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Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23

made by baking powder itinerants upon
baking powder of high reputation. well
know and largely used in this community.
will be to disgust people generally with both
the peddlers and their goods they are trying
to introduce.
The Royal Baking Powder and its manu-
facturers are well known in this state. Both
word of defence. The great excellence of
their article has brought it into general use.
so that its sales now equal those of all other
baking powders combined. Self.interest, If
nothing else, would deter the manufacturers
of such an article from reducing it either in
strength or purity below the standard of the
highest quality.
1t is well understood that these indecent
stacks are made for thepurpose of breaking
the force of the recent ofncial reports which
show the great superiority of the Royal and
expose the large adulterati0n of other
powders. 1t is also bu natural that they
should be supplemented by the fraudulent
tricks which these agents are resorting to for
the purpose of advertising their goods. These
agents are going from house to house with q
pretended test which from an examination by
the chemists proves to be most unblushing
fraud, as the samples of baking powder used
in making such alleged tests are prepared
especially to make the exhibit they do.
These unbusiness like practices can not do
here, as they haye in other places. where
tried ~.
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q. i, Z. = i. ooRNgRo }.
g. bafGnsrson u havins hts wsll sunl
deeper. MA. q
\ more favorable spring could not S
wished Tor. ..s ~
The wheat acreage has been increassd CON,
adorable thts year. Il E
B Dennis Daily. Of Clayton has added . new
wind mill TO hid farm nxturers. s5s
Miss susie Boyd returned from Madison.
Wis,, last Thursday, whore she has been visit
Ing relatives and friends.
New bussies and road carts are allthe rase
now. Everybody has either rot one, Eoing to
to get ono or ought to have one. How 10 this.
girlsS # +.
r. Huntley. who started out last wiater with
the determination Of either getting. WAGER or
exploring the informal regions, hasn't done
either. a i >
Miss Eta harrington and Miss Annie Boyd
went 10 Spring Valley Tuesday Of last week
to spend \ few days among friends and
acQuaintances there, #~s=~
John De 0roat, Of Spring Valley. who was
taken slok 1t Austin and died shortly after
being taken home. was sisters husband OF
Mrs. Il. Hobson, Of Clayton. :z".
Gene Potter, OF Taopi, met with a painful
accident last Tuesday. While stopping at
Herman Leitze's place to take cream his
horses became frightened and started on lMr.
Potter seing them 20, threw down bis cream
can and caught the harness of one of the
horses and thrown beneath the wheels of the
wagon. two OF which passed over him. He
got up, walked short distance, and foil to
the ground perfectly helpless. He was placed
In buggy with diaoulty, his pain was "a
great, and taken to bis home, where, we are
glad to learn. he 10 In 4 fair way to recover.
Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23

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NJ. 0cluylst's tAsr vent to 81. Paul
Monday,
Anothsr family from Carpenter has moved
into the Krssls building.
Allie Donaldson returned to DEBORAH Wed
nesday after { pleasant visit home.
4 Nr, Voorhees, and family moved TO Mason
City on Monday. They viii be greatly missed
M. Asrsdeth, of Mason City, came up last
week 70 dispose Of his property hero, but the
trade failed. Il. #
1r. CORNING has moved to Mona, where ho
Viii store bio goods ana spend the summer at
bic home In Lyons. "%is&
We wish TO take back tho most Of our orlti.
olsm on tho signal service % 1t 10 the fault Of
the operator, who 10 not In tho once to re
oeive the message on time, thus making the
announcements too late to be of avail.
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sRoWMspALE. I : .

