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New-York tribune., 1873-02-28
UNSAFE BUILDISGs.

Since the organization Of the Department 1851 unsa'e
buildings have been reported i5 have been taken down.
and s62 made safe leaving 81 in process OF removal or
repair Since April s. s2s violations have been reported
or this number 2l6 have been reoted and $50 remain
undisposed OF; with those remaining April s. 3Os frees
capes have been provided and s8 are s undsposed OF
Since the organization OF the Department l2e3 cases
have reported for ree5capes ana l2O5I PROVIDED
for About equal number OF hre-escapes nave been
voluntarily put up by and builders. Or Other
violations OF the building law besides hreescapes 20
cases have been remedied, leaving l22 cases sun uhd'
posed or OF the cases remaining April 5, 81 have
complied with the law leaving total OF 800 unsettled
Total number since the organization OF tho department
TiO7 VI which 6,s9T have complied with the law.
New-York tribune., 1873-02-28

or the number of new buildings completed there were
begun in 1862 ST. and 720 In 1911 There are nOw I'D pro
gress e96 buildings OF which plans were submitted
In 1869, 81 in 1870, and AT In 1871
New-York tribune., 1873-02-28

cases shall take prccedenoe all others. and that
they shall be speedily and decided and tho law en-
forced with promptness aud certainty. -
Nes. York. Feb. n, 1873 HENRY H. CtiNION'
New-York tribune., 1873-02-28

question. pronounced for strongly. The Ministerial
party are confident II wiz so through the House
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

Mr.. Alonzo Hitchcock has arrived in
Springfield, Mass to superintend the
work Of making his thirty-five-ton gun.
The forging of this immense piece re.
quires a furnace which will cost SIS, 900,
and the whole cost of the plant is thus
calculated by Mr.. Hitchcock Hammer
$1O,440 cylinder of hydraulic press
81, $50. plunger 81 ,050, anvil block 49,
500, supplementary block $3.50, force
pump $1,000, reverberatlng furnace
IS, 600, extras, 950-total $25, 600 ;
the estimate, however, not including
foundations or stack. The foundation
of the hydrostatic ram, on whose piston
the anvil rests, must be of the most
substantial character, to resist the i'm
mense force of the ten.ton hammer.
whose blows it must support. It is e.
timated that the pit to contain this
ram must be sunk fifty feet below the
surface and rest on the rock bottom. if
the building at the water shops now
selected shall be used. When the pom
drous machinery is once in readiness
for operation, it can be managed by a
very small force of men.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Marine Medicine.

Strange stories come from the sea.
Some of them are at least ben trovc,ti.
The Chemist and Druggistcontains the
story of sea captain to whom a sailor
applied for relief for something on
his stomach" The Captain consulted
his book of directions, and prescribed
mo. IT," Unfortunately there had
been run on No. Is, and the bottle
was empty. But the skipper, remem-
bering old games of cribbage, made up
a dose by combining No. 8. and No. I,
saying "8 and Z make 49,; and the
sailor, to whom the calculation seemed
quite natural, took the mixture with
startling effect. The New Bedford
(Massachusetts) Mercury says the med
icine-chest of one of the abandoned
Arctic whalers was broken open by
some of the natives, who, thinking they
had found q prize, proceeded to swal.
low the contents of all the bottles. The
survivors described the result as start
ling for the doses were too large for
the constitution of even an Esquimaux.
Several of the partakers died, and
others wanted to but could not. Brit
ish Medical Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Extreme Summer Heat.

The following figures show the ex-
treme summer heat in the various
countries of the world: Bengal and
the African desert, $50 degrees Fahren-
helt Senegal and Guadaloupe. 100 de-
grees; Persia, 1875 degrees; Calcutta
and Central America, 100 degrees: Aft.
ghanistan and the African deserts. 10
degrees; Cape of Good Hope and Utah,
!O5; Greece, 104 degrees Arabia, 1O3
degrees; Montreal los degrees; New
York. 1O2 degrees; Spain, India, China
and Jamaica, 100; Sierra Leone, 81 de-
grees France, Denmark, st. Peters.
burg, Shanghai, the Burman empire.
buenos Ayres and the Sandwich Is
Lands, so degrees Great Britain, Siam
and Peru, s.; Portugal, Pekin and
Natal, so degrees; Siberia, II degrees:
Australia and Scotland, rs degrees;
Italy, Venezuela and Madeira. Is de,
grees; Prussia and New Zealand. 70
degrees; Switzerland and Hungary. 66
degrees; Bavaria, Sweden, Tasmania
and Moscow. IS degrees; Patagonia
and the Falkland Isles, IS degrees:
Iceland, As degrees; and Nova Zembla:
coolest of all, "a degrees.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
How They Manage Fires in Vienna,

