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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Household Hints.

A DELICIOUS pie is made by stoning
and cbopping one beaping cup of rails
ms, mixing with them the juice and rind
of one lemon, the yolks of two eggs.
Bake with bottom crust only, and make
a meringue of the whites of the eggs.
You may put one whole egg in the PIE,
and make it with an upper crust,
TOMATO hash is a good dish for tea.
Take some cold meat, mince it and put
it in a pudding-dish with layers of
bread-crumbs, we'll seasoned with pep
per, salt and butter; put the tomatoes
in slices; bake all for half an hour. No
water is needed if the tomatoes are Or
dinarily juicy.
AN excellent garnish for corned beef
or boiled ham is made by boiling some
fresh eggs ten minutes, tten cut them
in thick slices, dip in beaten eggs and
fiue crackers or bread crumbs, and fry
brown in bot lard. A little parsley
chopped and mixed with the raw egg is
decided gain.
GRAHAM rolls for breakfast or tea are
made of two cups of Graham flour, one
half cup of wheat -four, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, half cup of
sugar, small teaspoonful of salt, mix
with cold water and bake in quick ov-
en-. Do not knead this on the board,
but roll in shape in your hands.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Fires and Fire Places.


Every house should have in the prin-
cipal or living room, at least, q fire.
place, If only for use in summer, or in
the warm months. There is rarely q
month in which there is not long and
cold storm, or if it is not cold, there is
an all-pervading dampness, which re-.
quires fire to remove it. In the north
ern states, the present month md the
next are the most enjoyable, as to
weather, of all the twelve. Yet cold
storms of several days. duration are fire..
quent, and if there are not such storms.
worm, genial days are followed by chill
" nights, bringing change so great.
that only the most robust can endure it.
and the foundation of serious illness is
often laid at this time. At this season.
a fire especially at night, is often need.
ed for both comfort and health, and no
house should be without provision for
it. While fire in stove is vastly bet
ter than none at all, by all means.
where possible, have it in an open fire.
place. Aside from it's social effect. the
air of cheerfulness which fire on the
hearth brings with it, such fire also
brings ventilation, a change of air, re-
moval Of dampness and stagnation. such
as close stove does not afford. In our
climate we rarely have q month, even in
summer, in which fire is not at times
needed. Were the provisions fol max.
ing it more general, we should hear
much less of "malaria." Malaria
means bad air; good air comes with an
open fite, as we'll as brightness and
cheerfulness. american Agricultur-
ist, g.
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Stealing q Grave.


The regiment in the Army of the Cum
berland known as the Indian JayhaVk-
ers was about as proficient as any that
we had, but he 9Th Missouri, which
was commanded by Gen. Morgan T..
Smith, certainly beat anything I ever
met. They woul steal anything, aud it
did not make any difference whether
they had any use for it or not. When
we were in front of Vicksburg they actu-
ally stole a grave, and it happened in
this way: The 9Th Missouri was en-
camped alongside my command. One
of our men died during the night and I
gave orders that detail be sent to dig a
grave. The ground was of hard clay
and it took the men some time to com
plete their work. They returned to
camp and We took the dead soldier to his
last resting place. When we arrived we
found the grave filled and mound show
ing that SOME one had evidently been
there. Upon investigation I afterwards
ascertained that one of the 9th Missouri
had also died during the night and that
they had waited until my men had fiu-
ished their work, when they quietly
took possession and actually stole our
crave
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31

IS THE GREAT CONNECIAN6 LINN
Its main line runs from Chicago to CQu1cil
R1 PASSING thr RaeR sae Wes
Liberty Iowa City, Marengo, Brooklyn. Grtnnel,
Des Mones (the capital OF Iowa.. stuart. Atan,
tic. and Avoca; with branches from Bureau
s,ne Fnired Edea sef1sp
Centreville, Princeton. trenton. Galatin. CHMe.
ron, Leavenworth, Atchtson: and Kansas City;
Washington to Sig3urney: oskaioosa; a91 Ron.
tonsport Independent. Eldon OttumWa, EDDY.
vile, Oskaloosa. Pella Monroe. and Des MONIES;
Newton to Monroe; Des MONIES 70 Anelanoia anu anu
e IS poseey
line from Chicago into the State Of Kansas.
Through Express PASSENGER Iraans ",s1 foiIv
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. kANs1s. GdIY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS. LEAvENwoRTa and , ArcHi-
SON Through cars are also run Maafee and
Rock Island Short Line. ,o.,-
The "Great Rock Island" Is magnidcent!y
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect, and It's
W5a Is W ,a1 pease you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals while passing over inc
beantifili prairies Of Illinois and Iowa, In one OF
our magnificent Dining cars Jnat y.; S..
meal as good as is served in any drst-class hotel
for seventy-five cents.
Appreciating the fact that a majority OF the
p9PPoses 1and tie immense passenger business
81 this line warranting it), we are pleased T. an
nOunce that this Company runs Pullman 11dtdee
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palaes
PULLMAN RALACE CARS are n
Tickets via this Line, known a. the
ou Ticket Agents in the United states
For Information not 0btalnAble oe ~
A. k1MBALL,
Genl Superintendent.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Chicago. ROCK ISLAND g. PACIFIC R. R.

