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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
Household Hints,


Fish may be scaled much easier bv
dipping into boiling water about a
minute.
A tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with your white clothes will aid the
whitening process.
Brown bread cut in slices and fried
in ham gravy makes g. good addition
to dish of ham and eggs.
Kerosene will soften boots or shoes
that have beenhardenedb by water and
render them as pliable as new.
Kerosene will make your teakettle
as bright as new. Saturate a wooden
rag and rub with it. It will also re-
move stains from vanished furniture.
Beeswax and salt will make your
rusty fatirons as clean and smooth
as glass. Tie a lump of wax in rag
and keep it for that purpose. When
the irons are hot, rub them first with
a wax rag, then scoM them with a pa
per or cloth sprinkled with salt.
Almond sauce is very nice with cot
tage pudding. Pound one and a half
ounce of blanched sweet almonds and
two bitter almond; add to these hall a
pint ofsweet cream and a tablespoonful
and a half of sugar. Put them into a
saucepan; add the yolks of two beat
ell eggs; stir all together over boiling
water until thick as custard.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
Water for Mich Cows.

A writer in the New Hampshire In
dependent Statesman has this to say
on the above subject: would like to
call attention of farmers and dairy
men to subject that has not received
the attention which think it demands
Weknow there are properties in waters
of some localities that affect people
unfavorably; while the waters in other
places are of a healthy character. l
have in my mind a locality where there
is, and ever has been, a great amount
of sickness; and the only reason that
can be assigned is the character of the
water. In proof of this, there is an
excellent spring in the place, and the
families using its waters are healthy,
and generally live to an advanced age.
Now my question is, are not cattle
differently affected by different kinds
of water? Take our mich COWS, and
does not the quality and quantity Of
the milk depend much on the water
they drink? May it not also affect
the flavor of both milk and butter?
Good dairy-men are every careful not to
let their cows browse on weeds and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
FARM GARDEN LND HOME.
!. Selling Fruits.

. A few pears, apples, peaches, with a
bunch or two of grapes, and a few
green leaves and flowers on the top,
all neatly arranged in a small basket,
and costing at retail about 25 cents,
sell readily in our fruit stores for IS
cents to a dollar, simply because the
whole arrangement is pleasing and at
tractive and convenient to handle.
This same principal applies to the SELL
ing of almost everything, and fruit
growers mi ht take hint or two from
the lesson.
Some fruit-growers also injure their
reputation as well as their pockets,
more than they are aware OF, by dis
honest '.topping-off:" To sell a bar
rel of inferior fruit for frst-class, be-
cause it's top is veneered with q layer
of good specimens, is as much fraud
as to sell plated-ware for solid silver
II American Garden.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
Ammonia Better than Soap.

A housekeeper says ammonia, when
purchased in large quantities, is cheap
er than soap, and cleans everything it
touches. A few drops in kettle that
is hard to clean makes grease and
sickness fade away, and robs the
work of all it's terrors. Let it stand
ten minutes before attempting to
scrape off, and every corner will be
clean. 1t cleans the sink, and pene-
trates into the drainpipes. Spots and
finger marks on paint disappear under
it's magical influence, and it is equally
effective on floor or oilcloth, though
must be used with great care on the
latter or it will injure the polish.
There is nothing to equal it in clean
ing the silverware, and it gives a high
er polish and keeps clean longer than
anything else. If the silver be only
slightly furnished put two tablespoon
fuls of ammonia into a quart of hot
water, brush the FURNISHED articles
with it and dry with a channels. II
badly discolored they may need lit
tie whiting previous to the washing.
An old nail brush goes into the cracks
to polish and brighten. For fine mus
lin or delicate lace it is invaluable, as
it cleans without rubbing the finest
fabrics. Put a few drops into sponge
bath in hot weather, and you will be
astonished at the result. as it imparts
GOODNESS to the skin. Use it to clean
hair brushes. and to wash any hair OF
feathers to be used for beds or pillows
When employed in anything that is
not especially soiled, use the waste
water afterward for the house plants
that are taken down from their usual
position and immersed in the tub Of
water. Ammonia is a fertilizer, and
helps to keep healthy the plant it
nourishes. In every way, in fact
ammonia is the housekeeper's friend.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
Draining Prevents Drought.