BRoWM8pALE.
The ny works are booming along nicely, 4
o. Warren Of Dakota was In town the past
week. .@ #
A farmers alliance was organised here last
week. ,f@ ~ +
Sleeper + Sons sold car Of potatoes this
week. ~
Ninety, cents buys hfty pounds rye flour Al
Sleeper 4 Sons.
Ole Hanson has bought two lots Of Noses
Bolie. Consideration $4,000.
A. b. Warren has the Deering farm, Of nearly
four hundred acres, all seeded.
Friday night. the S5th, medal contest will
be held at Sleepers' hall. All are invited.
f. NJ. Pisrson Of Grand Meadow passed
through town last week. The years are tell
ina on Fred.
Mrs. Aleck Keer's is the place for lovely
flowers OF :all Kinds and 40 natural as life tor
trimming hats. etc.
At the medal contest last week Miss Edith
Woodward was the lucky contestant to re-
ceivs the silver medal.
Winnie Brown leaves here Saturday for
viii reside with Mrs. Florence Holbrook, her
sister.
Two young men of this burg caught
twenty-five pickerel one afternoon, In the
creek south Of town. One piokerel weighed
twelve pounds.
Clifton Edwards Of Minneapolis was In town
last week visiting with his uncle, A. Butter
Held, aud while here he removed the remains
OF his grand parents from the old cemetery to
the one south Of town.
Rev. N. H. Daily Of Spring Valley, preached
at the Baptist church last Sunday morning
and evening, and we trust his sermons will do
US good. He drove here Saturday with his
horse and carriage and WAS accompanied by
his little daughter Maud.
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The Champion Binders, Movers and Reapers
have been on the market about forty years,
and are recognized as the standard for excel.
lence in all that goes to make first-class Har-
vesting Machines. The Warder, Bushnell 4
Glessner Company, the sole manufacturers,
commenced the business in 1850 in one small
wooden building. Now their plant consists
of twenty brick buildings, each as large as an
ordinary factory, and covers forty acres.
Firstclass machines and wise and liberal
methods have placed this Company in the
front rank of American manufacturers. They
are recognized as Wide-aWake, shrewd adver-
tisers also, and we are Rratified at their selec.
ton Of our paper as an advertising medium
to reach the best farmers In this locality. We
welcome them to our columns. 5zg
Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23
SUTTON.

Jacob Wohiers is sick with lung fever.
The dance last Saturday evening in Mr..
Pufr's new grauary was 1c' attended by
young and old and an enjoyable time reported
by all who attended,
Sutton post Office is now moved to the homc
Of the new post master, MIR. George, one and
4 half miles west OF the side track. Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays are mail days.
Mr.. Donnelly, who was to speak to the
Centre Alliance last Friday evening, failed to
come. J. J. Farlong, who was present, ad
dressed the meeting, showing them the ad
vantages derived by forming intoY Alliances
also urged farmers to unite politically, and
advised the ladies and young folks to join the
Alliance.
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ROSE CREEK.

ROSE CREEK.
Mrs. Baxter, of Aichigan, one of the ma
tional w. c. T. q. lecturers, will speak In
Rose Creek Friday evening, April Is, at the
A. c. church.
Demorest medal contest will be held in
Rose Greek at the A. c. church on Friday
evening. May 2, at 7:45 p. m.
Simmte OAalley has been at home on q
visit. Nr*.. ;
D. J. Keefe took trip to Rushford last
week.
Mrs. E. Morrison departed for Duluth
Wednesday,
W. 8. Willis has received five cars more of
potatoes, which he will take to Seattle.
Last Wednesday the little boy (aged three
years) Of Fred Christianson, was laid away in
the Rose Greek cemetery. One seldom 90
many teams at little child's funeral.
John Stoa removed his family into one of
Peter He6ner's houses on farm. The old
house is to be CHANGED OF We are told. >s.
+. Where, o where was Donnelly Thursday
night7 Not in Rose Creek as was announced
he would be, and host Of farmers were in.
dignant at his non-appearance. After work.
ing hard all day in the field 1t is no fun to be
fooled IN that shape, and it will be another
kind of q fool next time. .z: s& 4 III
There seems to be q great deal of sport
among our young juveniles of late as to who
shall be nrst but, Reddy takes the Doe.
Mr.. Frlnk, living southeast of this place
died very suddenly after short illness, and
was buried Monday. Services from church ut
Adams. is s#z s| & l1s =
Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23

- .46 each for ! dozen Roger Bros.
triple plate knives or forks ct Schleu-
der's. b.
Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23

30. % for Elgin stem wind watch al
Schleuders.
Mower County transcript., 1890-04-23
ELKToN.

