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Mower County transcript., 1890-07-30
An EXCELLENT SCHEME.
How IN Ohio Father Got Rid 0f seve
= TN Marriageable Daughters.

How ~ Ohio Father Got Rid of Seven
Marriageabls Daughters.
An Ohio man, the father OF seven
marriageable daughters-some of whom
were in danger Of getting somewhat too
far along to be marriageable-has been
praoticing recently with little o,dina-
ry everyday human nature, such as
may be found in the makeup Of all Of
us. This Ohio man had put up patient
~ with all the young men Of the country
around for years. They came to see tho
girls every night, sometimes three or
four a night, and on Sunday nights
there was always as much az one man
for each Of the seven girls. They just
had their steady company, as they say
In Ohio
All this was very pleasant to the girls
and boys, but it was expensive for the
old gentleman, and it ultimately be-
came very tiresome. AS none OF the
boys showed disposition to take any
OF the girls of his hands by marrying
them, he ordered them off. He felt that
things were altogether too convenient,
and that the girls were rated too cheap
~. Some of the young men showed
their utter worthlessness by giving heed
to these orders and treating them in
good faith. Others continued their
visits, but did their best to avoid the
old gentleman, and always enjoyed
themselves the more when they knew
he wasn't around.
He was not to be deceived, however,
and seeing that he had not much i'm
proved the chances of getting his girls
married, he created more obstacles. He
bought a number of unusually ferocious
dogs, and borrowed shotgun OF neigh
Dor, and gave notice that the first
young man that came fooling around
the house could have his choice of
being shot or eaten up by the dogs.
This scheme worked admirably, and it
had almost immediate effect. Within
three days two of the girls had run
away and got married. This so en-
oouraged the old gentleman that he
bought an extra dog and an increased
supply of ammunition for the shotgun.
The greater the difficulties, however,
the more determined the young men
were to have those girls, and the unde-
niable truthful statement is made tn at
within month not one of the young
ladies remained unmarried. They had
all got away in spite of the dogs and the
shotgun, just as the old gentleman had
doubtless foreseen would be the case
when they were made hard to get they
,re in demand. That is merely a
kind of human nature that most people
understand, out it isn't so effectively
practiced by every body.-Philadelphia
Press.
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WORKING THE CABLE.

How Messages to and from Europe Are
Sent and Received.
Although an ocean cable is in fact q
telegraph line, it is 50 differently con-
structed that the rules for working land
lines are almost entirely dissimilar.
With the first long cable, great diff
culties were encountered in sending
through them current of electricity of
sufficient power to record the messages
rapidly. The methods for overcoming
these difficulties, and in use at present.
are described as follows:
Keys which, when depressed, trans
nit positive and negative currents, are
employed at the sending station in con-
nection with the regulation battery.
The current of the battery does not pass
directly into the cable, but into con-
denser, which passes it into the sub
marine line.
This greatly increases the force of
the current used and serves to cut of
interfering ground currents,
The instrument first employed in re-
ceiving cablegrams was rejecting
galvanometer. Upon the magnet OF
this instrument is carried small
curved mirror. A lamp is placed before
the mirror and behind q screen in
which there is q vertical slit. Flashes
of light moving across this slit as the
needles moved from left to right in
dicated to the trained eyes Of the
operator the letters in the message be-
ing transmitted.
But this method of recording mes
sages was found to tax the eyesight of
the operator severely, few years.
work often rendering them almost
If not totally, blind. recognizing
the fact that there must be something
wrong with such . system. inventors
set about repairing the defect which
resulted in perfecting the syphon gal
vanometer, which has all but super.
seded all other receiving devices.
In the syphon receiver the move
ments Of the needle are recorded b3
means Of ink spurted from . fine tube.
This tube is attached to coil suspend.
ed between two fixed magnets, which
swings to the right or left as the pulsa,
tions pass through it The syphon gal.
vanometer is . great improvement is
not hard on the eyes, and enables the
operator to receive much more rapidly
than with the old fash receiver
Golden DAVIS $. u sz&
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he RAISED HIS TRUNK.

season when Old Tip got on his ear and
wanted to smash things, his keeper
would say:
81 wish we could run the old man
into river somewhere and give him
another round or two with raft.
"But the proprietors of the show
didn't wish for any thing of that kind.
It took all the profits of the show for a
town or two to pay for Old Tips wreck
ing of the two RATS, and l don't know
how much for damage claimed by the
panic-stricken crew. left the show
that season, but, if remembe correct
ly, Old Tip subsequently succeeded in
killing that same keeper, and then was
killed himself. But he was great old
elephant, all the same."-N. Y. Sun.
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ABOUT HALF WAY ACROSS.

