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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15

them the acceptance of sdce ntsgeous
offer definitely made to them by any newspaper pub
her :ver,ising agent canvasser Of 7Dly.
We are u wi ling TO do work withou, profit, sud
offer yet In CT nirmitv "ith tho proli.e
N de above we tometimes fad Il advisable.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15

which Mr.. Lane refused; thcrcupon Mr..
Lang'y insisted upon making the dog
present Of $50 to be invested in silver
COLLAR Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15

Dangerous Sickness can often be ayertcd
by prompt u>c Of lcincd!'y,; SO if you have any
disease of that delicate organ, the Heart, DO
not delay, nor promise yourself that you will
bc better in time, but procure Il huttlc Of Dr.
Gravcs's HEART REGULATOR, and find
relief. 1t is guaranteed to cure aN symptoms
of Heart Disease, either organic or sympa-
tl!ctic. Among the many forms Of Heart
Di-case are Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasm-
Of The Heart, Stoppaye of the Action Of IT,,
llra!t, Trembling all over and about the
Heart, O>sitic"tinn or 3ony Formation Of the
Heart, rheumatism, General Debility and
Sinking o! the Spirits. send for Il },aul pllct
OF tr.tinon:n'o to +. +. lHc MIS-, Con-
cord, N. II.
The HEART REGULATOR is for sal" hv
ruSSio!E at % cents and 81 per bottle.
TERRIBLY EXHAv>T1>G ARE THE NIGHT
S"EATs which accompany tonsumpt!un But
they, AS we'll rs til" l,arOXl s,nS OF coughing,
are invariably broken u;' b. DR.. WIN. II ,LL'
DiL~AM FOR THE Lit N''>, which conuucrS the
deadly nalady, as. wen As bronchitis, ,nrl
monia, pleurisy, asthna, diphthcria and all
O!her affections of the throat, lun g and chest
1t saves thousands from untiIuciy IRA ,vS and
Is invaluable in rc>cuny children from the
Group. whooning cough and quincy. |, i, s,,,d
Wy all Druggists
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
Our Promise.

We promise those advertisers who entrust their Id
vertising patronage to management that we will
not allow them to he CHARGED in any instance any
than the pubshers' schedule rates. that We viii
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15

HIVE utaN sore ey caused bt =. :.
S,,r"fni"ns III case? II nave lose ,.!''
but cleans yo;ls hit,vd with nr. Sai.ip., l:.'>
rur 1ier md ,onr eys~ viii '"rn ~; r:&r1 : - II
ana yea v i'll be sur risrd III nr AZ! iu:.
iouI,la;rt fers,a IL "ca1ess..e i Nerves." ''ehi'
hy. il nss No equal IN tn. ,l>i-sd "'>-i. Ae tai-
meu cine has he II extensive. " g p -'f as
i:"tt!e as your GrIEet-' =: :, i - : .. ~
keeI, il be villa ORDER 20 .8,'.r~ ,ot2th
FCHtH, ei WabaSh!w strsrl. :. u: & per:: =: 81
NN,i.S =! i}S. i CIT;.Ls N:,'e.:i" -'seuF:. :.
Paul
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
Cottage liingerhre;s i.

Cottage liingerhre;s
Take one cup Of butter and lard melted to-
gcthcr, add one cup New Orleans molassc1 ;
! stir into thiscu1 each of sugar and cold wut"t
! two large tcaSpoenIulS ginger, TWO eggs bet
! tn, ard four cups Of flour, having in il three
! large tcasponnluls DnnLEl's YEAST POWDER
! BlsH in ml.,' rri:clv hot oven.
! We have a list Of thousand country eek
lies, Il! which we can insert a onc-inrl advcy.
tlScnlch one Year for two dollar, al:i quar-
ter q paper VI f,'I HE sane prize: ca!: i'll
Scrt iiftv-twO reading notices "a new one every
week., averaging seven lines each. For ,is+
OF papers and other particulars, address B!:AL>
: 4 FOsTEE, OSpruce Street, New York;
, a Balm for Every Wonn,l -tiHAtEs SsLvE
NO" 50 cnvruiIy used for H.. ii i':.:~ll
NonndS, Cuts, Burns, Ulcers, /, Ions Spr:.ns.
and ali diseases uf TIE skin, thai ;?!a:.. u il
seems almost needless. Those who lv" tiled
it once always keep Il box ON hand ANA moth
Ing will inl!iv<: them f., b.: without q suj'!,,y
The iT! consequences r"~l:I:in4 ir;:l4l IN
pure blood are beyond human calculation, 50
ar the vast sums expended in worthless
remedies. P"fS>nS }'u,:H't;l, i''ii< ili":;r
rich blOou, and taken one Il night for three
+ months will change the blood in ,h:, rr1irr
svStrni.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15

