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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Home Conversation.

Nsthing in the home life needs to
mrs carefully watched and more d
getty cultivated than the conversation.
1t lhould be imbued with the spirit of
loo. No bitter word should ever be
spoken. The language of husband
and wife, in their intercourse together,
shQld always be tender. Anger in
won or even in tone should never be
suffered. Gliding and fault finding
shold never be permitted to mar the
sacpdness of their speech. The
warmth and tenderness of their hearts
sholld flow out in every word that they
spek to each other. As parents, too,
in tleir intercourse with the children,
they should never speak save in words
of Carist-like gentleness: It is q fatal
mist,ke to suppose that the children's
ivescan grow mp into beauty in an at
moslhere of strife. Harsh, angry words
are t, their sensitive souls what frosts
are b the flowers. TO bring them up
in The nurture of the Lord is to bring
then up as Christ himself would,
and surely that would be with
Infinite tenderness. The blessed
infusnce of loving speech day
aftertlay and month after month, it is
impossible to estimate. It is like the
falling Of warm spring sunshine and
rain IN the garden. Beauty and sweet
ness of character are likely to come
from such q home. 49,
than love to give it's full influence. It
oughtto be enriched by thought. The
Saviofs warning against idle words
should be remembered. Every wise
hearted parent will seek to train his
household to converse on subjects that
will yield instruction or tend toward
refinement. The table affords an ex-
excellent opportunity for this kind of
education. Three times each day the
family gathers there. It is place for
cheerfulness. Simply on hygenic
grounds meals should not be eaten in
silence. Bright, cheerful conversation
is an excellent sauce and prime aid to
digestion. If it prolongs the meal and
thus appears to take too much time out
of the busy day, it will add to the years
in the end by increased healthfulness
and heightened life. In any case, how
ever, something is due to refinement,
and still more is due to the culture of
ones home life. The table should be
made the center of social life of the
household. There all should appear at
their best. Gloom should be banished
conversation should be bright and
sparkling. It should consist Of some
thing besides dull threadbare common-
places. The idle gossip Of the street is
not worthy theme for such hallowsd
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Curious Cases Of IRnitionl .

~OEAVO0 OSeOoO u 1BulC1O0s
A correspondent of Nature gives the
following curious cases of ignition. It
will at once suggest the true cause of
many fires, the origin of which has been
mystery. aOne fine morning recently,
as two ladies we're standing together in
the drawing-room of q house in this
neighborhood, smoke was observed to
rise from the dress of one Of them,
This was found to be due to ignition BY
the solar rays focused on her dress BY
the lens of graphoscope which stood
on the table. Similar cases Of accident
al concentration Of the suns rays have.
lam aware been recorded. Il would be
interesting to know whether any serious
fires have thus originated. One can
easily imagine circumstances which
would favor such results from simple
cause." 53.:
Another correspondent, referring to
the above, says: 4 went once at sunrise
lat Kishnsgar, Bengal, into my coach
house, which opened east. ! saw smoke
ascending from the tops Of the two car
riage-lamps. / jumped haetily to the
conclusion that my syoe groom had
been using the carriage candles illegiti-
mately and taxed him. His defense
obliged me to examine closer and to see
that the two wicks had deem ignited to
smouldering point BY the horizontal
rays Of the sun condensed BY the para
boic redectors at the backs Of the
lamp. a notable enough example 81
Indian heat, WAS il not p ..sss
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
A movement occurred on the outside of
the crowd. The insurance agent strobe
forward and raised his voice as spokes-