to wade across. The time was early in
the morning, and when Tippo Sahib got
to the river bank he made the grand
kick of his life and refused to go any
further. He swung his trunk around
viclously and threateningly, tapped his
big ears, kinked his tail and roared and
worked himself into drst-class rage.
His keeper coaxed and prodded and prod
6ed and coaxed the old man killer for
more than an hour without succeeding
In inducing him to ad vance step, and
then concluded to risk the bridge. Tip
DO seemed to divine his keepers inten-
ton, and then his contrary spirit came
uppermost. He immediately made .
rush for the river and started for the
Pennsylyania shore at such rate
that he almost drowned the keeper with
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over, and they rested on their oars,
content to pass on. Tippo did not see
this raft until it had run down to q
point almost even with the spot where
he was standing. Then he caught sight
of it. He gazed at it for second or
two in annazement. It was as If he were
saying: IS :.
"'Whatl Another one want some o
me-?
"Then he raised his trunk, gave bel
low that made every thing rattle, and
charged down the bank for tho river
again. The men on the raft didn't wait
for subsequent proceedings, but jumped
into the water and never looked back
until they were safely landed high and
dry ON the New York shore. The de-
serted raft sped on. Tippo's keeper
flew around like crazy man to stop the
charge of the elephant, so suddenly en-
ragged again, but II Old Tip hadn't ap.
parently made up his mind, after reach
ing the waters edge, that the raft was
too big coward for him to bother with,
and that he could give vent to his feel
ings sufficiently by hurling defiant and
derisive roars at it, the keeper couldn't
have kept him back any more than he
could have stopped cyclone.
1.-The second raft ran on the rocks
some distance below and was wrecked
and Tippo didn't raise another objec.
tion to proceeding on his journey. in
fact, he was in rather jolly mood all
the wav to Milford, and so thoroughly
was he pleased with his work that day
that his keeper had no trouble with
him for week afterward. All that
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TOLD BY STANLEY.
Tho Explorers Fox Terrier Randy and
the Guinea Fowl.

Tho Explorers Fox Terrier Randy and
the Guinea Fowl.
We were sitting conversing about our
llSspects, discussing the probabilities
of our couriers reaching some settle
ment on this day, or the next, and the
time that it would take them to return,
and they desired to know whether in
my previous African experience. had
encountered any thing as grievous as
this.
mo, not quite SO bad as this" I re-
piled. I'VE have suffered. but not to
such an extremity as this. Those nine
days on the way into 1turu were
wretched. On our flight from Bumbire
we certainly suffered much hunger, and
also while floating down the Congo to
trace its course our condition was much
to be pitied; we have had a little Of
something, and at least large hopes,
and if they die where are we? The
age of miracles is past, it is said. but
why should they be? Moses drew water
from the rock at Horeb for the thirsty
Israelites. OF water we have enough
and to spare. Elijah was fed by ravens
at the brook Cherith, but there is not
a raven in all this forest. Christ was
ministered unto by angels. wonder
if any one will minister unto us?"
just then there was q sound as of, q
large bird whirring through the air.
Little Randy, my fox terrier, lifted up
= foot and gazed inquiringly; we turned
our heads to see, and that second the
bird dropped beneath the jaws of Randy,
who snapped at the prize and held it
fast in q wise as of iron.
'"There, boys" said, truly the gods
are gracious. The age of miracles is
not past" and my comrades were seen
gazing in delighted surprise at the
bird, which was fine fat guinea fowl:
1t was not long before the guinea fowl
was divided, and Randy, its captor, had
his lawful share, and the little doggie
seemed to know that he had grown in
esteem with all men, and we enjoyed
our prize each with his own feelinga-
Henry NJ. Stanley, in Scribner.
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P,TH AND POINT.

