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Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
An Ungrateful Elephant.

For nine days one of the five famous
performing elephants of the Great Lon
dor circus has had sore throat, which
has prevented him from swallowing any
food except little cruel. George Arst-
ingtall, the trainer, had been unwearied
in his care of "Ned,n the beast in ques-
tiua, and has even taken the trouble to
concOct with his own hands various in
Flllibl3 remedies, which he afterward
forced down Ned's throat. With the
docility for which elephants are noted,
Ned took the remedies one after the
ii. r and grew worse and worse. He
treasured up all these injuries in his
memory, however. Yesterday after
noon Arstingtall administered a new
kind of Cruel to Ned. The elephant
waited patiently until he was through,
and then bent down his head and twin
ed his trunk about the body of the
trainer. When he had taken good
hold he lifted ArStingtall from the
ground and held him in the air for some
time, as if debating what he should do
next. Then he hurled him violently
across the stable. A canvas screen had
been put up day or two before on one
side OF the stable to protect the elephants
from the draught, Arstingtall fell
against the partition, and in doing so
escaped serious injury. Directly behind
this screen is the cataract, and had the
professor fallen into it, he would have
been badly hurt. He says that he never
had a good opinion of elephants, and
that he does not believe that one ever
conceived true affection for human
being, although sometimes they make
friends with other animals, such as dogs,
cats or camels.-NeU York World.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Warning to Young Husbands.

A young wife in Michigan had just
got settled in her new home. All SEEM
ed fair and promising, for she did not
know that her husband was drunkard.
But one night he came home at very
late hour and much the worse for liquor.
When he staggered into the house the
wife, who was greatly shocked, told him
he was sick aud to lie down at once, and
in moment or two he was comfortably
settled on sofa in a drunken sleep. His
face was reddish purple, his breathing
was heavy, and altogether he was a
pitiable-looking object.
The Doctor was sent for post-haste
and mustard applied to his feet and
hands. When the Doctor came and felt
his pulse and examined him and found
that he was only drunk, he said;
"He will be all right in the morning"
But the wife insisted that he was very
sick, and that severe remedies must be
used.
"You must shave his head and apply
blisters," she urged, " or will send for
some one who will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied.
The patient lay all night in drunken
sleep, and Notwithstanding the blisters
were eating into his flesh, it was not till
near morning that he began to beat
about disturbed by pain.
About daylight he woke up to most
uncomfortable consciousness of blistered
agonies.
"What does this mean?n he said, put
ting his hands to his bandaged head.
"Lie still-you mustn't STIR said the
wife; "yOu have been very sick"
"I'm not sick"
"Oh, yes, you are; you have the brain
fever. We have worked with you all
night"
Il Ishould think you had," groaned
the poor victim. "What's the matter
with my feet?"
"They are blistered."
"Well, I'm better now; take off the
blisters-do,n he pleaded piteously.
He was in most uncomfortable state
his head covered with sores and his
feet and hands were still worse.
"Dear," he said, groaning, "if |
should ever get sick in this way again,
don't be alarmed and send for a doc
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
Important Discovery in Telegraphy h
a Boy Of Is.

Mr.. Charles H. Wilson, Chicago boz
barely IS years of age, has suddenE
made his appearance in the capacity d
benefactor of his race. His paper On
"Neutralizing the Effect of Current H.
duction Which Presents Itself on Tele
graph Wires that Run Parallel to Each
Other" read before the American Elec
trical Society Wednesday, heralded A
new and important discovery. If bis
method shall prove practicable on |,
large scale, as ii already has on a small
one, it will prevent the interference Of
multiple, especially quadruplex, cur
rents on parallel wires, and may lead
to an indefinite expansion of the useful
ness of the telegraph service. Them
portance of the discovery was recogniz
ed by the learned body before which ii
was read in a special resolution Of
thanks. Young Mr.. Wilson thus finds
himself, at a bound, on the top wave Of
fame and fortune. A year ago poor
messenger boy in the employ of The
Western Union Company, he is now an
authority in one Of the most perplexins
departments of science. 1t is gratify
ing to know that this good fortune has
fallen upon one who has given evidena
of deserving it. His thoughtful ques
tions and quick apprehension of the.
technical details of telegraphy seem ID.
have attracted the attention of the cha
operator in the Chicago office, and led,
to his employment in a capacity thai
permitted him to pursue his studies.
The result has been a success beyondh
expectations, but not above his deserts
I-ChtcGQ0 ITi9at7se.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
A Huge Bell.

