Sharp County record., 1879-04-03
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Personal and Liter o ry.

-hunkaSy's picture OF Milton ana
his daughters, which figured at the Paris
Exhibition, has been sold at Vienna for
$4,000.
Baron Ferdinand Rothschild has
published a novel in German called
"Vroni," which is spoken of as cred
jtable production.
Little Minnie Quinn, aged II, of At
lanta, has published a pamphlet edition
of poems she has been writing since she
was I years old.
-W0man'S World says that President
Eliot of Harvard University, the cook in
the Parker House restaurant, Boston,
and Mary L. Booth, editor of Harper's
.Bazar, each receive $4,000 year.
The memorial tablet on the house
where John Keats, the poet, died, was
unveiled March in the presence of the
principal English and American resi-
dents OF The city.
The japanese Government has au-
thorized the issue by japanese pub
Usher of an edition of the book of
Genesis in Chinese, prepared for the
Japanese by the insertion of the kun
ten, the work of the American Bible So
,ciety.
Miss Selma Borg, lady of Finland,
has recently given in New York course
of lectures on her native land. The
course closed with concert of Finnish
music, at which Miss Borg led the or
,chestra herself.
Miss Lavinia Goodell and Miss An
gle King have formed partnership for
the practice of law in Janesville, Wis.
The press of that city states that the
new firm embraces ability, industry and
enterprise, and is bound to meet with
success.
Mr.. Arthur Sullivan is good-look-
ing young bachelor, with a round face
and dark curly hair. Mr.. W. S. Gilbert
is 43 years old, and has fine head and
an expressive face. Americans are at
present much interested in these two
gentlemen, who are the authors of the
popular operatta of Pinafore.
Mr.. Emerson is quoted as saying of
Bronson Alcott: 81 could spare any of
my friends sooner than Alcott; he al
ways brings me new fire from the en-
pyrean, and feeds me with holy love.
He has, too, a strange faculty of discov-
ering the best books in a library, no
matter in what language they are writ
ten, or whether he knows the language
OR not"
The Emperor of Brazil keeps up a
regular correspondence with the sa-
wants, artists and literary men of the
principal European centers. He COM
pliments any notable work by asking
for copy of it, and in this way he has
secured at Rio quite a collection of
books and pictures, compensating the
donors in return with Jewels and orders.
Science and Industry.
Street cars manufactured at Bridge
port, Conn, find sale in London, Eng
land.
Japan is now manufacturing boots
for sale in the United States from leath-
er brought from American ports.
During the winter packing season,
Chicago packers have butchered 1885,
900 head, against 2,501,285 head last
season.
The emery mines of Chester Coun-
\ ty, Pa, are unsurpassed for the purity
of their produc'. Here, four or five
years ago, the largest and best mass of
emery-weighing 200 tons-ever found
on this continent, was discovered.
II "A company is being formed in Mil
waukee for the purpose of building
Touring mill of 100 run-of-stones capac-
-ity, this giving to Milwaukee the largest
) Touring mill in the world. 1t is claim
X ed that the company will be organized
and the mill constructed without delay.
IA Road and farm locomotives seem TO
be growing in favor in Europe. One
English firm has built, altogether, over
1000 of these engines. OF these the
British Government has purchased
nearly 100, the Italian Government rs,
and the Russian Government bought a
large number at the beginning of the
war with Turkey for the movement of
Z Ordnance and stores.
M "A cow-hide horseshoe has been in
Produced, which promises to prove very
useful. 1t is composed of three thick
nesses of cow-hide, compressed into a
steel mold, and then subjected to chem
ical preparation. 1t is claimed for it
that it lasts much longer and weighs
~only one-fourth as much as the common
iron shoe; that it never causes the hoof
to split, nor does it have the least in
FURIOUS influence on the foot. 1t re-
quires no caiks; even on asphalt the
b horse never slips. The shoe is so elastic
that the horses step is surer and lighter.
1t adheres so closely to the foot that
4 neither dust or water can penetrate be-
4 stween the shoe and the hoof.