BETWEEN THE EAST Il THE VEST!
Dining Cars for eating purposes only: s ne 9fne5
great feature of our Palace Cars Is
Maeniticent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers at all points crosse c p n 5n
Kansas CITY, Leavenworth. and Atchison. con.
nections being made in Union Degots. IN
fo EiaG IRE e e
At eH!eAoo, with all diversins lines for the
Fl; T. 81 \: Ss: with the L. $. *4s and r
xtw4sHiNaToN HEIGHTS. with r. c. 4 St.
ALA SALE LIZ With j II. { Gent. BB.RR.r.,R.
~; Il MIA; ana i. z w; , BIS; . poc.
- A 3AXESPSRT; with the Davenport Division
Al WEST LIBERTY. With theB:. c, r. + N r. h
A. 6RE MG15ss Ei Ms Gfbt!a 5oEa r.
AtCOUNCIL BLUFFS. with Union Pacinc n; h.
At OMAHA, with B. 4 Mo- r. r: Il; in Ne62
CoLUMBus JUNGr1oS. With 3 3o C +; NV Il
St. L. / Pac.. and {: 5: 20: Z: Rds, W., 9.
Al KEOKUK with Toll, PEG: y war: WaD. 81.
Louis rae, and s. Il K Is NV H. Rds'
A. ATcHisoS. with Atch;; Topska Santa Fee;
Atch. Il Neb and Cen. b. y; r r. Kos.
Al I.EAvENwoRrH. with Kan. Pac.. and Kan.
'1 AtKASsAs CITY, with all lines for the West
and Southwest.
n through to PEORIA, DEs MONIES,
and LEAVENWORTH.
. Great Rock Island Route,'' are sold BY
s homs ticket office, address,
r.. ST. JOHN.
Chicago, u
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
The Seven Plaques of tho Corn Crop.

The Seven Plaques Of the Corn Crop.
All the worlds crop,
And all the pests and insects merely humbugs;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one pest in its time plays many parts
Its acts being seven stages. At first the frost,
Nipping and killing all the tender buds,
Then the sudden rain storm, with it's strong
And rushing eagerness, sweeping like a stream
Unfettered through the fields. And then the cy-
clone,
Roaring like furnace, with shrieking wall.
Swoops down upon the grain. Then the beetle,
Full Of strange sounds and wid.ly-c awing legs,
Jealous of rivals, sudden and quick in biting,
Seeking the gobbfng imitation
Even In the cornfelds ears. Then the grasBhopper,
OF expansive stomach, with good grain-tops lined,
With eyes bulged out al wings Of crooked cut,
Full Of steel saws and modern improvements,
So he can play his part. The sixth stsge shifts
Into the lean and slippery army-worln,
With most ravenous NAV and appetite,
His wriggling shape well-saved, world too thin
For what he eats and his big, hungry mouth,
Turning again to pastures fresh and green, bites,
And then crawls in the ground. Last scene Of all,
That ends this strange but truthful history,
Is old Jay Gould, who gayly gobbles up
The crops, the stocks, the lambs and everything.
-New York Journal.
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THE CITIZEN TO THE BURGLAR,

