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Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

AFTER an enthusiastic lover spends two
hours hard labor over letter to his girl, and
III then mars It's beauty by spillng drop of ink
on it, he first swears in a scientific manner
for few minutes, and then draws circle
round the blot and tells her it is kiss, and
she, poor thing, believes it.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

LITTLE Jimmy is laid up with measles and
suffers great deal; but when he was asked
how he liked the measles, he frightened up
and exclaimed: "The doctor says | can't 60
to school for week or two. That's how l
like itn-Galgeston Ne1os
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
Mrs, General Sherman

Says: 81 have frequently purchased Du-
rang's Rheumatic Remedy for friends suffer-
ing with rheumatism and in every instance
it worked like magic" 1t will cure when
everything else fails. Sold by all druggists.
Write for 40-page pamphlet to X. IA. Hell
phenstine, Druggist, Washington, D. c.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

IT'S said that sound moves 743 miles per
hour, but we would like to wager our reputa-
ton that the sound of the dinner-horn traV-
els at rate fifteen times as fast to the boy
hoeing in the corn-feld. d.-LouiSvile Courier
Journal
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

The increase of the population OF
the city of Berlin is altogether unpar-
alleled in the history of capitals. In 1860
its population was 52S,9OO, while, ac-
cording to the census taken the other
day, it now contains 1,11S,690, an in
crease of more than twofold in twenty
years. There are towns, indeed, which
in similar time have sprung from ten
inhabitants to hundred thousand, but
not one which has grown from half a
million to a million. This increase in
the size of Berlin is the more singular
inasmuch as Berlin possesses no natural
advantages whatever. 1t is not a port,
or great center of trade, or a great
manufacturing city. 1t lies in a flat,
ugly country, and its river is only a
stream of the third class. Berlin owes
its increase to the immense, though
temporary, prosperity induced by Pile
thora of money after the wave of con-
quest on the crest of which the Germans
swept through France. People flocked
there from the provinces after the war,
because they believed-as people in ru-
raj districts once believed of London
that the streets were almost paved with
gold. For time all went well; specu-
lation of every kind was rampant; build
ing operations afforded employment to
immense hosts of laborers; factories
sprang up, and immigrants focked in.
The reaction came in due time, and it is
probable that for years past the posi-
ton of the average workman at Berlin
has been worse than that of his fellow
in any other capital in Europe, with the
exception of St. Petersburg.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

PARSONS INDELIBLE MARKING INK has a
record of .ffiy gears Sample mailed for 9Oc'
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
a Fact Worth Knowing.

There is a medicine that Will cure Coughs,
Asthma, Bronchitis and Consumption. 1t
has been used for years, with co.. stantly in
creasing popularity. 1t is calel Piso's Cure
for Consumption.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

"CAN there be happiness where there is
no lovem solemnly queries an author in a
book on marriagel Not much happiness,
perhaps, but if the girl is awfully rich there
can be lots of fun.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

What is life? In infancy, battle
with collie; in youth, struggle to keep
out of mischief; in manhood, - struggle
with indigestion. and in old age the pre-
lude of contested will case.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

ALL respectable dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because it is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

IT often happens that the best appetite
comes to man when he has least to eat.-N.
O. Picdullne.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

Ladies can wax wondrously gran
diloquent when in the mind. A Ken
tuckian victim of mans Inconsistency
thus sets forth her plant in a petition
for divorce: ozark clouds of discord
began to lower over the sky of welded
felicity, and the minacious light
ming Of disunion began to dart its lurid
flames across gloomy clouds of atramen.
tai blackness, obscuring every star OF
hope and happiness whose resplendent
glory illuminated the dawn of the first
few brief years of her welded life, when
she gave her hand and an undivided
heart to the defendant, who, in the sui
try month of July, 1879, after having
been warmly and snugly wintered with
in the fond embraces Of her loving arms,
and closely nestled to a heart that beat
alone for the defendant, showed his base,
black ingratitude by abandoning her
without cause whatever, except the
Unsuitable thirst for novelty which is
the predominant character of defend
ants nature"
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

NEVER run up small debts Creditors are
like children-the smaller they are the more
they cry.- Wall Street Glzette
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

Carefully compiled records of the
Government Signal Service Office, st.
Paul, clearly SHOW thai the winter tenn
perature of Minnesota is growing mild
er. The average mean temperature for
the five years closing with last winter
was 20:5 degrees, which was nearly five
degrees lower than any previous five
consecutive years on record.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

Electric BELLEs-Female telegraph ope-
ratOrS.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

WHAT is home without a maiolica butter
dish and gilt dadO in the dining room!-
NeW HaVes Register.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
.GUSH[NG:S MANUAL.

