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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15
Household Hints.

hOu800Ol0 HINTS
WHEN tired of the usual salad dress.
ing, try this: Rub an ounce of butter
and nearly. . teaspoonful of -four togeth-
or till smooth, then pnt it in a basin OF
stew-pan on the top of the stove, with
equal quantities of weak vinegar and
gravy stock-about half o teacupful OF
each should be allowed for the quantity
of butter mentioned. Do not let this
boil, but let it simmer gently. When il
begins to thicken add the yolk of one
egg. This is very nice with lettuce and
cold potato salad.
LEMON cream, which is nice for the
filing of pie, or for layer cake, tarts,
or in place of sauce, is made in this
way: The quantity can be indefinitely
increased, but the proportion should be
the same; one lemon with the rind
grated and the inner portion cut up fine
with knife, not in a chopping- bowl,
for much of the juice is wasted then:
one cup of sugar, two thirds of cup OF
water, half q cup of butter, and three
eggs. Let the lemon, sugar and butter
come to boil before adding the we'll
beaten eggs; when it thickens take from
the fire, and let it cool before using. If
eggs are not plenty, use two eggs and a
tablespoonful of common -four, rubbed
smooth in water.
THE perfection to which the drying
and evaporating of fruit has arrived may
we'll give the busy housewife pause.
The ordeal of canning fruit which, in
addition to much other hard work, is so
dreaded, may to great extent be done
away with, and supplies of the dried
fruit be provided instead. Think of
this, and do not shudder to see the trees
so full of bloom; but one fact must be
borne in mind, the dried fruit needs
care, to keep it free from worms, and
then the preparation of it for the table
must have thought. Sonle fruit needs
to lie in water oil night, some is better
if hot water is poured over it and it is
stewed quickly. The dried apricots,
which make such rich and luscious
sauce, gain by this process. Use a
small quantity of water, and sweeten the
juice so that it will be almost thick with
sugar.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15

10 'rae 70 yourself at the start, young man,
49, se true 70 yourself and God,
Ere you Du1ld your house marx ven the spot.
Test well tho ground, and b1ild Won not
On the sond or the shaking cod.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R: r:

3ETWEEN The EAST ~ me WEOl1
Dining Cars for eating purposes only. one 9tner
SALOON Where you can enjoy your Havana"
At span the
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Kansas City. Leayenworth. and Atch'son' con-
necttons being made in Union DeR9ts. ,r,oxs or
r EHr &kR%F & oGSE IRE As
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Island Short Line" ana hoSs 1sr1 f H aos;
AtWEsr Liberty. gth theB:. c:R.$ Mr.. r.
Ss5 M61sss S' at Gs g. LIZ. B f.
AtOHxHA, with b. & Mo. r. r. r: in Neb.l
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AZ KEOKUK, with Toll, PEG: i War; WAD.. st.
Louis { Pac., and s. +, Keo; NV. R. Rds.
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Atch. Neb: and Cen. b. y; p. X, Rds.
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All xtKHx ! CITY, with all lines for the West
and Southwest
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15

WHEN woman wants TO he pretty
she bangs her hair, and when she wants
to be ugly she bangs the door.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15
The Hack berry,


alis) is regarded in Europe as one OF the
very best ornamental and street trees
and has been widely planted. With us
it has been SO far neglected, yet now and
then We meet fine specimen which has
been accidentally set under the suppo-
sition that it was an elm. Its branches
are numerous and slender, inclined TO
dropping. The trunk is always straight
with perfect symmetrical top which
forms in equal perfection at any desira-
BILE height. The foliage is dense, dark
green. and becomes beautifully tinted
with the approach of autumn. In Eu-
rope the very sweet fruit is specially
priced by the children.
In no case have l known the tree in
jured by ice deposit on the branches, or
by our summer gales. On the college
farm fine specimen, nearly in the cen
ter of the path of last summers cyclone,
was unnamed. In branch and trunk it
is so pliable that the storm may bend it
to the earth without noticeable injury.
On our prairie soil it grows nearly %
fast as the soft maple.-L. L. B. in
Iooo1 State Register.
How Apples Arc Sold i'm England.
There are five auctjoneers in the bust
ness in Liverpool, and all the apples re-
ceived are sold by them. The sale is
held in large amphitheater, in the CEN
ter of which is large table, on which o
barrel of each mark is poured out as
sample. Each auctioneer sells for three
quarters of an hour at time, and the
sales continue if necessary, till 10 o'clock
at night. Apples are sold in lots of 20
barrels each. The understanding is
that the apples shall be perfectly tight
in the barrel, when such bring Is shil-
ings per barrel: "shakers," or those
not tightly packed, will bring 4 shil-
ings less. The next grade is ''wet and
wasted" which brings only half the
price of the best. The Baldwin is the
only variety sold to any amount; it is
the only one which can he OBJ
tanned in sufficient quantity to sell
by the thousand barrels. Retail lots
and dds and ends are not wanted. Sales
are held three days in q week. Tho
trade dates from about ten years ago.
When it became apparent that New Eng
land could raise apples enough for it's
own consumption, the new 1Ork grow
ers began to ship. In packing, basket
of high colored and medium sized spec
linens are placed in the bottom of the
barrel as close es possible, with the
stems all down, and the barrel is shaken
as often as basketful is put in. It is
filed half an inch above the chimney.
the head is pressed in by means of a
screw, and the barrel is then turned over
aud marked on the face head, go that
when opened it shows an even and uni
form surface. Apples thus faced will
bring from rs to so cents more than
those not faced. There is very little de-
mand for sweet apples. Apples are
sometimes shipped in warm weather,
when later shipments in cooler weather
will decay.-Fruit Grower,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15