eAN W.
Seeding is progressing huely In this vicin-
ity.
The infant son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gloyd is very
sick.
MIR. Hobst took a trip to Red Wing one day
last week.
A little rain jast now is needed to make the
grain grow.
Mr.. G. w. Eastman and sister were pleasant
callers Sunday.
School started last Monday with Miss Cora
Dickens as teacher.
George Hoppin and wife took a trip over to
Stawartville Sunday to see Mrs. Hoppins Sis
ter, who is very low.
Mr.. Watson, living about two miles east of
this place has drilled a we'll to the depth of
ITO feet, and has not struck water yet.
Those spotted horses that we saw in Elkto,.
recently were daises, and we had buggy
ride. Oh no, not we, but-well never mind
who-it was only to the outskirt Of the city,
but:it does look suspicious though, L,gnman
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
CaIlfornia's Prune Orchards.

There are several prune orchards east
of town that are really sight to behold.
So heavily loaded are the trees that all
their limbs are bent to the ground, in
terlapping with each other, so that the
whole ground between and around them
is a mass Of fruit, so to speak. In a one
acre orchard up there the trees are badly
broken down, which is more pity be-
cause its crop has been sold on an esti-
mate of fifteen tons, at $50 per ton, or
$3.50 for the one acre. This crop was
contracted for early in the season. An-
other acre of prunes, adjoining this one,
is equally heavily loaded. Just across
the street is a seven-acre prune orchard,
which was sold last winter for $3.50 per
acre. The crop this year has been
bought at an average of about S4OO per
acre. Such are some OF the advantages
and profits of fruit raising this year in
this valley, and from henceforth it is safe
to say similar experiences will reward
the fortunate owner of a we'll cared for
nrune orchard. d.-P0mOna (Cal.) Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17

THE Guatenalans and Salvadorians are
fighting again on the frontier. War has
again been precipitated owing TO the inabil-
ity Of the Guatemalan Government 10 ex-
change prisoners with Salvador. The first
named Government shot every Salyadorlan
soldier captured in the late war.
A LARGE stone house six miles from Max
vile. Canada, occupied by the McNaughton
family. was burned. James McNaughton
and an eight-year-old girl perished in the
flames.
A PANIC was caused in Buenos Ayres, Ar
gentine Republic, by rumors Of fresh reyo-
luton.
Two steerage passengers on the steamship
Majestic committed suicide on the voyage
from New York TO Liverpool. The passen-
gers made up purse Of $3.50 for the widow
and children of one Of tue men.
EMPEROR WILLIAM bade farewell TO En-
peror Francis Joseph Of Austria and re-
turned to Berlin.
RUSSIA has refused TO recognize the right
Of Prince Ferdinand to rule Bulgaria.
A CORN AGENT in Pesth. Hungary. has
failed for $50, 900; ether failures were ex-
pected.
DIR. ROBERT SACAsA. who succeeded to the
Presidency Of Nicaragua on the death OF
Eyaristo CaraZO in August, 1859, has been
reelected by an overwhelming majority.
THE Portugese steamer Riohma has been
wrecked by a collision with an unknown
steamer at Cape Roca, on the west coast OF
Portugal. Four Of the crew Of the Rioiima
were drowned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
What Macaronl Means.

Few people who sing the old song'
"Yankee Doodle" and utter mechani-
cally the words, "stuck feather in his
hat and called it macaroni," stop to
think what the word macaroni implies.
.sAIaearoni" is the old-timc word for
dude or dandy. The namc in old Eng
land formerly siguifed a fop.
1t was first applied to the three young
men who travelled a great deal, and who
introduced macaroni into England.
These three young men were very fop-
pish In their dress, in fact, they were
typical dudes, and the nickname which
they received was soon applied to all
Others Of their class. So, when Yam
kec Doodle 'stuck feather In his hat
and called 1t macaroni," !" he was simply
terming himself dude.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
A Walf Of the CannlbaI Islands.

