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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-30
Powder Explosion in Cuba.

HAVANA, April 29th.-Early this afternoon the
whole city was shaken 10y Il terrible conclusion.
The streets were Immediately filed with fright
ened people, who believed the city had been
visited by an earthquake. 1t soon became
known, however. that the powder magazine at
San Antonio, on the opposite side of the bay,
had exploded. Many houses in Havana suf-
tnrnd sl.NnrnlN
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-30
SECOND DISPATCH.1


MONTREAL, April 29th-The White Horse ferry
at st. Alberts crossing of NicOlct river bottom
broke through to-day, and Louis DemeroS hi
wife and daughter, Joseph Gauther and child
and two other children were drowned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
White House Business.

One of the leading secretaries at the
White House tells me that the business
of the executive has increased largely
since the days of Lincoln and Grant,
writes a Washington correspondent.
Cup until the time OF Hayes" says he,
"hardly scrap of paper was kept here
to show what the president did or why
he did it. Now we keep a record of
everything and we make point of an
swering every letter. Notes are kept
of the contents of all important letters
received, and by our record here, in ease
of an appointment, we can tell just why
and upon whose recommendation the
appointment was made. In case the ap-
pointee turns out badly the president is
relieved of the blame and it is thrown
upon those who recommended him.
We receive great many letters that
should 60 to the various departments.
Some poor woman in the distant part
of the country wants a pension. She
does not know anything about the Pen
sion Bureau, and the only person in the
government with whom she is acquaint-
ed is the president. She writes to him.
OF course her letter is referred by us
to the Pension Office, and it is the same
with other letters of the same class. As
the executive Office is carried on now,
it is absolutely necessary to have good
force of clerks, and the day has passed
when presidents can stand around the
street corners and ask every other
person they meet to come and have q
chat with them at the White House."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03

upon the farm, the oat crop i verv
largely . money crop, sold in the near
est market or at the railway station.
Il used upon the farm it goes to the
horse without grinding, or, if ground,
Is provender for the pigs. Almost
every whore we meet with corn products
upon the table, Indian bread, the CON
venient johnny-cake, hasty pudding,
samp, hominy, corn bread, and that
finest OF all summer dishes, succotash
the sweet corn mingled with the
savory Juices Of the bean. The wheat
plant is we'll represented, in bread and
other forms Of cooking, though it has
ceased to be product Of many northern
farms. In all the region where rye has
taken the place of wheat, rye bread is q
staple article of diet. Baked beans are
about IS popular as ever, in the rural
districts, and are likely to hold their
own with the coming generations. But
oatmeal is ignored as food fit for men.
Among the people who use it, and in
the analysis of the chemist, it stands
confessed as one of the most nutritious
and economical foods that can be used.
The Scotch people are living examples
of what oatmeal will do to make an atf-
letic race with plenty of brain, bone,
and muscle. The Scotchman's average
daily ration is 81 lbs. of oatmeal and
pint of milk. On this he thrives and
performs the labor of the farm. Anal
ysis shows that oatmeal is very rich in nj
trogenous matter and comes much near
or wheat -four in nutritive value, than is
generally supposed. The following
table shows their comparativevalue:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
HARTER.'S Only AArL.CoHs1!pArIox
I nIFn Milo PLL IN The WILD.
Continued from last .veek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

Imitation always follows a successful
article, and imitation is one of the best
proofs of real honest merit; and thus it is
that the james Boss Gold Watch Case has
its imitators. Buyers can always tell the
genuine by the trademark of crown, from
which is suspended a pair of ..u ~ NAM
scales. Be sure BOTH crown and < y
scales are stamped in the cap of the watch
case. jewelers. are very cautious about en-
dorsing an article unless they not only know
that it is good, but that the character of
the manufacturers is such that the quality
of the goods will be kept tullyup to standard.
W1111AMspoRr, Pa, Feb 10, 1883.
Tho James Boss Gold Watch Cases go like hot
cakes. Each one sell sells another. Don't need
TO recommend them they sell .hemse1yes One Of
In 20 years. and it is good ever
case do not hesitate to give my own guarantee
pocially with the new and improved cases, which
seem to be everlasting JESSE T. LITTLE, Js'0eler.
New BRUNSWICK, NJ, Jan. {, 1883
This gold case, No 6666, known as the James Boss
Gol0Watch Case, came into my possession about166
has been In use since that time and L. still In good
case when bought it, and its condition shows that
the case has really outworn the movement, which II
playedout MARTIN A. HOWELL,
Of Board Of Directors ~ J. r. r. d Trans. Go.
Ss.A ee.t stamp Keystone Watch Case Faetore Phlla
alpha Pa handsse illustrated Pamphlet chewing Asw
sanss Dss' md Ksystoas watch Cases naAs.
be C0ntinuedI - .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
GARDEN AND HONE