Rules of proceeding and debate in deliberave assem-
bes The standard authority in all the United states
An indispensable hand book Price 20 cts. Sent by
mail on receipt of price Address
THOMPSON, BROWN a. CO., Boston, Publishers.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Eye Water. Druggists sell it, 25c.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

REDDING's s RUSSIA SALvEis unrivalled forits
speedy healing qualities. Price 25c.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

1t was necessary, on certain occa-
sion in court, to compel witness to
testify as to the way in which Mr..
Smith treated his horse. "Well, sir, }"
said the lawyer, with a sweet and win
ming smile-a smile intended to drown
all suspicion as to ulterior purposes
&" how does Mr.. Smith generally ride a
horse?" The witness looked up inno-
Gently and replied: Generally a-strad-
die, sir, 1 believe" The lawyer asked
again: "But, sir, what gait does he
ride?" The imperturbable witness an
swered: "He never rides any gate at
all, sir, but I've seen his boy ride every
gate on the farm" The lawyer saw he
was on the track of Tartar, and his
next question was very insinuating.
"How does Mr.. Smith ride when he is
in company with others? l demand a
clear answer" "Well, SIR" said the
witness, he keeps up with the rest, if his
horse is able to, and if not he falls be-
behind" The lawyer was by this time
almost beside himself, and asked:
"And how does he ride when he is
aloneP" 81 don't know" was the re-
ply; 81 was never with him when he
was alone," and there the case dropped.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
LYDIA T.. PENKHAM'S
The Positive Cure

+
for oil those Painful Complaints and Weaknesses
socommOn to cur best female population.
It will cure entirely the worst form Of Female Com
plants all ovarian troubles Inflammation and Ulcera-
tion Falling and Dispacements, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness, and is particularly adapted to the
Change of Life
1t will dissolve and e;pcl tumors from the uterus In
an early stage Of development. The tendency to can
humors thereis checked very speedily by its use
1t removes fantness, atulency, destroys all craving
for stimulants and relieves weakness OF the stomach
1t cures Bloating, Headaches, Ncrvous Prostration
General Debility, Sleeplcssnoss Oppression and Ind
gestion.
That feeling Of bearing down. causing pain, weight
and bacEache Is always permanently cured by Its use
1t will at all times end under all circumstances act in
harmony with the laws that govern the female system
For the cureof Kidney Complaints of either sex this
Compound is unsurpassed.
LYDIA i. PINKHAM's VEGETABLE COM
POUNDS prepared ct 233 and 235 Western Avenue,
Lynn Mass. Price 81 Six bottesfor s.. Sent by mail
in the form Of pills. also in the form of lozenges, on
receipt of price, 81 per box for either Mrs Pnkham
freely all letters of inquiry. Send for pamph
Let. Address rs above. Mention this Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA E. PlNKHArS
LIVER PILLS. They euro constipation, blhousnesa
and torpidity Of the liver 25 cents per boz.
SOLD BX
A n o -
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

Never try to 60 to sleep with an old
coat for pillow. There is no such thing
as getting a nap on it.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest;
A Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles, Prices reduced
IS per cent. National Publishing Co.. St Louis Mo.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

BAREa and Wigs sent c. o. D. anywhere. wholesale
EN A w and Retail. Price.li5t free Goods euaran
hESaEEkteel. B.U.STREHL, 81 Wabash ay. Chicago
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

ingaSuit
Lt Of her
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90 much
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Petines,
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cigar.
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offer a
to any
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pocket
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|ollows:
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Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

20 much
e for its
eng pre-
Imperial
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20

GOAA PRIZE puzzles In Comic Monthly, MAN
bSVU moth pictorial for family entertainment 2lst
year Sent Oh tlia six months to any new subscriber
Tor rs cts. Specimens l0c.; none free. Address
COMIC MONTHLY. l2l Nassau Street. N. Y.
Sharp County record., 1881-01-20
RICHARDSON & CO., St. Louis, Mo.

