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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
Browns Ledge.

From the Tucson Citizen.]
Some eighteen years ago, just after
the close OF the rebellion, q negro
bunter known as "Nigger Brown"
brought three or four pounds of very
rich ore to the drug store of Judge g.
d. Meyer, Of this city. Mr.. Ehren-
berg, who was then in Tucson, assayed
it, and found it went 81 to the pound.
The ore was eoft aud black and cut like
plumbag0. Brown explained that he
found the ledge sticking above the
ground on the hillside of canon in the
MILESTONE Mountains. It was at time
hen Indians we're extremely bad and
prOspectors were not over venturesome.
He marked the spot by cutting down
mesquite tree about xix inches in diarne-
ter and leaving the stump, The news of
Browns fud made IN intense excite
ment, spark of which yet fingers in
the imagination of some who would like
to discover the lost ledge. Brown was
known as man of the strictest integ.
rity and uprightness, and no one ever
knew any reason to doubt bis word. AT.
terward Judge Meyer, accompanied by
friend, with Brown for q gnide,
started to explore the canon. Shortly
after leaving tae Wnetstone station they
saw fresh Indian tracks, and the $24, 900
leege lost all charms. Brown died soon
afterward of smallpox, and with him
died the secret of the location of that
mesquite stump and the rich ore ledge.
Prospectors have searched in vain.
Numerous locations have been made,
and in some instances mines have been
we'll developed in this canon, but
Browns ledge refused to Disclose it's
whereabouts. Judge Meyer thinks it
will yet be found.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
Household HinfAa

Household Hints
To clean door plates use wet solution
of ammonia in water applied with wet
rag.
To wash castor bottles, put them one
third full of rice and fill up with wate,;
shake thoroughly.
CLOTHES PINS boiled q few minutes
and quickly dried once or twice a mouh
become more durable.
To extract ink from wood ecour With
sand wet with water and ammonia.
Then rinse with strong saleratus waer.
To clean straw mating, boil three
quarts of bran in one gallon of waite and
wash the mating with the water, dying
it well.
To r move fruit stains from inel, dip
III sour buttermilk and dry in tht SUI 4;
wash in cold water and dry two or three
times day.
To keep knives and forks in god con-
dition when not in use, dust the blades
aud prongs with finely powdered quick
lime and keep them wrapped in aannel.
MnDEw is easily removed by lubbing
common yellow soap on the article and
then little salt and starch IN that.
Rub all we'll on the article and put in the
sunshine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
Nests for PDultrv.

It is of the utmot Importance that
poultry have good nests. Wn.n you
make nest. and get everything ready
to nail together, make thin plaster o.
lime, coal oil aud sulphur, saturate each
joint of the box with this before mailing
together. Always whitewash your nests
in and outside; adj little carbol,c acid
to the wash. Nests in the house shonld
always be hung up. A very good one,
for Leghorns, is twelve inches square,
seven inches high-the sides-back end
In center twelve inches high and sloped
to the side and covered with halt inch
plank, being small house when CON-
plete. The front end rounded out ten
inches at the top to within three inches
OF the bottom, which is nailed on after
the square is put together. For the
larger breeds they should be in proper
ton, bat larger.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
CENTRAL
n>ME% sSGRe>cAL
INSTITUTE

