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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1890-07-12
WONDERFULLY TRUTHFUL COPY

of the original, just trife smaller
17x2O IL inches in size.
The tableau presented in this great
painting, as says the New York Herald,
lit is no wise beautiful except by color
sentiment" And the New York
Churchman: ''The ever deepening
charm of The Angelus is that 1t is mex
haustibly charged with praise. faith and
aspiration" Says the New York Sun;
THOSE whom it pleases at first sight
will like it better as they know il more.
But while, as SAYS the Chicago Herald,
1.-The charm of The Angelus lies too
deep, for, CRITICISM" namely, in the
moral and religious sympatbles it in
spires, yet, without the great genius dis
played by Millet in the color work of
the painting it would be deprived of the
the great influence it imparts upon all
who attentively examine it. The per-
lection of art, it has been we'll said. IS to
conceal art, and in The Angelus the
great artist has SO well succeeded that
many who have gazed upon the paint
ing have imagined they could.
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l. S, ST. P. { U. P.
These Letters are the Initials of
the New Line through Wyo.
ming and idaho to the
Pacific Northwest.

This line is composed of the Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha and
Union Pacific Railways, and reaches
more Far Western Cities than any other
line, as follows:
HALEY, Boise City, Lewiston, Moscow
and principal Idaho points.
Walla Walla, CoIfax, Pennington,
Rockford, Spokane Falls and numerous
Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland and
principal Oregon points.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the largest
points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and all
California points from Mt. Shasta to San
Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte.
Anaconda and many other points in
Montana.
Also note that by this line accommo-
dations are furnished in Pullman Family
Sleeping Cars at very low rates to hold
ers of second-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and California.
When you get ready to go West, be-
fore deciding upon your route, call on
agents Of G., st. p, M. & 0. Ry.. who will
cheerfullly furnish rates and information
about through car service over the
Lake Superior, st. Paul s. Union
Pacific Line and connections, or for
pamphlets and maps address
T. W. TEASDALE.
General Passenger Agent, st. Paul.
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ITS SIZE AND subject,

The painting is but 81 1-2x25 1-2 in
ches IN size. But art is not, measured
by inches. Here is brief DESCRIPTION
of the picture: '''A
It represents a young man and
maiden Fausing from their work in
in the field to listen to the tolling Of the
.'Angelus," themselves joining in even.
ing prayer. The sun has already SINK
below the horizon. The sky is stiIl
luminous with the warm golden LIGHT
which gives a peculiar glowing light to
the surrounding fields. The Young
couple have been busy harvesting the
potato crop. They stand quietly in the
foreground. their figures clearly cut
against the vivid background. Their at
t!tudes express the devout religious SEN
timents of rustic piety. Both send in
silence a feeling prayer to their Maker
while the bells are ringing the "Anee,
lus'. (the evening prayer) in tie helfrv
OF the quaint little village church, which
is seen far away on the horizon, clearly
defined against the golden sky
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Hear The Church Bells Ringing

in the distance. In this the copies in
black and white now on the Market
cheap lithographs, etchings, or photo
graphs utterly fail as substitutes for the
natural color work of the famous picture.
and, therefore, can give but very weak
and unsatisfactory idea of the merits of
the great original, and are, accordingly,
of little, if of any real value.
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MINNEAPOLIS,

St. Anthony Lodge, No. 2877, g. 10.
of O. F.. meets the LIST and Sd Wednes
days in each month, for instruction; End
and 18th Wednesdays for business, at No
10 Washington Ave. S.
Jasper Gibbs, N. G..
M. w. Weaver, P. s.
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The Great Value Of the Anpe|us,

Studying it in its color-sentiment. 80
essential to the life of this great picture.
Ihe Churchman New York; justly says:
value" 1872. 1''
The price paid for it by the American
ASSOCIATION at the auction rooms in Par
Is; $llO,6OO, has been justified by all
VINO have wisely examined the great
painting, while. as says
Public Opinion, ''The good, sweet and
gracious Influence this painting has ex-
erted in the world is incalculable.O So
great was the influence of this picture
on the Parisians, that those present at
the auction sale burst into tears when
they Saw that the American bidders
would probably remove it from France.
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Mars Lodge, G. U. O. O. F. No. 22O2,
meets End 4th Wednesdays in each
month at No. 81 Wabasha street be-
tween Third and Fourth.
Andrew Jackson, N. G.
J.W. Smith, P. S., 562 Torrent
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SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
81. PAUL.

