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The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
Mineral Msnures for Peaches.

One Of the reasons why peaches do
not succeed on land long cultivated is
lack OF mineral plant food. The
peach is usually planted on light or
sandy land. that has at best but very
little mineral. The seed cannot form
without potash, and lacking this the
peaches fall of soon after setting. II
Is believed by some that lack oI
potash is the predisposing cause te
the disease known as peach yellows.
When taken early enough this disease
has been cured by heavy applications
OF German potash salt
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
Air Spaces in Eexs,

Only fresh eggs are as full Of meat
as an egg. or. in other words. entirely
full. After few days evaporation OF
the moisture leaves air spaces. As
air passes through the she'll it soon
leads to destruction of the albumen in
the egg, and this sets the germ In the
yoke to growing. II at any time the
egg gets cold. this germ dies. and the
egg quickly spoils.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
sIs. 900 FOR ONE.
A Ksnsington Man Who Struck II Rich
In the Louisiana State Lottery.

A Ksnsington Man Who Struck II Rich
In tho Louisiana State Lottery.
Philadelphia Ps) Herald. July 20
~ told him he might Just ~ well throw
the dollar In tho gutter ~ spend 1t IN . lot
terry. but I've changed my mind now as hs
won $1,000 with It," So spoke Mrs, w.
II. Fisher, Of 25lS Emerald Street 70 q
Herald reporter yesterday. Her husband
held nc-twentleth Of ticket No. 02,b
which won tho first capital prize of e300,
600 In the Louisiaua State Lottery this
month. "Weli, y was the hrst ticket
ever bouRht,p said the husband, "but,u he
added, at won't be the last"
yesterday / got. my money-a draft
for el5, ,OO0-Rnd Il u now In the Eighth
National Bank. haven't decided what
/ am going TO do with the money, but
think I'll invest In real estate. I've stru g
gled all my life and now thst Si invested
"a The Louisisus State Lottery has ytsldsd
me -, GO times the original 1nveytmepk
0sa't proPoss e hsvS q tuYs my hSa4'h =
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Is PRIcKLY ASH BIrrERs good for any
thingi Read what Frank Griggsby, of
Dodge City, Kas., says "F'or three years
have suffered from disease that my
physicians pronounced incurablc. My
friends had given me up to die, when l
was induced TO try your remedy. took
1t for three months and have gained 81
pounds in weight Am well man and
Prickiy Ash Bitters saved my life. am
under lifelong obligations TO this mcdi.
cine, and will never cease TO recommend
itD
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
Hints to Housekeepers.

Hard woods should simply be wiped
of with soft cloth or sponge wrung
from clear, warm water and dried at
once.
Wash ink stains from carpets with
milk, and afterwards with hot water,
when fresh. Old ink stains must first
be wetted, then rubbed with salts Of
lemon and washed quickly.
Keep celery fresh by rolling It in
brown paper sprinkled with water.
then in damp clolh, aud put 1t In q
cool, dark place. Before preparing it
for the table submerge it in cold water
and let it stand for an hour. 1t will
be found very crisp.
How many women know how to pre-
pare a perfectly fresh egg SO that an
afflicted stomach can eat it? Pour
boiling water over the egg in its she'll.
let it stand on the tank in the water
for five minutes. The egg will be
neerly as smooth as custard, and is al
most as easily digested as raw one.
while its flavor is something delicious.
To brighten gilt picture frames take
sufficient -four of sulphur to give n
golden tinge to about pint and q half
Of water, and in this boil four or five
bruised onions, or garlic. which will
answer the same purpose. Strain off
this liquid, and with it when cold, wash
with a soft brush any. gliding who h
equires renewing, and when dry 1t
will come out bright as new.
In washing very fine muslins. they
should be soaked in tepid water in
which borax has been dissolved, one
tablespoonful Of borax to gallon of
water being sufficient After half an
hour they can be rubbed gently in
soapsuds made OF fine white curd soap,
and boiling water then poured over
them and left to cool. They should
be well rinsed and squeezed rathc r
than wrung out
This is the way furs are cleansed in
that land Of furs, Russia: Rye -four is
placed in n pot and heated upon the
stove, with constant stirring as long as
the hand can boar the heat The flour
is then spread over the fur and rubbed
into 1t. After this the fur is brushed
with a very clean brush. or, better. is
gently beaten until all the -four is re-
moved. The fur thus treated resumes
its natural lustre and appears as II alb
solutely new.
In an intelligent treatment OF differ
ent fabrics b large part Of the art OF
the washing consists. Fine laoes. for
example, must be treated by them
selves Very fine lace may be cleansed
and whitened by folding It smoothly.
and sewing into n clean linen bag. It
is then immersed for twelve hours in
pure olive oil. A little fine soap Is
shaven into water. and the lace put
into this and boiled for fifteen minutes.
It must be we'll rinsed. dipped into
starch water. and then taken from tho
bag and stretched and pinned to dry.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
Bsets for Mich Cows.