V1enna correspondents Boston Journal
The best illustration of the sort of
work done here has been given by a
fire which occurred last nil ht in the
house occupied by Mr.. Jay, our Min.
lister, the italian Minister, and other
families. By some carelessness the
roof took fire and burnt an hour be-
fore it was noticed; strong wind was
raging, and the height of the building
is great, perhaps rs feet. Finally the
engines arrived, and in the course of a
couple of hours, after two-thirds of
the roof had burned away, the fire was
extinguished. From the street today.
there is nothing to indicate that there
was fire in the building, and a stone
balustrade surmounting the cornice,
and bearing various figures and groups.
remains intact. The families reside
still in the house, those in the fourth
story having remained in their apart
ments during the fire. The various
occupants of the different suits of
rooms were seen upon the balconies
gazing at the flames, thinking it I'M .
necessary to save themselves or their
furniture.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Mr.. FrOudc.

IN. D. D." writes from London to tho
Cincinnati Commercial that MIR. Froude.
xho returned home under much anxiety
for the health Of his daughter, Miss Rose
Froude, has now the satisfaction of know.
ing that she may recover, and has return.
ed from Ramsgate, where he at first went,
to mingle again with his friends. lie
expresses the greatest delight in his recent
visit to America, and has hundred
charming anecdotes and experiences with
which he sets " the table in i roar.'' He
says, some what to the surprise of many q
listener, that he likes the Americans far
better than he expected when he went, and
that he did not meet single vulgar per.
son in the country. He usrs vulgar /"
in the sense it bears hsre generally-that
Of snobbery and afectation. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

doubt, nh excellent idea, and it is a
wonder no one has thought of it be-
lore. He says he has applied for a
patent, and if granted, people shall be
allowed to drive tho nails con most
Reasonable terms"
STRAWBERRIES WITH PoTAToEs.-A
correspondent of the Germantown
Telegraph tells how he avoided the
disadvantage of allowing tho ground
to remain idle the first year, as is usual
under tho common mode of planting
strawberries. The ground was first
handsomely prepared by blowing and
narrowing, the Early Rose potato
planted in hills thirty inches apart
each way, and the strawberry plants
also the same distance, alternating in
the rows with the potatoes, that is,
fifteen inches from each potato hill.
A one horse cultivator and hand-hoe
kept them perfectly clean. The potatoes
were dug IN July, leaving the strawber'
ry plants IN full possession just as they
were beginning to throw out runners.
The additional care of the strawberries
was estimated at $40 per acre. One
full crop of berries free from weeds is
enough; more might he had, but the
labor of keeping clean by hand is much
more than preparing the ground by
horse-labor and replanting.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
An Embarrassing Meeting.

They tell good story in Lawrence Of
q professional gentleman, and wife, who
bear the very highest reputation for Sc.
we're .propriety. Last Saturday night the
gentleman told his wife he was going out
on business and might not be back till
late. "You are not going to the Black
Crook, are you ?" she aeked. "'Black
Crook = what do you take me for ?" he
Indignantly exclaimed. "Oh, WE'LL" she
said, ~ Was only joking. I'm going out
20 do some shopping. Don't DO alarmed
1t am not in when you return" The
next that worthy couple saw of each othor
was ut the aforesaid BLACK Crook"
where some destiny seated them side by
side to their astonishmcnt.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

eve were crying bitterly when
father came running up. He had heard
the report of the rifle, and knew some-
thing was wrong. He soon brought
mother to her senses, hut he did not
praise her much that time. He only
said, MY brave little wife!' and then
the tears came, and mother cried too.
But afterwards he used to talk to
us children of how mothers presence
Of mind and promptness had saved
Olive, and he took care to train us both
to be, as he said, As good shot as
your mother.'"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
TIN.
Discovery of the Orc ia Large QUAINT
ties between Sault Ste. Mario VRive
and Thunder 1Rnv.

