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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13

HONEY and castor oil mixed arc ex.
cellent for asthma. A teaspoonful may
be taken night and morning, with great
benefit.
RANCID lard may be purified by try
ing it over with a little water, adding
q few sliced raw potatoes. The pote-
toes seem to remove the bad taste from
the lard.
10 REMOVE INK OR FRUIT STAINS
FROM THE FINGERS. cream of
tartar, half an ounce; powdered salt of
sorrel, half an ounce mix. This is
what is sold for salts of lemon.
The best method to mako old silks
look like new, and one that is employed
by millions, is to sponge over the out
side with strong, cold black tea. The
silk should afterward be irone1 outside.
TO RAISE THE PILE OF VELVET WHEN
PRESSED DowN.--Cover hot smooth
ing iron with wet cloth, and hold the
velvet firmly over it; the vapor from
the cloth, passing through the velvet,
will raise the pile, with the assistance
of light whisk.
10 TELL WHEN VINEGAR HAS SuI-
with n glass or ivory Knife, and then
pour over them little weak ammonia.
If a blue color be produced, it is GER
tain they contain sulphuric acid. The
above is simple and certain test.
CLEANING STovEs.- lustre,
when mixed with turpentine and ap-
piled in the usual manner, is blacker,
more glossy, and more durable than
when mixed with any other liquid. The
turpentine prevents rust, and when
put ON an old rusty stove will make it
look us we'll as now.
TO CEMENT WOOD TO G1Ass.-Make
a solution of isinglass in acetic acid so
thick as to be solid when cold. Heat
this aud apply it. This has been tested
by fastening the end of glass tube to
pine wood; the wood gave way ooner
than the cement.-B0sto1s Journal If
Chemistry.
10 CLEAN KID GLOVES. First see
that your hands are clean, then put on
your gloves and wash them as though
you were washing your hands, III a
basin of spirits of turpentine. This
method is used in Paris, to the ereat
profit of many persons. The yloves
should be hung in the air, or some dry
place, to carry away the smell OF the
turpentine.
To RE,JApAS.-Old trays may be re-.
lapanned by tho following process.
First clean them thoroughly with soap
and water and little rotten stone !:
then dry them by wiping and exposure
to the fire. Next get some good copal
varnish, mix it with some bronze pow
der, and apply with brush to the
denuded parts. After which set the
tray III an oven at a heat 212 to 800 de
grees until the varnish is dry. Two
coats will make them equal to new.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
"Sufted to n To

How did your wristbands sn;, W.,
Frank ?" said Fanny Grey, to her brother
Frank, a young man homo for bis first
vacation. IL stitched them everv hit
myself On the machine. Did they lit ?0
:, They were splendid, Fan. II told tho
fellows they We're done by an old ladv Of
seventy ;s 81, years; Fiji? l guess they did.
And Frank Gordon pulled his coa,
sleeve up little and showed the sb;n;np
lnen. fl.tirg his wrist, much to his lit,le
sisters admiration.
Frank" said Fanny, few moments
after; "may ask you somcthingW
W course You may, little one III
answer If | can" And Frank clasned bis
hands over bis head, tilted his cha;r h,oL
ana looked down into his sisters aves tbot
were saying just then. "As if thcre was
: anything 20" didn't know, you splendid
"what do you mean by fitted to rg,v
abe asked. "
"Whew:' whist]ed the young MAJ,
What do mean, sure enoxeh VIII
mean suited exactly-ftted perlectlv !
suppose"
Yes" sud the little girl, 81 know
that; but thought, perhaps, it Came
from something. don't SEQ the sense Of
it, I'm sure. sSuited to IT, Itmennt
something else in the first place, I know !"
Swell, suppose it did pct,I said
Frank. "Pll look it up for you, some
time"
"He'il never think of it again. pa;d
Fanny to herself, "but do wish knew
Suited toa r. 1t is so funny"
The next day Frank came in with T.
strange sort of ruler in his hand. 1t had
Il cross piece at one end which gave it
the shape of q capital I.
"See here, Funny" be said. "Pve
been to the oarpcnter.shop in your BEHALF
hope III get you Suited to r. this
time failed to satisfy you, yesterday,
you know"
So Frank placed the cross-piece against
a perpendicular line which he had drawn,
anu LAID the ara along Il horizontal Inc
that formed the right angle.
"4ou Sec" said he. '',i,is ruler is called
q l-s4uare, a"dis often used j test the &C
eur"cy OF lines and angles, aa l have just
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
Boston FOllies.