Pioneer Lodge, No. IL, A.F.A.M. meets
the LIST and 3rd Mondays in each month.
Lodge room on jackson below Seventh.
ALI Master Masons in good standing are
invited to attend.
SOLOMON HALL. w. M.
NILSSON 7. TAYLOR, Sec.
Stevens Lodge, No. 113, A. F. A. M.
meets LIST and Sd Tuesdays in each
month at No. 81 Jackson street. All
brother Masons in good standing are al.
ways welcome.
Talbot Bush, w. M.
J. +. Coquire, Sec.
Bethel Chapter, No. %. R. A. M.
meets LIST and Sd Thursdays in each
month at No. 81 Jackson street. All
Royal Arch Masons in good standing are
always welcome.
J. F. Coquire, H. P.
Talbot Bush, Sec.
Pioneer Commandery U. D. of St.
Paul, meets the second and fourth
Thursday in each month attheir asylum
81 Jackson street. Visiting Sir knights
are invited.
S. R. BURNETT, E. c.
J. F. CoQUIRE, REC.
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ST. PETERS A. NJ. E. CHURCH.

ST. PETERS A. NJ. E. CHURCH.
Cor. 22d street and 10th avenue South.
Sunday services: Preaching at IL A.
N. and 1880 P. NJ. Sunday School at :
O. lock P, NJ Class meeting IL A. NJ
Thursday evening prayer meeting, Fri.
day evening class Meeting. Rev. R, H
Williamson pastor, residence 2l90 10th
avenue S. Days or PASTORAL visite
Monday and Tues fly. Days at home
Wednesday and Thursday. Weddings
Funerals, and the hu promptly attend.
ed to upon notice sick
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Along the Great Northern RyI- -
Line in Montana are free ranch w n IF N 2
es and pasturage, mines of prec y IL y
ious metals, iron and COAL and ,rr,,,
new cities and towns. Now is MAN
your chance.
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Go to the Great Reservation ,1I17.
OF Montana and get a good free MAX
homestead. Low rates and free
f h{na go on ne GTeat Northern Ry R | NER,
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UTDno I These have made Montana the
HkHUO, richest State per capita in the
N N g. miners and stGcR-r rs ST. NOW Now
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nkhAln New Towns, New Railwavs'
WEALTH Nsw gr M4 o d Low Bates
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nnIn The regions tributary to Great
0UAU, Northern Railway Line in Mon
oon, tana produce ali the precious
MlNk and baser metals New towns
A| and RAILWAYS are being hni1t
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16
BLIND GHILDREN N.
THE GAMES THAT slGHTnEss
little ONES CAN PLAY.
Before Blind Children Can Play In=
door Games They Must Be Ed
ucated-Chess and Check
ers-An Alphabet.

The amusements of blind children are
necessarily limited in character and few
IN number. Most outdoor sports cannot
be enjoyed BY them, and those games
that are played indoors differ largely
from those of seeing children, either in
their construction or in their use.
One reason, perhaps, that there are so
few games for blind children lies in the
fact that there are very few blind chill
dren to play games. Those who see have
an idea that all blind persons have been
accustomed to the loss of their eyesight
all their lives. This is in reality very
far from being the case. Superintendent
/ William B. Wait, who has been in charge
of the New York State Institution for the
Blind for over thirty years, told me the
other day that only five per cent. of the
blind are born without eyesight. Seven
per cent. lose their sight under the age
of ten years. Thirteen per cent. become
! blind between the ages Of ten and
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

