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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
Westminster. Abbey.

The decay in the walls of Westminster
Abbey is exciting renewed attention in
England, owing to the publication by
the London Times of the principal
points in report on their condition,
made by distinguished architect two
years ago, which has thus far been kept
from the public. It appears that in the
external restoration of the abbey by Sir
Christopher Wren in the beginning of
the last century he used o kind of stone
which increased rather than diminished
the dangers to the structure from the
soft freestone of which it was originally
composed. Down to the year 1910 the
provisions for repairs of the abbey were
mainly dependent on the abbots in
charge of the existing monastery at West
minister, though Henry III. and other
kings aided their work. In fact, it was
not till 1862, two years after the restora-
tion of the Stuarts to the throne. that a
repair fund existed, and from that time
to the year 1897 the dean and chapter
expended nearly eco, 900 for this purpose,
though twice this sum was at this date
asked to adequately restore the decaying
fabric. A commission was then ap-
pointed by Parliament to provide for
this purpose during the first sixteen
years of the last century, by part of
the proceeds of a duty on GOALS import
ed into London. but in I'LL the grant
was committed for sum of $4,000 an
nually up to 1924 During four or five
years between 1871 and 1741, when
Wren's RESERVATIONS were carried out, an
annual grant of $4,000 was made, and
when the dean and chapter petitioued
Parliament for fresh aid in 1907 they
stated that, during the last twenty years,
they had expended nearly ego, 900 on the
church. From that time to 1922 the
parliamentary grants for repair of the
abbey amounted to ZAP, 900. Since then
the appropriations have been increased,
but the result of all this irregular work
has left the abbey in such state that,
the Times says, if the process of decom-
position is not arrested, it must speedily
cause the ruin of the building. From
ESQ, 600 to ESQ, 900 are needed for the
restoration, and it is very properly urged
that the amount should be furnished by
the nation rather then by private sub
scription. It is to be hoped, however,
that the system of repair adopted will
not wholly obliterate the external walls
and tbus destroy the identity Of struct-
ure which is associated with the historic
glories of England.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

Is I3tE ONEAx CVNNECx4NV LIMA
as main line Iuns fr9 9s. Ghsaso 70
Geneseo. Moline Rock Island, Davenport West
Des Moines iths capital OF Iowa.. Stuart, Attain
@ ard VIII fpsnSnes IRON "a
tine, Washington, Fairfield, Eldon, Belknap.
Centreville, Princeton. Trenton. Gallattn. Came
ron, Leavenworth, Atchison ana Kansas City;
sna k Re1
tonsport, Independent. Eldon, Ottnnwe. Eddy
vile, esksoosa, Pella, Monroe. and Des Moines;
Newton to Monroe; Des Noines to lndianola and
&c r Levi, saa s aI
Railroad, which owns and operates . through
line from Chicago into the state Of Kansas
man PALACE Cars Attached. are run each w daily
between CHICAGO and Peoria, Kansas CITY.
COUNCIL. BLUFFS, LEAvENwORTH ana ATCHI-
SON. Through cars are also run between Milwau:
RseL and kass: Gty via the and
The "Great Rock Island" Is magniAcently
equipped. Its road bed ID simply perfect, and ito
track is laid With steel rails; I'm .s.,..
of enjoying your meals. while passing over the
beautiful prairies Of Illinois and Iowa, In one Of
our MAGNIFICENT Dining Cars that accompany all
meal as good as Is served in any nrst-class hotel,
for seventy-ive cents. SO
Approaching the fact that majority Of the
PURPOSES land tie immense passenger business
Of this line warranting it,, We are pleased T. an
nounce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palace
PULLMAN RALACE Cars are r
COUNCIL BLUEFs. KANsAa CITY.
all Ticket Agents In the United States
For information NOT O0taln0ble ~ y
a. KIMBALL,
Genl Superintendent :-s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
SH0R'
line.
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND AND SI:PAuL:

