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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
WI; ARE NOW SELLING
NewPianosz$125,

WE All; NOW SELLING
NewPianosz$125,
Each, and all styles, including Grand, Square and
Upright, all new and strictly first-class, at the
lowest nett cash wholesale factory prices, direct
to The purchaser. No Agents. Pianos for $500, con-
tanning
MATHUSHEk'6
New Patent Duplex overstrung Scale,
which is acknowledged Ivy the highest musical authori
ties to be the greatest improvement ever put into
square Piano, producing tho most 0sf0ntshing poscT,
richness and depth of to'e and sustdinir0 singing
quality nerer be fore attainaa being "GRASD PIANO
in SQUARE CASE"
THE MENDELSSOHN UPRlGHTS
ARE THE FINEST IN AMERICA.
They are pronounced tho Pianos ct the Futars."
All Pianos arc made entirely ty ourselves at our
M A NJ r A CTO RY.
Originally established in 1914, &c years ago.
being among tho few makes Of Planes which have
stood tho test Of time.
OVER $4,000 IN USE.
Every Piano fully warranted for Ave years.
We are now making all our Pianos entirely Of
VUlcANIZED LUMBER:
Tho Greatest Discovery Of tho Aees. Wood
rendered imperishable, shrinking, checking
or warpinG impossible, and rs incapable of Al3-
sorbtng moisture rs vulcanized rubber. Tho in
creased hardness and toughness Of the wood rroducesa
resonance oftonetruly wonderful.
In the grand results OF strength. durability
volume, power, resonance, br1usanoys
sweetness, sympathetic and singing quality
of tone, evenno0s throughout the entire scale,
delicacy and elasticity of touch and beauty OF
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-20
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

4 GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
n Nervous DEB1L1 II, PREMATURE DECAY,
and all the effects of youthful indiscretion, will for
he sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who
need it, the recipe and direction for making the
simple remedy by which he cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertisers experience can
do 80 by addressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN, AZ Cedar ST., New York.
The New York herald., 1879-11-14

A FIRST CLASS COLORED WAITER: UNDER
Astands all kinds Of housework: DOCTORS boy; 10
years reference. Call address b. b. BYERS $40
West 4lst st.
The New York herald., 1879-11-14

A YOUNG FRENCHMAN, A THOROUGH FRENCH
Acook leaving of the most important houses New
York desres situation in private family. Address d.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
Manson's Bird Story.

Mr.. Manson, Gil Shanklin and the
writer were sitting patiently waiting
for oysters at an eating place, when
Manson said
"Shanklin, can you tell young
female canary bird from male one?"
''No, Mr.. Manson, L cannot" replied
Shanklin, and cooking his eyeglass on
his dexter optic, said, "Can you ?''
eyes," stoutly spoke up Manson.
"You feed the young birds with angle
worms, and the male birds will invaria-
bly, eat the male worms and the female
birds the female worms.''
"But how in the happy land, Man.
son, can you tell the sex of the worms"
"Shanklin,' solemnly said Manson,
III was telling you II bird story, not a
worm narrative"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
Kissing by Proxy.

Some time since one of the brightest
and wittiest of Cincinnati's girls went
abroad, and when she returned home,
about the first person to congratulate
her on her safe return was B, a
young blood of the city, whose dollars
exceed his sense in the ratio of about a
million to one.
"Aw, Miss x" he said, ''permit
me to greet you. know you have had
very pleasant trip abroad"
eyes" she answered, 'very pleasnt
indeed. / was all over the continent
and through England, Scotland and
Ireland"
"Ah, in Ireland; and did you see the
Blarney stone ?"
eyes, was there"
"Oh, 1 should so delight to see it. 1t
has always been desire of mine to kiss
that celebrated stone, but 1 have never
had the opportunity"
"Indeed, then you should"
81 know, but have not done so, but
why shouldn't l kiss it by proxy9
You have been there and kissed it, why
should not take the influence of the
Blarney from your lips Y"-and the
smart Aleck stepped forward to proxify
the young lady. But she drew back,
and looked him square in the face, said
81 beg your pardon, my dear Mr..
B, but sat upon the Blarney
stone"
Like man with great sorrow,
b sank down in heap, and he
hasn't said Ireland since, and the
very word "Blarney" makes him delir-
ious.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
KAN SAS.