~1 1871
successors TO OFFICE ROOMS,
UR. BUTTS UEP-RSARY. NO. go LOCUST ST
caAs. !. LaeAR 3, Nd, psest Physician \ Clare.
NELSON GRESHAM, Treas. / Hus3aeu KanaesF.
This Institute has ample facilities and an ex-
perienced Faculty. Willie 1t succeeds TO u large
b9stness, which has been es tabliscd for years II
will aim to extend Its medical and surgical Drac.
tlce: giving skiliful aud scientific treatment 10
CHRONIC DISEASES Gums 1ns H s'd ,SPFi9 ss::
atlsm. Dyspepsia, Cons,1mp ton and Asthma
BLOOD IMPURITIES, 3 Sy ;%S"1s Or as ss":ss
ton: scrofn!a. Fever Sores. Ulcers: ETC..
DEflkMIIlES r. nr ,n' WryoSeck' f Dissasss
Of the Joints: Piles, Fistlla, Rupture. etc.
WehRNScc and wasting diseases in old and
M.nr 1OO young men, also I'LL diseases OF
ne ecn1to-urinary organs.
EShA1 irregularities and weaknesses, cans.
WIN Ing pain in the back side. etc.
PERSONAL interviews with patients are always
preferred. Those unable to visit the Institute will
benrnished will blank lists OF question that will
ald them In mai ing 1nll staten ent OF their cases
and II not requiring surgical operation they can
De snccess!nIly treated by correspondence, and
medicines sent by mail or express. To enable us
TO send proper list OF questions applicants should
give BRIEF statement OF their trouble.
The Treasurer Of the corporation 10 OF Nelson>
Chesman 4 Co.. Advertising AGENTS. and refers to 4
the pubsher OF this OF any other newspaper in the
u7tted Ssates or (nnadas regarding responsibility.
Iensu'tation Of Office Or BY mail free and invited.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
The above Is . correct map Of the
Abe RI ca ROUTE,

Tue aDOVe ID COrfeCt map OF the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and its immediate connections Through Trains daily
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO,
without change, connecting with all lines
EAST and SOUTHEAST.
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, Iowa.
Through Trains between
Minneapolis AND 81. LOUIS,
connecting in Union Depot for all Points South and
Southwest Close connections made with St. P. " NJ
N P. and st. P. 4 Duluth Railroads, from and TO ali
points North and NOrth-West
REMEM BGR2 PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING,
CARS al night Trains. Through Tickets and bag
gage checked to destination For time tables. rate
g. f. BOYD.
Gea'l Tkt. 4 Pass. Ag't, Minneapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
How to Keep Cider Sweet.

Pure sweet cider that is arrested in
the process Of fermentation before it be-
comes acetic acid or even alcohol and
with the carbon,c acid gas worked out,
is one of the most delightful beverages.
When the saccharine matters by ter
mentation are being converted to alco-
hol, if bent tubs be inserted air tight
into the bung with the other end into q
pail of water, TO allow the carbonic acid
gas evolved to pass off without admit
ting any air into the barrel. beverage
will be obtained that is fit nectar for the
gods.
A handy way is to fill your cask near
~ up to the wooden faucet when the
cask is rolled 80 the bung is down. Get
a common rubber tube and clip it over
the end of the plug in the faucet, with
the other end in the pail. Then turn
the plug 40 the cider can have commu-
nication with the pail. After the water
ceases to bubble, bottle or store away.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21

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With h. anfpoeaae nn0o
Of . great roaA. eeovsyD
IN idea Of Just Whist 10 -
Quired BY Tie travelling
pubho-a Short Ltnr. Quick
Time and the Best u 40
commodations-all n which
are furnished BY tue grsst
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
Destruction to Apple Crops.

A. c. Hammond repo. ted to the War;
saw Ul) Horticultural Society some
weeks ago, that in this very unproduc-
tive season the apple crop throug oh the
west has been largely ruined by inse cts
Trees or orchards of Ben Davis have
crops vary ing from almost nothing to
nearly the usual amount. This sort,
however, takes the lead in productive
ness, the average being from one third
to half a crop. Wiliowtwig, Jonathan
aud Roman Stem produce something.
Many standard winter sorts have failed
almost entirely. Among the early ones,
Rcd Astrachan, Gold Sweet and Sops
Of Vine have done hest, the Others
yielding nothing. Many trees were
billed by the cold winter of 1880 and 81,
Winesap and Rawle's Janet suffering the
worst. Among the insects are borers
(ooth kiudx), codlins moth, canker
worm and curcnlio, which have badly
injured the trees or fruit. All of this
shows that to have good and profitable
orchards, constant care is essential in
avoiding these disasters, as well a. IN
selecting tue sorts which are most cer-
tain and reliable. Orchards will not
take care Of themselves, and they
sometimes fail unoer the best manage
ment.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21
Valuable for 'rea-Drtnker,.


