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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
- Be Neighborly.

It is easier to be ncighborly nova:
days than in the good ole time OF the
pioneers. Our fathers ,aud mothers,
too, have doubtless ridden to chnrch on
horses many time, going, perhaps, ten
miles to worship God at a: neighhor's
cabin: Neighbors were scarce. Per-
haps it was because they were not so
plenty in the olden time as they are
now, that they were 30 highly valued.
When it is ten miles to church snd
forty miles to mill or a blacksmith
shop, to be a good ,neighbor is not only
a virtue but necessity The early
settlement Of u country il the best Illus
tration on large scale that has yet been
given of practical cooperation. The
principle is not carried out, however,
to the distribution of results, which arr
brought about by cooperative. means
A new, sparsely settled country nat
urally thinks more of the neighborl,
quality than an older one. One Of tht
settlers used to have saying: "a
man always takes his neighbors Will
him wherever he goes." And he Wa
fond Of telling this anecdote:
"Sone two years ago two men emi
grated west. They put up over nigh
together at The same tavern near wher'
they had bought land. Their host,
! j"lly Bouitace, inquired as to their pur
poses.
III >m goirg to settle over in tn
bottom said one, and came west t
get rid of my troublesome neighbors.
".Yon will have bad neighbors owe
in the bottom, said the landlord.
81 am going to settle over in tn
bottom,' said the other traveller, and
came west because my farm down cas-
i. so small, and I have large tan'il
to support. My regret in leaving III
old home is that l must bid good BY
to many good neighbors.'
".You will have excellent neighbor
ovar in tho bottom, said the LANDLORD
"'How is that?' inquired the othe
traveller, when l was going 10 the sam
ne;ghborhood?
"'S:mply,' replied Boniface, 'that
man always takes his neishbors wit
him wherever he goes.
This bit ofpiop.er philosophy. th6ug
quantity put, is founded on trutl
Men who have go.d qualities then
selves bring out good qualities
others.
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Our Great Rivers.

There are but two rivers in the world
that discharge larger amount of water
than the Mississippi, the Amazon dis.
charging four times as much, and the Rio
de Ia Plata about one third more. The
volume OF tic Mississippi, exceeds that of
all the noted rivers of Europe combined
falls III its valley each year, sufficient to
wide, and SO feet deep. Only one-fourtl,
of this vast volume reaches the Gulf, the
balance being taken up by evaporation
ABSORPTION, etc.
From the mouth of the Missouri to the
Gulf in a direct line, the distance is about
675 miles, with an average fall of 3 inches
to the mile ;by the winding Of the river
the distance is increased to 300 miles,
and the fall decreased to 4 inches to the
mile. A strange peculiarity of this river
this is that it grows narrower instead OF
wider as it proceeds toward the Gulf
From the mouth of the Ohio to the mouth
of the Arkansas the average width is 4, ,47C
feet; from the latter point to the mouth of
Red River, 1850 feet; from Red River to
Bayou La Fourche, 5000 feet; and from
there to the head of the passes, 2,470 feet
At the same time the average depth in
creases from 81 feet to 129 feet.
The rise and fall varies greatly at diff
ferent points. At Cairo, Vicksburg and
Natchez it is about so feet; at Memphis
40; at the mouth of Red River, A; at New
Orleans, Is; at Fort st. Philip, 1-2 feet
It is estimated that the amount of sedi
ment annually carried by the river into
| the Gulf is sufficient to form solid mass
/ mile square and 240 feet high, to So,
nothing of the immense amount deposit
ed along its banks and for miles inlanc
| in time of overflow. :
Its current flows at the rate Of from
to Z miles an hour, and its banks slopes
downward for miles as you recede from
the river, the slope for the first mile being
or an average fully Z feet. ..-~-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

THE RUINS OF TRoY.-Thc researches
of DR.. Schliemann, on the supposed site
of the city of ancient Troy, have recently
been rewarded by discoveries which have
q worldwide interest, proving not only
the existence Of the city, so often and so
strenuously asserted to be purely myth
cal, but the general accuracy both Of the
Homeric and Virgilian, the Greek and
Latin, accounts of the people, their celia
brated citadel, and its ten years siege.
These revelations prove incontrovertibly
that the site Of the city supposed by He
rodotus, Xenophon, Plutarch, and many
other writers to be on the heights now
called Hissarlick, was accurately laid
down by those writer's.
Indications Of a destruction by fire, ter
rible enough to have justified Virgils'
tremendous description, have also been
found ;and the Trojan goddess (linerva)
Is exhibited, in the form Of her favorite
owl, on, vases and earthcnwarc utensils.
on metal implements and trophies, and
in every possible form.
Several large earthen jars, OF . very
peculiar shape, were discovered by DR..
SchlieMann.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

