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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
WORKING THE SOIL.
The Beneficial Effects OF Thorough Gull
tivatton During Drouellts.

The Beneficial Effects OF Thorough Gull
tivatton During Droughts.
Every close observer must assent to
the fact that proper culture at the
proper time will go far toward carry
ing a crop Of any thing over dry
spell. and think that the advantages
derived are chiefly due to breaking the
capillaries, and also to the fine surface
acting as mulch To suppose that
the moist soil two inches below the
surface of a finely-pulverized soil is
due TO absorption to any great ex-
tent, can not conceive. Last season,
during our almost unprece dented
drought, when there was not moisture
enough many nights in the atmosphere
even TO be visible in the form of dew
upon cool blades of grass or foliage
Qhc most favored surface for con-
densation). q careful observer would
have noticed in the evening. and again
in the morning, that moisture from
beneath fine pulverized surface was
fully one inch nearer the surfuce in
the morning than in tho previous even.
ing. which could not be attributed to
any other cause than attraction from
beneath.
Again. if we lay board or q at
stone upon we'll pulverized spot of
ground in which there is no visible
moisture for say two inch es. in few
days you will find the moisture from
beneath rise to the surface, not from
absorption from the air. but from be-
meath. Another cause, in favor of
proper cultivation. may be ascribed to
the fact that fine pulverized surface,
loose and porous. having all the little
interstices filed with air, not circu-
lating. but to rdegree dead air, act.
ing as q non-conductor of heat, greatly
prevents evaporation by the hot rays
of the sun. THUG making the soil much
more retentive of moisture held by
capillary principle. Let US never
allow q crust to form upon the sur
face. and we shall complain less of
dry weather. ~ Mile, in Countru
Gentleman. : A..
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
Marion Harland.

Tho celebrated authoress, so highly es-
teemed by the women Of America, says on
pages 1O3 and AS of her popular work
" Eue's Daughters; or, Common Sensc for Maid,
wife and Mot.cr'':
"For the aching back-should it be slow
in recovering its normal strengthen ALL
cocks Porous PLASTER is an excellent com.
forter, combining the sensation of the sus
tanned pressure Of Q strong, warm hand
with certain. tonic qualities developed in
the wearing. 1t should be kept over the
seat Of uneasiness for several days-in oh.
stinate cases for perhaps fortnight"
For pain IN the back wear an ALLcocK's
Porous PLASTER constantly, renewing as it
wears of. This is an invaluable support
when the weight on the small of tho back
becomes heavy and the aching incessant. u
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
Poultry ON . Spree.

Mrs. A. V. Davis, of Findlay, o., the othe,
day opened a can of peaches, and discov
ering that they had worked" consldcra
bly,, threw them into the back yard. No
long after the chickens on tho premise.
began eating tho spoiled fruit, and, as thu
''working'' had generated alcohol, the fowl.
soon became gloriously drunk, swaggerine
about in the most ridiculous manner. One
old staid rooster, who had never beer
known to indulge in a fight, became very
tipsy, few over the fence into a neighbor'.
yard, attacked rooster twice his size
and got licked. He managed to get home
again, however, and with the hens soor
became so drunk that they dropped over
apparently dead. When Mr. Davis came
home in the evening he threw the whole
flock over the fence, supposing that they
had been poisoned. In the course of shor1
time the rooster came to, crowed Justify, ani
soon his companions sobered up also, but TO,
awhile they acted as if they had a bad head
ache.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
A Tell-Talo Visitinr-List.

A Philadelphia lady accidentally left her
visiting-ist in dry-goods store, and before
it was returned to her some interesting
matter was culled from it. There were in It
q hundred or more names of the Quaker
City's telles and beaux, accompanied by
such free-and-easy explanatory notes as
"horrid and vulgar" "does nothing but
eat" "a regular circus" mushroom, ~
every SWELL" erich, but disagreeable,' -
"prctty, but poor" conceited," avery
rococo," " fine antique" "plebeian, }" ~pre-
tentious and pushing" "clever, but FAST
"blue-blooded pauper," lawfully queer,''
v q dreadful tongue" etc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
A Lesson in Natural History

