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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
The Portraits on Stamps.

The portrait of Benjamin Franklin
on the one-cent stamp, in imperial
ultramarine blue, is after a profile bust
by Rubricht. The head of Andrew
Jackson on the two-cent stamp. in
velvet brown. is from bust by Hiram
Powers. The Washington head on the
green three+cent stamp is after Hour
don's celebrated bust. The Lincoln
profile, in red, on the six-cent stamp.
is after q bust by Volk. The seven
cent stamp in ver,nilion, gives the
head of Stanton, after q photograph.
The head of Jefferson, on the ten
cent stamp in chocolate, is drawn from
q life-size statue by Hiram Powers.
The portrait of Henry Clay, in neutral
purple, on the twelve-cent stamp. is
after a bust by Hart. The head of
Webster on the fifteen.cent stamp. in
orange, is after the Clevirger bust.
The portrait of General Scott on the
twenty.four cent stamp, in purple, is
after bust by Coffee. The head of
Hamilton on the thirty cent stamp. in
black, is after the Cerrachi bust. and
portrait of Commodore Oliver Hazard
Perry, in carmine, is after Wolcott's
statue.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
NJ lnEe In EVnrxcs

The following is safe and most
fcctivc remedy:
Whale (sperm) oil, six ounces: oil o,
tar, three ounces; slac sulphur. twf
ounccs-mix thoroughly and apply nv
means of hair brush. The skin should
be thoroughly washed before the
remedy is applied. At the end OF the
second or third day the animal is
again to be washed and the remedy 30.
applied as it is very possible that nil
tn. "ro (of the mango i1scct) are NOT
Killed ny the first dressing. Mance
being contagious disease, it is cssei,.
tial that all animals suffering from il
should DC isolated, and all objects will,
which they may have come in contnct
purified. The clothingis to be boiled in
u solution of soap anu carbolic acid. and
the harness, saddle, grooming utensils
washed with warm water and soap and
dressed with solution of arsenic or
corrosive subIimatc, in the PROMOTION
OF ten grains to the ounce of water.
after being so washed and dressed
they are t" be kept for several days
exposed to dry air, washed again with
soap and water before they arc used.
and before they are again put on the
horse they should he sprinkicd on the
SIDE next to the horses skin with ,suI-
ptinr. These may seem useless pre-
cautions, but in many cases the harness
and clothing arc lined with thick scabs
containing the ova of the parasites, the
vitality of which is SO great as to A.
most defy all efforts to destroy it.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
MuslsrOOlns In PuRtures-

A correspondent of Land and Water
writes: Believing it possible to grow
mushrooms in pastures, last year
made some experiments, which I think
were successful. The course of rea :.
sonlng which led to them is too long to
detail now, but the neoaus opcra,,ds was
as follows: Wishing to pl,tinit a pasture
neid near my house, I proceeded thus:
broke up mushroom spawn into
pieces from the size of Il filbert to that
OF a small walnut, and set d small how
to spawn the droppings of the cows
and horses by making a hole with a
potato dipper or small crowbar (called
here fold-pitcher) through the dron-
pings, and about one-and a half inches
into the mould beneath.
A piece Of spawn was lrcnped into
this, and u viz orous stamp with the
heel of the heavy boot complete1 the
process. fused less than halfa bushel
q: spawn, and was, as believe, largely
repaid for my trouble and expense in
mushrooms during tho natural season.
began the same process again yester
day, and hope to have more CONVINCING
proofs ct the success of my plans this
year. think a crop may even be Sc.
cured after May, but should not
expect that spawning could be carried
on with much expectation of results
after the middle of July. Ifmy expor.
lment be made public I am in homes
that more exact operators than mvself
Will work out the idea till Il cron If
line mushrooms may become as certain
as turnips. " ~ -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Female Slavery in India.

The Times of India notices a system
still gong on in some parts Of the
East, and to which attention has before
been directed, but not very prominent.
y. 1t appears that in the neirhhor.
hood, especially of Sylhet, where
Polygamy prevails, it is no uncommon
thing for man to give up one of his
wives to q rich man to work for life os
his slave. At another time o debtor
to satisfy decree obtained against
him, surrendcrs his daughter (who NAV
De young woman or little girl or
his sister to the creditor for a short
time, which arrangement, however.
continues in force like the permanent
settlement act. Sometimes it happens
that vicious woman, to preserve her
standing ia society, makes a present OF
her natural daughter to the powerful
headman Of the community; at other
times men of property send messengers
to poor men greedy of money. and
bring their daughters under their in
fiucncc by offering them Il small sum
and promising to marry them. The
purchase and sale of slaves in the ortli-
nary way has not altogether disap-
DcarCd
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
PEERLESS CLOTHES WR1NaER.
FRANK MlLLEh's Harness Oil is the best.
Natures Appeals for Helm.