The following ore from the Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Is CARL BoTH descendant of his
synonym, Charles II. :
ARE the "Sound boats' those which
carry brass band Z
A GooD thing from Puncl,-The in
creased receipts OF the Metropolitan
Railway Company.
WAUKsUNKAMUd is the new label of a
New Hartford (Connecticut) pond.
Why dia Wauk sink it :?
Nor jejune-The New York Fashion
writer, Mrs. Croly.
A KENTUCKY paper says: Sowing to
the protracted bad weather, not much
hemp has been broken" It is to be
hoped that the weather in New York
will soon become settled.
The Detroit Post, in one of its sharp
articles, says:
oa 1--WE wish wish all Legislatures were
There is too much sound to some we
have in this direction.
can equestrian statue of Farraeut!
-Marlinspikes and gaskets !" says the
Detroit Post: "What are we coming.
to in the way of art =" A horse ma.
rine, probably:
For this, it would seen,
Must be the dream
or Miss Winnie Rcam-
Cfputing sailor on horseback!
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March,.


March. Its tree, Jupiter. Its stone, blood
stone. Its motto, 'c~ulaye and strength in
times OF danger
In the gray dawnng, across the whito lake,
where tho lco'hummocks i'll frozen waves
break,
Mid TIC glittcring spears Of the far Northern
Like a cavalry escort OF steel coated knights.
Spanning the winters cold quit with an srch,
over it, rampant, rides the wild March.
Galloplng, galloping, galloping in,
Into the world with Stir and din,
The north wind, tho cast wind, and west
wind together,
Infringing, onbrinsins tho Marcll's wild
weather.
Hear Ills rough Chant as he passes along:
clio, 80 March children, como list to my
song!
A bold outlaw am both to do and to dare.
Ana tear not old Garth nor tho powers Of tho
air;
Winters q dotard, and Summers prudc.
But Spsing loves inc well, although am rude.
FaltcrinG, lingering, listening Spring
Bl''sl,lng, she waits for the clanS and tho
ring
Of my swift horses hoofs; then forward she
presses
RcpcIlinS, returning my boist'rous carosscs.
The winds arc unbound and loose in the sky.
Riotns, fro'icking, ,nadIy on high;
Arc yc able to cope with the North Winds
strong arm?4
Welcome boldly his fierce grasp; twill do yo
He knows the children OF March are my own,
Scalcdwith my sisnct Of magic blood. stone.
Blood-s tone. red blood-st stone, green, dark
and rcd hight
Blood is Ior ardor, and stone is for might,
And tho watcl'word borne on by the West
Wind, the ranger,
Ia Courage and strength in the moment OF
Children Of March. arc ye strong, arc ye
Shame not tho flag the West Wind bears
along;
o, ye men Of the March l be yc firm as the
steel;
Q, ye women of March DO 70 loyal and lcal-
strong in your loving, and strong in your
Constant, like juniper, early and late.
Juniper, juniper, Juniper green,
Berries OF blue set in gittcring sheen.
III the winters cold snow, i'll summers hot
spicudor,
Unchansing, unchansing, thou heart true
and tcndcr!"
Singing of juniper, forward he wi,irled,'
Galioping, golloping on through the world;
And when, shiyerinG, waking, the dull Day
From her tower in the gray clouds, she heard
but the shout
OF the riotous winds as they follow in glee,
On, on t. tho wooing i'll mad revclry.
Wooing, the wooinS, the wooing OF Spring
Here's bold wooing that makes tho woods
ing,
And thrills the leaf buds, though with snow
overladcn,
As March, the wild outlaw, bears off tho
Spring maiden.
-Ha,pev for March.
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STRANGE STORY.
Is there n Magnetic NIountnin1
Tbo P,,onoo Ax,roo Ca.11

