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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03
Paganini OutdOne.

L
The piece on the programme which
entertained me the most was g. per-
Torrance on the violin. It had just
begun as Ientered the room. Thep per-
former was a handsome young fellow,
dressed in a grotesque suit of many
colors, and he was talking away to the
audience as I came in in a very ami
mated manner. It seemed, as nearly
as could understand him, that he had
lost his violin bow and unless he could
find some substitute forit he could not
do his part in the concert. Did any
of his audience happen to have vio-
lin bow with them? No! Well, that
was too bad! Would anything else
do instead of a bow? Couldn't some
body lend him something? etc. OF
course this was all made up. The OBJ
ject OF the violinist was to get hold of
some nondescript objects with which
he could play on his violin instead of
a bow, and so show his skill, and all
his talk was simply to entertain his
audience so much the more. Present.
ly some one handed him up visiting
card-a common, plain visiting card.
The violinist took it, looked at it amo-
ment inquiringly, tried it's edge with his
finger and then applied the edge to the
strings of hisinstrument. 1t answered
the purpose very we'll and he played
quite nice tune. At the end there
was a burst of applause. Then he
called for something else-to see, he
said, if he could not do a little better.
An officer of the army, who was sit
ting near the stage, passed up his
sword and with the sword for a. bow
the clever young violinist, after a mo-
ment or two's experimenting, played
another nice tune, over which there
was more applause, louder than be-
fore. Then he handed the sword back
to the officer and asked for something
else. A lady handed him up an UNI
brella. An umbrella? How could any
one play on the violin with an UNI
brella But this man did. He opened
the umbrella and, finding a smooth
place a few inches in length on the
handle, went to work with it with ease
and succeeded surprisingly we'll. The
applause when finished was heartier
than ever and what had been before q
scene OF mere amusement on the part
of the audience seemed to rise into
something like admiration.
And now the violinist good-natured-
ly offered to try once more. And what
do you think was handed up to him
this time? A shoe; an old shoe! Sure
he would have to give up now. For a
moment he looked as if he would. A.
ter examining the shoe with care a
moment, the violinist found a place
on the inner side, between the heel and
the toe, where the projecting sole fur
nished a short, sharp edge. When he
had found that and felt it with his
finger, he looked up with pleased ex,
preston, as if to say, guess that will
do. And do it did; for with the shoe
for violin bow he went on and
played tripping tune that set every
body's feet a-going, and when he had
finished filled the room with deafen-
ing round OF applause. With a low
bow and pleasant smile, in a moment
he was gone.
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The Latest Gard Trick.

From the LONDON sporting News
On the way to Goodwood races the
compartment of a carriage was occu-
pied by an elderly. Frenchman, a man
who knew his way about town, and
four others, whose profession was soon
indicated by the production OF three
cards, which one OF the four began to
manipulate on the folded coat he had
put on his knees. The game went on
in the old familiar fashion, aimed at
the man about town, who, however,
was a student of jerks, and was not
easily to be had: The old Frenchman
was reading "Gil Bias" but presently
his curiosity was aroused, and he be-
gan to play. At length the other man,
the intended victim, felt certain he
knew the right card, bet flyer on it,
turned it up and won. The card
sharper cheerfully dealt again, but
was met with the quiet answer, .'No,
thank you. No more. don't think
I could do it again" Bluster and per.
suasion were equally useless, and
when the train stopped at Drayton
the four rascals got out, leaving the
old Frenchman and the winner alone.
The latter, happening to turn round,
saw tears in the foreigners eyes, and,
in answer to an inquiring look, the old
man said, "Those men have won all
nv money-fool that was to gamble
with them for do not believe they
played honorably. I feel sure there
was connivance and fraud! but l sus-
pected it too late" ''They are card
sharpers, of course, and the game is q
trick" replied the other. $50 now
see; but my blindness is a sad matter
to me. 1 was going on to France,
where have pressing family business;
but there is no hope for it. am pen
niless and l must wait. The conse-
quences will be very grave for me; but
/ deserve it," The old mans distress
was so deep that as they approached
Chichester, the other put his hand in
to his pocket, and took out the flyer.
ssLook here" he kindly said, you'd
better take this; won it from them,
and l can do very well without it. -
The Frenchman protested; but pres
entity took the money with grateful
thanks. But he did not 60 to France.
On the contrary, he joined his four
companions at Goodwood, and re-
turned to town In the same carriage
with them in the evening. X.
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T!E1lPUs| ElIlUjaIr.