In the last named experiment eight
cows were kept under the test for
eleven weeks; In 1889 twelve cows for
eight weeks, and in 1890 twelve cows
for nine weeks, the COWS In each case
being weighed daily, IS we'll US their
feed and milk.
For twelve years records have been
kept on the farm now occupied by the
station, which shows that the average
yield OF beets over this period has
been nearly sixteen tons TO the acre.
against an annual yield OF about fifty :
FIVE bushels OF shelled corn per acre.
In each OF three experiments the
cows ate more hay aud more total dry
matter when feeding on beets than on
other foods (hay. meal and bran in 1879.
corn silage In 1889 and 1890) and in
each case more milk was given from
the beets than from the other food 8.
but 1t is not yet demonstrated that the
increase OF milk was produced econom-
ically.
But crop OF fity-fve bushels Of
shelled corn, with its fodder, will con.
tain nearly twice as much dry matter
as sixteen tons OF beets. and these ex.
periments indicate that. whether fed
dry, as corn meal and dry fodder, OF
as corn ensllage. the dry matter ol
the corn crop will be found about az
effective. pound for pound, as the dry
matter OF the beet crop.
1t is possible to raise much more
than sixteen tons OF beets 10 the acre
One crop OF two acres is reported al
374 tons per acre, and small. .er areas
have given still larger yields. but such
| CrOna rounira verv riCh land md thor.
ough culture. Whether it is possible
to produce pound OF dry matter IL
beets as economically as it can be
done In corn is not yet definitely set.
tied, but the probabilities are against
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

CONDUCTOR Z. d. LOOMS, Detroit,
Mich, says: 'sThe effect OF Halls Catarrh
Cure In wonderful" Write him about it
Sold by Druggists, 56c.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
THE FARMING WORLD.
Pertinent Hints for the Husbandman and
the Housewife.

Feeding on the Farm for Proas-Despsr
Planting Advissd--stock, Dairy and Poul-
Try Points-Hints for Busy Houseksepsrs-
Beets for Milk Cows.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

wha Baby was cick. ws gave her castoria,
When shs vas . Child, she cried for cassosia.
When she became Ai.s, she chung % CaaeosaA.
Whsa she hsN Children. she gave thsa oasGoria
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

A medicine that has been sold for year,
must have merit. This il the case with
PRIcKLY ASH BIrTERs.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Every man born into this world comes
under the same terrible condition that be
can never leave II alive.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

"LY-CO- DINE Nursery Pow der positively cuHKs
cH AyIN0. Send &c. in stamps for large box. sam-
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

II you are in good health you do not nced
medicine. but when you aro sick you do
need PRIcKLY ASH BIrrERs.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

The farmer and the politician may lie
down together and little lawyer shalt
lead them; but that time will not be full
blown millennium
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

For washing fdnncls. Dobbins' Electric
soap IL marvellous Blankets and WOOL
ems washed with it look like ,letD, and
there is absolutely no shrinking. No other
soap in the world will do such perfect
work. Give it trial nOlL.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Do not fail 70 read about PxIcKLY ASH
BrrERs In this isaue. II may b OF benc-
6t TO you.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Tho dearest place on earth Is homo, and
when . mans monthly bills como in he
cannot fail to realize it.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

PRIcKLr ASH BiTrERs Is . veg table
compound, pure and reliable. Give It .
trial II will help you.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

'Gracious, Johnny, you look awfully
Dad does the tanning for our family"
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Sign in prohibition town in New Jer-
sey: "Soda water, root beer, ginger ale,
sarsaparilla, ETC."
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

Stanley. does not go into the heart Of
Africa to look for tho pocket In his wife's
dress. He looks on tho outskirts.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

