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PHYSICIANS PUZZLED.

St. ALBERT, No., Aug. 4th.--Mr. E. R.
Langendoefer of this place suffered
very severely with peculiar case of
Kidney Trouble which completely baf-
fed the skill of the local physicians
and instead of getting any better he
was gradually growing worse. He
says: "a friend advised me to take
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and after had
used two boxes / was entirely cured
and have not since had the slightest
symptom of the return of my trouble.
II had tried all the surrounding ply
sicians, but they did me no good, and
instead of getting better ! grew worse
till used Dodd's Kidney Pills.
II can sincerely say to everyone
suffering with Kidney Trouble that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure them, for
they cured me satisfactorily and COM
pletely when all the doctors had failed"
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California has $4,000 sores Of prune
trees.
Oil fuel is used exclusively in the 16
melting furnaces of the new Philadel-
phia mint. The temperature in these
furnaces can be raised to 1000 de-
grees.
1t is said that the flint which forms
the substratum of London is nothing
but petrified sponges. An examine
ton of the fossil sponge or flint shows
its structure.
The stick insect of Borneo, the larg-
est insect known, is sometimes 10 inch
es long. 1t is wingless, but some spe-
cies of stick insects have beautiful
colored wings that fold like fans.
Several factories have been built in
Germany for the manufacture Of
'.forest WOOL out of pine needles. 1t
is used for making underclothes and
for stufing mattresses and furniture.
One of the most important indus
tries attaching to the cheap power
now produced by Niagara is the cleo
trical tearing apart of the molecnle OF
common salt resulting in the forma-
ton of caustic soda and bleaching
powder.
A portable street light of great IL
Illuminating power is the device of the
Westminster county council for les
sening accidents from London fogs.
A cylindrical tank IS inches In diam
eter and two feet high is charged with
rs gallons of petroleum, and com
pressed air forces vapor from the oil
into standpipe provided with a
burner. On igniting the torch flares
up is inches to two feet, with a power
of 1000 candles.
Leroy Beaulieu, well-known econ
omist of Paris, has declared that the
leisure class of men will have to work
for their living in 1852. He made this
interesting statement in lecture on
| the conversion of the French three and
one-half per cent. debt into three pei
cent. bonds. He said that the rate OF
interest is constantly decreasing, and
predicted that in the next rs years
capital will be glad to get two pei
cent, and that so years hence sucf
first-class securities as government
bonds and railway securities viii beal
one per cent. interest, (which" sait
the lecturer, will compel all except
the very large capitalists to work for .
living, and the leisure of the class o.
people now called well OF will be abol
ished."
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Wilderness, Is that beloved and Jolly olo
lady, Ma Marsh. Then the huggings
and kissings and hand-shakings, and
'Wa-a-ll, now, l neversl'
1--WE smell the dinner that's waiting
for us, and we hasten to separate the
travel dust from our countenancea
and our hands. That dinnerl
There's fried chicken-as only Ma
Marsh can fry chicken. There's
white mountain of mashed potatoes,
dotted with luscious butter pats
There's a steaming dish of yellow
beans and another of green peas, rich
and tempting. There are great, gen.
erous cuts of homemade bread and
golden corn bread that makes your
mouth water! And crisp-leaved let
tuce and deep saucers Of berries and
cream. Honest cream!
"My gracious, how we do eat! Pa
and Ma seem to have conspired
to keep our plates full and our jaws
working.
"After the dinner the chat on the
front porch--a tired, desultory chat
for the journey and the dinner are too
much for us. Then to bed in the wide,
many-windowed east room, to deli
cious rest, lulled by the song OF the
katydids and the frogs down in the
Nippersink.
1--WE wake up early next morning
it's year of mornings since we've
seen the sun rise. We go tramping
down through the dew-wet grass. Is
that Bert over there reckoning?
Sure! We run like two children.
Bert's going to milk the cows!
"We stand with bated breath and
watch the white streams as they
SURPRISINGLY into the tin pail. Bert
produces a well-worn tin cup from
somewhere and dips it into the warm
bubbly stuff. Um-um-um, but it's
goodl No milk-trust taste about that
milki
There's Ma Marsh's ample form
filing the kitchen doorway. Break
fast already!