EnEArc Coin money with DIR. Chasc's New
Ru6W . Receipt Book. Ours the only one gen
une. BY mail. 81 Address Chase Pub'g Co., Toledo,o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-30
Songs of the Sciences


Oh, would You study medicine, get learning ana
First fill your mind with all the lore of muscles
The names that they boast of sound. you'll cay,
extremely comical.
But you must learn them ere you try to ease our
To grin 1t derisiyey you use the Muse,,s risoriss
Wen hand upon Reils Island. nor will think the
To cross the P0ns Taroiila many times day.
In course Of time you'll learn. no doubt, the laws of
With ali taas Foster. Carpenter. and Huxley well
Wen hope you'll pay attention to Professors of Pa
And gaze on all the wonders that the microscope
You'll ind how blood goes through the lungs, and
how they're oxidizingit;
HOW certain foods can do us good. while others
The body's like steam engine tits really not sur
Should take regular amount Of fuel to keep
warm.
With Chemistry. and Pharmacy. and Surgery and
And Jurisprudence Medical. fancy you will
Enough to fill busy brain-that is if you have got
You cannot cure the body till you've amply stored
You'll come when when we are i'll. like some benev-
Or ss fsi fsats Of surgery shall stazle all the
town;
While plansins into Lunacy you may become
Appointed by the Chancellor. like DR.. Crichton-
Browne.
Here, surely, is grand career-to cure our poor
humanity
Of all the ills to which our flesh is heir-a noble
strife
To wage against each fell disease, disorder, ana in
sanity
To wrest the victory from death. and give the pa
tent life.
And when you've studied all you can. in order cat
egorical,
When you have worked at every branch of science
under sun.
You'll fnd-the illustrations rot my cwn. bat is
histori cal
You pick up pebbles ON the shore-you'ye only
Just begun.
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Sailing Over the snow Drifts.
jackson ReDublic.1

On Monday OF this week two men were seen
travelling In snow ship, which carried them
selves and valises and luggage. The men came
from the west when q sharp breeze was blow
Ing from the northwest. They FIRST appeared
In this neighbOrhOOd at Jim Blakey'S, where
their vessel ran up against Mr.. Blakey's stable
and was damaged 80 that the men had to stop
and refit MIR. Blakey took short sail with
the v0yagers.
The ship was built with three keels, each of
them about the size OF Norwegian snow SHOE
seven feet long and six inches wide. The mid
ole keel was fastened in 'front.' and working
loosely behind, served for RAIDER. The men
sat on q bench fixed to the other keelS Each
OF The men kept foot on the rudder to steal
and steer the ah1p sail about eight feet
fQuare was made fast to q mast. The speed of
Il ship was as great as that of man running.
Some persons VINO saw the craft star ted to run
over to examine 1t, but had to give up the
chase, for they could not catch up with the
ship, which with the favorable breeze would I'd
iCrty or fifty miles day.
The sailors evidently intended to steer as
nearly east as possible. They could not tack
or shout ship" very well, or bear up against
the wind but had to go almost In the course
the wind carried them. When driven too far
south the crew would furl sail and land ana
haul their vessel north half mile far enough
TO give them start In the right direction, and
then set sail and scud before the wind again.
They only required to tack In this way after
sailing four or five miles on q stretch. This
craft was able to sail without stopping over
corn. fields. and over good many stables and
hRy.StaCkH.
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sPapa'' and .sNIamma.,,

An early instance which occurs to me 70 In the
"Beggar's Opera" Q727.) where Polly Pc lchum,
l think 1t is, speaks Of her ''papa." The modern
change from papa" and mamma to father
and mother among the upper classes. which be
gan about 30 years ago, seems to have been a
reaction against custom which had gradually
crept In among persons Of lower grade. As
soon as common peoples children began to say
papa" and mamma" those OF q higher class
were taught to say father and 'smother -
1t was among my High Church friends
that | FIRST noticed this adoption OF father"
and mother" One does not see the connec-
ton, but such Is the fact. When was young,
"papa" and mamma" were universal
among what may be called the middle and up
per ranks OF society; and to this day ''ladles OF
g certain age" still use the words. King George
I'LL, about the year 1862, addressed his mother
as mamma" 80 find 1t stated In the Gre
Vile Memoirs" But do not think that Charles
IL, unless he were speaking In French, ever
addressed Henrietta Maria by that endearlng
name; and feel t0lerably sure that the Lady
Elizabeth never called Henry VIII. papa" on
the other hand. would observe that papa
and mamma" are fast being supplanted by the
old original father" and "moJher." For ten
or perhaps for twenty years last past children
In the upper and upper middle classes have, SO
far as my observation goes, been taught to say
father" and mother" and papa" and "mam-
ma, which are words OF EXTREMIST tenderness
to those OF my generation. seem now to have
sunk into contempt as "note" of social infe-
rlority.-NOteS and Queries.
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Value Of Saxvdu~t

