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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Practical Suggestions.

fTuCt1Ca1 suggestions
WRITER in Les Mondes saws that
nc is enabled to materially reduce the
number OF insects which prey upon the
flowers and fruits of his garden by COW
er1ng the inside of an old tub with
iiquid tar, and at twilight putting a
lighted lantern within, leaving the
whole out over night. The bugs, at
tracted by the light, try to reach the
lantern and are caught and held fast bv
the tar.
A COLLAR gall can be cured by per
uniting the horse to rest until it can
heal over. The healing may be quick
ened by applying weak solution of
blne vitriol to the gall. Pads or other
similar appliances to protect the gall
from being rubbed by the collar (Which
alone prevents the healing) are often
worse than useless, because they occa-
sion an injurious pressure on other Dor
tons of the shoulder.
A HOUSE 16 feet long, 10 feet wide.
and s feet high, built of boards and
scantling and battened over the cracks.
and rooted with the same material, will
very well accommodate 100 hens,
Nests may be made in the house or in
low sheds built around it. The more
freedom given to the fowlsas to ingress
or egress, and the less interference with
their natural habits, the better they
succeed. A separate house should be
provided for setting hens.
Boris are the larrm of the horse gad-
fly (Estrus eQuus), and are in condi-
ton exactly equivalent to the caterpil-
i'r OF Il moth or butterfly. They there
fore cannot breed or reproduce
themselves in the stomach of a horse,
h"ing imperfect insects and incapable
OF breeding. It is easier to prevent
their presence in tho horses stomach
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Indian Relics.

The disturbed mind of Chatauqua
County, New York, has at last found
repose by excavating the two suspi-
cious-loOking mounds that have long
been an object of great curiosity BY
residents of jamestown, near where
they are. The editor of the jamestown
Journal, having interviewed, the relics,
thus descants
In a meadow just below the residence
of Nelson Griffith, on the lake shore
road, there have been for long time,
two large mounds, that were populary
supposed to contain the remains of
Indian warriors. A few days since the
dirt from these mounds was carted
away to the laketo make some improve
ments about the hotel, and the relics
that were found proved previous sur
misses regarding them to be correct.
Most of the bones were found decom-
posed SO BADLY that it was impossible
to trace, except by the difference in the
soil, the outlines of what was und0ubt-
eddy human being, although few
finger bones, a mans spine, and a
bears head were in such a state Of pre-
servation that they could be handled
without crumbling away. Each mound
must have contained at least one hun
bred persons, and the supposition is
that there had been great battle
fought on the spot, and the dead tum
bled promiscuously into large holes in
the ground.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Spiders ind Their Webs.

The garden spider usually constructs
a wheel-shaped perpendicular web, and
on this circumstance some naturalists
have based characteristic distinction
between this and other families of spi-
ders. But it is found that the garden
spider can vary the form and structure
of it's web very considerably according
to circumstances. This is we'll shown
by an experiment made by German
observer, for an account Of which we
are indebted to Die Natur. This writer
enclosed two spiders in prismatic pen
case, with view to seehow they would
behave in this abnormal abode. In the
course of two days the cover was raised
and one Of them was partly devoured
by the other; the victorious individual
had woven over it's body and on the
inside Of the cover, a rectangular web
one half to one millimetre thick. ten
centimetres broad and three or four
long, with the threads lying mostly
parallel with one another. This spider
had no room for q wheel.shaped web.
the inside height of the case being but
little greater than the spiders length.
Hence she must perforce spin q hori-
zontal web, on the floor or on the cover
of the case.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Who Wrote to Alexis

When Alexis came to America, he
was almost overwhelmed with letters
from the fair sex, some of the demi-
monde, but hundreds of young women
moving in the highest circles. Curl
osity prompted him to send home in
charge of an orderly, five large pack
ages of these. Subsequently he learn
ed that the orderly had delivered only
three: Fearing the unworthy servant
meant to make improper use of the re-
naming letters, he caused the detec-
tives to trace him up. He was found
in Belgium, with the stolen letters al
most ready for publication in volume
OF 400 pages. He was arrested on &C.
count of not having procured the
necessary license, hurried across the
Prussian frontier, delivered to the Rus
sian agents, and after conveyance to
st: Petersburg, and q speedy trial,
set out for life service in the quick
silver mines of Siberia. And so the
gushing young ladies of America mar
rowly escaped the shame and disgrace
of seeing their letters published for
the amusement of the scandal mongers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
The Foreign Trade OF New York.

