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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
THE SILENT SYSTEM.
Effect of Solitary Confinement on the Men
. tai State Of Prisoners.

Effect of Solitary Confinement ON the Men.
tai State Of Prisoners.
+ In the prison ut Pentonville the first
experiment was made OF 'sthe silent svs-
tem," and great results were expected
from it, both as a punishment of the
most rebelious and stopping at once
and ever 1.-The filthy conversation of the
wicked" But this silent system, in
GLIDING solitary confinement, had issues
unforeseen. Many of the prisoners
showed symptoms of mania, and it was
evident that the brain was affected bv
this unnatural stiffness and seclusion.
At first a strange explanation was offered
by those who had originated the project,
and were, of course, anxious for it's sue
cess. The chaplain was one Of those
preachers-rare in his day, happily mul.
tiplied in ours, but still in sad minor
ity-who, surely convinced that they are
sent to deliver the most awful, and vet
the most hopeful, message which can be
told to man, knowing the terrors of the
Lord and His infinite mercy also, speak
from the heart and plead with all
their power. To his earnest eloquence
the prison authorities, in quest for
some explanation of these sad phenom-
ems, and naturally indisposed to doubt
the wisdom of that long and lone isola-
ton which they had themselves de-
signed, actually attributed these mental
alterations; but when they ventured to
suggest that more quiet style would
cause less excitement, they got much
the same answer which was given bv
Rowland Hill to similar expostula ton:
II once saved mans life, who was
walking by the sea, and did not notice
that the tide was surrounding him, by
shouting at the very top of my voice;
and, when see souls in danger of eter-
nal death, don't mean to speak in
whisper" Wherefore, unable to refute
his argument, and though they must
hove been somewhat dubious as to the
sensitive and emotional susceptibilities
of the convict community, they decided
that he should 60. They obtained for
him the offer of valuable London liv-
ing, and Pentonville saw him no more.
But the limitations of insanity were
manifested again and again until the
cause became too apparent for farther
evasion. The rules were relaxed
and the period of solitary confine-
ment was shortened, so as to prevent
a recurrence of this deplorable distress.
Good Words.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
HINTS TO SMOKERS.
Advice and Suggestions to Lovers Of the
Fragrant Weed.

Advice and Suggestions to Lovers Of tho
Fragrant Weed.
About tobacco-a word from Vienna.
An alleged case of tobacco poison acting
on the otherwise diseased heart of an
inveterate smoker, has of late greatly
interested the medical profession of that
city. At conference on the subject
DR.. Favarger has given the following
advice to smokers: Never smoke when
the stomach is empty. Do not hold the
pipe or cigar continuously in the mouth
while smoking, but withdraw it for
breathing space between the whiffs.
Never smoke a foul pipe or cigar-holder,
and smoke strong and weak cigars al
ternately. There is no better antidote
to nicotine, says DR.. Favarger, than tan
mic acid, which is an important in
gredient of tea and coffee. Therefore,
says he, let the smoker, who would have
the least harm done him by nicotine,
drink, when he is smoking, coffee or tea.
A French physician has been giving
some counsel to smokers. He has found
that the disease most frequently in
duced by smoking is fatty degeneration
of the heart, but he is smoker himself
and does not advise his patients to for
swear long habit. That, he thinks,
would cause their last state to be worse
than their first. Instead of doing this,
he lays down a code of rules for the
guidance of smokers: to which, it is to be
feared, they will not pay as much attep-
ton as they might.
Never smoke fasting, says the doctor.
It has hitherto been supposed that
smoking is an excellent antidote to
hunger, and many traveller has GER
tainly found it to be SO. A pipe, a
Tightening of the belt and nip of
brandy is Mr.. Archibald Forbes recipe
for staying craving stomach. Do not
keep cigar too long in the mouth, and
do not habitually smoke strong Parta-
gas, are excellent counsels, which a
great number of people already follow
for variety of reasons. The doctors
& final advice Is tnat cigarholders should
z be frequently cleaned.-science~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
Washing Men by Machinery.