A movement occurred on the outside of
the crowd. The insurance agent strobe
forward and raised his voice as spokes-
man
Reckon the girls right, men. Here's
. telegram from the president Of our
company: Arrest James Marshall,
named in your dispatch. Old hand at
game. Wanted at three places in terri
tory"
A fierce. tempestuous nnurmur ran
around the crowd. The man who had
attempted to play foul trick upon his
rival felt the infamous attempt recoil
upon himself with crushing force.
Trembling in every joint and wearing
an evasive look, he stood before them
confessed of his guilt. No zone addressed
a word tc him, but the portentous MUIR
muir deepened and swelled. Graham
took his daughters hand and led her,
uncomprehending, from the spot.
Jack Willoughby arose the next morn
ing and laughed to find how he had
overslept. As he made his toilet, he
smiled again at the vision of singed
eyebrows and bighted moustache re-
hected in his little looking-glass. He
spread upon the rocks outside the sod
den garments he had fastened home to
change; and it struck him that he had
never known so bright morning, or a
sky so -cloudless. As he took his way
to the scene of the holocaust of the pre-
vious night he cheerfully summed up
the loss he had sustained. What did he
care for such trides? Were not youth,
and strength, and courage, and the
priceless guerdon of a woman's love his
own? He was impatient to be atwork
eager to do his part towards lifting his
neighbours burdens. Drinking in the
fresh mountain air like q tonic, recep-
tive to every feature of beauty pre-
sented to his sight, from the heecy
clouds that fitted over the sky to the
crisp vegetation and dewy blossoms
that lined his pathway, his heart was
filed with implicit trust in the good
will of his fellow-men. Drawing near
the stage road he was surprised to see
a group of men encircling the tall tree
he had whitfield with. his knife on his
way home.
@What's up? Some relic of the fire
last night?" he jocularly addressed
the crowd.
He was greeted by singular look of
depreciation and apology. One marc
faltered response:
"Cotting down the man we hun
last night" a.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
CONTINUED from last 1Ceek.)
How Watch Cases are MaUe.
Continued from las

In buying silver watch case great care
should be taken to secure one that is solid
silver tlrougl.~::!t. The cap of most cheap
silver cases is made of a composition known
as albata, which is very poor substitute
for silver, as it turns black in short time.
The backs of such cases are made much
thinner than those of an all silver case,
being robbed in order to make the cap
thicker and get in as much as possible of
the cheap metal. Another important point
in asilver case is the joints or hinges which
should be made of gold. Those of most
cheap cases are made of silver, which is
not suitable metal for that purpose In
brief period it warps, bends and spreads
apart, allowing the backs to become loose
upon the case and admitting the dust and
dirt that accumulate in the pocket. The
keystone SilverWatch Cases are only made
with silver caps and gold joints.
ST. LOUIS Mo-, Feb II, 1885,
Incur long and varied handling watches,
cannot but and give testimony that
the Keystone Solid Silver Watch Gases are the best
made to our knowledge Having soldering they re-
be were they heated for soldering and have more
resisting against than any other cases
in the market. MERMoD JAcCARD JEwELRY CO.
Send cent stamp keystone Watch Case Factories Phs.
delphia handsome illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss' and Keystone Watch Cases made.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Rough Handling Of Children.

Rough Handling Of Children.
he Cincinnati inic
): The cause of joint diseases in
|Idhood are frequently obscure, but
much is certain, that the rough
ding which children receive at the
Ids of ignorant parents or careless
.ses has much to do with the mattor.
lind on any street corner and notice
y children are handled. Here comes
ldy with three-year-old girl; she is
liking twice as fast as she should, and
! ciild is over-exerting herself to
ep lace; every time the child lags the
$tKr gives it a sudden and unexpect.
Itch which is enough to throw it's
Du1er out, to say nothing of bruising
b blicate structures of tho joints; q
gtt is reached; instead Of giving the
ltGoddler time to get over in it's own
wy properly lifting it, the mother
raaitS from the ground by one hand,
it's ole weight depending from one
uplextremity, and with a swing which
twithe child's body as far around as
the nts will permit, it is landed, ate,
csc of four or five feet through the
air, the other side. H..
b is a girl twelve years old with 6
babf q year in her arms. The babe
sits the girls arm without support
to iback. This would be q hard
end position to maintain were the
girtanding still, but she is walking
rapy, and the little one has to gather
thetire strength of it's muscular sys
tep adapt itself to it's changing base
of eport, to soy nothing Of adjusting
itstle body to sudden leaps and darts
orhe part of its hayward nurse
SZetimes during sudden advance
= will see part of the babe foot il
lance of it's head and trunk, which
We to be brought up by a powerful
ID sudden action of the muscles O
% trunk and neck.
Probably not one child in one hun
rid is prOperlv handled.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Running q

