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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JULY s, 1890 ln r- f We are Showing OF Clothing, AND Furnishing Goods At Low CALL IN AND SEE 1017-1019 O St., LINCOLN, NEB. Beatrice, Neb. Falls City, Neb. Weeping Water, Neb. and Wilber, Neb. Herman Bros. A. M. DAVIS & SON, Spring Carpets And Draperies 1112 0 St. Telephone 219. 206 $outh r-"Tv: -wuoi.i:sAi.i:ns ami ui:taim:us or- SHIRTS, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, ETC. CA LL A XI) SEE O L 'It Superb Line of Flannel shirts ! Outings, Cloth Shirts, Cashmere Shirts, Silk Shirts. A full line of Lincoln Knitting Mills Co, Goods at Special Prices to the trade and consuuicr. Agents for Lincoln Knitting Mill Co., Lincoln Suspender Co,, Rockford Socles and Carter's Slippers, f HAVE YOU SEEN f Pyle's New Sodatfountain ? ITS K BEHUTY And from it they are now drawing the Finest and Most Delicious CREAM SODA 4 With all the popular Flavors made from pure and wholesome FRUIT JUICES. 1123 O Street. Chapman's Old Stand. a Complete Line Hats, Caps, Prices. US. STORES AT AND NOW'S THE TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER Lincoln" Tce co. 1040 0 ST. PHONE 118. PURE CLEAR ICE! Prompt Delivery. ROBINSON MERCANTILE CO. NEW LOCATION nth St., Montgomery Block, FAMOUS, THOUGH BLIND. THE SIQHTIF.SS FEW WHO HAVE TRIUMPHED OVEn MISFORTUNE. John Milton, Krnncols lltilmr, (Imrrmir WlllUm Went. Ilotnrr, Kiiundersoii, lr. tlliicklnck, rrotrnor Kuwretl, llllnit Tom, Ijiurn Ilrldiriinin mill Others. lOo.jrlRht,l80O.J If nuked to Rlvo their views ns to tho ca pacities of the lillnd nino persous out of ten would probably reply that the ions of slRht of Itself stimulated tho other House; tlmt thiw) horn blind sulTered much less tlnm thiwo blinded In mlddlo life, tlmt the blind have n tpoelnl nptlttidu for niuslo or nu'titnl nrlthmn tie or some other pursuit, mid tlmt they learn IIOMKIl IIKCITIMl 1113 10E.MS. to dlstliiKulsh colors by touuli. Yot tluy would bu hi-oiir on overy polr.U TI10 error Is llko tlmt of ussumln;; that limn u ho lost tho light arm hi the war learned to write with the left with comparatively little trouble, They did ienru, many of them, but It was be cause they had to; there Is overy reason to U-lIovo, liowovcr, tlmt it awl thorn tnoro labor than it would have cost them when they had two Rood arms. Similarly of the blind. They have, In deed, accomplished marvels but only those w ho would have been equally eapablu and much moru active with sight. It is carelessly assumed, for Instance, that thulr musical ability is great. Well, there nro (as near as can lo determined now) something over fti, 000 totally blind rson in the United States and about 33,000 in Great liritain; in all these 51,000 how many noted musicians nro therol How many w ho havo even a state or provin cial reputation 80 very few that If you consider how jioworfully the blind nro im pelled towards music as n means of liveli hood you must concludo that their avvrago ability is considerably Mow that of others. Yet America has produced onu marvel In this line and Euglaud another. Ullnd Tom is an idiot the physiology or inychology of his achievements must foruver remain a mystery but Stanley, tho English organist, vtns 11 man of marked ability In many directions. One of his achievements astonished mii'lenl circles all over tho world, though it is now almost forgotten. At 0 public iierfoi'iimnco of one of Handel's "To Ik-urns" the organ was found to bu a half note too sharp for the other instruments, whereupon, instead of requiring that the vlo II113 should bo screwed up to the organ's pitch, Stanley at onco transposed the whole piece, to suit them, into a loner key. Thii