=. f.
Tho Enumorator Cunning baek)-
zone question more, Mr.. Blank"
swell, out with it, "Are you single
or Observation-Disclosures Press.
"A Trained Horse---'.Bus don't you
see how that horse limps9" Dealer
"You call that limping? He is thor
oughly trained horse and is only bowins
to you "-Fliegende Blatter.
First Tramp-"Are you boardin' on
de American or de European plan nova
days, Jerry?'' Second Tramp-"Pm
boardin' on de installment plan, most
ly."-Terre Haute Express.
~ declare, Tom,'' said the fond
mother, ''the baby is the very image of
you" And the papers next day chron-
icled mysterious disappearance."-
Puck.
-Visitor-1 suppose your daughter is
busily preparing for her wedding7
Mother-Yes, she is up in her room now
destroying her old letters. s.-Life.
Tile rich people have saw-logs of things
that arc nice,
While poor people get but splinter.
The rich peoples houses in summer have
ice
And tho poor peoples have 1t all winter.
Chicago Herald.
'Rnstus, where are those two
.ckens had in the cellar?' "Dunno,
sah! Perhaps as twas very cole night,
they done got froze. an then melted
away, just melted away, sah!'-Puck.
The London Lancet complains that
''disease turks in the BARRIERS mug"
That's all right, if it will continue to
lurk. But the difficulty is that it is
transferred to the customers mug.-N.
Y. Press.
-"How soon do you start on your
talked-of trip to EurOpe?" Il had to
give it up" "Why so?'' because my
wife went and ordered bonnet for the
voyage. and when the milliner's bill
came in it took all my money."-Ligbt.
Mrs. Megrim-''Lemuel,w what air
you a doin'?'' Mr.. Megrim-"Apple
iackin' these axles. If tn stuff makes
them wheels 60 tn way it did my head
last night, I'll get t. town in about five
| minutes Puck.
Fond Mother-"Why, child. what is
the matter with you? Your clothes are
all covered with ashes" Advanced In
fant-''We have been studying mythol-
ogy, and I played Phoenix. / had to
rise up out of the ashes.' .'-Texas Sift-
ings
| -Hicks-'I saw Miss Whatshername
to-day. You know her we'll enough;
that plump little curly-haired girl that
used to live in your street can't recall
her name just now" Hicks-'Nor she
either. She was married last week.
Boston Transcript.
Butcher Boy-''Any thing else to
take out?'' Butcher-''Yes. This ten
pound roast is to go to Mr.. Wealthy's
residence, and this other ten-pound roast
is to go to Mrs. Slimdiet's boarding
house. Now don't get them mixed, or
we'll lose two customers"-N. Y.
Weekly.
Eastern Weaklings-Miss Gotham
''Why do these Westerners call Eastern
people tenderfeet?'' Returned Tourist
because Eastern people can't walk
forty miles into the country to look at
a $40 suburban lot without feeling
tired. IN. Y. Weekly.
Mrs. Selfmade-"John, why don't
you promote some of the worthy young
men in the store? You never give any
of them any advancement" Selfmade
-"Humph! I reckon they get as much
as they are worth" Mrs. Selfmade-
''But my dear, why not be of some bene-
fit to real merit?" Selfmade
sense. Was real merit ever of any
benefit to me?''
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AN ANCIENT ORGAN.

Six Hundred Years Old.
At Kioto young Japanese intro
duced himself, saying that he under
stood was an admirer of Japanese
lacquer, and desired to show me fine
piece of it of ancient workmanship. It
proved to be fine specimen of the
''sho." some six hundred years old. Its
history, authenticated. by documents,
shows that it was mAde by Bodaisan
Teishun in the twelfth century for a
Prince of Kaga. The artist made two
of them, the other one becoming the
property of the imperial family. The
instrument shown me came finally into
the hands OF a Buddhist priest belong
ing to the temple of CHI On-ln in Kioto,
who, now retired, seeks to dispose of it.
The Japanese claim the sho to have
been invented in Japan many centuries
ago. A Hoo bird, mythical creature,
a sort of hugo bird of paradise, one day
flew down from Heaven into the i'm
perial palace and sung sweetly; a
genius, hearing this, sought to initiate
it by making musical instrument
which would produce, when played
upon, the song of the Hoo bird. The
gods heard his prayers and hence the
origin of the sho
The facts are that this instrument is
of Chinese origin, dating back on record
to seven hundred years before Christ.
In China tits called ''cheng," and is the
first known of all free reed instruments.
From it, through Russia, came the
church organ about three centuries ago,
and since that the various forms of the
accordion, concertina, fageolet melo.
deon and all other forms Of musical in
struments which employ q vibrating
reed, fixed at one end, made of wood or
metal. The melodeon, IN invention OF
Garhart, in Buffalo, New York, in 1S4S,
has enabled tho music-loving homes OF
America and Europe to enjoy the music
of the organ. 1t was in compact, port
able form and sold At little cost, and
was the origin of the many forms ot
family organs now so common.
The cheng, or sho, is cigar-shaped
instrument consisting of seventeen'hol.
low bamboo pipes of unequal length,
arranged in a. circle and inserted into
an air-chamber, which at first was a
simple gourd, but afterwards this air
chamber was made of wood and often
finely lacquered. The vibrating reed
in each pipe is In that part inserted in
the air chamber. A mouth-piece pro-
jects from one side of the chamber.
The instrument is held in both hands
upright in front of the face, the player
blowing into the moath-piece, tho hol'
low pipes all sounding at once, modified
by lingering the holes made in the
pipes, like those in flute, but placed
at irregular intervals.
1t is interesting to know that the
evolution of a grand cathedral organ
came from the simple note Of slip Of
bamboo which, whispering in the wind,
caught the ear Of some musical seer al
most 5000 years ago.-Detroit Free
Press.
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COMPLETE SELF.CONTROL.