The impression that ~anybody can
run farm" would be matter for as.
constituent were it not SO commonly
met with. The writer of this ct one
time had some connection with state
institution belonging to which was q
farm OF some hundreds of acres, carry
ing a large quantity of stock. In case
of q proposed or expected change OF
farmers some of the applications for the
position were as astounding as amusing.
Men who had never been able to make
q living for themselves; men who had
filled some low positions in towns: m en-
who could not read or write; men whose
only claim to knowledge of farming was
that they had lived on a farm when
boys; idle, drunken scamps; street loaf
ers- : literally all these counted them
selves abundantly qualified to take
charge of $4,000 worth Of property aud
successfully manage it,. 1t has usually
been easy to make living on American
farms, but we fully believe there is no
legitimate business which requires more
ability and sound Judgment than does
farming, if the highest success is to be
secured. Mr.. Gladstone not long since
said in effect it required more skill and
good Judgment to manage farm en-
ploying given amount of capital than
to manage manufacturing or mercan-
tile business with equal capital. He
was referring to England, but the state
ment is not far from correct in America.
We need hardly say that no line OF
farming more decidedly calls for intelli-
gence, sound Judgment, business knowl-
edge and capacity than does the caring
for and management of improved stock.
II Breeders Gazette. .
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
Fresh Cabbage for Winter.

A very little risk is encountered by
leaving cabbage in the garden up to
November 80. Now prepare a trench of
any desirable length and from to 8
inches deep, and lift carefully the cab
bages with a spade, injuring the roots
as little as possible, then set them in a
trench close together, and fill up SO as
10 leave the cabbage p1autou win nead
barely above the ground. Plant a stake
every 5 or 6 feet in the row, so as to
support ridge-pole, six inches above
the cabbages. Cover with short boards,
one end resting on the ground and the
other on the ridge-pole, and finish with
a good coat of straw. The cabbage will
remain in fresh, growing condition,
and the absence of light will bleach
most of the green leaves, as cele.y is
bleached. When the cabbage is to be
used the heads should be cut off 18th q
knife, leaving the stock in the ground
to furnish early green's. A good rick
OF corn-fodder may be substituted for
the boards and straw.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
How to Buy q Horse.

in old -horseman says: If you want
to ,uy q horse, don't believe your own
br6her. Take no mans word for it.
Yor eye is your market. Don't buy a
hose in harness. Unhitch him and
tab every thing off but his halter, and
lea him around. If he has corn or is
sti, or has any other failing, you can
setit. Let him go by himself a way,
an if he slaves right into anything you
kpw he is blind. No matter how clear
an bright his eyes are, he can't see any
mre than bat Back him, too. Some
hoses show their weakness at tricks in
TIT way when they don't in any other.
BIT, be as smart as you can, you'll get
caght sometimes. Even an expert gets
stck. A horse may look ever so nice
al go, at great pace, and yet have fits.
Tere isn't man could tell it till some
ting happens. Orhe may have weak
blk. Give him the whip and off he
ges for mile or two, then all of sud-
dn he stops in the road. After q rest
b starts off again, but he soon stops
# good, and nothing but o derrick
cnld move him.
The weak parts Of horse can be bet
tt discovered while standing than
vile moving. If he is sound he will
| sand firmly and squarely on his limbs
| athut moving any of them, the feet
| htlyupon the ground, with legs plump
| AID naturally poised; or if the foot is
lHtedfrom the ground and the weight
take1from it, disease may be suspected
or atleast tenderness, which is pre-
curse of disease. If the horse stands
with is feet spread apart, or straddleI
with is hind legs, there is weakness
in tb loin~, andd tue kidneys are d1sor
dere. Heavy pulling bends the knees
Blum, milky cast eyes in horses indi
cates moon blindness or something
else. A bad tempered horse keeps BIZ
ears thrown back. A Kicking horse il
apt have SCARED legs. A stumblin!
hors has blemished knees. When tn
skin is rough and harsh, and does no
NOV easily to the touch, the horse is
heaV eater, and digestion is bad
Nevf buy a horse whose breathing or
gan are at all impaired. Place you
ear the side of his heart, and if
whe zing sound is heard it is an indica
tionof trouble.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17