There is in Portland, Me-, young
woman about twenty years old whose
history is even more remarkable than her
appearance is unusual. She has dark,
copper-colored complexion, very high
cheek bones and prominently sharp, long
teeth. When but FIVE years old, away
off on one of the South Sea islands, she
was sold by her own people, who are
cannibals, to Portland sea captain, and
the sellers, IL not the buyer, firmly be-
lieved she was bought to be eaten as
food. She has passed through the gram
mar schools with credit. Although never
able to articulatc the English language
correctly, she. can make herself under
stood. She lives in the capacity OF a
servant with the sea captains wife, and
is much attached to her.--NsD Yofs
Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
Washington.

ACCORDING to the Census Bureaus figures
the population Of Indiana is 2, ls9, ,030, an in
crease OF 210. 729 in ten years; OF Michigan,
2 OS9 793. increase. 1855; New Mexico,
ia. s62. increase, 1891; California, 1904
COZ, increase, 339, 3oo.
THE President has appointed Charles A.
Dougherty. Of Pennsylvania, 70 be Secretary
of Legation to Mexico, and H. Remsen
Whitehouse, of New York, TO be Secretary
OF Legation to Italy.
THE President left Washington via the
Chesapeake and OHIO Railroad to attend tho
Grand Army reunions at Galesburg, Topeka
and Kansas City, and incidentally to visit
st. Louis, indianapolis, Peoria and other
cities en- route.
PRESIDENT HARRISON on his Western
trip made speeches from the rear platform
of his train at North Bend, Ohio; North Yer
non, Ind; Seymour, Ind, and Terre Haute,
Ind.
THE sixteenth annual convention of the
Catholic Young Mems Union openedin Wash
lngton.
WASHINGTON was visited by the Count OF
Paris and his companions.
ACCORDING TO the figures issued from the
Census Bureau the population OF Iowa IS
1906. 729; increase. 2S2, ia; per cent, lI55.
West Virginia, 7oo. AS; increase 14l, ,99i;
per cent. 22.96. Ohio, 3606 7l9; increase.
los, 657; per cent, l4.65.
TIE first pension certificate, No. $50 under
the act of June % last, was issued to George
e. Dyer. Company F, 59th Ohio Volunteers
at si2 per month. from July 2, 1890.
SECRETARY NOBLE has decided that the
State Of Oregon is not entitled to census re-
count.
The Secretary Of the Treasury issued a
circular offering to ieem all AZ Der cent
bcuds with interest to August 81, 1891.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
Rau-Carpst Weaving.

The industry of weaving old-fashioned
rap carpets is fast disappearing. This
trade was among the most lucrative and
imnortant known a few decades ago.
The men who still follow it can be
found only in easements in out-of-the-
way places. Brooklyn was at one time
q sort of centre for the industry, and
weavers could be counted by the score.
Now only eight are known to follow it.
One of these is James Early, who still
works his quaint old machine in base
ment on one of Brooklyn's side streets,
where it was set up about forty-fve
years ago.
"We don't stand much chance nova
days" gruefully remarked Early the
the other day. "All we can depend on
is that sort of work." and the old
gentleman pointed to a box filled with
large balls made from narrow strips oil
rags sewed together. ga woman just
sent that collection in from the country,
and I'm to make her carpet out OF
them. When folks send in lot of stuff
like that 1 make it up with linen warp for
twenty-eight cents a yard. Good rag
carpet is worth fifty cents a yard. Some
weavers will turn out cheap cotton
warp for twenty-five cents, but in a short
time the top will wear off and the rags
become loose. A linen warp will last
forever. Improved machinery has killed
our business almost absolutely, and with
inprains running from twenty-five cents
yard and up, and Brussels beginning
at rs low figure as sixty-fve cents,
there is no use trying to put the good,
durable, soft rag carpet in the market AZ
fifty cents. If it were not for the house,
keepers rags that are saved and sent to
rs there would be no use for even the
few carpet weayers that are still left.
We used to be able to do well, but those
days have passed, never to return. Ne"
York Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17

