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Wichita eagle., 1888-04-07

The death Of Jacob Sharp puts an end
to long and scandalous suit that was
exceeded in notoriety only by the famous
Boss Tweed escapade. OF the large
amounts of Doodle alleged to have been
obtained by Sharp not dollar was ever
recovered. Through all the vicissitudes
of his career he had a following of strong
friends who accepted as true his denials
Of guilt and stood by him Loyalty to the
end. But he is now beyond the assis-
lance of friends or prosecution of
enemies; his case is before the court from
which there is no appeal, but one that
can commit no error in its findings, and
its judgment will stand.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-07

poses that must be most reckless per-
son, and one devoid of regard for the
best interests of the community-for the
peace and happiness of the country at
large--who can give aid and encourage
ment TO a movement having for its OBJ
ject the Inauguration of terror such as is
threatened in the language quoted.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION

A delegate convention of the Republicans o.
Kansas Will be held in the city of Wichita on the 9Th
gay of May 1855 the hour OF IL O'Clock NJ. for the
election of four delegates and four aternaes TO the
National Republican convention TO he held in Cni-
cage June H. 1888. Also for The nomination of two
presidential electors.
Also a delegate convention of the Republicans OF
Kansas will be held in the city OF Topeka on tae
25th day of July 1883 at the hour Of l. o'clock IL,
for the nomination Of candidates for:
Associate Justice OF the Supreme Court.
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor OF State.
Treasurer of State.
Attorney General.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Delegates to the conventions mentioned above
shall be electea by county conventions GUY ctlltu
by the several county Republican committees; IN
der such rules and regulations as NAV be by them
prescribed The county conventions 10 be heid not
later than NAV g. lsSs The basis OF apportonment OF
delegates to said state conventions VIII be- one
delegate and one alternate to each 4J votes cast Tor
Timothy Mccarthy for auditor OF state, NoTemoer,
1885, or fraction of 20J votes. one delegate
and one alternate each will be allowed to all unor-
Capized counties and counties organized since Nov;
9 1856 Delegates are apporJloned 10 the several
counties follows, to-wlt:
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-07

If the dread of trichinosis in American
pork shipped to Germany strained the
friendly relations between that country
and the United States it is hard to pre-
dict the results should the existence Of
hog cholera and Texas cattle fever
among our food products become an
established fact. But Mr. Bartles testi-
mony moveth us to incredulity. In the
matter of Texas fever, for instance.
probably no country was ever so safely
guarded as this is against the spreading
of disease or the arrival of diseased ami
mails at market. Ehe restrictions i'm
posed upon the Texas cattle industry,
solely on that account, have been en-
forced with an iron hand, and in such a
way as seriously to cripple the leading
business of that great state.
Wichita eagle., 1888-04-07

1t is rumored in Berlin that the new
kaiser will soon confer the title of prince
on Bismarck's son, Count Herbert, on
two other counts whose illustrious
to impress themselves upon American
memories, and on Count Won Moltke,
the white-haired organizer of victory.
Why he should have had to wait all
these years for title which was so
promptly bestowed on his yoke-fellow,
the chancellor, is not clear to new-world
comprehension, though probably, being
the man he is, he values the well-earned
baton of feId-marshal far above any
merely decorative patent of nobility.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Two Miles . Minute.

Fancy travel at the rate of two miles a
minute over an incline of polished ice,
with an eighteen inch toboggan for a
carriage, pretty girl for bon comrade
and pair of electric balls hanging over
head like harvest moons. Recall the
sensations of being in love or hot bath,
remember the details of your first merry
go round, the immediate influence Of
champagne, chloroform or any other de-
licious intoxicant, and you have faint,
very faint idea of the positively delight
full sensation that a fly down toboggan
chute produces. In the decent one seems
10 lose consciousness; the route lies be-
tween earth and sky; you have your
heart at your tongues end, and when
the bottom of the slide is reached it ia
with shooting pulse" tingling blood
and flaming spirits. You feel as though
you had at last reached the acme of en-
joyment; that hfe was dream. earth
vision and tobogganing the boss game
Inter Ocean.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30

