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Sharp County record., 1888-09-27
Infection from Old bo''

A good deal Of discu'sIol
taken place in England on 'n
Of the spread Of infectious
by means Of the books I'D q. y.
libraries, the Dresden mum.
thoritics have had a thofOu''
mental investigation OF in'
conducted. A number a y
volumes from the town Hu1
taken for the purpose. lno'I
the leaves and covers w@
nutrient media and cuI'I,
the result being that no D
longing to infectious uI,'. Pc
found-thc dust being ID 'D
but ordinary dust OF a n'''
acter. Again, the dlr'l5' u
the books were rubbed .1
the dry finger and then VII y.
finger. In the first case ~, y
microbes were found on 'I
the second case plenty "s,s
all appeared to be ol INV, Nv
character. Especially d " ';r
there were no tubercle Onc.y
books were soaked for
spirit containing ten per
boIic acid. This troatmeD
all the bacilli, and provg3u 3..5
the volumes. The conc'uJI AZ
at was that the danger .,,i,
libraries spreading ln.5,f J,f
slight. but II recommonr, lD ,s,i
to dust books well 0elo''f an
and never to wet the p.
mouth for the purpose Of =
the leaves. Y P1%
Sharp County record., 1888-09-27

The only baggage of recent ar
ival were the bags in his trousers.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
Who Is Your Best Friend.

Your stomach of course. Why? Be
cause If it is out of order you are one Of
the most miserable creatures living.
Giye it fair, honorable chance and see
lift is not the best friend you have in
the end. Don't smoke in the morning.
Don't drink in the morning. If you
must smoke and drink wait until your
stomach is through with breakfast You
can drink more and smoke more in the
evening and it will tell on you less. If
your food ferments and does not digest
right,-if you are troubled with Heart
burn, Dizziness of the head, coming up
of the food after eating, Biliousness, Indi-
gestion, or any other trouble Of the
stomach, you had best use Green's Au-
gust Flower, as no person can use it with
out immediate relief
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
ACCEPTED.


How many years it's lain away,
Unknown, unread, unseen,
The lii'lo song sent one day
To that great magazine
For ! was very young indeed,
With hopes Of rosy tint;
| thought | cen might live to SEQ
Ny little song in print.
But only now. when am gray,
And life Is ileetins fast,
The longed -for-after long delay
accepted" comes at last.
And in the joy it brings to me
There turks nournful doubt
III shall ever live 70 see
That little song "'come out"
For magazines are fresh and strong,
They grow not old and gray:
And though it's true that Art is long,
'ris not 40 long ~ they.
But we've fcle With bitter pain
learn that well-worn truth,
Alas ! ! shall not live to gain
The cherished hope Of youth.
shall not hear my little song
By others read or Fung;
feel cannot live so long
I am no longer young
Century.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
A SEASIDE ROMANCE.

But how CAN help being ne
elected and miserable, Ned2 You
scarcely look at me when Miss Low
ell is near, and she is your prefer
red partner in all things now. You
walk with her, you sing with her,
you drive with her, you dance with
her, and it makes me very wretch
ed"
"Now Mollie, if you're going to be
jealous n
"I'm not jealous, Ned. If 1
thought you didn't care most for
me il l fancied You cared at all for
any one else / don't think I'd re-
monstrate with you all. l would
just take offthis, 1" touching the dia-
mond on her hand, "and hand it
back to you, Tn not jealous, but
you are not very kind to me, Ned"
"My little pet, You do not see
things as / see them. One owes
something to society, especially
when one is at the seaside. Ifyou
would only remember that l love
you too well to find fault with any
thing you can do, and if you would
become II little more Of a society
character yourself, | would be per-
fectly happy. Why, you scarcely
take the least attention from any
one but me, and so many are will
ing to offer attentions to you. Now
dear, kiss me once l must be off ;
l am to drive on the beach with
Miss Lovel ; not jealous, my pet?"
"Not jealous, Ned no !" and she
turned from him, but without Civ
ing the kiss he had asked for.
She is jealous, though !" the young
fellow thought, smiling as he watch
ed the pretty, straight figure going
away from the nook in which he
had found her, out to the stretch Of
sand, against which the waves were
rolling, receding; leaving now mass
Of seaweed on it, now returning and
bearing it away-a very coquette of
an ocean, now kind and now cold,
and always fair in the sunlight.
Ned Tremaine hurried over the
beach, whistling as he went, and he
presently caught up with his aIfian-
ced, who, in her pretty dress of
cream and black, with the wide sun
hat pushed a little back on her
blonde head, was looking very b;au-
tiful and animated-and smiling in
the face of Lee Stone, the most in
corrigible male flirt at the beach.
"Where now, Tremaine 2"' the lat
ter called out as, with nod, he pur-
sued his way.
"For a drive on the beach will
see you later" and Ned had gone
by, resuming his whistle.
Mr.. Stone smiled a little and
spoke few words to Mollie. She
colored slightly, followed the tall
form of her lover a moment with
her eyes, then gave gracious
answer, and halfan hour later, when
Ned and Miss Lovel met the pretty
light carriage on the beach, in which
Lee Stone took his daily drive, they
received a pleasant nod from pretty
Mollie, who was his companion, and
who looked as though she was thor
oughly enjoying his society.
"She certainly lost no time in fol-
lowing my suggestion" Ned told
himself, half in surprise "and she
has evidently found the society Of
Stone anything but boring"
"What a handsome couple they
make,p Miss Lovel said, with GER
tain CLEAN in her steady, gray eyes.
Ned colored suddenly, hut didn't
quite know why.
perhaps you didn't know that
Miss Annes is my promised wife"
he said, i triie coldIy.
"Oh, but 50 many engagements
are broken in a summer at the sea-
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21

