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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
HORSES FOR THE FUTURE,
Their Value Will Depend Upon the Train.
ing They Receive.


AS one of the most useful animals
that man has the horse demands
special attention from its owners.
From its earliest years up to it's death
it's chief end is labor and fatigue.
There is one period in it's life, how
ever, when rest from labor is not simply
demanded from humane standpoint
but from profitable one. The owner
that raises colts, and sets them to
work too early in life, irretrievably
ruins them. Many fine colts are ruin
ed from lack of proper care when
young, and from too early work.
The colts need exercise, and should be
penned in a large field where they can
enjoy it to their hearts content. Let
them run and prance about, and do
not attempt to restrict them too much.
When they are ready for breaking do
it carefully and gently. A sudden
scare Or nervous shock at this
period will often ruin young
colt, and make it ''sk:ttish"
for the rest of it's natural life.
The feeding part, too, is an essential
feature of the work of rearing colts
properly. They may be spoiled by too
much or too little feeding. To stint or
starve foal may be the means of
Transforming a irst-class foal into q
weedy horse. 1t should be fed we'll,
and with good, nutritious food from
the start If arrangements of it's sys-
tenn occur during this early period of
it's life medicine should be given to
regulate the system. A good dose of
castor oil is frequently given with
beneficial results, both in cases of con-
stipation and diarrhoea~. Systematic
feeding and exercise are the essential
points in raising fine colts, and what
applies to the colts applies to horses
later ii life. After they have begun
to take up with farm or other work,
they should be made to do it sys-
tematically. Overworking them to-
day and resting them tomorrow is not
good policy. The horses which have
steady and constant work are the ones
that stand hot and cold weather the
best. To rest up horses or 70 lay them
off q day or two, does but little good.
Give them as much work as they can
do without injury each day, and they
will need no resting-up periods. Al
bany Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
TEACHING PARROTS.
Different Varieties Of the Bird, aud Whera
{-4 They Come From.

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Different Varieties OF the Bird, aud Where
s. 555 They Come From. a#
AS areporter entered q bird fancier's
establishment a few days ago he was
greeted with series Of Xells and
.screeches, a discordant welcome from
the parrots of all sizes and colors
which were ranged round the room,
and appeared to vie with each other in
making the greatest racket. T
F. I'VE have just received a fresh i'm
portation of parrots" said the bird
man, appearing from the menagerie-
room in the rear of the store. land
from al! prospects there are a good
many fine takers among them"
What varieties have you?" asked
the reporter.
''At the present we have but three
varieties-the double-yellow head, the
Cuban and the African gray"
(Which variety leads in intelli-
gence?" asked the reporter.
II prefer the African gray parrot, ~
replied the bird man, ''yet the Cuban
aud yellow heads make excellent talk
ers.." r..
where does the gray parrot ,come
from?"
He comes from the west coast OF
Africa. The colored men take the
young birds from their nests and sell
them to captains or sailors of trading
vessels. The best birds come from
vessels plying between Africa and Bos-
TOM
"How does tho trip across the ocean
agree with them?"
VERY we'll. They seem to get ac-
climated in their voyage and gener-
ally know how to talk some when they
arrive
How do you teach parrots to talk
and how long does it take one to
learn?"
That's hard question to answer.
Different birds vary in Intelligence.
A bird will get accustomed to a place
in about two months. and if given a
lesson every day can talk fairly we'll in
that time"
"How do you give Il lesson?"
The morning hours are the best
for teaching. Cover the cage with a
cloth, and then in clear voice say a
word or short sentence until the bird
repeats it. Then commence with an.
other, and so on. When once it be.
gins to talk it is only a matter of time
and patience before it improves. Oh.
ject teaching is a good plan," con.
tinued the bird man. "A parrot needs
only to see and hear a barking dog, q
Growing rooster or a moving cat few
times before an exact imitation is
given.''
Suppose you have a bird that car
talk and won't talk, is there any way
to make it talk?''
There is no method that I am &C
quainted with, unless it be that o.
starvation, but that's cruel. and should
not be resorted o.''-Washingtor
Critic.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
Her Face Was Her Fortune.