IT would seem to be quite time that
the use of chloroform as an anasthetic
should cease, and especially is the fatal
case which occurred in Boston last week
. fresh warning against its use in den
tai operations. To be sure there are
those who still advocate the use of chic
roform, claiming that the patient is
more easily rendered insensible, and
that with due precautions the danger
to a person with sound heart is very
small. The advocates of the use of eth
or, among whom are to be found the
entire Boston medical fraternity, say
that there is absolutely very little dam
ger from use of that agent in producing
anmsthesin, and that there is no we'll
authenticated case upon record where,
in the hands Of a competent medical
man, any person has died from its use
It would certainly seem that, if there
are two importont agents for producing
the same result, one Of which may
sometin,s., be it ever so seldom, endan-
ger the life of the patient, while the
other has yer been known to destroy
life, the safe agent should be employed.
We quite agree with the verdict Of the
coroner's jury in the case referred to,
that with "our present knowl edge of
chlorotorm, its use as an anaesthetic is
utterly unjustifable." So long as we
have u safe anas, hctio let US use it.,
and not trifle with life by enjoying an
agency whose effectiveness is principal;
" illustrated in the expedition With
which it sends those using it into the
other world.-Ec.
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!
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Al IDLs .aIar's eussrIoH.
& IswisA I had something 70 Do,
The rain il falling 20 fast,
q Let me bs busy like Yen,
Idlsnesss stirss 90 at last;
just 10 10 idle one day,
thought would bsvsry nies,
Yoa said itiwould not; but5prsy,
Does any ono heed your adviess
Look at the lilies ont there,
How,they do nothing but bloom, s
Ineects hut float en- the air, =.
's. Roses but east : perfume;
s Tho kittshsc can only play, s.st.,s.5.,. Z.
The Isky is nothing but blue; i
II am rs idle % they, =5:
Why am not I happy tool Is,
: uER NoTHER's ANSWER.
But everything you, ,kno,o, y
Is ffam'd with a special care,
If lilies arc meast TO blow.
, And rosos to scSnt the cir,
: And insects to float and fy,
And skies to be blue and bright,
And kitters to gambol, why
Then 81 are but doing right.
i =. Al.syou 1 rs; .xaoiiy ; ~. u 4,.sa.; i.
And quite as carsless and free,
Without any higher aim
Than just to be seen and sse7 49,
Have you got nothing to do? = :;
Isthat the end and the whole!
Forgive mel thought that you
Were child With 4 living soul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

RENoyAT1Sa BUGGY ToPs.-Enamcl
leather tops which have become hard,
but have not lost their color, can be soft
cncd and much improved in appearance
by oiling them with pure castor-oil. This
oil is readily absorbed by the leather, and
will not fry out in the sun. When the
leather has turned gray, apply coat OF
hatters' blacking, after the oil has struck
in, and rub we'll with cloth to bring
out the polish. Most varnishes too hard
to be put on tops, sLellac varnisll being
the only kind that can be used with safe
81, but this will crack unless the coat be
applied very thin. z5 .. IS
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

Two Irishman lately landed, were
boarding at hotel where they were sore
ly troubled with mosquitoes. and could
hardly obtain sleep enough to satisfy ma
ture. "Put your head under the blank
ets," said Mike, "an' thin they'll not bite
yees." Pat did as requested, but scarcely
had he found himself free from the n.of-
quitoes when he was ettacked by the bed
bugs that he had failed to notice. bad
luck to me Nike" said he; "here's an
other kind widout wings an fiddles: but.
begorra, they bite as hard as the others"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

KKrr1Sa ArPLEs.-A correspondent Of
the Boston Cultivator kept 1900 barr.ls Of
apples, mostly Baldwins, in his cellar last
winter, by daily expellins the stagnant
air and replacing it with pure. He at-
tributes the early decay of apples largely
to vegetable miasma in the air, which
is communicated to it by vegetable evap0-
ration under certain conditions: The ef-
feet of this lniasma is first seen in minute
,specks on the apple.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

