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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
An Exhibition of Hair.

Not to be behind other capitals, Ber'
lin. too, has at present an exhibition
of the art of hair-dressing. Not only
are the finished products shown of the
art of the perruquier coiffeur, but the
exhibition of the raw material on
which his skill is exercised is most re-
markable and complete. The great
mass of the hair used, it appears,
comes either from China or Japan.
This is plentiful and cheap, costing
only some 45s. per pound for tresses
upward of yard in length. 1t is,
however. hard and coarse, the
japanese supply even more so than the
Chinese: Better qualities come chiefly
from Italy and in Germany itself from,
the country districts of Thuringia and
the Black Forest. The highest price
in the market-as much as 20 guineas
per pounds obtained for blonde
hair, which is imported almost entirely
from Norway and Sweden. White
hair is not a natural product at all, but
has been subjected to an artificial
bleaching process. Large quantitief
of buffalo hair and Angora goats wool
are also shown. From the former
material there are manufactured those
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

il another vessel, with the ink, until it
Is perfectly dissol lived; melt the isinglass
in as much water as will cover it,
which may be easily done by placing
the cup containing it near the fire
about an hour before you want to use
it. To mix them, pour the remaining
vinegar with the softened glue into q
sand-pan upon gentle fire, stirring it
until it is perfectly dissolved, that it
may not burn the bottom, being careful
not to let it reach the boiling poirs;
About 80 degrees G. is the best heat.
Next and the gum; let itarrive at about
the aame heat again; add the isinglass.
Take from the fire, and pour it off for
use. To use it, put as much as is re-
quired in saucer, heat it sufficiently
to make it fluid, and apply thin coat
with piece of dry sponge. If the ar
ticle is dried quickly, either in the sun
or by fire, it will have the better pol.
ish
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
A Change of Heart.


One of 'the boys now hanging out
in Detroit was nabbed in Pennsylvania
few months ago for some swind1ing
game, and was locked up i'm county
Jail pending examination. He was the
only prisoner in the building, ind he
hadn't been in there fifteen minutes be-
fo-e he felt that an hours work would
let Kim out. 1t was q tumble-down
affair, built half a century ago, and
the turnkey was young Quaker. As
he received mis- prisoner he said:
Il think I shall place thee on thy
honor not to escape.
Gan right - replied the prisoner, Il
want to stay tight here and gee this
He had the run OF tue corri4or s.,,: Of,
open cell. and ABOUT two hours after
supper he had no trouble Wrenching a
couple of bars off the corridor window.
Waiting for the Jail to get quiet, he
lifted the sash and climbed ont on the
sill for drop to the ground, but at
that instant he heard a voice from be-
meath him saying:
ION second thought concluded that
thy honor might not he as safe as my
vigilance. Get thee back or will
blow thy head off"
The prisoner not only "got thee''
but the old crib held him safely until
he was taken into court.-Detrot Free
Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Good Packing Pays,

There is as much in packing fruit as In
raising it, At a horticultural meeting
lately held at Bay City, Mich, a men,
Der put the matter quantity, but
forcibly, as follows:
When you have honestly packed
honest fruit in honest measures, put
your name and address upon it in
boldface, four-line type. Father it;
own it as your child. Let me tell you
that if you are afraid to put your name
upon your packages you will find fruit
growing Improbable: An honest
meg sure Of honest fruits is 4 good ad-
vertisement.. 1t will make you 8
reputation and a sure, good market.
When your full name and full address
are placed upon it, it will reflect honor
upon you. 1t will create a demand for
your fru at top figures. 1t will give
you profitable market when less hon
est men have not.
This rule will apply to all articles of
the farm. A reputation once estab-
lisbed and maintained, the article will
sell on the merit of the producers
stencil-mark or brand.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
LITTLE MAID At
SCHOOL.
ts
ONE
=