Ali about its soil. climate. its settled and its
vacantands. Its farms and farmers can be learned
in the KANSAS FARMER, an eight page weekly
paper, 16 years old. Correspondents in every
county. Sent to any address Is weeks for so cts
Postage stamps taken as money. Address, HUD-
SON & EWING, Topeka, Kansas
learned more about Kansas from your paper
that can rely upon from all other sources. = r.
b. Evans, Columbia county, Ohio.
1t gives just what those OF us wanting to move
west want to know.-Samuel Chester, Orange CO..
New York.
Has large corps OF able contributors Usage
SHAFT"
: The best agricultural paper in the western
country.-Spring Hill Progress"
1t is valuable paper.-AtchsOn "Champon. I"
1t is ably edited.-"Spirit of Kansas"
Journal"
Our Kansas friends should feel much pride in
the high character OF their State Agricultural pa
per.-"National Live Stock Journal"
II has quickly taken q high place among agri-
cultural Journals" New York Tribune"
worthy representative OF the great Vest
Philad delphia 4" Practical Farmer"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

BgT Scene: London Bookshop. Book
seller: "What sort of books do you
want, sir?" Baggs (of Winconsin):
so, such books as gentleman generally
has" Bookseller: "And how many p"
Baggs: "Wal, my library is twelve by
fifteen, and want it full" Bookseller:
"Will you have them bound in Russia
or Morocco?" Baggs: 80, don't send
them so far Have them bound in
London.n
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
American and Foreign Patents.

GILMoRE g. CO.. Successors to CHAPMAN,
w HOSMER 4 CO., Solicitors Patents pro,
cured in all countries NO FEES IN ADVANCE.
No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees
tional fees for obtaining and conducting re-
hearing. By recent decision OF the Commits
sioner, ALL rejected applications may be revived.
fore the Patent onice, Extensions before Con.
gress Infringement Suits In different States, and
all litigation appertaining to Inventions or Pat
ents,. Send Stamp to Gilmore Co., for pamph-
LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS & SCRIP.
Contested Land Gases prosecuted before the U.
y. General Land Office and Department of the
Interier: Private Land Claims, MINING and
PRE- EMPTI0N Claims and HOMESTEAD cases
attended to-. Land Scrip in 40, so, any 100 acre
pieces for sale This Scripts assignable, and can
be located in the name OF the purchaser upon any
Land Warrants. Send Stamp to Gilmore 4 Co.,
for pamphlet of instruction.
ARREARS OF PAY AND BOUNTY.
OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS of the
late war, or their heirs, are in many cases entitled
to money from the Government Of which they
have no knowledge. Write full history of service,
and state amount OF pay and bounty received.
ply, after examination, Will be given you free.
E N SIONS.
All OFFICERS. SOLDIERS, and SAILORS,
wounded, ruptured, or injured in the late war,
however slight. can obtain pensOn by ad ressine
GILM0RE& co.
Gases prosecuted by GILMoRE& CO., before
the supreme Court OF the United States, the Court
OF Claims and the Southern Claims Commission.
Each department. OF our business is conducted
IN aseparate bureau, under charge Of the same
experienced parties. employed by the old firm.-
GILMORE CO., Is thus secured. We desire to
win success by deseryngit
Address: GILMORE &CO.,
629 f. Street,
aahf n n
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
vICIx's FLORAL GUIDE.

= A beautiful work of 100 Pages, One Colored
Flower Plate. and 800 Illustrations, with Deserip
how to grow them. All for Cent Stamp. In
English or German.
The Flower and Vegetable Garden. 175 Pages
Six Colored Plates. and many hundred Engray.
ings. For so cents in paper covers; S1.C0 I'M ele
CANT cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine-3l Pages.
a COlored Plate in every number and many fine
!: iEndgraylngs Price 81 70 year FIVE Copies for
Vicks Seeds are the best in the world. Send
Five Cent Stamp for Floral Guide, containing
List and Prices and plenty of information.
Address, JAMES WICK,
Rochester, N. Y.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

IMPORTANT NOTICE. The subscriber
l. late of the firm OF Rhoades Il Smith, would
respectfully inform the citizens OF BLAIN
and vicinity that he has opened WAGON
MAKER. SHOP, and is prepared to make new
wagons and repair old ones at short notice, and
the old firm.
Ss-Give me call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
JACOB SMITH.
Blain, August 8, 1867,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
THE GREAT BLOOD TONIC,