Is there n Magnetic I0untuin1
The Buenos Ayres Standard, in an
article relating to the wreck of the
Royal Mail steamer Tacora, says:
"It has been a subject of surprise to
many that Capt. Stewart. who is con.
sidered one of the most experienced
and careful sailors in the Pacific Com
pany's service, should have been so
convinced that he was several miles
from land just before the Tacora ran on
Cape St. Mary. There is, however. an
extraordinary revelation by Mr.. James
Oliver, of Fray Bentos, which goes far
toward explaining the cause of the
wreck of the steamer in question. Mr..
Oliver says that in the year 1848 the
schooner Miltiades, of Monte Video,
was fishing for seals between
Lobos Island and Castillos. On
the evening in question, about
4 o'clock, it fell quite calm, with
no current either up or down, the ves-
sci lying in nineteen fathoms of water.
and about five miles from the shore.
AT s r. NJ says MIR. Oliver, 'on going
on deck, the moon being nearly full.
and q bright moonlight nieht. I
thought we were much nearer the
shore, but on heaving the lead I found
the same depth of water. Isoon. how
ever, perceived that, although there
was no current, the vessel was driftino
towards the shore about a mile an
hour Calling my comrades, I sue
ceede'd, by means OF oars, in turning
the bow OF thu vessel again Stewards,
but several times it swerved
again round towards the land.
l was unwilling to cast anchor.
in such deep water, and kept the lead
going while the vessel drifted towards
the shore; till, luckily, light breeze
sprung up from the land aud carried
us out to sea. If it had been dark
night, we should probably have been
driven ashore in another hoar. per-
fectly ignorant of our danger of the
mysterious power that waited us with.
out any current landmarks. The occur.
renee impressed me so much. that. on
my return to Monte Video, reported
it to the Typographical Board, but no
notice was then paid to. Sub
seqoently, in 1858, Mr.. W. Ham
meth, who had been on the TO-
geographic committee, informed me
that magnetic stones were found in the
Sierra de Auimas, running northward
from Monte Video; and this at once
appeared to me an explanation of the
mystery. In 1866 I wrote to the British
Admiral on the station on this subject.
but perhaps my letter did not reach
him. In later times I wrote to PROBES.
sor Agassiz, but with no better success.
Now that the Tacora wreck revives in
terest in the question, think it right
to give the above statement of facts:
that [ leave scientific men to decide
mon"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13

tested mine. For wonder it just fits
exactly. l never did hit it so we'll before.
And 80 you see it is fitted or suited to
aT:' And l suppose that suited to r.
camo from tho use Of this kind of a rul-
or"
ooh, Frank how much you do k now
Pm so glad asked you! can sec tho
sense Of it now," said little Fan.
Frank looked as wise as an owl, but he
didn't let on" that he couldn't have tcld
till he had asked somebody else.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
Remarkable Fact.

A curious discovery has just been
made by Paris sova,st, though there
IS some doubt as to the benefit which
either humanity or the crustacet us
fish operated upon will derive from it.
NJ. Chautram has long been engaged
in studying the natural history and
physiology of the crawfish, and from q
paper just read before the Academy of
Sciences it seems that this careful OBJ
server has found out that when young
crawfish are deprived of their eyes, new
ones will grow in the interval between
the shedding Of two shells, and tins in
a perfect normal fashion. But when
adults are operated upon the regenera-
ton of the eye is slower and more If.
regular, and not only is the organ gen
orally deformed, but two eyes often
take the place Of one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
An Interesting Incident.

A New York correspondent Of the Bos.
ton Journal tells the following incident:
"The greatness of Dickens and kindred
writer's are nothing in comparison with
the actual occurrences that day by day
transrire in the houses of tho lowly a,
Five Points. Some IRE very ludicrous,
and others will start tears in eyes unused
to weep. The postman, inst before Christ.
mas, brought u letter to Mr.. Shalfer of
tho Old Brewery, postnarked Albany and
addressed to My Dear God. City OF New
York" As the postmaster did not know
what else to do with it, he thought he
would bring it to Mr.. Shaffer. 1t proved
to DO u letter from little girl in Albany.
Her mother was very poor, she said, and
sick and worked very hard. She was III.
wear, and a pair Of boots for her brother !;
and if tho good Lord would send the
things, she would DO real nice little
girl. She gave the number Of tho street
whore she lived, 20 that there need DO no
mistake. Mr.. Shaffer sent to Albany to
make inquiries. He found the facts to be
these: The little girl had told the story
as it was. Talking about Christmas, she
asked her mother If she did not think that,
if she q. ked Santa Cla US, he would send
her nice warm cloak, and some boots for
her brother, for she always included him
in the gifts. Her mother told her che
had better ask tho Lord for some clothes.
Praying shs did not know very much
about but she did know something about
letter writing. She took her slate and
printed the letter. Her brother copied it,
and tho united echequer Of both was OK
hausted in securing a postage stamp,tor she
thought the Lord must 1.-Two in New York:
Having done her work, she sat down and
waited patiently tor his answe or, which she
confidently expected. In due time the
welcome rap came to tho door. The cloak
and boots arrived j" good order. and with
them kind letter, showing the little girl
how the Lord answers prayers sometimes
through the kindness ofbenovol ent Chris
tians."
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Story'S Beethoven.