The years march on;-the silent tread
Recalls sweet mem RES of the dead,
Whose hearts were true.
Wen /" backward roll the tide Of time,
And raise those forms we thought sublime,
Whose voices never "failed to chime,
And hopes renew" 80
The mystic curtain OF the past
Gives but glimpee-perhaps the last
OF loved ones gone.
There is no past to youthful dreams,
The breath of morn is what it seems,
But noontide builds on fancied CLEANS,
Sometimes forlorn.
With thee the past is broad and long,
Thy mem'ry will recall the song
That friends oft sang.
So ringing still within thy ears
1t brings responsive hopes and fears
And days long past-and coming years,
In hope they sprang.
The future has no seeming dread
To one who lives with arms outspread
To reach the golden gate,
To dwell where heavenly joys are thine
A pilgrim to that glorious shrine
Where earthly cares thou wilt resign,
And God will consecrate.
May health and every blessing find
Within thy breast joys unconfined,
While life is given.
Thou didst not ask for wealth or store,
Thy wants arefew. But little more
Will serve thy needS-as years pass DER
Now eighty-seven.
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AYERS PILLS.

A large proportion of tho diseases which
cause human suffering result from derange-
Ment of tho stomach, bowels, and liver
AYERS CAruARrIc PILLS act directly upol.
tneso organs, and are especially designed to
cure the diseases caused by their derange,
ment, including Constipation, 1ndiges~
ton, Dyspepsia, Headache, Dysentery,
and host of other ailments, for all of
which they arc safe, sure, prompt, and
pleasant remedy. The extensive use of these
PILLS by eminent physicians in regular prac-
tice, shows Enthusiastically tho estimation III
which they are held by the medical profess
sion.
These PILLS are compounded Of vegetable
substances only, and are absolutely free from
calomcl Or any other injurious ingredient.
A Sufferer from Headache writes:
layers PILLS arc invaluable to me, and
are my constant companion. / have been
q severe sufferer from Headache, and your
for relief. One dose will quickly move my
bowels and free my head from pain. They
are the most effective and the easiest physic
have ever found. 1t is pleasure to me to
speak in their praise, and always do so
when occasion offers.
w. l.. PAGE, of W. l.. Page & Bro"
franklin St., Richmond, Va, June 3, 1882.
~ have used AYERS PILLS in number
less instances as recommended by you, and
have never known them to fail to accomplish
the desired result. We constantly keep them
on hand ut our home, md prize them as
pleasant, safe, and reliable family medicine.
FOR DYSPEPSIA they are invaluable.
IT. HAYES"
NIexia, Texas, June II, 1882.
Tho REV. FRANCIS B. HARLowE, writing
from Atlanta, Ca, says: "For some years
past have been subject to constipation,
from which, in spite of the use Of medi-
cines of various kinds, suffered increasing
Inconvenience, until some months ago
began taking AYERS PILLS. They have
entirely corrected the costive habit, and
have vastly improved my general health"
AYERS CArnAnr1c PILLS correct irregu-
laritics of the bowels, stimulate tho appe-
tito and digestion, and by their prompt and
thorough action give tone and vigor to the
whole physical economy.
PREPARED by
Dr.. J.C.Ayer&Co Lowell, Mass.
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plication Of his theory TO the practical
purposes of his race, for with the
heavens cob-webb bed with electric wires
the kite becomes an effete and useless
toy. It seems to me, now that we
have all the facts before us, that the
Philadelphia philosopher served the
kite flyers g very scurvy trick in put
ting the lightning in harness.1 But
there is the peg-top, the go-cart and
cross-bow, all contrivances which any
boy might amuse himself with without
discredit, virtually relics of another
epoch. I cannot believe that when
you and were boys we were anv less
manly than youngsters of this century,
but one would think, like Caesar, ali
males are now born with teeth, they
are so exclusively wise in their genera
tion.-New York Cor. Syracuse Jour-
nal.
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Do not tempt me, z he said hoarse.