Ono Of tho Fundamental Qualities in Any
Large and High Success.
There are few qualities which lie 50
directly within the reach of every man
and woman, because so Immediately the
yet there are few qualities which are
so generally lacking. Everybody has
certain amount of self-con troll, but
there are many people who compensate
themselves for the repression of their
energies on one side by giving them
full play on another. Self-control means
the entire mastery of ones nature;
means always having in hand all ones
powers; means sitting on the box and
driving instead of being driven. The
absence of self-control is seen in many
small ways: In the unconscious rising
Of the tones of voice in earnest talking;
in purely nervous gesticulation and
restlessness; in the inability to drop a
subject when we have gotten
through with it; in irritability,
and that subdued violence shown,
not in outbursts of temper, but in
little gusts of passion escaping here and
there. These are small things in them
selves, but many OF them are exceeding
ly irritating and disagreeable, and they
all involve really serious result-a
loss of nervous force. The heightened
tone of the voice, the incessant gesticu-
lation, the physical restlessness, are not
only unpleasant, but they involve just
so much needless expenditure of a force
of which few of us possess a super
abundance. Complete self-control is one
of the fundamental qualities in any
large and high success; for complete
self-control means that one has ones
self com mpletely in hand and is able to
address ones self exclusively to what
ever is necessary to be done at the mo-
ment. 1t is great mistake to infer
power from any kind of violence or rest
lessness. True power is allied with
composure, with calmness, with self-re-
straint; and real power is manifested
in restraint and composure and no
in violence of speech or action.
A man of nervous organization re-
Gently said that he had gained
immense benefit by simply watching
the modulations of his voice and per-
sistently resisting the inclination to
run into high tones. He had found not
only relief for the vocal chords, but a
steadiness and calmness of thought and
feeling which made him conscious of
the great blunder of wasting nervous
strength by suffering the vocal chords
to sympathize with an excited condition
rather than keeping them under steady
control. This is one illustration of the
possibility Of overcoming the common
forms of nervousness. To ''let ones
self go" is not only to lose force at a
particular point, but to invite reaction
along the whole line of physical express
sion, and so to continually stir up and
agitate, instead Of con tinually restrain
ing and calming. There are great
many people who lay these minor faults
on the shoulders of nervous tempera-
ment, and who do not know that nerv-
GUS temperament under control, is a
tremendous force, and that it is just as
susceptible Of being governed by the
will ae the grosser appetites or passions.
Christian Union.
I'll = s.
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The first steam vessel which sailed
ON the Mississippi was in 1910. and the
enterprise was considered extraordinary.
In 1926 the steam navigation on the
river had 80 improved in respect to
facility and quiokness that ffty-ons
boats, Of 9s, 918 tons. were employed.
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-30

The treasurer Of st. Clair County,
Mich, received an envelope the other
day containing 500 in money. 1t was
from some conscience stricken man, and
the only explanation inclosed was the
fact that the money wasn't bis.
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OUR GAME OF LIFE.

