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'1'If,11EN.

jHsndfch IN ths Cincinnati Enquirer.
NEw YoRK, Aug. 10.-l called upon Gov,
Tildcn this afternoon ut his city residence, No.
IL Gra1nescy Park. 1n explanation OF tlIe Oh
jcct Of my cal', said:
"Goyernor, the EnY,s'rxr would like to tsnow
,sllotler tho statement Of the llon.is Springer
that you mrs earnestly IN favor Of the election of
Gen. Ewing as Governor Is ausheoticl'
Gov. Tidcn replied: "Ccrtntnly It is"; md
then lie continued: ~ havo 1ust received n
letter from Mr.. Springer xclatiye 10 tho inter-
view purported to have been had with hin, by a
correspondent, anL quito extensively published
In tim, letter Mr. Springer enys: Il do not
recognize any Of the statements published US
having h1en nado hY INC, .cxcgpt that lit refer
ence to Con. EwnS's cacctiot'. Upon that point
spoks ftccly.'n
"Ie.,." snil !. =. ..on that po'ut Mr.. Springer
II presume Bo," responded tie {ioycynor.
"My Upintona on tfn1t subject laye been n,
1t this point entlenvorcd to draw him into
at, expression on general politics, but tle WIS
very tettcent, aud would only shy: "1'. t.it-
lertnces IN the Democratic Enrty In the United
Atatcs are transttory n,nl cYa,caccnt, nn.! will
disappear in the presenre OF IucytnbIe cyullts
Tho prlllclplcs up,n which tfle great Mas8 Ut
The Democratic party are agrcGl OIL nre !u1lda-
mental MD eternal. In tlu Cunte6t uf 1SiU lilo
tssuu was it,e restoration of thu Gussrnt,e,t,
original ideas Of Its founders. The defeat OF
tho popular will, as declared IN that election,
las raisctt q vastly greater ias1te-ti,nt ta the
integrity OF iht system of self.E0yerumeHt
through e!eetions by Tie peonle. This Issue
tra,,scenus all othcra, aud It would ba n beeray-
init It TO he sacrificed 10 inferloE nn1 transient
uucstIuush
, 1879-08-21

Fills Oh your coEns with tho "Japanese Corn.
tIe." 1t Will surely cure aud ead psll. IS esnls
, 1879-08-21

running alone fer tlovcrnor, for $3.50 cnsli IT
ADVANCE. The 0h1rrt of thc party VI twenty
va, k'll caru hls money by ar4ns < lis eeoslsni,
antl quit.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
The Matter With WOmen'S Shoes.

Let me give you the result of my OBJ
Servation and thought. The sole is too
narrow! My friend, Mrs. c., in reading
the chapter in |" Our Girls" devoted to
"Boots and Shoes" came to say that,
although she was q great sufferer from
corns and general sore and crippled
condition of feet, her shoes were never
theless enormous, twice as large as her
feet. She wished l would see if it was
not so. l examined the shoes and
agreed with her that they were too large.
AS she stepped, it was doubtless true, as
she said, that her foot rocked over first
on this side and then on that. Now it
pressed over on the outside, rubbing
down over the edge of the sole and
touching the ground, and, perhaps, if
the ground was at all uneven, on the
very next step, her boot would rock
over on the other side of the sole. Such
friction between the little toe and the
big toe.joints against the upper leather
must inevitably produce corns. l think
the majority of shoes are too large.
Mrs. G. wished me to accompany her
to the shoemaker's and see what |
could do for her relief, for really life
was becoming torture. We went to
her own shoemaker. Mrs. G. hobbled
to seat and declared:
"Iwon't try to walk again, ,there!"
Her shoe was removed, and Mr.. Shoe
maker marked around her foot while
she was standing upon it. We next
measured the mark and found that it
was exactly four inches. That was the
width of her foot when she stepped on it
without q shoe. Then we measured
the sole of the shoe she had been wearing
and found it two and a half inches.
Here was the secret of the whole trouble.
A pair of shoes were made for her at
once with soles four inches broad.
Now she can walk for hours without
pain in her feet.
There are millions of poor sufferers
in the country, who are limping and
hobbling through the world, who might
be perfectly relieved and cured by the
same means.-Dr. Dio LeWiS.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24

