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Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

The Nickel Plate Road, With it's
eastern. connections-the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western, and West
Shore and Boston & Maine Railroads
lis considered by those who have
patronized it as most desirable line
between Chicago and New York, Bos.
ton and other eastern points, and
takes its place among the first class
lines leading eastbound from Chicago.
1t is operating three through first
class trains, all daily, and equipped
with modern improvements, for the
convenience and comforts of the
travelling public, and has succeeded,
to remarkable degree, in pleasing
its patrons, growing In popularity
every day. One OF it's attractive
features and thoroughly appreciated
by the travelling public, is its dining
car service, meals being served on
American Club Plan, ranging in price
from 35c, to $l00; also service a la
carte. CQlored porters are in charge
to look after the comfort OF passen-
gers in coaches, and especially to as
sist ladies travelling with children.
All passenger trains arrive at and de-.
part from the La Sale St. Station,
Chicago, the only passenger station in
Chicago on the Elevated Loop When
going east, try the Nickel Plate Road,
City Ticket Office Ill Adams Est.
Chicago. 80
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Ladies Floral Club Meeting. S

Notice is hereby given that at the
regular monthly meeting of the "Ladies
Floral Club and Library Association
to be held on Monday the 9th day of
November, 1903, at its Library room in
the court house in the city of Austin,
there will be considered and acted upon
the question as to whether or not the H.
brary, cons sting of books, manuscripts,
periodicals. ID papers, together with all
furniture, fixtures and appliances used
in and about said library, be assigned,
transferred and set over unto the board
of the "Free Public Library of the City
of Austin;' and also the question as to
whether or not the affairs of this asso-
citation be wound up and its charter
surrendered. -
Dated Austin, Minnesota, this 18th
day of October, A. D., 1903.
~@ MRS. w. H. SUTTON, r
st. .r Sec'y.
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Study of Ordinary Clay.

An investigation extending over many
years has shown H. J. Gamble that all
ordinary clay loses its cohesive proper
ties on being dried until nearly all it's
moisture is expelled On being
,drenched with much water such clay be-
comes almost liquid mud; but clay that
has not been so dried does not absorb
more water, and loses only some of it's
outside particles in the washing. "A
block Of the dry clay absorbed so per
cent. of it's weight of water without
change of form, suddenly collapsing into
IA fluid condition when the amount
reached go per cent. Landslides and
washouts seem to be largely due to this
overlooked change in clay; and river
bluffs remain unaffected because the clay
,has never dried sufficiently to acquire
the property Of soaking up an excessive
proportion of water. ..-.. - ..sy:,.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
wasps' Sense of Location. .

Z There is no doubt among naturalists
that many insects have certain senses
that human beings have not The sense
Of location shown by the wasp, for ex-
ample, is remarkable. The bombex
species builds its nest in a sandbank
that is only part of several acres Of
such soil, and, when it leaves in search
of food, it covers up the nest SO care
fully that no ordinary eyes could dis
tinguish it's location; /; that is to say, it
{ is just like all the surrounding surface.
And yet the wasp flies back to it with
out hesitation, and finds it without max
Ing a mistake. There Is another wasp
that unerringly locates the eggs of the
mason bee under a thick layer of sum
baked clay, and deposits her own eggs
], fiji the same cells that her young may
q have food when they are hatched
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

For comfort, good service and low
rates. patronizs the Nickel Plate
Road Good road bed, splendidly5
equipped trains and frst-class dining
;ar service, nieals being served on
American Club Plan, ranging in price
rom 35c, TO $1.00; also service la
carte. Three Through trains daily in
zach direction. Rates always the
oWest. No excess fare on any train
n that line. Chicago City Ticket
Office. Ill Adams ST Depot La Sale
St. Station, corner Van :Buren and La
Sale ST on the Elevated. @t#as
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PREDEST1NED TO BULLET.
Deadly Diphtheria Culture Did Not
Affect Man Doomed to a Diff
ferent Death,