A professor of Natural History wan
dered away from the Smithsonian the
other day and got into lawyers Of
Zee on F street. where there is a very
pompous young clerk. The professor
asked two or three questions on the
point at issue and the clerk finally re.
marked to him very largely:
'1tell you it's true, and it is true.
What do you know about law, any
wayP'
Nothing, nothing at ALL" replied
the professor; meekly; ''but know a
great deal about natural history, and
I think you are an ass" Washington
Critic. '~'-~'
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
A Tremendous Sensation

ago by the sight of one OF our modern ex-
press trains whizzlng along at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. just think how our
grandfathers would have stared at such a
spectacle! 1t takes q good deal to astonish
people now. a-days, but some of the marvel
GUS cures of consumption, wrought by DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, have
created widespread amazement COnsump-
ton is at last acknowledged durable. The
Golden Medical Discovery is the only
known remedy for it. If taken at the right
timc-which, bear in mind, Is not when the
lungs arc nearly gone-it will 60 right to
work as nothing else in the world can.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

"Give Him az, and Lot Him Guess"
We once heard man complain of feeling
badly, and wondered what allied him. A
humorous friend said, "Give doctor 81,
on some doctors, who don't always guess
right. You neod not guess what ais you
when your food don't digest, when your
bowels and stomach are inactive, and when
your head aches every day, and you are
languid and easily fatigued. You are bill
ious, and DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgatiye
Pellets will bring you out all right Small,
sugar-coated, easy to take. OF druggists.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

"Had Been Worried Eighteen Years.
1t should have read married." but the
proof-reader observed that it amounted to
about the same thing, and so did not draw
unately there was considerable truth in his
observation: Thousands Of husbands are
i'll health that afaicts their wives, and often
robs life of comfort and happiness. There
is but one safe and sure way to change all
this for the better. The ladies should use
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
Troubled will, tho Dip Head.

Abncr Dorsett, q negro living in Hickory
Mountain township, N. c., has probably the
largest head in the State. It is thirty-twc
inches in circumference and makes him
somewhat : top-heavy," for at times when
the head topples over to one side he is
obliged to push it back into position with
his hands.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
Fertile. Fair. but Unhealthy,

Fertile, Fair, but Unhealthy,
Are many beautiful sections of our Union.
Chills and fever and bilious remittent, born
Of miasmatic exhalations, are their periodic,
and in some instances, their Constant
scourge Those of their Inhabitants, how
ever, who fortify their systems with Hos
letters Stomach Bitters never fail to find in
it an adequate defense. Not only for ma
larial disorders, but for dyspepsia, liver
complaint, costiveness, nervousness and
rheumatism it is unrivaled-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
$85 SOLID GOLD WATCH FREE!

gold, hunting watch
q that pcc the best bargain in America; until lately
could not be purchased for less Than $780, We have both
diee and gent1 sizes with of
ONE PERSON in eesh LEGALITY can secure one Of these
elegant watches absolutely FREE These watches be
no. only a. solid gold but standing tho
most perfect and reliable the world You
ask how this wonderful offer possible? We
10 each locality keep In their homes and show
those who call complete line Of valuable and useful
AousEnoL SAMPLES; these samples - well a the wa'e
We send FREE and after have kept them in
your home for months and shown them to those who
na,s called they become entirely your own pos:
Watch and large line Of valuable samples FREE the
The showing Of samples IN locality aways
,..s .ds for our ssnple. have been
locality ks month two, usually get from 81 200 to
9sOin made from the surrounding country. Those who write
70 - q viii receive benefit M scarcely work
and toubo This the most remarkable and liberal Offer
e order that eur v.Issbe Household Samples
win b hardly trouble for show them to
thoee who your home and your will be most
and f. you all. you 80 further,
you can secure Az ELEoASr $50, SOLID GOLD.
able HOUSEHOLD sAkFIEs We all express freight,
Addsssss e1usoH Co. Box ~ Fostand, Maine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

