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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
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The statement that Germany has de.
cided to appropriate q part of the
French indemnify to the construction
OF ship canal across the peninsula of
Jutland is OF considerable importance.
This canal has long been contemplated.
but it is only lately that it has taken
the form Of definite project, and in it
il found an explanation Of the sudden
anxiety of Germany to acquire from
England the island Of He)igoland, which
commands the mouth Of the Eyser.
The commercial importance of this
canal will be very great, During
the long winter season the narrow
strait between Denmark and the Scan
d1navlan peninsula is 50 closed with
ice as to render navigation impossible.
and the trade of the Baltic has NO out.
lot by water until the channel rcopcus
In the spring. This is q very serious
matter, considering the magnitude Of
the trade in grain, ores, timber, hides.
tallow and hemp thus held locked in
during four or five months of each
year, or forced to seek an outlet over.
land. with heavy attendent expenses of
increased freights and costly ship.
ments. With the opening of the pro-
posed canal, the trade of the Baltic
will not only find shorter.
safer, and cheaper outlet to the
ocean then is now afforded, but ~ it IL
intended to keep the channel open by
artificial means the year round, q con.
tinnous trade with England, France,
Holland and Spain can be maintained,
giving constant and profitable employ
ment to shipping, which must now lie
idle during q great part of the year.
The canal also possesses a considerable
importance to Germany, in af1ording a
means of moving it's navy to and from
the Baltic in winter, and aGording it,
merchant marine chance to escape to
safe anchorage in case If war with any
power.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

IT is now generally admitted by hon.
ton is fairly fastened upon the lungs, no
human power can save the patient from death.
They also say that shout atty per cent, Of
those who die from this di. ease can trace the
cause to 4 neglected cougI, or cold, which
might have been cured by 4 small bottle Of
Liquid Opodcld0c, or what 10 the same thing,
Joanson's Anodyne Ltnfn,ena.
81, COT this notice out apd bring It with you.
We are authorized to refund the csah 10 anv
person or persons who shall buy and use Par.
:ons Pur0dliue Pills and fail OF relief and sat.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
The Thesry u Hop colture.


From across the continent comes the
story Of eleven acres of hops grown on
. California rancho, and yielding tho
enormous quantity of 1854 pounds to
an acre. In the east 1900 pounds to
the acre is considered . large yield
and in most yards, especially since the
appearance of the aphis, 1000 weight
would come nearer the average. The
diminution of the crops by devastation
OF the louise cannot, by any known
means. be guarded against. But if 70
eliminate this factor from the calcula-
ton, the difference between IN orlin-
ary eastern hop crop aud the greater
yield from the remote west 10 simply
the measure between the conditions OF
OF siipshod practice and those favor
able to IN abundant harvest For the
richness of soil and deep filth which
Nature probably furnished the Cali
fornis culturist. may be initiated if not
emulated here.
The coil that will grow corn win
grow hops, but it must be deeper for
the former than il absolutely necessary
tor the latter. Hence the common
usage of setting out The hop roots in
starting new yard with the same filth
Is the corn, which occupied three.
fourths of the ground the FIRST year, is,
on the face of it. an error. Subsoiling,
not trenching, will pay we'll in the long
run, and If this is not convenient, the
site of each hill of hops may be dug to
= depth of eighteen inches and width
of two feet, and with plenty of ashes
and well rotted manure intimately
mixed With the soil, will show its
profit in the first years yield.
Undoubtedly BAN yard manure is
one of the very best helps for this Is
for most ether crops But it may be
supplemented to advantage by special
fertilizers, the nature of which is indi-
Gated by the composition of the plant.
The quantity of alkaG taken from the
soil is shown by the quantity of ashes
obtained by burning the bones; hence
the utility of wood ashes. The hop is
y green and succulent plant with many
leaves, and rs ammonia is the element
of plant food which contributes
most directly to the nour,sh-
ment of such, the usefulness of
hen manure, guauo aud the like, is
plain. AZ the ripening clusters are
filled with seeds, the number and
plumpueos OF when 0etermlne, in 4
great measure, the weight of the dried
product, and a. all seeds require phos-
phoric acid, the need of phosphates,
either in bone dust or snpeIphosphate,
requires no argument for it, demon
stration. Moreover, the pollen of
hops, the substance that gives their
greatest value for brewing, contains
sulphur. The use of gypsum, ulphate
of lime, may be predicated, both ~ .
source of sulphur in the nutrition of
the plant aud rs means of fixing am
monia from the air.
But in the use of these extra and ex
pens,ve fertilizers more care and com.
mon sense than is ordinary IN their
use must be shown, if profit, and not
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