Not long ago lot of Sea Island cotton
In bales was discovered to be on fire in
New Jersey warehouse, and when the
flames We're extinguished in one spot,
they would Immediately break out in
another. An examination showed that
it was roller gin cotton; that is, cotton of
which the lint is drawn away from the
seeds by pair of rollers, set at such a
distance apart as to keep the seeds from en-
tering between them. while the fibre passes
en- and goes into bag. In the present
case, more or less Of the seeds had some-
how goS .ttween the rollers and been
crushed, and had thus saturated the cot
ton with oil, which, in due time, had
caused spontaneous combustion.
A still more curious case occurred in
Massachusetts factory. In the middle of
the room milling machine was turning
knife handles, the dust being blown up
through a metal tube into the room above
and thence forced out of doors through a
wooden pipe. A spark from an emery
wheel, fifteen feet from the milling ma
chine, struck window, and rebounding,
entered the mouth Of the metal tube, set
the wood dust on fire, SO that the flames
poured out of the wooden pipe in stream
twenty feet long.
An engineer, cleaning up mill, put
some cotton waste in front Of the boiler,
where it wdhld be handy for the fireman
in the morning. During the night this
took fire spontaneously; the flames spread
to the kindlings under the boiler, and
soon raised steam enough to cause the
boiler to blow off, badly soaring the
watchman, who knew, or thought he
knew, that there was no fire under it.
In another instance man drove nail
into the ceiling of a jute mill. The nail
glanced off, was struck by the rapidly
moving beaters and caused serious con-
fagration. Companion.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
The American Club in London,

Among the many burning questions
which yet remain to be settled between
the United States and Great Britain,
none have caused more dissatisfaction in
social circles ON the other side of the At
lantic than the lack of reciprocity shown
by us in the matter of club hospitality.
To the English gentleman every club in
New York is open; but the citizen of the
United States, on arrival in London,
finds the portals of the leading clubs in
Pail Mall sealed doors. distinguished
men, it is true, are made honorary men,
bers of the Athen@um; but it is not every
one who can find exuberant joviality
within its walls. Our countrymen who
have resided in America, struck by the
very one sided nature of the club treaty
existing between the two countries, have
recently started a fresh addition to the
many London clubs, The American club
aims at affording meeting place in Lon
don for all men interested in the western
hemisphere. Here members of the Pa
cific club at San Francisco, of the Mani
tpba club at Winnipeg, of the Cercle des
Etrangers at Rio, the Knickerbocker at
New York and the Turf in piccadilly
meet on terms of perfect equality
James Gazette
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Newspaper "Nirht Owls"

There is always the proportion Of night
owls, men who work when others sleep.
They have an air about them which is
unmistakable, for while they look tired
from the toll they have just left, it is a
different kind of fatigue from that which
one notices among those who are ''up
late" Many, in fact the majority, of
these are from the newspaper offices,
and they can always be known from the
shop talk they indulge in. Curiously
enough newspaper men do not talk very
much about their business i'm the day
time, not more, at least, than does any
other class of men.
But at night it would seem as though
their brains are so full of the subjects
they have just left that their chat be-
comes of the shop, shoppy style. 1t is as
though surgeons had come from the
scene of some operation and were con-
strained to speak of the flap and the
drainage. Their talk is ''caviare to the
general, " conveying as it does an odd
impression of inside information among
the speakers. Then, too. it is mostly in
the future; they constantly talk of that
which others do not know yet. Their
discussion is Of what the papers will
speak tomorrow morning; the news Of
the afternoon has already become ancient
history to them. That they deal in news
is recognized practically by others, for
nothing is more common than to have
some gentlemen apply for information.
New York Press.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
The Laws Governing Prices.

Professor Leone Lewis literary execu-
tors are preparing for publication a great
deal of manuscript which the late pro-
fessor left behind him, some of which
will, ] am told, create quite a sensation
in both scientific and financial circles.
Levi was for years a leading fellow Of
the Statistical society of London, and
perhaps taking him upon all subjects he
was one of the foremost statisticians in
the world. I am told that for many
years past he has been investigating the
curve Of probabilities, especially as re-
lating to prices of different commodities
and the laws governing the recurrence
of commercial crises, and that his work
upon this subject is SO nearly complete
that it will shortly be given to the world.
Levi was a keen and accurate student
and very conservative scientist, so that
if book of his upon this subject appears
it will be received with q weight of az
thority which will make it standard.
Levi is not the first student who has
attempted to solve the problem of the
fuctuation of prices. Ricardo, who was
also Jew, is said to have made his large
fortune by his mathematical work on the
problems afforded by the stock exchange
Professor De Mougan gave the subject
some time. and Mr.. Edgeworth worked
out a very complicated forecast of "prob-
able mercantile error" which runs side
by side with the same problem. Some
time in the Twentieth century suppose
mathematics will be SO advanced that a
clerk will not be able to secure position
in pork house until he can figure out
for his prospective employer what the
probable cost for prime mess for May
will be on the 18th of February, A. D.
2674.-H. F. Halsey in Chicago News.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
COlors of the Alpine Sky.

