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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
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 la Plata about one third more The
volume OF tic Mississippi, exceeds that of
all the noted rivers of Europe combined.
Ninety trilllon cubic feet Of rain-water
falls ii! its valley each year, sufficient to
form lake of 27O miles long, 100 miles
wide, and SO feet deep Only onc-four,h
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 direct line, the distance is about
675 miles, with an average fall of 3 inches
the distance is increased to 1900 miles,
and the fall decreased to inches to the
mile. A strange peculiarly 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 4,47O
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, 2,47O feet
AT the same time the average depth in
creascs rom 81 feet to 1920 feet.
The rise and fall varies greatly at diff
ferent points. At Cairo, Vicksburg and
Natchez it is about 80 feet; at Memphis,
40; at the mouth of Red River, A; at New
Orleans, Is; at Fort St. Philip, 4 10 feet.
1t is estimated that the amount of sedi.
ment annually carried by the river into
the Gulf is sufficient to form a solid mass
mile square and 240 feet high, to say
nothing of the immense amount deposit
ed along its banks and for miles inland
in time of overflow.
Its current flows at the rate Of from 6
to miles an hour, and its banks slopes
downward for miles as you recede from
the river, the slope for the first mile being
OF an average fully feet
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
France and the French.

1t is not only impossible to fortell the
political destiny of this country Of OK
haustless resources and wonderful recup-
eratlve energy, but it is difficult to form
correct notion of just what they arc
striving for, or what manner of political
establishment will satisfy their aspira-
tons. One thing is certain, and that is,
If they are seeking to erect a government
in which the rights Of the people are to
be protected, and the derivation of the
powers of government from the governd
is to be recognized, they must enfranchise
the press. Muzzling newspapers as our
municipal authorities muzzle stray ca
mines dH;ing dogdays can only be intend;
patiently submitted tc in any system of
government but absolute despotism. The
English have been free people since
t.icir press was liberated. No British
tyrant would attempt to extend the royal
prerogative in the face of opposition from
a free press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

A VARY POWERFUL SQUAsn.-Thc
Hartford Daily Times says: The lifting
power of plants is something marvellous,
when one considers the chemic laws and
subtitle principles ofplant growth. The
power Of growing trees to displacc huge
rocks is often illustrated, and seldom
more strikingly than in the case
of an oak tree in South Hadlcy, Mass
This tree, says local account, is oppo-
site tie residence o. Felson w. Burnett.
"A rock had a seam in it, and fibrous
root from the oak crcpt into the scam,
grew, and lifted the rock, weighing over
a ton, to the height Of one foot" The
thickest and heaviest OF our tagging
stones, as shown in the case of several on
Main Street, has been lifted out Of posi-
ton by the growth Of tree roots; and on
the corner Of Main and Pleasant Streets
one of these roots has thrown up the SOL
id half-foot thick flags of freestone there
imbedded. Here is an account of the &C.
ton of forces in vegetable growths in the
case of squash-thc locality being AM
herst, Mass: "The sxuash in the Durfee
Farmhouse is now lifting 1000 pounds.
ed, and something has been continually
breaking loose. rive levers nave Deen
used, each larger than the preceding,
and set of larger irons, overlapping the
first, was found necessary. The leverage
is a curiosity, the seven weights colnpris-
ing buckets of sand, boxes of paint, an
anvil, a chain, pipc-stake and immune
rable other misccllanies. The vine is
between 50 and GO foot long, and this dy-
manic squash is the only fruit it is allow
ed to bear Lowell has taken photo
graphs and stcreoscopic views"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
Eating Before Sleeping.

1t isa common mistake to suppose that
eating before sleep is Injurious This en-
tircly depends upon the quantity. Not
at all unfrequently does it happen that
people arc sleepless for want of food, and
a little taken either when they first 20 to
bed or when they thus remain sleepless,
will be generally found far more cttica-
cious, and of coarse infinitely less injur-
ious, than any drug in the chemists phar
macopia. These are the physical remc-
dies for sleeplcssness which have the best
recommendation. As for the moral ones,
there is certainly good deal more to be
said perhaps the most stringent Of all
rules are Avoid anxicty!' and "Don't
go to bed owing anybody grudgc!"
Chewing the bitter cud Of 4 quarrel is 4
thousand fold more Injurious to reposc
than swallowing a whole tcapotful OF the
very grcenest OF green tea.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
Be Neighborly.