Every indication of debility aud exhaustion ia ,
mute appeal of Nature for medicinal aid to arrcst
the progress Of decay. How arc these client appea,,
OF physical weakness to the resources Of tho healing
art usually metz Too often, unfortunately, the
drugs prescribed aggravate the symptoms. Who
ever recommends drastic purgativcs, or mineral
sa''vants, or poisonous alkaloids, under such cir
cmstances. is an ally Of tho ailment, and an enemy
Of the patient. Whoever, tho contrary, advises
the broken down and depending sufferer to resort
to that peerless vegetable invigorant, Hostcttcr 3
stomach Bittcrs, for aid and comfort, ia a true
phisnthropist. 1t IL safe to say that there never
was an instance in which such advice was given and
accepted without tho happiest results. From the
very depths Of weakness and dependency, thou
sands have been restored to vigor. health and cheer
f"lness by the rcnovating operation of this whole
some stinulant and Alternative. All its medicinal,
ingredients are remarkable for their sanative pro
critics. and In combination form mn absolute spcciac
for indigestion, liver complaint, nervous affections,
rheumatism, intermittent and rcmittent feycrs.
general and local weakness, and every species Of
disorder incident to change OF scaaon or climate.
Tho @tfmuative element Of this invaluable
and restorative is not an impure excitant, hut tho
thoroughly rectied essence Of sound rye, admitted
by oil good chemists to I've the most healthful Of
cxhilarants.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Hnmors Of the Telegraph.

Not long since a countryman came
into a telegraph Office in Bangor. Me.
with message, and asked that it he
sent Immediately. The operator tool
the message as usual, put his instrn.
ment IN communication with its Iost;
nation, licked off the signals upon the
Key, and then, according to the rule of
the office, hung the message paper on
the hook with others that had been
previously sent, that at night they
might all DO filed for preservation.
The man loungcd around some Tina
evidently unsatisficd. AT last" savs
the narrator of the incident, "b;s
patience was exhausted, and he belch.
ed out, Amt you going to send that
dispatch The operator politely in
formed him that he had sent it. mo
yer amt, replied the indignant man:
there it is now on the hook"
so lar as the exact use of laneuace
was concerned, the man was RIGHT.
Still more ludicrous mistakes some.
times occur. Thus the GERMANY paners
reported that ut Carlsruhc, toward the
close OF the late war, an aged mother
came to the telegraph office CARVING a
dish tull of sauerkraut, which she de-
sired to have telegraphed to Kasta6t.
Her son must receive the kraut by Snn-
day. The operator could not convince
her that the telegraph was not capable
OF such performance. Chow conld N
many soldiers be sent to France bv
telegraph 2" she asked, and finally dc.
parted grumbling.
Almost every operator meets with
equally amusing instances. One re.
Gently related the following incident:
"A gentleman came to nv Office tn
send a message, and after writing +
waited, rs people often do at small
offices, to see it sent. Icalled Office
and the operator at the other end Of
tue line came to the key and said.
'Busy--wait minute So l leaned
back in my chair to wait, when the
gentleman said, Have YOU sent it q
said No; they say they are busy-to
wait minute;;' whereHpon he said.
looking surprised, why / didn't hcur
them ;; and then added, brightcning
put I'm " title deat a. one carr +
think l managed to keep strnight
face till he left, but it was hard work"
-Lfor2'er's M1gozinc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

One of the greatest mistakes which
farmers make is cultivating too much
land. It is truth which needs no argl
ment to prove, that it is cheaper, 3by
thorough manur,ng and cultivation,
to raise fifty bushels of corn on on,
aero than it is by slovenly to raise that
amount on two. If Il farmer has plenty
OF manure and time to give to tho two,
then lot him plant them by all means.
Now the average yield per acre of any
crop throughout the country, is not
half what it is on tho best cultivated
farms. Surprising that farmers give the
same attention to One-half Of the acres
that they now do, they would be gain.
crs i'll saving one-half of tho land for
wood and pasture, while they would
still have as much to sell. But
it is not entirely necessary to give the
same attention so per cent. moro ma
nure and labor would double the crop,
for it requires tho same plouglling and
planting in either case. It is tho thor
oughness with which this is done, and
the after cultivation, that tells SO that
ny planting one-half us many acres
farming would also save one-fourth of
the expense, and these two savings
would make a change from profit to
loss. The great trouble with farmers
is that they do not make sufficient
calculation for drawbacks, us bad
weather, sickness, breakage, and unsta-
bio help. 1t would be far better to
allow too much the other way, and then
after their crops were thoroughly
tended, devote their spare time to i'm
provcments, such as fencing and ditch
ing, than to b. forever worried by the
friction caused by being behind.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
DO Not Sing that Song Again,
Written on hearing = pathetic ballad sune.l
ny nuail r. M'DERMowr