I asked them nothing about the result
of their washing the excavated dust.
We had worked about three weeks,
and had formed q tunnel extending
about fifteen feet into the hill, when, one
afternoon, completely tired out, I sat
down to rest in the cave. Ihad only in
tended to sit little while, but five min
utes had not elapsed before was fast
asleep. was awakened by a crash, and
found my feet and legs completely
covered by mass of dirt and stones.
The front part of the tunnel had fallen
in, and was in a manner buried alive.
About ten feet of the tunnel remained
firm, and, from my observation of It's
structure prior to the accident, I was
convinced that I had no reason to appre-
bend any danger in that quarter. My
partners had carried dirt enough to the
river to keep them busy there for the
rest of the day; so I had nothing to hope
from their assistance.
The question that first presented it.
self to my mind was, how long can life
be sustained in this confined state? 1
had read, dozen times statistics in re-.
lation to the amount of air consumed
hourly by human beings lungs, but
like almost everybody else, had merely
wondered at the time, aud then forgot
the figures. How much I would have
given then to be able to recall them!
The next thought was how can proceed
to extricate myself? The question was
difficult of solution. If I had went to
work with shovel and pick to clear away
the dirt that had fallen, It was extremely
likely that al which should be able to
remove would be Immediately replaced
by that which would fall from above.
This was pleasant! racked my brain
to devise some means of liberating N.Y.
self but without effect Leaning against
the wall in utter dependency, was
about to throw myself on the ground
and await my fate, when I observed that
quite current of water, on a small
scale, was making its way down the side
of the cave.
At first was alarmed, as I thought it
might loosen the earth above and bring
another mass down on my head. The
next moment the thought struck me
that it might be turned to my advan-
tage. Why could I not so direct it that
it would wash away sufficient earth in
it's progress to the outlet of the cave to
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-15

delohio Nesos.
Two white tramps have been sent to
the chain gang for throwing kisses at the
young ladies of a Georgia seminary.
The privileges of the American citizen
seem to be getting very limited indeed.
~ Y Com. Ado.
ALL summer resorts yet heard from
claim sumptuous allowance of pretty
girls and q corresponding scarcity Of
yonng men,. This neat style of adver-
Using catches great many masculines
of monopolistic tendencies. -LoweN CIT.
izey.
MAJOR JACK MuaG1E, so well known
in this community, who sells goods at
Black Fork, and who recently married
the beautiful and accomplished Miss
Rigtores, yesterday shot and killed Col.
Blowgill, a gentleman of much merit in
business, but trjfle slow in society,"
Texas Society Note.
DANIEL WEBSTER boosted that he
once carved goose so as to serve ten
hungry people, and had some of the
goose left. The 'God-like" made the
mistake of bis life when be went into
ROXt4OSs NhGUxo 4uV<3AUt90 Au4 ~ 6u1u0
as q landlord of q summer boarding.
house. Bur. Hawk.
OSCAR WILDE in his recent lecture on
America said he refused to buy peanuts
from boy in this country because the
lad was selling Oscars ''pirated poems"
at 10 cents. Oscar did perfectly right.
He should also have given the boy few
vigorous kicks. A boy who would ask
10 cents . copy for poems only worth 8
cents is young swindler and should be
punished. -N0,1isto,0 Herald.
"SR, wrote q Paris Bohemian to the
editor Of . paper which had printed his
obituary; "you announce in your valu-
able paper this morning that I have
ceased TO exist. Your journal is too
serious and too well.informed for the
fact not to be true. Only you have for.
gotten to mention that I am 80 francs
short on my funeral expenses. I rely on
your kindness to receive that sum BY re.
turn Of post. /"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
= Romantic Marriages.