Graudma's Second Thought. S
o, grandma sits In her oaken chair,
And In flies Bessie with tangled hair, 81
..I'm going to be married loh. grandma
I'm going to be married HA ha ha ha
Q, grandma smoothes out the apron string:
"D0 you know, my dear, It's solemn thing p
TITS solemner not to, grandmamma,
I'm going to be married. Ha +! ha ha ha!
The grandma looks through her sixty yeau,
And sums up woman's hopes and fears;
Six of EN- living and two Of 'em dead,
Grandpa helpless and tied to the bed.
Nowhere to live when the house burns down;
Years of fighting without old Mother Brown:
Stockings to darn and bread to bake,
Dresses to wash and dresses to make.
But then the music of pattering feet,
Grandpa's kisses 20 fond and sweet,
Song and prattle the ivelong day,
Joy and kisses and love Away.
o, grandma smoothes her apron string
And gazes down at her wedding ring,
And still she smiles and drops tear:
'"Tis soiemner. not to Yes, my dear !"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
ON THANKSGIVING DAY.
~ 8. ?. BARTLETT.


Get thy golden clasp again.
With its broken links to thee;
Let the past and present be
Reunited by the power.
Tenderest day Of all the years,
Not the hearts that backward 20
For the Joys they used to know; :
Not the ones who waiting see
Memories of what used to be,
Living pictures, softly come,
PeOpling many a changed home;
Lonely days and cares again
Lift their shadows and their pain.
Hearthstones kindle In the glow
Embers wasted, white, and low;
Those we could have died to meet,
Sit In the forsaken seat.
Cruel seas the lost restore,
B1llOws DER them break no more;
HOmeWard from the silent land
Angels snare our severed band. ~
All that was meets all that is,
With blessing none can miss;
Joys and sOrrOws, hopes and tean,
Mingle through the changeful years,
Trusting to Fathers hand
What we may not understand
Thanks we give for treasures lent,
Thanks for blessings newly sent.
Bright the home whose glorious days
Lengthen In unbroken praise;
Perfect Home, beyond the tide
Where all hearts are satisfied!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Household Hints.

A WISE housekeeper is careful where
she keeps her -four, for she knows it is
more readily tainted than milk.
DID you know that milk which has
turned or changed can be sweetened and
made fit for use again by stirring in q
little soda?
BOILED starch can be much improved
by the addition of little sperm oil or
a little salt, or both, or little dissolved
gum arabic.
CLEAR boiling water will remove tea
stains; pour the water through the
stains, and thus prevent it's spreading
over the fabric.
Cold rain-water and soap will take
out machine grease, where other means
would not be advisable on account of
colors running, etc.
AN unoomfortably tight shoe may be
made perfectly easy by laying cloth
wet in hot water across where it pinches,
changing several times. The leather
will shape itself to the foot.
A DELICIOUS sauce for plain rice pud-
ding is made by stewing some apples
and grapes until perfectly soft, then rub
them through a. sieve, sweeten, put a
lump of butter in, and if too thin stir
in q little cornstarch.
KEROSENE will soften leather belts or
boots that have become hard from ex-
posture or use around the Mushroom:
Good for the harness when hard from
rain or dampness. Wash with warm
water, then grease with good animal
oil.
BEEF fritters are nice for breakfast;
chop pieces of steak or cold roast beef
very fine. Make batter of milk, -four
and an egg, and mix the meat with it.
Put lump of butter into saucepan,
let it melt, then drop the batter into it
season with pepper and salt and little
pooro1ou
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Old Times in the West,