ny HUan +. M'DERMorr.
DO not sing that song again,
For It ILLS my heart with pain;
lam bending to tho blast,
And 1t tells mo OF tho past
OF tho long, long ago,
Nhcn my days were young and fair,
And my heart as light az air;
When ono feeling filed the breast,
ANA one image gave 1t rest,
In the long, long ago,
Do not sing that song again;
have lived my Years in vain,
And my hair is thin and gray,
And N passing fast away
On the dark and downward streams
I'm II wreck Of idle dreams;
Aud 1t nuts mo Oh the rack
At tho weary looking back,.-
At the cob aud ut the flow,
In the long, long ago.
DO not sing that song again;
There's II tear III itS refrain
1t brings sadly back the tame
When my manhood felt its prime
Warmer, closer, fundcr grew
In the hour Of friendships proof,
Whom the false ones stood aloOf,
:tHN thtll uh'IluSu'p WIS pul elloW,
In the long, long ago.
Do not sing that song again;
1t distracls my weary brain.
ALI, too we'll, alas! know
1t is time for mo to go,
And 10 leave to younger cy;s
The mild mystery Of tho ski'4,
And this mighty world VIC tread,
Aud the sran,ler age ahead.
There's a mist upon tho river,
And there's bleakncss on tho shore
And i'll dreams pass forever,
While sal music watts lne DER.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
BOts In Horses

DOtS xAOfHC8s
Mr.. A. Keplinger, Indiana, sends us
the following cure for bots in horses ::
"Bots i'll horses may he known by
the animals occasionally nipping at
their sides, and also by red pimples
rising on the inner surface of the upper
lip, which may be plainly seen by
turning the lip up. The cure is effect
cd by taking two quarts new milk, one
quart molasses, and giving the horse
the whole amount. In fifteen minutes
afterwards give two quarts warm sage
tea; thirty minutes after give one pint
of curriers' oil, or enough to operate Of
pbysic. The cure will be complete. as
the milk and molasscs causes Ike bots
to let go, the tea Fuckers them up, and
the oil carries them entirely away. One
trial vii! satisfy anyone perfectly of its
efficacy. - Western Rural.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Emigration to America.

The London Examiner announced in !,
| recent issue that the present year will SEE
IN immense increase in the tide of emigra.
ton to America and our colonies. Emf.
grafton has received a great impetus from,
the movement among the agricultural
laoorers. The Queensland Government ia
Showing an appreciation for field culture
which Our English land. owners and
farmers will perhaps regret when
1t Is to late. Ten thousand laborcrs are
offered a tree passage and other advan.
tages, and we feel sure that that number
will soon leave our shores, in addition to
those Canada and America have n,
superiority Of attractions. Meanwhile in
Dorset and elsewhere, the most casual
observer can already see the effect of in.
sufficient manual labor. There was not
one laborer too many in Dorset before the
movement commenced, and yet fully 1000
OF its adults have now removed elsewhere
When is this exodus to stop? Not until
the English land question assumes its
proper degree Of importance. Anxious
as we are to see that question come to the
front, we can scarcely regret this emip, a.
tion, tor surer way Of forcing attention
to it WAS never devvrsed. Still the con-
d.tion Of Ireland, Notwithstanding its
diminished and diminishing population
prevents US from being to sanguine about
tho effect that emigration will have on
those lett behind. Joseph Arch, accom-.
panied by MIR. J. g. Cox, proposed to
VISIT Ireland at tue end of next week. and
their report of the condition and pros.
pecf" OF the Peasantry will be looked
forward to with considerable interest. 1t
is idle to pretend to hide tho fac. that Mr..
''ads'one's Irish Church and Irish Land
acts have failed to remove that disafsction
winch is the natural sequel of English
pohcy, or the misery which cries aloud
against our centuries of misrule. The
only policy which can in anv wav
check over'emigration, or cut at the root
OF rural misery in both countries is land
act, but one Of q much more advanced
nature than that with which the Whies ex-
pected to stop the mouths of the lrith
tenantry.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
CHILDERN'S CORNER.
My Arab Stceal.
By E.. C. DAVIS.