81 can hear the salt pork Sizzling
on the stove. and the splutter of the
eggs as ma breaks them into thu
pan. Oh, myl Oh, yum-yuml How
wish was there!"
me, too," chimed in the Little
Woman. You make me just toe
homesick for anything to go dow
| there"
"There isn't spot in my anatomy
that doesn't ache for it," returned
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the Cynical Optimist, "but I expect
I'll have to stay here and stew for
a month or SO yet-can't leave the
business now. However, you can 60
when you like. you know"
do you suppose" Indignantly
spoke the Little Woman, that I'd go
away anywhere for good time and
leave you here steaming and fretting
and worrying without anybody to
smooth things down for you? Why,
you'd have to eat in restaurants and
things and your temper would be
something DREADFUL"
"You wouldn't have to worry about
my temper if you were away" he in
sinuated.
.Wouldn't II" knowingly retorted
the Little Woman.
"Well," placidly, "rll confess that
I'm not like the men you read about
in the newspapers. I'll admit that
I'm dependent upon one woman for
most of the best things of life. I'll
concede that I'd rather come home
for decent dinner and a quiet even
ing here than to go out and play
cards with the boys But I thought
maybe you'd like to get rid of me
for while. Say-these mosquitoes
are getting too bloodthirsty. Let's
go in"
The Cynical Optimist arose and
yawned enormously.
"Biff-bahi~ P-p-p-p-aw-yah-
oof!" he suddenly spluttered.
whats the matter?" asked the
Little Woman
Swallowed bout thousand OF
'em!" shouted the Cynical Optimist
Like to know what they take my
mouth for anyway"
For an invitation probably" laug
ed the Little Woman.
II WISH" growled the Cynical OPP
timist, "that blamed phonograpf
would let up on The Holy City,
hate The Holy Cityl'"-Chicage
Record Herald.
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the Japan current, were of consider
able Importance in view of the prac-
ticability of furnishing at least
part of the food supply of the popula-
ton which the varied resources of
Alaska seem likely to sustain and make
permanent. These observations and
experiments lead those who have par
ticipated in them to the belief that
vegetables in great variety can be pro-
duced all along the southern coast and
in the valley of the Yukon, and by
some the possibility of the successful
production of wheat and oats is strong
ly supported.
The grasses for the support of cattle
are abundant, and the experiment
with five stock thus far justify the
belief that this feature of the food re-
quirementso of Alaska may be furnished
by the development of stock farms in
the southern sections. In the north
vast areas are covered with a moss
similar to that upon which the REIN
deer thrives in other parts of the arc
tic regions, and in view of this fact
the introduction of reindeer from ST.
IBERIA was begun few years since and
has proved extremely successful,
about 1900 now being distributed
through northwest Alaska, and the ex-
pertinent has advanced sufficiently to
Justify the confident belief that the
reindeer viii within few years prove
an important feature in furnishing
both the transportation and food sup
ply of northern and northwestern
Alaska.
The gross area of Alaska is, accord
ing to the 1900 census, SOC, S04.
The Governor of Alaska in a re-
cent report states that this is
equal to the combined area of the 20
states, of Maine. New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
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GRANDMA.

Grandma sits in her rocking chair,
Watching the sun go down.
There's yellow glow in her snow-white
hair
As she sits on the porch In the open air,
That seems like a golden crown.
Watching the clouds with dreamy eyes
wonder what Grandma sees?
is she watching the picture in the Skies
That change and fade as the sunlight dies
Above the distant trees?
All her life she has done her best
To walk In the narrow path;
Which leads to the mansions Of the blest,
Where longing hearts find peaceful rest,
In never-ending day.
And now she Is old and her work is done,
Her treasures safe on high.
The sands of her life are almost run;
Her earthly battles are fought and won,
And Heaven draweth nigh.
What does she see In the summer sky,
Watching the suns last ray?
A shining path to her home on high
That brighter grows as the days 70 by,
And ends In perfect day.
Frank Beard, in Rams Horn.
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ChIereforn, a.d GasIIshf.

In general the profession in this
country is united in the belief that
ether is much more satisfactory
anaesthetic than chloroform. A not
inconsiderable number, however. pre-
fer chloroform. particularly under es--
pecial circumstances, and some opera
tors who have no well-equipped elm
ics at their command tend to use chlo-
reform when working by artificial
light, and particularly in ill-equipped
houses. 1t is, however, known by
most pharmscclogists and by many
others that chloroform has dangers
when used by artificial light, but this
fact is by no means generally recog-
nized. = Persons have been killed by the
decomposition Of chloroform by gas
light. 1t has been attempted to over
come the danger Of the production of
this form of poisoning by placing soda
or borax solution or milk of lime in the
operating-room, but these methods
have been shown to be wholly insult
cient Philadelphia Medical Journal.
