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The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09
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,ich is so simple, and yet so use
y that / send you this receipt
I making it, for the benefit OF
,nr readers.
! call it the copying pad, and
,hink it essentially the same as
being advertised, under dozen
more names, such as Electro
4pb, Copygram, Ceratype,
,pyrosram, Manegraph, ETC.,
] is being sold in all the prin-
oal cities by pedd|ers at from
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latino looks best, but any clear
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It'll soft, then pour off all the
ter, add one ounce OF brown
lgar to the glue, heat until dis
lved, then thoroughly mix IN
j ounces Of glycerine and pour
s whole into a shallow pan to
col
Hon. to Use H,-Suppose you
We lost a horse and wish to
nd fifty or sixty postal cards
neighboring places to publish
20 fact. You write your notice
, oon one card, and when the ink
dry, you place the ink side
own upon the copying pad
ter a minute or so when yor
move it, you will find most o
< has remained upon the pad
.ay an unwritten card upon the
I'd; press it gently down will
ur finger, and then remove it
"a have a copy Of that writer
rpon the first card, and SO or
.ntil you have taken fifty Or one
andred copies. Then wash of
% iuk from the pad with a we
,onge, and you can copy another
Write the original with purple
<, good copying ink will do, i
is reduced one-half in quan
\. " by evaporation. The inl
ed for rubber stamps is jus
at, it can be bought at mos
othecaries. The following il
receipt for making the ink / use
nne ounce Of purple aniline dis
~,',vc9 IN seven ounces of water
i'd one half ounce alcohol; als'
Iphuric ether. This also make
GOOD common writing and copy
ag ink by doubling the quantit..
- water. Nurseymen will de
70 great benefit from thi
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Q7a to thei: regular printing
Under a late ruling Of the Pos
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ed in the above manner pas
in the mails at the same rat
printed circulars.
THEo. WILLIAMS.
Maple Creek. Neb.., Feb. 7.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

To those that wish to go into the bus
iness, the plain facts are: l am 66 years
old and can dig and brick 30 feet in sand
in 10 hours witk the assistance of two
common laboIers. This is we'll three
feet in diameter, requiring 36 brick to
the foot. The price | ask is s. per foot
which no one, knowing the cost of dig
ging, etc, and the disposition to be made
of the profits can say is too much.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

Bob Ingersoll, of Illinois, says
he will support Giant for the
next President. Bob used to be
Blaine (of Maine man.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

Keliogg made a defamatory
speech about Senator Hill, OF
Georgia, the other day. Kellogg
is in close place, and he knows
If.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

Returning thanks for the past liberal
patronage received from the people OF
Morehonse we hope to merit and solicit
a continuance Of the same.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

Gen. Grant telegraphs the
City Council of Little Rock that
he will be in that city about the
18th inst. He will so from there
to Hot Springs.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09
.sSomebody on the :-ine."

A young fellow on Main street
his intention, one day
not long since, to make an en-
with certain young
lady to 60 to the theatre. The
announcement was made in the
presence of another young fellow,
who had privately determined to
do the same thing with the same
lady, but had deferred it, because
he was not certain that he could
get away from business in time
He didn't like the idea OF No. L
getting ahead of bin, bnt, not
having a messenger at MS dls
posal lust then, concluded he
would nave to submit, No. l
sent his note, addressed and
eouched a Ia mode, and IN the
course Of half an hour was IN
fo1med that the missiVe had been
left at the lady's residence, but
that she was not at home, and
would not be there for severaI
hours.
"Where is she?" inquired he
Of the messenger.
"She had just gone out to call
on Miss -" was the response
"Darn the luck" said No. 1
"Tll have to wait in suspense
now, until she goes home, and
may be she won't get my note
after all"
No 2 heard this conyeratlon
with grim delight, and he
chuckIed to himself contentedly
Maria was safe for that night
but, ha! the telephone! Miss
papa had one in his house
| and he might by its aid, gel
ahead of No. /. The experiment
was worth trying, at any rate
He rushed to the instrument
called the exchange, and desired
to be connected with Major $
Done.
"Good evening, Miss >
Good evening, sir-who i
that?''
20, Tn Gawdge-"
as that you Gawdge? Why
how nice =
"Is Miss-at your honse?'
After a moments hesitation
"Yes, sir"
II would be pleased to spea
20 her.
Another pause, then
"Here she is.
"Miss-, is that you?"
eyes, sir"
! "I would like to make and er
gagement with you for Macar
ley's tonight"
"The devil you would" wa
the reply.
Astonishel. Gawdge knew NJ
what to say. Again be made b
proposition. The answer can
back in dulcet tones:
ooh, cheese that racket; L
going with a better looking fello
than you"
The telephone dropped fro
his neryeless grasp, and he ft
the spot. Il is even now douh
ful if he has found ont that \
1, suspecting his design, h'
"fxed things gotten con Il
line and replied for the YOU
: lady from a house on Main stree
> The ladies, who had not caug
: the interpolated answers, we
much surprised at Gawdge's su
IS den silence, and chagrined
n the fact that repeated calls fail
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09
Sewing Machine