o. Egypt are built contain abundant re-
mains of animal and vegetable life, per-
fectly preserved, and throw light upon
the civilization of ancient Egypt.
Plants, grain, shells, fishes, etc., are so
well preserved that there is no difficulty
whatever in identifying them.
Among recent labor-saving inven-
tons is that of a potato digger. 1t is a
sort of two.horse cart, under which is q
sort of plow which runs under the po-
tato hills and is followed by revolving
toothed cylinder which separates the
potatoes from the loose soil. A sort of
stationary rake, the tines of which pro-
ject between the revolving teeth, pre-
vents the vines from winding about the
cylinder.
Maj. E. H. Cameron (of the Brit
ish Royal Artillery has patented an in
vention whereby matches can be rem
dered waterproof. The process can be
carried out after manufacture, with
slightly increased cost. Matches coated
with Maj. Cameron's composition,
which have been soaked in water for
"a hours, can be struck with drop of
water adhering. They can be ignited
by friction on wet as well as & dry sur
face.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24

Charles Stone, an employee in the
linen and flax works at Roselle, Cock
County, H., was caught in a series OF
knives called hutching machine, which
revolves 145 times per minute, and ter
ribly mutilated. A leg and an arm were
actually chopped into pieces, and the
wounded man left in frightful condi-
ton.
Miss Black, a young lady in attend
ance at the Rockford Seminary, having
cleaned pair of Six-buttoned kid-gloves
with gasoline, put them upon her hands
to dry in shape, and impatient at the
slowness of the process, held them mp
before a gas-light, when they caught
fire and her hands and arms were in
stantly enveloped in flames and the flesh
nearly burned off before assistance
reached her.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
ALL FOR LOVE.
The Daughter of an Ex-Governor Links
Her Fortunes to Those of COachman,

The Daughter of an Ex-Governor Links
Her Fortuncsto Those of a Coaohman.
A New York Times special from Hart
ford says social circles are much exer-
cised over the marriage of Miss Nellie,
youngest daughter of Ex-Gov. Hubbard,
to Frederick Shepard, the family coach
man. The youth of the girl, not yet
passed her 18th birthday, largely ex-
cuseS her conduct, while nothing so far
explains it. She had delightful home,
surrounded by all the luxuries. The
coachman is about 80 years of age, of
uncommonly good personal appearance,
and pleasing manners. His parents
live in Hartford, land are respectable peo-
pie. The worst that can be said of him
is that before he entered the service of
Gov. Hubbard he was hackman. The
inference is that his habits could not
have been good. 1t is said Miss Hub.
bard became interested in him at first
through desire to instruct him in culture
by reading, she being an excellent
scholar, and it is probable the intimacy
was first formed through the we'll in
tentioned designs of the girl. Saturday
last the girl suddenly disappeared from
her home. Since then it became known
that Shepard went to New Haven Fri
day and waited for her to meet him.
Saturday they sent word to her parents
and marriage certificate, showing the
marriage took place in Westfeld, Mass,
on March IL.
Miss Nellie, on returning home, frank
ly admitted all, and seemed perfectly
satisfied with the course she had taken.
An effort was made to detain her, but
she managed to elude vigilance, and got
away in time to take the noon express
train for New Haven, where it is sup
posed her husband joined her. No eff
fort is being made by Gov. Hubbard to
ascertain where they are. If the inten-
tionS of Shepard are honorable he will
return here probably and take up his
abode with his parents, and if he does
so he has it in his power to win respect
and cast no disgrace upon the family,
whose daughter is now his wife. Should
his designs be other, q crisis will be soon
reached. 1t is believed the match is one
growing out of mutual attachment.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
Foreign Notes.