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coAcHMAN's BUTTONS.
some Supplied by nm Exclusive PHIL
adelphia Family Cost six Hun
dred Dollars . Set.

II it were generally known how val
liable are the buttons that servants
of Philadelphia's prominent families
wear upon their liveries new field
for the collectors energy might be
opened, says the New York CONNER
cial. The student of heraldry, too,
would find these buttons of great in
terest, for the family arms in their
most approved form are stamped on
many of them. Nor would the coll
lector's interest be the only value con-
nected with them. They are made Of
gold and silver and decorated in the
most artistic and expensive fashion
Alexander Van Rensselaer's, for in
stance, cost 5000 set. They are made
of solid silver, and, as an evidence Of
their quality, the good word "ster-
ling" is stamped in deep letters ON
their back. Alexander Van Rens-
selaer's town house is the imposing
structure of pale limestone that
stands on the northwest corner of
Eighteenth and Walnut streets. His
wife was Miss Drexel. His family is
one of the oldest in America. There
fore, on the silver buttons, the Van
Rensselaer, crest---a basket from
which flames issue-is embossed.
The buttons are in three sizes; one,
as big as half dollar, for the front
of a coachman's coat; another, as big
as a qSarter, for the coats back. and
a third, as big as dime, for the waist
coat, (
They are made by dextrous smith
in New Jersey, and their shanks have
a peculiar strength, for if they should
break or disappear it would be a seri.
GUS loss. Furthermore, they are
Lsewed upon the cloth in a peculiar
manner, with a very special sort OF
patent thread. Every care is taken,
in a word, to make them safe.
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In responding to the toast Science
at . banquet in New York recently
President Pritchett, of the Nassachu-
sets Institute of Technology, told
this story: ~In Boston school the
other day q teacher said to small
boy: who won the battle Of New Or
leans7' why Jim Corbett. Of course,
was the answer. How did that hap
pen?' asked the teacher. thinking to
set the boy right He WON was the
prompt reply, because he had mere
science than the other guy. "-Chi'
ego Chropjele4
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TEN YEARS.
OF PROGRESS
BY DR.. Il. "A. Crandot1,
Pastor Memorial Baptist Church, Chicago.


which compels respect of all civilized nations The Spanish
consequences forced upon whether would
place among nations which decide world
No hands upon the dial force nation
into the place which it occupied decade ago.
religious world these have been of and
ion have been udey questioned and
them Things which have fancied essential
Christian religion have been tested and modified
my city the publication of the Chicago river type6es
process which has been going in civic e We far
enough still from the millennium but better than
years ago. ignore underestimate the progress
caring for endless children, securing
honest men for our common council
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Miss Billy
ums act as If it was severe blow
when she didn't get the prince" Belle
Eyes; she took the count. Phila-
delphia Record.
whats the matter with JimsonY
Doctor says it's complication.
Played ping-pong, golf, bicycled and
got motor car, and the four kinds OF
faces were too much for him. Lon
don Answers.
Eezymark-"A lady told my fortune
yesterday, and she said would meet
with financial reverse" Sceptick-
"And did your" Eezymark-"Sure!
She charged me $e."--Ohio State Jour-
nal.
Troubled with dyspepsia, are you?
Did you ever try any of my medicine -
asked the druggist. "Oh, yes; but it
wasn't that that gave it to me. ] had
it long before took any of your stuff. !"
-Yonkers Statesman.
"By the way" reminded the curious
inquirer, whats synonymous ex-
preston for talking shop?'" swell. =
replied Joakley, there's 'tonsorial
emporium and haircutting parlor.'"
Philadelphia Press.
Hangin' On.-Lariat Luke-"What
became of that hanger-on frum tn
east?" Horrible Hank-"He's still
hangin' on" Lariat Touchdown at
the Red Eye saloon?" Horrible Hank
NAV; hangin' on tew a cottonwood
tree at tn edge of town."-Ohio State
Journal
The Point of Difference.-"Youd don't
mean to cite your government as an
example of republic" well" an
swered the South American dictator
'there's only one little difference be
tween our republic and yours. Instead
of elections we have revolutions"
Washington Star.