Acknowledged to be the THE BEST
VOW SOLD, Beware of worthless imi-
tation machines.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

It is said that intemperanca in
node Island and Massachusetts,
decreasing fifty per cent every
Aar:.
The Morehouse clarion., 1880-04-09

I could get twice as many names
within two miles of town. A. CURTIS
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
Truth Worst OF All.

A man who said he was trying to get
enough money together to reach Toledo,
Yesterday entered an office on Griswold
Street and told his story, and added
that his name was Caesar.
"Any relation to Julius or AugustusP"
queried the citizen.
"Well, no. | want to be honest
and square about this thing, and tell
YOU honestly that | am not related to
either"
"Then / can't help you any. You
are nothing but common sort o plug,
and it won't make any difference
whether you ever get to Cleveland or
not. If YOU were related to the great
julius should feel in duty bound to
help YOU"
The man backed out without another
word, and entering the office next door
he walked up to the occupant with the
remark: "My name is Caesar, and | am
closely related to julius and Augustus.
Can YOU spare me ten cents to help me
get to ToledoP"
"Sir. YOU are base deceiver!" re-
piled the other. "You are no more
related 10 the Caesars than | am! Had
YOU come in here and told me a straight,
truthful story l should have given you a
quarter! You can 60, sir!"
The man went out, and now he de-
termined to tell the truth and nothing
but the truth. Hating the first man
who came along, he said:
81 have been telling folks that my
name was Caesar, and that | was trying
to collect money enough to take me to
Toledo. Now, the real truth OF the
matter is that am named Clark, and L
wanted the money to buy whisky. That's
the solemn truth, and can you help
me with ten cents"
"Ten cents Why, you base liar and
deceiver, I'll hand over to the police!"
exclaimed the other.
give told you the truth"
"And it's enough to send you up for
six months! Don't you dare ask me for
money!"
The tramp sat down on a cold stone
block, took his last chew of tobacco, and
mused
"Iv'e lied and I've told the truth.
I've told the truth and I've lied. | made
as much one way as the other, and
nothing out of either. Looks now as II
I'd got to play deaf and dumb or 60 to
work !"-Detrot Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
Old Eph Makes His VIII.

Old Eph took notion the other day
that he must make his will, and called
to consult a lawyer for that purpose.
The attorney gathered a pencil and a
piece of paper and prepared to make a
schedule.
"Well Eph, what property have you
got?" ,,-.-,,..,oa
"Well, sab, dar's dat onery bobtailed
dowg dot nebber sleeps, or ef he does
he's allus talkin' in it. Leabe him to
dat neffy of mine. l nebber liked dat
niggah.n - -. ,,..o,.o
goes the dog"
"Den dars dat hazel splitter sow.
Leabe her to whoebber kin kotch her. "
"The sow is disposed Of" said the
lawyer.
"'De bacy-box an pipe kin go to the
boy soon as he gifts old enuf to spit froo
his -teef " -,
at is so recorded" answered the at
torney. -,
"De house and lot goes to de gall
"But there's an incumbrance on the
house, Eph.h o"
"What dats you sayP"
"There is an incumbrance on the
house." :.
"Oh, dere am, am de? Den Use wuff
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

keep out of them while they remain un-
der college rule. The decree has occa-
STONED considerable feeling, and will
bear hard on one of the Greek letter So
cieties, which has a considerable prop
erty.
Formerly the high schools were re-
garded in Massachusetts with more
favor than the private and endowed
academies and were thought to furnish
better education. Now, according to
President Eliot of Harvard University,
the contrary opinion prevails, and the
academies are multiplying, while the
high school has relatively declined. A
bill has been prepared to be presented
to the next Legislature providing that
any town in the Commonwealth which
is required by law to maintain high
school may, instead thereof, send its
high-school pupils to an academy or
private school, provided there is one
within its bounds which gives competent
instruction of the kind required and
which is not controlled by any religious
sect or denomination.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
A Distressing Mistake.