Inere are 500 vendors or sawdust in New
YORK With capital or 5000. 600 Invested an an
ahnual business OF over $4,000, 600. Four de-
cades ago, mills were glad TO have the saw
dust caIted away; rs years ago &c was worth
only 80 cents load; it Is now worth $3.50 a
load at the mills. II is Used principally at ho-
tells, eating houses, groceries aud other busi-
ness places. When wet and spread over floors
II makes the sweeping cleaner work and pre-
vents the rising or dust. Packers OF glass.
SODA water and many other small articles uss
1t. 1t is used by plumbers about pipes ar 4
buildings TO deaden walls, floors and ceilIngs,
Dolls and some living bipeds are more or less
stuffed with IL. Yellow pine makes the least
dust AID best sawdust and has a pungent,
agreeable odor. Any white wood dust will
answer for the above purposes. Black-walnut
sawdust, which has generally been burned be.
cause it would not sell In the market, has
lately proved to be very valuable for Jhs
tumbliDg processes OF pin manufacture.
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her bridal boquet among her unmarried
friends. II is said TO bring more good luck taan
an old slipper. horseshoe, or the spectacle OF
JOURNALISTS FUND.
Unable to agree In the formation OF q general
newspaper fund, the republican Journalists
have founded one for themselves The sub
scription Is II. sa year-proof. when . rainy
day comes journalists cannot expect to 1--we
like Dives.
PRINCE PIERRE BoNAPARTIs DEATH
only recalls a turbulent past; he contributed
powerfully 70 give the final push 10 the totter-
Ing empire; he never ceased to be q radical,
and Ii was by shooting the radical, Victor Noir,
That he became notorious He made an "honest
woman" OF the dressmaker who had borne him
two children, thus legitimatizing his son ana
daughter. the former. prince exchanged mis-
Mile. Blanc, whose papa farmed the gambling
house at Monaco. The old stormy petrol hs1
such fear OF dying On a Friday that every
him. But he shuffled OF the coll on that DAY.
The "Poupees de rInfante" Is the new three
act comic opera by M. Grisart. The story is
that OF the Infanta, who, one day passing the
ManZanares, lets her doll drop into the river. A
student plunges in and brings 1t to lani. he
is as forgotten as the doll. But the Infaufe Is
demanded IN marriage by Louis XIV, and after
the Usual crossings the King cnoseS Polish
bride and the Infante wedS the student who is
the soa OF her neighbor the King OF Portugal
There Is good deal OF excellent French ani
Spanish scenery. The music Is not very orl-
giLal. and Is somewhat preteutiouS Taken
separately there are few pleasing morceaux
the brazilian Air" and the duo when Night
comes oelng very graceful aud nelodl ,us
CRIMR IN PARIS.
A chemical manufacturer committed sui.Ide
and left leg acy to the municipal council. 10
see that his body was dissected In the ia.
terest OF science, and so demonstrate his death.
Friends had claimed the remains, but had to
return them. II the autopsy was that OF the
Project de Police, the council would be hap.
piness itself. "f
the princess de Persigney has been acquitted
OF the charge OF having forged her grandnau-
mas name to accommodation bills-the Prin-
C IS de Moskowa. This latter, aged 81 was a
horrible miser, and passed her time sitting
before the fire without stockings and playing
cards with the house porter. Suicides are of
late confined to lovers, whose parents Will not
annibilate time and space 20 make them happy.
Before poisoning themselves, they generally
indulge In hearty meal
DR.. Greletty states Imitation is the cause OF
many suicides, and that the press ought not TO
publish accounts or such. An editor replies,
suicides are not more prevalent now than De-
fore the existence OF newspapers.
lola objects to storm being Initiated on the
stage In his new play. he fears, perhaps,
spectators would catch rheumatism.
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A Brokers' NIistake.