In the experience of Dr. Adolph Gehr-
mann, of the Columbus laboratories,
there has been at least one man under
his observation who, born to die by bull
let, has been immune to the germ of diph-
iberia under most aggravated circum-
stances.
DR.. Gehrmann was speaking of the in
frequency of laboratory infection of any
kind, and, failing to recall one instances
of such infection where it had occurred
in laboratory work, he recalled case
where, in class in the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, an act that ordinari-
ly would be classed as suicidal was made
simply story for laughter, that the sub
ject of it might become the victim of an
Arizona bullet several years later.
Before a class in the school on that
particular morning specimen of diph-
iberia was passed down the line in a cup
with a small brush in it, in order that
the students might put touch of the
matter upon the slides for microscopic
examination of the germs. This particu-
lar student, who seemed to have been
marked for an Arizona graveyard, mis-
took the purpose of the cup and brush
When it was passed to him, thinking it
was wash in the treatment of the dis
ease, and desiring to feel it's effect, he
took the brush, opened his mouth wide,
and swabed his throat vigorously.
1--WE got him out in minute and ap-
piled antiseptics until you couldn t rest,''
said DR.. Gehrmann. ''The whole per-
formance had been so unexpected and
so horrible that the class was stampeded
for a moment. AS for the student, he was
big, husky fellow, and he was less con-
cerned than most of us. Well, the infec-
tious matter didn't feaze him. There
were no consequences following it, and
the boy went the even and uneven tenor
of school life to the point of graduation.
Then he took to the even and uneven
tenor of life in Arizona, and in q mixup
with a native few months later he was
shot and killed. %@<>. i
1T doesn't prove anything, of course -
admits the doctor. TT leaves us guess
ing, as we always have been guessing,
over the question and possibilities of pre-
destination. But atsleast this example
that I have spoken Of is made the strong
er from the fact that the man escaped
diphtheria and died by a bullet To es.
cape a bullet and die by diphtheria would
not have seemed have SO significant. - -
/ Chicago Tribune. III 5E s5
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One Fare Plus $500.

Round trip rate via Chicago Great
Western Railway. To points in
Canadian Northwest, old Mexico, New
Mexico, Minnesota, North Dakota,
Manitoba, Idaho, Texas, Georgia,
Florida and North Carolina. Ample
return limits. Tickets on sale Oct.
9th and Goth; Nov. 3rd and ,l7th. For
further information apply to. any
Great Western agent, or @J. p. Elmer
&. "A, Chicago, Ill. ~ #>.s. s.5..s.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Improved Farm Machinery.

Farmers, when in need of a binder
mower, threshing machine or any other
farm implement, it willsspay you to call
on Geo. Duffy & Co. They sellIthe
Champion mowers and. binders, the
Buffalo Pitts, the Marion, the: e:Aultman,
the Geiser and other leading threshers,
stackers, feeders, ~weighers, etc. Call
and see them thew will treat YOU right,
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Low Rates from Austin,via Chi.
cagO Great Western Railway.

$l7.9O to Billings, Mont. 500. 80 TO
Livingston or Hinsdale, Mont. $22 50
TO HelenaSor Butte, Mont. $3.50 Ia
Spokane, Wash. $27. 80 to Portland,
Ore, Seattle and Tacoma, Wash
$27 90 to " vancouver and Victoria. B.
G. Tickets on sale daily up to Novem.
Der 3Oth inclusive. Superior Service
and Unequalled Equipment Full ia.
formation on apple ation to any Chi.
Ecago Great Western Agent, or to j..
P..5 Elmer, Ct. p. A., Chicago, iii. .
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

s's'T own Tai X 9 tells all bout the
new towns on the Chicago Great
Western Railway For free ecopysendI
to 30 win d g Magil NJ ownsites
Del Fort odge, Iowa |s5ss
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Snap in Farm Property.

1 have for sale 180 acres of improved
land in Carver County, Minn., 80 acres
in field, 40 acres meadow, 81 acres tim
Der and pasture. Good barn, we'll,
windmill and all necessary buildings,
one mile and a half from creamery.
Price $4Oi per acre if taken soon. Ed
Peterson, Sergeant, MINI.
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Paw Your Taxes.

Take notice, all real estate taxes
must be paid during the present month
as the penalty goes on after October 81
Get them in as early as possible so as
to avoid the rush. - -
~. S. A. SMITH, -
~. County Treasurer.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

THIS very impressive Groom house
L can be erected for $4,000, upon a
stone foundation. The size upon the
ground is 30x40 feet. .5r.s >,
The sizes of the rooms are shown on
the plans.
. A veranda is under one corner of the
building. The living room is very large
and has several good features, such as a
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

room fixtures, up-to-date kind. Amer
lean glass throughout Shingles dipped
in creosote stain. All work to be done in
workman-like manner All material
is to be of the best of it's respective kind.
- GEORGE A..~w. K1NTz.. :,
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

