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Mower County transcript., 1896-12-02
The Blind Girl.

She would never see the sun rise
again, never watch the dawn flushing
over that low belt of frs that marked
the verge of the meadow. And her pic
lures. the tentative studies of which
had constituted her keenest pleasure,
they would never be painted. No one
but herself would ever know how the
sun looked when it sank over a hill field
green with the first green of spring,
while far distant along the horizon the
trees were bare in exquisite tracery
against a sky of palest violet.
All, the days, the days! She would
be ''poor Grace Her cousins would
surround her with their cheerful conso-
latory pity, their quiet, practical &C.
oeptance Of al extra care. She would
never be free again.
And then suddenly, in crash Of ter
ror, she saw the years, endless, innu-
merable, relentless from sinister gulf of
time Twice 10 was 3S. She might live
her whole life over again and not be
middle aged. She might treble the num-
Der of her years and still not be old.
Had no one ever noticed how long life
was? Why did no one exclaim at it and
cry against iti-Elizabeth Garter in
Lippincott's.
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Making Allowances.

"Confound the boy" he exclaimed as
he opened one of the letters the post
man had brought and spilled half his
coffee.
''What is the matter, dear? Look out !!
You will spoil the tablecloth," remark
ed the wife Of his bosom. .sy
"Tablecloth be hanged. It'sthat boy
Tom.''
"What has he been doing? I am sure
he's getting along finely. He writes me
that he is on the eleven"
"That's all very we'll, but here
have bill from his tailor, and I only
paid one last week. -
''But look at the nice set he is inn
"Yes, but why the mischief doesn' t
he economize? Doesn't the young rascal
know the value of money?'
''But Tom is so young, dear. You
ought to make allowances for him."
ALLOWANCES! For heavens sake!
have been making allowances enough
for him, and I'll stop his allowance this
month"; he cried as he left the break
fast room to 60 to the office. Chicago
Times-Herald.
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Dropping . Ball Through the Earth.

&c. H." of East st. Louis asks the
following curious question, IF it were
possible to bore hole foot or more in
diameter entirely through the earth,
and to then start 100 pound ball to
falling through this 8, 900 miles of hole,
at what point would it stop?' In an
swer to this we will say that weight,
in the sense to which our correspondent
alludes, is the measure of attraction of
gravitation, or, in other words, it is
the measure of force with which a body
is attracted to the earth. This attractive
force decreases both ways from the
earth's surface Therefore if a ball
should be started OH the tour outlined
IN your query its weight would decrease
to a certain extent with every yard of
its flight (or fall), until finally, upon
reaching the center Of the earth it
would have no weight whatever. This
curious state Of affairs would be brought
about by the gradual lessening by the
force of attraction, or gravitation, until
the center of the globe would have been
reached. at which point the ball would
be held in suspension, as though fixed
by numerous magnetic points. In other
words, at the center of the earth the
phenomenon of weight is entirely want
ing.-St. Louis Republic.
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The ADVANTAGES of Rest.

There is no better preventive Of nerv-
Gus exhaustion than regular, unhurried,
muscular exercise. If we could mOder-
ate our hurry, lessen our worry and in
crease our open air exercise, large
proportion of nervous diseases would be
abolished. For those who cannot get a
sufficient holiday the best substitute is
an occasional day in bed. Many whose
nerves are constantly strained in their
daily avocation have discovered this for
themselves. A Spanish merchant in
Barcelona told his doctor that he always
went to bed for two or three days when
ever he could be spared from his busi-
Eess, and he laughed at those who spent
their holidays Oh toilso1ne mountains.
A hard worked woman, who has for
many years conducted large wholesale
business, retains excellent nerves at an
advanced age, owing, it is believed, to
her habit of taking one day week in
bed. If we cannot avoid frequent agita-
ton, we ought, if possible, to give the
nervous system time to recover itself be-
tween the shocks. Even an hours seclu-
sion after good lunch will deprive a
hurried, anxious day Of much of its in
jury. The nerves can often be overcome
by stratagem when they refuse to be
controlled by strength of will.-House-
wife.
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Peacock's Feathers Unlucky.

