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, 1888-01-05

T%ennyson is now in his 18th year, his
locks are thinning fast and there are
fewer dark ones than there were even
three years ago, but his wonderfully
noble eye has not lost its luster. Most
likely he shifts n clay pipe into his left
hand that he may grip you with his
right. This pipe is his calumet OF peace,
his secret charm for abstraction, his in
cense to the gods. AT morn, at noon, at
night, alone or accompanied, the pipe is
his half way house between meals and
the sure precursor of q nights repose.
The T~ennysonian costume Is seen at its
best in here and does not seem SO much
an afectation. He thaws but slowly, even
in his own room, but the magic Of q
third pipeful sets wagging hat masculine
tongue and neither jawboDe, and il the
topic stirs him he will pour forth fine
rolling periods in the sturdy old English
accents which modern superfine cockney
schooling is polishing out of existence.
AS the conversation warns his puff
come fast and thick and the sound of the
pipes wakes more and more warlike. Not
the bagpipes o the pipes of Pan, but
the "church wardens," as we call the
long clays, for Tennyson has q lordly
whim never to smoke the same pipe
twice. When the charge is exhausted he
breaks h shank, drops it into a cistern-
like vase and fills a clean one from the
box supplied by his wholesale dealer
st. Louis Republican.
, 1888-01-05

In 1890 will end the term of 100 years
during which the cities of Boston and
Philadelphia have each enjoyed the reve-
nue. from a bequest of 50, 200 made by
Benjamin Franklin. The money was to
be loaned out to young married artificers,
and the trust has been executed, although
the lapse of the century requires a new
disposition of the funds. 1t is significant
that while in Boston the 50, 900 has
grown to nearly $32S, 600, in Philadel-
phia the S., 900 has become only $40, 900,
and that in both cases the amount is less
than Franklin estimated it should be.
But, MS the natural philosophers Of
Franklin's day generally fell short of the
sage in ingenuity, 30 too the successive
boards of trustees have been far from
equal to him in business ability. 1t is in
teresting to note, however, that. the two
funds still exist, and that part of the
Boston reserve goes in the purchase of a
public recreation ground to be known as
Franklin Park.-Electrical World.
, 1888-01-05
Excuses Which Singers Make.

Do / think there are many such fraud
ulent excuses? Yes, lots of them. What
is more, many a minor performer bears
the brunt of a hitch or failure to shield
the leading performers. 1t is an old say
ing that n bad workman blames his tools.
1t is a good deal that way with singers
and musical performers. 1 remember q
case in point when the great Nilsson was
the real culprit. She sang here just be-
fore the great fire in a concert of which /
was the director. A hutist had to play
an obligato accompaniment to an aria
which Nilsson was to sing. With char
acteristic egotism she refused to attend
the rehearsal. At the performance she
sang in an entirely different key to that
which the futist had practiced. There
could be but one result, and that a fail
ure. Nilsson threw down her book in a
fret at the feet of the terrified lutist,
who was pulled over the Goals and
roundly condemned by the audience.
Poor fellow, he was not to blame; it was
Missions fault.
A few days later she was to take part
in the production Of "The Messiah" l
told Max Strakosch, the impresario, that
I should insist on Missions presence at
the rehearsal or not be responsible for a
break in the performance. In this case
she came like a lady, and everything
went of smoothly. 1t requires a good
deal of tact to get along with such peo-
pie. SOME prima donnas are the en-
bodiment Of g%entleness and courtesy 30
long as you stroke them the right way.
When you stroke them the wrong way
the fire flies.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-01-05

Disabuse yourself especially of the be-
lief that any grace or flow of style can
come from writing rapidly. Haste can
make you slipshod, but 1t can never
mako you graceful. 1 a hardly think
that there is any autograph In the world
80 precious or instructive as that scrap of
paper, still preserved at Ferrara, on
which Ariosto wrote in sixteen different
revisions N of his most famous stanzas.
And then Balzac; do you know how he
used to compose? The story is too long
for repetition here, but his own words
give some idea of his great patience and
c~arefulness: ~ work ten hours out of
the twenty-four over the elaboration of
my unhappy style, and 1 am never salts
fled myself when all is DONE"
"Spare 10 wealth that you can put in,
and tolerate no superfiuity that can be
struck out" Remember the Lace
dRmonian who was fined for saying that
in three words which might rs well have
been expressed in two. Do not throw
a dozen vague epithets at a thing in the
hope that some one of them will fit, but
study each phrase so carefully that the
most ingenious critic cannot alter it with
out spelling the whole passage for every
body but himself. -Domestic Monthly.
, 1888-01-05