One of the latest inventions in sani-
tation is machinery for personal wash
ing. A French Colonel, according to
Mr.. Edwin Chadwick, ascertained that
he could wash his men for a centime, or
one-tenth of penny head, soap in
Guided. The man undresses, steps into
a tray of water and soaps himself, when
a jet of tepid water is played upon him.
He then dries and dresses himself in
five minutes, against twenty minutes in
the bath, and with five gallons of water,
against seventy in the usual bath. In
Germany they have an arrangement
under which 100000 soldiers are regu-
larry washed. BY an adaptation of ap-
paratus to the use of schools child
may be completely washed in three
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Monthly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
INTERESTING RELICS
"A Rlflo and POwder-Horn Used Durlu
y. the Revolutionary War .fEs

A Rife and Powder-Horn Used During
the Revolutionary War.
f Mr.. j. M. Reed, of this place, has in
his possession rifle and powder.horn
which were used during the revolution
ary war. The powder-horn is very
remarkable specimen of eighteenth cent
ury workmanship. 1t was made by
VIM. Reed, uncle of the grandfather Of
the present owner, in 1772. This Mr..
Reed was resident of Georgia, and
we'll known as hunter. He made tho
powder-horn out of an ordinary cow
horn. The head was whitfield out of a
piece OF laurel root, and fitted on very
nicely. The horn is covered by rude
engravlngs, representing an Indian
brave and a squaw, a tomahawk ard
pipe, several Masonic emblems, of which
order VIM. Reed was q member, and
the name Of the maker, the date of
his birth, and the date of his en-
listment in the American army-1772,
This rifle was originally a flint-lock
gun, but has been changed to cap and
ball gun, and the ''ritles" in it have
been bored out several times because
they had either been worn or rusted
out, so it is probable that the old gun
now chambers ball considerably
larger than it did when its original
owner used it in the eventful struggle.
The powder-horn belonging to this
equipment of a soldier came to Texas
good many years ago, about 1912, and
was carried by a member of the Reed
family during the troublesome times of
the Regulators and Moderators in
Texas. At the mouth of Little River,
in Milan County, during one OF the nu-
merous skirmishes between the Shan
non and Poole factions, Belve Poole,
who was = cousin of our Mr.. Reeds
father, carried this powder-horn, and re-
ceived a dangerous wound in the breast,
the shot which inflicted the
wound cutting the cord which sus-
pended the horn beneath his arm, and
for some time the whereabouts of this
relic were unknown. But the horn was
finally returned to its original owner.
In 1875, during the Centennial, Senator
Berry, of Arkansas, succeeded in get
ting permission from Mr.. Reed to carry
this powder-horn to the National show.
Mr.. Reeds father could not be persuaded
to let the gun go. The Senator from
Arkansas guaranteed the safe return of
the powder-horn, however, and it went
to the Centennial. AS it turned out, it
was we'll that some responsible party
had guaranteed it's safe return, for it
was stolen while on hibition, and was
finally found, two years later, in dime
museum in New York, and Senator
Berry footed the bill of the detective
who had been put on the case, which
amounted to 5000. The powder-horn now
graces rack made of ''cat-claw" bushes,
over the Fireplace in the room in which
this is written.-Lampasas (Tex.) Cor.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
Automatic Voting Booths.

A Rochester IN. " man has invent
ed voting machine. The chief points
about it is that it provides a private
booth in which but one man is admitted
at time, and which can not be entered
by another until the one who has gone
In to vote leaves the booth, his exit I'M
looking the entrance door SO as to admit
the next voter. The booth is five feet
square and seven and half feet high.
This is divided by an upright quarter
inch steel partition, thus making a mar
row private compartment one foot by
five feet for the concealment and secur-
ity of the mechanism and counting reg
listers, thus leaving a separate private
room or voters compartment four feet
by five feet.-Chicago Times. y
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
REPORTED FROM MAINE,
Wonderful Growth of q Cane-A Human
observation-disclosures