A distressing case has occurred in the
best circles of our most select society.
It has come out that a certain lady,
Mrs. A., called on Mrs. B. one day last
week. The ladies stand on about a
level socially, the father of one having
been successful wagon-make and the
other a thrifty carpenter. Both are in
comfortable circumstances now, and are
nice sort of people. There was nothing
wrong in one of these ladies calling on
the other. 1t was a nice and proper
thing to do. But the wretched part OF
the business does not lie there. Both
ladies have been residents of Saratoga
less than a year. Neither had called on
the other before. In thOughtless and
unguarded hour Mrs. A. said to herself
that she would call on Mrs. B., forget
ting that Mrs. B. had resided in town
lust a week longer than herself, and that
therefore a call was due first from Mrs.
B. to her. But the mischief is done and
the thing is all over town. No one re-
grets it more profoundly than we DO.
For if there is one thing more than an
other that we pride ourselves on here IN
Saratoga, when the mixed summer null
titude is gone and the summer dining
room is boarded up and the extra ped
ding and dishes are put away snug for
the winter, it is our social etiquette
SyGtOQld1l.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
School and Church.

IN wording to the latest school CEN
sNls o1ft. Louis that city contained on
be Prn bt last 101 1925 children of the
te ttes>;nQlastic age from 6 to 21 years, of
Thom 4, 100 were colored.
~ --Itis stated that no less than 1854
eli ,reaehers in the Methodist Episcopal
jnureh are pursuing the regular courses
ipI conference study. The number of
epreachers in classes for admission on
STlal to Conference is 568.
y The woman students in residence at
tne university of Cambridge make a
good Showing of force this term, they
numbering l60 or ITO. More than fifty
are registered at Girton College, and six
OF them are students of the first year
VINO purpose studying natural science.
"A trust deed, executed by the late
leonard Case of Cleveland, o., conveyed
" nus attorney, to be held in trust,
pd0perty estimated to be worth ST, ,250,-
Wy the income from which is to be ap-
pileo 70 the establishment of a school,
70 De called the "Case School of APP
piled Science.n
, line Regents of the University of
CahIornla have taken stand against
an = secret societies, and will require stu
oen's' on entering the institution, to
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
Science and Industry.

,ould bora COTTON trade of Charleston, S.
or themysHilnts % S2V,WV,O0o 1oO oOO y0'l' ''i0
Sentp trade 70 SZ,Ooo,OOo'
le hoofs at the present time are
and HoW aI5O per ton. These hoots are
d. De into horn buttons.
extensive cotton factory is about
ime imnor, ganized at Charlotte, N. c., the
raid, for mgIhorities having promised the
' and when y Exemption from local taxation
ated. The ears.
RS the pher ! potato crop of the country is
t of the RI Il 81 1863 900 bushels. Com
!, since itEyith ISIS there was an increase
mt of airVs per cent. in acreage, and the
N range M estimated by the Department OF
idedly, @lturo at 9S bushels per acre,
scent Eg;69 bushels last year and "a IN
is it to AZ
ar agendsi ie University Of Gottingen has
" for, sshe the possessor of magnificent
wn, such iium, containing over 10000
not pecuilens oil plants from all parts OF the
he whoed. There is no doubt that it is by
lter of Ee largest collection of plants ever
, Swedish iht together by any single individ-
yond thel
* which 'he number of packages of toma-
|, would dlput up in the United States last
ach the reached the total of 19,968,OOO,
Y, as Gland leading off with 6,S4O,0OO; !;
ind, the Jersey, 5,592,00O; Delaware, l.
25d w&O0; New York, 1850, 900; Massa-
stern SDstts, 96O, 900; Pennsylvania, 49,, 900 ;
merics-iic coast, 100000; Western and
lies. ltir States, 1,32O,OO0.
q wave The Total product of oats for the
,anlIOUa ltrylthe past season is estimated by
nave eHDeaartment of Agriculture at 364,-
Norm 1000 bushels, against 413, ,57S,6OO last
amen%'. The price, as returned on the 1st
OF lhDecember, averaged 1872 cents per
!, wAgshel, agaiast 246 cents last year at
ega, " same time, making a total valuation
It prG91 yearof S120, ,S55, 200, against $1O1,-
d enabt 900 ID 1878.
ing SyN Statistics gathered for the forthcom-
llea N annual report of the New Jersey La
oyel {, y ,,s Bureau include reports from 67 silk
oia w. sa lls, mostly in Paterson. The Paterson
'aic~I i LIS alone employ 10000 hands, be-
anon les rom 1000 to 5000 employed in
e, o. Teir own homes. The annual produc-
ths n Of these mills reaches the total OF
4.000.ONO.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
Enreign Notes.