The simplest forms of amusement
arneng the blind are skipping the rope,
playing tag and walking. All OF these
sports are easily learned, and they are .
means of working of the superfuous, the
animal activity, that children, whether
blind Or seeing, always possess.
The playground Of the New York IN
~stitution is admirably adapted for its
purpose. Il is square, paved enclosure,
surrounded By a high brick wall, md
containing nothing to stumble against.
II one wants to see how blind children
play he should visit this yard some day
| during the recess hour.
AIT the tap of the bell the junior classes
are dismissed, and with d whoop and .
hurrah and d tremendous scuffiing q OBJECT,
| the Youngsters rush pell-mell out of doors.
III one had never seen them before he
coald hardly beIievs they were blind.
Greater confusion one never saw. At
once they are tangled in knots that seem
al if they never could DO unravelled, and
no sooner are they out of one iumbls
! than they are in another. Finally their
exuberance Il expended and the games
begin. The most muscular boys prefer
eapirog, and vos be IL 70 the unlslcky
cnap VINO stand too near The living post
the human frog vaults over. He Is for
tunate il he IS not rolled over on the
ground and iattened out beneath the
falling weight
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

II hiss been noticeable for about twt
years, states the New York Press, that th'
number 81 public men who cone 70 New
York from time ID time i falling oF: 4
waa formerly the custom Of Congressulen
b come here from Washington almost
evsry Saturday to remain over Sunday.
They came also before the session bcgal
come. its possibly ii large measure dns
q the Interstate Commerce lar and iii,
cutting pa of complimentary passes b
ths railroads Besides, speculation il
WalI street has not been profitable ii Tie
laat two years, and TINT osfeoh . con-
siderable number of Congressman IN rs
speet 10 their visits to the metropolis.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16
A Woman Who TASTED Nine Years.

The little town of B~ourdeilles, IN
Perigord, France, is becoming famous
through a woman named Zelie Bovrivu,
whe pretends to have tasted for nine
years and who is now actually undergoing
a ~sixty-day fast under scientific pre-
cautions against fraud. The woman,
says the Chicago Tribune, is the widow
of a farmer of Paussac-S Saint Vivien
named Guillame Garron, by whom she
had four children, all now dead. The
death of her husband was the beginning of
her fast. She is a brunette, with brilliant
eyes and excessive nervousness. She has
lived since her alleged fasting begun
under the care of DIR. Lafon, who says
that he visited her frequently, and, while
unable to say that her story was untrue,
doubted it very much, and e~ndeavored
| frequently to induce her to submit to q
systematic course of observations that
| would scientifically test her claim.
She always refused, and this confirmed
the doctor in his suspicion that the
woman was merely an ordinary hysterica
and perhaps unconscious fraud. Las
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

twenty. Thirty per cent. meet their
affection between the ages Of twenty and
fifty, and forty-fve per cent. or nearly
half the blind persons in the world, reach
the age Of fifty years before they lose
their sight.
Consequently, among the blind, chill
dren are in a very great minority. There
is another reason why there are few
games that blind children can play. With
the blind any movement of the hands or
feet that is not perfectly natural is an eff
fort. A seeing child, for instance, does
a thousand things he has not been taught
by imitation. He sees his brother
dress himself, and initiates him without
any conscious effort on his part. He
watches other children at their work and
IN their play, and without knowing@4ow
he acquires the knowledge, he learns to
do as they are doing.
The little blind boy has not this facul-
ty. He cannot dress himself until he
has been taught by many patient lessons
how it shall be done. Learning to but
ton his shirt up in front is the work OF
days and perhaps of weeks. He cannot
even eat as other children can without
going through a long and tedious period
Of instruction. And some blind children
whose parents are over. indulgent to them
do not learn to walk until they are five
or six years old.
Several years ago a pupil was brought
to Nj. Wait who was eight years old and
could not walk a single step. He could
not read or write and his hands were Of
little more use to him than the chubby
fingers of a baby. Mr.. Wait declined to
receive the helpless boy, and told his
father to bring him back when he could
walk. 1T was two years before he saw
the child again, and even then, in spite
Of the careful training he had received
during that. time, the little fellow wa
only able to toddle a few steps at q time
This time, however, he was received
and in the course of years he learned t.
walk and run but he never played q
other children do.
This is an unusual case, but there ar
instances almost as painful every year
and even where the blind children ar
given every advantage Of training the
parents can afford they are very far fror
beng self helpful when they are ad
mitted to the institution.
One can readily understand that sue
children cannot share the amusenents
seeing children, and you can realize ho'
difficult il has been to devise any game
for them that do not tire them to lear
!, more than they amuse them.
Still blind children are no less fond
I snorts than children who can see, an
those games that they . play are g
! loved equally as much as you snloyt
your game of ball or checkers.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

