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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
A VANISHED LOVE.

Fair were my fond loves tresses,
And deep her azure eyes;
Soft were the curves and dimples;
She smiled in sweet surprise
AS, In these arms uphOlden,
With her dear face to mine,
Eyes swan IN eyes, and fragrant
Her breath came like new wine,
"Slng !" cried my soul, impatient,
Then shuddered at the song.
"LOve's pleasure lasts q moment,
Its pain lasts all life long"
The arrow pierced my bosom,
Down dropped the tears like rain;
All tenderly I kissed her
Again. and yet again,
With lips of passionate longing,
With eyes that seemed to see
All loneliness surrounding IT,
The lips that sang to me.
"Stay," sobbed my heart, and sobbing
1t died beneath the song:
Loves pleasures lives moment,
Its pain lasts all life long.
stretch my hands and wonder,
strain my eyes to see
Whether from Heaven or under
My maid shall come to me,
I call her name at dawning,
The roses open wide;
whisper it at sunset,
And know her at my side;
seem to hear her singing,
But ali, how sad the song:
"LOve's pleasure lasts moment,
Its pain lasts all life long,"
And when the nights soft curtains
Are drawn DER land and sea,
One white star, trembling, nghtens
My lost ones feet to me.
feel her gentle fingers,
Her fine hair sweeps my brow,
A holy calm from Heaven
Is in my chamber now,
And. like seraph's breathing,
I list her sweet, sad song:
cloves pleasure lasts moment,
Its pain lasts all life long"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
may bring farther growth to shield the
roots from the seventies of winter.
Value of Drainage.

value OF Drainage.
On Saturday we studied two corn
fields of twenty-five and forty-seven
ACRES, lying side by side, mile or so
east of Streator, III. The soil and lay
of The land are as like as could be in
the two plats, and up to this year their
yield has not been dissimilar in quanti-
ty, and quality year by year. Lastsummer
and autumn the larger field was pretty
thoroughly underdrained with tiles, at
cost Of $l8 per acre. 1.-THE previous
value Of the land may have been $65 to
$50 per acre, perhaps more, as it is q
good prairie soil. The sale of twelve
acres of soil, if necessary to get the
means, would have paid for draining the
remaining thirty-fve acres.) What is
the result? We found in the drained
field thick stand of tall stalks, every
hill full, the maturing ears long and
heavy, and this was uniform over the
whole of about thirty-fve acres. On
the adjoining field Of twenty-five acres,
planted and treated every way like the
other, the corn is very ssspotted."
Many hills are vacant or have but one
or two spindling stalks, part of which
will yield '*nubbins," and a part moth
ing. Here and there, on more elevated
parts, are patches of better stalks, of
various degrees OF vigor and fruitful
ness. In short, if given our choice of
the crop from two acres of the drained
field or three acres from the other, we
would unhesitatingly choose the two
acres; and we should be inclined to take
one acre of the former to two of the
latter. The corn on the drained field
will be out of the way of frost some
time ahead of the majority of the corn
on the other. A careful examination
leads us to estimate that if the I'M
drained field yields forty bushels the
other will give seventy-fve bushels to
the acre. The cost of preparing the
ground, planting and working are the
same. The thirty extra bushels of better
coru at 30 cents bushel gives SO, or 30
per cent. upon the cost of the drainage in
the first crop. There is no question
that this will be the average result here
after; in wet seasons it will be greater.
Remember this is a case of good prai-
RE soil, naturally as dry as the average
land in the whole state. We shall ask
the owner to notice the final result in
autumn, and report it for the benefit of
our readers.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
Continued from, last .peek.>
How Watch Cases are Made.