Some OF the journals of the day are
,cautioning the public against what
they suppose will be the effect of carry
ing the practice to an excess, namely
the loss of crops by the drought thus
produced, and if widely adopted the
country becoming as dry as desert.
Nothing can be more erroneous,
says the Country Gentleman, and the
writer's who indulge in these remarks
have adopted the opinion by reason
in their rooms, and not from actual
field experiment.
Nothing fits the soil better for en-
during drought thanrendering it capa-
BILE of being finely pulverized, in which
condition it will hold moisture, and
give it off as wanted by the growing
plants. Surplus water, on the other
hand makes mortar of the soil, which,
when dry, becomes baked hard like q
brick. Such soil cannot be rendered
fine and mellow; it is either too dry
to work, or else it is broken up into
hard clods. We have had an oppor-
tunity for seeing this result, both ways
in regions OF country where naturally
strong soils from surplus water were
rendered nearly incapable OF cultiva-
ton, and which were afterward con-
verified into mellow and highly produc.
tive land by thoroughly underdrain
ing.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
a. ISHlER'S
r. nAERB
Differs

For many years it has beea tested in
severe cases OF Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Malaria, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak
ness, Lassitude, etc., and invariably it has
given relief and euro. Thousands OF testi-
monials have been given, and it is most
popular where best known.
j. o. steinheiser, Superintendent Of
the Lancaster Co., Pa, hospital, writes:
II used 1t in great many cases Of dyspepsia,
E'lney direase. liver complaint, rheumatism,
yesulD"
J.. Hoffman, of Circleville, Ohio. says:
This Is to certify that have had the dumb
oH1e. aud by using one bottle Of Mishler's Herb
Bittcrs complete cure has been effected"
MISHLER HERB BITTERS co.,
625 Commerce st., Philadelphia.
Pa1ker's Pleasant Worm Syrup Never Fails
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04

To Clean Black cloth.
A writer in the Detroit Household
gives the following method: Take
your garment, we'll brush it, then
wash all the greasy spots, the collar
and cuffs also, with soap and warm
water and a few drops of liquid
ammonia. Then prepare, as follows,
one ounce of ground logwood and a
piece of soda the size of a small mar
BILE, and boil together in one quart of
water ten minutes; strain the liquor,
lay the garment on the table, and,
with clean brush dipped into the
boiling stuff, we'll brush it until it is
saturated; thenge some clean hot wa
ter, on the surface OF which drop a
little olive oil, not too much, but
when wasted add a few more drops Of
oil and brush in the direction of the
grain; then hang them up, if a clear
day, out of doors, if not, in a dry
room, and they will turn out q beauti-
full black l have made the boys suits
look equal to new in this way and to
last as long as two without it, and the
girls Jackets, too; in fact, any black
cloth garment, boys caps in particu-
lar, can be renovated by this process.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
Food for LAYING Hens.


Mr.. A. C. Hawkins told the Massa-
chusetts farmers, at q meeting of the
state board, that they should feed the
fowls at daylight each morning, all
they would eat, Of a mixture one-third
in bulk of corn and oats ground to-
gether in equal parts; one-third wheat
middlings, one-sixth boiled potatoes,
and one-sixth meat scraps or cooked
meat. Commenting on the above, the
Rural New Yorker says: "If this is
mixed with skim-milk so much the
better. Next, cut or cnop nice clover
hay, put it into a tight barrel and wet
it with boiling water, covering tightly
and letting it stand till one 1 O'Clock,
when the fowls should have all they
will eat, which will be a large quantity.
At the same hour give feed of corn,
broken or cracked, mixed with wheat
or wheat screening. This should be
thrown among the litter, that they
may have plenty of exercise in scratch
ing for it. Just before dark feed all
the whole corn the fowls will eat, that
they may have something that will be
nearly all night in digesting. With all
these and plenty of fresh water, or,
better still, milk, ground oyster shells
and green food, such as cabbage,
manages, potatoes or turnips, and
with quarters kept clean, warm and
we'll ventilated, they will reward the
owners with baskets full Of eggs"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-03-04
i[j{55FAsE

Helps those who help themselves. Nature
has provided herbs for tho cure of human
ailments and medical science has discov.
cred their healing powers, and tho proper
combinations necessary to conquer disease.
The result OF these discoveries and com.
hin ationa IA
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-08-29
High License Experiments.