Discovery of the Ore ia Large Quanti.
ties 6ctsvcon Sault Ste. Mario River
and Thunder hay.
Letters from the north shore of Lake
Superior tell of the discovery of q
great tin-bearing region in tho vicinity
OF Otter Head, midway between Sauit
Ste. Mario River and Thunder Bav.
The veins extend fifteen miles along
the coast and eight miles inland. The
gulches and ravines in the cliffs arc
filled with deposits of stream tin. which
yield by frequent analysis IS per cent.
of metal.
This discovery is the more importar t
from the fact that hitherto the United!
States have been wholly dependent up
on the mines in Cornwall, Devonshire,
and Germany for supplies of tin, of
which our annual imports reach nearly
$40, 100000, The Lake Superior ore is
stated to be, on the average, fifteen
times as rich in tin rs the Cornwall
ores, and the deposits are said to be
exhaustiess. In the same region have
been found promising traces of silver,
iron, sulphuret of copper, md other
minerals.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Perils OF the Season.

Perils OF the Season.
Tho tnhospdtabIe winds and chilly fsss Of sprina
are unwslooms vitors to the feeble and ailng, and
aee BY NO means eonssnia, to ths healthy. II their
II any germ OF disease lurking In TIE system, they
90. sure to develop II. unlsss proper preeaution.
Are taken to prsvsat sacA misfortune. Bilious
complaints, dyspspsia, nervous dtbility. rhsuma.
tisn. Irregularities Of tho bowels, and disorder
which affect the kidneys, sre an agsravatsd BY The
peculiar condition Of the atmosphere It this season
1nvads who are subject to any Of these disorders,
or have prsdtsposttton thereto, should therefore
foeearm themselves against danger BY strengthen
ING the digestive oeSans, ths nervous System and
tho muscular Abee with daily doses Of Hoststters
Stomach Bttsrs. There 10 no perse6 Of The year It
which stimulating tonic and regulating medicine
Il moro urgently required than in the spr1ne; and
there u no preparation Of that Glass in which 10
many valuable restorative and preventive proper
ties are combined in such perfectly sase and
harmless form % In Hostetter'b Bitters Il may be
stated positively, - uneoatt.dietsbIe fsot, thss
course Of this agreeable vegetable specific, CON-
nenood now and continued through tho spring
months, WIN s1sotaally ahisld Tia inhabitants ct
narshy and miasmahc localities from the intesuit-
tent and remittsnt fsvers caused by unhealthy e.
halat1ons from VET soil, .. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Leeke's National Ne.talv ,ys,,rsaes.,s,

'Lseke's National As.tAly sNurslGsssh
Contains the best story over written BY
Gro. wAnwR1oHr, entitled "One Dr.
vorce and One Death" two humorous
sketches by Mr.. LOCKE, (Nasby) and
splendid articles by W. H. BusBr, Mrs.
K. M. SHERWOOD, Miss A. G. Chase,
and others. More good reading for the
money than can be got from any other
source. $1.0o per year; single num-
bers 10 cents; 4s large pages. Enclose
10 cents to Locks & JONES, Toledo,
Ohio, for tho March number, or ask
your Newsdealer for il.
LocKE's NATIONAL MONTHLY is the
best Literary Magazine, for the money,
now published.
P. s.-Specimen copies of the Toledo
BLADE AND ANER1cAN FARM JOURNAL,
sent free to any address. We want
good canvassers everywhere, and we
pay literally in cash. Send for special
circular to Agents.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
How Mirrors May be Ruined.