By E. G. DAVIS,
Fleet and strong is my Arab stccd,
10 serve mo in my direst need;
UnurScd BY SPUR, or whip, or soad,
he speeds like lightning DER tho road.
Hunger and thirst he never knows;
Unwcaricd, never seeks rcpose;
No stable built compact and tight
Doth shelter him by day or night.
No hoStlcr smooths his glossy side.
Or views his arching neck will, pride;
NO jockey, with distrusttul eye,
Each impcrtrction keen doth spy.
The summer so!s,ice hath no power
TO move HIM in its ticrceSt hour;
Cnchillcd bv. Wiutcr's tlicl cling blast,
, On wings OF WIND still flying fast.
Faithful and truc. whatc'cr hctidcs,
Oledient still, my c"nrscr glidcs;
A friend to serve in dircst need
Art thou. my swift (r'ociwnl!
OU' boys and Girls
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Hoop Poles US u Crol,.

The New Orleans Times saws hoop
poles are selling in that market at $1O5
per thousand, and it exhorts farmers
to raise them. It adds: 1--WE have
seen young hickory growing in the
hammocks and bottoms on the south.
ern boundary line of Mississippi. near
the Jackson Railroad, and the Young
trees were apparently as we'll adapted
to binding hogsheads and barrels as
any poles grown in the country. If
they grew wild in these bottom lands
it should naturally be expected that
under the influence of cultivation thev
would thrive we'll.
An acre of land will grow 10000
young hickory trees, planted in rows
two feet apart, at intervals of six inches
in the rows. The seed are planted
after careful preparation of the land.
and the young trees are cultivated the
first year, after which they receive no
cultivation. In three years from the
planting the trees grow to the required
height for hogshead poles. They are
cut, bundled, seasoned, and are then
ready to ship. The land never REQUIRES
replanting, as young trees continue to
rattoon from the old stump. This il
on the authority of farmer who il en-
gagged in cultlvating hickory.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

The little girls are keeping house
now and inviting other little girls to
take tea with them. The tea consists
mostly OF warm water served in minia-
tnre wooden dishes, and q slice of
green apple witt, a worm in it. The
little girls drink the tea and chew tho
apple with proper solemnity. Then
they say, IL shun't!" YOU'RE inst as
mean as you can DC !" "I shall % rirIt
home, 'so.0!" and kick each oiher I,n
tho legs, and dlsperse.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
Ir appears that m a meona If .,rood

IT appears that as means of spread.
ing infections diseases there is nothing
equal to an Irish wake. An old woman
died suddenly of what was supposed to
be paralysis. A wake of course fol-
lowed, and within the ensuing three
weeks fifteen persons who had either
been in contact with OF attended the
wake of this old woman, were stricken
down by enteric fever. 1t appears that
the old woman had given lodging to
and washed the linen of tramp who
had but lately left neighbor1ng fever
hospital.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
EDWARD BAYER, ESQ. Horton. K;nos

EDWARD BAYER, ESQ.,, Horton, Kings
Co., N: g., writes that an astonishing cure has
1eeh erected on his daughter by the use Of
.Johnson's Anodyne Lininsent The whole
spine became diseased, she lost the use of her
limbs, and her back was rounded up like a
bow. in consequence OF taking cold after hav-
ing been innoculated for the kline pock. She is
now we'll.
We pledge our reputation on the assertion
that any educated physician, after a careful
examination Of the recipe, will say that Par
sons l'u'yatice Pills possess more merit than
any other pill now offered for sale.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