The efficacy of high license has
been demonstrated by the opera
lions of the new Law i'll Wisconsin.
which provided for an increase of
the minimum license fee OF from
s75 to 5000. BY polling nearly one
hundred cities aud towns Mil
waukee paper shows that the ag-
gregate number ofsaloons has been
reduced 432 while the revenue has
increased over S22O,000. 1t was
also ascertained that much of the
public sentiment which originally
opposed the bill now approves the
measure as the best practical one
to be had. 2
Prolibitionists would do well to
consider these facts. The convic-
ton is fast being fxed;iu the minds
of the people that high license; is
the best and only constitutional
remedy for the evils that are incl
dent to the liqnor traffic. If these
can be regulated and most confined
BY. high license. without serious de
crease of the public revenue, as
Wisconsin is trying to prove, ex
tremists on. the subject will have
little further hearing. And II
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-08-29
.Whrsnees WORK in the DARK.

"A lifetime might he spent i'll i'll.
sestigating the mysteries hidden III
beehive and still half the secrets
would be undiscovered. The for
nation Of the-cell has long been a
l,rohlem for the mathematician,
while the changes which the honey
,lndergoes offer ;l5lcast an equal III.
crest to Che chemist. Every one
nows what honey fresh from the
amb is like. 1t Is clear yellow Syr-
-. without - trace OF solid sugar III
i.Upon straining however, itgradu-
lly assumes a crystalline appear
,ce,.it candies asthe sayingiS and
timately becomes solid mass of
agar. 1t has not been suspected
lat this change is due TO Il photo
.apllic. action; that the same agent
!. hicll determines the formation Of
mphor and iodine crystals in u
0ttle causes the syrup honey to
;sune IL crystalline form. This how
yer, is the case. NJ. Schneider, all
ninentc chemist, hasinclosel honey
l.stoppered TASKS, some of which
1, has kept in perfect darkness,
i lille others have been exposed to
I e light. The invariable result.has
2, .en that tlIesunnnd portion rapid
|, / crystallizcs, while that kept in
jls dark has sremaiEed perfectly
! guid. And this is the way bees
s-ork. u. perfect darkness, aud why,
I :ey are so careful to obscure the
( lass windows which are sometimes
j aced in their hives. The existence
young depends OH the ligui1ity
| / the saccharlne food presented to
! ZEN; and if light were allowed ac-
/, SIS to this, the syrup would gradu
/: ~ acquire mole orless solid con-
/ stency; it We Md seal up tho cells,
! idin all probability prove fatal
70 the inmates Of the hive.
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Household Perils.

There are two OF three Volatile
liquids used in families which are
particularly dangerous, and muat
lie. employed, if at all, with special
caIe..
q As regards ammonia, or water of
ammonia, it is a very. powerful
agent, especially the stronger kinds
sold by druggists An accident III
its use has recently come under
Our notice, in which young lady
lost ller life from taking a few
drops through mistake.
sBenzine, -ther, and strong am.
monia constitute this class of
agents. The two first named llq-
uids are employed in cleaning
gloves and other wearing apparel,
andalu removing, oil. stains from
carpets, curtains, etc. The liquids
are highly volatile, and flush into
vapor as soon as the cork of the
liphial containing them is removed.
Their vapors are very ,combustible,
and will infame at long distances
from ignited candles or gas flames,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-08-29
Collie in Horses.

This very common. trouble among
horses may be avoided by regular
and moderate feeding, by Keeping
the animal from exposure to ex-i
IRENE changes Of temperature, not
allowing It to drink cold:water while
heated, or to change suddenly from
dry to green feed. ID,
Collie may be determined from
inflammation of the bowels by no.
ticing whether the pains. are spas
tnodic or constant. Collie is spas.
modic, and rubbing or pressure upon
the abdomen appears to be enjoyed
by the animal, while soreness from
inflammation will make it, cringe.
AS the presence of gas may be
surely counted upon IN case of com.
mon collie; alkaliis.demanded. One
half ounce spirits of haItshorn TO q,
intaofwarm water isg0od. a table
spo onfuls of saIeratug ins a;q flartaofs
warm water is alaosj all client
Temed II 6 :sss asei
hot s@Sg 1lFtsi b tsFoa
quarts Of water; sslll0Ws.sit TO sattie.
aftera thoroughHstirrill and. then
draw off. Use by drencling. | ONCE
saved a $4,000 stallion after he had
been given up to die by ahorse:Joc-
tor by the use of''tlle last. given
remedy. Ii the horse has chills and
and is constipnred, alternate FIVE
drops of tincture, aconitum and nnx
vomica every thirty minutes III a
pine of warm water, or give one and
one-llalfsplnts of litseed oil.-Trib-
une and Farmer. ~: .il31; 80.
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A New Fashion Among Birds.