It owns and operates over 1900 miles of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa aud
Dakota: and it's main lines, branches and connsc-
lions reach Ill the great business centres of the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the
description of Short Line, and Best Route between
CHICAGO. Milx aukec, st. Paul and
minneapolis
Crosse and WbnOna.
Chicago, milwaukee. Ortnnvi,le.
Aberdeen and Ellenda1e.
Chicago. Milwaukee. Eau Claire and
Chicago, Miiwaukee, wausau aud
Merrill.
chieaee. ei,Waakes, Beaver Da"'
Chicago. Milwaukee. Waukesha and
Chicago. MlIwaukee, Madison and
Chicago. Milwaukee. OWatOnna.
MankatO ana Far1Daults
Chicago. Beloir. Janesv1Iie and Min
Chicago, Eisin, Rockford and Du-
chtSsxos c n%s s:s Rack i''""d' Cedar
Chicago. Des Moine~s Council Bluffs
and Omaha.
Faiis aud Yankton.
Chicago, MllxNauk ee, Albert Len and
Southern N1innesOtn Points.
Chicago, milwaukee,, Mason City,
Mitchell and Chan'oerla!D.
Rock Island, Dubuque ST. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Davenport, Calmar, st, Paul and
Minneapolis.
Milwaukee, Racine, Bel0at, EreepOrt
and Rock Islands
Mitchell, Wol~ey, Ashton and Aber-
0eens
(Jin River Valley Iire,l
Pullman 6Lee1Ders and the Fxsse&t
Dining CnTs In the tC0rltt are run OH the
main lines Of the CHxCAGO MlLH4 n.
KEE 4. ST. PAUL RAILW ~, and
every attention Is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
3. 8. Merrill. A. v. n. Carpenter,
Gen1 Manager. Genl Pass. gent.
j. 7. Clark, Geo. n. heafford
Gen1 Supt. Asst Gent Pass Agt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

ExPRR1sNcE of q governess: cit was
once my unfortunate lot to reside in q
clergyman's family as goverress. house,
keeper. say unfortunate, because dur
ing that periol my life was made q
misery. The childten were looked upon
BY their parents as perfect angels; con-
sequent]y. if their iron wills were
sthwarted BY word or deed, they would
use thar flippant tongues and lusty
limbs in the most unseemly manner, oc-
casionalIy giving sly kicks, while one
young gentleman of IL summers once
gave me SO severe and sudden q clap
upon my back in rassing down stairs
that I fell head. first. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

ticularly noted for fast walking himself
but that quality seems to be inherent to
. certain degree in his descendents. inst
as the sons Of Hambl etonian ara famons
as trotters, while their sire possessed no
record ct all. Denmark was q thoronph-
bred, sired by imported Hedgeford, who
also sired Blue Bonnets, the dam Of the
noted racers Lightning, Thunder and
Lancaster. BY carefully breeding to
the speediest travellers of this strain the
walking gait may be bred in our farm
stock as we'll as we can increase the
power to draw heavy loads or trot on the
roads.
Manyfarmers make mistakes in breed
ing to trGtting sires with view of pro-
curing good farm horses. The trotter
will improve the character of the ordin-
airy stock, but trntters are not always
bred from trotting sires. It requires
training and years of practice sometimes
to develop q trotter, and the farmer u.s.
ually has no time to devote to such mat
ters. Few trotting sires are SO forum.
ate as to produce first-class trotter.
The great Smuggler, the fastest of trot-
ting slres, has been almost forgotten, ew-
ing to his failure as sire, and but few
fast colts or fllies can be credited even
to Harold, the sire of Maud S. The at
tempt to breed colts adapted to both the
road and the farm sometimes results in
nothing of value for any purpose.
An experienced breeder of farm horses
gives as his opinion that the best animal
for the farm is that produced by cross
ing the thoroughbred (the running
horse) on large coarse mares. If the
mares are partly Norman or Clydesdale
so much the better; but the use of the
thoroughbred insures stamina, endur-
ance and vigor. The small but hard
bones of the thoroughbred are heavily
covered with muscle, and the horses OF
that breed are famous for speed, cour-
age and power. The cross produces a
horse very similar to the Clevelande,
and such horses are not only we'll adapt
ed for nearly all purposes on the farm,
but do not fail till well advanced in years.
-EIchange.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