Wonderful Growth of q Cane-A Human
observation-disclosures
On the farm of Captain Isaac Green,
in the town of Surrey, there stands big
tree which had a peculiar origin. In
1912 Captain Green's grandfather attend
ed court at Castine, and, on departing
for home, he cut switch from willow
tree to use as cane, the journey being
made on foot. On arriving at his home
Grandfather Green stuck his little will
low switch into the ground, where the
soil was soft and spongy, and thought
nothing more of it. The twig took root,
however, and was soon growing vigor-
ously. To-day the walking stick OF
1912 is a tree measuring 20 feet around
the trunk, having limbs that grit Z, 8,
9and 10 feet and extending it's branches
in circle IS feet in diameter. 1t is
still vigorous tree, and will doubtless
stand for many decades to come.
Israel Kinney, of Fort Fairfield,
Aroostook County, is the father of TWEEN.
one children, seventeen of whom are liv.
ing. Mr.. Kinney is strong and hearty
at the age OF seventy-fve, can do good
days work, and thinks nothing of tax.
ing a twenty-mile tramp to visit some OF
his children in another town.
The town of Corinth, Penobscot Coun-
ty, is proud in the possession of young
man who may truly be called human
pincushion. The remarkable Corinth.
ian sticks pins and needles all through
his flesh and jabs horseshoe nails into his
breast without apparent pain. He also
sticks needles through his chest and
pulls them out of his mouth. He does
this sort of thing ''for the fun of it,"
and never saw dime museum in his
life.
1t is rather novelty for a man to be
marooned in this part of the world, bu1
such misfortune befell Gardiner man
the other day in the heart of Kennebec
County. The man in question was EN-.
ployed in the mills at Winthrop. and,
wishing to cross Lake Cobbossecontee,
he hired a couple of Frenchmen to carry
him over. The boatmen were both
drunk, and set their passenger ashore
on an island instead of on the main
land. The unfortunate mans shouts
for help when he discovered his situa.
ton were of no avail, and he was
obliged to pass three days and four
nights on the island, which is uninhabit.
ed and covered with thick forest. He
broke into summer cottage and found
a few crackers, onions and potatoes
enough to last him one day. The other
two days he went hungry. On the fourth
daY he raised his coat on q tall tree as a
signal, which, luckily was seen from
the mainland, and he was rescued very
hungry and mad enough to eat drunken
Frenchmen on toast. Bangor (Me.) Let.
! ter : .,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
ExTRAVAGANCE IN SHOES.
Boots Decorated with Jewels Worth FIT
thousand Dollars.

Boots Decorated with Jewels Worth Fifty
thousand Dollars.
Human fancy is capricious and incon-
slant as the wind that blows from tree
to tree, or the waves that wander from
strand to strand. In the middle ages
the exquisites of the period INDUCED in
long toes to the shoes, which were sup
ported by chains from the knee. These
the rich filled with fne-scented grasses
and the poorer classes with straw, hence
the adage to designate well-to-do man:
''He has hay in his Shoes" Edicts were
issued by Popes and sovereigns against
the absurd, extravagant custom, but, as
usual, fashion ran the cycle she had
marked for herself, turned to some other
freak and the days of the long toes were
numbered. Sir Walter Raleigh, in the
days of Elizabeth, had jewels on his
boots worth $4,000, and later on
costly diamond buckles adorned the
shoes of the courtiers. During the
present century the foot has been but
indifferently treated, and with the ex-
oeption Of the Wellington and Butcher
top boots, fashion put no distinction
mark on pedal covering. But we are
entering now, it would seem, on period
of effeminate display. Patent leather,
cloth top congress boots for men reigned
for time, and already, the fashion writ
ers informs us, it has rival in patent
leather, cut as low in the vamps as
women's shoes, and, instead of being
made of the usual qualities of leather or
cloth, the part of the shoe front and back
of the gore is of the finest silk, figured,
sometimes polka dot style, sometimes
in flowery design. Underneath this
silk, we are told, is a background
of pink kid, which is selected
because it stimulates flesh color, Show
ing through slightly. At the jointure
of these two materials with the vamp,
is placed neat bow. We also learn
that white silk vests and jackets with
braid are to be worn at evening parties.
The swell of the present seems deter
mined not to be mistaken for the waiter,
and if he keeps on arranging himself in
eccentricities at this rate, he will soon far
outrival the gaudy cavaliers of Charles
the Second. It was pretty costume
they wore but not very economical, for
when it commenced to look seedy, the
wearer bore very strong resemblance
to defeated game-cock. This winter
will evidently usher in color period in
shoes and in dress.-Shoe and Leather
Review.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
Egypt and Jerusalem, Via tho Azores.
Gibraltar, Naples and Rome.