When the Alpine sun is setting, or,
better still, some time after it has set,
leaving the limbs and shoulders of the
mountains in shadow, while their snowy
crests are bathed by the retreating light,
tho snow glows with beauty and solem-
nifty hardly equaled by any other natural
phenomenon. So, also, when first illum-
ined by the rays of the unrisen sun, the
mountain heads, under favorable atmos-
pheric conditions, shine like rubies. And
all this splendor is evoked by the simple
mechanism of minute particles, them
selves without color, suspended in the
air. Those who referred the extraordi-
nary succession of atmospheric glows,
witnessed some years ago, to vast and
violent discharge of volcanic ashes, were
dealing with "a true cause" The fine
floating residue of such ashes would un-
doubtedly be able to produce the effects
ascribed to it. Still the mechanism to
produce the morning and evening red,
though of variable efficiency, is always
present in the atmosphere. | have seen
displays, equal in magnificence to the
finest of those above referred to, when
when there was no special volcanic out
burst to which they could be referred.
1t was the long continued repetition of
the glows which rendered the volcanic
theory highly probable, Professor John
Tyndall in The Forum.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30

Owing to the peculiar climatic condi-
tons of the country, the mountains and
valleys are green the year round; though
in the winter months the submits of the
peaks are often capped with snow, which
approaches closely the summer belt of
the low land, where the air is -redolent
with the fragrance of the orange blos-,
SONS. While standing in an orange
grove have watched snow storm COW
ering the dead yucca stalks and chapar-
raj, which was so near by that l could
have sent a bullet from my rifle fairly
into it. Winter and semi-tropical sum-
mer were face to face, yet SO subtle were
the conditions that there was no en-
croachment, the snow seeming veri-
table truce between the opposing forces.
&C. F. Holder in American Magazine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Preservation of Negatives.

The best way to hold person or keep
track of him is in the possession of a
good negative. Or her would do better,
as there are more illustrations of the
truth Of this remark in the case of
women ] have had great deal Of ex-
perience in this line and have never
known it to fail, and for that reason 1
am always very particular to preserve
negatives, They are better than bail
bonds. have negatives of number of
people now who have left the city and
who want their friends to forget them,
and to that end have very carefully
avoided allowing those friends to know
where they are or which way they had
gone. Yet hear from them frequently
by means of orders for pictures printed
off of such and such negative. have
know Of people missing for months, and
even for years, and whose friends had
given up the search for them, to write to
their photographers for pictures off of an
old Acknowledgements in Globe
Democrat
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Legends Of Serpent Women.

In the early Egyptian hieroglyphics
we find representations of snakes bodies
crowned by female heads; and, indeed,
this class of serpents seems to have
proved equally attractive to all nations,
an evidence of which subtle fascination
is that the legends of the '.snake mai
dens" still live in tho nursery tales of to-
day, perennially young and beautiful as
though their birth were not wrapped in
the mysteries of prehistoric age. OF
this family came Larnia, the wi. of
Crete, whose woman's heart rendered
her doubly sensitive to the degradation
she suffered during her Incarceration
within her scaly prison; nor did she, on
renewing the pristine glory of her hu-
man form, completely lose the essence of
her serpent nature. Harmonic, the wife
Of Cadnus, to be 4 companion in her
husbands misfortunes, also took upon
herself the serpent's shape, but being
d,void of evil intent, never, it is said,
summed, but rather sought mans pres
ence.
Perhaps it is but another form of the
classic Harmonic which has become fa-
miliar to us under the name of the fairy
Gentilla, who, in an adder's shape,
sought refuge with Prince Leander from
the vengeance of the irate gardeners, but
at the end Of several days dropped her
scaly mantle, and, arrayed in super
natural charms, munifcently rewarded
her protector. In some of the later ac-
counts Of Melusina she is cited as men,
Der of this sisterhood. Jean D'Arras
represents her as a serpent ''enameled
blue and white" thus also did she pre-
sent herself to the commander of Lusig-
nan, a fortress which she erected in the
early days of her welded happiness. If
there he any who wonder, that this union
Of serpent and woman should have
proved attractive to our ancestors, might
not the sinuous grace and enigmatical
character of our own Elsie Venner plead
eloquently for the charms of her myth
born sisters?-North American Review.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30

You don't very often hear Of the men
who work in the caissons under deep
streams preparing the foundations for
heavy bridges; the great st. Louis struc-
ture for instance. This work is regarded
as extremely hazardous by those unfam-
liar with it, but the men who have been
engaged In it for years do not look upon
1t in that light. AS matter of course. a
person must become accustomed to the
work before he can remain in a eaisson
for any length Of time. Fresh air il, of
course, constantly forced in the caisscns,
while the foul air is sent out through the
blow pipe that carries out the sand de-
posted under the water. Still the old
est caisson men or mud hogs" as they
are often termed, cannot remain at work
more than two or three hours.
We arrange the shifts when working
these men SO as not to keep them down
more than an hour or two at the most.
Even then they get what they call the
''hens'' at times. The "hens'' is form
of asphyxia, and I can assure you it is a
very serious ailment. Some time ago
one Of the caisson men working on the
Omaha bridge, which our company is
now building, was Frustrated as soon as
l.e came out, and it proved to be one of
the worst attacks seen by the men ac-
customed to witnessing such sights in q
long time. When he reached the ground
he fell, with the blood streaming from
his nose, ears and mouth, and was well
nigh dead when the physicians reached
him. He finally recovered, however,
but had no further desire to 60 "mud
begging" as he called it. have been
in caissons on many occasions, but as !
do not remain down any length of time
do not meet with severe consequences
Taken all in all, it is not the healthiest
occupation man can follow, but with
out caisson workers we could not have
the mighty bridges in this and other
countries.-Bridge Builder Hopkins In
Globe Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
The Czarss SfmnlA Life.