The son of a leading lawyer in New
York, about thirty years ago, was at
tracted by the innocent face and quick
wit of a Welsh chambermaid in his faith
er's house, and declared that he preferred
her to all the fashionable beauties who
had courted his notice.
His family protested, but to no pur-
pose. The only concession he would
make was to consent to 90 to Europe for
three years before marrying the girl. In
the meantime, having an independent
fortune, the lover placed her at one of
the best schools in New York.
The girl was ambitious, and devoted in
her affection to the man who had chosen
her He returned, found her more lovely
than ever. They were married, and the
lady is now one of the leaders of society
IN. the city where they live noble, re-
fined charming woman. - @
An eminent jurist, well known in
Pennsylvania in the early part of this
century, was "making the circuit" on
horseback, and stopped for dinner at the
house of a farmer. The daughter of the
farmer waited on them, and the Judge
observed the peculiar gentleness of her
face After dinner the farmer said:
t:Mary, bring the Judges horse"
Mary started to the field which was
inclosed by a barred fence. Laying Her
hand on the topmost rail, she vaulted
lightly over.
~ saw" said the, Judge afterwards,
''fOr the first time, a woman with the
mind and body [ should require in my
wife. / called again and again at Farmer
.C9s. At last [ sent Mary to school for a
couple of years, and here she is" nod
ding to the-stately matrOn who presided
at his table. -,
The. sons of the Judge and this real
Maud Muller all attained distinction
one, like his father, at the bar; another
was anfeminent divine, and third was a
Southern candidate for the Presidency.
All were noted for their fiery eloquence,
their highosense9 of honor and aocertain
appetite for fighting which was wen sus-
tanned by strong physical health. The
Judge had not been mista ken in Marys
qualities of mind and body
1t must be acknowledged, however, that
where one hasty, romantic marriage
proves happy, ninety-nine such marriages
end in misery. A sudden passionate pre-
vdilectior, or love, wiki not long bridge
over a great dis parity Of social condition,
of manners, tastes and habits of thought.
The love fades, dies out, and the antago-
nistie couple, are left irrevocably bound
by hated tie.
How many boys sat college, charmed
by rosy cheek OF bright. eye, fasten them
selves to women whom they soon outgrow
and who hang ever after like dead
weights on$heIn ,cripp ping and, lowering
their whole lives.
How many girls, grateful to the first
man -whochooses them from out of the
world of women, mistake gratitude for
love and marry "a tyrant or a boor!-.
YoaltB s Compansoqi.) d -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05

Go ahead, was the answer returned.
Then the messages which had been put
on the New York cylinders came flying
in at a lively rate.
tits coming fast" said New York. )
.asMiake her spin, y was Mr.. Schribner's
order to the man at the receiving crank.
Things did spin for thirty seconds, and
then the number of words were counted.
Twelve hundred and thirty-fye was the
number, or at the rate of twenty-four
hundred and seventy per minute. The
copy, a piece Of which was given the re-
porter, was perfectly legible and plain. s
! Experiments with the Graysyste were
also successfully made. =. go -
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
The sharp .contrast hetwserl f1air own !