She was as pretty as picture and so ami
mated and lively that it did one good to look
at her. She ,cas all this but she is not now.
Poor soul, the roses linger no more in her
cheeks, the former luster of her eyes is
gone. She is woe-begone looking piece OF
humanity now. She has one of those
troubles so common to women and needs
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t re-
cupcrates the wasted strength, puts the
whole system right, restores the roses and
the luster and makes the woman what she
once was, bright, well and happy ia
for women, sold by druggists, "nde' a 1os-
itire guarantee from the manufacturers, that
it will give satisfaction in every case, or
money will be refunded. This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
From : Lady az Clarence. In.

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I Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Plasters
are remedies Of great merit. believe ttlev
have no equal in the cure Of rheumatism
and all blood diseases.
RHEUMATIC SYnup Co, jackson, Mich.
GENTS: For three years I.have been
greatly afflicted with infammatory rheu-
matism and indigestion. My hands, arms
and limbs were badly swollen and, at times,
could not wear my shoes.
Upon advice I began using Hibbard's
Rheumatic Syrup. Two bottles cured me.
stomach and digestive organ as It does,
Graduates the poison from the blood and
purities the whole system. It affords me
pleasure to recommend this remedy,
MRS M. X. a. REID.
Mrs Reid is well known and her statement
can be relied upon. Hibbard's Rheumatic
Syrup is a medicine OF great merit
6. f. SMITH, Druggist,
5 f&5a Clarence, Iowa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
THE PRECIOUS RUBY.
Interesting Facts About tho Most Valua-
BILE of stones.


Die of stones.
To the Question: (Which is the
most valuable precious stone?" prob
ably nine out of every ten, at least.
would without the slightest hesitation
reply: 1.-The diamond" but the value
of a good-sized diamond can not APP
proach that of I; ruby of correct color
and similar dimensions. The worth
of small rubies-stones, that is, of less
than a carat-is, if any thing, rather
less than that of diamonds of like
description; but the rare occurrence of
large specimens of that dark carmine
tint which is looked upon as the sine
qua non Of a good ruby causes the
value of these gems to increase in a
far greater proportion than in the case
of diamonds. Rubies weighing more
than four carats are so ex-
ceptional that when perfect
one of five carats is brought to the
market it will command ten times as
high sum as a diamond of the same
weight; while a ruby of six carats
without crack or flaw, and of the
proper color, would. in all probability,
bring as high a price as 1000 pounds
per carat, or fifteen times as much as
a diamond of like size and faultless-
ness. All over the East rubies are re-
garded with the greatest possible
favor. and SO it has been from the ear
Hest times of which we have any rec
ord. ~.
The largest ruby known was brought
from China, and forms part of the i'm
perial-crown jewels of Russia. It is
the size of a pigeons egg, and was
presented by Gustavus I'LL of Sweden
to the Empress of Russia on his visit
to St. Petersburg. The finest ruby that
has ever been brought to this country
was one which reached our shores in
1875. 1t was blunt stone, drop shape.
and weighed slightly more than AZ
carats. No one in England could be
induced to give the price that it's
owner placed upon it, and it was,
We believe, finally disposed of On the
continent for sum between E2O,O 900
and 100000. The ruby is the hardest
of all minerals except the diamond,
| and by its hardness ruby may be told
from O. spinel, which is considerably
softer: IT, as is often the case, it IS
not advisable to scratch or otherwise
abrade the surface of stone which it
is wished. to test, the greater specific
gravity Of the ruby will show whether
it is entitled to rank as one of those
gems or not Curiously enough, the
ruby and the sapphire are absolutely
identical in every respect except that
of color. They are varieties Of CRYSTAL
lied alumina, which is usually known
under the name Of corundum. AS a
general rule thu crystals 0: this sub
stance are dull in hue and lack trans
parency, but when they chance to be
Gear and brightrcolored they give
some Of our most valuable rems. II Lon.
don Standar
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
improvements in Passenger Cars.