For the cure OF all diseases arising from impure
Blood, and for invigoratng and strengthening
the vital organs. Are you weak. nervous, debili
tated, pale and emaciated? Have you lost your
appetite? Have you nausea. pain in the back
out the disease and bring back the BLOOM OF
HEALTH. Pimples, Bolls Erysipelas, Tetter,
Blood Diseases; and Dr. Lidsey's Blood Searcher,
by outlying the system, softens the skin and
beauties the complexion. Sold by all druggists
81 per bottle. II. K. SELLERS Il CO., Pr0prie-
tors, Pittsburgh, Pa. G As
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

Hgr Said a lady to the famous actor,
Garrick, II wish you were taller"
Madame" replied the wit, show hap
py 1 should be to stand higher in your
estimation"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

eY' One of the most delicate bits of
humor in the Bible is Hosea's descrip-
tion of Ephraim as "a cake not turned"
The prophet didn't want to hurt
Ephraim's feelings by calling him
alf-baked.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

Ga "Here," said the farmer, as he
exhibited broken jar to the manufac-
turer, 81 packed this jar full of butter,
and the jar split from top to bottom.
Perhaps you can explain the phenome-
non." "Oh, yes, 1 can," was the
ready reply; "the butter was stronger
than the jar.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

Ey~ Josh Billings says: There is one
thing about hen that looks like
wisdom; they don't kackle much until
after they have laid their egg. Some
pholks are alwuz braggin and a
keckling what they are going tew do
bee fore hand.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

HgTA gentleman having given goose
to his servant Patrick as Christmas
present, meeting him short time
afterward, asked him how he liked the
goose. "Och, y'r honor sure it was
fine bird. L never see a goose or
ganther don't think of y'r honor.'
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

H9~ wilkins has quit the study of
botany now. He was frightened nearly
to death by bullrush. The bull rushed
right at him, and the fence was about
seventy five yards off
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

"a" Mariah Mariah please let me
in,' said man to his wife, who was
looking out of the window watching
him trying to open the door with a
toothpick. "I'sh tread on my key and
it's all flattened out"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
DEATH DEFEATED.

H have been the standard remedy for Liver
Complaints, Costiveness, Sick Headache. Pain in
Fever and Ague. and all diseases arising from a
deranged state of the Liver or Stomach Thomas
Adams, Of Big Sandy Ky, says: Sellers Pills
have saved hundred of dollars in doctors bills in
this country II. 4. SELLERS & CO., Prop'rs,
po
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11
NATIONAL HOTEL.
CORTLANDT STEET,
Near Broadway
NEW Y oRK-

HOCHklSS q POND, Proprletors.
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
The restaurant, cafe and lunch room attached
are unsurpassed for cheapness and excellence OF
service. Rooms SO cents, so per day. SO to $40 per
week Convenient to all ferries and city railroads.
NEW FURNITURE. NEW MANAGEMENT. Ally
EISTATE OTICE.-Noticeis is herebygIvan.
IL that letters OF administration on the est.fte
OF Isaiah F0ose. late OF New Bloomfield Perry
county, Pa. deceased, have been granted to the
undersigned. E7
Allpersons Indebted to said estate arerequested
TO make immediate payment and those having
caimsto presentthem duly authenticatedfors sci.
tlement.
j. e. JUNKIN, Administrator.
January IA, 1879.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

TSTATE NOTICE.-Notlce is hereby Civ
IL en-, that Letters of Administration on the
Estate Of Sarah Gehr, Of Carroll twp Perry coun.
ty, Pa, deceased, have been granted to the un-
derslgned, residing in Spring township.
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make payment, and those having claims will
present them duly authenticated to the under
signed for settlement without delay.
q. w. GEHR,
Administrator.
R5- p o. Address, Ellottsburg.
CALVIN NELSON. Attorney.
November s, 1878. pd
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
The Bank of England.