Plastering, two-coat work. -.
Painting, three-coat work.
Floors, double with felt paper be-
tween. ~. @$ -
Exterior sheathed with fence flooring.
First floor exterior, 4-inch siding. =
Second-story exterior, dimension
shingles.
Stone wall, 16 inches thick; chimney
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
One-half fare Plusl$2. 90 via The
Chicago Great Western
poi1xrox1

To points In Ariz )na, Arkansas.
Colorado, Indian Ter, Kansas, Lousi-
ana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma
and Texas. Tickets on sale Oct, 9Th
and Goth; Nov. 3rd and l7th. For
further information apply to any
Chicago Great Western Agent, or to
J.P. Elmer, G.. P. A., Chicago, III.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
How to Drive Away Ants.

Broken bits Of licorice sprinkled.
about pantry shelves will, it IS said,
Danish red ants. Borax is also useful.
the crystal and not the poWd being
preferred Is .=s
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28

The two large chambers on the second
floor have alcove' rooms in connection.
All chambers have large closets.
Size of studding, 2x4; 16-inch centers;
"eize of joist, 2x10: 16-inch centers; size
of roof rafters, 2x4; 24-inch centers.
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
Stops the Cough
aid Works off the Cold.

| Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure:a cold in
one day. No Cure, no Pay. Price rs CENTS
Mower County transcript., 1903-10-28
4 M f,nnI frn,n Ohio vaIIav.

Coal from Ohio Valley.
The output OF bituminous coal from
the Ohio vale last year was 165, ,O0O,ss.
900 tons, which was nearly four fthsj
sofs the entire product ion Of America
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

1t is worthy of special notice that
when Rush began to model in clay not
one of the artists who have given &C.
lebrity to our native sculpture had seen
the light of day. Frazer was not born
until 1890 nor Ezekiel Anger of New
Haven until 1901. The latter was orig
inally in the grocery trade, but, failing
in that, took up modelling and wood
carving without any guide except his
natural instincts; but, like the major
ity Of our early sculptors, with the ex-
ception Of Rush. his efforts are inter
esting only as evidence of what talent
entirely unobstructed can accomplish.
It was not until 1905, long after Cop
ley, West, Malbone, AllstOn and Stuart
had demonstrated our capacity for pic
torial art, that Hiram Powers was
born. The same year Horatio Green
ough first saw the light of day. In the
remote wilds of Kentucky Hart was
brought into this world in 1910, and
Clevenger, Crawford and Mills follow
ed in 1912, 1918 and 1915. Thus we
see that without hereditary genius or
predecessors from whom to copy Rush
achieved his artistic results and sue
ceeded in winning for himself Euro
pean renown which made him the
equal Of some of the leading foreign
carvers and sculptors of his age and
at the same time we'll earned the title
of "father of American sculpture"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Nature Took a Hand.

Dion Boucicault, playwright and
actor, was once playing a piece called
'The Vampire" at a London theater.
The opening scene represented the
highest regions of the Alps by moon
light. A thunderstorm ragged in the dis
lance, the thunder, of course, being
produced in the usual manner by the
property man with thunder sheet"
The vampire, Mr.. Boucicault, was
seen lying on the highest mountain
peak, dead to all appearance, but as
a ray of the moon touched his body he
came to life.
One night after the moon had
brought him to life and when he was
in the middle of his first speech Mr..
Boucicault was suddenly interrupted
by tremendous clap of thunder. Low
ering his voice so that it could be heard
only by the property man, he said in
dignantly:
Every we'll, Mr.. Davids, you are max
ing more mistakes. That clap of thun-
der came in the wrong place"
In stentorian tones, which could be
heard all over the auditorium, Mr.. Da-
vidS replied:
"No fault of mine, sir. 1t wasn't my
thunder Thunder's real out Of doors.
Perhaps you can stop it there, sir"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Vigorous Old Age