Story has just completed his small
statue of Beethoven. The power,
simplicity, and grandeur of this little
statue are remarkable. The great com,
poser stands dressed in single dress.
lng-gown, has his arms folded, and is
In deep meditation. It is so simple, SO
natural! The lines of the drapery,
the pose of the body, the expression OF
the head and face, the calm folding of
the arms, are each and all full of con-
centration and artistic feeling. The
whole conception makes you feel that
the great composer is listening TO that
with in which is much more pro-
found, much richer than all his poor
ears lost of earthly hearing. The life
size bust of Beethoven, which Story
modelled last Spring, is going into mar
BILE. Never did our great sculptor do
q more mastery piece of work than
this face and head. The fond or study
was mask from life, which he owns.
The face is tingling with vitality. There
is deafness in the expression, but an
inner life is also disclosed. The fea-
lures, muscles, nerves seemed CULVER
ing with deep emotion. There is suf-
tc1ing expressed, but nothing humilia-
ting. The lion name of hair turns
back from the noble brow, and gives
elevation to the solemn agitation Of the
lace. There is not spot on the face
that is not full of the cunningest mod
cling; and the deep tragedy of feeling
tho great deaf artist suffered seems to
course like a troubled torrent over the
surface of the marble. You feel awed
rs you look at it.
MIR. CHARLES READE claims $1,000
damages from the London Advertiser
for criticastergating anonymnnc,lously
his too-well-wri Literary proluc.
tions.
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Paper in JaDal,.

Thomas Bottomly, of Lee, Mass.
has engaged with parties from New
YorR to go to Yokohama, Japan, where
he will build and sup'> rintcnd a paper
pulp mill. The abundance of bamboo
and other available material furnishes
first-class facility for stock. and the
cheapness of labor, only about IL per
month, is expected to leave u largo
margin for profit. The pulp will be
b'e"c'lcl and shipped to New York in
bales. MIR. Bott"mly has his expenses
paid to and from japan, receiving n
very liberal salary the first year, and
aiterward an interest in the business.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
Restoration of Warwick Castle.

During the past year considerable pro.
gress has been made in restoring tho pri-
Vate apartments aud hall Of Warwick Cas-
tie, which were destroyed by the calamit-
Gus FIRE in December, 1871. The whole of
the external walls have been repaired,
and the partician walls Of tho domestic
apartments arc nearly completed. The
baronial hall is also progressing satisfac-
torily, but the workmen have only just
begun to restore the dining loom and the
grand entrance hall. At the Fast end Of
the hall, two doorways have been discov-
cred, with arched heads Of the Fourteenth
Century, but no trace remains Of the rooms
or corridors with which they must at
some time have communicated. Four
closed apertures have alst been found in
the South wall, overlooking the River
Avon, corresponding with the windows IN
the external hall, which light the hall.
Amid the debris carted out If tie ruins Of
the hall, many relics Of the armor which
adorned its walls have been recovered.
Notwithstanding the intense heat to
which it was subjected, and tho molten
lead from the roof having poured down
into the hall, it is believed that nearly the
whole of the steel armor will be restored.
Tho work has been entrusted to Mr..
Syere, an experienced antiquarian armor-
er, who has already recovered and re.
stored some of the most valuable speci-
mems. Among the number are Lord
Broke's armor in which he was killed at
the siege of Lich6eld; Cromwells elabor-
ately-elnbossed helmet, tho Duke Of Mon.
trose's polished amor, a splendid Auted
suit Of the time of Henry VII, and va
riety Of minor, but valuable things. The
greatest loss will be in the woodwork of
the Indian guns and other arnor, many Of
which were richly inlaid with silver and
studded with jewels. These arc hope.
lessiy lost. The state apartments. from
which the costly furniture and the gems Of
painting and sculpture were hurriedly
removed, when the total destruction
Of the castle seemed imminent, have been
carefully and skilltully restored, and now
bear only slight traces of injury.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13

DR.. r. V. PIERCE, of Buffalo, N.
local treatment as being necessary for the
cure OF Catarrh, and 20 successful has his
Golden Medical Discovery proven as a consti-
tntional treatment, when accompanied with
the use OF DR.. Ssge.s Catarrh Remedy applied
locally by means Of Dr.. Pierce's Nasal D6iche,
Sthe only method Of reaching the upper and
offered $500 reward fora case that be can not
cure; Both medicines with instrument for 81,
ny oil DrugClStg. GQ0
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13

SORE THROAT, Cough, COLD, and
similar troubles, If suffered to progress, re-
suit in serious pulmonary affections. often.
times incurable. 'sB,vvn's Bronchial
1'oches F" reach directly the seat OF the dig
ease, and give almost instant relief.-Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-13
King Of the Blood.