We have all heard. half doubttujly,
of a propensity Of cats for sucking the
breath Of children, and now We have
this incident, which fully establishes
the fact; and which occurred in Middle
town, in this State, on Monday Of last
week. 1t appears that Mrs. Silss
Doloway was accustomed to leave her
babe, little girl four months old, on
the bed upstairs while doing her morn:
inss work in the basement, from where
she could easily hear the least noise.
On the morning in question she heard
the little one growing as usual, but fn-
ally noticed that the sounds ceased, aud
shortly aftc1ward heard a strange, gurg-
liLg noise. Supposing that the child
had got its head under the bed cloths
and WIS suffocatine, she ran up stairs
to see about it, and found the house Cat
with its nose in the childs mouth. The
child was strangled black, and was
fighting teebly with its hands Sht
caught the child and shook it sevcra
times, when it caught its breath and
came out all right. In few minute.
more it would probably have been
strangled to death. Mrs. Doloway had
to pull the cat off the child, SO eager
was it to remain. It had paw on
either side OF the child's head, and had
its nose pressed deeply into the child.
mouth. The cat was instantly. killed
There is no reason, because of this, why
an anti-cat fever should spread all over
the country, followed by an indiscrim
idate feline slaughter, but it does sug
gest measure OF watchfulaess over tho
ways and doings Of our household pets
-Ec.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

WIND PowER.-We have often thought
that we might make greater use of the
wind as a motive power than We 10:
There arc $4,000 wind-mills in Holland
and Flemish Belgium, each from six to
ten horse power service, according to the
strength Of the wind, and working twenty
four hours per day, and every day in the
month during the rainy season, and when
the SHOWS and ice are melting and the
streams are hig gh. The annual cos. of tho
wind.mills in Holland ia $4,000 600.
Twenty times that sum would not operate
steam power sufficient to do the work, for
all the coal consumed in Holland has to
be imported from England or Belgium.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

The following good advise to toam-
sters, was been published in the form,
ofAs poster, and. sent out by the hlas-8
saehusetts Society for tho Prevention
ofsGruelty q Is ninals Il Is signed by
D.nisl j. Blanchard, and endorsed
byssvsral vstrinsry surgeons, agents Of
railway and express oombanies, and by
Charles 4. Curris, special agent Of the.
society
Potatoes or carrots may be given
once Of twice. .ina week TO good advan-s
tage. ... ..s ss5.
SEQ that. yonr horse is kept. clean
warm and comt Portable, with plentyFo Of
bedding
a piece Of rock salt should always b
left 10 the manger .ss.
See that his harness is kept soft And
clean, particularly the inside Of the eool-.
Lar, which ought always 70 be su.oth,
as the Precipitation, .hendry, causes
Etr.i alton, and is liable 70 produce gala
ION the shoulder. 80 -. H. sos, :.
! The collar should fit closely, with
space enough at the bottom to admit a
mans hand If too large it has the
bad effect Of drawing the shoulders to
gether: -. 1.@~< =: ,-:.=5, 81.
l. On no consideration should y IS team,
! or any work horse be compelled to wear
q martinga!e, as it draws the head down
aud prevents him from getting Into an
easy and natural position.
The check rein may be used. but on
| " tight tenonSh to keep the head in q
natural position, and it should never be
wound around the hamcs s....:.s
See that the hamcs are buckled tight
cnoungh at the top to bring the draguht
iron near the centre of the collar. If
too low, it not only interferes with the
action Of the shoulder, but gives the
collar an uneven bearing.
| Caution should be taken that the girtf
is not buckled too tight, particularly OF
the strong teams, for when the traces
arc straistcned, it has the tendency t
draw the girth against the belly, ant
distress the horse.
/ See that the horse is kept we'll shod
with stiff shoe, always calked on tn
toe and heel on hind feet, as it is ther'
where the propelling power comes frou
when heavily loaded
Keep the feet good and strong BY
not allowing them to be cut away t
mach by the blacksmith
The best judgement should be use
In loading, taking into considerable
the condition of tt Q street and the dii
tance to be travelled .@.%.
Never overload for by 80 doing 20
only distress, strain and discourag
your horse, and do him more injur
, than you can possibly gain by carryin
the extra load.
No;good driver will ever resort t
the cruel practice Of whipping or bea
= ing his horse. A light whip may b
carlied, but there is seldom use for i
Much more eau be accomplished b
kind treatment and good Judgement.
Remember the horse is very INTEL
Z gent, proud, sensitive, noble anin'a
the most useful known to man, and
$ deserving Of the g,catest kindness.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

A new device for registering the fares
of street railroads has been Introduced In
Philadelphia. It is a portable receptacle
for money or tickets, and resembles iE
size large powder tlask. The conduc-
tor presents the machine to the passenger.
who nuts in his fare in cash or ticket.
whcrcupon the conductor presses the
sprine, which works the register and
sounds an alarm bell.
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BE 33.