DF. Coxss Hive (CPo0p) syrup has
been known and used BY the medical profession
over 10 yearE, and - . remedy for CoIds and
Coughs has an older and better fepata&ioo than
any other Cough, nedt4ne svee o0pred TO- ~
Public. 1t is known Is the Camp0RDd 6Y1uIol
sluill.;; and formula may b. found n every
DR.. 8aasom's Hive syrup aDA
Io1os In addition to the ingretljents for Co.'s
Hive Syr4n fconlains Balsam n Tolu, 6ecOctions -
skunk q 66agcl lot asd LOB g eoiabinsRim
that must commend It tuey3J one - . superior
ISs% "sSy aof GsS ..R,s ,s:, h@o!i.x cs:.s1
Colds, indeed for Ill affections Of The Throat
ana Lungs where cough Medicine u Necessary.
This Syrup II Carefully PTep0Fe1
under the personal direction Of regular Phyd-
clan Of over twenty Year, practice, whose sfGaa-
ture 10 attached to the directions on the bottle
o.. 1So taste IL very Pleas00t nd children
like 1t.
Every family should keep It - . ready
remedy for Group, Colds. etc.. among tho
children.
d. RAAsoN, SOH b Co., Hupg's, BGGaIo. n. I.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
why Glover I'm proves the Sot,.


Professor Tockler thus explains the
action of clover increasing the fertility
of soil:
All who are Perfectly acquainted with
the subject must have seen that the
best crops Of wheat are preceded bv
crops OF clover grown for seed. Il have
come TO the conclusion that the yery
best preparation, the best manure. is a
good crop Of clover. A vast amount of
mineral manure is brought within
reach OF the corn crop which otherwise
would remain in a locked up condition
III all the soil. The clover plants take
nitrogen from the atmosphere on1
manufacture it into their own snh.
stance, which, on decomposition of the
clover, roots and leaves, produces an
abundance of ammonia. In reality.
the growing of clover is equivalent. to
a great extent, to manuriag with Peru
Wan guano.
Take, for instance, red clover. the
best OF all green manurcs. The great
English chemist, Prof. Way, of the
Royal Agricultural College, at Ciren-
cester, made perfect analysis of red
clover, and found every one hundred
parts, to contain as follows: Silica.
!: So; lime, 1862; magnesia. Los: OK,
lde OF iron, DIG; potash, sc. As: soda.
DO: 90; chloride OF potassium. 2,39:
OF sodium, 2.53; carbonic
ACID, 23.47: phosphuric acid, GIL:
'ulphurlc acid, LBS. Total, 99.45.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

THE purest and sweetest COP LIVER
OH is Hazard h Caswcll's, made on the sea
Tod only, by CAswELL, HAZARD l. Co., New
York. 1t is absolutely pure and s,ceet. 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, 1873-09-04
DR.. J. 3. 00JllER'8
V1IyE84AL
MAGNETIC BALM,

II cures ~ u ~ MA0NBTHG
INFLUENCE, Neuralgia and al pain. and /:
therefore very properly termed " Aagneei.
Balm" 1t is purely vegetable preparation. Il
Cholera, Cholera norhus. Diarrhea, Dysen.
terry, Collie and all Bowel Complaints
Its timely use will cure Colds. Group, Diph
thera. Quincy. and gil Throat affections.
when properly used. Fc:er and Aeue
aud other complaints incident to our western an
southern climates, are easily broken ND.
Nervous P1l0. 6ick-Heedsche, and Rhea
matiem are cured by this medicine when all other
blatns and B1jses are relieved 1t ooce by IT. ne
The genuine has =. Ransom 6CO,sl
pftvate Revenue Stamp o. the outside, and Dr.
]. r. xillefs Magnetic Balm blown in the bottle
Examine closely, and buy none but the gen
uine.
Sold by al Druggists. Price Is cents pc,
5ottle.
D. RAxsen, Sox 4 Co.. Props. Buffalo, n. 7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

How NICE your collars have always
looked this hot weather. What do YOU
wear 2" said one gentleman to another.
- always wear either the Elmwood or
Warwick. They are the best that can
be ulntl.'-Com
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04
I. AAZZHl~
- w. HAIR::s

ri: standard article i. v,'aA g.
i: ssset: ar. =. -5hasrsa, ID ...i.s.e.o.y q
Z restores tray o.. dsd hair Is III ,;S5,.sasa
nj istf (. o y, :,eetien., ..ea,nf sss
q; NMfte tona6 peo1efttss It rssueos4hs 11nf6sS1
sna =. sneir normal vigoF, beI1no0
~ aIes:ins nothing has been found % sisesaal
Dr: 4: 4. Hayes, state A.sayer q s.,sseaS,s@k,.
' r. fn 81 consider il tks ss Vspsvass ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-09-04

Ar the Vienna Worlds Fair the
grand nedai, which Va. the recognition Of
highest hes e1c ; in reed organs Of al
the Mason g. Hsmfp Organ Co., the welt
known American manufacturers. Other Amer
lean makers were not successful in obtaining
any medal. Com,