other writes, in confirmation Of the
ler Of ignition from convex glass !:
len driving along the Beaumaris
on Thursday last, at half-past
B, ! observed smoke issuing from
Top Of one of the carriage lamps. I
ped to examine the cause and found
the reflector had concentrated the
B rays on the wick of the candle
b and caused it to shoulder"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HONE
The WoOdh0use.

Woodhouses that are made sotight
on the sides that current of air;annot
sweep through the ranks of wod are
exceedingly improper places forstoring
frewood. It is we'll always te have a
tight roof on q woodhouse, but the
sides should be so CONSTRUCTED that the
air can blow through the pile between
the sticks, and thus sweep away all the
moisture and dry out the wood SO that
it will burn like finder and 1oll out the
heat like red.hot bar of iron.
Every woodhouse should be provided
with flap doors, say two feet wide, on
both sides of the building, just bove
the stills. When driving stormso: val
the flaps should be kept closed. AL
other times. the flaps should be kept
open. Then let q years supply OF good
wood be piled on one side of the wood.
house every winter. By this arrange
ment every stick will have an opportu.
nifty to dry and season before it is burn
3D. Tribune and Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-17
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral.

NO other complaints are so insidious in their
attack as those affecting the throat and lungs:
none so tritied with by the majority of suffer-
ers. The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps from a trifling or unconscious OK
posure, is often but the beginning of fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL has
we'll 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. had a terrible cough, and passed
night after night without sleep. The doctors
gave me up. I tried AYERS CHERRY Pee
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. I am now 81 years
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied your
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FAlRBROTHER."
Rockingham, VT, July Is, 1882.
Group. "A Mothers Tribute.
"While in the country last winter my little
it seemed as if he would die from strang1-
lation. One of the family suggested the use
OF AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, 4; bottle of
which was always kept in the house. This
to our delight in less than half an hour the
little patient was breathing easily. The doc
tor said that the CHERRY PICTORIAL had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder at
our gratitude? Sincerely yours,
Mrs EMMA GEDNEY."
159 West 12Sth St., New York, May 16, 1882.
II have used AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce it the most effectual
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. j. CRANE"
Lake Crystal, Mimi, March 10, 1882.
"Isutfered for eight years from Bronchitis,
and after trying many remedies with no sue
cess, was cured by the use of AYERS CHER
ny PICTORIAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April s, 1852.
~ cannot say enough in praise of AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL, believing as I 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 al,0ays cure when the disease Is
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, 1884-12-17