month, however, she voluntarily offered
to submit to the closest surveillance the
doctor might wish to place upon her,
and the present tests were begun. The
doctor declares that he took every pre-
caution against trickery or deceit. For
three weeks the woman has remained
under guard in a place where no n is
allowed.t to bring solid food of any sort.
She has drank only little water in which
toast has been dissolved, which she re-
iected at once, and has sucked once a
day a bit of orange to take the bad taste
from her mouth. DIR. Lafon proposes
to keep her under guard for sixty days.
He does not attempt to explain the case,
but has referred It to Drs. Charcot and
Ball, well-known specialists in nervous
diseases.
The opinion of the neighbors of the
faster is divided concerning her. Some
believe implicitly that she is as she pre-
tends to be, under divine inspiration,
and are expecting other miracles from
her in due time. Others believe her
rather to be possessed Of the devil.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

The san Francisco Chronicle remarks
The mar who has secured . lease Of
islands IN the Great Salt Lake and an
appropriation Of $50, 900 to cross the
buffalo to comnon cattle has worked 9
very neat little game. The preservation
Of the buffalo is a worthy object. but it
II il rather late to begin now, when the
animal is practically extinct, AZ foi
crossing the buffalo with domestic cattle,
this scheme \ only Be IN the interest cf
the boarding. house keeper who wishes
% improve upon the toughnass Of the
long-horned Western steer and thu.
secure an indestructible steak.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

as would be the case were nothing of
that sort done.
After a pupil has learned to read and
write and to play the piano or organ or
some other musical instrument he is
ready for games. His hands have been
trained so that he can do mechanically
| What at first would have been the hard
| .st kind of work for him: Now he can
play checkers.
The checker board has every alternate
square raised, and the men fit into the
depressed squares. One side of each
man has a hole in it, and when it is
crowned king this side is turned upper
most. The white s'men" are round and
the black are square:
The same sort of a board is used for
backgammon, and the dice all have sharp
points Oh them, instead of black dots,
to mark their values.
Chess is a difficult game to learn, but
when it is once mastered the blind player
can eniov it as we'll as one who sees, and
some of the pupils are remarkably brill
liant nlavers. The chessmen have little
INAo EN@J .E
pins on the bottom of each piece which
Ct into a hole in the square, so that they
are held in place until they are moved by
the contestant.
Although the blind play cards they dc
not asa rule take much pleasure In this
kind of amusement. Each card, OF course
is marked so that the player can tell it
value, but in a game each player mus
call out the card as he plays it SO that hi
opponent can tell what has been played
This makes the game a trife slow and
mo~notonous. +.
In conclusion, let me call attention t.
something that most Herald readers hav
probably noticed and have never hear
explained. If one has ever been near
blind asylum in the evening he must hav
noticed that the building is always lllu
minated. Why do the blind need lights
It is because very few so-called bin
persons are really blind. While the
NAV not be able to distinguish objects
they can, as a rule, distinguish betwee
light and darkness, and the gas-hgh
makes their rooms and halls much easie
for them to find their way in than darl
ness would.-New York Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16

The Los Angeles Cali Tines says:
III is beginning to be understood that,
next to picking up gold nuggets, the
ownership Of an orange orchard is about
as rapid a road to wealth as can be found.
We were shown the other day some fine,
large, clean navels from trees that had
only been planted two years and ten q
these trees had ,orne six boxes. River
side growers figure up an average profit
Of $500 per acre from navel oranges five
years from planting, while q profit Of
$1,000 an acre from trees twelve to fifteen
years old is not uncommon"
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16
The Harbor Of Key West.

