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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

II is stated explicitly by the
Cincinnati Commercial that up to a
recent date the police commission.
ers OF that city were paid $1,000 a
month as biackma.l by gamblers.
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Board Of school Directors.

W. j. LESLIE. PI.St.,
DE. :. \. WEBB Sccy,
pr !. T.. MEADORS. -
-- -- GEORGE DAVIS.
Il. /. LknELIIEE, BOB TARKINTON.
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All onr Grand Extraordinary Drawings
are under the supervision and manage.
ment of '''""so'
Genls. &. T. BEAUREGARD,
and JCBAL A. EARLY.
Capital Prize sloo, ooO-whole Ticket. $40
fbls:Cy
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ToB-woRK NEATLY EXECUTED II
y this ofsce
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y little boy upon being asked by
his mother if he would like to have
wings and he an angel. replied:
"No, ma, iii rather be hawk and
live on chickens"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic restores the APP
petite.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures chill, and
t"vcrs-
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

Joshua l.. Smith, Il farmer of
Fond du Lac, aged ninety nine years.
committed suicide recently because
he had sworn never 10 live 10 be
100.
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18th Judicial District.
Goth Senatorial District.

senator j. ID. WATKINS
j. e. Vance
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
State Officers.

United states senator, II. NJ. SPOFPop,
Representative, 9TH Dis, J. FLOYD H yMs
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
A Cheeky ImpOstOr.

What may be accomplished by
brazen pretender is illustrated in the
case of W. H. Chase, at Medway, Mass.
He arrived in that town an utter stran-
ger two years ago, without letters of
Introduction, or any other means of
gaining favor than his own resources.
He gave out that he was u wounded
veteran officer OF the army, ex-member
of General Howard's staff, son of
clergyman, ex-editor of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, an ex-Secretary of the
United Estates Senate Committee III.
Commerce. He was at once made
principal of the high school and allowed
to take leading position in the Con-
gregational Church. He preached in
neighboring churches and became Su-
perintendent of Sunday School. He
went into politics, too, and was a pop
ular stump speaker during the last
Presidential canvass. About this time
he was arrested on an old charge of
swindling, but managed to hide The
scandal by paying the claim. When
the crack military company of Boston,
the Fusileers, recently visited Wash
ington, it was "Colonel Chase, wound
ed hero of Gettysburg" who presented
them to President Garfield. About this
time he secured an increase of salary
from the School Board by representing
that he had been offered the private
secretaryship to Secretary Window; but
this has caused his downfall. Some
body wrote to Window and the lie was
exposed. Then proof was secured that
Chase had never been on General How
ards staff, or editor of the Inter- Ocean,
or Secretary of a Senate committee.
Finally, he has fed from Medway un-
der charges of criminal conduct.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
The Rapid Telegraph.

The capacity of a single line of tele-
graph wire has always been limited by
the quickness of the operator. The
electricity passes from end to end of
the longest line without appreciable
loss of time. A sender of average abl-
ity can transmit twenty-five words a
minute, or fifty messengers an hour.
This being the limit of single wire,
many lines have become necessary be-
tween large cities, to provide for the
constant increase in the use of the tele-
graph by all classes. A few years ago,
Mr.. Edison discovered and applied the
QuadrupleX system. By this invention,
four messages can be sent at one time
over the same wire, two each way. As
its name implies, it increased the carry:
ing capacity of a wire four-fold. But
the new system of the Rapid Telegraph
Company is even more wonderful. By
this method the messages are trans
ferred to a paper-tape which is perfor-
ated by machine with keyboard,
operated like typewriter. Many per-
sons are kept busy at these machines
preparing the messages. When the
tape is ready it is wound on a wheel.
Now instead OF the operator making
each letter by successive clicks of the
telegraph key be. simply tuGns the
wheel, and steel points, like the nibs of
a pen, trace their way over the perfor-
ated tape, and wherever there are holes
the circuit is completed and the electric
current reports at the other end of the
line, in dots or dashes, long or short, as
the perforation may be. The messages
are then translated from the telegraphic
code and printed in full by the aid OF the
typewriter ready for delivery. By this
invention, the capacity of wire is in
creased thrty-fold. One thousand
words a minute may be sent, involving
five hundred pulsations a second of the
electric current. All thse improve
ments are in the direction of cheap and
efficient telegraphy.-KoutHs Oompan.
ION
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
A Spring Bonnet Against the Mission.
aries,