The Gar has three American de-
tectives at his Capital.
The rage for medievalism in Lon
don is greater than ever. The craziest
of the medieval is to write eye" for
"the."
AT the dinner given to Prof. Nord-
enksiold at Nagasaki, speeches were
made in English, French, German,
Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Russian, Jap
anese and Chinese.
There are few more beautiful seats
in England than Studley Royal, the
residence of the Marquis of Ripon, who,
when Lord De Grey, resided for so long
time at Washington as head of the
Alabama Commission. At the outskirts
of its magnificent park on one side lie
the ruins of Fountain Abbey, that al
most UNIQUE specimen of a Cisterclan
foundation which transports one into
the full middle ages; on the other side
is the town, astir with the life OF the
nineteenth century, lying peacefully un-
der the shadow of st. Wilfrid's Church.
The house, of the style that Thackeray
delighted in, takes us back to the days
of Sir Robert Walpole, of Pope, Addi-
son, Swift, and Arbuthnot.
The statement sometimes made that
the German nobility disdain all trades
but the military one, and think COM
merce beneath them, is hardly borne
out by facts. The vom, equivalent to
the French de as sign of gentle birth,
is frequently found figuring on the sign.
boards of grocers' and apothecaries'
shops; and few German trade diction-
aries are to be found in which the aris-
tocratic prefix does not occur. A few
days ago there appeared in the Ne1er-
ten Nachrtchten of Munich an advertise
ment in which an undoubted noble, the
Count von Hirschberg, announces that
he has opened marriage office, and
from his high connections is enabled to
offer those who may favor him with
their custom an unusually rich choice OF
advantageous matches.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

Frederick, Duke of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, died recently, in the fifty-trst
year of his age. He was the chief OF
the younger branch of his family, in
consequence of the remuneration of his
father He was Major-General of the
Bavarian Army, and was married in
1856 to the Duchess Adelaide, daughter
of the late Ernest, Prince of Hohen-
lOhe- Langenburg.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
OF INTEREST.
.ad Literary.


"a ,nal and Literary -. ,;hro-
n University has in t;ah its lIOTa, ho
works wnicn n0
\. 'tSp,sss Of Kiel has discovered
n 3'1Ss Egyptian parchment a
Sone 81 the plays of Eurlp-
slhas written a novel dealing e
~ 's, nolitical associations OF
II Il ( Sunrise; a story OF the
! now resides at Cambridge
!, ~ = near neigbbor of Long
LAS Indicated a composition
! to the poet. -,
vain tells a new joke about
: "a never before in print.
, Twain one day, " / nave
oh boiling, too much tri-
So;nc NJ, to write something
5oc rlomnns asked him
uld be, and ArtemuS an
pity, GA lie."
W. Longfellow's seventy
av is to be celebrated in
N the 9th of February
$1,000 pupils of the public i!
he great poet expresses ms ms
he can not prepare a special
occa sion, but he gives the
e Excellent advice in prose.
atiyely, books in the Nine
nv are cheap. In A. d.
q Of Northumberland gave
land for a history of the
!, countess of Anjou once
,ep and a large parcel OF OF
|ume of homilies, and l2O
single book of Livy! In
Bible was valued at $3.50;
4 Time when two arches OF
ge were built for less than
oorer's wages in the Eight
rv were 50 small that the
S wears had been necessary
lhje; and, the Bible being
could not have read it after
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

Formerly women never were IN
vited to any notable banquet or break
fast. At the authors breakfast, given
to Oliver Wendell Holmes on his seven
tieth birthday, woman in literature was
recognized for the first time on such a
Grand occasion. Some twenty lady con-
tributors to the atlantic Monthly were
present among the great Yankee litera-
ry lights.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

In the House of Lords which as
sembles this year there are 20 Marquis,
es, of whom II are supporters OF Lord
Beaconsfeld's Government: Abercorn,
Abergavenny, Ailsa, Bristol, Butte, Cam
den, Cholmondeley, Exeter, Hertford,
Salisbury, and Winchester. And nine
are opponents: Ailesbury, Anglesey,
Bath Gecently), Lansdowne, Normandy,
Northampton, Queensbury, Ripon, and
ToWnshend.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

Prof. William 7. Harris, after a con-
nection of % years with the st. LOUIS
public schools, has given notice that ne
will not again be candidate for the
Superintendency, but will retire at the
close of the present scholastic year.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

Lemon Pie: Grated rind and juice
of one lemon, one and one-half cups OF
sugar, one egg, a piece of butter the
size of walnut, one heaping tablespoon.
full of corn-starch or flour, one cup OF
water; dissolve the corn-starch in the
egg and a little water, and cook before
filing the pie. Made with one or two
crusts, as preferred.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12
Odds and Ends.