1t is easier to be neighborly nova
days than in the good Ole time of the
pioneers. Our fathers aud mothers,
too, have doubtless ridden to chnrch OF,
horses many time, going, perhaps, ten
miles to worship God at neighbor'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 20 highly valued.
When it is ten miles to church snd
forty miles to a mill or a blacksmith
shop, to be good neighbor is not only
virtue but a necessity The early
settlement Of a country is 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 are
brought about by cooperative mcaus
A new, sparsely settled country nat
urally thinks more Of the neighborly
quality than an older one. One Of the
settlers used to have saying: "a
man always takes his neighbors with
him wherever he goes" And he was
fond Of telling this anecdote:
"Somc two years ago two men emf.
grated west. They put up over night
together At The same tavern near where
they had bought land. Their host, 4
jolly Eoniiace, inquired as to their pur
poses.
~ :m goirg to settle over in thu
bottom.' said one, and [ came west C
get rid Of my troublesome neighbors.
"'Yon will have bad neishbors owe,
in the bottom said the landlord.
81 AN going to settle over in the
bvttom,' said the other traveller, and !
came west because my farm down cast
is so small, and l have large family
to support. My regret in leaving III,
old home is that l must bid good bye
to many good neighbours
"'You will have excel mt neighbors
over in the bottom, said the landlord
"'How is that?' inquired the Other
traveller, when I was going to the same
neighborhood?'
as mply,' replied Boniface, 'thnt ;
man always takes his neighbors with
him wherever he goes. -
This bit ofpion.er phil"oph though
quantity put, is founded on truth
Men who have god qualities them
selves bring out good qualities il
others.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

THE Ruins OF TRoY-The researches
of DR.. Schliemann, on the supposed site
of the city of ancient Troy, have recently
been rewarded by discoveries which have
a 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 aud
Latin, accounts of the people, their celia
brated citadel, and its ten years siege.
These revelations prove incontrovcrtibly
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 Ivy 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 (Minerva)
is exhibited, in the form Of her favorite
owl, on. vases and earthcnware 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

Ylay?
An IDLE ~alRL's QUESTION.

AN IDLE GIRLS QUESTION.
Iwish I had SOM thing TO DO,
The rain IL falling 10 fast,
Let me be busy like you,
Idleness tires so ut last;
Just, to be idle one day,
Thought would DO worry nice,
Yoa said it would not; but pray,
Does any one heed your advice!
Look At the lilies out there,
How, they do nothing but bloom,
Inrects but float on the air,
Roses but cast perfume;
The kitten can only play,
The sky is nothing but blue;
If am as idle as they,
Why am not happy too!
HER MOTHERS ANSWER.
But everything you, know,
Is fram'd with a special care,
If lilies are meant to blow.
And roses to scent the air,
And insects to float and fly,
. And skies to DO blue and bright,
And kittens to gambol, why
Then all are but doing right.
sxactiy.the same,
And quite as careless and free,
Without any higher aim
Than just to be seen and sse1
Have you got nothing to do?
Is that the end and the whole?
Forgive mel thought that you
Were L child With a living soul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19
Care of Team Horses.

The following good advise to team
sters, was been published in the form
Of poster, and sent out by the Mas
sachusetts Society for the Prevention
Of Cruelty to animals. 1t is signe1 by
Daniel H. Blanchard, and endorsed
by several veterinary surgeons, agents Of
railway and express combanies, and by
Charles A. Curris, special agent Of the
society, >s,s....- .-..
Potatoes or. carrots may be given
once or twice in week, to good advan-
tage. ..- 49,
See that your horse is kept clean,
warm and comfortable, with plentyfof
bedding. .
A piece Of rock salt should always be
left IN the Manager,
See that his harness is kept soft and
clean, particularly the inside of the col.
lar, which ought always to be su:oth,
AS the Precipitation, when dry, causes
Irritation, and is liable to produce gals,
on the shoulder.
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 Shout ders TO-
gether.
On no consideration should team
Or any work horse be compelled to wear
L martinique, as it draws the head down,
aud prevents him from getting iuto an
easy aud natural position.
The check rein may be used. but on
ly tight enough to keep the head in
natural position, and it should never be
wound around the names.
See that the names are buckled tight
cnounyh 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 girth
is not buckled too tight, particularly on
the strong teams, for when the traces
are straistcned, it has the tendency to
draw the girth against the belly, and
distress the horse.
See that the horse is kept we'll shod,
with stiff shoe, always calked on the
toe and heel on h nd feet, as it is there
where the propelling power comes from
when heavily loaded
Keep the feet good and strong by
not allowing them to be cut away to
much by the blacksmith
The best jud cement should be used
In loading, taking into consideration
the condition Of IT, street and the dis
lance to be travelled
Never overload, for by so doing you
only distress, strain and discourage
your horse, and DO him more injury
than you can possibly gain by carrying
the extra load.
No good driver will ever resort to
the cruel practice Of whipping or beat
ing his horse. Il light whip may be
carlied, but there is seldom use for it.
Much more can be accomplished by
kind treat ,ent and good judgement.
Remember the horse is very intcIli.
gent, proud, sensitive, noble animal,
the most usetul known to man, and is
deserving Of the --latest kindness.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