That birds are initiative creatures
has long been known. Many spe-
cies will simulate the notes and
calls of others with such accuracy
as to defy detection, while some
will initiate the noise made by All
mails, or even itIle human. voice.
Hitherto, however, the limitations
have been supposed to he purely
vocal, each species retaining itsown
manners, 1ightsand walk; regard
less of those gifts tellows.l Many
of these are distinctive. and pecnl-
iarenough. none more so than the
flights of the tumbler pigeon. No
naturalist has, so fur as we are aware
hitherto ventnred tc grapple with
the problem of.why this kind of pi-
geon, should have taken to throw som
ersaultsin the air! Otlier';varietles
of pigeons have apparently equally
failed i'll understanding the;matter.
They may ottenbe observed watch
ing the performance with an. atten-
ton and gravity savoring OF repro
baton, but they are never seen to
attempt an imitation Of it,; 1t ap-
pears, however, thaGother bids are
taking the matter in hand, andthere
is q prospect. ii the fashion 81 reals
that tumbling may III time become
generally popular among the wing
ed race, and that even the'sparrow
as he descends from the house top
to the road, may deem Unnecessary
to throw himself head over heels
half u dozen times. Tile iackdaw
has been the first bird to follow the
the fashion set ~ tie tumblers. A
correspondent Of the Field has seen
a pair of these birds nearSherborne
following some bier pigeons and
Initiating their flight SO accurately
that at short distance they might
be mistaken for them. The news
WILDE most welcome. to the fair sex,
who have hitherto been supposed
te stand alone i'm creation in their
willingness to make themselves un-
comfortable or ridiculous simply
because others set the fashion,
London Standard. ~ loei
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A Virginia Belle.

An exchange says that among
the many beautiful and Fascinating
women who adorned Richmond
society at the beginning of the
present century there were few
more remarkable and interesting
than Mrs. Mayo, tile wife OF Colo
mel John Mayo, founder aof the
bridge at Richmond that bears his
name. Mrs. Mlyo's eldest daugh-
ter, Maria, was the. most celebrated
Virginia belle other day. She new
er G ave a decided answer to- any of
her many suitors, and the story
goes that one evening three gen
gentleman met ut her house, and.
after a very pleasant visit they re-
turned to Richmond together. One
of them asked the: others why they
went there, as he was eng,ged'to
Miss Mayo and.expectetl shortlyto
marry her. The other gentlemen
also said they had hopes of win
ming the fair LADY. The. first gen.
tlemen determined to have the
matter settled, and accordingly
went to her house the following
day and sought all interview with
Mrs, Mayo. He told her he had
her daughters consent. and asked
hers. Mrs Mayo replied! that she
was sorry she could not give; ller
consent, and the gentleman then
understood that. the mother and
daughter weeeTin speffcseSecJrd III iti-
the matter of tile young lady's love
affairs. In this way Miss Mayo
kept Oh hand q regiment of;almir..
ers, who formed a sort. Of reserve
corps. When John Howard Payne
the author f"Home, Sweet Home"
visited Richmond, he was a frequet
guest at the Mayo mansion. He
wrote a poem, in which he descrb.
ed himself as falling. asleep in
grove and all the months of the
year appearing to him. The month
of June was the first, and he final
ly winds up with May, which he de-
scribed in very glowing language
ending with the line: 1 s
Sweet May, oh! I could love thee. ever.
Maria Mayo is said to have .retlls-
ed more than hundred suitors be-
fore she accepted General Winfield
Scott, who couried her when he was
y member of the Richmond bar as
Mr.. Scott. After entering the
army he continued his address.
es, and was SUCCESSFULLY refused us
Captain Scott and Colonel Scott,
and it was only as General Scott,
the victorious hero Of L!indy's LANE
that lie at length won the hand Of
the much admired belle. ..-,..,.s,
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A. New War Story.