A scientist declares that "the soul il thu
oil Of the hair" This Is pretty hard or
the bsld-hcaded men,
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

venison killed at this time Of year il
deer at any price.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

To the photographer-Be sure you're
bright, then 20 ahead.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

A multitude Of people is yearly passing
from tile West 70 the East. To those who
have not been advised we wish TO say that
the Great Burlington Route. with tts un-
equalled equipment and daily through
train service, ofYers the best facilities for
all classes Of travel TO all points east,
northeast and southeast.
All trains Of this line arc made up OF IN
est Pullman palace sleeping cars, Horton
reclining chair cars (free) and elegant day
coaches. The trains on the Burlington
Route arc vestibuled and carry tho famous
'.Burlington Route Dining Cars" serving
all meals en- route on Trains l and . be
tween Denver and Chicago. The Burling-
ton Ii the shortest line TO Chicago and
quickest time and best connections are
made by this route.
Start right on your journey by asking
for tickets via the Great Burlington Route.
Colorado headquarters, l100 Larimcr st,
Denver, Colo.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

"Annie Rooney's Baby'' is the latest.
Wanted-A man who will commit child
murder at low -ates. Apply here, or any
where.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

MRS. winslow's ssethinx syrup ,, fer Chii-
drsn tseth,ng, softcns the gums. rcdaces innamma-
t.on. ailays palm. cures wind collie. &c . bottle.
Detroit is the place for Prohibitionists =
six and half barrels OF pure watcr for
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

smoke, no smell, no broken ehinineys. A feht As
soft a twilight, genial love ami brilliant
Juno morpinvi Ask for H. Rend for Catalogue.
Rache esecr LnHD Co.. New Herk.
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

al on ono eide
the offer that's made by the pro-
prietors Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It's $500 reward for an
incurable case of Catarrh, no mat
ter how bad, or of how long stand
ing. They mean what they say I;
they're responsible, and tho offer
has been made for yearh It's all
on your side-you lose your catarrh,
or you're paid $500 for keeping it.
But it's safe for them, too-they
know you'll be cured.
DR.. Sage's Remedy produces per
feet and permanent cufsD of Chronic
Catarrh in the Head, q Thousands
can testify. 9Cold in tho Head !"
is cured with . few applications.
Catarrhal Headache 10 relieved and
cured as If by magic. It removes
offensive breath, loss or impairment
of tho sense of taste, smell or hear
ing, watering or weak eyes, and
impaired memory, when caused by
the violence of Catarrh, - they al
frequently are. Remedy sold BY
druggists, SO centa
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

". n. o. Dsaves. Vel. VA. S1l-Ne. so.
whsa .!,sina % .dy.ssi:ssrs plssss ssy thss zoe
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23

'Twont be long until We hear tho oyster
exclaim ar thero"
The Delta independent., 1890-09-23
se,c,. IN the Wocxv peovp,a,n,.

Ths applications for the magnidcentpho-
tographic views published BY the Denver
q Rio Grande Railroad have become 70
numerous that II 10 impossible 70 supply
the demand, not only on account Of tho
cost, but also on account Of the inability
Of the manufacturer TO supply them In suf-
hcient numbers. To overcome this DIM
Guilty the company have had prepared .
set Of four handsome phOtogravuro priuts
Of some Of the finest scenes in tho noun
tains made from negatives by the eminent
artist, w. H. jackson. especially for this
purpose. Tho subjects being the Royal
Gorge" "Gsrden OF the Gods,h ''Canon Of
the Grand River" and "Currecanti
Needle" These views are 25xSO inches.
printed ON the best plate paper, securely
PACKED In tubes, and mailed free Of post
age, ready for framing. on receipt Of price
which il as follows:
Single copy. py...................e .85
Two copies s................... go
Four copies (full set) ....... 100
We are SO confident that these views
will please that II they arc not satisfactory
they may be returned and money will be
refunded. Address
s. X. HOOPER,
Gems Pass. Agent Denver & Rio Grande
R r., Denver. Colo.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
CHEST DEVELOPMENT.