80
One little maid at school is she, #
Only a schoolgirl, don't you see,g
And little she knows, must agree,
This little girl at school
Lessons and teachers all the day,
But nothing seems in her head to stay,
For all her thoughts are far away,
Bad little girl at school!
But what do I care il you can stick
This dear little girl in arithmetic!
Away with it all to the very old Nick!
This little girl at school
Needs nothing of figures, she whose own
l. the loviiest figure ever grown,
Rare little girl at school!
She's rather weak in geography;
show funny" she said one day to me, -.
1.-THE equator must look on top the sea-"
Sad little girl at school!
But what is the earth, I'd Like to know,
IT'S enough if she touch it with her toe,
Gay little girl at school!
Her writing looks like wild the Chinese
That comes on a box Of China teas,
Or just like a clothes-line in breeze
Poor little girl at school!
She has tried those maynard strokes to
train,
But she gives herself but needless pain,
For how could such a pretty hand be
plain!
Fair little girl at school!
What if her French and German. too,
Would turn a French or German blue!
And hor Latin prose is Greek to you,
Droll little girl at school!
Pm contented quite, must confess.
If, when for an answ or I shall press,
She knows enough English to tell me
eyes"
Shy little girl at school!
One little maid at school is She.
Would that her teacher might be!
There's just one thing she would learn
from me,
This dear little girl at school! 49,,
There's Just one word would teach until
It's meaning sweet all her heart should
fill,
That's what woodland that's what
will,
You dear little girl at school!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Glover Flowing.

OF the action of clover when plough.
ed under as a green manure, a cores
pondent of the Country Gentleman
says: "Clover is not manure, but by
its growth, and especially by its decay,
it renders soluble for plant-food, mat
tiers which without its aid might re-
main insoluble, thus indirectly ameli-
Grating the constitution of the soil on
which it acts. Any vegetable growth,
green or dry. buried in the earth,
alters some Of the inorganic matters
with which it comes in contact in decay
ing, and to that extent slowly i'm
proves by increasing solubility. But it
does add something, inasmuch as it
provides an assimilation for atmospheric
nitrogen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
|Xa12zte&zzS42zsa .&&u@

Libris has been dignifed by division
into several periods. The Jacobean,
which was the Oldest style. is marked
by solidity and conventional formality
rather than grace. The Chippendale era
was very ford and ornate, employing
all sorts of grotesque and extravaganza
designs. Later came the Allegorical
period, and after that, the landsca pc
plates. especially by those by Bewick,
were in much favor.
The first engraver of distinctively
American book-plate was Nathaniel
Hu1d, of Boston, who, in a modest
way, attained a considerable colonial
reputation. He executed the seal of
of Harvard College and the book-plates
of many of the most prominent famil-
les. Paul Revere is the second native
American on record as having done
much of this work. His plates are
somewhat rare, and considered par
ticularly valuable by the collectors.
Revere also designed, engraved and
printed the paper money of the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts in ITS.
Some of the best plates of the old fam
lilies of New York were etched and en-
graved by the Mavericks, father and
son. The latter died in 1881. Their
work also is very much priced by the
collectors. Among the other Amer
lean engravers whose signatures gave
a value to the early American book
plates were Calender, Turner, Daw-
kins, Doolittle and the venerable Al
exandcr Anderson.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
A Young Losician

The Saunterer was sitting on the
stairs at . fashionable party recently,
with the Youthful scion of the house.
- L.a hann nrrmitted by the nurse
to sit up to an anusally late hour to
see guests arrive. When the youthful
adventurer saw the ladies enter the
drawing-room, lin simmer of satin
and glimmer of pearl" his eyes open
ed very wide indeed. and he said: ''Say.
Uncle Saunterer, don't you think
those dresses ought to be planted?''
.Why, my little MANI was the natur-
al response to the question. because,
then they might grow a little taller
around the neck," answered the young
logician as he was carried Off to bed -
Boston Budget 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Hints and Helps:

Frenchman restores the lifelike ex.
preston to the eyes of dead persons by
placing few drops of glycerine and
water in the corners of the eyes, and the
effect is said to be startling, so lifelike
do the eyes become.
p An accident in a Melbourne foundry
is said to have led to the discovery that
plunging iron castings into mixture
of molasses and water softens the met
al to such a degree that it can be work
ed as readily as wrought iron.
As the weather becomes warmer all
the vegetables should he got out Of
the cellar and the walls thoroughly
whitened with wash containing car.
bolic acid. This will dispel noxious
odors, and the whitewash will make
lighter a room which is always poorly
lighted.
A Country Gentleman correspond
ent tried the experiment of hauling ma.
nure from the barn-yard in winter and
placing it in heaps on steep hillside
to see how much of the value would be
washed out of it by rains. The result
was that the increased growth of the
grass from the washing did not extend
five feet below the beans.
Melon seed should not be planted un'
til the weather has become warm and
settled. Do not stint the quantity o.
seed; place from sixteen to twenty in {
hill, and when the plants come up re-
move all but four of the most promis
ing. Watch the young plants as soor
as they ..begin to make their appear.
ance, and if they appear troubled by
any insects dust them freely with SCOT
ashes, or tobacco-dust when wet with
dew.
On level land run the the rows nortl
and south.
The true policy is to secure tn
greatest amount of vegetable mold 20,
can accumulate at the least cost.
DIR. Sturtevant, at the New York Elk
pertinent Station, found that mulching
the soil lightly between the rows Of
peas with straw retards the attack Of
mildew very perceptibly. 1t is the late
sown crop that suffers.
A delicate glue for mounting ferns
and sea. weeds is made of five parts
gum-arabic, three parts white sugar
two parts starch, and very little wa
ter, boiled until thick and white.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Harness Polish.