A novel craft is being built in Mon
treal. 1t is a steam catamaran, each of
the cigar shaped hulls being of steel, sixty
five feet long, and built in two compart-
ments, n being for water ballast and
the other for coal oil, which will be used
for fuel. Two vertical engines will fur
nish the power to two propellers, which
are so arranged that they will lift them
selves out of the way when the hulls
strike floating ice or other obstacles. The
boat a be taken apart and packed on a
ship, and is intended for whale and
walrus hunting in the Artic regions. 1t
will carry n gatling gun and n powerful
electric battery.-Cleveland Leader.
, 1888-01-05

at is nonsense" said a chemist, 'to
say that coffee is injurious on account of
the caffeine in it. Caffeine is an alkaloid,
which, taken in larger doses, would pro-
duce nervous troubles and other serious
consequences, but is present in coffee in
such infinitesimal quantities that it is
perfectly harmless; on the contrary, it is
TO caffeine that coffee owes its tonic prop
critics. If coffee is injurious it works very
slowly, for thousands of people who use
it to excess live to n good old age. They
say Voltaire drank forty-eight glasses of
it n day. "-Philadelphia Times.
, 1888-01-05

The church of Hucknal Torkard, Motifs,
England, in which is the tomb of Byron,
is being rebuilt, but it is said that not a
stone of Byron's tomb will be disturbed,
and the block of marble sent for the pur-
pose by the king of Greece, and embel-
lished with n laurel wreath wrought in
brass by Mr.. Richard Belt, which marked
the poets grave, as well as the tablet to
his memory, and the mural monument
in memory of his daughter, Lady Love
lace. will, after the restoration, occupy
the same positions relatively to the grave
rs now.--New York Sun.
, 1888-01-05
Bellies OF Normandy.

In the towns and villages of Normandy
one finds a high average Of female
beauty. The rural belle OF Normandy is
o brunette, without being of the extreme
type. Her eyes are brown, rather than
black, her hair may be either black or
dark auburn, and her cheeks are inclined
to be of a warm, rosy hue. Judging the
Normandy woman in comparison with
those of England or America, 1 should
say that while the former average high,
there is too great q sameness about the
type to present the fascinating variety
n meets with in either of the other two
countries named.-Thomns Stevens in
Courier-Journal.
, 1888-01-05

rnE NOTED CARrooNIsrs.

OF the eleven great cartoonists now
prominently before the American public
seven were born in the United States.
Thomas Mast leads the list, although
specimens of his work are now rarely seen.
He is a Bavarian by birth, 80 years of
age, and wealthy.
Joseph Keppler, of Puck. first made
the colored cartoon popular. He was
born fifty years ago in Vienna, and during
his youthful years experienced all the ups
and downs ola bohemian existence. The
original German Puck was established in
ST. Louis in 1870 aud hickered out after
an existence Of only a few months. Sub
sequently he was employed on Frank
Leslie. In 1876 he began the publication
Of a German and then an English edition
of Puck in New York. He has dore
more than any other man to encourage
aspiring genius in this branch Of art.
Q. j. Taylor, whose work in Puck is 80
frequently admired, was born in 1851. He
is q graduate of Columbia Law school
and claims New York City as his birth
place.
Bernhard Gillian, who scored a tremen-
dous hit in his celebrated cartoon The
Tatioed Man." in the last presidential
campaign, is an Englishman by birth.
He was born in 1856, and landed in New
York fifteen years ago. He served en-
gagements on the leading New York
illustrated papers, and finally Joined
Idck's talented staff. where his success
wa phenomenal. He is now the leading
spirit in Judge.
The signature "Zim" is well known
throughout the country. 1t marks all
the work of Eugene Zimmerman, who is
one of the keenest humorists among the
c%artoonists. He was born in Switzerland
in 1862, and came to this country during
the Franco-P russian war. He worked in
a bakery, then on a farm, and finally be-
came a decorative sign painter. In this
capacity he travelled all over the country.
He was originally attached to Puck, but
is now part owner OF Judge with Gillian
and Arkell.
e Thos. Worth's name is well known. He
is now in charge of the artistic depart
ment of Teas SJtdngs. He was born in
New York in 1898, and was originally a
bank clerk. Broad caricature is his forte,
and horscflesh and colored folks his
hobbies.
Frederick 0pper is probably the fun
niest cartoonist. He is an Ohio man,
born in 1857. lie Joined Picks staff in
1850.
One of the most brilliant men among
the c%artoonists is j. A. Mitchell, who
started and still owns a controlling inter
est IN Life. He was born in New York
in 1915. received Il brilliant education and
regular training in art.
w. a. Rogers is a familiar name. The
owner of it was born in Ohio in 1854 and
though he executed many drawings, he
never attempted %cartooning until during
the Hancock campaign. lie is now m
ployed on HDPers'.
g. Il. Hamilton of .Irdgc resembles a
fat, Jolly travelling salesman. He was
born in Ohio in 1861 and was originally a
machinist. The foibles and follies of the
day are his chief topics.
Louis Dalrymple (''Dal') was born in
Illinois in 1865 and is the youngest of the
noted ~cartoonists. He is now employed
on I'ack.
, 1888-01-05