A mcetinp 81 some 81 the members Of
the Nev. e. II. Spurge0n's congregation
was held ii the recently erected Pastors.
College, to raise money towards the debt
of 81, 600 still remaining on the building.
sIn the course Of the evening Mr. Spur
geon said he saw the necessity Of erecting
sucllsa q building, but did not say much.
about 1t; but lie resorted to what he con.
sidered the proper plea for getting mon
ey-namely, asking God for it. He did.
not ask the congregation; and he did not
think lie mentioned it to anyone except
the few who gave the money, till he got
go ,OOO One woman wished to give 4
sum as suitable memorial to her hus-.
band, and she gave 80, 600 for the college.
In all he had received g12, 500, and he
wanted about e2,OOO more They had,
lie said, unlimited funds. Money was al
ways to be had by asking God for It. The
other day . person told him tllathe sup
posed he must be very rich. He told
him in reply that he was richer than 8
Jew; that he had got more money than
the kothsch lids. for when he required
any money he had nothing to do but to
ask God for it; that If 1t were good for
him that he should have it, he had it;
| and II ffswere not good, he was the better
for not having it.. Il was very singular
how God did move people to give. How
could he have carried ON this and other
work without? Three weeks ago at the
Orphanage there were the bills to pay,
and they had no money. He said they
could not ask God for it until they gave
themselves, and he put down G25 and
several others did the same. He then
prayed to God and said, 'These arc Thy
children and this Thy work; send US
this day considerable sum of money il
that be thy will" He went home and
wrote letter and sent it to be lithograph
ed, but within "a hours the e8OO that they
wanted came. and he had to send to STOP
the printing Of that letter, and it never
was printed. God had sent it all. There
was not a man among the trustees bu
who would bear witness that no one knew
about that till the money came. They
did not tell anybody. One gentleman
sent him postal card requesting him t
see him at the post Office. He went ant
the gentleman said he thought he ough
to give somcthingt to the cause of God
and he handed him eS00. And yet ther
were set OF wretches who told them tlla
God never answered prayer, but thes
were persons who never prayed them
selves. .-Christian at Work
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& When man is engaged 70 the aunt of
alittie boy In Washing ngton. the little boy
calls that man an1Y. brcvet uncle.
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NONE
e. q HAR,Noo -, Editor and Prophet,
1UsTIn moWER COUNTY, MINNEsOTA.
i B. SMITH, !! j I

.D 3. SMITH,
3ss4.# ss5s 8S y Dealer Il Il
81 As6RIULTURAL IHPLENRHTs !.
Farm Mach,1e.y and Produce,
Anthracite and Bitumirous Goal. /
Ordcrs Solicited and Promptly flied.
Proprietor Pioneer Coal Yard. I
44yl AUSTIN. MINNHsoTA. IS .s.s.. /. r
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-26
SheriH's Sale,

pl VIRTUE OF AN EYECUTION Issrp,
ID out of the District Court IN and ~ q
County of Lincoln, state of Nevada. and 10 ". u.
directed and delivered, for judgm. mt renSs,l ~
in said Cont on the 18th day Of April ~
1874, in favor of ). Hoffman X Co ara 49,. =.
Wolf Stein, for the sum of four hundreS " n,'s
sixty-two 45-l00 dollars debt, topeth., r s.a
forty-one 50-lo0 dollars tax costs. and al W.
eruing costs and interest, l have levied ON az ~
following property, TO Wit: Ne
stove and pipe, ] show case, 9 doz cbild,o,,.
hats, lot false hair, 8 children's saconss ~
bolts ribbon, half doz childreh's leering. a..
wooden trimmings, lot skirt shield, 5s bn, Io'
ladies' paper cuffs, 10 boxes ladies' naner ~
lars, lots of flowers lot ehildren's o,, W.,
and mits, 65 boxes gents paper collars. ehias
cloak aud cape, lot buttons and needles ~
jewelry lamps and hangines, | yalise !, ~.
Of shelving and counter. io'
Notice is hereby given that on
Saturday, the 18th day of AMI,
a. ID. 1871.
al IL o'clock NJ, ! will sell all the right ,,,.
and interest Of said defendant in and 10 ~
above described property, at the Cont porse
door, in Phoebe, Nevada. at public auction ~,
cash in hand, to the highest and best bblde, 10
satisfy said execution and all costs.
". $. TRAVIS, Sheriff
By p. II, HFRrsoED Deputy.
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And in accordance, with law, and an order of
the Board of Directors made on the 2sth day of
January, 1874, SO many shares of each parcel Of
public auction. at the Office Of the company,
No $40 Montgomery street, Room q on sat
urday, the 18th day of April, 1874,
at the hour of two o'clock p. m. of such day, to
pay delinquent assessments thereon. together
with costs OF advertising and expenses of the
sale.
GEO. T. GRIMES, Secretary.
Ofiice-No 240 Montgomery street, Room 2
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-26