The Science News gives the follow
ing recipe for making a harness pol
ish, Four ounces glue, q pint and
half Of vinegar, two ounces gum-arabic,
half pint black ink, two dracbms
isinglass- Break the glue in pieces,
put in basin, and pour over if about
q pint of the vinegar; let it stand until
it becomes perfectly soft. Put the gum
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Trees.

Of the more than four hundred spe-
cies of trees found in the United States,
there are said to be sixteen species
whose perfectly dry wood will sink in
water. The heaviest of those is the
black ironwood of southern Florida,
which is more than thirty per cent.
heavier than water. OF the others,
the best known are the lignumvit@
and mangrove; another is a small oak,
found in the mountains of western
Texas, southern New Mexico and
Arizona, and westward to the Colorado
desert, at an elevation of 5000 to 10,
600 feet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Lick Telescope

When mounted and swung against
the sky the great Lick telescope will
have focus of fifty five feet length
nearly fifteen feet longer than the larg-
est one ever before made. 1t will be
a refractor, which means that the image
is formed directly to the eye by the ob =
ject glass, as contradisting uished from
The Gregorian and nerschelian tele-
scopes. The largest instrument ever
known of the latter style was Dr. Her
schel's. The tube lacked but eight
inches of being forty feet in length.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Algine.

Prof. Stamford, the English Edison,
has discovered a new substance which
promises to became a popular article of
commerce. "Algine," a residuum of
macerated fucas (seatang) combines
the qualities of mordant, an esculent,
and superlative adhesive. It fixes q
variety of colors used by cotton-dyers.
In certain combinations it is as nutri-
tious as grape-sugar, while in one of its
forms its adhesiueness exceeds that of
gum-arabic not less than twenty-six
times.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Right welcome shall he bs
To read, to study, not to lend,
But to return to me,
Not that Impaired knowledge doth
Diminish learning's store,
But books, find, If often lent,
Return to me no more.

The Germans have the oldest, the
French the most artistic and the En-
glish the most hideous book. plates.
The American book-plate has hereto
fore been an imitation of the others,
but now promises to start out in q new
line of development. The old Euro.
peau designs were often drawn and
engraved by the most eminent masters,
and so have an artistic as well as an
antiquarian value. Among the unique
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
MAFylan4 RArgnDnE

A Maryland farmer proposes to grow
wheat year after year on the same land
without blowing. His plan is to SOW
200 pounds Of bone meal per acre, sell
the straw to the paper mills and expend
the money obtained for it in bone meal.
After harvest, burn the stubbIe to kill
weeds and get rid Of rubbish. Then
harrow repeatedly, sow the bone meal
and seed, and 10 continue year after
year: He asks my opinion. 1t might
work We1t Tor y 1owyo1s1, 80 So: &c
chances are that regular rotation, in
Guiding clover, would be more profita-
Bile.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
Lemon Dessert,

This is nice dessert and is made by
removing the skin from four lemons;
put this peel into twelve tablespoon
fuls of water and let it lie there while
you squeeze the juice over eight ounces
Of powdered sugar; beat the yelks of
eight eggs, and to them add the water
with the peel in it.; strain this through
a coarse muslin; put this in sauce
pan or in a basin and set in hot water
over a brisk fire; stir it until it is
thick, pour it out into custard cups;
beat the whites of the eggs stiff, add
three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar
cover the top of the custard with the
meringue, set all the cups in deep drip
ping pan, and set this on the CRATE in
the oven until the meringue is brown
ed dehcately.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.
The Daisy.