In 1875, thirteen men comprised the
entire working force used in the manu-
facture of the James Boss Gold Watch Case.
Now over foe hundred are employed, and the
number is constantly increasing. Their ea-
son of this increase is this: In the James
Boss Gold Watch Case all the metal in sight
and subject to wear is solid gold, while the re-
mainder, which only lends strength to the
case, is of stronger metal than gold,
giving gold where gold is needed, and
strong, elastic metal where strength and
elasticity are needed, combination pro-
ducing watch case better than solid gold
and at ONE-HALF the cost. ~ .,,..
Over 200, 900 Of these cases K A =
have been sold, and every jeweler in the
country can testify to their quality and
merit. 49,
e. w. Marsh, Of the Democrat bought jos. Boss
Gold Watch case Is years ago, and carried it until
short time ago, when purchased 1t, and sold It to
customer The case showed no signs Of wear, except
i% %os S
sold the James Boss dWatch Case for many years.
and the parties who bought the first ones are carry.
tng them toby, g well satisfied g though they had
regard them - the only cases Of this kind eweler
worth u their money Of vs1Ses his repntstioe: 'n
WIN. J. CUsHWAY, Jsscslsr.
Bod stamp Ksysts.s Case Factories PAs.
6DA, Ps Ter hsadsens illustrated Pamphlet showing how
(zbbe Cbn1Dued) q
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
Good Tools.

Farmers err seriously, says the New
England Farmer, when they spend val
liable time using worthless tools; but
it is of little use to urge a man to pillow
his land well when we know that he
has not tool on his farm fit to work
with. Our advice to a man who pro-
poses to make farming a business
would be to sell off many of his old
tools occasionally by auction, or to men
who have but little use for farming
tools, and replace them with the best,
well-tested new styles he can find. A
new plow-point may cost fifty cents to
81, but it may enable the plowman aud
team to earn So where the old one would
not earn 81. Poor blowing by the use
of a worn-up pillow may diminish crop
very materially.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
Hog Cholera Remedies.

Mr.. E. A. Watson, formerly of Perry
Springs, contributes the following for
the benefit of the readers of the Prairie
Farmer: II had over two hundred hogs,
and had lost half of them by hog chol-
era. T then dipped ears of corn in
Carolina tar besmearing them, and
threw them among the hogs. They ate
it greedily, and in a week all were on
the road to recovery. Another remedy
I have used successfully is that of feed
ing corn in the ear, which has been
charred black"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
A Potato Experiment.

Mr.. Dinner. of the Montgomery, O.,
Horticultural Society, at recent meet
ing said that about the middle of April
he planted pieces of potatoes taken re-
spectively from blossom and stem ends
Of the potatoes, with view of ascer-
tanning what difference, if any, resulted
in using seeds thus chosen. Result:
Seed taken from the blossom end came
up several days soonest. The vines
looked the best throughout the season,
and the potatoes were ready to harvest
ten days the earliest. August 1st five
hills of the blossom end produced 1873
tubers, while five hills of the other pro-
duced SO, or just half as many, but the
weight was the same. His conclusion is,
that if we want small but early potatoes,
we should plant the blossom end. But
if we want large, marketable ones, a
little later we should not plant the
blossom end pieces.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
A Foolish Fraud.

from the New Orleans Times-D Democrat
"You would be surprised" said q
post-office official recently, "if yon
could know how frequently stamps are
used a second or even third time. And
wha: is the most surprising thing about
it is there is no profit for a person using
a stamp the second time, and it requires
more than two cents worth of applica-
ton and ingenuity to cleanse a stamp;
but the loss to the government is very
considerable. I would be content to
receive sum equivalent to that stolen
from the department every year in this
way for my salary. post-office clerks,
by long practice, become very familiar
with the appearance of good and bad
stamps.
"They acquire perhaps the same de-
gree of ability in the detection of the
Irregularities as do the clerks who han
die money, but in large Offices there are
so many letters and the work of cancel
ling is of necessity so rapid that very
few chances are offered for detection.
It is only when letters are deposited in
Offices where the mail receipts are small
that there is any considerable danger
of detection in using stamps a second
time. But the use cannot be profitable;
packages or heavyweight letters hav-
ing sufficiently large postage stamps on
them to justify their cleansing for
second are subject to somewhat rigid
inspection and fraud can be detected.
Ash said, however, the use of smaller
stamps second time is large enough
to make quite a hole in the department.
funds"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