The following story is told of Francis Drexel,
the father of the well-known Philadelphia
bankers. Soon after the close of the war with
Mexico many Spanish and Mexican silver dol
lars found their way into the United States
and we're bought up by bankers and money
dealers all over the country. The price paid
for them varied greatly. according to the de
saP At cose oq Of day e
during which Mr.. DreXel-then doing very
modest business on Sd street, Philadelphia, as
q money and exchange broker-had been q
large buyer OF Mexican silver, and while he
was engaged In recounting his purchases pre-
paratory to settling his cash account, the door
OF MS panking-house was suddenly opened by
plainly dressed man, who exclaimed: II
them?"
"Mr. Drexel, without raising his head, re-
mo" said the man, "i've sold all the others
at seventy five cents and only have hundred
Mr.. Drexel replied: 81 have bought them all
day at sixty cents, and II yours have no holes
In them will take them at the same price, and
that Is the most you can get for them"
II never saw any with holes In them" said
Didn't youe" said Mr.. Drexel. "Hal of
what we get are full OF holes, where they have
been used as buttons"
The man scratched his head a moment and
then said: every well; I'll bring them in right
away"
Five minutes afterward he appeared with
small tin kettle and walking up to the counter
said: where shall put them?"
.'Pour them out mere" said Mr.. Drexel, indi-
eating particular spot on the counter.
II can't" said the seller, "they will all slip
of on the floor"
Mr.. Drexel, without Withdrawing his atten-
ton from the counting OF his purchases OF the
day, called to his son Frank to " bring tray"
When the tray was brought 1t was found to
have large crack across It. to which the man
strenuously objected saying: "They will all
fan through This nettled old Mr.. Drexel, who
In rather sharp words, told him " that tray has
held thousands and thousands of them every
day." and furthermore, in peremptory terms,
babe him "pour them out, quick ="
Accordingly the kettle was raised TO the level
OF the counter and one hundred fat, raw oysters
were poured into the cracked tray, much TO the
chagr1n and disgust OF the banker and his son
the former OF whom exclaimed: "Why, those
are oysters! !"
"Well." said the oysterman, {who knew moth.
ing about Mexican silver,) "what the ID did
you think they were?"
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Laces and Jewels Not Necessaries.
Philadelphia Record.l

Philadelphia Record.
Shop-keepers who give credit to married
women for gewgaws and f1nery without the
assent OF their husbands sometimes suffer for
It A fresh illustration OF this was furnished
by non-suit granted By Judge Thayer, In
common pleas No. 4, yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Caroline Wiler, dealer In sillD, &C., sod to
Mrs. Margaret A. Fiegel the wife or the pro-
prfetor OF the Woodpine Cottage, at German.
town road and Nlcetown lane, silks, Jewelry,
&C., worth about $500. In contracting this
debt, Mrs. Fiegel stated that she had q Sepa.
rate estate yielding her 81 900 per year, out Of
which she would pay the DILL She did not pay
1t, and Mrs. Wiler sued her, Joining Mr.. FIegei,
the husband, In the suit with his wife, seeking
to hold them Jointly responsible Judge
Thayer non suited the plaintiff. The husband
could not be made to pay because the goods
were not shown TO be "necessaries," and they
were not proved TO have been furnished with
the knowledge or consent of the husband. The
wife could not be held accountable, because
married woman cannot bind her separate es-
tate except for necessar1es, and no proof had
been given to show that these were neceSSa-
ries. Judge Thayer explained that It ought to
be understood that married woman Is not
competent, without the consent OF her hus-
band, to bind herself BY any contract except
for neceesaTtes. No action at law can be main
tanned against either herself or her husband
upon any other contract which has not his
assent.
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Two journeys.
CFrom the Argosy.l

ST 60 on journey lar sway,
He said-and he stopped and kissed me them
"Oyer the ocean for many day
Good bye. " and he kissed me once again
BUT only few short months had fed,
When again / answered my husba nd's kiss:
81 could not tarry away. " he said,
''There is never land as fair as this"
Again stood by my husbands side
go on journey, sweet to-day;
Over the river the boatmen glide
Good bye; shall linger long away"
An, he Will come back soon. know"
said, as stopped for the pa ring kiss;
He cannot tarry. he told me SO.
Ihere ID never land 30 fair as this"
But many month and many year
Have down since my darling went away.
VIII he never come back to meet me here?
has ne found the region Of perfect day!
Over the ocean he went and came;
Over the river, and fingers there!
Oh. palhd boatman! call my name
Show me the region SO wondrous fair.