Two Sinners.-'sIt is very wrong t.
tell falsehood." said his mother tt
little Jimmie, who had caught him in
one. ''Then we're both offul sinners
amt we, maw?' queried Jimmie
Both! What do you mean?r "Why
you told Missus Smith yesterday thai
you hoped she'd call again, an aftel
she wuz gone you said you wishes
she'd never come again. Ohio Stat'
Journal.
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In the light of modern inquiry
there seems to be no reason for be-
lieviug that mushrooms possess any
greater food value than other ordi-
nary fresh vegetable foods, and in
many respects they compare unfavor-
ably with them, says the Lancet.
Still. the fresh, tender mushroom is
undoubtedly easily digestible, and, as
II contains carbohydrates in addition
to some dletetic value. The value is
not comparable with that possessed
hy essestial foods such - meat milk
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THOUGHT GUN BEwITCHED.
why the ola Negro Threw 1t Away
and Would Not Touch 1t
Again.

A story is told of Uncle Washington
Harris, one of "Marse Clay's niggers
afore de war;" who remained on the
plantation after he was set free. He
was considered power among the
negroes, being somewhat of local
preacher, says the New York Tribune,
but ne said: Use jist a>exhortioner
'mong de congregation"
Once when Uncle "Wash" was 'ex-
hortioning 'mong de congregation"
the Ku Klux came after him, and. as
the old man hurriedly beat an exit
through window, one Of the Ku Klux
got the tail of his Prince Albert coat,
that "Marse Clay" mad given him, and
which the old darkey was very proud
Of. From that time Uncle "Wash" al
ways carried an old long-barreled
shotgun.
The neighbors were in the habit of
meeting at night at Sob" Clay s coun-
try store to tell yarns and talk about
the crops. Uncle "Wash' and sev-
eral other old colored men. were al
ways present, sitting on nail kegs .
respectable distance behind ode white
folks to hear de yarns.r On these oc.
casions Uncle "Wash" always left his
gun in the rear of the store.
One night "Buck" Allen. who never
was tired of playing jokes on the, old
man, got his gun. and, after drawing
| the shot from it. loaded II with pow
der and PHOSPHORUS wood as wad-
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and eggs. The mushroom, however,
contains an unusual proportion of
potassium salts. Few will deny that
the mushroom is an excellent adjunct
to many dishes; it has an appetizing
flavor, and this quality alone makes
it dietetically valuable.
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Barkley-Poynter's greyhound was
awarded prize Of SO for perfect form
Of the dog show.
Barker-Yes: and then the ladies'
humane society had Poynter arrested,
and be was fined so for shaping his
dog with cossets. Judge,
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Sylvia I'm surprised to hear that
Isabel married young Dashington af-
ter declaring that he wasn't good
enough for her.
Phyllis-Yes, but later she declared
that he was too good for any other
girl, SO she married him out Of sheer
sympathy Chicago Daily News.
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1t is only by comparing yes
tefday with to-day that we discov-
er which way we are going. Ten
years ago we cut little. figure in
the family of nations. To-day no
world power sways larger influ-
ence. We have come not only to
industrial supremacy, but to a rec
Mower County transcript., 1902-02-12


mo auxiliary screw can 90 more
than eight or ten knots, believe
Mother and were In the Mediterrane-
an last year with one of the best. Let
us hire something faster. There must
be plenty Of steamers. will pay any
price gladly"
"Then we have no idea of what
course the Fleur-de-Lis has taken.'
''There are signal stations all along
the coast, l believe. We hear of ships
being reported every hour almost, as
long as they are in sight Of land"
"She will fly no signals and will Ger"
tainly get out of sight Of land"
"Oh, dear, dearv' l said, almost cry
ing with rage. "You only make diff.
eulties. It's too terrible to think OF.
1s there nothing you can suggest? :?
Have you no advice to give7 I shall
go and consult Sir Charles Collingham.
He is man in authority, and can help,
l believe. l shall tell him what you
have discovered"
"Well, miss, let's each go our own
way. But, see here. Take this. I've
noted down description Of the Fleur-
de-Lts just as got it from the dock
yard. It's the only guide you'll have
In tracing her, for she won't fly her
number, you bet"
Mower County transcript., 1902-02-12
Order TO Examine Accounts,
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower I.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower.