At the temple of Ularo,'in kioto
pan, is seen the largest bell in the wG
hanging in a tower on the hill, anu
perfect in toNe as the day it was
pended. BY measurement it eS'j
the great bells at Peking, China, anI
Russia, both of which are also sall
be cracked. Where the bell was y
and by whom, is lost in the shaaJs, d
antiquity. Chinese and Sanscrlt y y
acters cover the entire surface Of
bell, but no modern japanese sch0llii ai
priest can translate them. This uSe ~
"a feet in height, and 16 inches tllrI H.,
the rim, and, when the priests Soun, So:,
at 8 o'clock every evening, its majS+
boom is heard many miles down tny, !,
ley. None of the bells in Japan y
"clappers," but are sounded pJ
pended levers of wood, used ike ~
tering ram, and striking the bell 0D'
outside.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
FAREWELL or THE OLD YEAR.

When the moments of friendship are num-
bered,
That the love which in laughter has slum
bered,
Awakes now in tears!
We are friends that have journeyed together
Long time, you and |; n
Through sunshine and stOrmiest weather,
But the Old Year must die.
And awhile in your hearts will awaken
bitter regret,
And the paths your feet have forsaken
You can not forget.
Yet pray you to mourn not my going,
Though we have been friends;
What am but one billOw, whose flowing
Has touched shore, and ends!
And the tale of my JOY and my sorrow
Lives but as the trace
OF the waves, tn; the tides OF the morrow
In turn shall eltace.
Yet leave you, as waves leave their treas
ureS
OF coral and shell,
A gift, passing sorrows and pleasures,
Our friendship to tell.
I leave YOU the friendships, whose growing
Has been from my birth;
There is naught that the tide brings in flow
ing
Can equal their worth.
For as shells from the murmurs of ocean
Steal echoes that last,
SO in friendship is stored the emotloh
OF years that are past
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
A Short Sermon for Young Ladies

The foe of American social life is 10
the tendency to luxury and effeminag...
among the well-to-do young women -
our American cities and large towns
They do not realize how this dreadts |
mania for expensive pleasures, and-
life of alternate idleness and amusemen
is destroying their health; abolishil22
true marriage; feeding the flame
gross sensuality and intemperanee :
among young men, and Saddening III
hopes of the best parent Of the land L
Some of them never know it in th-
world. But most of them have no ra
purpose to waste their lives in than
wretched way. And it is high Grim
in mothers, teachers, ministers of rel
gion and the public press to pander Nj
this :. insanity e,Thouyands OF ,,goodtn,
hearted young girls are sacrificed eveVvil
year, when a little wise and lovlntet
guidance could save them. But we fes {
that they should be told that unler
they change this life they will pas Y
away like the flowers of June, andft'
more hardy and resolute class occuIs 1
their places. American society wi W
shed every class OF trihers, male or h1al
male, that do not do its work, as tigs
forests shed their withered leaves. LA
them awake from their dream of sOciAp
indulgences; learn to live out of doonre
to build up their health; to cultivsuI I
more simple tastes in dress, and mo1Br
moderation in pleasure; study domeaks
economy; study social skill and tstW
fit themselves for the noblest positioltor
ever yet offered to their sex, and leaGe
that woman is the soul of American LIT to-
not the tinsel on its garment Uni~Th
S0liSt Quarterly. lily
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
DOLLS FROM THE SKIES.
A Holiday Story from the French-One
Family Made Happy.