us tho more wonderful as the noy key was the remote one of C sharp major. His fluo sense of voire nan equally remark able. To test it, a gentleman, who had not met him for twenty years, enmo up to him III.INII TOM AT THE PIANO, in tho midst of n great throng In Tall Mull, and In it feigned voice said, "How do you do, Mr. Stanley f" The musician hesitated un Instant and snid, "Why. God bless me, Mr Itlvers, when did you return from Jamulcni" Tlmt lie could top his cane lightly on the lluor of a room and tell how much furniture there was in it is strange, but many blind men have had tills (Miner. A blind orter employed In Kdinhurgh iimsI to adopt tint and other like methods of dutermiuins: tin furnishings and general condition of houses to which ho wits sent with packages, anil often gave tho dealers valuable hints as ,., certain people'n capacity to puy. "Aye, aye, sir," ho would sometimes say, "o'll get tho siller. The leddy of the house is nil honest leddy; I'd put my life on her voice." In 11 similar way tho learned Di Thomas Iilaekloek, lielng led by 11 dog, noted tho pattering of the animal's feet on the hoards u liloh partially covered an old well, and was thus saved from fulling into It. Tills onoo noted genius was Imrn nt Annan, Scot laud, in lTvM, and at the age of 0 months lie- cumo totally lillnd. Hy hearing others read ho soon Ix-camo a Ixiylsh uxtiert in Kngllsh history Ho was thou taught Litin, and at tho age of It! producod creditable verses In that language Ho ucqulrod a clussleal win cation, preached many years with marked success, and produced several philosophical and theological works. We aro not, however, to eoncludo tlmt ho would not have done equully well, or oven betU.-r, with sight. At this point It (swell to otiisider a fact often mentioned in tho olllcial reiiorts, but still u puzzlo to scientists tho great dlspro ixirtlon of the blind in different countries They aro fewer In tho United States than in any other country in tho world, never rising above 1 In 3, :tX), while in Nova Scotia they are about 1 in I, NX), tho same In I'rluce Ed ward's Island, I initio in Franco, t In 2,000 in Bavaria, I hi I ,-100 In Sweden and I in MO in Norway. In Ofo.it Britain recent statistics nro not nvnllnhV, hut tho totally blind sev eral years ii-jo irero about t in 1.IC0. Going southward and eastward tho ratio ineroasei too (Mint whia1), to English speaking people, seems hotrihlo. Including Egypt nnd adja cent coasts, tho 1 utlo of the blind to tho wholo population in the zona from SO dogs, to 30 ..b. ,,u, .,, Mk.DM.iv , niliTV4 IU IW I 111 llA, 1 while In considerable- Mictions tho pnitially nllnd am one-fifth of thn x)putntloii. Two farts nro rclf evident! tho north temperate latitudes, say from !t1 (leg, to M Jogrces, urn most favorable (or Is it only lio cunso tliu eople am moro eivlllredt), and th Ilrltlih-Amerlcnn race has tho best eyes In the world In Irelnnd, however, the intlo l nearly tlireo times us great ns in tlie United States, and thn local medical authorities at tribute It alnuwt entirely to tho comtmrutl'M American exemption from Miinllmx. It should lie mlded that tho "1 In ',.W nliovn set lowii ineiiut native Americans; Immi gration has noticeably luei eased the latin, though the Immigrant lands with apparently good eyes, for, as has lieen well Slid, "Many not hoiu blind are Imrn to become, blind," In China alone, 011 the other hand, there nrn at least l.OOO.OOO totally blind, and In India nliout I(X),ihio, The mimWr in thn whole world Is thought to fnll but little shot t of U,000.