Missing men-Bad marksmen.
Prof. Proctor is 43 years old.
An old march-The march of time.
When man falls down his temper
generally gets up before he does.
The most eminent liars of Reno col
lected few DAYS ago and the result IS
as below: Beck said he had seen it so
cold in Ohio that it froze babies in the
cradle. Tom Hymers said he had seen
it in Thomas's Canyon freeze the mer-
curry, and said you could not 60 within
six feet of spirit thermometer without
running it up five or six degrees with
the heat of the body, so he couldn't tell
how cold it was. Ben Bacon said a cold
snap came along when he lived at Green
Bav and froze the waves standing right
up on end and the air full of spray; and
Finley Cook said it was so cold the
winter he lived in Minnesota that when
he threw a basin of water out OF the
door it turned into little balls OF ice be-
fore it struck the ground.
Edward Everett Hale wrote New
Years article on how to read books.
He has been investigating libraries and
he finds that the first volume OF a Sc
ries on history or science is generally
pretty well worn, the second less so, the
third not SO much damaged as the sec
ond, the fourth in better preservation
still, and the last volume generally as
good as new. Mr.. Hale detects in this
State of things a series of good resolu-
tions broken. Many attempt the course
of study, few are faithful to the end.
The suggestion given in this article is
for club of say three to take up, for
instance, one of Macaulay's Essays.
Each is to read the essay and jot down
on slip of paper any thing that is not
understood, and these jottings can be
conned over and discussed at weekly
meeting of the three.
Every town has its mean man, and
ours was no exception to the rule. Enus
Smuggs, our next door neighbor, was
remarkable for his closeness and invent
i've genius. The other day he wanted
to purchase ton of egg coal, and, bor-
rowing the morning paper from us, ne
read it till he found out where it could
be bought for the least money; The only
thing that troubled him was how to get
it into his back yard without any labor
or expense. There was large alley
way between our houses which led to
Enus's yard, and when the coal ar
rived he opened the door, and walking
Hup a few feet he drove an old broom
stick into the ground and put a large
bottle on the top. He was waiting In
the yard with shovel in his hand when
three small boys came along and opened
fire on the bottle with the pieces OF
coal. In half an hour the sidewalk was
cleared and the coal safely slowed away
in the shed, and then old Enus, grinning
from ear to ear, sold the bottle to junk
man. -Danbury Nea0S.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

morn thought I was. Leabe de cum.
brans to de ole woman for to live on"
-Des MoineS (LolUa) Register.
Sharp County record., 1880-02-12

s So Gin intent was b.
n OF him that he h., -.
Rng to his 4t' =
| ass of the ls,.'ss u
race, /, and reacS;a.
Ehich ! he had laid iIIlI,2: buy.
e. But he wa wa, 'F' (
|qsty old ,pistol,' IT, b.i :
l., l dealt him 4 crpS n.
cad just as his 6na, S,os
! weapon. He ~ N
|ttering a groan nj Il
s7ll rushed e as it fdl, ~ n
gers l struck a s,tGs "
mp in the office ~ u
the M upturned. fa.al
that that blood was jo'o
a a, 1 had inflicted ~ nj,
t. the mans face i,
lines bnS t,, and iutelligc,S'
Y that the long, her,.
PVer-now that n
Inc 4. need of aid. Ia
ding the uncOnscio, va
rms and bathing :
T. L pulled on i IVA
and started IN ,rd
l
road | met a cOvs lch
one horse. LOGO
Matthews, the Irye,;
Ftondering where oul'
that hour, l Shout anpl
o response. Tba W
OF my voice. day
burglar down at on
15'
the carriage The
the horse onlyquiS he
and disappearej ie Q
a great deal nllrati
Pf Red Ravine, Stury
re, than l deserling
them for laugi3f Ia
out. For wEad a
to the station, rshee]
: had disappear volul q
t morning SHOW a 8, 8
'riage, which | in b
d drawn up gas q
IS in itp Wprridge
/ have a notion labor
entleman wba injury
lead body. AT ol p:pi 10
r the body wasse3 Dsm ~
n. l had the nc "
) the money,p
re & RicketsOl, s.,.n,
me was really
would have \ cotton
for the mystei ints %
ln sentp trade t