The Mercantile Journal remarks: at
IL tact worth knowing, but which does
not seem generally understood, that the
amalgam Of tinfoil with MERCURY, which is
spread on; glass plates to make looking
glasses, is very readily crystallized by &C.
tinic solar rays. A mirror hune whore
the sun can shine on it is usually spoiled;
1t takes granulated appearance familiar
to housek eepers, though they may not DO
acquainted with its cause. In such a
state the article is nearly worthless; The
continuity of its surface is destroyed, and,
1t vii! not reflect outlines with any ap-
proach to precision. Care should there
tore be exercised in hanging. If any Of
our readers have mirrors which appear
to lbe spelling, it will DO we'll to ascer.
tain whether the direct sunlight Istrikes
them, If thus exposed, they can proba.
bly, DO saved from further injury bY sim
Ply changing their position. The, back as
we'll as the front must be protected. A
small glass hung in window, whore the
rays strike it behind. is peculiarly expos
cd. The back should always be covered
where the beams are likely to touch it.
g The greatest dangerto looking-glasses,
however, is in transporting them. Very
expensive ones have been seriously Injured
by careless handling when merely carried
across the street. The men who move fur.
niture are seldom fully aware of these
possibilities, end need to be cautionedand
watched: Frequently aman or boy may
be seen in the street carrying mirror in
such way that the full glare Of noon
day sun strikes and Injuries it. Owners Of
such articles would, Us a rule. be able to
keep and use hem much longer if they
would exercise more caution in this re.
gard. To resilver pier. often costs
as much rs one.ifth Of the original price
of tho article; while the common glass il
seldom worth resilvering.
1t is also we'll TO avoid hanging a mir
roe near o stove or fire. place. where the
heat radiated can reach it. Ii this pre.
csut'on is neglected, granulation is likely
to occur, even in Il comparatively dark
room, by the influence of warmth instead
of light. A lamp or gas jet, if placed toe
close while burning, though it may not
crack the glass, will often bring about the
same injurious capitalization, and will
even sometimes cause the amalgam tc
melt and run of.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

Ar Bridgeport, Ct, recently. a no.
llceInan was instructed to look after
the boys who violated the CITY or1i-
nance against coasting in the streets
He presently saw two boys preparing
for ," a Co." one of whom got away. the
policeman giving chase. "Hcre ! y
said the other boy to the policeman
take my sled it will 20 faster than
hls'n, and you will catch him 1! /" In an
instant. the ambitious "pcclcr " threw
himself on the sled, and soon came nm
with and arrested the offender. The
Justice heard the testimony, and wos
about to inflict the fine, when the Other
lad protested Willingness to TESTIFY
against the officer for u similar in.
fraction OF the law.-and so they both
got of, with solemn injunction to do
so no more.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

A PEORIA man arose tho mornino
after storm and found his dog kennel
buried under drift high as a church
He worked half nh hour to die lis doc
out, and then went down town and told
his clerks what he had done, adding ::
"A merciiul man is merciful to Ills
beasts" BIT after he left home the
neighbors saw his wife and daughter
shoveling out paths through the snow
and carrying in coal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
LuCCa on Sta9e Life.

The life of On artistic is the saddest
lie on earth. I want my husband. nv
parents, my child, my home! I am
not as other artistes. I cannot become
intoxicated, as the Celts do, with ad-
miration, and live on in the stream of
excitements. While I am on the STAGE
1 do my very best. That is a mean
artistic, that is no true artistic. Who
would not abandon herself wholly To
her art upon the stage-not because
the public is therefor I never know
that the public is there--but because
OF the sake of art! 1 do not know that
anybody sees me when l am "Mar-
garet." l only know that am being
% Margaret. But I shall stay on the
stage Just two years more.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
Garden GleaninRs.