Fo9 Jaundioe, Headache, CoDstipa.
ton, Impure Blood, Pain in tie Shoulder.
Iigbtnes: Of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eruc.
tations Of the Stomach, Bad taste In mouth.
Bilious attacks, Pain in region Of Kidneys.
Internal Fsver, Blosted feeling about Stom.
3ch, aush Of Blood 70 Head, high Colored
H0ilne, and Gloomy Forebodings. take Dr..
Plerce,s Pleasant P0rgatjve Pellets, OF Taste.
less, Coated. Concentrated Root and Herbsl
Juice Anti-Bjli0us Grsnules-tho little al.
ant Catbartic or neununs In paruo Physic. rs
cents, by oil Druggists. o8
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hat prayers did not avert, that domes.

that prayers did not avert, that domes-
tic love and tears could not assuage,
nor human skill arrest. The coinci.
dence is sad and startling, that the same
people of a rural district should have
been bereaved in so .short period of
two young men, alike valuable and
prominent in their positions, in tho
plentitude of active life, with a present
SO important, and in the promises of a
widely expanding and increasing future
usefulness. The vacancy, in business
and society the death of each has Gre
ated, it will be long difficult to supply.
Ono Of these youths was attached to
the Episcopal, and the other was q
member of the Presbyterian Church.
The writer, who knew, admired and
esteemed both the subjects of this
notice, and cherished q warm appreci.
alton OF their worth, offers this feeble
tribute to their memories. w.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
japanese IS Glass Rome. ,,

At the last meeting of the Asiat,c
society of Japan, held in Yokohama. On
the eve ming of October 3Oth. a nan S
was read by Mr.. Earnest Satow. the
interpreter of the British Legation in
1edo, on the Loo Choo Islands, their
people, history customs, languages.
ETC.. DR.. Hadlow, of the Royal Navy,
read most interesting paper on the
Hyaloreba n,irabilis, "the wonderful
glass rope" sponge, which is found e.
pecially in Japanese waters. The na-
tives of Japan call it also "pencil
coral and "g]ass rope" MANY speci-
mems OF it have been brought to Amer.
lea, especially by tourists who have
visited the Island of Yenoshima.
1t consists of coarse gray
sponge, from which issues q
long silicious appendage or brush of
what looks like the smoothest spur
glass. Around the base of this CLASSY
brush or plume is usually found q
membranous animal matter, which is
usually studded all over with small
rounded warty or nipple-like bodies.
The animal thus consists in it's agQre-
gate OF three distinct parts, and it has
been supposed by many naturalists
that the encircling membrane was a
distinct animal, while others even be-
lieve that the CLASSY cable is also an
animal by itself and the sponge a dis
tinct organism. DR.. Hadlow discussed
each point with great clearness and
Ogor, exhibiting numerous diagrams,
which evinced the use of great patience
and labor with the microscope and
chemicals. HIS conclusions were
that the sponge, when covered with
sarcodic matter: is anchored bv it's
CLASSY cable in the mud of the deem
sea. The cable and sponge constitute
one organism, and the encirciing mem.
branous matter is most likely q para
site. Under the microscope a trans
verse piece of one of the silicious fla
ments exhibits sometimes 20 or 80
most symmetrical concentric circles.
showing growth from central axis or
core. The spicules within the body of
the sponge show the most faultless
polish and symmetry, and constitute the
mouth and stomach of the animal.
When riding at anchor by its CLASSY
cable, it is enabled to produce cur
rents OF water which it causes to flow
through it's body, while its cheveaur
dc Ease Of spicules entangle and de-
tain in its barbs anything in the Shape
OF food. The sponge thus secretes the
sll!cious growth of the cable. These
most interesting creatures are found
abundant'y Mt Yenoshima, twelve miles
from Yokohama, on the south and west
coast OF } 'pan, and lately have been
numerous)y brought up in the deep
sea dredgings of the coast of Portu-
gal, from . depth of $500 fathoms of
from some vessel sailing from Japan.
but are now found in such great num-
bers that such an idea is precluded.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

