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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
"A Lost Art.
from the Manchester Guardian. !

IRON inc manchester Guarul1G.l
A French antiquary calls attention to
what he regards as evidences of All art
known to the ancienta, but lost or unused
in modern times. At Grand Maisons,
on the Charente, near Jarnac, some re-
mains If oysters have been fou I'd and ex-
amiped bv NJ A. F I.ievra who has do
scribed them in the Revue Archeologique.
The deposit at Grand Maisons had ap-
parently been about 200 square metres
inextent, and the bivalves in 1t we're clear.
~ distipgulshable from the remains OF
those that had formed part of the food of
by-gone generations. They were adult
specimens, and for the most part perfect,
though the flesh had, OF course, long ago
given place to earth introduced by III.
filtration. They had clearly been
brought to their presant position while
alive, and the pottery and other remains
above them showed that their probable
antiquity was that of the Roman domin-
ion. It had been suggested that bore
wave had been carried them from the
sea, but it requires good deal Of faith
to suppose that only adult oysters would
be selected by such an agency. A fur
Their argument against the acceptance Of
such an explanation is that similar de-
posts of oysters have been noticed at
Bordeaux, Sa1ntes, Avranches, Poitiers,
and Clermont. At the last mentioned
place another explanation has been
offered. It is suggested that the oysters
we're intended by the salt in them TO
preserve the meats over which they
bad been placed. Those at Avranches
we've found in what had evidently
been cistern or water-tight tank. NJ.
Lievre therefore concludes that these
reservoirs were intended to nourisb, or
at all events to preserve, oysters, either
in sea water brought for that purpose
or in fresh water specially prepared.
He inclines to the latter hypothesis, and
asserts that some naturalists are on his
side in thinking it possible for oysters to
live in fresh or very slightly brackish
water. The explanation comedies with
what is known Of the delight which Ro-
man gourmands derived from the con-
sumption OF the oyster. During the Par
THAN war Apicius is said to have sent to
Trajan some of these esteemed delicacies,
and after the long journey, we are told
they arrived in Persia as fresh as though
just taken from the sea. Vivaria such
as those described by n. Litvre may
have been common, but only those will
now attract notice where the perfect re.
mains of the mollusk are found. These
ponds may have been abandoned in con-
sequence Of the invasions which, between
the third ard fifth centuries, led towns
like Poltiers to demolish their finest
monuments to make ramparts when the
country districts we're ravaged almost
without let or hindrance by the bar
barians.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
An Indians Wife.

John Ross, chief Of the Cherokees
in the Indian Nation, some years ago
embraced Christianity and married an
English governess. Though usually liv-
ing in house in civilized manner,
when the hunting season opened it was
his custom to deck himself in the promi-
nent costume of his tribe, besmeared
with paint and feathers; then, driving
his wife out of the house, he would COM
pei her to follow him on one of his ex-
petitions, where the trials and suffer-
ings of the poor woman were beyond de-
scription. Sometimes he would hunt
game for three months, and during this
time he would beat her on tho slightest
provocation and compel her to do all the
drudgery of camp life. This custom he
kept up every year until he died. The
red man is noblerin Cooper's novels than
in real life
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

BEIW EEN HE EAS1 ~ liz W I'D
Dining Cars for eating eys ep 81 sM6RfN
SALOON where you can enjoy your faa'ana
Magnificent Iron Bridges span Inc Mss SIS tRRpa
line, and transfers are avoided at Councll biuns
nections being made in Union Deg9tsC. n,o,,e M
rz SHr Gk1NSHff4Ah k Is GiSE ARE As
Sa S Ssaes With all diverginz lines for the
At At ESSLEWoop. with the L. S. Il MS, and p.
Fl xt W 81 n Ton HEIGHTS, with p, c. St.
At ii La SALE. with III. Cent. RI.
W.; III. Mia: and I. p: { ": Rds:
Al ROCK IsIAN1. with "Mi1wa9tee R SCI
- 1 A PAXsSrSRT; with the Davenport Division
At WEST L1RERTY Eith theB cry MR.
A. &Es M615h x' W GeDt 5oEa B.
At OMAHA, with B. & Mo. r. 4 Il; In Neb2
AtCoLUMBUsJ UNGI1ocS,W1 ra1 foIxa a. ~
St. L. & Pac., and c: 3; SO; 4: Rds;
AZ KEOKUK with TOl., PEG; y War; Wab.. st.
Louis Ras and ISL s. + t. S e. r r. R. kd'
Atch 4 Neb. and Cen. Br. =, ?. r. Rds.
At LEAvENWoRTH' with Kan. Fac, ana KAN
~1 xsKxSs1s CITY, with all lines for the West
a through to PEORIA. DEa lE0INEs,
ITCHISON, and LEAVENWORTH.
g Great Rock leland Route" are sold by
az home ticket ofnce, address,
r. ST. JOHN,
Gent TIKI and Pa's' Sesi Ast;; III.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
A Jewel of 4 Servant.