"The last day of the fight | was
badly wounded. A ball shattered
my left leg. l lay on the ground
1loesfar from, Cemetery Ridge, and
as General Lee ordered his last re.
treat he and his officers rode near
me. AS they came along recog-
llized him, and though faint from
exposure aud loss ofblood. [ raised
upon my hands, looked General
Lee, in the face, and shouted as
. lind as I could. sHurrah for the
Union!' The General heard me,
looked, stopped his horse, dis
mounted ana came toward me.
confess thatI first thought he meant
to kill me. But as he came up he
looked down at me with such sad
expression upon his face that all
fear left me and | wondered what
he was about. He extended bis
hand to me, and grasping mine
firmly and looking right into my
eyes, he said:
..My sou, I hope you will soon
be well.'
"If live a thousand years Ishal
never forgetthe expre>sionin Gen
eral Lees face. There lie was, de
feated, retiring from a field that
had cost him and his cause almost
their last hope, aud yet he stopped
to say words like: those to a wound
ed soldier Of the opposition who
lad tainted him as he passed BY
AS soon as.the Generalllld left me
4 cried myself to sleep upon tile
bloody und."-Exchange.
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Mr.. Edward iIanl;,n, the great

Mr.. Edward l1anl,n, the great
oarslnan, and until his recent con-
test with Beach in Australia, the
champion Of the world, may Ger
family be | ,oked upon as an author.
ity in everything affecting athletic
sports. Before leaving Australia
for this country, he wrote a letter
in Which he stated that he had used
st. Jacobs OH, with the most bene
fetal results. He found it a reliable
remedy for muscular pains in the
arms and limbs, and from personal
experience took great pleasure in
recommending it. No stronger proof
Of the truth of what is claimed for
St. Jacobs Oil, could be furnished
than this, and it will undoubtedly
carry greatweight with although
.fuI and Intelligent people.
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and consequently they should new
er be used i'll the evening, when
the house is lighted.
Explosions Of Il very dangerous
nature will occur if the vapor OF
these liquidsis permitted to escape
into tile room iii considerable guam
titles. Inview ofthe great hazard in
handling these liquids, cautious
housekeepers will not allow them
to. be broughtlDto their dwellings,
AMI this course is comlnendable.
Breathing the gas, unllor certain
circumstances, causes serious harm
to the lungs and membranes of the
mouth and nose. 1t is an agent
much .usedsat this time; for.cIealis-
ing purposes, and tits. unobjectiops
able il. proper, care is nsed5inssits
employment. The pitfalls Holding
lii sboliIl be kept apart from others
containing the smcd icines, etc. and;
rubber stop perst to the phials should l
ox:ali sa & cons sd crab y es
In AMI mi go. s.
sDrsiss! AND cor el Utensils. Fits
substance is highly poison rus and
must BIZ kept and used with great
caution. IN crystalline structureit
closely resembles sulphate Of mag
nesia or EPSON salts. and, there
fore, frequent mistakes are made
and lives are lost.
Every agent that goes into fam :
lies among inexperienced persons,
should he kept in safe place, Ia
bele,l properly,a and used with great
care.-Detroit Free Press:
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would be wiser for both dealers and
anti-dealers to. work together for
the common good. ~, .s.a,,l
The obvious purpose of the Wis.
cousin makers is to prove the
benefits Of the present Enactment,
then to increase the minimum Ii
cense fee. By this mems the tip
pling houses ;Willsseventually be
frozen out and1tlIe business placed
upon4such a.basis that only Tespon.
sible dealers will carry it Oh.
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=ACooMAo=C= H. Va, sATURDA Y.#AUG UsT %
PLANT A HOME.

Young beginners III lifo's morning,
Don't forgot tho:ruiny day.
Sunshine cannot last forever,
Or the heart be always xay.; = = -
Save tho dino and then the dnllar.
lay up something as you'roam--
- Choose some blossoming spot of beauty
Bono fair lot, and "plant ahome."e =
You, too, who have babes around you,
Coming up TO take your place,
GIVE them something to remember. IL
Homestead memories let them trace.
Would you feel the pride OF manhood,
Let the sun your dwelling greet,
Breathe the air OF froedom. ~
own tho soil bonoath Jour feet. =
You. too. who perhaps have squandercd
,Lifo's fair morn-'tis not too latel
Start at once TO WOO bright Fortune,
Rail no moro at so-called Fate,
Sow tile golden seed Of saving
In tho rich and Quickening loan,
Spend your last days not with strangers,
Enter heavens gate from homo.