ooh, Chester, . she said, .swhen /
have SO much money why are you so
cruel and so proud :"
81 cannot 20 back to q life of ease
and dependence" he answered, tteven
with you, dear love, to brighten it.
Bless you for coming to me, Marion!
Bless you for showing me all noble
woman can be! The memory of this
hour will tighten all future years."
"Chester, you do not understand
MT" she persisted. "Iwill forget that
I have a single dollar in the world ex-
cept what you give me. share what
ever home you offer me-even this.
For better, for worse, darling, we
pledge ourselves as sacredly as though
already we stood before Gods altar.
In Gods sight I am your wife. Iclaim
my right to share your dark days as
well as those on which the sun of
prosperity may shine"
He strove to answer but his voice
broke. She had conquered, but,
womanlke, she gave him the glory of
her victory, as she sobbed out her
happiness upon his heart.
A month later there was a. quiet
wedding, at which there were neither
flowers, nor bridesmaids, nor music,
but Marion Willoughby missed moth
ing. It was only after the ceremony
had been performed that Chester
showed her a document which
had been his wedding gift from
the firm he had served so faithfully,
and which admitted him as junior
partner from that date. But she
smiled half sadly as she looked at it
through mist of tears.
1You said once, dear" she whispered,
1'That flowers to live, needed sunlight.
My darling, had not then made the
wonderful discovery that love made
sunlight everywhere. With your heart
my home, be it's outward adornment
what they will, I envy no king his
palace or queen her throne"
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Dog Farming.

We find the following in the Rural
World: It would be we'll at this sea-
son of the year for every farmer to get
his wits together and figure up the
profits of dog farming. It is said that
a man in good circumstances usually
keeps dog, poor man will keep two
or three, and a very poor man usually
keeps g. pack of dogs. The young
lambs that die and the after-birth
of the ewes attract these worthless
ours, and the flock is often frightened
so as to cause serious loss. It is at
this season of the year that the depre-
dations of dogs usually occur. They
carry off many of our best lambs. In
some sections Of the country it is
found Improbable to raise lambs on
account of the damage by dogs.
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A Profitable Milk Yield.

In reply to the query "What quaint
ty of milk should a COW give to be
considered profitable" a we'll known
dairyman answers $4,000 pounds
$500 pounds for the first 100 days,
1000 pounds in the 100 days follow
ing and 700 pounds between the COM
pletion of that time and drying off.
Prof. Brown, of Canada, in reply to a
similar question, puts the figures at
1000 pounds for 2CO days and as
much as possible in the subsequent
1876 days, and that every 100 pounds
OF milk should make three and one
half pounds of butter. Leaving out
of consideration the performances of
phenomenal COWS, accurate records
are at hand of native COWS with rec
ords of from 6, 500 to 1000 pounds in
the season, which shows that a steady
advance is being made in the yield OF
our cows. The improvement is very
slow, and will continue to be until
farmers raise their best heifer calves
from their best COWS, and have the
sire with a mother of milking strains
to more perfectly establish the milking
habit Farmer and Fruit Grower.
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FARM GARDEN And HONE.
stay with tho Mother.