OH come to me, my brakeman bold,
And sack my silver, bag my goldl
Thy season now hath we'll set in,
When thou may'st loot with safe skin.
Behold the paths are all made plain
For thy pursuit of pleasant gain.
So come, o happy burglar, come
To thy retired suburban home!
The decorations cracksmen love,
The gable porch, veranda low,
Trelis and trailer sweetly show
The way to upper windows clear:
Then there are handy ladders near,
Thick strawberries in which to Turk
Whilst contemplating thy sweet work;
Soft turfy plots to hush thy tread:
TIE dog is fat and over ed;
As for the Bobby, why, his beat
Is three miles long, and shouldst thou meet
That devious wanderer on thy way,
Smash him To thee 'tis mere child's play.
He armed with nothing but stick.
Thy pistols prompt, thy aim Is quick.
Should he disturb thee At thy task,
chou hast knife, bludgeon, pistol, mask.
So careful is the law to give
Odds on thy side-tha: thou mays live
A life Of long and easy crime,
And score off Bobby s'all the time"
He comes Thou hold'st revolver! Pull it!
Poor Peeer's potted by bullet;
Or if, with Bobby's usual pluck,
And something more than common luck,
He close with thee, and thou must ny;
Leave him crushed, riddled thereto die!
So come, o happy Burglar come,
To thy retired suburban home!
Come Toby Crackit, come Bill Skies!
Whichever nomen thee belikes-
Come! II thou dost not, with impunity,
'Tis not for acant Of opportunity!
Punch
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
The Panama Canal.

M. Lesseps, in Paris, is calling in more
money to prosecute the work of con-
structing the Panama Canal. From the
work already done and the accounts of
his engineers reporting PROCESS, he an
nounces that the canal will be completed
in 1883. If this announcement shall
be verified by the fact, we shall have in
five years waterway for ships, and with
out locks, across the isthmus, which will
save TIE long and perilous passage
around Cape Horn, and will secure an
estimated annual traffic of at least 4, OOO.-
600 of tons of freight. in addition to
many thousands of passengers. Some
put the tonnage destined to pass through
the canal within the first year of it's COM
pletion, or very soon thereafter, as high
as 1000, 900 of tons. OF this amount a
very large proportion would be the tom
mage of vessels engaged in trade with
the United States; the San Francisco
authorities estimating that of wheat
alone million of tons from our Pacific
States would pass through the canal. It
is obvious, therefore, that the Panama
Canal is destined to bear the same rela-
ton to the United States that the Suez
Canal does to Great Britain, and that
the time is approaching for a proper
understanding te be had with respect to
the neutrality of the new waterway
The Clayton Bulwer treaty neutralizes
the Panama Canal, so far as the United
States and Great Britain are concerned.
But our Government some two years ago
expressed desire to abrogate that
treaty and to assert the right, under the
so-called Monroe doctrine, to an exclu-
sive protectorate over the canal. Great
Britain, in reply, declared that she was
willing that the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
should be abrogated, but only on condi-
ton that the canal should be neutralized
by international action. To this the
United States did not agree, and so the
matter stands, with the prospect of it's
being subject of contention when the
canal is built, should that event ever
Occnr
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
A Cat That Prefers Elevators.


The Tribune elevator Car had started
on its upward trip last evening, and the
elevator boy was gazing upward into its
furthest corner, evidently lost in rev.
erie. Presently there came distinct
call in the shape of a plaintive "Miaouw. -
The elevator boy checked his car FORTH
with on level With the floor whence
the sound came. There was no one to
be seen, and the smallest boy would
have been visible.
"GoiDg up?'' asked the elevator boy.
Miaouw, miaouw!" was repeated.
The elevator boy slid open the door
and a gray cat walked demurely in,
sprang upon the seat and began licking
her paws until two floors had been
passed, when she uttered another CRY
and sprang down before the doorway.
The car stopped, the door was opened,
and Tabby passed out.
lis she q regular passenger?" was
asked.
sis shep" said the elevator boy. "Of
course she is. She lives in the building,
she does. She never walks up or down
stairs 'cept on Sunday, when the eleva-
tor amt a running in front. IF It's
evening she uses the back elevator"
"Where is she going now?"
"She's Jest dropping in to see friend
of hers. He's lawyer, and he often
stays late to write, and she goes in and
sits on the table aud watches him, and
he gives her bit of something to eat.
In bout an hour, before my times up,
she'll come back to go to the top floor.
Mebbe she'll stop little in the editorial
rooms; then she goes up to the restaur-
ant. She always gets there about IL
o'clock, when the printers get their
lunch. They all know her.
"Sometimes," he added, "she sits
down in the car and keeps me company
for a while. She amt any bother. She
knows how to behave herself q great
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Sheep as Scavengers.