The foreign trade of New York was
unusually brisk during April, the i'm
ports being s., SOC, 600 more than those
of the corresponding month last year,
making q total of over $40, 600, 900. OF
this amount above $12, OOO, 600 were for
free goods, which is an extraordinary
large proportion, the bulk ofwhich was
comprised in the receipts of tea and
coffee. The imports for the four
months ending April Sd, were $780,
ia $50, against $157, 284, 245 for the
corresponding period last year, and for
the ten months ending at the same date
the imports were 5000, $50, 974, and
$3.50, l48, $40 for this year and last year
respectively. The exports for the
month of April were $25, 798, 3O1 this
year, against $39, 47O, sos last. Tho
exports for the four months ending
April Both, exclusive of specie, amount.
ed to over $50, GOO, 900, against s88.-
79l ,529 last year, gain of nearly
81, DOC, 900, while for the ten months
still deducting the specie, which has
been modified by exceptional Influences
the exports have shown an increase of
over $40, 600, 600.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Looking Rack.

may 1.-Two long, but some old days
OF dear, deep Joy akin. to pain
Some suns that set On woodland ways
Will never rise for mo again;
BY shining set, and glad, green shore
That frolic waves ran home to kiss,
Some words heard that nevormore
Will thrill me with their mystic bliss.
o love! still throbs your living heart
You have not crossed deaths st,llen tide.
A deeper dcep holds us apart:
We wore moro near il you had died
II you had died in those old days
When light was ON the shining sea,
And all the fragrant woodland ways
Wore paths Of hope for you and mo.
Dead leaves arc in those woodland ways
Cold are the lips that used to kiss:
Twero idle to recall those days,
Or sigh for all that vanished bliss!
Do you still wear your old-time grace,
And charm now loves with ancient wiles
Could but watch your faithless face,
I'll know tho meaning Of your smiles.
The GALAXY.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Lib In N Oasis.

In the oasis of Sinooris, in Egypt,
there are 104 towns with $50, 900 inhab-
itants. A missionary writing thence to
the Christian Register, says that most
of the inhabitants are oultivators of the
soil, though in this place there are
Sinooris stands high, az if built upon q
huge mound. Nearly all the towns and
villages Of Egypt are thus located, and
are safe from tho floods that surround
them in the overlooking Of the grent
river. Most of the dwellings, are one
story, made of sun-dried bricks, with
earth roofs, supported by beams cut
from tho palm tree, and covered with
branches and leaves of the same, upon
which the earth is packed. I saw but
two houses furnished with glass win
dOws. The streets are narrow and
filthy. The people are exceedingpoor,
and this although the district surpasses
all other parts of Egypt in fertility and
the varieties of its productions and
richness Of its gardens.
Oppression comes to them daily with
itssternest demands. Taxation is suck
ing at the very vitals of all classes.
Unable to pay their taxes tho people
have given their lands, so that the Vice
roy has now in his possession one hun
dred and sixty millions now under cul
tivation, leaving only forty millions
now in possession of the peasants. The
result is a most distressing state of
things among the people. the NEST
squalid restitution is revealed at every
turn. Men, women and children sleep
upon the bare earth without bed or
covering, and the majority without
even q mat. Asingle dark blue tunic of
thin cotton is the only garment of thou
sands by day, and their only covering at
night. Multitudes have not q change
Of clothing, but wear the same garment
until it drops in rottenness from their
bodies; of washings and cleansings
they know almost nothing. These fall
laheens may have treasures buried in
the earth, or ornament their hair, ears
and noses with medals and gold rings,
but they can not be persuaded materi-
ally to change their customs. Gold
does not wear out" they soy beds,
coverlets, sheets and the like do"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Grimalkin in the Shrouds.

During tho recent gales the schooner
Eaglot lay in Tobermory harbor. In
furling the mainssil a cat belonging to
tho vessel, without the knowledge of
the sailors, got rolled up, and while the
sail continued furled, it could not e.
cape from its confinement. For23 days
the sail continued furled, and during
that time poor puss was a close prison.
er, without food or drink, and with only
very small quantity of air. When the
sail was unfurled the cat dropped out
in such weakly state that it could not
stand. The sailors nursed their favor
tie so carefully that in a day or two it
was skipping about the vessel as if
nothing had happened.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
FOrolu N0fAa.