DEL FEN 4 H1 xA01 ~ Ax4A W AkS 4 )
frsat feature # our siacs Cars Is sHoKiHa
At ali hours Of the Day:
,a s Il =. the 5; s
line. and transfers are avoided At Council Bluns.
Kansas City, Leayenworth, and Atchisen. con.
nscGp; PeSg msaH IL Union 3sRN2ssr or
THIS CHEAT aRGf'4 4HHhsuaH LINE IRE "a
a es!e Zee with all ai,ers'as lines for the
Al ETsEETsSGep. with the L. s. &A.s~ and P.
,AtWAsHlSa7oN HEIoHrs. with r. G. 81
bi = SALE II. with II. Cen: RFRR.,.,n.
VI; NJ Kd Miai sns Eis VI KSs Rock
sness MeGs
C. II. l. st. r. Il. r.. - :,
a WEST Ll1zRTY. With theB:. G. r. + n
s Sss Me1as xi n,. Gs s. r. aoE1
AtCogNciL BIurrs. With Union Pacific R. r.
= Al OMAHA. with B. 9 No. r: r; r in NebA
AtCoLyA1Us JUNCTION: With 1 fG. q : T. ~ 81
81. /. ?9E Pse. .11 GIe "a f kd: w.
Al KEoKUK with Toll, PEG: WAT; Wab.. st.
1:Si; rs ana . e + e. e. J. K NV IS R. Rd'
Atck. 4 Nes. and Ger. BE q; +: r; hds.
At LRHvENWoRTH, with Kan. Fac, and Kan.
All xsKxHs1s CITY, with all lines for the we,t
and Southwest. 1 +
= throseh to PEORIA, DEs MONIES.
LTCHIS0N, and LEAYENWORTH.
. Great Rect< Island ReAte,'' are sold by
% hons ticket eAes, adaress, z-.::'.
E. ST. JOHN, zs
!. Gsal Tiki. and Passgr At. >.
- $t2l3Sfs; 3r@ sssEJ s.& "-S-1Eo, U
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
Egg.She1l F0nf1.

The Congregatlonalist says engraving
on egg-shells is very pretty entertain.
ment for young people, and is easily &C.
complished in tho following manner:
Take an egg that has been blown and
stop up the ends with bit of wax.
Then write or draw upon the shell with
varnisb, q simply with tallow, and i'm
merse the egg In some weak acid, like
vinegar. Wherever it is left unpro-
tected the lime in the shell will be de.
composed by the acid. leaving the writ
ing or drawing in relief. At the time
of the Spanish war in 1908, an egg was
found in a caurch in Lisbon on the shell
of which was engraved prediction that
the French army would be destroyed.
This created great excitement among the
superstitious soldiers. The French gem
eral Gained their fears in very iugen-
lcus manner, by having contradiction
OF the prophesy engraved upon thou
sands of egg.shells and distributed
throughout the city,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
AND cNNEcToNS,
The above 10 correct map Of the 49,.
AlBERT EA ROUTE.

The above 10 . correct map Of the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
and ts immediate connections Through Trains daily
From ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO,
without change, connecting with all lines
rz-=ri EAST and SOUTHEAST. -"- e.
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and DES MONIES, Iowa.
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
connecting in Union Depot for oil Points South and
Southwest Close connections made with st. p. Mo NJ.
N. p. and St p. q Duluth Railroads. from and to eli
points North and Northwest -
REMEMB&R! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING
CARS on all night Trains Through Tickets and bag
cage checked to destination For time tables rate
s. #. BOYD.
Gen'l Tkt. Pass. Art, Minnsapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

THR Episcopa lians will build $500, :
600 cathedral ct Albany, n, J.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
Hints in Cranberry Culture.

A we'll. established cranberry meadow
is an exceedingly profitable investment
when. intelligently managed. On the
other hand there is biz chance for
failure when the natural conditions are
not good and when the grower is mex
perienced. It ia an expensive Job to re-
claim wild meadow and plant it in
cranberries; it also requires patience,
for no returns can be expected for about
three years, and a full crop is often not
realized until after the fifth year from
planting. A good plan is to leave the
meadow in square beds, made by bitches
running thirty or forty feet apart, with
headland ditch running along the edge
of the upland to cut off the surface
water. OF course, al growth must be
removed. Grade the surface so as to
give each bed slightly rounded surface.
sloping towards the bitches. Then
cover it with clean, sharp sand toa depth.
say, of two or three inches: the more
peat or muck the more sand is required.
Set the vines in May in rows about two
feet apart each way; set them deep
enough SO they will rest in the peat or
muck an inch or SO. The dam for. food
ing the meadow is the most troublesome
part OF the whole business.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
Cowy Milk and Butter.