ment appears when. and in the manner that 1t ouch
to- checking each subsequent issue of the advertise
nent in each paper, In book kept for that purpose.
and marking plainly in each paper the advertisement
sends) for the purpose of having the files examined,
the eye may light promptly upon his announcement,
without the labor Of searchin whole pa page
If omissions occur. it is duty to notify
publish at own expenses for labor pos. age or
messenger, md to to it that publisher of the
paper actually DIES render the specified service for
which the advertiser contracted
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-08-15
i't D<F!i:tEi'E OK or: Patrols,
MATTER Of I'i:IMi, H.
I'tJI:I i Et.:E

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pose o! marta mag our iniii.cre viii pE:'.:s =:
that il shall come he understood ~. t.
our statements about advertising a 90 CT
be done to b. relied upon. .4:.:i
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basis Of mutual Confidence L. oi IA in
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
HOW A GIRLS LIFE WAS WRECKED.

Some time ago the eighteen-year-old
daughter of a well-to-do farmer near
Cleveland. idling over Clnclnnatl
paper, became interested IN the
fascinating mysteries of the ''person-
ais. There was a spice OF strange
ness and romance about them that ex-
cited her imagination. One OF them
in particular, which solicited cores
pondence with some young lady, APP
pealed to her fancy. She hesltated.
and then in adventurous mood SAT
down and briefly answered 1T. "A
reply came promptly, dated from
Chicago. 1t was flattering and res
pectful, and the chirography was
very beautiful. A correspondence
ensued, and the mutual warmly OF
expression increased with each sue
ceeding letter. The vanity OF the
simple country girl was tickled to
think that at last she had real city
beau. and when one day he appeared
at her home clad in the most fashion
able city apparel, her cup OF triumph
ran over at the contrast OF his APP
pearence with the homely, awkward
country fellows upon whom hitherto
her coquetries had been bestowed. The
old folks were disposed to be dubious
about this flashing young chap from
the city, who talked so plausibly. and
so boldly sued for their daughters
hand, but finally gave their consent to
the marriage. Then the united
couple joyously sped for the city. car
rying with them generous purse
bestowed upon the young wife by her
father. The sequel is sad and short.
Two months later the wife sought her
fathers home a tired, careworn
woman. Her precious husband
proved to be gambler. He speedily
squandered all his wife's money, and
then she found herself the victim OF
cruel want, and fortunate it was that
a good country home was open to re-
ceive the disconsolate waif. The
girls husband, one Wilson, was
formerly stock-broker with promis-
ing prospects, but gambling ruined
all, and his heartless ruSe of the
newspaper personal was but the cum
ming venture of a desperate 1nan to
obtain the means of indulging his
besetting vice. Doubtless it will be
repeated, however, and some other
silly girl done for in a war like this
Ohio farmers daughter.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
WHEAT GROWING EXTRAORDINARY.


Some specimens of wheat has been
handed us by Mr.. w. II. Foster. Of
Brookline, Mass, and they are of
unusually fine growth. Mr.. Foster
planted the seed singly one foot apart
each way, and when the plants ma
tured as many as foIty-eight we'll
headed stalks five feet eight inches III
height were found growing from a
single seed. Mr.. Foster estimates
that if he had seeded an acre he
wonld have required hut 33.4 pounds
of feed, while if the wheat had been
sovn broadcast 100 pounds would
hare been needed. He used common
manure, and the variety of seed was
the common western wheat. This
interesting experiment demonstrates
III the opinion of Mr.. Foster that thin
seeding of wheat is mnch preferable
to the ordinary broadcast sowing.
Certainly the experiment is worth
trying on large scale. and. if the re-
suit is satisfactory, it VIII be an i'm
poftant fact to wheat growers.-4Mass.
Ptoughman.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
Books Among the Ancients.