rIOm 4S1db SNt1uSS.J
A gentleman in Austin has new SER
want, and the other day he undertook to
coach him in regard to certain creditors
who Invariably bounded him the first of
each month with aggravating bills.
"Now," said he to his servant, eff q
man should call for me to-day, you tell
him I'm not at home"
Yis, sor," replied the man.
Fearing misunderstanding in some
way he again said:
"Now, Pat, what will you tell the man
when he calls?
"Tell him am not at home, sor."
"No, no, blockhead, tell HIM that T.,
mys elf, am not at home"
GAN roight, sor.
SHOW, what will you say to him?'
II, myself, am not at home"
"Pshaw! Tell him your boss is not
in. Understand that, donkey? Now,
what will you say ?"
"Your boss is not IN. Understand
that, donkey?"
"Fooll That's not right. Say to him,
Il am OUT Can you do that ?"
"Yls, sor.';
"WelI, let's hear you"
am out"
Thunderation! Can't you under
stand? Tell him your master is out.
Nov what will you say?"
"Your master is out"
"No, you don't say anything of the
kind, you ignoramus. Tell him that
have left the house,
"Certainly, I'll tell him that have
left the house, but he won't behave
me when he sees nae in the house."
"Pshaw! Can't you simply say have
gone cut for walk %
"Thin he'll think I'm a.lying, sor."
:How 500"
"Why, whin I tell him have gone
out for walk"
"Great Potiphar? You are the stu.
pidest fool ever knew. See here, I
don't want to see any of the people that
will call to day, and I want them to I'M
derstand that there's no use of them call
ing, as they won't find me at home. Can
You give them an ambiguous answer in
your own words ?" ::
''.ls it an am biguous answer? 7
should say could, if you jist lave it to
me ?"
: ''Well, what will you say?''
EN- say, when they ak me if you are
in: 'Yis, the boss is in, but lie has com
mitted bigamy and gone off on weddin'
tour wild wildly woman, an if they
don't arrest him for the ambiguity yez
ill niver see the color av his hair again.
That'l fetch 'em." -~~5:@ e. 49,,
~.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
A Mountain Craze.

The practice of illicit distillation with
the quaint and simple mountain folks
who are addicted to it, is like the craze
for the cards and dice with the inveter-
ate gamester. While successful, it's
profits are large, and the love of excite
ment is strong motive with the moon
sinner. The people of the moonshin.
ing country have many of the adventur-
GUS characteristics of the frontiersman.
One may stand in the. capitol of Wash
ingt0n, and in the famous fresco 'front.'
ing the stairway to the western gallery
of the house of representatives, panora-
ma of the westward march of the back
woodsmen, in every striking male and
female figure he may see type easily to
be modelled in the land of The moon
sinner. The rugged scenery too, might
have been copied from nature, in the
mountains of Georgia and the Carolinas.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
Woes Of an Inventors Wife.


cit is ali very we'll to talk about work.
ing for the heathen," said one, as the
ladies put up their sewing, ''but Ia
lika to have some one tell me what I'm
to do with my husband?'' "Whatis the
matter with him ?" asked sympathetic
old lady. civilian is a good man,
continued the first, waving her glasses
in an areumentative way, ''but William
Will invent. He goes inventing round
from morning till night, and I have no
peace or comfort. didn't object when
he invented fire-escape, but did re-
monstrate when he wanted me to crawl
out of the window one night last winter
to see how it worked. Then he origin
ated lock for the door that wouldn' t
open from midnight until morning, so
as to keep burglars out. The first time
he tried it he caught his coat-tail in it,
and had to walk round him with pan
Of hot Goals oil night to keep him from
freezing" "Why didn't he take his
coat OFF, 81 wanted him to, but he
stood around till the thing opened itself,
trying to invent some way of unfastening
it. That's Williams trouble. He will
invent. A little while ago he got up a
cabinet bedstead that would shut and
open without handling. 1t went by
clock-work. William got into it and up
it went. Bless your heart, he stayed
there from Saturday afternoon till Sun
day night. when it few open and dis
closed William with the plans and
specifications of a patent wash bowl that
would tip over just when it got so full.
Tho rasn7f uon fhok 1oct q II m r;puo
and breastpin down the waste-pipe.
Then he got up crutch for man that
could be used as an opera glass. When
ever the man leaned on it up it went,
and when he put it to his eye to find
William it flew out into crutch and
almost broke the top of his head of.
The other day saw him going up the
street with model elevator sticking out
of his hip pocket, and he is fixing up an
improved shot tower in our bedroom.
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THE MONK OF JARROW.
BY ADA IDDINGs GALE