The Wagner Palace Car Company is revo:
lutionizing the equipment Of its cars and
making them superior TO anything of the
p-ovements is the lighting of the cars with
gas. The New York Central & Hudson
River Railroad Company is also equipping
Its passenger coaches with gas. About one
hundred Of them running out of New York
City have been 50 equipped. The gas is COM
pressed in q cylinder under each car, and
one filling of a cylinder will last the round
trip between New York and Chicago. The
gas Is made from petroleum, and furnishes
a6O-candle poverty htas againsta 16-candle
power light under Che old method. Coaches
lighted with gas are as light as a parlor, and
in the daytime. Rome IN. W Sentinel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
PLAIN STRAW HATS.

Ways to Adorn and KejuveDate These
Useful Articles of apparel.
White hats can be cleaned, if not too
badly sunburned. by scrubbing them
with water into which half a teaspoon
full Of ammonia is poured. With the
hand they can be neatly drawn into
shape, the crown being drawn over
small crock the right shape, and placed
in the sun to dry. If droop is to be
given to the brim, it must be tied in
that shape and hung.
Hats too badly sunburned to clean
can be nicely colored with aniline dyes
and then given a coat OF shoe-pOlish.
A black hat that has become rusty can
be made to look quite fresh by this
process.
If you wish the hat any other color
except the black, do not use any thing
but the dye.
All colors of hats are trimmed this
summer with white silk null rosettes,
with band around the crown.
For little girls, long ties of the same
material are tied under the chin. A
daisy chain is quite pretty for a tiny
girl
Feathers should not be used for
small girls. Few people use hats for
girls under seven, as they are SO
much in the way, the white null caps
being preferred
If the outer rows of braid are
broken, remove them and sew a row
Or two of fancy braid around in its
place. If you lower crowns Or make
any alteration in the straw, do it be-
fore you clean it, as it will show less.
The coarse, straw hats worn on a
farm are very pretty trimmed with
soft, cotton null, for ordinary wear
through the hot weather and for picnic
purposes. These hats are called the
Buckeye, and are made of fine shaw
ings. If the brims are lined with pink
or blue chambray they will last much
:. longer. For morning wear, market
and as the accompaniment of a ging-
ham suit, they answer the purpose
quite as we'll as something more ex-
pensiye.
The yexed question Of hats in q large
family is quite problem during the
summer.
The simpler these articles are for
little children the more becoming they
are. It should. in tact, be the simplest
thing in the little girls 'yardrob e. -
Farm and Fireside
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
Address for prompt reply,
Do We Need Big Muscles

BY no means. Persons of herculean
build frequently possess minimum OF gen.
uine vigor, and exhibit less endurance than
very small people. Real vigor means the
ability to digest and sleep well, and to per
form reasonable amount of daily physical
and mental labor without unnatural fatigue.
1t IS because course of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters enables the enfeebled dyspeptic
to consume the allotted activity Of every
day life, as well as to participate without
discomfort in it's en1oyments that it is such
q pre-eminently useful medicine.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
HOME AND FARM. .

