Mower County transcript., 1896-10-07

uIeSS TrlCe BAKING FOWQer COMPANY.
Chicago, III.
Literary Notes.
So far as men and women can sub
stitute for the direct expenditure of
muscular strength the more intelli-
gent effort of designing. tending, and
guiding machines, they win promo
tion in the scale of being, and make
their lives more interesting as we'll as
more productive. 1t is in the inven-
tion Of machinery for producing and
distributing power, and at once econ
omjzing and elevating human labor,
that American ingenuity has been
most consplcuously manifested. The
high price for labor in sparsely set
tied country has had something to do
with this striking result; but the
genius Of the people and of their gov
ernment has had much more TO do
with it. AS proof of the general prop
osition, it suttices merely to mention
the telegraph and telephone, the sew
ing machine, the cotton gin, the
mower, reaper, and threshing ma
chine, the dish washing machine, the
river steamboat, the sleeping car, the
boot and shoe machinery, and the
watch machinery. The ultimate
effects of these and kindred inven-
tions are quite as much intellectual
as physical, and they are developing
and Increasing with "a portentous
'rapidjty, which sometimes ,suggests~a
doubt whether the bodily forces of
men and women are adequate to resist
the new mental strains brought upon
them. However this may prove to be
in the future, the clear result in the
present is an unexampled diffusion of
well-bejng in the United States
From President Elliot's "Well being
10 the United States" in the October
Atlantic. =
Albert Lynch, the famous Flench
artist, is said to have given US new
and distinctive type of "American
gtrl' in picture completed after his
return from recent extended visit
to this country. His Characterization
of young American womanhood is ex-
ceeding'y interesting and attractive
the conception of critical student,
and the creation of ski]lful painter.
Mr.. Lynch was commissioned by the
Ladies' Home Journal to portray the
"Amerjcan grip as he saw her, and
his picture is reproduced in the Octo
Der number of that magazine.
McClure's Magazine for October
contains biographical and personal
study of Ian Maclaren, the author of
"Eeside the Bonnie Brier Bush," by
the Rev. D. M. Ross. Mr.. Ross was
associated with Ian Maclaren in a
circle of students who lived in special
intimacy at Edinburgh University,
and has lived in intimate relations
with him ever since. The paper is
illustrated with portraits of Ian Mac
laren, views of his various homes, and
scenes in and around "Drumtochty."
An account of the historic Lincoln
and Douglas debates also appears in
this number, based on material and
"reminiscences gathered by Miss Tar
bell at Ottawa, Freeport, Jonesboro,
Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy, and
Alton, Illinois, the scenes of the de-
bates, from persons who heard them
and were intimate with the dispu.
tants. The article is fully illustrated.
For Ocean Steamship Tickets
Via any steamship line crossing the
Atlantic, at lowest rates for first
cabin, second cabin and steerage,
both outward and prepaid, apply to
Charles w. Snere, agent Chicago, Mil.
waukee & st. Paul Railway, at Aus
tin, MINI. ..,..,." ~.
Austin Steam Laundry.