CUBE FOR CouoH On Co1D.-As soon
~ there IL tho s]ishtest uneasiness Of tho
Chest, with difficulty Of breathing, or ipdiea-
ton OF Cough, take during the day few
" Bro,cn'S Bronchial Troches,-Cum.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

War NEXT 7-Tbis lavorite juvenile
magazine 10 quite wonder +. it, Wv, Il
gives Ioo large pages Of excellent reading, and
: &l:OO Chrome, 10x12 inches. mounted ior
framing, to every subscriber, Ill Tor Oily 80
ceTt r.. ytsr: Enoag, certainly. for the priae.
me feDsuary number. just received. IL .
John b. Alden. Publisher. Chicaxo ILL., :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

ton with signal ability and success.
HIS peculiar administrative talents
communicated to it, affairs an ANNA
ton aud system that secured the best
suspicious results to his principals. He
was, for many years, 4 member with
Mr.. Rogers of the same legislative
county board, Mr.. Taylor, the agent
and representative of a corporation,
and controlled by sterner and moro ex.
acting duties, was less FREQ than Mr..
Rogers to yield to the native impulses
of his heart and sympathies.
Each Of these youths, whose future
was SO radiant in its hopes and prom
es. was stricken down on the threshold
OF vigorous manhood, by q fell disease
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

THERE il no excuse for poor Biscuits.
Rolls, Bread. GrtdJle Cakes, Numns, Wal9e,.
&c., when DooleJ's Ytsst Powder 10 used.
GrOccrS sell it.-COm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
MARIAN HAKLAS:; :.ns-EooA IL said
to Re a greater sue ..s:, ti:.' he; novels.
FoR Il,sx If A,.,..t:.o !,.t..o,.

F0R Loss OF Appetite, Dyti:cp,,a, In
dige.lio,, D"gre q :.;,i :. I'D G.ia ra,
Debility, in their vArIoun forms. rsEao-I.,spo-
RATED ELIXIR nf rAII-AT.. nsa; J., hr cA.wEII.
HAzAED Co.. New YoTs. and qc;.; is IL. n,7;c-
gists, IS the l~tf '"uic. a. s'-tDuau. tn,.,c
fr Patle:ts recovering from ,'-~cr cr otter
snkness. il has no e4,a!.-t1,n.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

Noxs but the brave deserve the
nir,' bat the fsir" ike to he deserved by
''the brave" that wear the Elmwood Collar
Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

loss, is desired. Ammoniated manures
and alkaline materials can only be min
gled without detriment to the latter
when both are mixed with and covered
with moist earth; as in the primal
preparation of the hill. In their SUBJ
sequent application the guano or it's
equivalent may be mingled with the
ashes, and the two. be applied at differ
ent times in the early stages of growth,
preferable just before a rain. Bone
dust may be applied later, at the earli-
est signs of Towering,
So much tor manuring; but the most
excellent practice of this will not atone
for the lack Of thorough filth, the fire.
quent stirring and aeration OF the soil
Taken in connection with it should
double tho annual yield per acre of
eastern hops. But this will not come
all at once, neither this year nor next,
although more scientific methods, as
we'll as more thorough practice, must
sometime become universal in the pro.
duction of a crop which, for the area
devoted to it, is capable at current
prices Of paying better than any other
cultivated in the northern states.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