bare living room and this pretty little
nook gave .aHOthers twinge to the already
sinarti cesscience Of the awakening
pehitetit.s Here were Books, pictures,
games and teysfOr the children-an open
melodeon, with music book on the
rack, stood at one side of the room-upOn
the tablelay a good yssnpplY of solid and
miscellaneous reading for the older heads,
and In one corner, carefufly COVERED
stood the pride of Mrs Gfeene's heart,
the sewing machine.
After the weather and farm matters
had been Only discussed, politics touched
upon and various items Of neighborhOOd
interest interchanged, there came pause
which was broken by Mr.. Gregory; who
salds withla shy glance at his wife and a
little awkward hesitation;
Il say, Greene, I've come over here to
make sort of confession. I've been
having a little EexperieLc e meeting with
my own thoughts tO-night; been looking
| at myself as spOse others look at me, in
q soFtfof looking glass, as it were, and
i m tfree to confess that I've had the
pleasure Of making the acquaintance of a
eFant2nkerOqsl old .eurm4dgeon-sO to
speak. Eve been agOing on, year in and
year out, trampling on the hearts and
feelings of my wife and children Qzeep
still, Mary, you've no call to deny it, 'itS
just the truth Pm telIing); hardening
| them and hardening myself, too, until I
seem to have forgotten, somehow, that
the good Lord, when Hemade me, intend
| ed me to be a man! don't know what
it means, but 1 seem to be just turned all
about! [ recon may be it was thinking
of my mother that has melted me, so to
speak! You can just mark this down,
neighbor Greene: Giles Gregory has
looked at his own heart to some purpose
tonight! I'm going to begin over again
and try to have home like yours, here.
My children shall have books and toys
and gimcracks, too, and my wife is going
to have a sewing-machine; yes, sir, two of
'em if she says 50! There, there, Mary
(sho', now-if it amt a curious thing that
a woman will cry just as hard when she
is glad as when she is sorryY No, sir, 1
amt crying myself, > either! I've got a
pesky gold in my head, and it makes my
| eyes Troublesome, that sail. ''-Nrs. Lucy
NcBfQR, IN Detroit Meas.
1. q "
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE

American hogs are not permitted g
| enter Germany, but they can travel else
where on the Continent Noble Reg-
lister. -.- .--.-...--
Atlanta claims to have a young lady
who has the finest and prettiest hair in
the United States. The name of the
party of whom she purchased it is not
made public. Chicago Tribune. Huc ~
-"Remenyi has found twelve-year-a
old girl in Texas whom he prOnounces.
the greatest violinist America has ever.
produced. "-EG. She will probably be-
come the bow ideal of fiddleity -ha-3 '
did11dpOliS Journal Asr.a 5-.-sg. g
|aj-Curious Excise Entry-Alexander
Gun, an excise officer in Scotland, being
dismissed from his employment for mis-
conduct, an entry was made in a book
kept for the purpose as follows: GA. Gun
discharged for making a false TepOrt."-.
Exchange ......s
Mamma had dressed Charley five
years old) to go to walk, and then took
Susie (three years old) in hand Mamma
was 'tired," and 50 was Susie; mamma, a
somewhat irritated, said: 'Do stand still,
for gracious sakep' to which Susie grave
" responded, "Amen. "-Bo8ton Tran
script. .-ai1 a3 aa.aa.i ,fa Do5a
ished by her mistress to be careful in
! 'washin up the best tea-things, was
overheard shortly afterwards induiging
in the following soliloquy while IN the
act of washing the sugar-basin: eff I
was to drop this 'ere basin, and was to
catch it, I suppose / shouldn't catch it;
but if l was to drop it, and wasn't to
catch it, l reckon should Just catch it"
--ErcbGnge.
a---G. G-FeEVho is Misunderstanding?
Why, thought you knew. Leatherstoek4 {
ing is character in a play called THE,
Pirate of Podophyllin," written by
Aristophanes, In collaboration with
Eugene Scribe The character is said to
be drawn from life, the original being
famous negro minstrel and corn doctor of
Etruria. These are little pieces of infor-
nation that no gentleman should be
withOut.-Puck. 1a ~ .aoisL1a- e53I
.-sDar am muffin which ruins Niger
more suddener," said Uncle Nash, sol
EMMY, TO his eldest hopeful, 'Edan de
custom of yisitin' hen-rOosts in de full OBJ
de moon. It am well 'nOugh to tackle
de Watermillyun patches when de queen
OBJ night am sailin' round in short neck /,
an low sleeves, becuz de squaWk40b a
twisted Watermillyun vine am not like
de squawk OBJ Ted-headed, roOsterer
when you done pluck him out O de hen Z
patch But take de roosterer when de
moon am on de half shell. 7T-DetrOit Free
Press. .rarrsEt CT dnuozdl b8a84d iB1sa3.
will you have dinner at the eating
station,W asked the train boy. of a pas
senger. ''Yes," said the passenger, aris7 !,
ing and following the boy just
wanted to know said the. boy. $50 I
could telegraph ahead, 2 Telegraph
repeated the, tired passenger, whose pa
tience the slowness of the train had ex-'
hausted, Il thought you wanted me to
stroll on ahead and eat by the time the
train would get there" -Ar ka1sS5sO Tr0e-
Ter. .eI
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05