This Institute has ample facilities and an ex-
perienced Faculty. Willie it succeeds to large
viii aim to EXTEND its medical and surgical prac-
CHRONIC DISEASES % Of the M a5d AS spF9 Pas
atism, Dyspepsia, Consump tion and Asthma.
B0gO IMPURITIES Or as ss"ass
DEF0RlTlES Of the Lmbs Spinal i Garya
of the Joints, Piles, Fistula, Rupture, etc.
WEAKNESS and wasting e diseases Sc in old and
the gcnito-urinary organs.
EEkEh3E irregularities and weaknesses, caus-
EEMHAE ing pain in the back or side, etc.
Personal interviews with patients are always
preferred. Those unable to visit the Institute will
be furnished with blank lists of questions that will
aid them in making u full statement OF their cases
and ii NOT requiring surgical operation they can
he successfully 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.
q Tn, Treasurer of the corporation is Of Nelson\
:'icsna1 Z; Co.. Advertiscg Agents, and refers to
Inc nnhsher Of this other newspaper in the y
United States ar C"nadas regarding responsibility.
Consultation at Office or by mail free and invited.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

DR. Z. G.. WEsT's NERVE AND BRAIN TREAT
ness, Conyulsions,- Fits. Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
OF alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De-
preston, Softening Of the Brain resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss Of power
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat-
orrhoea caused byover-exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over-indulgence. Each box contains
one month treatment. S1.00 box, or six boxes
Tor $780, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
70 cure any case With each order received byEss
send the purchaser our written guarantee to- re.
fund the money if the treatment does cooenstt
3c;lre. Guarantees issued ealy by
JOHN G. WEST g. CO.,
SH2 W. fiisss::22ssssss'Sa ST., CHICAGO, iLLs.s
sole Props Vests tiYes Ptl's,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

For Constipation, or Costiveness, no
remedy is SO effective as AYERS PILLS.
They insure regular daily action, and re-
store the bowels to a healthy condition.
For Indigestion, or Dyspepsia, AYERS
PILLS are invaluable, and a sure cure.
Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Foul
Stomach, F1atulency, Dizziness, Head
ache, Numbness, Nausea, are all relieved
and cured by AYERS PILLS.
In Liver Complaint, Bilious Disorders,
and Jaundice, AYERS PILLS should ,be
given in doses large enough to excite the
liver and bowels, and remove constipation.
As cleansing medicine in the Spring, these
PILLS are unequalled.
Worms, caused by a morbid condition Of
the bowels, are expelled by these PILLS.
Eruptions, Skin Diseases, and Piles,
the result of Indigestion or Constipation, are
cured by the use of AYERS PILLS.
For Colds, take AYERS PILLS to open
the pores, remove indammatory secretions,
and allay the fever.
For Diarrhoea and Dysentery, caused by
sudden colds, indigestible food, etc., AYERS
PILLS are the true remedy.
Rheumatism, Govt, Neuralgia, and
Sciatica, often result from digestive derange-
ment, or colds, and disappear on removing
the cause by the use of AYERS PILLS.
Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints,
and other disorders caused by debility or
obstruction, are cured by AYERS PILLS.
Suppression, and Painful Menstrua-
ton, have q safe and ready remedy in
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

In Martha's Vineyard the ratio Of
deaf mutes to the population is one in
every $50 persons, a ratio greater than
in any other portion OF the country.
Two centuries ago two cousins in the
Mayhem family were married, from
which can be traced q hereditary line Of
deaf muteG
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

Inc ABOVE Is correct map OF the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE,
nd its Immediate connections Through Trains daily
rsn 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, kowa.
Through Trains between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
meeting in Union Depot for all Points South and
rIthWest Close connections made with ST. p & Nj.
: p. and St. p. & Duluth Railroads. from and to all
)ints North and Northwest.
ssEMEMBEk! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING
tHs on all night Trains. Through Tickets. and bag
Z checked to destination: For time tables rate OF
e, etc. call upon nearest Ticket Agent, address
s. z. BOYD.
Gen'l Tkt. q Pass. Ag't. Minneapolis.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
Buried in a Mine.