He was lately married, and had no
more idea of what an article OF a wom-
ans dress cost than an elephant has OF
a humming bird; SO when his young
wife gently limited one morning that
she must have new spring bonnet he
looked pleased, and blandly told her to
get something nice and have the bill
sent around to the store, and he gave
her goodbye kiss and said he wanted
his little wife to look as we'll as the rest,
and went off humming Sunday-school
air. He had been to missionary meet
ING the night before, and, pleased with
.he sermon, had promised liberal do
nation to the collecting agent when he
called, as he had announced he would
on that day; so he took twenty-five dol
lars and inclosed it in an envelope, with
"From friend" on the outside, and
then tucked five dollars into his vest
pocket to pay for his wife's bonnet. 81
don't suppose it will cost more than
half of that. My hats never do, and
they last whole year, but perhaps the
gew-gaws may come to that" he solilo-
quized. About five o clock p. m. small
boy appeared carrying a box, and the
lately married man took the five dollars
out of his pocket and asked for the bill.
"It's inside with the bundle" he said.
The master of ceremonies opened the
box and looked vaguely in. 81 don't
see any bonnet" he said. The boy
looked on and grinned. ITS there"
he said, sin the corner; it's little un."
The husband took it out tenderl with
his thumb and finger. 1t looked like a
gold horseshoe-a hands breadth of
tinsel with a tri-colored feather. He
picked up the bill; twenty-five dollars!
Phew! The senior partner of the firm
was making up the days account when
a frantic individual rushed into his phi
vate office and exclaimed: "Look here,
Smith, look at thisr" q see," said
Smith, calmly, "it's new bonnet"
"Heaven! do they cost like that? Why
why didn't you tell me so before
before-it was too late?" "It would
have made no difference; that is one of
Nine. La Mode imported bonnets, you
see. 1 know; it's an old story to me,
and if you don't let her have it, now
that she has picked it out, she'll be
wretched and so will you; it is really
cheap at that price-see?" He thought
he did; he groaned and walked out.
Then he took the twenty-five dollars out
of the envelope and paid the boy and
put the five dollars in his vest pocket
with the envelope and laid it away.
When the agent called for help for the
missions the young man thrust the in
closure into his hand muttering some
thing like "Charity begins at home
as he had found by experience Detroit
Post.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
gor puung gfaders.
THE BIRDS GATHERINGS.

When they chatter together-the robins and
SparroWs,
Bluebirds and bobolinks-all the day long,
What do they talk Of? The sky and the sun
The state of the weather, the last pretty
song;
Of love, and of friendship and all the sweet
tritles
That go to make bird-life so careless and
free;
The number of grubs in the apple tree yon-
The promise of fruit in the big cherry-tree;
OF matches in prospect;-how Robin and
Jenny ..
Are planning together to build them nest;
How Bobolink left Mrs. Bobolink moping
At home, and went Off on lark with the
rest.
Such mild little ISLANDERS! such innocent gos-
sip!
Such gay little cOquetries, pretty and bright!
Such happy love-makings! such talks Ill the
orchard!
Such chatterings at daybreak! such whisp-
erings at night!
o birds in the tree-tops! 0 robins and spar
o bluebirds and bobolinks! what would be
May
Without your glad dpresence-the song thaty
sing us,
And ali the sweet nothingS we fancy you
say? ,,,.,.,
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