Paine's Celery Compound makes the old
feel young, and cures their ills. 1t has added
years of health and enjoyment to many life
Use this great medicine regularly, and its invig-
Grating powers will fill your declining years
with health, strength, and happiness. Read
what George F. Morse, 81 years old, writes:-
Wells & RICHARDSON Co.,
Gentlemen Just word in favor of
Paine's Celery Compound, hoping it may catch
the eye of some afflicted person, and they
may receive the same satisfactory benefit.
Some IS years ago l had combination of
malaria, chills and fever, and grip, which con-
tinued for year or more; meantime lost in
weight about 90 pounds, trying different medi-
cines and doctors with unsatisfactory results.
Paine's Celery Compound was recommended,
and, after using little | began tc improve,
gaining about a pound week. IN year
had regained 50 pounds of the lost weight and
good health, and have been well man ever
since. Yours truly, GEORGE f. MORSE.
LEoMINsTER, Mass, Oct. Fl, 1902.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
HIS ONE HIT
BY RICHARD KAHN
:
Copyright, 1902, by the .
S. S. Mcclure Company

Hampton had been sitting there in q
perspiratiOn half an hour then. He had
come in before O'clock. taken half ali
hour for his makeup and had thirty
minutes to put in Oh his part before
his dressing room mate arrived. OF
course every one knew he never would
get off the text. Hadn't they heard him
at the afternoon rehearsal, when he
made every one of them ask who he
was because he was letter perfect, and
they knew he hadn't been given the
part until that morning?
Temple had been taken suddenly ill
and wired that he couldn't go on that
night. When you know his part was
thirty-twO sides and be had no under
study, you may imagine how the other
principals felt when the stage manager
introduced old Hampton and explained
chat he would play Temples part in the
evening.
Hampton had a queer stride that
didn't help their peace of mind, but the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

ing, appealing, with tongue and pen in
the name of oppressed and suffering
humanity, his drafts upon nature were
too deep and the inevitable protest
followed the protest sealed by death.
We who knew and loved him, we
who watched with pride his powers un-
fold and each day add fresh luster to
his fame, will miss but not mourn him.
He died gloriously on the field of battle
and thousand times rather that he
was cut down prematurely from the
strain and wounds of conflict than
that he lived to dotage in Indifference
and ease while struggle RACES for the
overthrow Of despotism and the en-
reimbursement of the human race.
MacCartney's character was crowned
by all the manly virtues. He was pure
in mind, tender at heart, lofty of SOUL
He had no mean desire, no selfish i'm
pulse, no grovelling ambition, but
from his large and luminous soul
there streamed the sacred aspiration
to consecrate his life and service to his
fellow man.
With uncovered heads and reverent
hands we place there flowers where
our comrade sleeps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
Take Broiled Beefsteak.

Perhaps Kudyard Kipling and the
charming young girl in the amusing
anecdote that follows were not think
ing of the same part of the human
anatomy.
At an evening party in London
some time back gushing girl was in
troduced to the great poet.
ooh, Mr.. Kipling" she said. ''Now,
please do tell mel. I've been thinking
of taking up writing, but I'm so afraid
of that dreadful writer's cramp-did
you ever have it?"
II did, madam"
'And what did you take for it?''
"Beefsteak.
"Just fancy! But how did you ap-
ply it,"
"Grilled and internally" said Rud-
yard Kipling gravely. Il can't an
swer for it's being a panacea, but it
cured the kind of cramp I had."-Chi-
cago Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13


first time over the parts he showed
that he knew what the center of the
stage was, and he got it every time,
aid when they discovered that he knew
all the business, and Temples business
at that, they naturally wondered where
BuscOe had found him.
But Buscoe was not a talka tive stage
manager. He sat at the prompt table
and held the book, but he had nothing
to say to Hampton. He had evidently
said it before he called the first act.
None in the company knew him. A
man with a sick wife on his hands and
five years of one night stands on the
road as his latest record usually isn't
on intimate terms with picked cast
for a big metropolitan revival. But
Buscoe knew him. Buscoe and Hamp-
ton had done one nights together more
than five years ago, and BuscOe knew
that HamptOn'S one ambition was to
play Temples part, just as we'll as
Hampton knew that Buscoe's hope was
trip to London to stage some big
production or other. Naturally enough,
when Temple wired that he couldn't go
on that night, Buscoe had telephOned
to the agencies, located Hampton and
two hours afterward handed him Tenn
pies part.
laid it on Jennie's bed. Then he cried.
Jennie had been crying a good deal
anyway, because she felt herself slip
ping away from the world. She saw
the name on the outside cover Of the
part She knew that the biggest re-
and that Temple had made the hit Of
his career by simply reading that thir-
ty-two pages of manuscript. She had
never ceased to be sure that if Dick
ever had a chance he would do the
same thing. It meant a good deal to a
sick woman who hadn't much longer
to wait for him to get the part.
And 1t meant good deal to him, too,
since he had rehearsed it with her
times innumerable in the certain hope
that some day he would be given a
chance to play it. Five years of one
nights didn't seem long just then. To-
morrow, after he had made his one hit,
it would be almost joke. After they
had finished crying Dick kissed her,
and they both laughed, Dick with a
laugh he had used for two seasons in
''The Red Scarf
Then he propped her up in the bed,
handed to her the manuscript and ask
ed for the first cue. SO the rehearsal
that Hampton had that afternoon at
the theater wasn't by any means the
first one.
Hampton was fairly startled when
the overture began. 1t may have been
because on the one nights he was ac-
customed to two violins and a piano
or maybe only to a piano. Then he
pulled himself together, and when the
boy called places be stood in the side
entrance as cool as the prompter and
waited for the drop to go on. The next
minute he heard his cue Well, what
happened after that no one has ever
tried to explain. No one in the COM
pany ever thought enough about it to
think an explanation necessary, and of
course Hampton couldn't explain it if
he tried.
The one big scene that Temple had
at the end of the third act fell fat
played by Hampton. 1t went over the
audiences head or was thrown too di-
rectly into their teeth. Anyway when
Hampton made his exit there was no
applause except from the back or the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13