1tAy with tho Mother.
We We stood tool IN the press Ct the terry gate
Watching the great boat plunge and strain
Through aroaring chaos Of ice and rain:
OF the turbulent food tide thuuderine in,
Over the fret OF the restless crowd,
A young voice carrolng sweet and loud,
Rose for moment, and beat the air
20 feet that are fain to go astray,
Stay with the mother when her hair turns grayv'
Only the words of worn quatrain,
With pitiful plea in it's sad refrain:
Only q lad's voice, sweet and strong,
Trolling the catch of q threadbare song.
The touch that maketh the whole world kin,
Qu1ckened and warmed to Hndlier mood
The hearts OF the listening multitude,
Crept with q tender, If transient grace
Like glfmmer of morning, from face to face,
As the tired and shivering crowd made way
For the pale little woman whose hair was gray.
The world may be crowded with SORROW and
But sweet human nature still thrives every
No matter how careless and callous it seems,
Absorbed in it's. pleasures, its gold-gettine
There are warm, living impulses lurking know,
A breath Of the south wind, chance sunny ray
Through some rift in the cloud, may release and
Z
Beneath the cold guise it may please us to don
All unconscious, it may be, some filament fine
Reaching out, links us still to the Nature Divine.
There's an instrument locked in each-owrld
hardened breast,
Whose compass may never be proven or guessed;
But the dominant chord of its grand master key,
In the score of existence is sweet sympathy.
Oh! in spite of the corrosion of tears,
OF the rust and the dust of our work-a-day
years,
Though on our hearts altar the ashes maybe
Like the dead roses dropt from all summer gone
by,
| In the gamut of life those electrical chords
Breath q music that may not be fashioned to
words;
But the magical something that beats i'll each
breast
| Ever thrills and responds to the highest and
best,
AS the heart of the multitude echoed that day
"Stay with the mother when the hair turns
gray!"
! Emma Alice Browne in New York LEDGER
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Pruning Growing Vines.

Now, bear this in mind: One of the
most successful exhibitors OF grapes in
England told me that "a man should
be able to carry all the laterals and
shoots he took off growing vinein his
waist-coat pocket" I consider this
OF great moment. l once saw splen-
did house of grapes spoiled by the
check given in cutting off lot of
shoots and laterals all at once, instead
OF giving quarter of an hour occa-
sionally and pinching off the laterals
when they were small; they had been
allowed to run, and then the gardener
went at it with his knife, and almost
every bunch in that house shanked, or
shriveled, in consequence.-Vick's
Floral Guide.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

AN English paper, describing the
American cowboy, says, "Let us take
the life Of a cowboy about the first oil
April" Our transatlantic friend will
have to draw his weepins mighty sud
den to do this.-BOstOn Transcript.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

V0IlNn All experience the wonderful
beneficial effects Of
T Mnn "ro Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Children with Sore Eyes, Soro
AGEU. Ears, or any scrofulous or syph-
little faint, may be made healthy and strong
by its use.
Sold by all Druggists; 81, six bottles for 8
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

PUTTEE cloth is an East Indian fab
ric which promises to be very stylish,
as there is only a limited importation
of it. Puttee is a soft, rather coarse
wooden fabric with very pleasant
texture.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

When Baby was sick, we gave her Casio.
RIA,
When she was Child, she cried for CAS-.
TORIA,
When she became Miss, she chung to CAS-.
TORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them
CASTORIA.
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Y001R Ma0.00AA ne

Tn VoIRAlo BELT Co., OF Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELHoTRo- Vo1rA1e
BELT and other ELIo1R1o A1111Axors on trial
for thirty days, to men Ooung or old) oflicted
with nervous debility loss Of vitality and man.
hood, and all kindred troubles. Also for rheu.
matism, neuralgia, paralysis, and many other
diseases Complete restoration to health, vigor
and manhood guaranteed. No risk il incurred
as thirty days trial is allowed. Writo them ct
once for illustrated pamphlet frea.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

THE New York Legislature has
passed bill to regulate the height OF
buildings according to the width of the
street. No building is to be allowed
more than eighty feet high.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-06-03

"THF ClIRRFNT" Gf9M4 ..s4A o, -sssss%.
. Journal of our time.
Clean. perfect, grand! Over COO brilliant contrib
Ntors Il yearly; NO.. $25O. Buy it at your news
dealer's-Sand 10 cents for sample copy.
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A Good Cup of Coffee.