It is essential that some defense ha
raised for the consumer against a man
who thinks his milk call right" after
the COW has stepped in pailful. or
who goes to the milk room and the
churn reeking with the eff1avia of a
very dirty barn, his clothes saturated to
the knees and spattered to the shoulders.
1t may be objected that such q case ia
positively nasty-it is indeed open to
such construction. But it is unnatur-
also it is. But it is impossible-on
the contrary, it is true; + have not
drawn on my fancy for the details, nor
have given them all. can't imagine
what that butter was used for when it
got to market, but I am more than ever
the friend of the dealer who wrote: owe
must dock You cents pound on the
last lot of butter, and don't want anv
moro like it at any price-it smells too
much of the STABLE" Now the addressee
Of that letter had gained trade: evi-
IDENTIFY then his butter was not always
"number four" ergo, it need not remain
80. Whence I conclude that among the
implements employed by NJ. butter
makers, belong the barn shovel. scrnh
pail, wash-board and hand basin. land
that in proportion to their non-use the
possibly pure product becomes in
evitab!y foul.-New England Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

The use Of the term
"Short Line" in connec-
ton with the corporate
name Of a great road. con-
veys an idea Of just what is
required by the travelling
pub'ic-a Short Line, Quick
Time and the beet of &C.
commodations-all of which
eat Railway in America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

AMBROSE THOMAS, the composer, is
again reported very i'll.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09
Plan for a Flood Gata


To maintain q fence across a water
course, is one of the trials and tribula-
tons of the farmer. After heavy-rain
generally fences in such places are either
badly damaged or entirely washed awav.
Having been troubled this way for wears.
1 have lit upon the following plan. which
after two years trial find to be a,,c.
cess. =" =. -,
A stick of timber, three or four inches
in diameter, is placed where the gate ia
needed, and fastened down with stakes
driven slanting, on each side, the tops Of
the stakes tapping over the piece SO "a to
hold it seeurely. and driven we'll down.
so as not to catch the drift, but allowinR,
the piece to turn freely; inch and q half
holes are bored in the piece and upriphts
are fitted in them; the material of which
the gate is made is fastened to these nm
rights. A light post is driven on the
lower side and the gate fastened to il.
This will keep the gate in place in anv
ordinary flood, but when a Noah comes
along, it turns down on the bottom Of
the creek, and waters and drifts naas
over it. When the water subsidies ali
that is necessary to do is to turn the
gate back to its upright position. If the
gate is not needed during the winter. Il
is better to lay it down and let it remain
in that position until spring, for if It ia
fastened with q post il an upright poei.
ton, it will be broken with spring floods
a. r.. b. in Prairie Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-04-09

v.
At last he heard unususl noises on
deck, and the brig soon shook under the
discharge OF her cannon. From the
noises it was evident that sharp action
was going on. but the triumphant yells
which he afterward heard made Olsen
fear that the brig had won the fight,
All was again quiet, and he expected to
see the hold opened, and the booty and
prisoners sent down into his hiding
place; but suddenly the roar of cannon
was again heard. After several mo.
ments of continual firing there was q
terrific noiee on the deck, as If the brig
had been boarded by her enemy. Soon
all was still again. Olsen climbed up
the ladder, and had almost reached the
hatch when he heard sounds as If It was
being opened. Suddenly he was blind
ed by blaze Of daylight. Friendly
hands seized him, and he was taken on
deck. 6. II. E.
He afterward learned that the vessel
in which he had. slowed himself away
was Tunis pirate. She fell in with 3
Dutch merchantmen, but had scarcely
vanquished her before Dutch corvette
hove in sight. The latter gave chase
and captured the pirate. Olsen was
placed on the Dutch merchantmen,
which reached Palermo q few days after
ward. Here he took passage on home.
ward bound Norwegian vessel. Two
months atterward he arrived ut his
home, greatly to the surprise of his
relatives and friends, who, years before,
had given him mp as lost,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-19
ORDERED TO DUTY.

serxeants Bralnard and Long and Private
Cornell. Of the Greedy Party. Have their
Leave of Absence Revoked and nre
Ordered to Duty for Exhibiting Them.
selves ut . Cleveland Muse um.
CLEvLAND, O.. September 9.
The recent publication in the papers, Of
the story Of q division in the Greedy
party at Cape Sabine, and the attention
th ereby drawn to the FACT that three Of
the survivors, including the lead rs Of
the alleged factions, were on exhibition
at museum in this city, resulted Ss.ur.
day In an order from the War Depart.
ment for their return to duty. A dis.
patch was sent to Captain Van Horne,
local recruiting officer, inquiring If Ser
geants BraiDard and Long and Private
Cornell were here. Upon the receipt Of
an alternative reply, the department. asked
for explicit details, as to their employ
ment. Captain Van Horne reported that
Brainard was delivering lectures ut q
dime museum, while Long and Cornell
occupied seats on the stage. In response
to this report, the Secretary OF War sent
u peremptory order, directing the imme-
diate return of the party to Portsmouth,
N. H., where they will. be assigned to
duty.
Brainard says that his superlors seem
to consider that he aud his comrades are
degrading themselves by giving exhibi-
tions, and have therefore cancelled their
verbal leave of absence. The trio left
for the East yesterday morning.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-19
Hygienic Soups.