BY ADA 1DD1NGs GALE.
the old moth-eaten volume, whose characters
Went wandering over pages as yellow as Indian
gold,
I read of the sanity Bmda, of his solitary life,
In the gray old monastery-far from the sound Of
strife.
rwxt the walls of the dim old cloister In his child
hoods earliest day,
His grave, child lips in falt'ring tones began TOT sing
and pray.
There. meath tho vaulted arches, he loved to hea,
the swell
And from the peaceful shelter Of that sweet and
His feet ncer wandered woodward it's toll and care
to meet.
But there in blest seclusion, long centuries ago
He wrote aud taught and studied from dawn to sun.
set glow.
read Of his great knowledge, Of his teachings kind
and good,
OF his purity Of purpose unto the brotherhood.
How he in search untiring, so patiently did pour
over the ancient books, uneartbing great gems Of
classic lore.
read how Manuals poet held him in chains OF
How Plato's words uplifted his soul in yearnine
strong.
Read how in weakness toiling, DER the Book best
The shadows Of earhs last twilight gently began te
fall.
Read of that final lesson when with failing voice
and sight,
His pupils gathered round him-he babe them
haste and write
Read of his wondrous dying with his scholars by
his side,
How smiling, and singing gladly ';Glory to God,
he died
There on the Swallowed pavement where Oft he'd
knelt II pray,
lis soul % long imprisoned leaped into that per-
feet day.
And as closed the volume with its pages thin and
The cover al! moth-eatcn and covered DER will
mold,
The life of that old student who the gown and
Seemed from its height to emanate and fill my III.
most soul.
Out on the crowded streetway. where the human
tide doth dow;
Where so many human faces bear the stamp of hui
man woe;
Mlust Ill the Wilt ana hurry my thought goes OFT
to seek
That gray old monastery, aud the monk so greatly
meek.
OFT in the quiet routine Of homeliest hous eho,d
ways
A vision of the student-monk in hoy musing-
stays.
In times of disenhcartment there comes like heal.
ing balm,
The influence, farceaching, that life so strange
ly CAIN.
Through centuries forgotten like the rays of the
Pole star,
This patient, toing, striving life, beams on us from
affair."
Beams with splendid radiance down through the
ages dim;
A radiance reflected from One mightier than him.
-Sunday Inter- Ocean.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17

How doth the busy nurseryman
Improve each shining hour:
And peddle scions, sprouts and seeds
On every shrub and flower.
How busily he wags his chin,
How neat he spreads his store,
And sells US things that never grew,
And won't grow any more.
Who showed the little man the way
To sell the woman seed
Who taught him how to blow, and lie,
And coax and beg and plead?
He taught himself, the nurseryman;
And, when his day ia done,
Wen plant him where the lank rag-weeds
Will dutter in the sun.
But o, although we plant him deep
Beneath the buttercup,
He's so much like the seed ne sells,
He never will come up.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
Home Hints

A VERY nourishing drink for au invalid
is made of whipped cream sweetened
and mixed with highly favored wine.
A COMFORTABLY LOOKING wrap to lay
on a couch or sofa, or for use IN the car
riage on autumn days, is knit in stripes
of nine inches wide, of blue and wine-
colored worsted.
STEEL knives which are not in daily
use may be kept from rusting if they
are dipped in a strong solution of soda
one part of water to four of soda, then
wipe dry, roll in flannel and keep in a
dry place.
IF snail pieces of linen that are used
for the baby s bath towels or wash cloths
are fringed around the edge they will
pass through the weekly wash in safety,
but if left in irregular shape they will
very likely be left on the grass to mil
dew or be tucked in the rag bag.
To any one SO unfortunate as to be
obliged to move it may be of value:lto
know that canned fruit may be trans
ported without fear of loss, if the glass
cans are securely packed in saw-dust.
This must be very firmly pressed down
so that the cans really can not move, or
be moved by the Earring of the wagon or
car.
AMONG other pretty ways to finish the
edge of silk lounge quilt are these:
Put border of narrow ribbon on in
strips, make point on the end of each
piece of ribbon, and under these, allow
ing it to show tride; below them put
q ruffle of lace. The other way is to
omit the lace and put tassel or small
ball on each point.
Corn bread without yeast or soda is
sometimes desired as an article of food:
Sift three quarts of meal, add table,
spoonful OF salt, and mix with just
enough water to make thin batter.
Cover this with a cloth and let it stand
until it begins to rise, and little bubbles
make tbeirappearanco on the top. Then
pour it into a we'll. buttered tin and bake
slowly in a m oderate oven.
A USEFUL and even tasteful cover for
the marble slab of the sideboard is made
of a strip of Canton flannel just the width
Of the slab. 1t should be long enough
to hang over at the ends four or
five inches. Trim the ends with white
or colored ball fringe. and if you wish
to, row of Kate Greenaway figures
may be outlined at each end. Line the
flannel with firm white cotton cloth, or
with turkev,reil calico
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
rs THE GREAT CONNECTING LINK