(m The most wonderful blind man of modern times, probably, was Nicholas Saundersivi, horn In Yorkshire In Mini. At I ) varum ho lost his sight by smillpox, jot ently in lift) ho miistcicd (Ireek, Latin, algebra and ge ometry. He taught mathematics and optics at Cambridge nml rfected 11 "Method of Fluxions." His skill In iiutiipiarles was great, and b touching a coin with his, tongue ho could declare Its era and national coinage. Dr. Wlllurd, of Deerlleld, Mass,, who bcouino blind while n young man. soon ucqiilri-d n lulnuto kuowledgeof Ids little farm and could gather his fruit, prune his trees and lay out and plant his garden oven to the age of 81. Thn alfietliig story of Inura Ilrldgman Is a ell known, As she was dumb, deaf and blind In i- friends might well huvtidcspulred; hut Dr. Howe found menus to communicate with her, and, If such n phrase could lie iihimI of man, one might say tlmt he created an in tellect In this isolated nnd unfortunate girl. It was long the fashion to spenk of Homer ns the blind poet of classical antiquity, nnd Greek legend relates that he lost his sight In earl manhood; but it isdoubtful If "Homer" does not menu a title Instead of a man. John Milton was among the greatest soholarsuf his time, and wrote many able treatises and ele gnut verses before passing middle life. Ho nlmost ruined his sight by exeesilvo study In early manhood, but apparently recovered; at the age of 4'.' his ejes liegnti to fail, but he neglected the advice of his physicians nnd wns soon totally blind. Ton or twelve yrnrs MU.1IUIIN PIIAV1NO KOIt CONOUK.S.S. Intel he ln-gau to write, or rattier dictate, hit great, orks. "I'aradlMi Iost" and "I'aradlsi Itegnlned," and, according to Thomas Ell wood, the genial Qunker who cheered and ad vised liim.inucli of them were com xsed in the midst of domestic, iolltIcal and iiersonal troubles which might well hnvo distracted a ) oung man w itli two eyes, Francois Holier lost his sight in boyhood hy excessive study, yot ho becaino fniuoiii for his res-arches Into the habits of bees. His wife is largely to bo credited with his success, iildcd by Ilerr Ilurnens, his dovotisl friend. His sou I'ierrocompleti-d the fntlier's work, and thus the name or the Swiss Hubert Is ever famous In natural history. Henry Fnucett, tho English economist and states man, lost his sight nt the ago of '-!" by an ac cident while hunting; jot ho hns lived to servo in parliament, to tie lostiuustvr general and to produce sevtial works of great value. "Tho Blind I'rcucher," Wllllum Homy Mil bum, uow chaplain of tho United State liouso of representatives, ns lie wus in 18.V), I a conspicuous example of genius triumphing over misfortune. He also lost hi sigut hi boyhood. The Hon. William West, of Ohio, long noted as a jiopulur jKilltlcal sM-aker, li 1111 Instance of resolution triumphing over Iom of sight. Ho had fairly good uoof his eyes luring early manhood, but Ix-cumo totally blind in the prime of life. The common idea that the iillllctiou becmj greater to those w ho could once see Is not borne out by their testimony. Tlioy nro em phutic In exprosltig Mttfsfnctloii that they onco could s.-e nud that tliey retain jierfectly clear Ideas of form and color. Even those who lest their sight nt as early nn nps ns 10 years' insist that they remember distinctly what they once saw, declare that no treasure would Induce them to part with such knowl edge, nnd speak with unaffected pity of all who weioboru blind. And there Is sound philosophy in it, for under tho most fnrornblo circumstances the minds of tho latter can never havo tlmt breadth n hlch even a few years of sight would give. Even Suunderson wnnbleloglvonolHtter Idea of sight than that it was "like a lot of little threads run ning from tho object to the eye." Tho melancholy truth Is also Impressed on thoso whostudv it that blindness is an even greater misfortune than it seems to those w ho can see The cloud i.nder which tho blind MILTON IllCTATI.NO TO HIS liAC'dllTER. 