The use of educated slave labor in
writing rendered books comparatively
cheep among the ancients. We learn
from Plato that in his time the works of
the philosopher Anaxagoras were sold in
the theater at Athens for drachma, or
about seventeen cents of our money, and
even if as some OF the commentators
think, only single treatise Of Anaxagor-
as is spoken of. this is cheaper than the
rate at which opera librettos or other
printed pamphlets are sold at our places
of public amusement at the present day
The poet Marital tells us that his works
were sold in distant Brittany at a price
quite as low as a good copy of them
could be bought for to-day in London.
1t is difficult in these instances to est
mate in modern currency the actual
value of books or other articles of sale,
on account of the variation in the value
of the precious metals at different peri
DDS. Some writer's on political economy
have assumed the market price of wheat
as a standard of comparison II measur-
ing the value of other commodities at
different historical periods, but as the
this generation has fluctuated between
the extreme limit of $3.50 and $50 per
barrel at retail, this standard can scarce
ly be accepted as sound basis for very
accurate calculations. Besides, the val
ues of the ancient coins differed at diff
fereEt periods, and if it be stated that
the price of particular book was a
drachma. we are at loss in determining
whether reference is made to tire drach-
ma of the fathers or trade drachmas
But without engaging in such abstruse
calculations, it is enough to know that
books in the brilliant Athenian period
and under the Roman Empire were
much cheaper than they were at any
time during the first three centuries aftel
the discovery OF the printing press.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
kCSCIUSkO'S FALL,

One by one are being DESTROYED the
little gctions which give zest to po-
etry and song. \ reviewer tells us
now that Campbell's couplet:
Hope ror season babe the world farewell.
And freedom shrieked as Kosciusko fell.
is not quite correct. He did not fall
from his horse. covered with wounds.
az the engagement of Maeieowics
(ll9il with the words: This is the
end of Poland Taken prisoner and
held as such for some time. the En-.
peror Paul. CT Russia, on his ac.
cessslon. gave him liberty. an estate
with 1900 serfs. and sum of money.
and restored his sword He after.
ward returned the money and resign.
ed the estate. having declined on the
spot the swoAi. with the remark that
he had no further need of it. as he no
longer had country in who's services
he might draw it. He revisited the
United States. was granted q tract oil
land and pension. and went back 10
France. engaging in agricultural pur
suits near Fountainbeau. Later he
wet to Switzerland making his home
in >oleure. whence he sent deed OF
manumission TO all the serfs M n hi:
Russian estate The year folIowin.
he was killed by a fall of his hors,
( over a precIpice. the fatal acciden
occurring twenty-three years ate
| the battle of Macieowice.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
A Boys History Composition.

Henry VI. died one day with great sue
cess He left three children who did nor
care to 60 with him. Their names were
Mary, Elizabeth and Edward. The last
was the Ed Of the family. He was a boy
His sisters were not. Their father also left
Will. His will was stronger than all his
children. By will Earl Hartford was to
boss the State while Edward was young.
He was only ten years young. Hartford
loved the glass so well he became tumb-
Ter, and was called the Duke OF Summer
set. He wanted the King to take the
Queen (of ScotlandJ, but the trick was lost
because the Scotch refused to assist.
The Duke was called the Protector be-
cause ne protected his own family and
put everybody else away in the Tower.
The border men OF England and Scotland
we're those who boarded on the frontier
and bored each other almost to death
80 they had a fight about Edward marry
ing their queen. The English attacked
them by water. which they couldn't stand
History says thatthe Scotch loss was ten
thousand and the English two hundred
| History lies, probably. The government
told the people what to bellve. Ii they
did as they were ted. they must pay taxes
for their belief II they didn't do So
they were roasted. Things were red ho.
| Somebody told stories about the Protec
| tor and so he was taken TO the Tower anC
had his head chopped Off It was moi
much of head.but he hated to part witt
it. There was a rising of the common
| people. but they did not know what for
Most of them got raised on to trees witt
ropes around their necKs. Some very IA
men were burned. thus making light o
their complaints. Now guess it is tim
tor the little king to die. He was onl-
sixteen when he gave up the crown an'
the ghost. England is hot vet done. so
cannot finish the history vet.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