German Postmasters have an indcr
eTpurgGtori&S supplied them of nine for
eign and 40 domestic Socialist papers.
Don Carlos, who has been little
heard of for some time, is understood to
be writing history of his last futile
campaign.
The late Duke of Newcastle is said
to have insured his life in different Offices
to the astonishing amount of 81, ,500,0
The Gar and the Empress of Rus
sia will leave St. Petersburg for the
Crimea about the middle of April. The
Empress's state of health, it is an
nounGed, renders the change desirable.
Seven newspapers are now printed
in the Bulgarian language. At Sistova
is to be brought out the D0,tnGUSba Zara,
and very shortly newspaper in the
French and Slavonic languages will ap-
pear at Tirnova.
AT the first public reception given
by the new President of the French Re-
public, his daughter, Mile. Grevy, was
an object Of especial notice. She is a
brunette, with rich black hair, tall but
slight in figure, and quite good looking.
She has been in the habit of devoting
three months every year to fox and boar
hunting. She is a linguist, fine anna
teur musician and painter, and gives
much of her time to self-improvement
Her chamber is oarpeted with the skins
of lions, tigers, and foxes, and on the
walls are collections of arms, medals,
engravings, cases of brilliant insects,
and other objects of fancy.
The Berlin Exhibition of manufac-
lures is to be opened On May 1, and will
remain open for five months. The
buildings, which cover superfcies of
$4,000 square meters, were to have been
completed by the 1st of March, but CIV
ing to the severity of the winter the con-
tractors were allowed an extension of
time. All the space is allotted. Dur
ing the summer evenings bands will
play in the grounds. The price of ad-
mission is said to be fixed al 80 pfennig
(about 10 cents), but on certain days
mark will be charged. 4
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
How a $500 ChrOnOmeter Lost John
Jacob AstOr 100000.

In the "Causerie" of the Boston
Transcript good story is retold. One
of John Jacob Astor's Captains had
sailed six voyages to China without q
chronometer, depending on "dead
reckoning" and "lunars." Just before
starting upon the seventh voyage he
suggested to Mr.. Astor that it would be
safer to have chronometer. "Well,
get one," said the merchant. The Cap
tain did so, and entered its cost in his
account current. When Mr.. Astor's
eye fell upon the item he drew his pen
Gil through it. The Captain expostu-
lated. Tam it, man," said Astor, al
tolt you to get one; l didn't say I'd pay
for it," The Captain severed his connec-
ton then and there, went into Wall
Street, engaged VITA other owners, and
before night was in command of as fine
a ship as ever floated in New York's
beautiful bay. In three days he was
ready for sea, and set sail. At the same
time Astor's ship, under the command
of new Captain, set sail also. They
had race for Hong Kong, but the Cap
tain, who, as he used to put it, had dis
charged John Jacob Astor, by keeping
the men at the braces, took advantage
Of every puff of wind, and won by three
days The ship was loaded in the short
est time possible, and before Astor's
vessel, which had arrived meantime,
was half loaded, our Captain weighed
anchor and with full cargo of tea set
sail for Sandy Hook, arrived in good
time, got his ship alongside the wharf,
and began hosting out his cargo, which
was sold by auction on the spot. This
glutted the market, for the consump-
ton was comparatively small in those
days, and when Astor's ship came in
prices had fallen. Two days later, as the
Captain was sauntering down Broadway,
he met his former employer. =" How
much did that chronometer cost youp
asked the latter. "Six hundred dol
lars" "Vell," said Astor, :" dat was
sheap. 1t cost me $50, 00O." The mer-
chant and the Captain have long since
paid the long reckoning, but that chro-
nometer is still good timekeeper, and
treasured relic as well.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
A Burglar Who Knew More Than a
Judge.