The Daisy. s
Not worlds on w rlds, In phalanx deep,
Need We to prove God is here;
The daisy, fresh from winters sleep,
Tells of His hand in lines as clear.
For who but He, who arched the skies,
And pours the day-spring's living food
Who works and dwells in mysteries,
Could rear the daisy's purple bud?
Mould it's green cup. its wiry stem,
Its fringed border nicely spin,
And cut the gold-embossed gem
That sets in silver ri cams within?
And fling it, unrestrained and free,
Der hill, and dale, and desert sod,
That man, where'er he walks, may see
In every step the stamp OF Code
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
wigs which are intended for poWdsr2
from the latter clowns wigs and thea
trical boards.
Point of Law,

A few days ago young lawyer
entered the law library, and after an
hour or two's inspection of sundry and
divers folios, approached Law Libra
rian Digby, and, taking him aside,
whispered in dead earnest:
'.Percy, want to find little law.
Iwant to know what the law in this
state regarding Good Friday when it
comes on Sunday. ''-Pittsb.trqh Lead
err
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

sand of books with considerable enjoy
ment, and yet they may never have
heard of a book-plate. You will not
find de6nation of the term in the pop
ular dictionaries; Worcester and Web
ster are blank upon the subject.
For several decades I had likewise
been wandering in the outer darkness.
Some months since when a friend of
mine, an ex-professor and venerable
bibliophile, whose head is as crammed
with the odds and ends of knowledge
as his shelves are crowded with musty
old volumes, propounded the question
at the cate table, the ignorance mani
tested was deep and profound. For
the credit of the party some one sug-
gested that a book-plate might be a
plate from which book text or
book illustrations are printed. The
The old gentleman smiled to himself.
He remarked that our education had
been neglected, and relapsed into a
disparaging silence.
An unsolved conundrum is prolific
source of evaporation, so a call was
made that evening upon the ex-profes-
sor. He produced for our edification
and enlightenment faded and wrink-
eled scrap-book, which he said he had
recently purchased at an auction for
5000, mere pittance for such itreas-
ure in his estimation. Pasted on the
leaves of the scrap-book were several
hundred engraved labels of various
forms and designs. Some were simple
monograms. plain shields, or mere
scrolls with name engraved upon
them. Others were notifications of
coats-of-arms. Many were extremely
ornate and fantastic, resplendent in a
profusion of rococo, arabesque, cornu-
copias, gargoyles, cberubs, cupids, &c.
Some were without inscriptions, others
were burdened with long notices in
Greek, Latin and modern tongues.
Very few were distinctively American.
They were all book plates, and the orig
inal owners were wont TO paste them
on the inside of the front cover of their
books to denote their ownership.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
10 above IL a correct map Of the

The above IL . correct map OF the
ALBERT LEA ROUTE
snd IT. immediate connections Through Trains daily
lrun ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS TO CHICAGO,
without change, competing with all lines
EAST srd SOUTHEAST
The only line running Through Cars between
MINNEAPOLIS and oES NDiReS, Iowa.
Through Traina between
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. LOUIS,
connecting y Union Depot for gil Points so9tS Had
SputhVesE CcAe connections ade with St p. M NJ.
r. r. and st p. & Duluth Railroads.. nom and to al
points North ana Noah West. Es e
REA34 ID &kkl FIALMAX PALACE SLREfINe
Cans on all night Trains. fAreugh Tickets and bag.
nse checked 70 destination For time tables, rate OF
zAre, etc. call upon nearest Ticket Ageok address
!, ST.. BOYD, - .r
Gsn'l Tit. 4 Pass. As't, AinnsaDehs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

Nothing plays out SO quick as perma-
nent expOsition.-N O. Pic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