The treatment OF many thousand9 OF cases
ailments peculiar TO fcmales, ct the InvalidP
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. T.,
has Afforded vast experience in nicely adapt
cure Of woman peculiar I ma i ~ ~
DR.. Piorco,s Favorito Prescription
Sa
mails, received from patients and from physi-
ctana who haye tested It in the more eggra-
their skill. prove 1t to DO the most wonderful
remedy ever devised for the relief and cure Of
suffering women 1t not as
woman's peculiar ailments.
=. AZ = Powerfals invigorating tonic,
P par For Syerxorfed, ~c1n out,
dressmakeTs, eeamstreeses. 'shep:eifls, house.
GENERALLY, Dr: Fierce's Favorite Prescription
% an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic.
nervine, "Favorite Prescription" is une-
qualed and is invaluable in nnaying and sub
SSaa& Ss:r
monty attendant upon functional and organic
ep @e
Dr.. Picrcc's Fav orite Prescriptions
physician, and adapted to womans delicate
Organization. It is purely vegetable in tts
composition and perfectly harmless in ito.
effects in any condition Of the system. For
morning sickness, or nausea, from whatever,
cause arising, weak stomach. indigestion, dye--
pepsia and kindred symptoms, its use, in small:
doses, will prove very beneficial. =
"Favorite Prcscriptfon' - IL a posi.-
tive euro for the most complicated and OBJ
stinate cases OF lcucorrhea, excessive flowing,
painful mcnstruation, unnatural suppressions,,
prolapeus. or falling of the womb, weak back,
bearing-dow sensations. chronic congestion,
Inflammation and liberation Of the womb, In
dammation. pain and tenderness in ovaries,
accompanied with internal heat"
tional action, ct that critical period Of change
from girlhood to womanhood, "Favorite Pre-
scription " is perfectly eafe remedial agent,
end San produce Only god 1esults e
when taken for those disorders and dcrange-
ments incident to that later and most critical
period, known az The Change Of Life"
"Fav0rtte Prescrfpti0n,',w when taken
Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative
doses Of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets Iittlo
Liver Pills.. cureo LIVER. Kidney and Bladder
diseases: Their combined use also removes.
scrofulous hnmors from the system.
"Favorite Prescription - is the only
medicine for women, sold BY druggists undor
dRsrs1: tSst ~ sSe :sSd the n
case, or money will be refunded. This guaran-
tee has been printed on the bottle-wrappcr,
and faithfully carried out for mzny yearsL
ba asiEse 1 bottles ss goo do'es $780, or si
For large, Illustrated Treatise on Diseseeeof
cents il stamps: Address. 'e'' ''''' ''o'
Va,ifs Dispensaly nsdlea! lsseeiatldl;, )
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

IT is to be presumed that tho Christian
lzei Indians are all Lo church people,
Boston COuritr.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

FREEl A S-1oot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickel or Cherry Cigar Case. MER-
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

CAN bank that can't stand Q loan be
called an infant industry!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
Hoods SarsapariII<
EDUCATIONAL.

GUMMER SCHOOL. OF LANGUAGES,
and Prof.. +. Lutz, Albion College, Principals Ses:
sion from July 9to Aug. 10. Nine languages taught
board, reduced r. r. fare apply to Hon. A. C. Mat.
tOOn. OsweEO, N. Y; for catalogues address Prof.
0nME STUDY. Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Arith.
UVW metic, Shorthand ETC., thoroughly taught
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

IT is not altogether strange that bee
trothal should lead to a honeymoon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

THAT "dead men tell no tales" is not an
article Of faith with Spiritualists. -Ma'thas
V,4cUdtd Herald.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

F1sHuHa Cor compliments Is doubtf>
sport
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

"HAMLET" is play for all Time II
will never give up the ghost.-Puck.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20

TIE sphere Of the weather prophet-a
mo-sphere.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-20
If You Feel Tired

Weak, worn out, or run down from hard work. by
impoverished condition of the blood low state Of
the system, you should lake Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The peculiar toning, purifying, and vitalizing
qualities of this successful medicine soon felt
throughout the entire system, expeling disease
and giving quick, healthy action to every organ. It
ones the stomach, creates an appetite, and rouses
the liver and kidneys. Thousands who have taken
1t with benefit. testify that Hoods Sarsaparilla
makes the weak strong"
Feeling languid and dizzy, having no appetite
and no ambition to work, took Hoods Sarsapa-
r1la with the best results AS health invigorator
and for general debility think it superior to any
thing else" A. A. RIKER, Utica. Ny.
~ took Hoods Sarsaparilla for loss Of appetite,
dyspepsia and general languor 1t did me q vast
amount of good" J. W. W1LLEFoRD, Quincy. III.
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for g. Prepared only
BY c. l. HOOD CO., Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04