Unluckiness seems to be confined to
the bringing of the tail feathers of Ju-
nos bird into house. I am not aware
that this idea is held outside this coun-
try, and if it is confined to England
many various causes may have led to
the belief, which possibly arose in COM
paratively modern times-no earlier
than the crusades.
Nothing is more probable than that
several crusaders brought home the gor-
geous feathers as curiosities, strange
sight, and so likely to make deep i'm
preston. Nothing is easier to conceive
than that some misfortune, death from
disease, loss Of wealth or other "bad
luck" may have happened to more than
one possessor Of the beautiful feathers,
and that they would on that account
soon be credited with being the cause.
A belief Of this kind once started is of
rapid growth and very long lived.-
Notes and Queries.
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No. 13 In Rome.

An observing tourist who visits Rome
and walks through the streets is doubt
less surprised that there are very few
houses bearing the ominous number
IS, nearly all the houses that should
bear those figures being marked 1875
or 14a. Nor is the superstition re-
garding the fateful 13 absent frlha SCI
entific and phlegmatio Germany, for
the other day a merchant in Berlin ap-
piled to the magistrate Of the district
to have the number Of his shop changed
from No. 19 to No. 12b. The magis-
trate, however, refused to grant the pc.
tition. In Frankfort, on the other hand,
the owners Of buildings bearing No. 19
are allowed to change the figures upon
a simple application to the proper au-
thorities. New York Tribune.
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Deafness Caunot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cured deaf
ness, and that is by constitutions al
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
lnflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed deafness
is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this
tube restored TO its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
which is nothing but an intlamed con-
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case Of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free. Sold by druggists, 75c.
u. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
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Tho Ever Hungry Russia,

Peace or war, Russian aggression new
er stands still. and it is most character
istio of her patient and farsighted di-
plomacy that she reaps more in peace
than at the close IF her most successful
wars. 10 explain this ceaseless and
pauseless advance upon all her neigh
bors they tell us that she wants all open
port OH On open ocean-that it is absurd
to ask an empire like Russia to put up
with an outlet.to the sea that is blocked
by ice four months in Afery year. But
that is no answer to the accusation, if
accusation it be, of universal aggres-
sion. The possession Of such port is
not the end, but the means.
There is no end to Russian ambition.
Each point won is stepping stone to
the next. Eastern Siberia has no glut
Of merchandise struggling for vent at
Vladivostok, nor would Constantinople
be any better fitted for the export grain
trade than Odessa. The port may foster
trade as yet in it's infancy, but this is
just another reason for saying that it is
not the goal of Russian aspiration, but
only milestone OH the road. II not for
empire and for competitive trade why
seek an open port at all? Still less can
the constant absorption of new territory
Be explained by any superfluity of popu-
lation in the old. 1t is nothing, after
all, but the genuine earth hunger, the
lust of unlimited dominion.
woods Magazine.
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Little Courtesy Among Travellers.

II am sorry to have to say it," re-
marked sleeping car conductor, "but
somehow-and l have no explanation
for it-men travelling are not as cour-
teous and accommodating to lady trav-
elers as they should be. The men who
ask for all kinds of accomm odations,
when they have their wives, sisters or
female relatives travelling with them
and they never fail then to claim every
thing in sight-are III many cases the
men who decline to give similar favors
to other lady passengers. As a matter
OF fact the upper berths in sleeping
car are the best, the best ventilated,
and I think experience has shown the
safest in cases Of wreck. Still, the de-
mand is nearly always for the lower
berths, because it is easier to get into
them. This is particularly so with lady
travellers. In my last half dozen trips
from and back tosthis city I have had
more than the usual percentage of lady
passengers, and have not succeeded in
one case in getting any of the men trav-
elers to surrender a lower berth for an
upper berth. The men, being more ex.
perienced, secured the lower berths and
refused to give them up "-Washing-
ton Star
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The Life of 8 Clam.