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

WIND POwER.-We have often thoug Int
that we might make greater use of the
wind as motive power than we do.
There are $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 high. The annual cost of the
wind-mills in Holland il $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

KEEPING ArP1Es.-A correspondent Of
the Boston Cultivator kept 1900 barr.ls Of
apples, mostly Baldwins, in his cellar last
winter, by daily e1pellins the stagnant
air and replacing it with pure. He At
tributes the early decay of apples largely
to a vegetable miasma in the air, which
is communicated to it by vegetable e1apo-
ration under certain conditions: The ef-
feet of this miasma is first seen in minute
spccks on the apple.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

~
# Aea1aa - 4Aauii1 Aacc has h4ea pla3-
cd on on Justice, and ant,fher Scunntlrris
and murderer ross unwh ippcd in ais vile
dessis. Our rSadefI ~ sicine1nber the
cruel and fendisI murder Of Charlotte
Pridkeon several mOnths a9o in Detroit
by ono William Il. u Underwood, :. sailor.
He had been paying his attentions TO Miss
Pridgeon and been rejected lie seized on
an occasion and induced her To- take 4
walk with him. Tie result Of his inter-
view was uns1tisfactNTy,,ap3Ea iied to ef-
feet any change IN her dslermination 10
still refuse his suit. Enragcd With his
disappointment, Underwood 0rewn dag.
ger and stabbed tho girl 10 the heart when
within her.own door. "A jury on Sstur-
day found the black hearted villain mot
guilty By reason Of insanity. = Thu 10 tho
second trial of this man, and hos cst
large sum Of money It has al LIST been
settled by an intelligent Jury, who were
doubtless all doctors, that Underwood
didn't mean TO do it," it was all unin-
territorial; his feelings were agitxted; his
blood was up; he. was in fury and =
dudgeon because the girl refused TO en-
terrain his suit; he was blinded; he Was
crazed he was insane, and all unwilling
~ and accidentally, you know, he drew u
dagger, aimed at the region of the heart,
and drew the life current in a fatal stream.
The blow had been we'll aimed, and in y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

"What arc these cups for ?" asked a
well.dressed man OF a jewellcr, pointing
to some elegant silver cups on the show
case. "These are race cups, to be given
as prizes to the best racer" IF that's so,
suppose you and race for one" and the
stranger, with cup in hand, started, the
jeweller after him. The stranger won the
Gun.
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. 1t is portable receptacle
for money or tickets. and resembles iE
size a large powder flask. The conduc-
tor presents the machine to the passenger.
who nuts in his fare in cash or ticket,
whcrcupon the conductor presses the
spring, which works tho register and
sounds an alarm bell.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

LEATHER PULP.-A process of pulping
leather in engines, similar to those used
for beating rags in a paper mill, is now
in use in Massachusetts,. BY rolling it
into sheets under considerable pressure,
a product of great tenacity, homogeneity,
and closencss OF texture Is obtaincd, which
is, moreover, perfectly waterproof, ~>.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

"John how can tell mad dog when
see one!" II don't know what YOU
want to tell him, but it strikes me ,hst
the best way would he to communicate
with him in writing, sending the letter
from gun in the shape Of w.dding, &C.
companied by small shot to see ifhc scta
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

Didn't l tell you to have my hot water
at the chamber door early in the morn:
ing - savagely exclaimed a gentleman to
his servant "Wcll, dang it, and didn't
bring it up over night to make sure omit"
resdonded the servant in an injured tone.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

RESovAr1Na BUGGY Tops.-Enamcl
leather tops which have become hard,
but have not lost their color, can be soft
encd 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 a coat Of
hatters' backing, 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, sl.ellac varnish being
the only kind that can be used with safe
ty, but this will crack unless the coat be
applied very thin.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