and Laura it did not pain her as it
used. Was it because handsomer
face, a stronger and nobler face than
Ned's was constantly near, ready to
turn to her with devotion, ready to
light if she smiled 2
A servant broke her ponderings
by bringing her two messages-one
a bouquet of white flowers with a
few feathery sprays of fern among
their whiteness, and one crimson
rose cleaning red from their centre,
and in it was note from Lee ask
ing her to take drive with him by
moonlight the other was a few an
CRY lines from Ned, asking if she re-
membered that she was betrothed to
him while she allowed every gossip
at the hotel to chatter of her firta-
ton with Lee Stone.
81 have been patient, waiting an
opportunity to speak to you," he
wrote, "but you will not give me
one, SO | write to ask you if you
wish our engagement broken to all
it would seem So"
She trembled a little as she read,
and, and her sweet face changed
color but she went to her desk,
drew from it every letter he had ever
written her, formed them and his
ring in a package and wrote him
the following note
at was I who was first taught pa
tience, while my existence was for
gotten for one who was what you
bade me become-'a society charac-
ter Why should / fancy that you
wish me of late? 1t is not SO long
since you could not spare moment
for me from Miss Lovel. Do / wish
your engagement broken2 Perhaps
we both wish it, Ned ; at least let
us break it, since / so displease you
I send you your letters and ring"
Then although choking sensa-
ton was in her throat, he penned a
brief note to Lee
"I will be pleased TO go with
you," that was all and in the star
light-the moon rose late-she went
with him out over the beach and far
into the country.
Was it strange that he noticed she
no longer wore Ned's ring2 Was il
strange that he told her of his love,
and that she listened silently believ-
ingly, with a strange fiutter at her
hearth Was it strange that when
they drove back, lingering beside
the sobbing ocean, another ring
should deck her finger and another
bond should lie upon her life
Well, two others walked upon the
strand, two whom the gossips called
lovers and yet when it was told
that Mollie Annes was to place her
happiness in the keeping of "the
flirt of the beach," one man who
heard it turned white as death and
shrank from the sight of the beauti-
full woman beside him, although
men called her fair, and many said
she had won him from his faith
yet Mollie was too happy to regret,
although she still sometimes remem-
bers. - Toledo Blade.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21

Is IL not worth the small price of rs
cents to free yourself of every symptom
of these distressing complaints, if you
think so call at our store and get bottle
of Shiloh's VitaliEer, every bottle has a
printed guarantee on it, use accordingly
and ifit does you no good it will cost
you nothing. Sold by E. t. Dilworth.
We have a speedy and positive Cure,
for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker mouth
and Head Ache, in SHILOH'S CA
TARRH REMEDY. A nasal Injector
free with each bottle. Use it if you de-
sire health and sweet breath. Price so
OTIS. Sold by Edwin T. Dilworth.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
Oh, What a OOughI

Win you heed the warning. The sig
nal perhaps Of the sure approach of
that more terrible disease Consumption.
Ask yourselves if you can afford for the
sake of saving 30 cts, TO run the risk and
do nothing for it. We know from exper-
fence that Shiloh's Cure will cure your
Cough. II never fails. This explains
why more than million Bottles were
sold the past year. 1t relieves Group
and Whooping Cough, at once. Mothers
do not be without it. For Lame Back,
Side, or Chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plas-
ter. Sold by f. T. Dilworth, Newark
na1
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21

The COW that gives fabulous
yield of milk with but little butter
and cheese in it, says John Gould,
consuming large rations, is awhile
elephant beside another COW that
with one-third of the milk shows a
better return in cheese and butter
with half the ration.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21

THE dairyman that sells milk only
is interested in the COW that gives a
large flow of milk; but the butter
maker the quality is of the greatest
importance; he wants the COW that
will produce the most pounds Of
butter on given ration, and the
least expenditure of labor. He can
not afford to waste food in sup
porting the carcass of an oyergrown
animal in the hope of prospective
beef.
The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-04-21
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A Busy Spring.