Morrison Heady, the deaf-blind poet
of Kentucky is astonishing the New Or
leans people by defeating their most skill
full chess players. He has a board on
which the men stand fitted into sockets,
and with his hands he feels of the field,
by the sense of touch alone, watching the
movements of the enemy, forming COM
binatiOns against him, Analysing themOst
intricate situation, and coming of vieto-
rious most of the .time.---N. O, Pieqgatne
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
me. Tvler CTenn.l Indepen

The Tyler CTenn.) Independent is
responsible for the following: "An ami
NAL resembling a kangaroo was killed a
few nights since on the premises of John
Wagnersf We are informed by reliable
authority that the animal was about the
Size of large cat with its front legs meas;
urihg about four inches in length, and its
hind legs about three feet,in length. The
most prominent feature of the animal
was its tail, which measured about nine
feet three inches.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05

This is my silver Wedding-dayP' ~ fsr
And She iiEt5s5sd sftli a jSyfni bride. GIbltua
And stood on her happy hearthstOne,
with daughters and sons by her side
Daughters that imaged her own pure youth
Sons at th al h hSSsSi sI BIZ s Ias II ~
Handsome lads. that were hard TO beat. II r
Many sid thSssyH ba8dR5 r5S.s,sR fSf beI on
Silver GIFTS that were quaint or grand;
t dnd a@eEhfe aST 9S S6G
And Willy and May, her eldest born,
OF orange flower and Of scented thorn,
For this was her silver -@eddihy=day.-
Her face was fair and her eyes were bright,
Her soft brown hair uplined with gray; - e.
Her hedIt was GLAD. ana her STEPS were light
Mother9assd ayVifBSgas proud that-day " >
She bent to her children, one by one,
Kissed them all with tender pride,
And thought gfghe wears &c 1qt l1iy gone r Il
Since the day that she was bride.
She heard a step in the garden0way,
crown own S1 with fifth 9e t orange and rn spray,
On the6rHn-ofher eldest boy.
She stood with q smile to meet him there,
And is sure 1T St n s. "a i sfbp a2S
For hegazed in her face with tears.
He kissed her hand and he kissed her cheek.
"Oh, wife of my hearth he said,
Mouid 5Bsae e tRe es &efg Ps s
With it l married your fair sweet face;
yd1 ma EeTfe yo4 46r R9a@E CD gSSts
And your heart full OF love and truth.
'To-day marry you, wife, again.
Then he slipp'd on her hand gGing; {, - a
If he had bought it in ftlFy aIhB kRHEAEl
He had bought no loVeHer thing.
-''TO-day marry not Beauty. wife,
Though you're fair as wife can be-;
marry the Love that has bIeSs'd .Eny life,
Your truth and your cOnstancy;
..Your helping assdgebd your eSeer4f1ui heart
Oh, but the loveof my youth was poor!
NOW i
Now L know that our love is sure.
Children, yOCsaFes our witness to-day. M r.r .
Time may piss, but Ottr Love shall stand. NJ
Wife, you are mine for ever and aye;
Here is my troth, my heart, my hand!"
a-1LRlle kig Barr, an ". T. Ledger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05
Bears Throwing Ice.

8 J. Rae tells the following story in
Eatbtre, the circumstances of which were
given him by an eyewitness, a very
truthful and honest Esquimaux of
Repulse Bay. He said: 81 and two or
three other Innuit were attempting to
approach some walrus winter, lying
on thesice Close. to the water, kept open
By the strong curfent, il. Fex's Channel.
As we were getting near we saw that
large white bear was before us He had
reached in the most stealthy manner
a high ridge of ice, Immediately above
where the walrus was lying; he then
seized a mass of ice in his paws, reared
himself on his hind LEGS, nathreW the
ice with great force on the head OF a
haH-grown ~alrus, and then sprang down
upon it." The Esquimaux then ran up,
speared the bear, and found the walrus
al but dead, thus securing both animals.
Should Edd that the bar threw the ice
as if he was ''left-pawed"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05

q tt-N I'LL = 10 -lI.Tl t-'9l q 3
Henry Sleeton, a cook in a Los
Angeles hotel, died suddenly few days
ago 1nder peculiar circumstances. He
had tooth extracted and, as is usual,
the dentist applied strong liquid to the
cavity 10 kill the neyre. Py@mia, or
blood poisoning set IN and heldied-l IL (
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-05

American hogs are not permitted g
enter Germany, but they can travel else
where on the Continental Mobile, Reg-