The c]am's body is completely en-
shrouded in the mantle, except for two
openings, through one of which the foot
can be pushed out The other is for the
siphon, or what is commonly known as
the meek" of the clam. In some re-
spects the clam may be better off than
we are, for he has little brain in his
foot and also a gland for secreting
strong fibers. With this he spins bys-
sus by which he can attach himself to
whatever he likes. He does not even
have to search for his food, but waits
for it to come to him. He makes bur-
row in the mud or sand, attaching him
self to the bottom by the byssus. Then
be thrusts his siphon up through the
mud and water until it reaches the sur
face. The siphon is made up of two
tubes, the water flowing III through one
and out through the other.
When the infowing current, laden
with minute plants and animals, reach
es the gill chamber, some of these are
sifted out and retained for food, while
the water and waste matter flow out
through the other tube Margaret W.
Leighton in Popular Science Monthly.
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Want of Time.

The man who immerses himself in
business that he may accumulate vast
property, or that his family may live
luxurious and idle lives, has no right to
plead want Of time for other claims. It
is not true that he cannot comply with
them, but that be has chosen not to do
SO. The woman who, absorbed in
round of gayety and society, declares
that she has no time to train her chill
dren and superintend her household is
uttering an excuse as vain as it is false
She simply decides to use her time for
other purposes. And this liberty of
choice belongs to every one, in spite of
any desire or attempt to disclaim it,
New York Ledger.
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Music and . Church.

Any, old and beautiful church gives
us all that IL most moving and noblest
organism. beauty absence of all
things molnentary and worthless, ,ex.
clusion of grossness, Of brute utility
and mean compromise. equality of all
men before God; moreover. time, eter-
nifty, the past and the great dead. All
noble churches give us this. How much
more, therefore, St. Marks, which is
noblest and most venerablel
1t has, like no other building, been
handed over by man to nature; time
molding and tinting into life this struo-
ture already SO absolutely organic, so flt
to live. For it's curves and vaultings,
its cupolas mutually supported, the
weight of each carried by all; the very
color of the marbles, brown, blond, Nv-
ing colors, and the irregular symmetry,
f1owerlike, of their natural patterning,
are all seemingly organic aud ready for
vitality. Time has added that, with the
polish and dimming alternately of the
marbles and billowing of the pavement,
the slanting of the columns, and last,
but not least, the furnishing of the gold
and the granulating Of tie mosaic into
an uneven surface; the gold seeming to
have become alive and in a way vegeta-
bic and to have faded and shrunk like
autumn leaves.
One Sunday morning they were sing
ing some fugue composition, by know
not whom. How we'll that music suited
st. Mark's! The constant Interchange
Of vault and vault, cupola and cupola,
column and column, handing on their
energies to one another; the springing
up of new details gathered at once into
the great general balance Of lines and
forces; all this seemed to find its natu-
raj voice in that fugue. to express, in
that continuous revolution of theme
chasing, enveloping theme, its own
grave emotion Of lite everlasting being,
becoming; becoming, being.
porary Review.
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Feminine Suicides,

Statistical tables yield curious In
formation to the careful student. For
instance, they show that over one.third
Of the women who kill themselves are
not yet t25 years of age. They show that
women take poison. where men shoot
themselves, and they show that the
poor, sick and the infrm are not BY
any kind Of reckoning in the majority.
A physician who makes a study of at-
tempted suicide said this:
"Get girl past 95, and she'll 20
through poverty, sickness and desertion
and misery enough to kill ten men.
The more people suffer tho moro they
cling TO life. I've seen it in hospitals.
1t is not the patients with the inourable
diseases or the hopeless cripples who
beg to die, but the young, strong, vital
woman, who hates pain and doesn't
want to suffer it, even for the chance
of getting we'll. 1t is strange thing,
this getting Of girl past 25, but not
uncommon. Any physician with large
family practice will tell you of dozen
cases III his own circle of knowledge.
Sometimes it is called pyromania, some
times kleptomania, sometimes catalep-
sy. sometimes hysteria, sometimes feign-
ing and sometimes tantrums-it's all
the same thing-nothing else to do"
Another physician told of a girl who
committed suicide and who left a note
stating that her reason was that she
was tired Of doing the same things over
and over every day. The monotony of
life had become unbearable to her.
Philadelphia Times.
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EVERYDAY Excursions