A few steps farther on was the power fnl institution whose influence Is felt in finance and trade all over the world-the Bank of England. Bounded on all four sides by the streets, all its windows open into central court, and, since the riots in 17S0, it has been occupied every night by detachment of soldiers. Its business requires working force of 1,200 men. Its bank notes are printed within the building. The same note is never paid out over it's counter twice. The new bill that is issued this morning is retired as soon as it returns, no matter If the same man pays it in this afternoon with out wrinkle in it. It is allowed to issue notes to the amount of $15,000,000 on the security of its standing loan of a much larger amount to the government, which constitutes part of the public debt For every note issued above that and it has circulation of over $40,- ,000-bullion of an equal amount must be paid into it's treasury, and must be kept there for the redemption of the note when it returns. The traveller on the continent often finds it's notes at a premium in gold. No note is issued of a less denomination than @. Every note is numbered, and the name of the party to whom it is paid out is carefully recorded The practice of keeping a memorandum which will show from whom he receives every bank note that passes through his hands is common, also, with the painstaking London trades man. It tproved a fortunate thing for a friend of mine on one occasion. He had given his wife G50 note. Their little child got hold of the portemonnaie and destroyed the note, as they supposed, by throwing it on the open fire. There would have been no hope of realizing on greenback under such circumstances. But G50 was worth trying for. The number of the note was ascertained from the parties through whose hands it came to my friend, a sworn statement of the facts was filed at the bank, and, after year or so had passed without its having been presented for redemp- ton, the bank paid over the money. The bank takes ip and pays out it's gold coin by weight Sometimes it sends out q sealed package and receives it again before the seal is broken, and yet deducts quite sum from the amount at which it paid out, to make good the loss--deteeted by the unerring scales-which occurred by the abrasion of the coins in trans- portation.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
 Improved Methods of Execution.
British Medical Journal.


 It is surprising that from time to time attention is recalled to the barbarous nature of the mode of executing the death penalty in this country. Hanging by the neck till the criminal is dead is obviously relic of barbarism. It is the most primitive, the most various, the least prompt and uniform and certain of the modes of execution which have been or could be devised. If the object of ex- ecution nowadays be to insure the rapid and certain death of the criminal, with out any probability of intervening acci- dent, delay or torture, hanging by cord and trusting to the rough adjustment of weight and fall which the eye and ex- perience of an ignorant hangman can afford, is the most fallible of methods, and must, of necessity, from time to time, lead to painful scenes of torture. The garotillo is, perhaps, of all existing European methods of legal execution the most rapid and certain; but, without pro posing any one substitute on our own onsibility-whether the carbonic acid chamber, the massive electric dis charge, or any other method-it is cer- tain that any scientific man or commis- sion could very speedily devise prompt, bloodless and certain mode of execution, which would be free from the clumsiness and uncertainty of hanging. The re- tenuon of this ancient relic of past bar barism is not very creditable to our ju- risprudence.i a ..f.e rr
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
Household Sins.

i Some cooks will throw out the water in which meats have been boiled, with out letting it cool so as to take of the fat.
 Bits of meat are thrown out which would make hash.
 The flour is sifted in a wasteful man. ner, and the bread pan left with the dough sticking to it. "
 Pie-crust is laid by to sour, instead of making few tarts for tea.
 Cold buildings are considered good for nothing, when oftentimes they can be steamed for the next day.
 Dish-cloths are thrown down where mice destroy them. that would warm very nicely for break fast. lsE F.l al-
 The scrubbing brush is often left in the water.
 Tubs and barrels are left in the sun to dry and fall apart. t.ft..
 Nice handled knives are thrown into hotwater tI- '
 Silver spoons are used to SCOUT the kettles.
 Cream is allowed to mold and thereby spoil. -f,.1-.-
 Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left to stand open and in this manner loose their strength +-
 The cork is left out. of the molasses jug, and the flies take possession. sq
 Vinegar is drawn into a tin basin, land allowed to stand until both basin and vinegar are spoiled. ,f.. ...... ...
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
scraps.