HARDWARE,
Str0nR-Haokett Hardware Co.
FarwoH, Ozmun r. jackson.
Adam Decker.
IRON, STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE.
Nicols + Dean.
Rhodes 4 Morton.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.
Auerbsch, Finch d Van slyck.
Lindekes, Warner Il SchurlnStor.
Powors Dry Goods Go.
NOTIONS ANQ FURNISHING GOODS.
3 5:;sss2: % %:fr:s : A ss'Ss's1'
eRocERs.
P:H. Kelly Mercantile Go.
Allen. Moon b Go.
Besupre. kooGh 4 Co.
Ysnz, Griggs 4 Howes.
TEAS, coFFEEs AND SPICES.
Bsrkey, Tsllmsdgs + Co,
BOOTS AND SHOES.
X.iSsas. johnson . Co.
: 5e s: 4. ssss'. : E e. Co.
HATS, CAPS AND FuRs.
l:sPhs.. FAC: !: Z stlan~s'
DRUGS.
Aeyss Bros. . Cutler.
1yss Drug Co.
CHINA, CR0ckERY AID GLASSWARE.
Crsig, Lsrkin q smith.
DoDsldsoss OGdon 1 CO.
lEA1nER, SHOE FINDINGS Axo SADolERy
HARDWARE.
p. r. l.. Hardenbsrgh 4 Go.
4ehS4sF & Rossum.
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
1 ~. H Ss' E sss, & GO:
Pioneer Press Co.
BOOKS, PAPER AID STATIONERY.
=. %, ss>.s'k & Stationery Co.
clo1nlne AID FURNISHING 6ooDS.
II. G. Burbank
HEl'$ fuanIsatns GOODS.
9uitprmsp Bros. II .-.r
IUloas' TRIMMINGS AID wooLEbs.
1a,lop, Dc croet 4 Co. ...'
RuB5ER GOODS AND BETTING.
Dc. Paul Kabbey 90.
Goodyear Rubber Co.
CIGARS AID 1Q9lceos.
Whitonsn Bros.
@. II. NeLatR.
, uo1lea3 Anb eour1ka SUPPLIES.
HSs1Asrs = 81.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her CAS-
TORIA.
When she was Child, she cried for CAS-
TORIA.
When she became Miss, she chung to Cas-
TORIA.
When she had Children, she gave them
CASTORIA.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

YOU KNOW what
a book-plate is?
] Probab bly, not.
But you are no
more ignorant on
this score than IS
people out of q 100.
There are very
many who have
gone through life
and been reasona-
bly, happy without
the faintest concep-
ton of the nature
and use of a book
plate. Thousands
of book lovers
have read thols-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
RAILWAYS.
TEIT
TEiH
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul

RAILWAY COMPANY
Owns and operates 5000 miles OF thor
oughly equipped road in illinois, Wisconsin
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota.
1t is the Short Line and Best Route
Between all Principal Points in the
Northwest and Far West
For maps, timetables, rates OF passage and
freight, etc., apply to the nearest station agent
OF the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE g. ST. PAUL RAILWAY
o, to any railroad agent anywhere in the United
Suites or Canada.
r. MILLER, Avn. CARPENTER,
Gcn'l Manager. Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agt
J. r. TUCKER, GEO. II. HEAFFORD,
Asst Gen'l Manager. Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt
MILWAUKEE,, WISCONSIN,.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23
BOOK PLATES.

The Origin and History Of . Branch Of Art
not Generally Understood. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

eN-For notices in reference to Special Ex'
cursions, change OF time, and other items OF
interest in connection with the CHICAGO, MIL
wAUKEE & ST.. PAUL RAILWAY, please refer to
che local columns OF this paper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

Mr.. George w. Childs, in significant
tribute to his profession, places the pen
enveloped in halo of light across
broken sword. Mr.. j. Brander Mat
thews represents. an Indian discovering
a Greek comic mask. MIR. Stedman's
plate consists of an Acadjan scene with
a satyr piping to shepherd and
nymph in neglige attire. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes very appropriately places
in the books of bis library the image of
The Cham-bered Nautilus" with the
motto, per ampliora altiora.'' DR..
Holmes has lately indicated that this is
his favorite among all his poems.
Could anything be more typical Of the
high aims and character of the man
now enjoying the homage of all Lon=
don? With rare grace and power did
the autoorat enforce the lesson of the
ship of pearl, showing how even this
little animal sought persiste ntly for
broader life within its widening spiral.
There is no bookplate among all the
great collections more significant or
more inspiring than this of THE
Chambe,ed Nautilus" with the sug-
gested lines.
Build thee more stately mansions, o nay
soul!
As the swift seasons roll.
Leave thy low-vaulted past;
Let each new temple, nQbler than the last,
vast
Till thou at length art free,
Leaving thine outgrown she'll by life's IN
resting sea.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-06-23

|and simple plates % be- seen IN some
|collectionssis that Of the mathemati-
clan Of Christi Hospital. who merely
inscribed his name across the figure of
proposition in Euclid. The majority
of book-plates, however, are made
wholly or in part of her heraldic en-
blems. The history of the English Ex-