At Fredericksburg the czar leads a
simple life, and all the time not occupied
with his correspondence is given to ex-
cursions, hunting and fishing. He is one
of the first up in the morning, and when
breakfast is served at o'clock he has
already taken long walk in the forest.
In the afternoon when he does not go to
the capital he usually passes the time
with the ladies and the children. While
the emperor is at dinner with his family
an orchestra of sixty pieces plays con-
tinually. Alexander is fond Of dance
music rather than classical pieces, and in
his spare moments at Gatchina gives
musical lessons to his little daughter
Xenia. The empress of Russia has not
the striking beauty of her sister, the
Princess of Wales, but she is full of grace
and affability. She never seeks to exer-
else any political influence over her hus-
band and confines her role to being his
faithful companion. She rises early,
walks good deal, reads enormously and
takes great interest in charitable affairs.
George Haendel in The Epoch.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Hitler AND THITHER.

The hardest of all church debts to get
rid of is the spiritual mortgage held by
some powerful and mean predecessor.
An infirmary for dumb animals is to
be established in Philadelphia. Thepu
pose of the organization is the mainte-
nance of society for the care of i'll, aged
and injured animals.
One of the curiosities on exhibition at
the Cincinnati centennial is a petriied
watermelon, which was found near the
quarries of the Southern Granite COM
pany, at Lithonia, Ga.
At an Italian wedding the other day
one Of the gifts presented to the bride
was necklace representing the national
tri-color, composed alternately of lace,
diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
A Tennessee negro has been selling
large numbers of common glass marbles
to negroes as a protection against light
ming. He says there would be lots of
money in the business if he could only
get out of Jail.
The Ukraine national committee have
issued proclamation complaining of
Russian oppression exercised upon a
people of 25, 900, 900, and denouncing the
Great Russians as orthodox Tartars and
mere pretenders to Slavonic name
A council on tubercular diseases has
just sat in Paris. There were represen-
tatives from nearly every European coun-
try except Germany. The invited Ger
man doctors are said to have sent very
''unparliamentary" refusals.
L Al
ern railway of Alabama recently Icame
upon the skeleton of what they think
was an Indian princess. On it was found
a silver coronet, silver bracelets, a neck
lace made of silver buckles, tied together
with silk ribbon, and peculiar knife
with saber blade.
The length of pipe laid in Paris for the
distribution of power by compressed air
already exceeds thirty miles. The COM
pressing engines are of 5000 horse power,
and about 5000, 900 cubic feet of air are
compressed daily to pressure of eighty
pounds per square inch, at an expendi
ture of fifty tons of coal.
The Pittsburg Steel Casting company
have produced a cast steel shell, the first
ever made in the world. Steel shells
have been made in England, but they
were cut from a forged ingot and then
bored, necessarily making them very ex-
4 pensive. The company has received an
experimental order for 500 shells.
Fall River has one conscientious citizen.
He has mare for sale, and instead of
telling the public that the animal is kind
and gentle, suitable for ladies to drive
and household pet, he states frankly
that her disposition is so sour that she
hates herself and that he would recon-
mend the creature to nobody unaccus-
toned to horses.
A baker in Bloomsbury, England,
sued a man for $12.5 so for bread fur
nished. The man entered a counter
claim for $45 for the value of dog. The
evidence was that the bakers boy leav-
ing bread left the gate of the customer
open, and the dog ran out and was lost.
The court held that if the man could not
take care of the dog himself he ought not
to expect the bakers boy to do it, and
Judgment was for the baker.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-08-30
Should Have Known Better.

Verify, this age is not that of the in
genue! A lady, whose fortune not ad-,
mitting of her riding in her own equipage.
and having a number of visits to pay, did
as the rest of the world does in similar,
plight, and took cab by the hour, her
young daughter accompanying her.,
Economy prompted brief calls, but at ono
house she remained longer than this
''young person" deeped at all advisable,
and on returning to the carriage was
sharply rebuked by her. ''But it was
impossible To leave; Miss was veryr
entertaining" said madame la mere.
"Never mind" replied little mademoi-
selle, Il should think you'd know better,
than to waste seventy-five cent ride on,
o twenty-five cent woman''--Boston
Harald