When man is engaged to the aunt Of
a little boy in Washington. the little boy
calls that man "mY brcvet uncle
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
reform, claiming that the patient is
more easily rendered insensible, and
that with due precautions the danger
to 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 dan
ger from use Of that agent in producing
anasthesia, 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
1t would certainly seem that, if there
are two importont agents for producing
the same result, one Of which may
sometimes, be it ever so seldom, cndan-
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 an@sthctic is
utterly unjustifable." So long as we
have safe an@s hctic let us use it,
and not tritle with life by enjoying an
agency whose effectiveness is principal,
ly illustrated in the expedition with
which it sends those using it into the
other word.-Er.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-19

JUST ARRIVED AT
PRoTHERo's BOOK DEPOT
OVER $4,000 WORTH OF NEW BOOKS
AND STATIONERY
Consisting Of the best selections Of Choice
Standard and Popular Miscellaneous
Books, Bibles and Albums.
A full liae of
Blank Books and Writing Material
All Of which will be sold at tho Lowest
Figure for Cash.. . !
:, ~ Remember. tho .rlacc--In store :witlfI
J. j. Hayes 4 Bro, Jewellers, one door North
Of uall Il Vests, Main St., Austin, Mimi.
AGENTS WAxTED-male and fcmalc-to en-
gage in the sale Of several hundred Popular
and Standard Bibles and Miscellaneous
Books. Exclusive territory given. Liberal
commissions or salary paid.
Call on or address
THOS. PROTHERO,
v7-n17-1y. General Ag't for Northwest
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-20

icals in order to aid aud assist in elect
ing the Barbour Lewis crowd to Office,
but the people vetoed that resolution and
invited the Lewis psope to stay at home
and work for living in this Democratic
land of ours. If they don want to work
they can adorn the chaingang,
A newspaper should never indulge in
the pleasure of blowing its own horn, as
the complimentary serenade should come
from other quarters; but one Of our
morning contemporaries takes profound
pleasure in self laudation, and in its
enthusiasm over itself takes the credit
for sgitating almost every movement,
aud claims to be Endorsed by all people.
Newspaper life has its sorrows and shad-
ows, but we are nerved up to hope OF
a brighter future as a journalist when
we see our more experienced and more
ancient fellow journalists gushing like
boys let loose from school over things
that occur so often in the ordinary life of
every newspaper OF course ours is a
"great journal" but let US not herald
such fact to the world daily, or else it
may be suspected that we fear the world
is forgetting the fact.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-11-20
MaarImOnIaI.


Last night fashionable wedding
came off at the residence Of Thomas b.
Allen, Esq, on Second street, near
Union. The contracting parties were
the daughter of the host, Miss Mary
Lewis Allen and Mr.. John G. Latham,
of New York city.
The marriage was witnessed by large
circle of friends representing the elite
of Memphis. The parlors were elegantly
decorated with floral arches, wreatbs
and flowers, arranged in most charm
ing manner and with exquisite taste by
Mr.. E. Craig, sr.. who has charge of the
floral department of the house of R. 6.
Craig &Co., whose nursery is renowned for
its collection Of rare plants aud flowers
The entire residence of the bride was
beautifully decorated with elegant fes
toous of evergreens and flowers. In
one corner of the main parlor was
erected floral arch, under which the
bride and bridegroom took position,
while Rev. Mr.. Stewart, OF St. Lazarus
Episcopal Church, performed the beauti
fal service which binds man aud wife
From the center of the floral arch hung
a marriage bell of the most charming
floral construction. all of which was the
evidence of the skill of Mr.. Craig, the
accomplished florist.
The attendants on the bride and groom
were: Miss Nellie Smith and Mr.. Rich
ard II Allen, jr.; Miss Blanche McGehee
and Mr.. Charles NJ Latham, Miss Mag
gle Davis and Captain L Buckner; Miss
Ellen F Nooe and Mr.. W f. McLaua
han, Miss Alberta Chapman and General
G. W. Gordon, Miss Jennie Poston and
Mr.. R B Edmondson.
When the wedding bells had ceased
ringing the guests INDUCED in dance
to the soft music of the orchestra, and at
later hour an elegant repast was spread
for the company assembled. To the
bride and groom the LEDGER wishes all
the happiness which this world is capable
of producing. The happy couple will
spend the honeymoon in New York city.