The new pencil introduced by Faber
for writing upon glass, porcelain and
metals in red, white and blue are made
by melting together spermaceti, four
parts; tallow, three parts, and wax. two
parts, and coloring the mixture with
white lead, red lead or Prussian blue as
desired. These pencils are convenient in
the laboratory, and save the trouble of
labelinE. -Boston Transcript.
, 1888-01-05

TIE local election for three city council
men takes place ext Tuesday, and is APP
Darently not attracting any worry profound
attention. The tenth legislative assembly
convenes on the same day, and there is
any o of preliminary work already
being done.
, 1888-01-05

IT WILL be a source of surprise to those
who first enter the capitol next Tuesday
10 discover the great artistic taste with
which the rooms prepared for the legisla-
ture have been decorated. The building
OF the capitol and depot mark a new
architectural era in the history of Wyo-
ming.
, 1888-01-05

The marble slabs which form the roof
of Girard college, in Philadelphia. have
turned into limo through the action of
the sulphurouI smoke of the anthracite
coal burned in tho building.-New York
Evening World.
, 1888-01-05

M NIGHT h1, sEsE. h ssss
Soother at hand. 1t is the only safe
medicine yet made that will remove all
infantile disorders. 1t contains no Opium
or Morphine, but gives the child natural
ease from pain. Price 25 cents. Sold by
DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1888-01-05

A London association is endeavoring to
establish a hospital for the treatment Of
hair diseases, with a staff of trichologists
and periodical lectures and demonstra-
tons. Bald heads, such as the coming
man is supposed TO possess, will be reme-
died as much as possible. Chicago Times.
, 1888-01-05

already &c, 1000 lives have been sacrificed.
By way of contrast, behold the healthy
Hennepin canal, on which nothing has
been sacrificed but wind.
, 1888-01-05

Impurities ofthe blood often cause great
annoyance at this season; Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla purifies the blood, and cures all such
affections.
, 1888-01-05

The London Times has Just celebrated
its Tooth birthday.
, 1888-01-05
Rheumatism

AkeS
II 70 dn established fact that Hoods Sar-
sapari1la has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe eases OF rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures by Its powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood, which
is the cause OF the disease. and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid
H Is certainly fair to assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others It
will do for you. Therefore, II you suffer
the pains and aches OF rheumatism, give
this potent remedy a fair trial.
A Positive Cure.
II was troubled very much with rheuma,
tism In my hips, ankles, and wrists. ]
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed a good deal Of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparflla, 1
took four bottles and am perfectly we'll.
i cheerfully recommend Hoods ~Sarsaparilla
as ono Of the best blood purifiers in tho
world" ". F. WooD. bloomington, Ill.
For Twenty Years
Ihave been afflicted with rheumatism. Before
1888 i found no relief, but grew worse. i then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did
me moro good than all the other medicine I
ever had" II. T. BALLOON, Shirley. Mass.
81 suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. 1 took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. V. A.
~PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, Ill.
We shall he glad TO send, free of charge.
to all who may desire, a book containing many
additional statements Of cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Bold by all druggists. 81 six for IS. Made
only by C. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
, 1888-01-05
PITH IN PARAGRAPHS.
Lead up to Prohibition.