we'll az more tlOrOuGn practlco, must
sometime become universal in the pro.
duction of crop which, for tho area
devoted to it, is capable at current
prices OF paying better than any other
cultivated in the northern states.
Household Recipes.
SODA OAKE.-Three cups of -four.
one aud one-half of sugar, one-hali
cup butter, one cup sour milk, one
teaspoonful soda, enc cup of raisins or
ourrants, or neither, and season with
lemon or nutmeg.
PLUM PUDDING. Gun of molas.
ses, ono cup of water, one cup of
melted butter, one teaspoonful coda,
three cups of flour, spice highly and
add as many currants, raisins, and
sliced citron as can be stirred in. Steam
in . mould or basin one and a half
hour. Serve with
SWEET SAUoE.-Two cups sugar dis.
solved in one-half pint OF boiling wa.
ter, two tablespoonful of flour worked
smooth into one teacup of water. Stir
into the boiling sugar with u piece of
butter the size of an egg. two table.
spooDsful of good vinegar or brandy
and little cinnamon or nutmeo.
rAP1ooA PUDDING WITHOUT MILK OR
teacup of tapioca in one
and one-halt plnts OF water, over night.
Pare, and punch the cores of six ap-
pies, I'LL the holes with sugar. favor
with q lemon or nutmeg, and pour in
one teacup Of water. When baked soft
pour over the tapioca, and bake alt one
hour. Eat with sauce made of butter
and sugar stirred to cream.
FRUIT CAKE-V1RY F1N1.-Pnt ora
teaspoonful of soda in a coffee cnr
add five tablespoonsful of hot woter'
four do: OF melted butter, and fill the
cup with molasses. Make it sitter with
flour than if eggs were used. Stir into
this mixture all it will hold of stoned
and chopped raisins, currants and cit.
ron in slices, one teaspoonful each az
powdered rutmeg and cinnamon and a
pinch Of cloves. '''@ .
CooK1Ea-Two tablespoonfuls sof
very thick or three of thin sour cream
one-halt cup sugar, soda enough to
sweoten the cream. Nix rather stir
With flour, roll, sift sugar over. pass
C~~ AAtf0Wy VVc1 10 NIX the
sugar, and cut into any shape Won
like. This will make ten or twelve
cookies, and can be multiplied indefi.
nitely when more are wanted. Cake
made without eggs, and with little but
ter, il best when eaten fresh.
TAP1ooA CREAM.-Soak two table.
spoonsful of tapioca in lust enough
water to cover it, all night. The next
morning, boil one quart of milk with
the soaked tapioca, add two. thirds of a
sDaall cup of sugar to it and a little
salt. Beat the yolks of three eges
thoroughly, and when the milk has
boiled for ten minutes stir them into
it, remove it from the fire, and stir rap
idly for five minutes, SO that they win
not curdle. Flavor it with vanilla:
beat the whites to stiff froth, and put
over tho top of the pudding dish into
which you have turned the tapioca:
slit sugar over il, and brown for i've
minutes in the oven; serve it cold.
This makes = more delicious dessert
than pastry, to my taste, and can be
prepared the day before il is needed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

PnoFKssOR s. DASA HAYsz cu ;nr>es
The Queens Toilet. 1nr tie C.JIs,t 1rDr. 80
valuable PREPARATION AID tree from l>,i..n.
- Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

CCrLEK's Vegetable Pulmonary Bal
cam s. Doubtless sbe bes. Cough Medicine ~
tlje world "-Ctm.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13

DURING the last year, at the Onon-
daga salines, there were inspected !.
99, 790 bushels of salt, against g. $780,
l93 the preceding year. The estimate
OF o. expenses for the ensuing year 10
$52, 700, against e56, 600 the past year.
The production of salt in the aaeinav
districts last season was go, 900 bush.
els, which 10 about 10000 buahelz
more than the average of the previous
three seasons. Extensive salt works
are being erected It Equality, Illinois.
1t Is claimed that an excellent article
10 made at that place. -, :!
WHEN the, sheriff At Helena, Ark.
has warrant for desperate, he ehooti
him and then serves the warrant ON the
body. = :.
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Fodder Corn