No Exercise Produces as Good Results "a
Does Running.
Exercises of strength lead rapidly to
an increase in the size Of the thorax. 1t
is the same with exercises of speed
when they need very energetic move
ments- No exercise develops the chest
rs rapidly as does running, unless it be
wrestling.
Mountaineers all have large chests,
and the Indians who live on the plateaus
of the Cordillera in the Andes have
been noted for the extraordinary size OF
their chests. This great development
in mountaineers is due to two causes
which act in the same direction; fre-
quent ascent of steep inclines, and con-
slant residence of great heights at which
the air is rarefed. The climbing of these
slopes needs a great quantity of work,
which causes increase of the respiratory
need; respiration in a rarefed atmos-
phere obliges . man to take deeper
breaths in order to supplement, by the
quantity of air breathed, the suficiency
of its vivifying properties.
Singers, with no other exercise but
singing, acquire great respiratory power
and a remarkable increase in the dimen-
sions Of their chests.
Numerous observations prove that it
is enough voluntarily to take a certain
number of deep breaths every day, to
produce, in short time, an increase in
the circumference of the chest which
may amount to two or three centimeters.
-Fernand Lagrange, NJ. D., in Popular
Science Monthly.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
tanned RUFFLED GROUSE.
The Possibility of Demonstrating Hithe1-
to Untamable Bird.

The Possibility of Demonstrating q Hither-
to Untamable Bird.
recently witnessed strange, and to
me almost unprecedented, sight viz,
perfectly tame, full-grown rufied
grouse. 1t is fine, large, male bird. !
at first, in passing the window on the
street, thought it a skilled specimen OF
the taxidermist's art. I stopped, went
into the store, and, upon inquiring for
the proprietor, learned its history. 1t
was an acquisition of but few days;
possession. He found it in almost an
expiring state from starvation in an IN
occupied house in the suburbs of our
city. You know of the wild, frenzied
fight of these birds in autumn, fire.
quently dashing themselves to death
against houses or windows; several have
been thus killed in our city this season.
This one seems to have dashed
through a window of deserted
house, and, not being able to find its
way out, was almost in articulo mortis
when picked up. With much difficulty
it was restored. A drop of water was
inserted in its mouth, then bit OF
grape pulp, and so little by little nour-
ished until the bird now feeds kindly
and confidently from the hand. It is
almost omniverous in its tastes-takes
clover leaves, raw cabbage, grape, ap-
pie, parched corn, or what is known as
popcorn, corn, birch buds, bread, etc.
Solitary, silent starvation seems to have
annihilated the wild, unconquerable in
stinct.
The secret to door seems to have
been opened to its possible domestica-
ton. Its kind-hearted possessor is al.
ready inquiring round among the boys
for a partner and wife for his solitary
pet. Some starving, imprisoned bird
may yet be found by the farmer boys
beneath the snow-crust after some win
ter storm and allow US to carry out this
curious experiment to dofhesticate
hitherto deemed incorrigibly untama-
BILE bird.-Forest and Stream
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
HABITS OF MONKEYS,

When Tanned They Acquire q Taste for In
toxicating Liquors.
Greedy as a monkey is vulgar ex-
preston. Houveau says that those per-
sons who assert that monkeys will not
have to do again with Intoxicating
drinks after having once been made
their victims were more DESTROYS of
teaching moral lesson than Of telling
the exact truth. Most tanned monkeys
are ready enough to drink wine and
brandy, and will help themselves to
them. They like to get typsy, and will
indulge themselves whenever they can,
in spite of chastisements. Their intox-
ication is characterized by the same
symptoms as man's-weak knees, thick
tongue and unsteady movements. This
identity of the effects of
intoxication extends to other
animals; while, as we have seen, mon
keys of different species often exhibit
antipathies to one another; those Of the
same species will assist one another,
provided they are not sexual rivals.
This trait of mutual helpfulness ap-
pears to exist in all animals that have
organs of perhension-as among the
climbing birds and those insects which
have mandibles. The instinct is quite
we'll developed among monkeys, and
those of the same family or troop ex-
hibit traits of mutual assistance that
might be very properly compared with
those shown by men in their relations
with one another. The monkeys in
Sumatra, according to Cesare Moreno,
are very troublesome in the gardens,
and even in houses, when they can
find entrance into them; and no kind OF
Enclosure seems adequate to protect
fruits and vegetables from their depre-
dations. Forming a line in order to
pass their spoil from hand to hand, they
scale the walls, enter at the doors OK
windows, and leisurely pillage all that
they can find. Then they retire to the
woods, to dress themselves up in the
gayly-colored cloths which they may
have stolen, while they have particu
lar fancy for whatever will give me.
talic reflection. They will divide their
trinkets among themselves, or quarrel
about them, and dress themselves up in
them in a grotesque style; and then, like
children, have become tired of them, will
leave them hanging in the branches or
let them fall to the ground, and care no
more for them. They seem to be thieves
by instinct, for the mere pleasure Of
stealing, when they are not catering to
their appetites; and they are capable of
sacking house and carrying of every
thing movable in it with the system and
concert of band of robbers. They OBJ
serve kind of discipline in their opera
tions, and post their scouts, to inform
them in season when it is time to run
away; and this, when warned, they can
do with wonderful sim ultaneousness.-
Popular Science News.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