"A Holiday story from the French-One
Family Made Happy.
Bless me, if Christmas isn't here
again; and New Years right on its
heels! Just the time for telling little
story, very simple one, which enacted
itself under my own eyes in Paris that
cruel winter of 1870.
All through the siege it fell to my
dutyto 60 almost every night, some
times to the Northern Railroad station,
sometimes to the Orleans, with the let
ters and newspapers which the balloon
people undertook to deliver to our
friends outside. 1t was long and te~
dious Journey, especially in the snowy
and freezing weather of that hard Win
ter. But had the rare good luck to
light upon hackman who was willing
to drive me on these nocturnal eXcur-
Sions.
This man, endowed by nature with
an execrable temper, was crossed-graln-
ed, morose, peevish, and porcupinish to
the last degree. Els horse was little,
ugly beast, all bones it had q good
head, though, and legs of steel. A few
humps of sugar established me in Coco's
good graces, but it was a much more
formidable task to get on the right side
of Coco'S master.
One bitter cold night-it was nearly
O'Clock in the morning. saw on the
Boulevard Montmartre hackman who
was evidently making his best speed
homeward. hailed him:
"Take fare?" r.
"Where TOP"
"The Orleans Station. There W 4 be
a GOOD poufboirc drink money for
you"
"Orleans Station! You're joking
Not muCh.h
"But hark you here, my good fellow!
1t is to the show am taking you. A
balloon goes tonight; you will help in
flate it; you will see the cages of oUr
poor little carrier-pigeons who take our
letters and dispatches to the country.
Have YOU ever seen all that?"
"Balloon, pigeons, letters, the coun-
try." grumbled my gentleman to him
self. "Come, it's bargain; in with
you, bourgeois!"
Coachy followed with lively curiosity
all the preparations for the voyage; he
even lent hand in the work. The as
cension, which was really superb, put
the finishing touch on his astonishment
and delight.
Two or three times after that l had
the luck to run across my man, who
took his late passenger without making
too much difficulty. The balloon peo-
pie got to know him; M. GODDARD thank
ed him again and again for his skillful
and active assistance.
Toward the end of December, about
2o'clock in the morning, in wolfsh
cold, l was pushing toward the Orleans
station, when, by happy chance, my
coachy recognized me and pulled up his
horse with jerk.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

tor, and, above all, don't blister m.
again"
"Oh, indeed l will; all that says3
you were the blisters, and if you hav.
another such a spell should be mon
frightened than ever; for tn tendepcv
[ am sure, is to apoplexy, and from m
next attack you will be likely to die IN.
less there are the Severest measure,
used"
He made no further defense. SuHic.
it to say, he never had another attack
0ttcaq0 Herald.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11
CHRIS TMAS IN THE TENEMENT
HOUSE.

Ny baby died last night,
OF damp andhunger and cold
III lleS there with its pretty face
All wan and white and old;
l heard its moaning cries,
l saw its pinched lips culver,
And prayed that God would curse the rlcn
Forever and forever.
Nay, do not shake your head
And look so sad and hurt;
You never had a baby die
OF hunger, cold, and dirt;
Iou'neyer was doomed TO i've,
With spent and gasping breath,
In tenement house whose rotten walls
Reek with the slime OF death.
Do you think was always thus
SO pinched and poor ana pale!
Why, at your age, sweet lady,
was strong and rosy and hale.
No burden came hard to me then,
And life was glorious song;
And nv soul, like a harp in perfect tune,
Gave melody all day long.
And now | am all alone,
With neither hope nor goal;
And the future-GOd knows, Tor don't care
What becomes of my soul!
There is never 4 hand to help
And never heart to care,
And shall drift to the gates OF death
On the wild sea of despair
Stay, lady, you dropped tear
Itshincs on my baby's hair;
Don't think of the harsh, mad words I'VE
said
have had so much to bear:
No fire to warm, no food,
No trust, no friend, no Cod
DO you wonderI long to lie with her
Under the frozen sod?
You tell of love and heaven
They are both in my baby's face;
0, can follow her tender steps
Up to that glorious place?
/ am worn with grief and pain
But I'll try this Christmas Day,
With all my feeble faith Pll try,
For your tears have opened the way.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

The experienced editor can always
tell at sight the man who comes in with
his first attempt at original poetry. He
walks on tiptoe, and looks as though he
had just passed counterfeit bill Or
strangled u baby.-Cineinnati Break
fast Table.
Sharp County record., 1878-01-11

Robert Luckdrew, II years old,
while playing in a gravel pit, near
Washington Courthouse, o., was buried
under the falling dirt and literally
squeezed to death.
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