A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tlenlan says that the fodder corn oues-
ton seems to be still open. It viii be
remembered by those who read the
proceedings of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association, that MIR. Lewis took
strong grounds against it 90 IN unpro-
fitable crop; useful it might be to a
certain extent, but not 30 good 40 9TH
er soi!ing crops. On the other hand,
Mr.. Mason. the President of the Asso.
citation referred to, assured the writer
that he could show by his books that
six acres of the fodder corn had been
worth to him $500 to feed to his herd
of eighty COWS. Another dairyman
said he found his COWS shrinkin1 in
milk, and he thought the color Of his
butter wae not 80 good. He began to
feed fodder corn, and both Immediately
improved. In both these instances tho
corn was sown in drills, two to three
bushels to the acre, and fed green. In
1871 We raised two acres in this way on
ground OF moderate fertility. It grew
well, and when frost came it was .
heavy, though rather immature crop.
Only a portion of it had tasseled. The
harvesting was laborious and expen.
sive. 1t was cut and bound like other
corn, and cured what it could be in tho
field. When stored it was estimated
there were six to eight tons, and it was
packed away, we'll mixed with heavy
layers OF wheat and oat straw. i
troubled N some about heating, but in
the main was pretty we'll eaten up. The
impression, however, left on the minds
Of those who fed it out, was that it
lacked heart
This season We planted the same
ground with corn, using an early varie-
~. No manure vas put on the land,
but two barrels Of phosphate applied
in the hill. The result was q CROP very
much more valuable than tho one faised
the year previous on the same land.
The amount Of labor bestowed vas less
than that on the fodder corn. Az the
fruit Of our experience. We shall raise
no more fodder corn for winter use.
prefefring to plant corn in the usual
way and take VIA: We can get. For
fall feeding, when pastures fail I have
always given it to advantage, and shall
continue the practice.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Ohe3u Ice H0usAa.

AZ tu0 me0tl0R OF the Glm1f8 E6fm.
ers' Club, December 28th, W. A. Arm
strong said that q cheap ice house
could be made out of q SIMPLE we'll
rooted enclosure, without hollow walls
or pits, or any costly apparatus. He
leaves six inches of space next the sides
all around, into which he rams clean
sawdust closely, and covers the ice
when packed with foot of the dust.
The ice is cut into large blocks and
made to at at the joints 40 closely as
convenient, but where the cdges are
jagged he fills in with pounded ice or
sawdust-the latter being the cheapest.
Drainage il important, but If the house
stands On porous soil, or il SO elevated
that the water will run of readily, it
answers every purpose. He had kept
the ice several years in such build
ing, nine feet square, and the same in
height, tho sides being only Of inch
boards. When ice is taken ont, be
careful to keep oil cavities filed with
sawdhst, or it will waste away rapidly.
In answer to \ question a. to the cost
of house fourteen feet square, he
said that $50 would pay for it and the
sawdust; and built Of cheap lumber it
might cost only $25. In packing,
spent tan or cut straw would answer:
nearly as we'll as sawdu,t.
In referring to fertilizers, tho Boston
Journal OF Chemistry says: One Of
the most important facts which This
extraordinary wet season has brought
out is, that fertilizers applied 70 soils
In dry summers without appreciable
effects, are rendered available in thpse
that are wet, the plat upon which on
fertilizers have been applied during
the past years, when the rainfall has
been 90 deficient, producing wonder
fully this season. The fertilizing SUBJ
stances have been lying dormant in
the soil for the want of water to render
them soluble or to hold them in solu-
ton, and this year the conditions have
been favorable for promoting the
changes, chemical and mechanical.
necessary for plant food to be made
available: Owing to the dry weather
thepast three years, it has been difficult
to conduct experiments with manures,
ard reach anything like reliable results.
Hundreds Of farmers have been misled.
and have condemned a. worthless
manurial substances which had poe-
tive value, but which needed tho usual
material agencies to render them
assimilable. Farm dung and stable
manures, as we'll as chemical fertilizers.
have not exerted their full influence
upon soils to which they have been
applied, because Of the absence OF rain.
This season they have been thoroughly
subjected to the action of water, and
crops have been benefited BY The
dormant manurial agents applied two
or three years ago. Manures are not
lost which do not act promptly, unless
they are blown away by winds or are
washed into brooks by sudden and
violent showers, which sometimes fall
upon the baked earth in summer. If
they remain in or upon the soil, favor.
able seasons, which are sure to come,
will force them to give up to plants the
food they contain, and the husbandman
receives his returns in abundant crops.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-02-13
RAoWAY's READY RkLler
WILL AFFORD us1Ax1 EASE.
FEVER AND AcvG.

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