Lost at se-The singer who can go higher than la.-American Punch.
 -'Tis Wise balloonists that knows his own whereabouts.- Whitehall Times.
 The word "boom" is beginning to have hardly ever" nausea about it. Wheeling Ledder.
 The game of "high-spy" was intro duced into this country by Major Andre. --Cin. Sat. Night. U. .a
 It warns mans heart to be cre- mated, but what need . body care for that?-N !. Nelrs. V Mosquitoes and top dealers have been doing humming business lately, -- Bridgport Standard
 Why is disinhearited son like a balloonist2 Because he IS an heir O. naught, ,- Toronto Grip, .... y & No matter if mans hat does get old and worn, its influence will still be felt.--Syrac,ise Sunday 1Smesl n It has just been discovered that Mur- physwas able to make a mile easier be- cause he's Milesian.- Yoakers 9azdtte.
 Ut wouldn't be exactly the thing to call chestnuts eggs because they are bur red fruit, would it?-- Yonkers Sdles- man
 "A eat has nine lives, and lives to be fifteen years old, if not sooner hit with something hard.-Nep Orleans Pcayune
 The Maritime Turner is Provincial paper A maritime farmer must be one of those that plough the sea- Yawcot Strduss.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
MALARIA.
A Discovery of the Fungus that Breeds this Poison.
 -pof,


 Innumerable attempts have been made to ascertain the poison that produces malaria, and in every instance, until re- gently they have failed. This poison is not cognizable by the senses, nor could it be detected by chemical tests The air of malarial districts has been ana lyzed, the soil has been subjected to mi croscopical examination, but no light was thrown on the subject by any in- vestigation that had been undertaken. It was not difficult to describe the places favorable to the production of the mala- rial poison, or to prescribe the proper medical remedies for those who were suffering from it. It was easy to say that the poison was generated in salt and fresh water marshes, i'll wet mead- ows, from vegetation decaying under a hot sun, in lands alternately flooded and drained in the moving of earth rich in vegetable matter, and in the drying up under certain'atmospheric conditions of stagnart pools. But what the poison was that produced those remitting and intermitting diseases which are known by the various names of marsh fever, malarial fever, fever and ague, and pop ularly as "chills" and shakes" no phy- sician could explain. At length, how ever, q series of investigations into the origin of malaria has been crowned with saccess. Two men of science, Signor Tommasi, of Rorhel and Prof. Kieb, of Prague, after spending three weeks in that feyer-stricken region, the Roman Campagna, experimenting on it's soil, its atmosphere and it's stangnant waters, "have succ eeded," it is said, 'in discov- ing a microscopic fungus, which, being placed under the skins of healthy dogs, caused distinct and regular paroxisms of intermittent fever, and produced in the spleens of these animals that peculiar condition which is the recognized part of the pathology of this disease" The report of their investigations and ex- periments, and the success that crowned them. was read a short time since. in the Academy at Rome, and If further tests substantiate the truth of their dis coyery, the next series of experiments will have for their object the means whereby these poisonous tnngl may either be destroyed or rendered innox- mons It is doubtful whether anything can be done in this direction. The prae- tical agricultural remedy for draining and lining must remain, we apprehend, the only certain one. But the discovery of the sources of malaria, in minute fungus, discernable only under q mieros- cope. m erits, nevertheless, the applause with which it has been received, and will strengthen very materially the be- lief in the germ theory of disease which has found in Tyndalt one Of its apiest advocates.
The Russellville Democrat., 1879-11-27
Chambers Journal.

A. large toad was found in an old ap- pie tree at Wonham Manor; it came to light when the tree was blown down. "The Memories of the French Academic des Sciences" contained description ofa living toad found in the heart of an old elm tree. Near Nantes, when an old oak was cleft open, a toad was found in the very heart wood, although no crevice or other channel of entrance could be detected; there were about ninety rings in the trunk of this oak, leading to the inference (according to one theory) that the animal must have been in his prison house ninety years. Mir. Jesse, in refer ence to frog found in the trunk of a mulberry tree, expressed belief that the annual rings had been gradually but surely inclosing the reptiles. Toads in clay have been more frequently met with than in trees; sometimes a whole family have been thus ferreted out at once. In 1856 toad was found at a considerable depth at Benthali, near .Brosely, Shropshire. Mir. Bathurst, .earthenware manufacturer at Benthall, 'ascertained that the creature was met with about six feet beneath the surface, in layer of tough clay ,customarily used for making coarse brown ware. Above this layer, in successive strata, were fer ruginous coal of poor quality, clay, a loam of clay and gravel, and meadow turf at the top. The, toad was found filling cavity as wax does seal. A minute examination of the superincum- bent strata failed to detect any Assure through. which the animal could have entered. The light of day seemed at first to distress it, but this it soon be- came accustomed to; the eyes were brilliant, the skin moist,tne mouth quite closed