The harbor of Key West, Fla, is es-
pecially well adapted to the sheltering
of q large feet of wal ships OF merchant
ships pursued by the cruisers Of an en-
envy. The port will admit vessels draw
ing twenty-eight feet of water. The
holding ground is good, and in that
portion Of the bay known as 'fMan
Of War Harbor, the holding ground could
not possibly be better. The form of the
harbor insures for vessels the very best Of
protection, the force of the seas being
always broken by the innumerable keys
which intercept the roll from the ocean.
The tropical nature Of the climate has
made Key West a Spanish more than an
American port. The heat in the sum
mer makes the post anything but a desir-
able one for troops. In the winter,
though, the climate is extremely mild
But pleasant or not as a post, Key Wesi
should be fortified, %garrisoned and hello
securely.-Nev York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-08-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In Paris all electric wires, without OK
e~eption, are under ground.
Cooking stoves, heated by eiectrlel'y'
are being perfected for general use'
II is stated that electric motors are now
Ia ,nera h 1870 different indus
tries.
r ;s said that the onion is a great eure
for insomnia, and about as enec1lVe a.
ouinine in malaria
II REQUIRES an average Of 1872 days Tor
.ha renawal of the nails In cold weather
and but 116 in warm weather.
An Enolish journal discusses the posi-
| h,l;tv Of distinguishing "high n low
horn blood" by the aid OF the mlscro-
scope.
4 s~cotchman claims that he has de-
tected 80, 600 dust notes in the 'nou.
sandth part of a cubic inch OF d al o.
a room.
The number of eggs in a six-pouno
eel in November is fully 1900, oooi unoeE
the microscope they measure eignSy 'S
the linear inch.
The Count of Assata, in 1tatV, has an
electric motor in his dairy to &c she
churning, work the pump and perform
various other operations.
A German has invented an appafatus
for forcing sidewise the swells in IRON o.
fast going ships by means of steam jets
$500 : nozzle under the water at the bow
In the formation OF a single locomotive
steam engine there are nearly oooo Pleces
to be nut together, and these require te
be as accurately adjusted as the works o.
a watch.
In a Minneapolis Minn.) overalls FAC.
tory an electric motor runs all the So"
inc machines and does all the cutting,
beside warming the irons that press on
the goods.
At the Krupp Works at Essen, Ger
many there are 1895 furnaces OF various
constructions, 286 boilers, nlnssy-s oe'
steam hammers of from 200 to loo,oo'
bounds. $40 steam engines with a total O
27,o 900 horsepower.
A small instrument has been devise'
for use in mines to indicate the presenc'
of fire damp, or in gas mains to lndlcat
the escape Of gas. The invention is base
unon the property certain metals have
evolving heatin the presence OF hydroge
gas.
r For new railroad tracks this yea
1000. 900 tons of steel rails will q
needed. This quantity of material, Dc
Ivered. will cost $35, 600, 900. Fis
bars. frogs switches, ties, grading an
e laying will bring the total cost OF tn
4 one item of railway expense to apo
500, 600, 900 for the year. ,
T California has a fruit pest in the gra
s linnet, far worse and more damaging
r fruit raisers than the English sparrow
g If some e are not systematically an
m~ethodically adopted to exterminate Tn
bird there will be very little profit IN fru
n raising in those sections where decloao'
fruits are exclusively produced.
10 A German naturalist estimates as fc
lows the number of eggs a hen may Ia
u The ovary of a hen contains about o.
" embryo eggs, of which not more tn
twenty are matured in the first year. 7
= second year produces 100; the third IL
70 the fourth id, and in the followil
8 four years the number decreases
), twenty yearly. In the ninth year on
ten eggs can be expected.