Before leaving the sub ect of peas, 4
must here repeat practical sugg 'st!on
tn t | published in tie Birmingham
Journal about twenty years %, VIZ,
that the water in which green peas are
boiled shou d not be thrown away. 1t
contains much OF the saline constituents
of the peas, some soluble casein. and
has fine favor, the very essence OF
the peas. Ii to s, n; it comes from
the saucepan. be added little stock or
some Liebig's extract, a delic Gus soup
is al once produced. requiring nothing
more than ordinary seasoning. With
care, it NAV form clear soup such as
lust now is il fashion among the faS-
tidicus; but, prepared however rough
iv, IL is very ecjnOm cal, wholesome
and appetizin" soup, and costs mini
mum of trouble.
1 must here add few words in advo-
{ acy OF the further adoption in this
country of the French practice of using,
rs potage, the water in which We C.
tables generally (excepting potatoes
hare been boiled. When we boil cab
bayps, turnips, err Is, etc., we dis
so,va out OF them very large proper
ton of their saline constituents salts
which are absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of health; salts, without
which we become victims of govt.
lumbago, neuralgia,
gravel, and all the ills that human
flesh, with lithic-aci diathe.is, is heir
to. i. e., about the most painful series
of all its inheritances. The potash of
these salts existing therein, in combina-
ton with organic acids, is separated
from these acids by organic combus-
ion, and IS then and there presented
to the baneful lithic acid of the blood
and tissues, the stony torture particles
Of which it converts into soluble lithate
Of potash, and thus enables them to be-
carried out OF the system.-W. Maatieu
u il.;ansS. ~ Po }alar Science Monthl,s
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-19
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
Glass pulleys for cable railways are

Glass pulleys for cable railways arc
superior to iron-Chicaqo Herald.
Doors are now made of paper.
They are more durable than wood and
cost about the same. They are not liable
TO shrink, swell. crack, or warp. They
are also very handsome.-Sc'entsFc
american.
There are nine establishments in
The United States producing $3.50
watches day, one establishment turn
ing out q watch minute or ten hours
each day.-Ch cago Journal.
"A Californian is reported to have
discovered a process OF devuleanizing
rubber, by which means old rubber can
be worked over indefinitely. The dis
tovery is great des:deratum.
L Omm inications have recently been
sent by telegraph from London to Cal
cutta, distance OF 100 miles, through
single WIRE The speed was from
twelve to fourteen words minute.
The hippophile is earnestly at work.
hOrse-shoes of sleeps horn are now
made in Lyons. France. They are for
use, particularly, on street pavements,
as they prevent slipping on smooth
stones and tram rails.-CHr.ent.
The development of the lumb r.
manufacturing b, s;ness in many parts
OF the South is remarkable. From
Southern kentucky to Chattanooga,
Tenn. is an extended and vast line of
mills and stave, spoke and handle-
factories. Large mum GERS of people are
crowding into this region. of which the
town OF Dayton, Tenn, is the active
bus ness center.-N. Y. Herald.
i he latest tie ephone dispenses with
electricity altogether. Its diaphragm
is sp it willow or other wood closely
woven, dried and vanished. The dry
ing contracts the iibers and produces
very high tension. In the center of the
dlaphram is a strong COPPER plate, to
which the WIRE is attached. For dis
tances less than two miles the new tele-
phone conveys sound better and more
distinctly than the Bell I he difficulty
in switching the wires, however,
LIN IS lis use. PhiladeIphia Record.
1t has always been problem in
large lumber-producing di- trict5 wha.
to do with the sawdust. In some places
they throw it into the stream, but this
may be stopped by complaint from
neople down the river. who use the
water for various purposes in which
cleanliness is a requisite. In others
there have been arranged boiler-fur-
naces in which the dust can be used as
iuel. Various processes have been in
troduced for solidifying the dust,
so that it can be nodded into
picture ames, orna I ents for furnl-
ture, and other articles where stuccc
work is practicable, to dispose Of some
of t e refuse. The late idea is to
make gas from it, and this, it is said. is
carried out at village in Ontario with
excellent results. Chicaq0 Times.