A KENTUCKY editor says neighbor
OF his is so lazy that when he works in
the garden he moves about so slowly
that the shade of his broad -brimmed
hat kills the plants.
In removing the various crops from
the garden, during the summer, no
weeds should be allowed to seed.
They should be kept constantly cut
down; or, better, some other crop NAV
be sown Ill the land, if only for the
purpose OF digging under.
FLOWER and garden seeds, when
done up in papers, are sometimes de-
stroyed by mice. Well dried and put
into bottles and phials that may be
lying aboht the house, these seeds will
be safe. If the bottles are neatly la
beled and put away in order, it will he
found very pretty way of preserving
seeds. The bottles should be washed
before the seeds are put into them.
The RUSTIC ORCHARD HousE.-This
is the name of a new idea in fruit cul.
ture under glass, originated in Eng
land. The house is simply a double
pitch glass structure, as in all green
houses, but the sides-about six feet
hig h-are lattice work. The fruit is
SAID to be of much better quality than
when wholly inclosed in an ordinary
house.
How TO KEEP BIRDS FROM STRAW
BERRY BEDs.-An English correspond
ent Of the Gardeners Chronicle has
his plants growing in long narrow
beds. Ho has q post at each end, a
wire stretched to each, ring on the
wire,a string or light rope OH the ring,
and cat on the other end of the rope,
Pussy can walk up and down tho bed
but nowhere else. The birds decrease
in numbers, and pussy likes the job.
MAILING GRAPE VINES TO SrAKrs.-A
correspondent of the Ohio Farmer says
nc tram" his vines to the top Of TIL.
seven feet stakes, a,nl then nails the
branches to the top, thus saving all ty.
ing forever afterward. This il, no
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

In France the roasting OF coffee is
quite science, the rooster being re-
quired to study the properties Of the
different kinds of berry, since each
sort must be roasted for u certain
period OF time. The operation is con-
Quoted i'll hollow iron sphere, by the
rotation of which all the berries IRE
equally exposed to heat. During the
roasting the ball is closed and the gases
confined, but ut the close of the opera
tion the valve is opened and tho gases,
allowed to escape. The roasted berries
are then quickly transferred to care
fully closed vessels.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06

The Belfast (Me.) Age is responsible
for the remarkable statement that Mr..
IL. .. Poor, of Searsmont, on taking
some eggs from hens nest recently,
observed a slight protuberanee at the
end of one, but thought nothing of it
until he heard the shell snap. Upon
looking he saw a singular substance
oozing out, which proved to be fully
developed serpent, seven inches long,
which had apparently lain coiled up in
the end OF the egg. 1t was nearly the
color of the white of the egg, and OK.
hibited some signs Of life whom it first
came out.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-03-06
CKlLDREN'S CORNER.
Keeping His Word.

"Only penny box, he said;
but the gentleman turned away his head.
As II no sbrank rom tho wretched sight
VI the boy who stood in the failing light
"oh, sir T. he stammcred, s'you cannot know, =
tAnd he brushed from his laslles the flakes Of
That tho sudden tear might have room to
Cor thnk-1 tlink-you would take them
an.
Hungry and cold, at our garrett pane,
Ruby will watch till come again,
bringing the loaf The sun has set,
And lac hasn't crumb Of breakfast yet.
One penny, and then can buy the bread.'
The gentleman stopped. "And you ?" he said
II? I can bear the hunger and cold:
But Ruby is only i've years old.
I promised my mother, before che went
She knew would do it, aud died content
promised her, sir, through bost, through
worst,
Railways would think Of Ruby first."
The gentleman paused At his open door:
Such tales he had often heard before ::
But no fumbled his purse in the twilight
drear, e"
II have nothing less th,n shilling here"
.0h. sir If youth only take the pack,
~ bring you tie change in moment back {;
1nde Na, you may trust NO. thrust you ?
But here is tho shilling take it and TO-"
The gentleman lolled in his easy chair,
And the steam from the tea-kettle rose in thu
10 played with his children, and smiled to SO.
The baby asleep on its mothers knee.
and now it is nine by the clock. " he said.
III; limo that my darlings were all a-bed;
When you're saying your prayers, remembe,
the poor"
just then camc message-"A boy at the
But ere it was uttered he stood on the floor,
Half breathless, bewilacrcd, and ragged, and
Ppm Ru6y-Mikos brother-1've brought YOU
the change.
Mikes hurt, sir! Twas dark, the snow made
hind,
Till he slipped on the track-and then i,
whizzed by,
And he's home in the garnet i think he vii,
would do,
But ont through the snow I must hurry to
you. 49,,
OF his hurt he was certain you would not have
heard,
Aud so you might think he had broken hi,
word.
When tho garnet they ba.til, entered, the,
Two arms, braisedand bleeding, outstretehed
on tho straw:
.. You did it, dear Ruby? God bless your
And the boy. gladly smiling, sank back-ant
was dead.
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