We each take turns upon an earthly field
Stand lwixt the pitcher Life and catcher Death,
Within our hands the club of Destiny .s
Beneath our eager feet the diamond Hopel
High or low balls Shall the grim catcher,
Death,
And Fate, the umpire. call us out on strikes
Before the first base Of our youth is gained!
Dr. shall we touch the goal and laugh to scorn
The quick in-hurling Of the wellsent ball?
suppose We gain the first; q brother comes
And In his hand now lies our veal or woe!
Should he. by lucky chance, so WELD the bat
That the good bail shall soar O. 'er flclders heads
And lose itself midst mustard plant and dock
Twere most mtraculous! And We are wise
II, now, We watch with cool, unblinking eyes
The nearest short-stop Necessity.
Home runs
But few Of US may hope for; II we creep
From base to base and watch each wary chance
We're doing pretty tolerably we'll
To score on singles even! Lucky we,
II liners fly not swift to fielders' hands
And send us to our durance on the grass,
Where, near by, Captain Cunning coaches men =!
The odds are great against us; for the ball
In taking downward curves escapes our sweep
And falls too often In the catcher's hands;
Or spite OF all our efforts, is o foul,
And we're caught out!
We ever start to play
The short nine innings Of our little lives
With visions OF great ballot many flies
Lost in the ether blue Of sunny skies,
And wake to see-a daisy-cutter jump
Low toward the waiting fielder Circumstance! {!
Oftimes the bats too heavy for our hands.
Or far too light for our great Jealous strength;
And though the diamond lures US ever on
The dust we make in scrambling for ench base
Fills our poor eyes and blinds us to our fate
And when We stand erect and see again
The Grand Stand OF this vast terrestrial sphere,
Lo! one fine ball is safe within the hands
OF stern Reorganization at our backs,
And our grim umpire, Fate, calls loudly
'Outw
Eva Best, in Detroit Free Press.
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Not Happily Expressed.

Opulent Pater-You will excuse my
saying it. but I understand you are ab>
solutely withoutmeans of your own.
Suitor (apologetically THAT is true
air, otherwise would not think Of ask
ling you for your daug Life
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Knowing.

Knowing.
Dick-What tremendous lot of candy
to send to girl-and homely one at
thatl
Jaok-Ahl my boy, I want to make
her 80 sick that she won't want to 60 to
the opera tonight. 1t will make diff
ference of twenty dollars, don't you
see?-Munsey's Weekly.
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A GREAT ELEPHANT.
A Chapter in the History of Tippo
Sahib, the Man < Her.
He Takes a Round Two Out Of Big
Raft just to Show How Stubborn
and Ugly He Can Be
His End.

E A DI N G the
stories a bou t
elephants in the
Sum-" said Billy
Manson, an old
circus man, put
me in mind Of
an exciting and
+ u n n Y expe-
rience we had
once with ia
nous old Tippo
Sahib. one the
Mower County transcript., 1890-07-30

the water hes splasned upon him. He
was mad all through. The bottom Of
the river was rough and stony and
the uncertain footing added to Old
Tips fury. The river was at what they
called rafting freshet. The elephant
had got about half way across the
stream, trumpeting savagely and
deluging himself and all around him
with showers of water, when suddenly
raft hove in sight above the ford. It
bore immediately down with its unsus-
pecting crew toward Tippo Sahib and
his mounted escort The ugly brute
saw the strengthening object ap-
preaching and he stopped and gazed at
it with angry surprise. Tippo had
travelled bit in his day and seen q
great many curious things. but he had
never seen raft before. He was In q
fighting mood and seemed to think that
a raft Of logs was about the thing for
him to tackle just then. Waving his
trunk and giving trumpet blast that
made the hills around there more than
echo, he turned his enormous front up
stream and awaited the charge of the
raft Tippo's keeper was in canoe,
which local oarsman was plotting
across for him, and he sank his prod in
the big beast with all his might and at
every vulnerable spot he could reach in
efforts to start the belligerent elephant
ahead and out of the rafting channel.
The only result was to increase Ola
Tips fury, if that were possible, and to
fix him in his determination to have a
round with the a6dacious raft
Before the men on the raft discov.
cred and understood the situation the
raft had made half the distance between
the bridge and the ford. As soon as the
nature of this most unusual obstruction
in the channel became apparent to
them they were terror stricken. There
wasn't man among them, from all &C.
counts, who hadn't had more than one
hand-to-hand fight with bear in the lum-
Der woods, and looked upon thatas childs
play; but they drew the line at ele-
plants, and each man bent himself to
his oar and pulled as he had never pulled
before to steer the raft away from its
direct course. in the channel, and avoid
the dreaded collision that was other