To all parts of the world can be
arranged for any day in the year, for
one or more persons, upon application
to any principal ticket agent of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail-
way. Itineraries carefully prepared
for excursions 70 California, Florida,
Mexico, China, Japan, and to any part
of Europe. Estimates furnished,
including all expenses. Tickets fur
ni>hed for the complete journey. 1t
is not necessary to wait for any So
called PERSONALLY conducted excur-
sions." In these days of progressive
enlightenment, with the English
language spoken IN every land under
the sun, one does not need to
depend upon the services of guides
for sightseeing, but can go it alone
or in small family parties, with great
comfort and security. and at ones
own convenience. Apply to the near
est agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, or address Geo. H.
Heafford, General Passenger Agent
Old Colony Building, Chicago, Ill.
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When most needed it is not unusual
for your family physician to be away
from home. Such was the experience
of Mr.. J. Y. Schenck, editor of the
Caddo, Ind. Ter, Banner, when his
little girl, two years of age was threat
ened with a severe attack of Group.
He says: my wife insisted that 60
for the doctor, but as our family ply
sician was out of town I purchased a
bottle of Cham mberlain's Cough Rem
edy, which relieved her immediately.
I will not be without it in the future"
IS and so cent bottle for sale by Opera
House Pharmacy.
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Birlningham's Parks.

One feature rather surprising to an
American is that every park is made
for use. There is 10 fear lest the grass
may be injured, but in every ground
adapted for them are cricket and foot.
ball fields, picnic grounds, croquet
lawns, tennis courts, bowling green's,
the use of which is permitted for mere
~ nominal payment. Every park, large
or small, has one or more concerts each
week during the summer, paid for by a
neighborhood subscription. Less need
exists for large parks than in American
cities Of the same size, because the bet-
ter class Of houses all have ample gar
dens. George E. Parker in Century. ~
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Good For = Paragraph.

A we'll known Dublin journalist tells
the following anecdote:
One night as a messenger from the
office of an evening paper was passing
along the quays on the banks Of the
Liffey he heard the sound Of some one
struggling in the water.
"Are you drowning?' he shouted.
II am," replied a feeble voice from
the water.
"What pityP' said the lad consol-
ingly. "You are just too late for the
last edition tonight, but cheer up-you'll
have nice little paragraph all to your
self in the morning. London Tit
Bits
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Your Bow Won't Live Month.

Your Boy Won't Live Month.
So. Mr.. Gilman Brown, of "a Mill
St., South Gardner, Mass, was told
by the doctors. His son had lung
trouble, following typhoid malaria,
and he spent three hundred and seven
ty-tive dollars with doctors, who final
ly gave him up, saying; "Your boy
won't live month";" He tried DR..
Kings New Discovery and a few bot
tiles restored him to health and en-
abled him to 60 to work a perfectly
we'll man. He says he owes his pres
'ent good health to the use of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and knows it to be
the best in the world for lung trouble.
Trial battles free at Dorr & Wold's
drug store. M7 ~r ,J.s. II. TX -t
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ANNEXATION FAVORED.
Majority Of Hawaiians Desire to Become
Part of tho United States.