The salaries of ofsice-holders should
be reduced in proportion to other labor
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
INDIA AS A WHIT PRODUCER

The amount of wheat sent from In
dia to England in 1877 has given rise
10 the belief that within a few wears
England would be practically indie.
pendent OF America with regard to
this element OF her food supply. The
Madras Mail disputes the proposition.
alleging that 1.-The fact is. India ex-
ports not because she has a surpIus.
but because the people are too poor
10 retain the food now exported.
We're the people able to afford it. ey-
cry pound OF grain Produced would
be eaten. \ very large proportion
OF the inhabitants of this presidency
do not know what really hearty and
satisfactory meal is from years end
TO years end. In Madras the culti.
vators have to pay e. 500. 900 annually
in the shape of rent, and must sci
their grain to get the cash needed t.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26

Go west, young man. If you have
no money, begin the journey on foot,
and leave your wives and little ones
to starve, while you beg your bread
from door to door. 1t is nice to be
tramps. with no place to lay your
head. except on the earth below the
canopy of heaven. If dogs bite. clubs
crush YOUR head. leaden bullets fill
your body. and your carcase rot IN a
Potter's field, never mind; by all
means 90 west. The bond-holdlng
aristocracv can live east, rolling in
luxury and ease, and travel IN palace
cars and Steamers journal.
ssWe hear the complaint from all
parts of the country. from all branch
es of industry. from every state IN
the Union, that industry for some
reason is paralyzed, and that trade
and enterprise are not SO well reward,
ed as they were. Many attribute all
this to the contraction Of the curren'
eva contraction that I believe is
unexampled in the history OF any ma
ton. One hundred and forty million
dollars have been withdrawn in less
than two years. There is no example
that know of of such rapid contrac
ton. 1t may be wise, it may be bene
fetal, but still it has been so rapid as
to excite stringency that is causing
complaint, and think the people
have right to be relieved from that.
JOHN SHERMAN.
Journals like the New York ITa
bune founded by the philanthropy OF
Greeley, are bought up by Wall street
gamblers interested in corruptlng tine
offices of our government that they
NAV perpetuate the same robbery o.
her corporate treasury that they 81
successfully perpetuated upon thu
shareholders of the Erie railway
| This subsidized sheet has much tt
say against the effort OF farmers tt
organize, and terms their noble etfor
at self presentation COMMUNISM.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
BUTLER ON THE MAINE RESULT

\ Boston dispatch of last night to
the sun saws: As General Butler
stepped into the train for Worcester
this evening he was met by Sun
reporter. who asked him what he
reply, Mr.. Butler said he thought
that the party which cast $50 votes in
1876, 5000 in 1877. and 10000 in 1878.
showed signs of pretty healthy
growth. and that the babe of two
years ago had become a stalwart
youth. The indications are he
continued. that the Greenback
strength is in the country and farm
ing towns, us it is in New York.
Pennsylvania and the West. / found
the same condition of things in the
western part Of Massachusetts. The
farmers feel the distress of the
times. and never having been extrav:
agant or speculative. they know that
The fault lies with the government.
and they seem determined to vote foI
change irrespective of party. This
is what has been done in Maine. The
number of men in Massachusetts who
will vote witheut special reference t
financial ideas will be found sur
prisingly large. The more it is dis
cussed the stronger the party grows
50 convinced am of this that / shall
devote myself in the future to thi:
subject in my speeches. The Maine
election will have great effect al
over the country. 1t has almost set
tied the question of the majority il
| the next Congress. The Republican!
could figure out but six at their best
and now two of them are lost. Tbs
result will have very great effec
upon Pennsylvania. Indiana. Ohit
and New York. It will give hope t.
| those who never before knew thei
strength. It will not have so mucl
effect in Massachusetts,, because W
had all the hope before. and our enc
mics all tie scare.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
MISCELLANY,
ANCIENT AND MODERN sTlMULANTs.