manner It spins and fixes several threads
parallel to each other, which, so to speak,
serve as the warp to the intended web.
To form the woof it spins in the same
manner its thread transyersely, fixing one
end to the first thread that was spun and
which is always the strongest Of the
whole web, and the other to the wall.
All those threads, being newly spun, are
glutinous and therefore stick to each
other wherever they happen to touch,
and in those parts Of the web most ex-
posed to be torn our natural artist
strengthens them by doubling the threads
sometimes six-fold.
"About year ago that ugly monkey
faced parrot sitting on that specimen
case in loafng around the top of the
window poked her head accidentally
through the web. The spider flew out
in rage and made her scream fearfully.
l bathed the part stung with a salty
solution, which relieved her almost i'm
mediately. For long time afterward
when anything displeaaed Poll she
would raise series of screams and fly to
the shelf where she saw me get the bot
tie containing the solution. She seems
now, however, to have forgotten about
the circumstance. The spider went i'm
mediately to work repairing the breach
in her web, and in a very short time It
was as good as new. The first victim
that fell in her net was a green-winged
house fly. After it had become thoroughly
entangled the spider Immediately sailed
out and in less than minute wove
new net round its captive, by which the
motion of its wings was stopped, and
when it was fairly hampered in this.
manner it was seized and dragged into
the hole.
"One day I saw yellow jacket get en-
tangled and about to make fearful havoc
with the web, but the spider rushed out
and cut thread after thread from around
the Jacket until it effected its release and
then went coolly to work to repair the
damages.
"These insects change their skin every
year, and if they happen to lose their
Ices new set win grow out again. At
first this spider was very wary and flew
to its hiding place at the least approach,
but 1t will now come out to meet me and
even take flies from out of my hand, and
seems to enjoy my companionship very
much. intend introducing one OF the
garden spiders among the shrubbery in
nv window and watch, if possible, its
method of spinning those beautiful
silken cords by which it transports itself
from one shrub to another, and which in
the early morning are perfectly irrid's-
cent. - Washington Sar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-17
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE Comte de Paris visited General Nc
Clelan's grave at Trenton, N. j., and then
went to Philadelphia.
THE Slade, Osborne, Mechanics, Mata-
comet Cornell and Seaconnet Mills, at Fall
River, Mass shut down for one week TO re-
lieve the depression in the cloth market.
GERMANS in a number Of Eastern cities
celebrated the two hundredth anniversary of
the coming TO America Of the first German
THE conference committees Of the Repub-
licans, County Democracy and the Peoples
League agreed that a County Democrat
should lead the coalition municipal ticket
against rammany IN New York city.
AT North Lansing. n. Y. Mrs. Samuel At
water got up during the night TO extiu-
guish light that had been left burning to
keep away burglars. Her son-in-law, Walter
Hayens, installing her for burglar, SHOT
her dead.
A MOB Of 500 friends Of the striking plush
weavers at the Catasauqua Silk Mills, Read
ing, Penn, attacked Superintendent Degner
and five strikers who had rcsurned to WORK
on their way home.
THE machinery Of the United States
cruiser Newark broke down on the trial trip
off Philadelphia, Penn, and the vessel had
to return TO Cramps yard.
THOMAS ]. DoUGHERTY, the insane man
who became notorious by reason Of his per-
secution Of Actress Mary Anderson. shot
and killed DR.. &. W. Lloyd, Of the Kings
County (N. " Insane Asylum, where tue
crazy man had previously been confined.
The United States dynamite cruiser We
suvius made two runs of Newport, r. l.
over the measured mile course at full speed
with forced draft and all boilers working,
and made twenty knots an hour under these
conditions
The British and American iron and steel
men held their first joint session in Pitts
burg, Penn.
Hon. LEWIS BARKER, one OF the most
prominent men in Maine, killed at Ban
COR by runaway horse.
THE following Municipal ticket for New
York city was agreed upon by the confer
euce committees OF the Republicans, County
Democracy and Peoples League and was
confirmed by the League Convention: For
Mayor Francis NJ Scott; Controller, The0-
dore w. Myers; District-Attorney, John ".
Goff; President Of the Board Of Aldermen,
James w. Hawes; Judges Of the Superior
Court, Colonel James NJ. Va~num and Judge
John J. Friedman; Judges OF the City Court
Donald Mclean aud Abner c. Thomas;
Sheriff, William H. Corsa; County Clerk,
William II. Bellamy.