Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1891-10-15
1T costs something to live
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1T costs something to live
and a good deal to die: in fact, +,
everything costs. Some one es-
Inmates that getting born costs
the people Of the United States
$3.50, 100000 annually; getting
married, $500, 100000; and get
ting buried. $4,000. To say
nothing of getting drunk.
The ancient Firms believed
that a mystic bird laid an egg
on the lap of Vainainow, who
hatched it in his bosom. He let
it fall into the water and it
broke, the lower portion of the
shell forming the earth, the up
per the sky; the liquid white
became the sun and the yolk
the moon, while the little frag-
ments of broken shell were
transformed into stars.
-"Take care of your ;health,' -
President Patton tells the
Princeton boys. You may not
need binomial theorems, but
you will need your digestion
every day. l wish / had thought
of my health. A frequently
rec urring headache, a bad ap-
petite and sleeplessness are
solemn warnings that You must
heed. Dyspepsia is not a thing
to make fun Of"
"A German doctor has been
publishing the results of a long
course of visual examination.
He finds that only in one case
of fifteen are both eyes in good
condition. In seven cases out
every ten people possess one
eye which is stronger than the
other. In two cases out of five
patients are affected with astig.
matism. Nearly 30 per cent.
possess only an imperfect ap-
probation of colors. 1t Is true
that these statistics apply chief
ly to Germans.
There is an old theory that
a man is not to be trusted who
will not look one straight in the
eye. Yet this power of habit
depends far more upon the
amount Of self-esteem or nat
tural courage which one possess
es than upon guilt or innocence.
a rascal may be either shame.
faced or brazen. One of the
latter sort could look the record
ing angel in the face without
the culver of an eyelash while
committing the most atrrocious
crime.
The publisher of a local pa
per has as much need of adver-
tising and general appeals to
the public for support and pat
ronage as any one. Here is how
one of them worded his wants:
Lives of poor men oft remind
us honest toll don't stand a
chance: more We work we leave
behind us bigger patches on our
pants. On our pants once new
and glossy now are patches of
different hue; all because sub
scribers linger and won't pay up
what is due. Then let all be up
and doing; send in your mite,
be it so small, or when the SHOWS
of winter strike us we shall have
no pants at all.-Selected.
"A photograph recently re,
produced in the Northwestern
l4umberman showed u redwood
plank of extraordinary size,
measuring Is feet 5 inches in
width by IL feet 8 inches in
length and five inches in
thickness. 1t was cut from a
tree 30 feet in diameter and 800
feet tall, being hewn out of the
stump after the tree was cut at
about 2S feet above the ground.
A locomotive, attached to a
block and tackle, was needed to
lower it, and two men We're oc-
cupied for a month in roughly
preparing it for shipment. The
price of this labor, added to the
cost of transportation, amount.
ed to some $4,000, after the plank
had been taken by water to
San Francisco. The tree stood
in Humboldt County, California,
and the plank, after being ex.
hibited in various cities, will
probably be a feature of the
Worlds Fair in Chicago. A
specially constructed car is re.
quired for its transportation.