Lead up to Prohibition.
philadelphia Times.1
Until the Prohibitionists purify both
our water and milk the side door will
swing as ~gleetully as of yorc.
Short Time Between Them.
IChieago Herald.l
Here We are again in another presiden-
tial year. If time passes away as swiftly
with MIR. Blaine as it does with the most
of us he will feel next fall that it is not a
long time between beats.
JRcksonian Sigh.
Courier Journal
If it is as hard for a rich man to get
into heaven as it is for a Democrat to get
into the Boston custom house, the
throne will never be surrounded by mil
lionaires.
Chicago Social Item.
[Chieago News.J
Alderman Mccormick put in an APP
pearance at the city hall yesterday for the
first time since the expiration Of the hllar-.
iOus spree in the course of which he en-
deavored 10 knife young Dunphy.
Cheap and Common.
[San Francisco AIta.l
In The work done Oh the Panama canal
, 1888-01-05

Until the Prohibitionists purify both
our water and milk the side door will
swing as gleeiully as of yorc.
, 1888-01-05

Courtesy of Hyo. Archi,
, 1888-01-05

Chicago Social Item.
[Chicag0 News.l

Cheap and Common.
tSan Francisco AIta.l
In the work done on the Panama canal
, 1888-01-05
H0LLINGSWORTH HAY RAKES.

FERGUSON ST, CHEYENNE, wYo.
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
American Medical Colleges.

Since 1886 there have been two new
medical colleges established in the
United States and two have ceased to
exist. There are now ia colleges
which exact an educational require
ment of intending matriculates, as
against As formerly, there being no
change in this respect from the pre-
vious year; 43 colleges now exact at.
tendance upon three or more courses
of lectures, as against % formerly
being a gain of 2 over 1SS6-and 81
others make provision for three or
four years graded course. Hygiene
is now taught in ia, and medical juris-
prudence in 112 colleges, as against AZ
and 81 respectively prior to 1888. There
is an increase in the average of lecture
terms from % ) weeks to "a 8 weeks
during this period; and ia colleges
now have terms of five months or
over and 63 have terms of six months
or over, as compared with 101 and AZ
respectively. There is only one medic
al college that has course less than
twenty weeks, the Medical College of
Georgia In 1928. out of every 1000
matriculates, 322 were graduated,
taking both the United States and
Canada and all schools of practice
into the account In 1SS6-S7 only 294
out of every / 900 matriculates were
graduated. In the United States
alone, in 1928. out of every l, 900
matrcuates 33l were graduated,
while in 1SS6-S7 only 305 of every
1000 matriculates were graduated. -
~ y Post
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
FULL OF FUN.