- hsr - pared 10 he uiiEie and
ttea 17EIzl Hrrt . aiue rittsou. three
l111rs H-l1s aal Ezrd org. Nhi b hung
asen ~ hack fiif ro-iurors were
fsie.so1 llloEr RI kuee Eith fEe O. six
'slrraas sd ~ - ssurssFE 70 get
-t.z.l -. - tisfF fz.ei - fghilg. he
sl=- ail1rl .Gaisoozf ~ waite satiu. q
ilar ir1cE CO.'S q t.acE velvet Hith
= - e1essl. sissheli - a. - r1hhif he
alfrr "a aa,t1olt EIeeEdz HIS ahirt
- = 1iadf tGlclzE Nlfl cil0rod cuffs
81 alauc1aites ia Eoss bis Errea cloth
a.zrf-e Il 4aliF faEiia1 zll1g ever his
AZ lis Gaarire a. ~ haad q long
asar1. H. SID - HLich SO large
e1aEl q uiakc a. least hali : cuirsss.
J llr.s ssosds see 80 io1g Tat uone 5uf
4 Rsauf 11zil L1Fe araHa hen from
..e7 s1rstia. rls lafl-r uere Therefore
I.llsl lri uItl q sprIrg- SHEA opened o.
a. s.ieIzas- t1le1 IN eieEanf 4-s1apea
isaiart So allak bchind n hs belt.
Ili. - 3D. o. Ell -s.arcied collar forced
l.I1 = I'D iis hcad 90 Hzh hat he
80 1rlfscr tapc ~ tlrE his head
- - - 81 rErHa 1slirlrT s.ze, with
80 tfoan Turraauead Hifh colored
1r a araEs b-i1kenel the extreme
llf ~ ta1.l1l. iils sh0ss Herc q
al aasl 0rissal leafhrr. Ike glove
"A 80 1iied a. fiescly a. II fbeg Ee-e
90 - tiE elieriur q rpom De- made
~ ealsr1ie rsrlseF - crsssius biz iegs,
a.,e etsr list et1rr, AID beEIng sioEly
80 4og4lr. Moreover be Nes rsdoleuf
,I-f |.eri9uel -- fi.rgall ~ I<4f.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04
A Costly Breakfast.

A costly breakfast was the one related
Of. as follows, by the Independence Bel4e !:
Two gestlemen, Mr.. Stanhope and Mr..
COlyin, were recently having game of
cards at the London Jockey Club. The
stakes were important The loser was to
give the winner "a breakfast such as no
one had ever had" Mr.. Stanhope lost.
lie invited his adversary to come and see
him on the following day at Hyde Park
for the famous breakfast. At the ap-
pointed hour Mr.. Colvin betook himself
TO the rendezvous, where he found Mr.
Stanhope awaiting him near an inflated
balloon, in the car of which was an aero
maui preparing for voyage. The two
gentlemen took their seats, and were
presently joined by cook, who was all
GREATNESS with running and carrying her
utensils. Mr.. Stanhope invited her 10
bring her portable stove into the car.
- lone he shouted: leave go"
aud the balloon maiestically assembled.
The cook. who had not counted upon
this aerial eight, shrieked with terror.
But Mr.. Stanhope, as calm as veteran
sea captain in storm, cut her screams
short with: "Now cook these two beef
steaks, and be careful above all things
that no spark escapes from the stove, or
the balloon Will explode" The fright
ened cook set herself to the task, and
Mr.. Stanhope, turning to Mr.. Colvin,
more dead than alive, said: 81 have
kent my word; this will be the dearest
breakfast either you or ever had.
There's 600 to pay for the balloon, and
500 indemnity to the cook"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04

A celebrated English firm has Just com
pleted some lovely costumes for Prin-
cess Of Russian birth who has been spend
ing some months in the Isle of Wight.
Among others is a travelling gown of
gray knotted tweed. arranged with long
draperies bordered with Astrakhan some
three inches wide, this being used round
the bottom Of the plain underskirt The
indoor bodice is close-ftting, but has a
simulated blouse vest of soft black surah.
The outer coat is loose-fronted, with col
lar, cuffs, revers, and buttons of Astra-
khan to match the skirt. A pretty little
bonnet and muff from the same cloth,
both suitably trimmed with Astrakhan,
serve to complete this elegant toilet.
The same lady also intrusted the firm
with an order for a beautiful evening
gown. which is arranged with a train Of
rich black Rhadams silk, the under
skirt being of handsome letted net
caught up sharply on the right hip, and
slightly so halfway up the skirt on the
left side. A wide scarf of the silk crosses
from the right hip to the left side of the
skirt in a slanting direction. The bodice
is of low N-shape, with scarfs of the
jetted net crossing from each shoulder,
and meeting in point at the waist A
rich plume of black ostrich feathers is
used on the left shoulder, and at the head
of the train on the right side just below
the waist. thi toilet is intended for
afternoon tea wear, and is made OF rich
black plush, the train being Joined to
the bodice at back; but in front loose
bodice of quaint design is simulated, both
it and the skirt opening over a vest and
petticoat OF pale heliotrope satin Mer-
veilleux, drsped over silk cream lace net,
scarf OF which is fastened on the left
shoulder by a beautiful old diamond
buckle. A balayeuse of cream lace is
used under the train of plush
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04
The Awful Rite or Johur.