The Windsor (Vt.) correspondent of
the New York Sun says: A man about
35 years old was arrested for q burglary
committed at the store of Robbins &
Marsh, at North Chester, Vt. At his
trial he gave his name as John Ham
mond, or " California jack" and prov
ed himself an interesting character.
Although young attorney was assign
ed him he conducted his own case. At
the impaneling Of the jury he inquired
of each of them whether he would have
any conscientious scruples against &C
quitting prisoner should it be shown
that he had been ironed, hand and foot,
and dragged all over New York and
Vermont. During the progress of his
trial he would interrupt witness with
"You need not answer; object" etc.,
and when oVerruled by the Judge, who
was q member of the Supreme Court,
Jack would take exceptions to his rul-
ings, and upon these he appealed to the
Supreme Court, recently held at Wood.
stock, before which he won his point
and obtained a new trial. His versatil-
ity, shrewdness and legal knowledge are
q subject of much comment among the
legal fraternity. California Jack has
been confined in the Windsor State
Prison, as no other prison was deemed
safe against his experienced efforts to
acpann
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
Haps and Mishaps.

Charles Kelsey, aged IA, son of Mr..
D. E. Kelsey of Topeka, Kansas, acci-
dentally shot and killed himself while
hunting rabbits,
AT Morris, ILL.,, Frank Kair was &C
cidentally shot and instantly killed by a
companion, George Beach, while the
two We're cunning.
"A son, aged 7, of Mr.. Brenton,
Postmaster at Riley's Station, Ky, was
attacked by feroclous dog belonging
to a neighbor and fatally injured.
Annie Williams, aged 3 years,
daughter of James Williams of Zanes-
vile, o., fell into tub of scalding water,
left by washerwoman, and died from
the effects.
Jack Lairison of Bloomington, ILL.,,
was dangerously wounded by the acci-
dental discharge of gun in the hands
of Thomas Mabley, with whom he was
out hunting.
George McClung of Morocco, New
ton County, Ind, while out hunting,
slipped and fell, discharging the gun,
the contents lodging in his arm and body.
Injuries probably fatal.
"A little son of Mr.. John Holland of
st. Louis, got hold of a loaded revolver
belonging to an elder brother and acci-
dentally discharged it, the ball entering
the breast of servant girl and lodging
in the left lung.
Thomas Leonard, aged 60,a passen-
ger on the east-bound express on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Road, jumped off the train while pass
ing through Conray, o., and was fatally
injured. Leonard had been misinform-
ed as to the name OF the place by q fell
low-passenger, who supposed this sta
ton to be Van Vert, where he was 60
ing.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
School and Church,

The Auburn On. W Theological
Seminary, within few years, has re.
ceived eE0Owments amounting to
S3OO,O0O.
Miss L. G. Allen has just been elect
ed Professor Of Domestic Science in the
Illinois Industrial University.
H. H. Beadle, a graduate of the
Michigan University, has been appoint
ed Superintendent of Public Instruction
of Dakota Territory.
The eight most Northwestern States
constitute Swedish Methodist Confer
ence two years old, with 40 churches
and 1900 members.
One of the Chicago rectors Of the
Reformed Episcopal Church announces
that henceforth Sunday evening SER
mons will be finished in 20 minutes.
Cornell University has secured the
services of Prof, Won Hoist, of the Ger
mau University of Friedburg, to deliver
10 lectures there on "American Consti-
tutional History" Goldwin Smith will
deliver the lectures on "The Constitu-
tional History OF England"
The American and English Bap-
lists are to have q theological school in
Paris, France. The Rev. DR.. E. c..
Mitchell will be President of the college,
whose affairs will be looked after, among
others, by Mr.. Spurgeon.
The Baptists Of Vineland, N. j.,
are having a troublesome time over the
communion question. Some of the
brethren communed with the Congrega-
tionalists and were expelled for it. Then
others withdrew out of sympathy for the
expelled ones.
In the Iowa Agricultural College
every girl in the junior class is taught
how to make good bread, biscuit, pud,
dings, pies and cake; also how to cook
steak, make coffee, and in fact do all
that is required of a housekeepsr. The
girls are besides instructed in science,
mathematics and English literature.
Fisk University has just received
the large sum of $50,000 in aid of the
great and vitality important work the
institution is doing for the education of
the colored people in the South. This
munifcent gift comes through the Rev.
W. H. Wilcox, of Massachusetts, who
is pliviledged to distribute nearly ST.
900, ,OOO-the magnificent contribution of
his aunt, Mrs. Daniel P Stone, of NAL
den, Mass.-to the cause of Christian
education in this country.
The New York Times says that
Harvard College is trying an interesting
experiment of making attendance upon
any and all its exercises voluntary on
the part of the two highest classes, and
thus far the result is quite gratifying.
The average of absentees from recita-
tions and lectures has scarcely been in
creased, and the average of scholarship,
as indicated by the marks for rank, has
actually risen under this policy.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
Odds and Ends.