THE English journals copy in full
the Philadelphia hoax about tho orema-
ton of the son of fictitious DIR. On
dyke, and give it full credence.
ACCORDING to q return lust issued the
population of England and Wales last
year was %, III, 266; tho number of
persons married, 41O,02O; the births
numbered 831 800, and deaths 494, COS.
THE Marquis d'Ourohes, who lately
died ut Paris, founded prize of 20, 600
francs to be awarded by ono of the
members of the Paris Institute to Who
ever discovered the most certain SIGN
of death in a human being.
ENaL1sH railway folks are in great
trouble at the introduction of that
familiar Yankee notion, tho ''signal
cord. It is charged with giving Sig
nal Of its own accord and stopping q
train only to be run into from behind
by another.
D1sRAELI is said to have formed
warm friendship for the Duchess of
Edinburgh, and to have declared that
she is the most gifted and cultivated
of any lady he ever met. The Duchess
speaks all continental languages, with
but little Tartar accent.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, when last heard
from, had attended a recent examine
ton of deaf and dumb children in
London, and Earl Granville introduced
him as ''distinguished stranger who
wished to inform himself of the method
of their education"
A MED1AEvA1 gallery hos been found
in the excavation of the port of Savona.
It is full of blocks of stone, and was
one of two which the famous Genoese
admiral, Andrea Doria, sunk to OBJ
struct the entrance.
The Countess d'Eu, heiress to the
throne of Brazil, has been obliged to
take up her abode ut tho Brazilian Con.
sulate in Paris, in order that the prom
Used heir may be born on technical
Brazilian soil, as the statute requires.
Mr.. M11BURN, q compositor in the
London Times Office, who produced q
set of verses in honor of the marriage
of the Duke and Duchess of Edin-
burgh, has received an autograph let
ter of thanks from the Empress Of
Russia.
A NOVEL adaptation of electricity has
just been applied to several of the car.
riages of the London General Omnibus
Company. By very simple piece of
mechanism placed under each seat of
passengers, tell-tala or dial is made
to register the number of the passen-
gers entering the carriages, and the
distance which each travels. It is the
invention of Sir Charles Wheatstone.
THERE was launched from the ship
building yard of Messrs. James and
George Thomson, Dulmuir, on Nay s,
a beautiful steamship for the Ounard
line. On leaving the ways she was
gracefully named the saragossa, by
Miss Mary Thomson, sister of the
builders. The Saragossa is a vessel of
TIVE thousand four hundred tons, and
four hundred horse power, and will be
q valuable addition to the large Cunard
feet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

TREATIES ON THE EYE AND EAR, AND
CATARRH.-lulesf for the Preservation and Res
torstion Of Sight. Deafness, it's causes and
progrcss explained. Now discoveries in treat
ment. BY DR.. Houghman, State Surgeon to
tho Milwaukee Eye and Ear 1nfrmary. Sent
FREQ to any address. r. o. Box, Loaf, Milwau-
keo, Wis.--Com.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
Elder Knapp on Intemperance and

The Elder, as my little notebook re-
cords, was especially severe upon drunk
eness during the season when I report
ed his sermons. II have iyed,' he
once said, "to see four generations 20
down to a drunkard's hell" Again
=" According to the Universalists. when
poor, miserable drunkard went up to
heaven, God would ask him what he
had done for Him. WELL says he,
i have been engaged all my life in sell
ing poison to my fellow men. I have
desolated homes and families, and
brought many before their time TO- the
grave go .~s
well done thou good and faithful ser.
want, answers God, come right up
here and take seat beside st. Judas
and DR.. Satan.'" A second Judgment
scene on the same subject of the liquor
traffic was too terrific to transcribe.
Gambling the Elder attacked with
equal vigor. chad to stop one night"
he said, cat aittle place on the Missis-
sippi river, where the only inn was a lit
tie, low, miserable groggery, full of
drinking, swearing, gambling Ioafers {:
and it they had the cholera there alone,
the night would not seem so long as it did
in such company, Why, 1 looked
round to see if the devil wasn't there,
three or four times-a miserable set,
railing on David and all the good men. -
And again he said: CHOW, suppose
there's distinguished gambler in Chi
cago-an old sweepstakes that takes
the game every timo-and he challenges
all your city to play against him. And
suppose some noted gambler here
old Tomlinson, if he hasn't gone to hell
yet-takes up the challenge. Well, he
travels to Chicago, and on one of the
boats on the lake he walks up to one of
the passengers, and asks him to take a
game of cards. "A game of cardi +
says he; mo, I don't play cards!' and
he goes on reading his bible. Well, he
goes to another, and asks him to take q
game Of cards. "A game of cards >
says he; why I wouldn't think of it. ,
And 50 he goes to another and another.
Finally he rushes up to the captain, and
calls out, 'cap'n, what in the name of
God have you got on board?' Got on
board !? Why, blessed be God, I have
myself !'"-2He GALAXY for .June.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
r. r. r.
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Bad Coughs, Hoarseness, Bilious Cholie, lD1am-
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
T111RTY YEARS. EXPERIENCES or An
OLD NURSE.