Brought up on the banks of the Mo-
nongahela River, in Western Pennsyl-
vania, remember when Ohio was q
frontier state, writes correspondent of
the New York Times. Among my ear
lest recollections are those of the stage
coaches of Stockton and Stokes on the
old national turnpike, being the express
line between Baltimore and the west
southwest. Trains of the white-covered
emigrant wagons en- route to Ohio and
Indiana were never out of sight. Later
I remember wildly what Juror the
accounts of the wonderful fertility of
the prairies of Illinois created and the
exodus of settlers from Western Penn
sylvania. A few short intervening years,
still mere boy, I journeyed on horse
back from the Monongahela to the banks
of the Illinois River, bearing on my per-
son the money to pay for three hundred
head of cattle. The money was in bills
of the Monongahela bank, of Browns
vile, and the Farmers and Drovers'
bank, of Waynesburg, Pa. The issues of
those banks were current in Illinois
when tho bills of Eastern banks, and of
all but one bank in Pittsburg were at q dis
count. At Wheeling, W. Va, I secured
Ohio bank notes to pay my way across
the state, and repeated the exchange
for Indiana. Thank God, the day of
wildcat banks is gone. The three hun
dred head of cattle had been fed on the
cheap Illinois corn then often used as
fuel by the farmers of the prairie coun.
try, and were driven to Philadelphia.
From the time the grass was, as the
farmers used to say, "knee high to q
duck" in the early spring, till late in
the fall when the corn was ripe, droves
of cattle, sheep, hogs, mules, and horses
made an endless procession along the
old drove road across Greene and
Fayette Counties, Pennsylvania. The
cowboy of those days was humble in
dividual who trudged on foot either in
the lead or bringing up the rear of
drove. He was armed with long whip
made of plated leather strips fastened
to short hickory stick. The whip-lash
from half inch in diameter at one end
gradually swelled to more than inch
and then tapered to an eighth of an
inch and terminated in a silk Cracker"
The hickory whip stick was about two
and half feet long, tapering from an
inch at the butt to half inch at the
top. How an expert cowboy could
handle one of these instruments of tor
turel Many of them were ambidex-
trous, swinging the long lash above
their heads with a quick jerk they
would produce report as loud as that
of q huntsman's rifle. Indeed the SINH
larity Of sound gave rise to the saying:
@Whip-like report of the Kentucky
rifle" The ordinary drive of q drove Of
cattle was from six to ten miles q day.
A long and tedious journey from Illinois
to Philadelphia! But the cowboy was
superior being to the hog-driver. The
latter was q despised creature. The
farmer boys always saluted them with
@S1ongl Accents q day and no dinner!"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03

There can be no doubt that oatmeal
in its various forms might be added to
the list Of our dishes in the farming dis
trlcts with great advantage. It is one
Of the best sustainers of muscle in the
list of human foods American Agri-
culturlst.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Poultry Suggestions.

It is well in cleaning out the poultry
houses, not only to take the droppings
from under the roosts, but to rake up
whatever feathers, etc., have accumulat-
ed on the ground. Turn up clean, fresh
earth with the fork, and scatter over it
chat and hay-seed. The pleasure the
fowls will take in scratching for seed,
and rolling in the fresh earth, will be
ample satisfaction for the labor spent.
The best way to kill and dress fowls is
to hang them by the legs, pass sharp
pointed knife, with edge from you,
through the throat, just below the @deaf
ear," cutting off the arteries running to
the head, then turn the knife toward
the neck-bone, and while turning back
the head with the left hand, press the
knife until the neck is broken. Take
the wings in the left hand, and strip off
the feathers with the right. They will
pull off quite easy while the body is
warm. If care is taken, the skin need
not be broken. Never scald chickens
in dressing, for, unless great care is
used, the thin outside skin will be rub
bed of, which Injuries their appearance
very much, and reduces the value of the
fowls.
In selecting seeds for spring planting,
do not neglect to get seed of the mangel
beet, for these beets make the very best
green food for fowls in winter. If the
water in the dishes is thrown out each
night, trouble and time will be saved in
the morning. Give warm water to fowls
if possible G. B. in American 40.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
How 1t Feels to be In q Battle.