AS the crops are laid by, the sheep
begin their duties as scaveDgers. Not
that it is intended to imply that they
must be content With refuse matter of
an obnoxious kind, but that they are
serviceable in the way Of procuring
much from the cornstalks and stubble
Sheep are not very dainty, nor d. they
demand the exclusive care of the farmer,
but they should be fed at the barn at
nights, and driven to the fields and 9th
er places during the day, where they can
ind anything that may be serviceable.
Sheep are great foragers, and ramble to
every part of the fields. They are
always on the alert for whatever has
been left, and they are capable Of select
ing and appropriating material for con-
sumption that would be entirely rejected
by other classes of stock. It is this
popularity of sheep that fits them so
we'll as farm animal for profit, as they
convert large quantities of coarse and
Improbable material that would other
wise be wasted. into salable wool and
mutton. There is no necessity for al
lowing sheep food except at night If the
pastures and fields have not been fully
cleaned. Even the woods, if not too
coarse and woody, will be eaten, and
with limited supply of water they will
be contentin any location.-Farna, Field
and reside.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Wood Ashes for Pastures.

Wood ashes, whenever they can be
obtained, are excellent for top dressing
pastures. Grasses are greatly benefited
by ashes, which contain large amount
OF salts which are promotive Of a luxuri-
ant growth. An experienced farmer
says: Nothing in the whole cata-
logue of manures compares with them
on my land. The soil was a thin clay
loan, and where the ashes were sown
there was crop of excellent clover,
where for years the land had been
almost unproductivo. Many farmers
have found by experience that one bushel
of unleached hard wood ashes is nearly
equal to two bushels of plaster as top
dressing for dry grass lands.
According to Professor Liebig every
10 pounds of unleached ashes of the
common birch tree, spread on the soil
furnishes as much phosphate as 5O7
pounds of the richest manures. In one
case where 80 bushels of leached ashes
were used on three. fourths of an acre
the crop was increased more than three.
fold. The effect of ashes continues for
years. and as they are not very bulky
they are we'll adapted to app lying to
pastures. Ground bones are also good
for top. dressing pastures where COWS
have run. The bones restore in part
the phosphates which have been removed
in the milk.-New England Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31

7 TIE Ogdensburg IN. w. Journal
gives this modification of one of Colonel
Mulberry Sellers jokes: "AtBrockville
on one of the cool nights the clerk at 9
popular hotel lighted lantern and
placed it within the coal stove in the
reading-room. One by one citizens and
guests strolled in, walked up to the
stove rubbed their hands with satisfac-
ton, turned slowly around so as to warm
their shi7ering backs, noticed broad
grin, took in the situation, and sat down
to enjoy the discontinue of the next vic.
tim. . ! 81, -,.-*
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31

deal better than some Of them LAWYERS
and sharp chaps who are always asking
q Teller whether he's going to get mar
ried, and how's his girl. She goes all
around down town by herself, she does.
The other morning one of the fellows
saw her down in Fulton Market. She
knew him and came up and rubbed
against his legs. Top floor here, sir, if
you want to get out"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31

CANEsTRN1, the French scientist, has
cut the heads off flies, ants, grasshep-
pers and butterflies, and observed that
decapitated insects retain their sensi-
bility for very long time. Flies calmly
rubbed their bodies with their legs, and
behaved as if nothing had happened.
butterflies continued to fly for eighteen
days, and grasshoppers kicked thirteen
days after being decapitated. This
shows the superior intelligence of the
grasshopper. It knows when it has rea-
SOD to kick.-BOstOn Post,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-10-31
Knowing "Natur'' When You Shoot.

from the N. Y. SUM-
"Shoot?" said Adirondack Jim.
"Well: I should say so. The fellow I'm
speaking of was called the best shot
around the lakes; but. I'll give you a
yarn he told a couple O chaps from the
city who was campin' out with ue. They
were askin' him about shootin', and he
says: Il won q match once-not SO
much from shootin' as from KNOWN
about the habits of critters In general.
was in camp at Moosehead Lake, one
summer, and the men got a-blowin' about
shootin'. and after they got blown out,
says: IN show ye suthin' in the way
of shootin'. Take one of them turkeys
and tie her 1000 feet off. and after
they did, took six bullets and asked
them to mark 'em. 'Now,' says I,
there's q piece OF paper on which is
writ where you'll :. find them marked
bullets when I git through shootin','
aud with that I handed the paper, folded,
to one o. the men and commenced to fire.
When I was done, they looked at the
paper and it read, Stomach and sure
enough in the turkeys stomach they
found the six bullets How was it
done? Why, jest by my mates takin'
advantage Of his knowledge of natur'.
He knowed turkeys would swallow any
thin, so he loaded light and struck the
turkeys bill every time, so that the bull
let struck there. The bird would put
it's head down, scratch off the bullet,
look at it a minute. and then swallow it,
and 80 it did the whole six Yes, it was
fine shootin'," the old guide concluded,
pufing violently at his pipe, "but he
was fine hunter."
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Changing Clothing.

