of the fathers fam.
lily officiating as god-parents. M. Dus-
sance died, leaving behind him a for
tune, and Immediately his blood rela-
tions, like lot of harpies as they were,
sought to proye his marriage null and
secure oil his property for themselves.
The court has declared the marriage
Legitimate, bnt only because of the &C.
cident that the family of the deceased
had not made the demand to annul it
within year Of having heard of the
alliance.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20


with every change Of season We have change in
the hygientc charactero Of the cir. In the spring It
y t'npregaatsd, especially in low-ying, vet die.
trctc With mephittc vapors, which generate chills
and Fever, rheuma&isna indigestion biMousness and
diseases OF the organs Of respiration. 1t ii there
fore necessary this time of the year to
tnvtgorate and regulate the system 10 - to enable
It to repol the mordid influences to which It IL
more or less subjected. The stomach shoald be
tened, the bowss freed from distinctions, the
blood purified, and the nerves braced and strength
ensd. This can 30 easily done. HostetterS stom.
sch Bittsrs are everywhere procui,be; and in the
whols range At remedies and prsvsatitss prescribed
BY the faculty or recommended through the press,
there Il not that combines in Iudh m. eminent
degree great: eaaeiency and perfect hazmlsssness.
1t b positive a1ttdote to malaria. Whoever takes
It hsbatuany may brea&he the aanosphesS of the
worst fever and aeue locality without dagger. Damp
and chilling winds make little OF no i1nresson on
the organization reinforced With this powerful
vegetable tnvigorant, and, consequently IN = good
ssfeguard against ashnna coughs, colds, and other
pulmonary conplaints. II IL not recommended -
remedy for this latter class Of alsdIes but simply
- = means OF strenethenig the system akainst ths
serial conditions and changes which 20 often pro-
auoe them. A.. sprtng tnvigorsnt and alterative
wl DO found extremely beneficial to persons
We ere peculiarly sentative to unhealthy atmos.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20
Il You Plcass.
Boys, do Won ever think how much

Boys, do you ever think how much
real courtesy will do for you9 Some
of the greatest men are ever cautions IN
this respect. When the Duke of Wei
ington was sick, the last he took was
a little tea. On his servant handing it
to him in saucer, and asking if he
would have it, the duke replied, eyes,
if you please" These were his last
words. How much Kindness and
courtesy are expressed, by them! He
had commanded great armies and was
long accustomed to the tone of author
ity, but did not over look the courtesy
OF life. All, how MANY boys do What
q rude tone of command they often
use to their little brothers and sisters,
and sometimes to their mothers. They
order so. That is ill-bred and shows,
to say the least, want of thought. In
all your home talk remember, "If you
please.". To all who wait upon YOU or
serve you, believe that " If you please'
will make You better served than all the
cross and ordering words in the whole
dictionary. Do not forget three little
words:-'' If you please"
"Speak gently it is better far
To rule by love than tear.''
-Selected.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-20

ANOTHER Swedish nightingale has
been discovered, who, like Nilsson, is
OF the people. Two travellers, passing
through the Norland one day not long
ago, SO the story runs, were surprised
to hear the most enchanting music.
This they traced to barn, where they
found a beautiful Swedish farm girl
happily singing, with a most glorious
voice. They at once set about per-
suading her to go to Upsa]a, that her
voice might be cultivated. She is now
there and will soon 30 to Paris aud pre-
pare for the stage,