The question has been often asked :
"How do soleiers feel when in battle?"
and it is one difficult to answer. Along
experience among veterans in the ranks
leads the writer to believe that the emo
ton experienced in going under fire is
much the same with all men. To the
raw recruit the crash of small arms and
the roar of cannon were simply appall-
ing; he felt that he was going forward
to certain death. With pale cheeks and
clenched teeth he held his place, deter
mined to do his duty as best he might.
If very much excited he loaded his mus
ket, and forgetting to put OH the neces-
sary percussion cap, went through the
motion of firing, only to ram q fresh
cartridge on the top of the first one,
when, for the first time using q cap, he
was incontinently knocked down by the
tremendous recoil of his gun, and be-
ieved he was badly wounded. Instances
are known where muskets have been
found on battle-ields containing six or
seven cartridges. Finally the new
soldier discovers that he is not hurt,
and that everybody does not get killed
III 0A OA308OAAOAVS ~ A0 X0A6A06 COAA.
dence and passes successfully through
his baptism of fire. ...
To the veteran it is far different. He
knows too we'll that every battle reduces
the average chance of his escape vet 80
habituated does he become to rattline
fusilades and desperate charges, he
scarcely needs the danger surrounding
him. The shrek of the shells over his
head, the buzz Of the bullets past his ear,
are now familiar sounds, and, trusting
to the chances of war, the infantryman
fires rapidly with his musket, or the ar.
tilleryman calmly rams home another
charge of grape and canister as his bat
terry opens at close range on an advanc-
ing body of the enemy. All men are
naturally afraid of death, but the trained
and experienced soldier learns to keep
dove that fear. and nonchalantly do
whatever is required Of him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
4 Good Word For Oatmeel.

The oat crop, which is 90 prominent
In our farming, il rarely utilized
for farmers tables. In some
what long acquaintance in the
rural districts, We do not remem-
Der ever 10 have met with oat-
meal cooked in any form. This diet Is
. favorite at the breakfast table in our
cities, in the form Of mush, and, eaten
With sugar and milk, i an appetixing
and wholesome article Of diet. But
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Fall Setting Of Trees,

Trees should not be taken up or
transplanted till the leaves have been
removed by frost. Stripping off the
leaves by hand is an unnatural process,
and often Injuries the tree more or less,
according to how early in the season the
operation is performed.
All nut trees and most shade trees. to-
gether with stone fruits, do best when
set in the fall. They should be set q
little deeper than in the nursery, and
have the earth mounded up around the
trunk of the tree to steady it against the
wind-storms of early winter and spring.
After the frosts of spring are over and
the ground has settled, this mound may
be leveled down and q good mulch of
forest leaves and coarse manure be put
in it's place. As rule it is well to fall
plant all those varieties of fruit which
are inclined to start very early in the
spring.
We once ordered 300 pear trees from
. Northern nursery, and when the trees
arrived the Howells and many others
were taken from the boxes in full
bloom. By clipping off all blossoms
and young leaves and pouring bucket
of water in each hole when setting the
trees (pudding the roots). most Of them
survived through that season, but have
been gradually dying during succeeding
seasons, until now but three remain
alive.
The grapevine is another plant We have
found to succeed much better when set
in the fall. The buds start very early,
and by planting in the fall the earth
gets we'll settled around the roots be-
fore spring, 10 that there Is full sup
ply Of moisture, for while the buds are
expanding, during the bleeding season,
there Is . great demand for moisture.
Nearly Ill evergreens also have done
better with us when transplanted in the
fall.-lFarmer and Fruit Grower.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
A Largo Grapevine.