Majority OF Hawaiians Desire to Become
Part of tho United States.
\ WASHINGTON, Dec. Mr. John w.
Foster, former secretary of state, has
returned to Washington from a six
weeks visit to Hawaii, whittier he
went as the representative of the Pa
Life Gable company In speaking of
his visit Mr.. Foster said:
"The condition of business in Hawaii
is f1ourishing. The islands are prosper.
GUS and their future is bright. The
Pacific Mail has recently doubled its
service, sending a steamer twice a
month instead of once asnformerly, and
a new line is soon expected to be estab-
ished by the Japanese, which will
touch at the islands on the way to San
Francisco The people of Hawaii wish
to be
Annexed to the United States.
The present government has the ap-
proval of a majority of the native
Hawaiians and there is no likelihood
that there ever will be restoration of
the monarchy. The English and Ger
man element, however, are opposed to
annexation to the United States, be-.
-ause they believe it will interfere with
their contract labor and so affect their
interests commercially.
1.-The present government in its ad-
ministration is giving satisfaction.
Yet this government is only temporary
and the people want to be annexed to
the United States. The members of
the government are pledged to it and
the present constitution of the republic
expresses this expectation. So it is the
general belief that the matter should be
decided at all early date if possible"
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A Welsh Dinner.

A new terror is in store for epicures
namely, the Welsh menu. The South
Wales Daily News recently printed the
following specimen:
Pysg.
Gleisiaid.
Saws Hufen q Chwcwmerau Gwynbysg.
Danteithion.
Tameidion yr Ymerhodres q Theneuon Oen.
Dryllian.
Asenau Ychgig March ruddygl.
Morddwyd Foohgig Efrog Saws Win.
Pys Gleision.
Poten Pui. Teisenau Frengig.
Glygeuled Mefus.
Poten Ia. Caws.
Probably after the diner has finished
with "oaws" he begins to feel the effect.
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So Am /.

An elderly gentleman living in mid
Lancashire was noted for his inebriety.
On one occasion, when he had been i'm
bibing pretty freely, he was met by the
clergyman Of the parish in which he
lived.
"Drunk again, John!' said the pas
tor.
$50 am I! So am r. replied the
truthful John, much to the amazement
of his spiritual adviser. er.-Spare Mo-
ments.
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OF the Earth, Earthly.

''No," said the gentleman who is
fond of quoting texts, II cannot give
you anything Oh that account today. 1
know I promised you, and I am sorry,
but man is naught but poor, weak clay,
you know"
II realize that" said the collector.
II am glad you do, my friend"
"And I came around here in the hope
Of striking pay dirt, but seem to have
missed it. "-Oincinnati Enquirer.
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Major G. T. Picton is manager Of
the State Hotel at Denison, Texas,
which the travelling men say is one of
the best hotels in that section. In
speaking of Chamberlain's Collie,
Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy Major
Pi Picton says: II have used it myself
and in my family for several years,
and take pleasure in saying that I
consider it an infallible cure for diar-
rhoea and dysentery..I always recon-
mend it, and have frequently admin.
istered it to my guests in the hotel,
and in every case it has 'proven itself
wor thy of unqualified endorsement.
For sale by Opera House Pharmacy.
Austin, Minnesota. a
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Du Maurier's Portrait.

George Du Maurier's last portrait of
himself pictured man family resem-
bling the author Of ''Trilby" and pro.
vided with the wings of an angel and
the tail and hoofs of-something else.
Over it he wrote: "Some seem to think
he's got wings like an angel; some,
that he's got oloven foot and forked
tail. He is quite an ordinary little man,
I assure you.'' 4
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Her; Gentle Hint.

She-Musio hath charms, you know
He-Yes, I'll bring up brass band
with me next time I call.
''Couldn't you make it a gold band
with solitaire in it?''-Yonkers States
man.
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In heraldry nine different varieties
Of the crown are recognized as insignia
Of rank-the oriental, the triumphal or
imperial, the diadem, the obeidional
GROWN, the civic, the crown vallery, the
mural crown, the naval and the GROWN
celestial. y ~ ss'@
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DiDlOmatic.

"Yes," she said, 1--WE had our first
fight yesterday. Charley was real mean,
and he talked awfully cross. I should
have talked cross, too, but happened
to think that I wanted to go to the
theater. So the trouble was all over
right away. Boston Transcript.