In Probate Court,
General term, February g. 1902
In the matter of the estate of Julia Weber,
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition Of Julius
Weber, executor of the estate of Julia
Weber deceased; representing, among Other
estate, and praying that time and place be
fixed for examining. and allowing the final
account of his administration, and for the as
signment Of the residue Of said estate to the
parties entitled thereto by law.
1t is ordered, that said account be examined
and petition heard by this Court, on Monday
ten o'clock a. m. at the probate Office in the
city of Austin in said county.
And it Is further ordered, that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested. by publish
ing this order once in each week, for three sue
cessiye weeks prior to said day of hearing, II
the MOWER COUNTY TRANSCRIPT, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at the city o
Austin In said county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, the third day
of February, A. D. 1902.
By the Court: SIS WASHBURN,
iSeal] Judge of Probate.
fPubl. Feb. 5, IL, 1911
Mower County transcript., 1902-02-12
Notice of Lis Pendens.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County Of Mower.
In District Court, Tenth Judicial District.
Franklin Walter Adams, Plaintiff, vs., Hannah
E. Leverich,. Sarah G.. Leverich, James B.
Leverich; Sylvester Leverich, Lillian c. Lev
erich, Lila Delta Leverich, d. B. Vaughan.
E. 6. Vaughan, !: G. Vaughan, B. K
Vaughan, Maria Wilder. Betsy Smith Eliza
beth Vaughan, A. B. VAUGHAN, W, B.
Vaughan, Leman Vaughan, Addie Russell, A.
w. Vaughan, Amos B. Wood 81. & Wacbiin.
Frank Pagel, Joseph Bolcom and Addie c..
Hersey; also all other persons or parties un-
known claiming any right, title, estate, lien
or interest IN the real estate described in the
complaint herein, Defendants of Lis
Pendens.
Notice is hereby given, that an action has
been commenced in this court by the above
named plaintiff aga inst the above named de-
PENDANTS, to determine the estate, title, lien
named named and designated, in and to the
following described premises, to confirm
and quiet the estate and title Of the plaintiff
therein and to obtain judgment declaring void
such estate, title, or interest of each of said
defendants;
The premises affected by said action are stu.
ated in the County of Mower and State of Min
nesota and are described as follows, to.Wit: :
The north twenty mine (29) feet of the south
ninety-fve 1851 feet of lots one ~ and two (2)
IN block four (D of the Original Village of Aus
tin, Minnesota.
Dated this 21st day of December, A. D. 1901.
SHEPHERD & CATHERWOOD,
Plaintiffs Attorneys,
Austin, Minnesota.
Publ. Jan. 20 to March 5)
Mower County transcript., 1902-02-12
SUMMONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA.

STATE OF MINNESOTA,
County of Mower
In District Court, Tenth Judicial District,
+. Leverich, Sarah c. Leverich. James B.
Leverich, Sylvester Leverich, Lillian o. Lev
erich, Lila DeEt Leverich, 81 B. Vaughan,
E. e: Vaughan, J. G. Vaughan, B. <,
Vaughan, Maria Wilder, Betsey Smith, Eliza
beth Vaughan, A. B. Vaughan, W. B.
Vaughan, Leman Vaughan, Addie Russell, A.
W Vaughan. Amos 3. Wood, 81. q. Wachlin.
Frank Pagel, Joseph Bolcom and Addie c..
Jersey; also all other persons or parties un-
known claiming any right, title, estate, lien
or interest in the real estate described in the
=, complaint herein, Defendants-Sum mons.
IHE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE ABovn
NAMED DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required
TO answer the complaint of the plaintiff
IN the above entitled action, which COM
plaint has been filed in the Office of tn
Glerk OF said District Court, at the City of Aus
t1nl county OF Mower and State of Minnesota,
ana ana to Sc serve W copy Of your answer to said com
@ plant on the subscribers at their Office in the
C!ty OF Austin, tn the said County of Mower.
within twenty (s0) days after service of this
summons upon you exclusive of the day of such
service; and it you fail to answer the said com
plant within the time aforesaid the plaintiff in
this action will apply to the Court for the relief
demanded IN said complaint.
Dated this 21st day Of December. A. D. 1901
SHEPHERD & CATHERWOOD,
Plaintiff g Attorneys,
Austin, MinResota