at is one of the simplest things in
the world" said Miss Corson in her
lecture yesterday afternoon, "to make
good cup of coffee, and this can east
ly be accomplished by applyinga little
common sense. Ii you put boiling
water on coffee, and do not let it boil, "
she continued, ''you have all the good
qualities preserved. One reason dys-
peptics cannot drink coffee is because
it is boiled. The style of coffee pot is
just a matter Of fancy. l have made
as good coffee in an old tomato can as
I have ever slipped from cup filled
from the finest French coffee urn. We
should take lessons in this matter
from the Turks and Arabians who
grind their coffee to a fine powder.
'When the coffee is ground as fine as
possible put it in a little bag of un-
bleached muslin, which should be tied
tightly enough to prevent the escape of
the grounds. Hyou use a cup of un-
ground coffee you can make over a
quart of very strong, black coffee. In
making coffee many people sacrifice
flavor for strength. Bitterness comes
from boiling. When boiling water is
placed on the bag of ground coffee it
should stand at least three minutes
before serving. Remember, the longer
it stands the stronger it becomes. Be
careful not to allow the watered coffee
to boil.
"a favorite mixture of Coffee" said
Miss Corson, in answer to a lady in
the audience, "is Mocha and Java, in
the proportion of two parts of the lat
ter, which is less expensive, to one of
former" -Phizadezphia News.
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Whore Are the Whistlors?

tWhat has become Of the whistlers ?"
I cannot say for the life of me whether
they have gone, for hunt high and hunt
low, they are not to- be found splitting
the air with notes like chanticleer as
was their wont when most of us were
in roundabouts. As my correspond
ent intimates the race of whistling
boys, for the music is distinctly that
of boybood, has probably become ex-
tinct, for not once month does the
ear of the passer-by catch the dulcet
strain, or once have chance to curse
the mouth that gave it utterance.
You don't hear people out nights long
after bedtime whistling to keep up
their courage, as they used to do when
the towns depended on kerosene for
light, and were not patroled by relays
OF policemen. Whistling is rapidly be-
coming one of the lost arts. Manish-
ness is acknowledgement our youths so
fast that not many of the playthings
and pastimes SO popular with the boys
twenty years ago are in favor now.
Lads of fifteen whose indulgence in the
weed used to be of the most surrepti-
tious description, now puff tobacco
smoke under the very noses Of their
lenient papas. They play polo or lawn
tennis in preference to trundling q hoop
or knuckling down to marbles. Kite
flying, which even before the time OF
Benjamin Franklin, was q boys most
blissful exploit, eventually fell into de-
cadence one of the misfortunes of
discovery-as q direct result Of the APP
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III ISHLER'S
n, AERR
Differs

For many years it has been tested In
severe cases Of Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Malaria, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Weak
ness, Lassitude, etc., and invariably it has
given relief and cure. Thousands Of tssti-
monials have been given, and it il most
popular where best known.
j. o. steinheiser, Superintendent Of
tho Lancaster Co., Pa, hospital, writes:
II used it in . great many cases of dyspepsia,
kidney disease. liver complaint, rheumatism,
asthma and scrofula, and Invariably with best
resMtA"
F. Hoffman, of Circleville, Ohio, says:
"This is to certify that have had the dumb
Ague and by using one bottle Of Mishler's Herb
Htters complete cure has been effected"
MlSHLER HERB BITTERS CO.,
525 Commerce St., Philadelphia.
Parker Pleasant Worm Syrup Never Fails
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Helps those who help themselves. Nature
has provided herbs for the cure Of human
ailments and medical science has discov.
cred their healing powers, and the proper
combinations necessary tooonquer disease.
The result Of these discoveries and com.
binations il
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passionate, loving words 81 farewell,
the letter closed.
Two years passed, and the little
world which had known Chester Thor
ley so well knew him no more. He had
entirely disappeared. It was as
though the sea. had opened and swal-
lowed him up.
Marion Willoughby was ldarion
Willoughby still. If she suffered, she
made no sign; but those who had seen
the one sparkling stone, which had
been the pledge Of her engagement to
Chester Thorley, noticed that she wore
it still, and others, yet more narrow
watchers, observed that always when
she entered crowded room, she would
take a hasty glance around as though
expecting to find some onenot there.
She was yet but twenty-five, a belle
and a beauty still. The third winter
of his absence she went West to spend
several weeks with an aunt.
II cannot SPARE you" her father had
said when theinvitation came.
But she, going close to him and lay
ing her head for a moment on his
breast, said:
II think, papa, it would be best.''
They were simple words, but he in
terpreted them Alright. The wound
would not cease it's bleeding. She
wanted to 60 amid new scenes, so he
only kissed her and babe her remem-
Der that the old father awaited her re-
turn.