In a paper read before the British
AnthropOlOgical Institute, Miss A,
W. auckland described the stimulants
of ancient and modern savages, and
showed that all races have acquired
the use of them in some form. The
stimulants of the lower races, such as
the Australians, consist merely of
leaves and roots, chewed for their
strengthening and invigorating
properties, this being only a sliqht
advance upon the instinct which
prompts the inferior animals to seek
out certain dlants for medical pur-
poses. The first step towards the
manufacture of stimulating drinks is
seen in the kaya of the South Seas.
This art Of producing fermentation
by the masticting process can be
traced in II line across the Pacific
| from FOrmossa, where rice is the in
| gredient thus employed. to Peru and
| Bolivia, where maize is used for the
same purpose. the manufacturers be-
ing always women. The next adj
vance is that acquired by agricultural
races, who make a kind of beer from
the chief cereal grown by them.
This liquor probably reached western
Europe from Egypt, where it was
very early known. through the lake
dwellers, and still forms the princi-
pal drink Of all African races. Pas
toral tribes. meanwhile, use the milk
Of their tiocks and herds and the hon
ey of wild bees in the manufacture of
their fermented drinks; hence the
celebrated koun,isS and need of
Scythlc nations, the same liquors re-
appearing among the katfirs in South
Africa. the vessels used in both eoun-
tries being the skins of animals.
which were also used for storing
wines in the east. Later, in Greece
and Rome need was favorite bever-
age OF the Scandinavians and Anglo
SaXonS. and there seems to be Shad-
oW of the Scythic koumiss in the
nvonshire liquor known as white or
grout ale. while both liquors may be
traced more distinctly in the famous
amritd and soma uinc of the Vedas.
Various plants and fruits have been
used in all civilized and civilized
countries from very ancient times In
the manufacture of wines; but grape
juices had formerly a circumscrib bed
range, having been confined TO west
ern Asia. Egypt. Greece, and Rome
but forbidden in China and the vines
eNtirpated. The religious ceremonies
aud pl exhibitions attached to these va
rious beverages were briefly noticed
as also the dedication of plants on &C
count of their medicinal properties
and the form and material of drinking
vessels: while alcohol. the latest ane
most pernicious development of tbs
art OF manufacturing stimulants. wa:
only mentioned as not having beer
included among the beverages of thu
anclents nor known to savages unit
introduced BIZ Europeans.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
The Antl-AIonopollSt.

give to the tax-collector. Again,
much of the grain exported goes to
pay for the scanty clothing of the
people, for the cotton fabrics worn
are mainly of Lancashire weaving.
AS regards the wheat trads from the
northwest provintes, it is clear that
the great export for time was due
to the people parting with their usual
reserve. What has been the result
Why. as the effect Of the failure of Il
single harvest. Sir George Copper has
had to encounter noa merelp scarcity,
but actual fiamne. ''-Scientifc inner
3cnn
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-09-26
GREENBACK NOTES..

mo HlOllDpOllcS.
No national banks.
No class legislation.
One money for the whole people.
A national system of finance is de-
sired without metal basis.
The people want no bonds of any
description. Pool your issues.
The political hucksters begin to see
the hand writing on the wall.
The greenhack idea is the only one
that calls the people into activity.
Equal taxation of all property must
be the demand eff the American peo-
pie.
The currency issues are the allah
sorbing political topics in Ohio.
The hard money golden calf wor-
shippers do not relish the Greenback
movement.
The masses have been robbed. du-
ped, and led rs ray, while they have
been asleep.
Starvation is opening the eyes of
the people TO inquire what they shall
do to be saved.
Ne relief can come TO the people
till the workingmen work ana vote
for themselves.
one result of the hard times is that
people have been led 10 thilk for
themselves.
The government was not obliged to
issue bonds. except to please the rich
who had money to loan.
The Greenback vote in Maine has
increased from $40 in 1877. to ovel
$4,000 in 1873. DO the hard money
leeches see the point!
For the first time in fifteen year.
the Republicans are too busy burying
their dead and taking care of til,
wounded to hold Publication meet
ings.
j. Randolph Tucker has been re
nominated to Congress from the sixth
Congressional district in Virginia. Oh
a strong Greenback PLATFORM
The Republicans in Maine had NJ
use for halls. speeches ana brass band:
to hold IA joll:tication meeting over
the results of the election. Tn,
speakers were exhausted. consequent
~ retired early to their little beds.
The Democrats of the Seventeenth
District OF Ohio will ratify the Green
back nomination of Lewis Miller TO
Congress.
The Greenbackers will probabl,
hold the balance of power in the In
diana Legislature. which elects