Boston Journal: Delaware claims to
have the largest grapevine in the world.
1t is on the farm of Mrs. Chandler, in
Christiana Hundred. The main trunk
is about 6 feet high, averages in circum-
ference over 60 inches, and is 81 inches
around in the largest place. Some half
dozen branches issue from the trunk,
each of which is as thick as mans arm
and spreads itself for many yards over
and through the branches of aseveral
LANCE trees that seem to have reared
themselves especially for the develop
ment of the great vine. Nearly dozen
springs of pure water rise few feet
away and are q source of never fail
ing nourishment to the vine. The vine
is of the racooon variety, and produces
between twenty-five and thirty bushels
of grapes yearly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Group. Mothers Tribute.


"While in the country last winter my little
1t seemed as if he would die from strangu-
lation. One of the family suggested the use
OF AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, a bottle of
which was always kept in the house. This
was tried in small and frequent Doses and
to our delight in less than half an hour the
tor said that the CHFKRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
Mrs. EMMA GEDNEY.''
159 West 128th St., New York, May Is, 1882.
~ have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most etfectual
remedy for coughs aud colds we have ever
tried. 4. y. CRANE"
Lake Crystal. Num-, March Is, 1882.
~ suffered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying. many remedies with no suc'
cess. was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
RY PEGT0RAL. JOSEPH WALDEN
Byhalia, Miss, April s, 1882.
IL cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL, believing as do that
but for its use should long since have died
from lung troubles. E. BRAGDON."
Palestine, Texas, April %, 1882.
No case of an affection of the throat or
lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved
by the use Of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL,
and it will always cure when the disease Ii
not already beyond the control of medicine.
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Fall Pasture,

The sprghtly Industrialist of the Kan
sas Agricultural College has this bit of
experience: @Last August we plowed
our wheat stubble for the purpose Of
destroying the after. growth of weeds.
The weeds are very completely de-
stroyed, and now the ground is occupied
by dense growth of volunteer wheat
which will furnish our stock good feed
until late fall. Why is not this plan
worthy of q general trial by Kansas
farmers? Certainly it has some ad-
vantages over the common practice of
sowing rye for late and early feed"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Hessian Fly

1t seems that this insect is spreading.
The last Kansas lndustrialistsays: Eek
Summation of handful of young wheat
plants, brought from the field of Mr..
Henry Hougham, near the College
Farm, disclosed numbers of the Flax
seed puparia of the Hessian Fly. an in
sect which previously we have not
known in this vicinity. In remarking
on the discovery to Mr.. W. Marlatt,
however, he states that he lost field
of wheat by this insect last year, so that
its appearance here will date 1883 if not
earlier still. Our people will know
more of the Hessian Fly in the near
future; and wheat from this time will be
q more costly crop than heretofore"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

No other complaints are so insidious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so trifed with by the majority of suffer-
ers. Tho ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from tri1ing or unconscious ex-
posure, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
well proven its efficacy in forty years. fight
with throat and lung diseases, and should be
taken in all cases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
In 1857 took severe cold, which affected
my lungs. I had a terrible cough, and passed
night after night without sleep; The doctors
ToRAL, which relieved my lungs, induced
sleep, and afforded me the rest necessary
for the recovery. of my strength. BY the
continued use of the PICTORIAL a perma.
nent cure was effected. am now 81 years
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PECTORAL saved me.
HORACE FAIRBROTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July Is, 1882.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
=Pls0S kEME1Y FOR cATAktM

Easy TO use. A certain cure. Fot expensive. Three
mont s' treatment II, one package. Good for Cold
III ltt Head, UtH....n .jZzii:tss Hay Fever, &c
F'Ey Gei!S, liy H:l y, ilves tx fr by mail.
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-03
Cost of Insects.

The County Gentleman says: @The
yearly loss by the depredations of in.
scots in the United States has been va
nously estimated at from two to three
hundred million dollars; but although
the amount of crops has been continu-
ally increasing, We have no doubt the
insect losses have decreased, through
the knowledge of cultivators to elude
or destroy them. A late scientific
writer says there is no doubt it would
he wise economy for every state in the
Union to have q properly qualified off,
Ger charged with the study of insect inju-
ries and benefits, and that many times
his salary would be saved to the state"