'ivo is, indeed, dep ami dark, and despite all that can Iki done for them they must dwell for the most part in a region of thought apart from otiiers. Instead of thinking it strung tlmt out of so many blind there should lie so low who havo attained emlnenoe, there U cause for amazement that there should have Ikh-ii so many. J. n. IIkadi.e. Tho dangers of the professirwis.1 roesdist would seem to be as serious as those that en vlrou the reckless rider or tho enthuslastlo cllmlier of a porilous mountain aido. Sir Morell Mackenzie In a recent locturo dwelt upon this fact, and citel the ee of Slgnor Hubiul, who was takim suddenly 111 after un usual vocal exertion, An examination showed that the extraordinary rosplratlon Incident to roachlng the high uot had fractured hU foliar bono. """"1 No. 111). Clmriiile. ruisT. lainithuiiitiiig) trust notino, I am not nhnt I "ein to Im-, lint something fnlso a trick, a fraud, Hy honest folks d.Miplsed, nhltnrmt. 1 rlienl, I linltnte, I ne, And nui not good In any slmpe. stroxn I'm notiipthlng sollii,nnd "Us sail To lo (illled to 0110 no bad Asl'lrr.t, hiiltil, 'twlxt First and inn Thero's lietlilng of ftllhiltj. Although j nil call mo hard and diMise, I'm still a refugo nlid ilefense. Tlmt I'm like man you mny illsrern; I'm mnilo of djjst, o Oust return. "w'nolr. ' W.'tiiw -I'm not a tiling thit'it very rnrn, I (jmw In sistiins every w hern. Who would mipioso tho Trinity Hud nnj tiling to do w lilt innr And etHnliil Patrick hy my aid An Illustration of It innilnt And slioweO heir easily 'tis donn To innku one three, and mnko three ona. 180. Itnlms fur l.ltlle loll). mm No. I HI. A riimiitia Artist. In iirvrleM water Illy, with heart of glow lug gold, In Umiilo OnfTodll, klssMUiy thn stitislilno hnlil; In cn-amy snowdrops, fnlr wnrls on winter's I row, In cheery imnsy, which seems to smile nnd how In dainty nrlintin, pink tinted as a shell, In timid violet, perfuming tho ferny dell; In golden dandelions, stars on nnture'n skies, In frngrnnt honeysuckle, the honeyU'o'H pnra- Olse; In fragllo anemone, fulrestof tho wllitttoodcrcw, In hluslilng tulip, with cup or siwrklltigOuiv; In sweet fergct-ine-nnt, ixiImi! In iMinnle I1I110. My wholo Is tho iiaiuo of a famous lady nrtUt. No. IH'1. Iloulile Arrnstle. Thu iiritnnls and flunN give tho name of 11 celebrated explorer. Thn (irlinnls give his original name: tho duals his present name. 1. '1'lin public liaiiKinand'ng.). 2. A dun geon, a. Occidental. 4, An Instrument for mcimiirliiK the risoof vnter. 6. A kind ofputldiiiK. 0. (Antron.) A constellation In tho northern hemisphere. 7. (Hot.) A pe cles of nnemone, b. Ageiiusof dlinlniitlvo iiqiuitln planta. 0. Preternnttiral at rait new. 10. Evening. 11. A pnrtlculnr kind of plum. 13. Earthly. No. 183. Knlgiuu. In (Jennnny I'm always found, And thero appear in Krcon; Wliene'er you hear tho trtiinpctSHOtind, With generals I'm aeon. I In thu front of guardH appear, And there I bear tho bull; In lighting I mil In tho rear, If 1 thu truth must tell. Sometimes I closely do engage, Hut ne'er utnongst the fdaln; Although no coward, yet, In rngo, I tihvayH fly tho plain. No. V rJPWik No. 1H4. A Hollow Niiuiro, X X X X X X X X X X X X X x x x x X Tho upper horizontal Is before you. Tho right vertical In In the Fuzzier thin week. Tho lower horizontal you nro now trying to And. Tho left vertical of five, rending upward, another variety of tho upper liorT znntnl. No. 183. Conundrums. I. Why Inn lamowildlcr thu most marvel ous phenoineuour 3. At wlmt point do armies Kenernlly enter hostilu cities? 