rious instinct, the little knots Of men
gradually coalesced into one, and to
avoid the intense heat proceeding from
the fallen ruins and reflected back from
the row of buildings opposite, they
moved on to street crossing, where
the cool breeze from the mountain tops
tempered the scorching air.
"Seen at once that the whole row
was going, I telegraphed the company
I may as well shut up shop after the
losses are paid. Reckon they'll clap on
mo- premium than. yo' fellows can
stand" was the melancholy remark of
the tall, raw boned insurance agent, vino
hailed from the bluegrass country. =
Boys" the stout, well-built figure
Of Joe Graham, pioneer settler of the
place, stood out in the middle of the
open circle they had left in their midst
Its no use mincing matters. Some
body had hand in this and he's got to
be found out. ass' =
We've no strangers among us --moreIs
the pity. One of us is the guilty one,
and the question is who's the man?"
He had voiced the sentiments of the
majority around him, yet each of them,
startled at the open avowal of their
secret thoughts, looked with dark sus-
picion into his neighbours face, nor
dreamed that the answering look was
actuated by the same miserable con-
seriousness of distrust.
"The question is, who's most in luck
by the FREE" The man who gave utter
ance to these significant words appeared
to have reused from deep reflection and
to be giving expression to his thoughts
rather thar deliberately addressing the
crowd, but he was accorded instant and
respectful attention. Was he not the
heaviest loser by the fire, the merchant
whose advent in the place some months
since, with dry-goods stock of some
what extravaganza richness, had been
hailed with rejoicing by the feminine
element, and regarded by the commun-
ity, generally in, the light of tribute
to the growth and prosperity of the
place; and had it not required the
strength of four men combined to pre-
vent him from immolatiD : himself upon
bis own burning goods and making of
his flaming shop funeral pyre? The
query he &c. gently advanced could re-
celve but one answer:
Jack Willoughby."
Bah! Away with the thought. The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-17
GALL AND NORWOOD.
An Account Of the Man Who Will
Float Over Niagara Falls in
a Ball.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

New YORK, Sept. 16.-A Morning Journal
special from Niagara Falls says of Oliver
Wormwood's proposal to go over the falls:
'He will be hermetically sealed inside ball,
purposely made large to afford air TO the
balled up adventurer. 1t will be very light
and float in a buoyant way in the rapids.
When it shall have reached the edge Of the
cataract, Wormwood has calculated it will
roll about half over and then bound about
200 feet in the air above the river,
and then drop into it. 1t will not
descend more than twenty feet
and quickly come to the surface on account
of its great lghtness. Row boats cruising
about below the cataract are to catch the ball
with boat hooks, unseal it. take Wormwood
out and convey him to the shore. The ad-
ventnrer has estimated that the condensed
air within the rubber ball will support res
piration for ten minutes and after being
canned up in the sphere it will take him only
three seconds to 60 over the falls. Three
minutes more will suffice for his rescue, SO
that he will have nearly seven minutes of
air to spare.
He has not the slightest fear as to the re-
suit Of the the adventure. He came here
from London, is Of ordinarx quiet ways
and INDUCES in no boastlng. He is thirty-ive
years old, of medium height and wears
side whiskers and glasses. When asked as
to his occupation, he said he used to be shot
out of cannon at q circus. He looks on
going over the falls merely as an opportunity
to make $1,000. Last night he was busy
writing to his friends, making appointments
to call on them after he had gone over the
falls. A few bets have been made at ten tc
one that he would not go over the falls alive,
a few claim to have seen him buying pools
against his success. Some say the man in
tends to get up public exhibition and com
| init suicide
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-17
Gresham's Dilemma.
Especial Telegram to the Globe |

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Gresham has not yet made up his mind
whether 10 take or decline the treasury port
folio. He will, however, resign as postmas-
ter general within ten days, and Frank Hat
ton will BE appointed TO succeed him.
Gresham is in this dilemma: The president
has offered to appoint him secretary Of the
treasury OF the United States judgeship re-
Gently vacated by Judge Drummond. He is
a poor man. The salary Of the iudgeship il
$4,000 a year, which is 10 per cent
on $50, 600. II he accepts the latter
Office he is comfortably provided for for
life. L. he takes the secretaryship of the
treasury his term will end on the 4th Of
March next, after which he viii have to de-
vote himself to the practice Of the law for 3
living. Gresham has turned forty-fye. Il
viii take him good many years hard work
at his profession to amGss a principal which
viii WELD him the salary Of the judzeship
On the other hand. be has political am bition.
II he gets on the bench he is buried. II he
takes hold OF the treasury it may lead to his
further elevation. The probabilities uow are
that he will decline the treasury aud take
the judgeship.