"A tour Of ladies and gentlemen to visit
the East. The ocean steamer ''Circassian,"
1914 tons, has been chartered to start with
the party from New York February 49, Re-
turn, through France, England and Scot
land about May 9th. The second section
arriving in New York not far from June 9TH.
>. The main tour will cost less than $500 in
it's cheapest form. Radiatory excursions to
Ephesus, Constantincple Vienna, &C., can
be added to the route for a reasonable in
crease Of expense.
Rollo Floyd, the prince of Syrian Drago-
men, will have charge Of the Oriental SEQ
ton ton; ana ana Messrs Gaze & Son, Of London,
nay nave 10 been engaged to manage the European
perienced director of foreign tours, will
have general charge en- route. A number of
young ladies have already been booked, as
Mrs. Thomas will have charge Of depart
ment Tor them.
This will be the most for the money ever
before offered in this line. For further
particulars address Geo. May Powell, P. o.
box 700, Philadelphia, Pa
NoTE.-A ten days. special trip from Cairo
to Karnak is also provided for.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
HIS RESERVE FORCE.
How Mr.. Bixby Got Rid of 1t In an In.
credlbly Short Time.

How Mr.. Bixby Got Rid of 1t In an In.
credlbly Short Time.
IF there's any thing on earth do
love to see it's man or woman with a
reserve force of GOODNESS ana calmness
on which he or she can draw in case of
a sudden emergency" said Mr.. Bixby to
his wife at the dinner table.
sit makes me sick to see how some
men fly all to pieces at the very time
they should have all their wits about
them, and when it comes to you women
I'm hanged if I don't sometimes wonder
if-what's the matter with Willie?
What IS the matter with the child?
He's choking to death! What have you
got in your throat? Say! My good Lord,
If it amt a flsh-bone! Pound him on the
back! Shake him! I've read-great
heavens and earth, he's getting black
in the face! Give him drink!
Cough child, cough! Send for
the doctor call in some one
from the street! Merciful powerai
Must the child die here and no one sry
to save him? See him gasp! Willie.
child, is it a bone? Where is it? Can't
you-will no one 60 for a doctor? This is
horrible, horrible! I-I-O-o-o-o-h!!!"and
as he sank into chair, covering his face
with napkin and uttering something
like subdued Comanche war-whoop,
Mrs. Bixby, who had quietly taken the
child in hand without saying word,
displayed the bone on the end of her
finger and said calmly:
"There's the bone, Elijah, and now
you'd better 60 and lie down for awhile
for fear you will exhaust that reserve
force of GOODNESS and calmness of which
you were speaking q moment ago.
Time.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
WHEN the summers rose has faded
What shall make 1t fair agnin7
When the face W tn pain is shaded
What shall drive away the pain1
Ne or shall blossom brighten

J
But the load of pain may tighten,
And we need not count as lost
all the pleasure of life when the wife and
mother, upon whom the happiness of home
SO largely depends, is afflicted with the del
icate diseases peculiar to women. It's ter
rible to contemplate the misery existing in
our midst because of the prevalence of
these diseases. It is high time that all
women should know that there is only one
sure remedy for all female complaints, and
that is DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
Do not allow ill-health to fasten itself upon
you. Ward it off by the use of this stand
ard remedy. But if it has already crept in,
put it to rout You can do it, by the use of
the .Favorite Prescription" It is guar
money paid for it will be returned
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
COQSumDtion Surely Cured.