air, three jet black mules with noddnS
plumes and hitched abreast are driven
in, and they drag out the carcass with
clown sitting on its ribs.
Five fine bulls were killed that after
noon, with but little to vary the pro-
gramme. The most attractive variation
was when Diaz came out on horse back
riding bareback beautiful black horse,
which he gallopcd by the bull at full
speed, and as he passed, before the
clumsy brute could reach him, he leaned
over and planted mis- banderilloS with
unerring accuracy in the bulls neck IL
was a magnificent feat and deserved
the applause it received. Another one
of the band stood in front of the bull
with lance, and when the bull charged
he ran at him instead of away from HIM,
and trying little pole vaulting cleared
the animal at bound. All OF the bulls
tried to Jump over the barriers, but in
vain; all of them tried to butt down the
shelters which were placed at equal
di .tances around the ring, and behind
which the tormentorS retired when hard
pressed. Once a bull got his horns
caught in the thick leather armor OF
horse and remained a helpless prisoner
A lassador threw his lasso over the
horses head, and, galloping away,
ierlled the horse ten feet away with
the sudden vigor of country dentist
pulling out back tooth. Hats were
thrown into the ring in recognition OF
special feats of pluck and daring, and
the 5000 spectators evidently enjoyed
and appreciated the cruel sport, and it
is very popular. Even those who con-
denim it enjoy it. Many of the young
swells around us had tried their hands
at it in the court-yards of hacicndas;
one of them showed me a souvenir OF
bulls horn in the shape of scar Oh his
hand; another said he was in favor OF
shutting up the pulque shops and open
ING the bull-ights. 1t is my province
to narrate and not to moralize, but if
were disposed to moraIize, l might per-
haps believe that the best way to cure
the evil is to educate the people out OF
it, not to legislate them out OF it
John 4. Dillon, in the 81. Louis GLOBE
Democrat.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
A Nice Little Bridge.

The big bridge between New York
and Brooklyn has been for over ten
years in course of construction and is
not yet done. Another bridge which
was long ago planned to connect the
two cities has now been begun and will
be finished, if all goes well, in three
years. This is to be comparatively
inexpensive structure, because instead
ofrequiring sixteen hundred-foot span,
as is the case with the big bridge, it
will use the rock foundation of Black
wells Island as a resting place for two
piers. The bridge will cross from Sev-
enty-irst Street to Ravenswood,
suburb which was formerly occupied by
the mansions of the wealthy, but which
was sadly damaged by chills and fever
and by the bad smells Of the oil retiner-
les and other manufacturing industries
of Hunters Point. The floor of the
new bridge will be about $50 feet above
high water in the East River. which
will allow considerably more room for
passing vessels than will be afforded by
the floor OF the big bridge. The whole
length of the new bridge will be 1852
feet and its longest span 734. 1t is tc
furnish roadway for all sorts of vehicles,
including steam cars and locomotives,
making connection between the rail-
ways which center at Grand Central
Depot and those which wander to and
fro over Long Island. AS this bridge
is a private undertaking, and there are
no chances for public stealage in con-
necton with it, it will probably be
pushed to speedy completion. 1t will
cost about S5,000,000, which will be
about one-fourth the cost OF the big
: y - ~ !. z Ss.--i ittttttLEtURLI IlnleS.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
Electricity by the Box.

The successful shipment Of aNc
mense amount of electrical force 70
France to Scotland in a box iSTee
square is a fact that gives rise toni Il
of pleasing anticipations. Ii elecsul
really can be compressed, condeusao
in any other way stored in small 40 u
to be used whenever desired, Va
boilers may as well be sold for loo
and the horse and his long-earetna
brother be sent to the sausage nse,
Ocean steamers, LOCOMOTIVES, ~ -
cars and farmers plows could la
worked by electrical engines VIZ
not for the trouble of supplygIn In
motive power, but if the SuOte ia M
any quantity can be boxed in In
compass the trouble is at al r
Everybody can have the electt' " z
in his house, no matter how far b u
be from q generator, for he can I'm
electricity sent him by expape
in a registered letter. Every lOe .,
may be made burglar prof -
q guard of wire heavily cilan
with electricity, if only the force VI
can be had in sufficient quanllT "
little box of compressed electrlcl fSe'
cupying no more space than M
stand, might be so arranged on s'as
er's desk, with switch or ruler 0l9s 0T
tion, that all the bad boys coH Al
soundly flogged without the en-
raising his hand to do more than sat
little giant at work. A man mgnw "
ly coil wire around himself CNn, y,
sulating closhing, and then msiAT
proper connections with a pocM :
of electricity, tread calmly on lN q q
of the biggest man in town and W. '.
fellow tumble the moment bis vNlu
fist touched the wire. Indeed
are so many uses to which the MEL
Gus power may be put, if it can o e. :,
piled cheaply, that we may YET in in
advertised as ON sale by the gum
pound, and delivered at houses U
morning by the companys own % \ o .
ons, the drivers supplying ucA'N IN
the dollars worth, just like !" 'h
milkmen.-N. \. Herald. rt
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