A Baroness Who Thinks Moro of Her
Horses Than of Their Grooms.
An extraordinary case has been &C.
cupying the law courts at Vienna dur
ing the past week. Four grooms in
the service of Baroness Won Stahlberg
brought an action against her for dam
ages for injuries received in her stables,
which the grooms described as para
disc for horses and hell for men. "
From the evidence of the witnesses it
appeared that the Baroness was in the
habit of entering the stable at noon and
of remaining until early the next morn
ing. During the time she was there
she fed the animals with sugar and
cakes and encouraged them to kick and
bite the grooms, whom she kept in con-
slant attendance upon the horses, then
forcing them to stay up all night
to wash and feed them. One of
the witnesses stated that he had been dis
missed by the Baroness for 'sinsultine'
particularly vicious horse by cursing
it for having both kicked and bitten
him. At least twenty of the persons in
court bore traces Of injuries received in
the stable of the Baroness
Fortunately there are but few horse
women like her in Austria, and the rae
ing stables of Countess Marie Apponyi
and of Countess Livia Itchy are re-
garded by the grooms and jockeys as a
paradise for the men as we'll as for the
horses. Countess Apponyi has her rae
ing oolors duly registered at the jockey
Club and is famous in the sporting
world for having won the Austrian
Derby twice in succession. She is the
owner of the we'll known horse Nemesis.
Here in Berlin there are also several
ladies Of aristocracy who own racing
stables, none Of which, however, has as
yet achieved the celebrity of that pos
sessed by the Countess de Prittwitx-
Berlin Cor. n. Y. Tribune
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-03-05
PlTH AND POINT.

Every body in the world wants
watching, but none more than ourselves.
The consciousness of duty performed
gives US music at midnight-George
Herbert. -4.
Poverty may not be crime, but II
gets more punishment than crime does.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Only very pretty young girl and
. very rich old man can afford to be
Independent of pleasing others.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Only believe half of what you hear
that great people say; only believe
half of what you hear that little people
do.
1t is sad reflection on human nat
ure that almost any crooked trans
action can be squared by good round
sum.--Baltimore American.
If Heaven should grant one more
gift to this country, the mistake would
| not be great were it more sacred OBJ
servance of parentage.-Century.
Sydney Smith advised men to look
downwards as we'll as upwards in human
AAAO' AAoo6A AA0Ay A0So pOoSSA oS An
the race, there are many We have left
| behind.
When you are inclined to be censori-
GUS, look within and see if there is not
| q root of that which you profess to think
| 30 vile in another lurking within your
! own heart-Farrar.
NO one is more dangerous enemy
to all that is sweet and good in human
| life than the one who lends to impurity
the sanction of splendid talents.-Wen.
dell Phillips.
Human nature requires change for
! its recreation. variety is charming"
not only because it is variety, but be-
cause continuous effort in one direction
produces lassitude, staleness and de-
crease of power.-N. Y. Ledger.
1t really seems worth while for some
| OF our dilettante young me n to give the
plow chance to make living for them,
and their possible families; and, Incl
dentally, to bring the wholesomeness
and the vigor of agricultural pursuits to
bear upon the task of making sinewy,
good-for- something men of themselves
Boston Commonwealth.
| Strangely do some people talk of
| ''getting over" great sorrow, over
leaping it, passing by it, thrusting it
into oblivion. Not So No one ever
does that, at least no nature which can
be touched by the feeling of grief at all.
The only way is to pass through tbs
ocean of affection solemnly, slowly,
! with humility and faith. as the Israel
ties passed through the sea. Then its
very waves Of misery will divide and be-
come to US wall on the right side and
on the LEFT, until the gulf narrows and
narrows before our eyes, and we land
safe on the opposite shore.-Dinah Mu-
| locL Craik