10 he UhLA VVNNIOAAGNV AAASAA
Blufs, passing through Joliet, Ottawa, La Sale,
Gcneseo, Moline, Rock Island, Davenport, west
Liberty Iowa City. Marengo, Brooklyn, Grinnell,
Des Moines (the capital OF Iowa., stuart Atian.
Junction to Peoria; Wilton. Junction to Musca-
tine. Washington, Fairfield, Eldon, Belknap,
Centreville, Princeton. Trenton, Gallatin, Came
Washington to sgourney, Oskaloosa, and Knox
willie; Keokuk to EarmingtOn, B0naparIe. pen
tonsport, Independent: Eldon, Ottumwa, EDDY.
vile, OskalOOsa Pella. Monroe, ana Des M9lnes;
Winterset; Atlantic to Lewis and Audubon; and
Avoca to Harlan. This is positively me OILY
Railroad, which owns and operates through
line from Chicago into the state OF ha1s t phil.
man Palace Cars attached are run each way daily
COUNCIL. BLUFFS. LEAvENWORTH ana AICA!-
SON Through cars are ais the MiiWaufee and
Hss 1 islan Nn sSoTt i Line
The Rock Island" is %s9gni nn9
ad Git E6aa eSq ra Il n
What will please you most will be the pleasure
IF ENJOYING your meals, while passing over the
beautiful prairies Of Illinois and Iowa, in one Of
Through Express Trains: You get an entire
meal as good as is served in any f1rst-class hotel
for seventy tive conts.
approaching the fact that a majority OF the
purposes (and the immense passenger business
Of this line warranting it,, we are pleased TO an
nounce that this Company runs Pullman 4,0i0ce
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes, and Pataee
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are RI
COUNCIL BLUFFS. KANSAS CITY, I
Tickets via this Line, known ~ the
all Ticket Agents in the United Statee
For Information not obtninable AT "
A. K1MBALL,
Genl Superintendent
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
Cut Feed,

Cut Feed.
"A correspondent asks advice as to the
purchase and use of q feed-cutter for
corn fodder, etc. There seems little
doubt that stock will utilize much fodder
when cut, which is entirely too coarse
and bulky for animals to make much out
OF when fed in the unprepared or natural
state; and the question as to whether it
Will pay to cut it depends mainly upon
labor considerations. If there is plenty
OF labor which can not be profitably en-
ployed at something else, then it will
certainly not be bad idea to employ it
in cutting; and there are circumstances
where it will pay to cut feed when labor
can be advantageously employed other
wise. Cattle receiving ration of meal
or bran will give better return for it if
fed with proportion of cut hay or fod-
der. 1t is then 80 bulky that it goes en-
tirely to the first stomach and is raised
for remastication. When feed is scarce
and high the relative advantages of cut
ting are greater than when cheap and
abundant; aud farmers who are supplied
with horse. power can afford to cut
feed when those who are compelled to
10y ueOA Chu uC1lSO uO du'
equate profit from it. We have an i'm
preston that where the cutting of fod.
der is to be pursued as permanynt
feature of farm management, that its
greatest advantage will be found in
planting and managing portion of the
crop with special reference to il. Say
that few acres are planted in some Of
the large varieties of sweet corn, like
StOwell's evergreen or the Egyptian, and
cut up while the ear is in the milk, such
fodder, if we'll cured and put through 8
cutter, will be almost entirely consumed
by cattle, and "oceans" of it can be
grown upon an acre. Common field
corn, cut at about the same stage, will
afford more feeding value in its stalks
and leaves than is lost through the i'm
maturity of the ear. The great trouble
with rn,fodder ia that generally it il
allowed to stand SO long that it is poo1
stuff, no matter how it is handled. ani
stock can get little good from it, whether
cut up or fed in whole lengths. Breed
er's Gazette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
A Blank Device.