3 j
- Fall planting OF trees has strong
advocates among experienced tree
planters, and where a planter has given
that a fair trial his favorable testi-
mony, as a rule is secured.
Strip the cows clean, as the strip
pings contain from twenty-five to thirty
per cent. cream. II milk is left in the
cows bag to dry away there will be
Jumps in the teats. .5 s
Plant potato onions late in fall, so
they can get a little start before the
ground freezes, for early use Cover
them an inch or more and pack the
earth around the bulb.
The latest plan with ensilage is to
cut the entire corn crop-stalks, enrs
and all-into the silo The kernels of
the corn will be wholly digested by
the cattle. as it does not dry out nor
lose it's milky character, which gives
it succulence for rapid digestion. ..'
Vinegar for Pickles: Four quarts
vinegar, three. cups sugar, three nut
megs, two large onions, sliced, one
half cup grated horseradish, one ounce
celery seed, one ounce mustard seed.
one ounce salt, one ounce allspice, one
half ounce mace, one-half ounce black
pepper.
There are various ways in which
a new-laid egg may be known; by its
weight, its slightly rough, limy and
somewhat transparent shell, by sinking
to the bottom Of the dish when placed
in cold water, by the quick drying of
the she'll after boiling, and by it's adj
herring to the she'll when cut open.
To get currant and gooseberry
plants for next year take the trimmings
after the leaves shall have dropped,
and cut them into lengths of eight
inches. Set them out to the top eye,
cover with a little straw after frost,
and work them in the spring. They
will take root and produce young
plants.
Peach Dessert: Boil one pound of
sugar with half pint of water until
brittle. Grease half gallon mold
with fresh butter. Pare two dozen
large ripe peaches, cut in halves and
stone. Dip each half of peach in the
strip, and press it against the sides of
the mold until it is lined. then set away
to harden. When hard fill with Char
lotte russo, and set on ice in very
cold place for two hours. Turn out
carefully. and serve with whipped
cream.
TO preserve lemons put q layer of
dry, fine sand, an inch in depth, at the
| bottom of an earthenware JAR Place
a row of lemons upon this, stalks down.
| ward. and be careful that they do not
touch one another. Cover them then
with another layer of sand, fully three
inches in depth, lay on it more lemons,
and repeat until the jar is full. Store
in cool, dry place. Lemons thus pre-
served will keep for months.
| 1t is not a good practice to SOW
winter wheat very early, says the Gull
tivator. Old farmers have a rule to
wait for frost before sowing, so as to
head off the Hessian fly. which will not
deposit it's eggs after frost touches the
wheat leaves. But the rule is good
one aside from danger from the fly
The wheat plant likes cool climate
for its development. and succeeds best
generally near the Northern limit for
its growth. After one or two frosts
| there is Time for wheat to make all the
top necessary before it goes into winter
quarters.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The dog-tax OF France gives the
state an annual revenue OF about ST.
500, OOO.s . #s8 u.
1T is proposed to open museum
in Berlin in which shall be exhibited
all the German costumes from earliest
days, with interior arrangements and
decoration Of houses. ~ y.
Cotton was formerly grown in
Queensland, $4,000 acres being de-
voted to it in 1870. but last year hard
~ fifty acres were in cotton in the
whole country. The decrease is due
to the improved methods and cheap
labor in other countries, but the gov
eminent is now making an effort to
stimulate the industry.
The native doctors of China are to
a great extent self-constituted. Any
person who is in want of livelihood.
and can read and write sufficiently
we'll to be able to copy out prescrip-
tions from medical book, can set up
in practice without fear of government
Or other interference. -.
IA private irrigation enterprise has
been opened at Richmond, Victoria.
The water is elevated $50 feet into
large iron tanks by a Tangye pump
run by an Lighthouse power, and from
the tanks is distributed by means of
piping and trenches through the Or
chard. There are in use $500 feet of
three-inch piping. and the pumping
machinery is capable of lifting $500
gallons per hour. Whether this enter
prise will pay remains to be seen.
The proposed plan for postal
tube between France and England is
to suspend two tubes of about three
feet in diameter each by means of
steel cables across the channel, forty
yards above the level of the sea. They
will be fixed to pillars at distances of
o0L yards and ir each tube little rail-
way will run, with cars capable of
carrying $50 pounds in weight. The
cost is estimated at s5,O00,000.
The telephone bell rang suddenly
in the Elysee the other day just as
President Carnot and the Cabinet Min
listers were assembling in council. An
official put his ear to the tube and
heard an unknown person ask if he
were in communication with the Elysee,
as if he had an important declaration
to make. Upon being answered in the
affirmative, the unknown applied his
mouth to the telephone and delivered
the following message YER batim:
''Vive Boulanger! You are all pack
of robbers!'
The Government of Java has en-
gagged extensively in the cultivation of
cinchona, the source OF quinine. Its
original object was scientific expert
mentation for the benefit of cinchona
growers. but the business has proved
so profitable that the plantations have
been increased until now private grow
ers feel the competition so much as to
enterprise in this direction. This is
one of the few instances of profitable
governmental farming. 49,.
"A London paper says: "a gentle
man who happened to be at Cambridge
station one day recently, when the
Queen arrived, says that, although the
royal train stopped fully two minutes
while the wheels were examined, Her
Majesty never looked up from her
work, or exchanged a word with the
lady .in-waiting. Her Majesty industri.
ously continued her knitting, which, as
my informant observes. would fetch
long price at fancy fair
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
'ullman's --latest Triumph!