Poor, frightened, little H,n -
an instant he stood in muta t "
breath coming in short, oDiSssNT
his heart in his throat. BndttSt hug IL
the fear shone faint CLEAN osl
Here was the bear which hi, ~.
watched for long and vainIv % ny
the old queen s-arm. Tbp,d ~
heavy crash which set the e wos,
ing, mingled with a horribIs0 0V y
scream from the bear. NNIH
Hollie turned and ran. An.
long, he never forgot that villa ,,,,,
the house; nor how, when ha A. & ~ ~
self against the closed door, ~ 2Iis
hinges parted and he and tbs ~ 4 1e
together with a great clatter 'ym
kitchen. Al
"Land aliven' cried his mo,,, a. a,
He's-after-me! He's r.,,
behind mem shrieked Hollie ,T1 Z n
ling to his feet. "He-cb,,s lie
clear-to-the-doorm G'
"What did?' demanded hi, .yir
who had bounced out of bed M q 3
floor at the first alarm, and NAV OF d
great presence of mind, seized
on Hollie's ear and held him y y
"What chased you, Hollingswo-Int
1.-The bear" said Hoilie, N, F'
and then, with many lourj,ep
breaths he told the whole little y II
When he had finished, hi nf 3T
went to the doorway, looked ~
listened. Then he gave a al I'll
don t-believe-it," sort of a whist . = i
You We been dreaming and W. Y
in your sleep, l reckon" he "te
Hollie. "rll go and see. WheS II
muSket?" he
But HOllie couldn't tell, and
ther didn't care to face even a, ne h9ss
mary bear without his good mrht n
arm in hand. So, presently, 4. 81
was propped up and the little WI
fell asleep again. v
And when, early next mornlp, n n
lie and his father went out hs
cornfeld, they found the muskpt
where Hollie had let it fall in bsh
and, twenty feet away, the bOdy
huge, white-faced, black bear, ],
had dropped in his tracks with II
wound in its breast! he
So, you see, it was Hollie'S nl,ut
ton which had chased him to The iol
Imagination does pay queer n i
sometimes. yie
Of course there was a iublz i've
piece of Hollie's bear was sent to ni'
and every neighbor for miles ar ae 'SI
The story was told and told agsa o o
Hollie was a hero. But for Ain,
praise and petting, and for all d al
mother fried a lot of the most ID ea 81
turnovers in his honor and d N, M
him to eat as many as he chose 20 al
he did not make himself i'll, then W
something about the exploit Inn's Ins
Hollie didn't quite like to rene nc nc
Can You guess what?-Ada Carsiif
Golden RuLe. 30
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
A Strange Capture.

VIM. Mccall captured a strange look
ing animal yesterday about five miles
northeast of town. 1t was first seen
outside of the Colony fence, but he
chased it on horseback about mile
and half south and finally disabled it
with q blow from shovel. He brought
it to town this morning, when it attract
ed large crowd. Itapparently weighs
about fifty pounds, is covered with long,
coarse hair, dark brown on the back and
lighter on the tanks, with considerable
white mixed in under the jaw short legs,
with large paws, like bear; head short
and thick, with very small ears, tail siA
inches in length, No one seemed to
recognize the species. If the tail had
been short some one would have called
it bear. The animal was several years
old, as its teeth and claws were full
grown. If such a thing could be, we
would be inclined to call it hybrid u
cross between bear and a bad
ger. The animal was very savage,
snarling and swapping at any at
tempts to touch it. The poor brute
was suffering from severe wound in
the head, and thoughtless people tortur-
ed it by pulling It's tail and hind legs -
they kepta safe distance from its
teeth. By reference to Johnson's En-
cyclopedla we are led to believe that it
is glutton. The species are plenty in
Canada, where it is called wolverine or
carcajou. They have frequently been
seen in the Gunnison country, on the
other side OF the range, at very high
altitude, but seldom seen on the plains.
1t has some characteristics OF the bear
family. -Greetey (COL.) Sun.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