It is we'll known that the green tes
affects the nerves much more than tho
black tea, which is believed to- arise
from the different mode of preparation.
For making green tea the leaves are pu;
ov r the ire aud partially dried dlrectl,
after they are picked, but with black tea
the leaves are put into basket and thea
exposed to the influence of the atmos-
phere for twenty or thirty hours, during
which time slight fermentation takes
place, and the color of the leaf changes
from green to q brown or charcoal hue
(this Is easily seen by the infusion of the
dried leaf of black and green to: the
leaf after infusion will show the different
coors named); they are then put over
the fire and finished. IL this country
about 215, O00, 900 pounds are delivered
yearly. OF which about 10000, 600 are
exported. but the proportions are about
2O7, O0O, 900 of black and 1900, 200 of
green, oolong and Japan. While In
America the black tea imDorted is about
5,250,00 the green tea Gncluang
"oIong and uncolored Japan tea, which
possess nearly the same properties of
green) amount to 58,0U0,0OO. Would
not this exec ssive use of green account
for the opinion of the American doctors
as to the effect of tea on the nervous
system? I doubt very much if q pound
of black tea, boiled down in the sane
way as the young nyson mentioned,
would poison either rabbits or cats with
the same dose. There is no doubt the
fermentation of the leaves of black te.
reduces the amount of the active prin
cipal "theine" that you find in green.
Another thing. In preparing tea for
the table, boiling water is put on the
leaf and an infusion made which is at
once partaken of. But whoever would
think of boiling tea to drink? By so
doing you extract from the stalk and
woody fiber Of the leaf an acrid decoc
ton that no one would find pleasure in
taking, and from which woody part
would be most likely extracted poison.
GUS qualities mentioned. In tea.drink.
ing European countries, as Germany,
Russia, etc., scarcely any green is used,
aud doubtless the great increase in the
consumption in this country arises from
the almost universal use OF black tea,
green being only used in mixing with il
to impart a flavor, and while of late
years the consumption of black tea hat
largely increased, that of green has re-
NAMED stationary, which clearly shows
the taste in this county is entirely diff
ferent from that Of America. May VT
long continue in this country to enjoy
"the cup which cheers but not inebrl
ates. "-PQW Malt Gazette.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21

Breton girls have been prohibited
from selling their hair by the priests.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-11-21

emRy OF 00f 1a1tQl0SA BWd1us HILLS ~ "
sacred shrine and prays for the death of
the traitor. And all this time the trail
tor may be sitting up with another girl,
feeding her with chocolate and caramels
and whispering in her ear something
about the hereness of the wherefore.
A better plan would be for the girl to
nail her faithless lover to the tree
Norr. Her.
LITTLE NELL: "You came to see my
big sister, didn't youP" Mr.. Piffkius:
"Well, yes. my little dear; am friend
of hers" Little Nell: ooh, I am so
glad you are only friend. I was afraid
you was going to be bean, aid sisters
beaus are 20 tiresome, and won't let me
come in the parlor, they all stay 80 late,
and mamma and papa get 80 cross the
next morning when sisters lips are
chapped. Friends don't kiss much, do
they?" Young Piakins with q far g.
way geze): "No. I suppose not. :"
Little Nell: "Oh! that's 80 nice.
Then you will let me stay in the parlor :?
have not had chance to be in the
parlor for most q week"
A THEATRICAL manager who had q
limited purse, and consequently llml'.
ed company, occasionally compelled
some of the actors to "double up -
that is, play two or moro parts in the
same piece. "Lanoaster," he i'd one
morning, addressing very servioeable
utility man, "you will have to enact
three parts in THE Silent Foe , tonight
-Henders n, Uocle Bill, and the
Crusher.' "Can't do it, " replied Lam
caster: g and I hope to be esndpiped if
I try." "You cart do it? You won't
do Is? WhvY' because it is impos-
sible. y returned the indignant actor.
8 No human being could play those three
parts at the same. In the hnt scene OF
the third aot two OF them have . fight,
and the third fellow rushes ~ and sep
ayates them. - 55t .4..S
St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28
An Incredible Statement.