And in accordance with law and an order of
the Board of Directors, made on the I'd day
Of February, 1874, so many shares of each par
eel of such stock as may be necessary will be
sold at public auction, at the auction rooms of
Maurice Dore II Co., No. 3l7 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, on Saturday, the Eleventh
day of April, 1874, at the hour of O'Clock p.
m OF said day, to pay said delinquent assessment
thereon, together with costs OF advertising and
expenses of the sale.
Il. II. BROWN, Secretary.
Ofice-Room ., Cotton's Building, No. s09
Montgomery street, San Francisco Cal.
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-26

san Francisco. March 20, 1s74.--At meeting
Of tie Board OF Directors of the above named
company, held this day. the above sale was
postponed until Monday, the 18th day Of
April. 1874. at the same time and place. By
OIttr ul the Board.
CHAS. +. ELLIOT, Secretary.
Office: Room 2s, Hayward's building, 419 Cal
iforua street. San Francisco. Cal.
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The above sale is hereby postponed until
THURSDAY, April so, 1874, at the same hour
and place.
BY order of the Board of directors.
Il. II. BROWN, Secretary.
Office Room 2, Cottons Building, No. 400
Montgomery street, San Francisco.
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DELINQUENT SALES.


Phoebe silver Mining Company
,-o,rnty N.x,a. x0ties -IhGre @-e delinquent
upon the following described stock, on account
q assessment No. 6. levied On the ls'h IA! =
January, is-4. the several amounts SCI oppost I.
the names q. the Respective saArehoiaefs' - ioi
lows:
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DELINQUENT SALES

And in accordance with law, and an o,s,.".
the Board Of Directors, made on the I'M Ss Of
March, 1874. SO many shaIes Of elch percsi y y
such stock as may he necessary, will ls ~
public auction, at the Office OF The co,,. u Al
koom No. ., No. 400 California SIRE, paly,
Francisco California, ON Monday, Ihe as ssn
day OF April. Is71,a at the hour Of . I'm
p. H. OF such day, TO pay said delipousn, -
sefsmenis thereon, together with costs Of a.
yortising and expenses Of the sale. eu
4. l., HIMBALL, secretarv
ohice-Room 2. No. 400 California stree T..
Francisco, California. ,nI.. sth
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The HUM and Hunt silver Mimi g

Com .---Location of principal place of
business San Francisco, Standardization
of works, Ely Mining District. Lincoln County,
Nevada.-Noticc.-The are delinquent upon
the following described stock, on account of
assessment (No. ~ levied on the 9th day of
March, 1874, the several amounts set opposite
the names Of the respective shareholders. as
follows:
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-26

CHAP. CCXIv.-An Act to amend an Act entitled
AN Act to promote the Development OF the
Mining Resources United States.'
Be it enacted byt and House of Rep
resentatiyes Of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the provisions Of the
Hfth section of tine Act entitled "An Act to pro-
mote the development of the mining resources
OF the United stated" passed May tenth, oigh-
teen hundred and seventy-two, which requires
expenditures of labor and improvements on
claims located prior to the passage of said Act,
are hereby so amended that the time for the first
annual expenditure on claims located prior to
the passage of said Act shall be extended to the
tenth of June. eighteen h ndred and seventy
four, Approved March /, 1873.
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silver Pe.k Mining Company.-

Location of principal place of business, San
Francisco California of works, Ely
Mining District, Lincoln county Neyada.-No-
tice-There are delinquent upon the following
pescrbed stock, on account of assessment No 4,
levied on the 2Sth day Of January, 1874, the sew.
eral amounts set opposite the names OF the re-
spectve shareholders, as follows;