The Monon Route has arranged with the
Pullman Company to equip their Chicago
and Glnclnnatl line with new sleepers hav-
ing all the modern improvements including
Pullman,s Perfected Safety Vestibule.
These sleepers are the finest and most
luxurious IN their appointments Of any ever
presenter for use Of the travelling public.
They are finished in mahogany and the up
holsterlng is OF pale blue plush. They will
be known rs the velvet vestibule train Of
the Monon Route. The sleepers will be illu-
teries. .t
The Monon has also contracted with the
Pullman Company to build four solid trains
consisting Of Baggage, Express, Mails,
Coaches, Dining Cars and Drawing Room
Sleepers---all to be Of beautiful design and
finish. These trains will be run on their
Chicago q Cincinnati line commencing
October I. They will be equipped through
out with Pullman's Perfected Safety Vesti-
bule Electrlcity and gas will be used for
lighting and steam for heating-thereby
obviating the possibility OF conflagration.
Commencing September l the Monon
Route gives the following low rates from
Chicago: To- louisville or New Albany,
single fare, 500; round trip, 500. Com
mencing September the rate to Cincinnati
will be $500; round trip, 500. Get tick .ts
at No % Clark street, Palmer House, Grand
Pacific or Depot, Dearborn station, Chicago.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

TIE room should be kept thoroughly vent1-
lated and Q temperature not lower than sixty
eight degrees nor higher than seventy de-
grees. II the patient is kept warm air NAV
be freely admitted without the least dan
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

A MONROE COUNTY CO., man drove to
town the other day for the first time since
fall and heard that Harrison was elected
President. He doesn't take q paper and it
was news to him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

AN Austrian botanist, Prof. Peyritsch.
has discovered that double flowers may be-
artiticially produced by mites. and believes
that each flower has its PECULIAR mite-para-
site which gives rise to the doubling
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

Do you wish to know how to have no steam,
and not half the usual qUorl on wasl.-day?
Ask your grocer for a bar OF Dobbins' Elec-
trio Soap, and the directions will tell you
how. Be sure to get no imitation. -.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

CALIFORNIA fruit growers, who used to
throw away their peach pits, are now get
ting six dollars a ton for them. They are
worth this for fuel. They make hot and
aromatic fire
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

For all arrangements Of the liver, stom-
ach and bowels, take DIR. Pierce's Pellets.
One dose.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
After Breakfast.

You may take the most elegant and COM
pleto Vestibule Train ever constructed, leav-
ing Chicago daily at TO- A. NJ. via the Chica-
go and Atlantic Railway. These magnificent
trains offer unsurpassed accommodations
for all classes Of travel to New York,
Boston and eastern cities. Pullman Din
ing Cars are feature of this new de-
parture and run through, In either d.
rectlon between Chicago and New York.
instead Of exacting extra charges for last
time and the peerless accommodations prof
fered, the Chicago and Atlantic through Its
own agencies and those of connecting lines
quotes fares to eastern cities from 81 so to
$500 less than is charged by other routes.
Consult your local ticket agent on this i'm
portant Item, or for maps, folders and time
cards giving full information of the Chica-
go aud Atlantic, New York and Chicago
Vestibuled Limited carrying all classes of
Passengers.
Address for prompt reply,
F. C.. DONALD,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
1nclOse two green stamps for an anus
ing, novel and paradoxically ingenious toy.
A harmless, tireless, powderless, everlast-
ing Fire Cracker.
AGoosEBEERY bush, growing out Of the
side OF a maple tree, twenty-five feet from
the ground, was seen in Johnsbury, VT,
when q tree was felled in the courthouse
yard the other day.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

A GEORGIA hen had in her gizzard twen-
ty-seven horse-pistol cartridge shells, six
buttons and piece of lead.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11

1.-THE railroads Of India" says writer
on the orient, shave almost done away with
caste" Never mind, wait until they get to
introducing American sleeping car porters
and the system will at once be re.estab-
liShed. *',p
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-11
EXAMINE BEFORE YOU BUY.

WHEN in a grocer's store you stand
And cakes of IVORY SOAP demand,
Be careful not to be misled
And limitations take instead,
For dealers oft will praises sing
OF that which may more profit bring.
Let not your senses clouded be
Because a snowy cake you see.
For villainy is not confined
To darkest colors, bear in mind,