DIR. Brunner, of Wattenweil, has
invented an electric letter carrier in the
form OF an Underground railroad moved
by electricity. The invention is at
present before the Austrian Society of
Engineers for inspection. The locomo
tive can be guided and controlled from
stationary point, because the battery,
or motive power, is not on the locomO-
tive; it does not need any accompany
ing attendance. The locomotive and
tram r. sAs So constructed or any di-
minutlve size, and both will perform
The same service for any length of dis
tance which the pneumatic tube will
perform ior short distances. The firm
OF Siemens Il Halske, of Berlin, have
constructed a machine according to
Brunner's plan and orders. and there
are no doubts entertained of the complete
success OF the invention.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
The Funny Little KiWi'hlN'

A visitor to the London IOoE
Garden writes: In a little CVu'
ment of the ostrich-houSe reSu'a
principal object of ourvlslt' tna'$' !,
est and most uneanny OF blrdS, Wy
teryx or Kiwi- Xiv, which Wa
thought by naturaIists to be /. n,i !,
creature. 1t never comes out %1 .,
at night, and even them on ,,S sns'
sion, it had perceived our apprOS,I,
taken up its usual place OF concs15ii
among the straw. 1t is a rOunIs,
nondescript with a long curVsai !;
no tail, the merest rudimeat o. "
which are not visible throuS
plumage, and large, powellur s1"ni
with which it kicks IN a very i0llH', ,
manner, while it can y
ing them on the ground A.
q tremendous noise qulIe :, y"
portionate to its SIZE y,
chiefly on worms, and having ,a's j
trils set at the very tip OF the OVsr .,r
pry them out in its nocturnal II rirc ,~
without the aid of eyes. HAVE .iT+
covered the whereabouts OF "S ',,
is said to entice them to the SUI a
stamping on the ground; We "'n,t 4
vouch for this as a TACT, ana ...s! ln0
less InaJ II we were a worm "" ob,
be any ything but allured by STS TSs
glarious clatter overhead. ln'
curious circumstance, perhaPE'ii /,
the Kiwi- Kiwi is its egg, wlllVIl .l 4
ly as large as the parent pn% .,or,
one-f fourth OF IFS wei. ht. sew =
been laid in the gardens OF INV a,, d
by the present specimen 'n.s n'Sist
at rest all doubt upon the suT ',Tsr,
is native of New Zea anu' wiz
now becoming very rare.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

School supervisor (coaxingly)-
"Little boy, if there were ten birds on
a branch, and naughty boy came
along with a gun and fired and killed
1--WE, how many would be left?' First
little boy" Five" Second little boy
(very eagerly None; cause when
he fired they'd all fy."
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

Plant peas every two weeks, and
the later you plant the deeper you
should put IN the seed. Immersing the
seed in boiling water for thirty seconds
will destroy the weevil.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

He went nearer. Through the tall,
thick-growing corn-stalks, he caught a
glimpse OF great, dark creature busily
chewing off the half-ripe ears OF corn.
"lt's old black Star" said HolIie,
STOPPING to pick up stone. Hur-rap
there, sir"'
The champing ceased There was a
low growl, and then the big, black
creature rose upon its launches and
looked about.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-05

Ex-senator Allen G. Thurman of Ohio
returned yesterday from Paris, where he
attended the recent Monetary Conference.
In conversation with reporter last
night, he said that he was we'll satisfied
with the results of the Conference. The
primary object-an agreement by all ma
tions to establish the relative values Of
gold and silver-was not attained, but so
great an undertaking could not be &C.
complished in day. In the course Of
time, he said, he had no doubt the
United States view of the subject would
be adopted by European nations, includ-
ing England, which suffers most by the
present system, and which is daily CON-
ing to see her mistake. 1t is claimed by
some that variations in the relative
amounts of gold and silver produced
would effect their relative values in spite
of the agreement, but the arguments
were against those holding that veiw.-
IN. Y. Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-05

Nelson w. Aldrich, the newly elected
Senator from Rhode Island, is said to
have entered the city of Providence in
the same modest manner that the illus
trious Wilmington entered London-on
foot and with his clothes slung over his
back. Being bright, active youth, he
soon secured employment in wholesale
grocery house. But with a genius SUI
perior to his station, he rose in life till he
is now the head Of one of the largest
firms in the State, and Senator repre-
senting prosperous and conservative
community. Mr.. Aldrich is not quite
forty years old. He is married and has
four children.