To THE ED1roR:-Please inform your
readers that have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. BY its timely
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles Of my remedy FREE to any of
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post Office
address, Respectfully, T. A. SLoCUM, M. c.,
ISL Pearl street, New York.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
CATARRH.
catarrhal Deafness Tever-A New
i. Home Treatment. - -

V6VGx-A
-. Home Treatment. ,... Il z5g4
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence Of living parasites
In the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachlan tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact. and
the result Of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not snutf or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamp6-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt OF three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. Fl. Dixon Il Son, cor of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chrts-
tan advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

ARE any Of the new washing compounds
as good as the old-fashioned soapl Dobbins'
Electric Soap? has been sold every day for
"a years, and is now just as good as ever.
Ask your grocer for it and take no other.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills Immediate
~ after dinner. Don't forget this.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

ELEPHANTS nave been known to live to tho
age of 400 years. Moral-Young man don't
be in too much of a hurry to see the elephant
He'll keep.-Boston Transcript
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

A CouGH, Cold, OR SORE THROAT should
not be neglected. BKowN's BRONCHIAL
TRoCHEs are simple remedy, and give
prompt relief. Is cts. box.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

AN engagement is very fragile thing.
1t can not be dropped without breaking it.
-Terre Haute Express.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

DEATH has no terrors to the tradesman
who furnishes the floral tribute at tho
funeraL-Boston Transcript.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

A CONTEMPORARY defines an optimist as
q woman who has q new winter cloak and
bonnet, and q pessimist as q woman who
has neither.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

The girls give little thought to the affairs
of state, but when the subject is bachelors
they know how to reduce the surplus
Binghamton Herald
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

The man W hopre>: ches without advancing
new idea or making an old one clearer is
misft and ought to be Jumped of to the
auctioneer.- Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

For biliousness, sick headache, indigestion,
and constipation, take DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

A GOOD many people publicly thank the
Lord for their prosperity, who would be
very mad ii somebody should suggest that
themselVes.-SomerVil1 Journal.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
JOB WORK
IXECUTHD TO ORDER
9Th Neatness and Ol&uatcl
SHOES IN HISTORY.
SHOES IN HISTORY.


The account of Moses and the burn
ing bush gives an antiquity OF over
three thousand years to the shoe.
SHOES, among the ancient Hebrews,
were made of leather, rush or wool,
those of soldiers being of brass or iron,
with thongs.
SHOES among the Greeks were made
80 high as to reach generally to the
middle Of the leg, and were often Of
gold and silk and other precious stuff.
TIMES have changed since Sir
Douglas Forsyth, the British envoy,
was obliged to take of his boots before
being presented to the King Of Burmah.
In the time of Chaucer the upper
part of the long-toed shoes were cut to
initiate church window. Signifying
that the feet were on the path of right
eousness.
THE most gorgeous pair of shoes in
history were those worn by Sir Walter
Raleigh. They we're covered with pre-
cious stones, and were worth about $780,
900 of our money.
A LEGEND exists that in 1881 a
Chinese embassy of ten mobiles and one
thousand horsemen was put to death by
order Of the King of Siam, because they
insisted on appearing in the royal pres
ence with their shoes on. -
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

TIGHT shoes may be classed As articles Of
hard wear
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

n Il. JOHNSON, NJ. D., c. M.
10
Graduate Of NcGil College, Montreal.
ate Assistant Surgeon in Montreal General
dosIital. Office in West e. Litchfeld's
Block. opposite Opera House. Calls at
ended day and night.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08
BUSINESS CARDS.

CATHERINE WILCOX, n. d.
01ADUl1I ~ AZNENlK1 o0kLI01. a.
00O. III.
pver I've Zsan practice II hospital eatnioa
eoqra eest Of AAnsas1d House, On op1oalN
do Of strstt
AUSTIN, MINI.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-01-08

FnfAl G SEND 10 cts. FOR CATALOGUE; 10 FACES 500
UVVhO ILLUSTRATIONS. GOOD CO.. BOSTON, nASS,
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