ScRoFuLous ERUpT1oNs. Cuse-When
commenced using KING OF THE BLOOD. I
was troubled with Scrofulous Eruption on
me back OF my neck. extending to tho back
OF my cars. 1t had existed for several months,
*Iso inc inside Of my ears, both had been sore
1or more than year, and had resisted all at
had used your medicine but few months he
iore my neck and cars were entirely vol, and
have not troubled me since. and It has bcan
several months since.
MRS. G. II. WHITE.
Write for circulars to D. Ransom. Son r. e.
Buffalo. n Y-Com ~''
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CIAPpED HANDS, face, rough skin,
p'mples, ring'worm. selt-rheum and other Gu
taneous affections, cured; and the skin mad
SOFT and smooth, by using the JUS1pER TAR
SOAP, made by CAsWGLL, HAZARD l. Co.. New
YORK. BE sure and get the Juniper Tar Soap,
msde py ns, rs there are many limitations
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Is Pea Straw Good Food .

"a = Gu SCASANv VOUN CUOO
A correspondent says he has not
found pea straw as valuable for fodder
as good oat and wheat straw. Very
likely. And yet good pea straw may
be so cured and fed as to be worth far
more than any other straw. It is more
heterogeneous than wheat, oat, barley
or rye straw, and should be fed, to get
the full value, in connection with q
small quantity of corn. Sheep that
have a pound of corn each per day,
will fatten more rapidly on pea straw
than wheat or oat straw. The better
plan is to let them have all they will
eat OF both pea and wheat straw--say
pea straw morning and nooD, and
wheat or oat straw at night. But we
apprehend the trouble with our cor
respondent is not so much in the way
OF feeding as in the method of cutting,
curing and preserving pea straw. ii
the peas were allowed to grow till
dead ripe, and after cutting were al
lowed to remain in heaps in the field
day after day without turning, and
were exposed to rains and dews until
nearly all the soluble matter was de-
composed or washed out of the straw,
and half the leaves were knocked off of
them before they left the field, and
they were stacked in a damp condition.
it is not difficult to understand why
sheep and the chemist do not tell the
same story" in regard to the value of
the straw. On our own farm We have
found pea straw from a l,,xuriant crop
OF peas, cured without rain, nearly as
valuable as clover hay.
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IT is rare thing that physicians
give any countenance to : medicine. tho nan
ufacture OF which ia secret. About the only
exception we know OF il Johnsons Anodvne
L'ntnsent This, We believe, oil endorse, and
many OF them use it in their practice witt,
great success.
Persons requiring purgatives or pills should
cause gripping pains but leave: the bowels in
torpid, costive state. Parsons J'urgative
iMs will relieve the bowels and cleanse the
Blood without injury to the svstem.-Com.
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In ONE TO FIVE MINUTES HEADACHE,
Earache, Neuralgia, Lame Back, Dlarrhea,
Groups, sprains, and all similar complaints,
are reliered by Fiasg's Instant Relief, or mon
ey refunded.-Com. TT
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Cheap Gate.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
says: take five pieces of inch boards
each ten feet long, one eight inches
wide for the strip, and each of the
others four inches wide. I then take
one piece four inches wide for
one end upward, and one piece eight
inches wide for the end piece where the
hinges ought to be. These strips are
four feet long, that being high enough
for any gate for ordinary purposes.
Now lay down your end pieces, then
place the eight inch wide and ten feet
long strip for the bottom, nail it at
each end to the upright with wrought
nails: now take three OF the four inch
wide strips and lay them on parallel
with the bottom one, dividing the
spaces so as to leave four nches be.
tween the lower boards, and six inches
each space between the upper ones
nail as before. Now turn the gate over,
and take the remaining strip, lay it an
angle from the bottom, ct the hinge
end, to the top of the latch end; cut it
so that it will fit in and lay close to
the long strips; nail it on, and hang
gate with strong hinges.