"A small boy and a gun are harm
less when apart, but they make terri
BILE combination.-Puck.
wOman's love, who knows its strength?
But there's one thing stronger still;
Now don't tell who told you
1t is wOman's will.
AElmirG Gazette.
An old Granger, who came into
town to purchase piano for his daugh-
ter, asked the agent if he hadn't one
with a handle on the end, $50 we can
all give it turn once in while. y
NOr7iSt0o07a Herald.
-" want one of those long felt hats,
papa" said Toledo girl to her father.
The indulgent father forked over the
money, and her head now fills the long
felt want.-40Iedo Commercial.
"A Sixth Street grocer found an egg
in lot just received from the country
with landscape photographed on the
shell; but he doesn't know where the
scene was laid.-Cincinuaatt SATURDAY.
Night.
That was ghastly joke that q sin
full townsman played on a stranger
whom he promised to introduce to a
rich planter, and then took him around
and introduced him to the leading un-
Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
-Nurse-"Did you put that nasty
mud on the doorstep, Master Charles ?'
Little Master Charles" No, nurse"
Nurse (artfully)-" But l saw you from
the window" Charles (more artfully)
-" That you didn't, for l looked up at
all the windows before did it. ."-Judy.
If Patrick Henry were now alive,
and should he exclaim with alleged
oratorical grandeur: "No, never, neUer,
NEvER!" some small boy in the gallery
would ask him, "What, mever?" and
smilingly await Pats reply,--Ca'aton
(O.) Repository.
"A Mr.. Isaac V. Green of Michigan
ran away with his wife's aunt recently.
In other words:
He ran away with his spouse's aunt,
And never again was seen,
Thus proving anew what a rare old plant
Is the Michigan l. V. Green.
atlanta Constitution.
HUMAN NATURE.
l. V.
Within dell With piercing shrek
Where cowslips dwell The maiden meek
\ love lOrn frog Leaped from her log
sat on a log. Into the bog
II. VI.
With signing croak His murd'rer bore
His love he spoke To distant shore
For Polly WOgg. Her lover dead
\ lady frog. With riven head.
III. VII.
She swOre that she And sliinning him,
Would faithful be He served each limb
And never wed All broied on toast
Aught else, she said. 10 hungry host.
". VIII
And as she spoke But in that bog
\ fatal stroke Upon log
kert1opped herfrog Another frog
From Oft his log! Loved Polly Wogg.
MORAL.
And such is life
Come death, come strife,
Our Polly WOgg
Loves t'other frog "77
ST Louis Times Journal.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24
Mule.
Science and Industry:

TX ThaPortland cement is made from lime
YES doTN and clay.
than 80 Salem IN. J.) man ships $500
~, strs uN of milk to Philadelphia every
a5ntelopayt
ng-legg -hber may be said to be well sea-
stangs I.el lhen it'has lost about sixth part
best. I Wight.
aybe, tpn sent out 1926, ,O6S yards of
lough ~lvM atoms valued at over 1921 900,
hrs', = fscar in single week.
"a y 4,sEs 9 olnah, Ga, has a paper mill
Au Nv aa tr la' ms nine varieties of wrapping
L srU .Inncbs aet ~ 'has capacity of 900 pounds
}. Mus
3rse wOd, - p diamond from gem, look
EVIL gia lstone at the point of a nee
xnown ~ y hole in card, and if there
~ chewtVo o"u Us or two holes the stone is
tails 50 ~ Ii"l
i, way LAC sulphate of silver which
Oh, m' ou ed and silver wares, may
90 oelaQEoY nr;tE once by wiping the sur
~ - ~, " wet with aqua ammonia,
~ "i'HouS trouble of rubbing.
"A HolySNTass \ Oo,,or Mill h0,
ormOus 'sen makinas between ef the heat i En F,,9
lrly discish and th4 American wv writinp S lo na
sr son, osrfy much I'd disadvantage Of The
, viii ns.'raer in len 1d strenotb Of fber I'
behind sizing, in laid" pr6cess n and mGG5 in
rward to sneral finish! ~ '' ''H" III
md SEIZE "A new telae has boor rooor+,r
cement pshibited befdt the AcsJnn,;o % ro01SeS JoSS
Yersona eienoes, said raraoTebI no%HeEI1e ooS aeS
ned Little fscts 1t is I'd ention tiar"rfSIy of Mr ooa
ie s.i ..bsn ,ope,l ,1itb hIheI! Simple phrases,
W VA VA G;,ts,, "i'n " oicc into the trans
ossossed som the received "' 10 or ~ lee'
,rd Bea'' The bricks A. +na ,,,,,.. ,,.;,.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24

A lawyer who tried to break 3
mules will found out that there was
such thing as being too well heeled.
A card now on his Office door reads:
"Will be back in three weeks. u Gin
cif1nGti Commercial.
Sharp County record., 1879-04-24

"A small boy and gun are harm
less when apart, but they make a terri
bic combination.-Puck
A woman's love, who knows its strength?
But there's one thing stronger still;
Now don't tell who told you
1t is q wOmans will,
, 1879-03-09

from Florida In 1876 represented the Repuh-
licau majority in that State as at least
1,ONl, aud that the returns from
many of the Democratic counties
we're held back, as the Republicans then be-
],cycd, in order that it might bc ascertaincd how
much it would be- necessary to doctor the re-
turus from those counties IN order to overcome
the Republican majority n the remainder OF the
State. The recent confessions, Which are to he
in Floriua, show t4at tlis theory of the Repub-
, 1879-03-09
NOTES AND NEWS.


WASHINGTON D. G., March S--Thc seat of
Daniel O'Rci!ly, from the Second Congressional
District Of New York, is contested on the
ground that hc is deserter rom the Union
army. .O'Reilly was elected by the independent
Democrats and Republicans over Litch1ieid, the
regular Democratic candidate
EX-SENATOR PATTERSON
has received q letter from the AttorneT-G General
Of South Carolina announcing, the cancclng of
the Indictments against hina in that State. Mr.
Patterson leaves soon to take an important
trLst under the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
panT in Arizona
THE E1GHT-H0UK system.
Congressmau-elcct A1urrh will introduce
joint resolution at the special session, declaring
eight hours u legal days work for all faborert
and mechanics employed BY the Government.
CONTRACTS AWARDED
The Post Office Department has awarded con-
tracts for four years. mail service in Wisconsin,
to begin with July next.
4 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
is ordered for clerkships in Glass i, in the Pen
sion Bureau.
, 1879-03-09
FINANCIAL.

SAN Francisco, March S.-The failure OF
Godchaux, Eros d Co, is now known to he more
disastrous than the most panic-stricken OF its
creditors would have dared to suppose. A care
fu examination OF their affairs shows that the
assets Of the firm amount to only $475,0oO, OF
which $4,000 is in stock, and the balance in
book-accounts, notes, etc The liabilities are
over 81 1,oo0, 600. The creditors are garn;sheeing
debts wherever due. Much Of the siO0. .(Wo due
the firm had been assigned to the creditors
previous to the announcement OF the failure,
aud much Of it being due from retail houses IN
this city, which have also BECOME embarrassed
1t is asserted there will hc a shrinkage OF prob
ably 80 per cent In the amount OF assets stated.
ST.. PAUL, March 6.-Henry BREEDER, whole
sale hardware dealer, has been closed by attach
ment. Liabilities, ZOO; assets, $35,00o;
thought to bc solvent.