Mrs. WINDOWS SOOTHING SYRUP u THE Pa1
scRIPTIoN Of one Of the best Female Physicians and
Nurses in tho United ststos and has been used for
thirty years with neverfailing safety and success
BY millions OF mothers aud children, from the fec
Bile infant Of week old tho adult. It corrects
aicdty Of tho stomach, relieves wind cholie, rsgu
latss tho bowels, and gives rest, health and com
fort to mother and child. We believe It to b the
Best and surest Remedy in the World I'm all cases
Of DYsENTERY and DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN,
whether It arises from Tecthing or from any other
cause. Full directions for using will accompany
each bottle. None genuine unless the fac simile
CURTIS PERKINS 10 on tho outside wrapper.
Sold II ALL MEDICINE DEAIARs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

Grateful Thousands proclaim Ru.
EGAR B1TrERs the most wonderful In.
V'gorant that ever sustained tho sinking
system;
NO Person can take these BittoTs
according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones arc not de-
stfoyed by mineral poison or cher
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Bilious, Remittent and Inter.
mittent Fevers, which are SO preya-
lent in the valleys Of our great rivers
throughout the United States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, ArLan-
sas. Red, Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grande,
Pearl, Alabama, Mobile, Savannah, Ro~
anoke, James, and many others, with
their vast tributaries, throughout our
entire country during the Summer and
Autumn, and remarkably 30 during sea-
sons Of unusual heat and dryness, are
invariably accompanied by extensive de-
rangements Of the stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. In their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erfal Influence upon these various or.
gans, is essentially necessary. Thert,
il no cathar::s for the purpose equal to
DIR. j. WALKERS VINEGAR BIIrERs,
as they will speedily remove the dark
cOl0red viscid matter with which .sii1e
bowels are: loaded, at, the same time
stimulating tho sccretions of the liver,
ard generally restoring the healthy
functions Of the digestive organs.
FOrtify the body against disease
by purifying all its fluids with v1NBGA1
BIrTERs. No epidemic can take hoae
of 9 system thus fore EARNED.
:: Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head
ache, Pain in the Shoulders, Cough,
Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, Sour
Quotations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in tue Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita-
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Lungs, Pain in the region Of the Kid.
noys, and hundred other painful symp.
toms, are the ofIsprings Of Dyspepsia
Ono bottle will prove q better guarantee
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In these, q ia IN other cOnstitutiGnai Ms
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shown their ereat curative povers in tho
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For 1n1ammatory and Chronic
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

The following advertisement is from
n paper published in the far West {:
" To rent-a house on Melville avenue,
located Immediately alongside of q
fine plum garden, from which IN abund-
ant supply of the most delicious fruit
may be stolen during the season. Rent
low, and the greater part taken in
plnms."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04

Why do you use paint ?" asked a-vio-
linist of his daughter. For the same
reason that You use resin, papa. !"
Flows that ?" "Why, to help mo
draw my beau"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
DIR, RAILWAYS
Regulating Pills,

Perfectly tssteless, elegantly coated With sweet
gum, purge, regulate. purify cleanse and strength
on. RADWAYg PILLS, for the cure Of q! atsor-
der: Of the stomach, Avsr novsls, kiAneys,
ton, Costtveness, Indigestion, DyspePeia, III
iousness, Bilious Fever. 1phammation Of TIE Bow
Viscera. warranted to effect positive cure. Pare
ly Vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals,
or deleteriouS drugs. ~.--
AZ observe the following symptoms, resulting
from Disorders Of the Digestive Organs:
Constipation, Inward Piles, Fu1lno0s Of the Blood
in the Head Actdity 81 the Stomach ,Nausea, Heart
burn. Disgust Of Food. Fullnese Of Weight in the
at the Pit Of the Stomach, SWIMMING Of the Head,
Hurried and Diaacnlt Breathing, Hlutteripg at the
. Lying Posture, Dimness Of Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Fever and Dull Paia in tes Hsaa,
Deficiency Of Precipitation, YelloWness Of the 0kin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest, Limbs, and ouA-
den Fiushes Of Heat, Burning in the Flesh.
A few doses Of RADWAYsB PILLS will 1rOQ IN
system from ali the above named disorders.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-04
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