(From the Downieville Zeal Tribune]
w. L. Newberry, who has been run
ming tunnel in Blue Point Ravine,
about mile and half from the Noun
tain House, on the Forest City road, had
a miraculous escape from death recent.
~. Newberry has been working alone
in the tunnel, which is in distance of
some fifty feet. He started out to work
and his failure to return in the after
noon was overlooked by those around
the Mountain House, and it was not till
the return of Dan Cole in the evening
that his absence was thought of. Find
ing that Newberry had not been seen
since the morning, Cole dispatched a
man to the tunnel, who returned with
the information that the tunnel had
caved. On receiving the news, several
men started for the scene of disaster,
while telegram was sent to Forest
City asking for help. The request was
promptly responded to, and number
of men and the necessary implements
we're soon on the ground. The tunnel
had been poorly timbered, and the
whole top from near the mouth to the
face had come down, as was evident
from the appearance of the ground on
the surface. The work of opening the
tunnel was necessarily slow, and it was
anything but safe place to work in, as
the ground was broken to the surface.
However, the men kept steadily at work.
About 2 o'clock the following afternoon
the men were rewarded by hearing the
voice of Newberry. Work then went on
with renewed energy, and shortly after
3 o'clock the imprisoned man was
rescued from his perilous position. The
debris from the cave extended right up
to where he stood. Newberry was very
weak and somewhat dazed when taken
out, but aside from this he was all right
He reported the tunnel to have caved
about 10 o'clock in the morning, SO that
he was imprisoned about twenty-nine
hours. He says that he heard the work
men as soon as they commenced to
work, but could not tell whether it was
rescuers or more caving of the tunnel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

1t is known as the great THROUGH CAR
LINE of America, and is universally admit
ted to he the
Finest Equipped Railroad in the World i5r
all classes Of Travel.
Through Tickets via this line for sal 4; AZ!
Il. Il. coupon ticket offices in the United Static,
and Canada.
g. J. POTTER, i'::NCEV A. HOWELL
Ticc-Pres Gen ia :reT. Gen.ro:s ::.!r"c1.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
How to Make q Poultry Trough.

The Richmond Dispatch says if you
want convenient trough in which to
keep water for the poultry nice and
clean, use the following plan: Make
end pieces Of two inch plank, 6 inches
wide and II feet long; side pieces of
inch boards inches wide and 3 feet
long; bottom of two inch plank. Be
particular to have good tight joints and
smear them with pitch on the inside.
Take a piece of two inch plank 10
inches wide and 2 feet 4 inches long.
Drive tenpenny nails thickly into one
side of it so that the chickens will not
walk over it, and in holes bored at the
corners, insert pins 81 inches long. Set
this porcupine backed table into the
center of the trough and you have an
arrangement that will hold quite an
amount of water, and has place four
inches wide all around the ledge fir m
which fowls may drink without having
a chance to get into the trough. Try
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.

GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
Solid Trains Of Elegant Day Coaches and
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars are run d. Is to
and from st. Louis; via Hannilal Quincy,
Keoklk, Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Albert
Lea to st. Paul and Minneapolis: I'arlor Cars
and Peoria. Only one change of cars Irtwcen
ST. Louis and Dcs Moines, Iowa, Lincoln, Ne
DIaska, and Denver, Colorado
1t is also the only Through Line between
ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
Care of Wool.

Says Stephen Powers, in the Ohio
Farmer: ''The production of thor
oughly good wool is one of the finest
achievements of the farmers handiwork.
As the wool is, so the man. If farmer
has his feeces dumped carelessly down
in one corner of the trumpery room,
with some boxes, old corn and lot OF
harrow-teeth on one side, and the hens
roosting close by on the other, what
would the average buyer expect to find
inside of them? On the other hand if
he has his entire clip disposed of in
double rows or tiers-two feeces
abreast, heaped up between two lines of
upright studding, with movable Stats
running across from one upright to an
other, and put in position as the feeces
are piled up-so that the buyers can in
spect every one of a thousand feeces
without moving a single one from its
place, there is not apt to be any sus-
picion of fraud or slouchiness about
such display"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01


Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota and as it's main lines, branches and c2Nn0c-
lions reach sill the great business centres OF the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Chicago. Milwaukee, ST. Paul and
minneapolis.
Chicago, MilW auAee, PORTAGE La
Crsssse anG syan0ha.
Chicago. TaiAw slts. ee. 0stGIyiEEe,
aberdeen ana GtiseEG2ec.
Cssscs.=c, Nas ~ '.ssfkes.a ksssa Claire sssatf
Siststsaser.
Cn,ce:.e,. milwaukee,, Wasasssu ana
Chicaeo, saiIwauAee, Beaver Damn,
FOND du Lac and OsbfA
Chicago. MilWaUkee. WauH csslza and
tccnOm6zvOc.
Chicago. Milw:.uitee, Madison and
3'rairle dlR Calien.
Chicago, Milsyasskee. owat0s.na,
NsasakatO and Enribault.
Chicago. teloit, Janesviiie anss Min
Chicago, Eigin, Rockford and Du-
DssqsIe.
ss;l:ssas and s,:sHaa.
Cnica go. a'es HaoiEAe~. Council ssiuafs
Dsssl Omaha.
Cklc:lH::, s:E1ssosl, Sioux City, SIDHX
Essiy> s..a<s Yassistos.
Chicago, RfllsvseEHee, Albert Len and
Southern minnesota Points.
Chicago, milwaukee,, Mason City,
Mitchell and Dnan,bcrIaihs.
ROCK Island. Dubuque, ST. Paul and
minneapolis.
Davenport, CalmaT, st. Paul and
minneapolis.
nilVaukee. Racine. BelGit, EreepOrt
and ROCK lSlands
Mitchell, WOl>ey, Ashton and Aber.
decns
[Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman SJeepe3'S an6 the FIGsest
Dining Cars in the sU0rl1 are run on the
main lines Of the CHKC3 GO, MIL IVA u.
KEE e NJ. PAUL RAILEF.sT, and
every attention is paid to passengers by courteous
employees Of the Company.
3. s. Merrill. A. v. n. Carpenter,
Gent Manager. Gen'l Pass. gent.
J. T. Clark, Goo. H. Ereafford,
Genl Supt. ASST Gent Pass ARt
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01

The American housekeepers will
soon need protection. A Gagged chin
panzee at Central Park, New York, re-
ceives daily lessons in housekeeping
and is becoming quite an adept. He
has bed, a table, a rocking chair, and
q common chair. When he eats he sits
at the table, and when through eating
clears the table and sets it in the cor
ner. He makes up his own bed and can
rock himself in his chair.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
A FEW HINTS
FOR THE USE OF

DOSE.-To 7uove the b0tu-
els gently, 2 to 4 Pills;
thoroughly, 4 to 6 Pills.
Experience will decide the
proper dose in each case.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
AND GttNEcToMS.

hEE NEH "Short Line" in connec-
HEHHHn ton with the corporate
a. ~ ~ name Of great road, con-
n nn Hs8 veys an idea of just what is
HAHa required by the travelling
E@H8 81 pubic Short Line, Quick
HN8a0 Time and the best Of
~S@ VI %S commodations-all Of which
are furnished by the great Railway in America.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-10-01
CHICAGO,
MlLWAUKEE
AND ST: ALL.

Il owns and operates over 600 miles Of road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota; and it's main lines, branches and c2rnoc
lions reach sill the great business centres OF the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the
description Of Short Line, and Best Route between
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-20
"A Baud Of Robb,r. Brok.n n,

PittsburR, Pa, Feb. 2O-Uniontowp,
Pa, people living in the mountainous
regions of Fayette county, have been
terrorized by band of highway robbera
and burglars, who made their headquar.
tsrs in the mountains and sailed forth
ct night and frequently in broad day.
light. plundering. Two months ago the
Fair Chance post Office was robbed and
United States inspectors have since been
on tho lookout for the thieves. Early
yesterday morning members of the band
we're surrounded while attempting to
rob house and IN the fight which On.
sued, Sheridan Monlieth was fatally shot.
The Others escaped. From Moniieth in.
formation was obtained which led to the
discovery Of the mountain hiding place,
which will result in the captars Of the
others.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-20
Striking Minors.

Canton. Ohio. Feb. 2o-About three
hundred miners employed in mines
along Connection valley railway arc ont
on strike since the 18th against . re-
duction Of ten csnte per ton then made.
The Sahnesvills dntriot operators re-
duced Jan. 18th and no strike occurred
The New York and Ohio coal company
followed last week sad the miners are
ont ~ stated. Thsse reductions were
made in anticipation OF tue usual re-.
ductions in other districts and the strike
10 against reducing before March lot,
when the Hooking valley mines, which
commonly set standard wages for most
Of the Ohio districts will reduce wages
fifteen Of twenty cents per ton to what IL
known in trade ~ summer rates. No
serious strike is expected.