3. Do you think I can tell you of what parentage was Nnjioleon tho Grentf 4. Why Is n drummer tho fnstest man In creation? 5. Why nro lnujers llko shears? il. What poem of Hood's resembles n tre mendous Hoiimti nose? 7. Wlmt is that which you can go no wncru without and yet Is of no uso to you? 8. Whj are laundresses good navigators? Conundrums Answered. A blind beggar had a brother, who died and went to Heaven. What relation was tho blind lK-ggur to the (lei-bon who went to henon? Brother? No, Sister? Yes. What time of tho night will cats come In nt the front door? When they llud It o(hmi. Which go fastest, n horse's fore legs or his hind ones? Ills fore ones; tho hind ones cuii'tmer catch 'em. What would Ihi a good thing to remem ber before driving vicious horses? Tlmt it Is preferable to look after tho bits of your horses than to hnvo to look after tho bits of your carriage A Scriptural Itlddlu. When Eve told Adiini tochostlso Ills son. what live scriptural names did alio uso? "Adam." Seth Eve, "Cain Abel." Key to the Puzzler. No. 173. A Numerical Enlgmni The basis of all excellence Is truth. No. 173. Diamonds,- 1. I. N. 3. Jew. 3. Jewel. 4. New Year. 5. Weedy. 0. Iiy. 7. K. II. t II 3. Cam. 3. Caves 4. Ha varia. 5. Merit. 0. Sit. 7. A. No. 174. A Celestial Charadu: Ilaln-bow No. 173. Double Central Acrostic: Fourth row, Daniel Webster; fifth row, Edward Everett, Cross words: I, Condemns. 2. I'l-radlsc, 3. Downward. 4. Variance. 5. AsHrsctl. 0, Chaldron. 7. Showered. 8. Grievous. 0. Prebends. 10. Mossrose. II. Freteuse. 12. Greeting. 13. Courtier. No. 170. Illustrated Hebus; Thu eternal ttti'.rs shine out as soon as it is dark enough. t. any le. No 177. Word Squares. Y A P O N G L O V E A G A V E L C V E L V A It E S O V 1 N E O V E It T V E N O M N E S T S E L E M 1 No. 178.-Hidden HlnU: I. Uxtk. 3. Spar row. i). Wren. 4. Haven. 5. Dovo. 0. Partridge. 7. Owl. 8. Swallow. 0. Eagle, 10. Thrush. U. Martin. NOWS' THE TIME TO PLACE YOUIl OIlDEIl FOK House Decorations! Wlioro they will receive prompt nltcntlon and skllKut wurkiuntislilp. Call on S. E. MOORE, t nnd see his line of Fine Paper llnnglngs, 11 H4 O STIIBX Solo Agcnc) for The Sliorwln-Wllllams Co.'s Paint. FOVi. Rubber Hose, Hose Fittings, -A NO Lawn Sprinklers go to; DEAN & HORTON, 1, 50 O Street, WHERE YOU WILL (JET Wholesale Prices In any quantity you want to purchase. Unprecedented Attraction I uvi.iv n miiiLiiun DltuKiuuujU Louisiana State Lottery Comp'y. Inooriioinleil hy the I-Blsluluro for Kdu rational ml Charlluhlu purposes, Its franchise liiiidc a part or the iiresent stnt constitution inhtiU hy 1111 overwhelming 11011. lllarvote mid To continue until January 1st, 1895. Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Semi Annually (June nnd Decem ber), and Its Grand Single Number Draw Ings take iilnce In each of the other ten months of tlieycnr, and arc all drawn In public, nt the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS For Integrity of Its Drawings, nnd Prompt Payment of Prizes, Attested ns foltowsi "Wo do horehy certify that wo supervlso thu iirriuiKomeuiK mr nil tho Monthly and Jeml Aiiniiul DruwliiKi or Tlio Ixmlslumi Hluto litler.vCoiupiiiiy, ami In person imm une nud control tho llrawluus themselves, and Unit the sumo aro condueled with lion 'ty riilrn,iuid in cnod ralth toward all parties, nud wo uuthorlo tho Cot.. puny to uso this eerllllrale, with rue-slmllles orour sltfiia ures iittuehed, In Its udvortlsemcnts." megg JXf Commissioners. We, thu underslKiied Hunks und Hankers will pay all prizes drawn In tho Loulsluuu Statu litterlut. which liliiv hu iiremit,-,l nt nil (itiiiiiiin. Grand Monthly Drawing, At the Academy of Moilc, New Orlftni, Taeidav. Jnlr 16. 1800. 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