house, and Hampton had been il }a.
business long enough - know, ,vAa.
that meant. Even on ihe one nights
the ushers were worthy OF their hire.
Temple had been getting at Least
three curtain calls at every perform
ance. Everybody knew that TEMPLE
used to say that a phono2rarh wocld
get a round on his last speech. And
Hampton, after ten years of work, got
the uSherS.
he was pleased since he got through il
without spelling the scene, since he had
had but one rehearsal And Buscoe
was not to be found, for the first time
in his life, when the drop went up on
the fourth act.
Hampton wasn't on in the fourth
but he took such time to get into his
street clothes that he wasn't ready to
leave until the others were, and he
went out with his hat III his hand
Grasping the cold iron rail, he guided
himself to the blaze of electric lights
that marked the lobby entrance and
seemed to be spelling out the name up
OH it. That was the last time the com
pany saw him.
If it hadn't been for Mrs. Bowler,
from whom Hampton rented his little
flat, and if it hadn't been that fats
are built with thin walls, the company
would have altogether forgotten about
ID 1yvNA Dv1c,
coe, and she came down the next after
noon with message Mrs. Jennie
Hampton was dead.
Mrs. Bowler had heard Hampton
come in about half past II the night
before She had heard the doctor,
who was still there, tell him some
thing. Then it became so quiet that
she fell asleep, although she had in
tended to remain awake and offer
what help she could if anything hap
pened She didn't awaken until the
sun crept through the window in the
room.
Then, she said, Hampton began to
speak. Mrs. Bowler couldn't repeat
what he said, but she knew that he
was explaining about the play the
night before-how, at. the end Of the
how they called for him until the cur
tain was raised and he bowed to them;
how he took the leading woman by the
hand and led her to the footlights, and
finally how he had gone out in front
Of the curtain and bowed to them
again. Mrs Bowler knew enough about
the theater to know what curtain calls
were, and Hampton was telling Jennie
that he had six, while the most that
Temple ever had was four. In fact,
Mrs. Bowler became SO excited that
she actually went into the room to
cess.
When she opened the door, she saw
Jennie smiling feebly and Hampton
at the foot Of the bed, animated, ear
nest, convincing, happy. And Jennie
was beaming. She was still smiling,
Mrs. Bowler said, when she fell back
on the pillow and closed her eyes.
Hampton shivered and stopped his
story.
SO Mrs. Bowler came down for
Hampton to tell Buscoe that Jennie
was dead and to bring one other mes
sage, which no one but Buscoe seemed
10 understand. AS she told it, it was
like this: 'Tel Buscoe that l. re made
my one hit"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-13
A New Carnegie Story.

Thus the NJ. P. happened to pass on
this new Carnegie story: One evening
at a reception Mr.. Blaine said to me:
'Do you know Mr.. Carnegie has put
"a strange question to me-whether he
should accept Of a seat in the house Of
commons or one of an election to the
house Of representatives? And what
advice did you give him? I asked,
ooh, 1 told him, he answered, that if
ne accepted a seat in the house Of
commons he would be a greater man
in America, hut if he took an election
to the house Of representatives he
would be a greater man in England "