When the Danes, in the year 1876,
had set out with large number of troops
to capture the Town of Hamburg, and
had been compelled, after rrotracted
siege, to give up the attempt, the cltlz-
ems had medal struck to commemorate
the event bearing on one side the in
scription: "The King of Denmark has
been to Hamburg; what he accomplished
you may read on the other SIDE" The
other side was blank. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17

projected by the chaff division boards.
IN Inc stores should all be capped when
me oees are finely packed, and if any Of
Tue frames or combs contain any consid-
cradle amount of pollen in the outer
sldes OF the hive they may be used early
IN the winter, and be ready for use again
IN the ensuing spring.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
WISHING.
By F. D. g.

Four white fingers in my hand,
Tapered, soft, and slender;
I'm to wish ring on, and
Tell her something tender.
All my wits have gone to sleep
While she lets them 1inger;
What charm it is to keep
Hold of this small fngerl
Shall tell her, doubling eyes
Looking upwards sweetly2
Cupid in their gentle guise
Captures me completely.
What's the wish? All, love, you know;
Needless my endeavor!
would hold this finger so,
Wishing on forever. Life.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17

"PA, what is fool ?" GA fool, my
son, is man who tickles the hind leg of
a mule" "Does he ever find it out,
pa" No, my son; he never has time. :"
The Judge.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
Wintefing BeeSs

The difficulty of taking a colony of
bees safely through long and severe
winter is we'll known. Not infrequently
experienced beekeepers come out with
their bees in bad condition as the result
of improper handling during a long and
rigorous winter. A gentleman who has
had many years of experience in hand
ling bees and who has been highly sue
cessful in taking his colonies through
the winters of Eastern New York fur
nishes the following as his methods of
wintering bees. He says:
1put up my colonies on Lapgstroth
frames, with two-inch closely fitting
chaf- division board ON each side of the
hive: use "Hill's Device" (so.calied)
over the frames, but the space above can
be made by using little pieces Of pine
deal just as effectually, though not as
handi1y. I cover the frames with bur-
lap map or porous blanket of any mater
ial, and then fill the upper story with
forest leaves or chaf pressed closely
down.
I do not advise chat cushion, for it
is apt to be made too compact, and /
want all moisture to be carried off
through the covering material, without
involving any loss of heat, ard find
that forest leaves accomplish this better
than anything else have used.
bore one and one -half inch hole in
each end of the cover, and find this
amply sufficient for the purpose of VEN
tilating. ..-
The entrance I contract to about six
inches for the strongest stock, and more
still in proportion to length. My aim is
to keep the queen laying as long as 1
can stimulate her by daily feeding of
small quantity of diluted honey or sugar
strip, SO as to have as many young bees
ais 1 possibly can rear in the hive, they
being better able to stand the long con-
finement which an unusually sewers
winter and delayed spring will entail. s..
My preference is double-walled hive,
with a dead air space one inch thick be-
tween the walls, as such q hive, I imag.
inc, will better protect it's little occu-
pants from cold winds and sudden
changes; still i have found my bees to
winter we'll in single-walled hives when
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17

A VERY large devil-fsh was caught at
Port Royal recently, It measured Is
feet across, and is reported to have
weighed two tons. Il ss-&%'sA .Gs@| :
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-17
SEl0F |
IVE,
est ra11"ay III hnef1ca,
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND ST: p yL:

1t owns aud operates over $500 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
necoDs reach all the great business centers of tho
Northwest and Far West, it naturally
the description Of Short Line, and Best Route
between
Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Chicago. milwaukee,. La Crosse and
Chicago. milwaukee, Aberdeen ana
Chicaso. milwaukee, Eau Claire and
Chicago, milwaukee,, wausau and
Chicago. milwaukee,, Beaver Dam
Chicago. Milwaukee, Waukesha and
Chicago, Mliwaukee, Madison and
cnicn& an.E M SH x1xee owa,onna and
Chicago. Beiolt, GAINESVILLE and Min
Chicaeo. Eisin, Rockford and Du-
Chicago, Clinton. Rock Island and
chfc sS GoHn eli Bluffs and Omaha.
Chicago. Sioux City, Sioux Fails and
YanktOn.
Rock Island, Dubuque, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
Davenport, Calmar. st. Paul and
Pullman, Sleepers and the Finest
nam n Ce q q, fs
nee e, ST. PAUL RAILWAY, and
every attention is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
GenI Manager. Genl Pass. Agent,
J. r. Clark, Geo. n. Heatford,
GenlSupt. Asst Gent Pass. Agt.