Johur is an awful rite, says Hindoo
in the London Pal lHdU Gdzette. A
whole tribe may become extinct by it, as
is seen in several instances recorded in
the history OF the ilajpoot states. What
Il gnihes is the burning Of women 10.
save them from enemies. The Ia poot
Is profoundly jealous Of his women and
10 prevent their falling into the hands of
eonqnerors, he has recourse TO the .Iohur
that is to say. the immolation of every
female of the family. And the Rajpoot
woman gladly embraces such refuge
from captivity; or even if she were not
in fear OF being forced away as a captive
she would prefer it to living on as
widow.
The loss Of battle or the capture of a
city during the Mohammedan invasions
was usually the time when this dreadful
rite was practiced. At the end of the
famed siege of Cheetore, the ancient
Capital Of the Rama of Odeyyore, BY
Ala-uddin in 1903 the Rajpoot CHIEF,
after an arduous day, passed the night
in bordering the means by which he
might save from the general destruction
one at least of his twelve sons. Eleven
Of them fell during the next few days.
and when but one son remained to the
Kama he proclaimed the Johur. The fu-
ueral pyre was lighted within subterrane-
Al chambers where the suns rays had
never entered. and the defenders of
Cheetore beheld the Queens. and their
own wives and daughters TO the number
Of several thousands, pass in procession
TO the fire. The beautiful Pudmsni, the
consort Of the Rama, who was believed
to be the chief object of attraction for
the conquering Tartar, cilme last in the
throng. The door of the caverns closed;
the fires ragged within, and the Rajpoot
women were saved from the conquerof.
When afterward Ala-nddin entered the
Capital on the death of the Rama and his
surviving son, who fell in the conflict, he
found it strewn with the bodies of its
defenders, while smoke yet issued from
the recesses where the women had per-
ished
Again, during the second seige of Chez
tore by Bahadoor, Shah Of Gujrst, in
1880, when the bravest had fallen in de-
Tending the breach caused by his artil-
lery Ut was served by Portuguese adj
venturers), the Johur was proclaimed.
There was little time to build the pyre
Combustibles were heaped up in hnr-
rIedly made hollows in the ground and
magazines were placed around them.
The mother of the infant Prince led the
procession OF willing victims to their
doom and 10, 900 females were thus i'm
molaied at once.
In the Johur on the occasion of Firoz
Shah's attack upon Jessulmir, some
years after the event above described,
lG, 600 females were destroyed.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-05-04

Some girls in a restaurant are funny
enough to repay observations. A marvel
of young lady was at the table next to
mine, and she was eating oysters on the
half shell. Horrid way. isn't itl The
process OF eating raw oysters from the
shell is well adapted to display all the
possibilities for awkwardness to the
worst advantage 1t reduces the essen
tally un esthetie performance of eating
to its barbarous simplicity. In the midst
Of such reflections the marvel finished
her last oyster with the inevitable eulp
and suddenly became interested in the
shell. Land sakesl thought !, is she 60
ing to eat that, tool She picked it up
10y the neck delicstely, poised it in the
air critically, d, while 1 shuddered at
the expectation of seeing it enter her
mouth ne1t, she dipped it into her glass
of water. With her fork and a corner of
her napkin she eleansed its surfa of all
trace of oyster and salt sea lime, and, af-
ter another intense survey of the smooth
interior, carefully wrapped it in piece
of tissue paper taken from parcel at her
side and hid it in her pocket. wish
could see the mantel or bookcase or pic
ture frame on which that same oyster
shell, nicely ornamented with blue rib
bon, with, perhaps, marine view paint
ed on the pearly surface, will rest. oh,
art how manifold are thy Instruments
Clara BelPs Neio York Letter.