A Houston paper, referring to the
death of lady, says she was oYertaken
by fatal attack that ended in death.
That fatal attack should ever end in
death. seems SO wildly improbable that
the matter requires investigation. If,
however, it should be shown that, the
fatal attack really did end in death,
then we ane prepared to believe an al
most incredible statement in a San An
tonic paper, that there were poor, starv-
ing and INDECENT paupers in that city
who needed food. 1t startles even the
most careless to read that, in this age
and country, there are not only paupers,
but that these paupers are poor. Not
only that, but we are called on to credit
the statement that the poor paupers are
in INDECENT circumstances. This is rs
far as our credulity will permit us to 60.
The final assertion, that these poor, in
digent and starving paupers need food
transcends the bounds OF the most ex-
travagant sensationalism. If journals
of standing continue to make such reck-
less assertions, sooner or later the read
ing public will lose confidence in them.
IeI0s Settings.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28
Curing q Balky Horse.

On Thursday man came into the
San Office with the worst looking head
on him that ever was seen outside of
OconomoWoc. His eyes were both
blackened, there was cut across the
nose, one ear was stuck on with court
plaster, one arm was in sling, and he
used pair Of clutches. He hobbled in
the door Of the blue room, and asked if
the editor was in, and on being told that
the great prevaricator stood before him,
he spit on his hands, grabbed crutch
as one would a club, looked wild, and
accepted an invitation to set down on
the sofa. He sat down reluctantly as.
though it hurt, and after laying his
crutches on the floor, and feeling Of his
ear to see fit was on yet. he said:
ssAbout three weeks ago you had an
item in your paper telling about new
scheme for curing balky horses. TWAS
an electric battery to be placed in the
buggy, with wires running to the horses
bit, and when a horse baked the in
structions were to touch a button with
the foot, when the electric current
would 90 to the horses mouth, take his
attention from his balkiness, and he
St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28
A Curious Canoe.

The gnat builds his egg boat. The
water moth, another little creature,
puts together real canoe. 1t is a very
curious thing, made Of bits Of straw and
reeds all matted together. 1t is just
the shape of the caterpillar that lives in
it. The insect breathes with gills just
like a fish, and yet can not swim.
So he fastens this straw and grass to-
his own silk. The body of the cater
pillar is soft and delicate, you know,
and might get hurt if it was left ex-
posed. This is the reason why he COW
ers it SO carefully, all but his head.
This funny sort Of canoe is open at
both ends. It is so fixed that when the
grub is tired of sailing he can sink down
upon the sand. Reaching out of the
upper end are his six little feet, with
which he drags his small boat after
him whenever he wants to get his din
ner or put up for the night. After sew
eral days he not only creeps out of this
strange house, but out of his skin, at
the same time taking on moth wings.
Many people call these queer creatures
.'laddis worms 2 If you hunt for them
with your young eyes, you can find these
little nests of stone, and gravel, and
leaves, made by the grubs, though they
are very small. They seem to have
great taste in fixing them. You should
see the houses they make of fresh leaves,
curiously put together. They hang
from their shoulders like so many wings.
They are even more like a bud just
ready to open.
These pretty cases Of leaves are glued
together, leaving an opening at its top
Just large enough for the little creatures
toput out their head and shoulders when
they want to look about for food; others
of the same species cut pieces Of reed
Or wood into lengths or strips, and join
them together as they go on with their
work. They use a certain kind Of ce-
ment, which is better able to stand
water than any ever made by man. And
they often finish up the whole by put
ting broad piece, longer than all the
rest, overhead, to shade the doorway,
so that no one shall see them work.
Some of these funny grubs break off
bits of the stems of rushes, which, you
know, grow in the water, and weave
them into a sort Of round ball Then
they hang them together on the stem of
some other water plant, making little
cell in the middle to live in. Some usa
tiny shells even, with snails and other
animals alive in them. They keep these
poor things just as if they were in pris.
on, and drag them all about with them.
Our Little Ones.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28