Preachers never strike for higher
salary. They are generally too busy
irving TO get what has already been
promised them. -PicGuunc,
The toboggan was formerly the
tooboggan, so called because the toe
was used in steering it. The end of
the toe naturally got worn off in time.
-LoaOeU Courier.
-Wife-"John, you have a very an.
noying habit of saying What's thalg
whenever you are spoken to. Can't
you break yourself of it?" Husband
(reading) "Er-whats thaJ?'-M
Epoch.
Physicians Wife-"Are your at.
fairs in very bad shape, JohnP' PLY.
Very; but l hope to pull
through. NJ creditors have extended
nv paper TO the middle of the water.
melon season. Boston Globe.
The man whose stcp-ladder col.
lapsed when he was hanging his ia.
theirs portrait, bringing the picture
down on the top Of his head, says it is
a striking likeness of the old gentle,
man. - Boston Commercial Bulletin
MY errand here tonight? said
young lawyer to damsel on whom
he had called reminds me of the cry
of an OWL" Il deed" " said the maid.
en-; .what is your crrand here to-
night?" 'Courlship. To wit, to WOO"
Boston Courier
Young Ledy (who has purchaSeda
pair of gold sleeve buttons for ha
fance) -'Ol yes, forgot, engrave tR
letter U, his frstname. Clcrk-"Ah
May l ask, miss, if it is Uriah OF
Ulysses? Names with U are rare
Young Lady Proudly-"Hs name
is Eugene. "-1Ov" Topics
Washington Dame-"My dear as
your IA is to be stationed in China
next y,ar, l wish you would try 10
make q favorable impression on the
members Of the Chinese Embassy at
the paYty tonight, so that we can get
into society when we 90 there" Love
Iy Daughter-"Yes, ma, Where
my high-necked dress" - 0mGS'
W9rJG
-Dumley-"You don't look as
you had enjoyed very good nights
rest, Brown Brown-'1 didn't
cracker kept me awake most of th
night" Dumley-"I shouldn't think
eating a cracker would interfere ad
ously with your sleep" Brown-'@
| didn't eat the cracker. The BAY
ate it in bed"
-Countryman-"Fr pounds ~
much for him? He's a won erful g@
sporlin' daug, sir! Why he come to
dead p'nt in the street, sir. close ag
a OF gentleman, the other day-hl
O September it was, sir-and
GEN leman told me afterwards $l
name were 'Partridge!' Custom
You don't say so!' BaTgl
struck!-Punch.
Happy Hostess-"D) you kn'
Mr. Grandson, l feel quite prouo I.
having you here tonight. They
me you were so busy writing
you'd given up every thing IN
social way" Grandison-"WeILI
so have. That is every thing OF
importance-er-Im mean-whatah
winter we've been having jug
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
THE WITCH'S LADDER
Some of tho Odd superstitions PrcV''
in England.

Magic, witchcraft, ordeals, ON
we have them all among u.s. an /
under the social surface. Take
"Witch's Lldder' found in S)mai
a new rope threaded with u
feathers. j. N. Frazier seems 10 Y
found out the uses of this Vaa'
weapon, uses TO which the locS,
women would not confess II
land something of the kind IS use
Highlanders for magicaIIy ID. l
their neighbor5' kline. By mllEln.
rope @he fluid Is extracted irOu
cows of other people. Sometlm1
rope is made of the tail halr'
cows; it is not stuck full OF leaI
In Bohemia the rope must DC
rope, and it affects all In0
within hearing of the bill Hov
people ever begin to believe SUI
sense in Bohemia or Skye?
Edmund Robinson, we may Gu
bly believe, was drunk when D,
the trick performed in lO''
averred, in n regular deposltlOn
he beheld "divers cf the comps
to a barn; he followed after an
six of them kneeling, and pun
six several ropes, which verei'
or tied to the Top of the houSS
with which pulling" Observe
cate accuracy "came then'
informer's sight. flesh Smoklu'
ter in Jumps, and milk as it ', Wel
ming from the said ropes, all y. "
fell into basins which were Pl'G
der the said ropes. Inc
Ladder, in fact, has loop fOl
ing, we presume, to the r,u, ,o.
house. Now, can the As
black fellows be more y
absurd than our modern
of the magic rope? Inc
liam doctors sunk disease Sc,
patients through string lJ
witch sucks her enemy's OloU% low
inc at a distance, like the cow ,!,
same way. The Ausl['i ,'
ly that it may fly to his fOfn
feathers on the Witch's n
have been meant, as MI fIay 10
for a similar purpose AsS sat
Of many countries think 'nn nnJ
of the dead migrate into %
terfies and other creatures
body in Cornwall macn
vicar Of St. Cleor had aps q ,
who, though she was not 'or p
not kill a spider. The rem rsS'r
Parson Judd, the clersymir
ceased, was somewhere + h,
age in some spider, no Cns ..
Of the vicarago spiders
DdilU NeUS.
Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
Wall OF THE REJECTED.

Alasi And alacll! And oh willow
Aha! And Ohio! And ohe!
Oh goodness Oh gracious Oh mercy
And also boo.hoo! And heyday!
All mel And oh my And oh sorrow!
And likewise oh grief! And oh woe!
Wel-a-day! Marry! POUNDS And CONFUSION
Moreover oh dearl Andheighho!
Lack-a-day! Oh thunder! Perdition!
Oh gemini Christmas And 'sdeath!
Great Scott Odds life Oh distractionl
Hang the girl! am all out Of breath!
W j. Henderson, IN HdrpT'S Mdg1ztne.