Many persons lose life every year by
an injudicious change of clothing, and
the principles involved need repetition
almost every year. r.
If clothing is to be diminished,
should be done in the morning. vhe
first dressing. ,: :
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CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
..e ST: Paul:

Il owns and operates over 1, 500 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
necons reach all the great business centers Of the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers
tho description Of Short Line, and Best Rous.
between
Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
Chicago. milwaukee. La Crosse and
chte:1s. Milwaukee. Aberdeen a"o
Chicago. Milwaukee, Eau Claire and
|chis.xe: Milwaukee. wau'au and
chie.9:: Milwaukee, Beaver Dam
0c0n0moW0c.
Chicago, MllW aukee, Madison and
Prairie du Chen.
Chicago: 9eioit, GAINESVILLE and 'li"-
Chicago. EIEin, Rockford and Du-
chtca9o. Clinton. Rock Island aud
Chics1o, Co%Dcii Bluffs and Omaha.
Chiee9s, sioux City, Sioux Fail. and
Chtea=e, M,lwa"kee. Mitchell AND
Rock Island, Dubuque, St. Paul and
D.xsnpeIt, Ga'mar. ST. Paul and
Pullman steepers and the Fi,,est
=. min n G & The ~ ~
KEE q ST: PAUL RAlL!VAY, and
every attention u paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
8. .. Merrill, A.v. \. Carpenter.
Conf Manager. Genq Pass. Agent
1T. Clark, Geo. n. Heattord,
Gent supt Asst Gsnh Pass. At
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New Move Against Burglars.


A burglar alarm, in the form of a
wooden mating, has recently been in
vented. It consists of strips of wood,
four feet long, an inch and half wide,
and one-eighth of an inch thick. The
strips are fastened together by cloth, so
that the mating can be rolled up.
Every other strip is equipped with
wires and brass springs. The springs
separate two series of flat brass plates,
to each of which is attached wire,
which connects with battery and an
electric bell. The wire of the upper
series is connected with the positive
pole of a battery and the under series
with the negative pole. When one
steps on the mating two series of
plates are pressed together, the circuit
is completed, and an electric bell rings.
When the weight is removed the springs
force the plates apart, and the circuit is
broken. The bells can be regulated so
as to stop at once or keep on ringing.
nsdtting is designed to DO laid un
der the carpet in front of the doors and
windows of houses or in front of safes or
bureaus. The battery, which consists
of three small jars, is kept in closet.
The electric bell can be hung to suit
the owners fancy.
A reporter of the Sun witnessed an
exhibition of the working ofthe mating.
The box containing the electric bell
hung on the wall of the inventors Office,
and the battery was in the cupboard of
stationary washstand. The bell was
SO constructed that, by turning catch,
it would give single stroke, give a
sharp succession of strokes, lasting only
while the circuit was completed, or ring
continuously even after the circuit was
broken. All three ways we're tried.
The reporter stepped outside of the
room and then walked in. AS his foot
pressed the carpet inside of the doorway
the bell began to ring, and, at the same
instant, gas burner near by sprang in
to light. The same circuit which had
rung the bell lighted the gas.
"The great beauty of this invention, :"
said the gentleman in charge, sis it's
simplicity and cheapness. None Of the
mating will be sold. It will be rented
at the rate of five cents a day per window
or door. It can be shut off in the day
and used at night. The wires cannot
be cut, for they can't be seen"
"Does the five cent a day include
keeping the battery in order p
"Yes, it includes verything," replied
the gentleman. have not told you
all the advantages of the mating. To
people living in the country it is in
valuable. When the weather is warm
all the doors and windows can be left
open, if the mating is in front of them.
If any one should step inside, clapg goes
the bell, and everybody knows that there
is visitor, burglarious or other"