among the hills, and the little sisters
who believed in him and trusted him.
"I'll try one day more" he said reso-
lutely, ''and i'll can't get work, I'll 20
home; | Won't stay here and go to the
bad"
Surely they were Goods flowers
which the little woman had given him.
She sat quietly under the tree, talking
sometimes to her doll, and counting the
hyacinth bells over and over. She
knew now she was lost, but was not
really frightened. She felt sure some
one would come by and by and find her.
The market-house clock began to strike
twelve. With the first stroke babel
of sounds broke in. Steam-whistles in
every key. bells that changed slowly,
bells that rang wildly, clocks striking
from dozen steeples, and through
them all the slow, deep boom of the
market-clock. The street was full of
hurrying people, going home to dinner.
Gathering over the pavement came an
empty express wagon; the driver lesi-.
tated, then turned up to the trimming
water-basin, and let the big gray horse
plunge his nose in the cool water. A
flock of brown sparrows were taking
shower-baths in the overflow; and as the
driver waited his eyes followed them
with amusement from the water to the
branches where they dried their feath-
ers. What was that under the tree? A
child lying asleep on the grass?
s'Looks like my little woman said
the driver, jumping over the fence, and
coming up to the tree in three strides.
sSure's you live it's herself he said,
as he picked the little sleeper up in his
strong arms. He stopped again for the
doll, and thrust it head first into his
pocket; but the little hand clung to the
flowers even in sleep. The big horse
whisked away, but with the jolting of
the wagon the blue eyes opened.
..What We s'pose mother'l say?''
asked the driver, pressing the soft
cheek against his rough coat. "Where
was We goin', anyhow?''
.'JusL went a-walkin,' said the little
woman, ssand couldn't 60 back cause
the house got lost.''
When the terrified mother had assured
herself that her darling was safe and
sound, when the little woman was
eagerly crowding her withered flowers
INTO aer III cup, Tie iatueI Aooheu up
from his dinner to say:
..Curious how happened to drive by
the park to-day; haven't been that way
in week.
.'Tis His hand that leadeth me-"
sang the little woman over her flowers.
The father looked at the mother and
nodded.
MAY be- he so5d, thoughtfully.-
Emily Huntington Miller, sn S. S.
Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

President Buchanan graduated from
college when he YVES only fifteen years
old.
Thomas McElrath, who founded the
New York Tribune with Horace Gree
ley, lives in an humble way ar Harlem.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe was
seventy-one years old recently. She
still gets a fair income from the sale of
.sUncle Toms Cabin
Charles Sprague Pearce, the Bos-
ton artist who has received the medal
of the Paris Exhibition, is less than
twenty-five years old, and is almost an
invalid because of weak lungs-BostoD
Post.
Ernest Longfellow, the poets son,
has made selection of twenty of his
fathers poems, which he will illustrate.
The subjects are mostly landscapes, and
the pictures will be made of the scenes
themselves.-M 7. Post.
Don Piatt is living quietly on his
farm at Mac-a-Check, Ohio. He suffers
greatly from an affection of the liver,
and as this prevents his participation in
a big dinner occasionally, his life is any
thing but pleasant one. Chicago
NeDS.
Miss Mollie Garfield is now a
charming girl Of sixteen, and to her has
fallen a greater share of physical beauty
than to any other member Of the fami-
ly. She is pursuing her studies at a
private school, and has few acquaint-
ances outside Of her school associates. -
N Y. Graphic.
John A. Campbell, of New Orleans,
is regarded by many as the first Of
American lawyers. He is a very old
man, and was on the bench of the United
States Supreme Court when the war
broke out, and he went with the Con-
federates. He lives very quietly, sur
rounded by one of the finest law libra
ries in all languages in the world. CHI
cago Journal.
Annie Louise Cary seems to be in
earnest when she says she loves her hus-
band more dearly than she loves her
art. She has refused to sing at the first
Brooklyn Philharmonic concert, al
though in fine voice. The offer was
ST., O0O-a sum which she did not seem
to regard as any inducement whatever
She has sung at these concerts every sea-
son but one for twenty years. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
DIR. Frederick II. Knapp, dentist
who died in New Orleans recently, was
a native of Chenango, N. 7. He had
certificates showing that he had at
tended professionally upon Henry Clay,
Thomas III. Benton, Charles M. Conrad,
Zachariah Taylor, Andrew Jackson,
General Santa Anna, and many other
distinguished people. He was a prom
inent Mason, and took the thirty-third
degree twenty-eight years ago.-M J.
Times.