We've accomplished one end of our plan The
goods are better-greatly better.
Never bad stock that pleased ourselves so
thoroughly
There's been almost revolution since last Spring
in goods Were years away from last years designs.
You know what mint of clothing we keep.
We're bound to make it true and up to the
Wanamaker stamp always. A string of items as long
as County Sale Notice couldn't say more than our
guarantee. That you depend on firmly.
It's the beauty Of it that we're making taller
claim for than ever 1t doesn't admit Of exaggeraton
From Mems Clothing and Young Mems down to
the Small Boys It's full Of the incest styles ever inside
our doors.
The Spring Overcoats very stylish
Now for the other end.
Let us make the business size up to the clothing
If It does, every man and boy within reach Of US
will have new Wanamaker & Brown Spring Suit on
his back within few weeks.
We want to reach that point and we're ready for
ahard and steady pull of work to do it.
al The prices win be where Oak Hall prices always
Thltched to the smallest profit can afford to
take.
WANAMAKER & Brown,
Oak Hall,
S. E. Cor, Sixth and Market Sts.,
Philadelphia.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
THE GIRL GlGGLED.

How a Nice Old 2Ian Jeopartiizets tho
Integrity of His Trousers.
He was mhdle-aged and greyhaired, with
geld-ranmed spectacles, and benlgnant
forehead, and, says the Chicago Journal, he
would be worth interviewing on the con-
sumption of cosmetics by the elite Of the
South side. Well, he sat in cable car and
looked as if he might have stepped out of
one of his own show cases. Presently his
eye caught tiny thread on the outer side
of the right knee Of his pants. 1t was so
very short it was hard work for his gloved
fingers to pick it up. Across the aisle was
a pretty operator who works in the rooms
of a sewing machine company. Her eyes
twinkled as she saw the gentleman succeed
in his efforts to capture the thread, and, as
it proved to lengthen in pulling, he began te
wind it around his fingers. He thought he
had hold Of a simple basting. She knee.
that upon that slight thread hung the inreg-
rity of his new pants. An expression Of
mild wonder overspread the face of the i'll
tellectual gentleman as the thread continued
to come at bis gentle pull. He bent his
near-sighted eyes nearer to discover the
source of this thread supply. Apparently
he found it, for a look Of horror came into
his face. he clutched the skirts of his over
coat tightly about him, hurried off the car,
and, probably, headed for tailor's shop.
And when that pretty little sewing machine
operator got of at Thirty ninth street, she
was still dimpling with suppressed laugh
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
SHE HAD III PLANNED.
WHOM q Woman Maps Out Rer Programme
Sho Fsollows IT.

when a Woman Maps Out E7ar Programme
Sho Follows IT.
The female mind is largely given to SUI
perstitions, and, says the Boston Courier,
its ways are past finding out; but perhaps
none of it's eccentricities are more remark
able than it's reverence for the mysterious
process which is called planning"
= When woman is found to be following
course Of action in despite OF all reason,
expediency and common sense, it is usually
safe to decide that if she were asked why
she does so, the answer would pc: wen,
you know, I had planned it."
A few instances will illustrate what IS
msant, We saw young lady the other
day coming home in drenched and drap-
bled condition after days shopping IN
dreadful rain. When asked why she had
chosen this particular day she acknowl-
edged that another would have done as
well, but, she added, with the air OF one
who settles every thing by advancing an
unanswerable argument: "But, then, l
had planned to go to-day" Another wom1
an laid out in her mind scheme OF attend
ing garden party in a new gown to be
procured for the occasion, although she was
at the time much out Of health. She OBJ
tanned the material for the dress, made an
appointment with the dress-maker, aud &C.
cepted the invitation which she had received
Her husband demonstrated. Her physs-
clan positively forbade her making the
attempt. but she persevered up to the point
of falling in dead faint under the hands OF
the dressmalzer while trying on her gown.
The disappointment of missing the fete
seemed to trouble her little, but she was
deeply afflicted to have failed in carrying
out her plan 81 had it all planned out"
she said, pathetically, s'and I went TIL l
dropped OF course she was assured that
nothing more could have been expected,
though why it was necessary to proceed to
such extremities in matter about which
she really cared so little remains an in-
scrutable mystery.
It is perfectly idle to demonstrate or to
reason with @ woman who has come under
the influence Of the mysterious Fetch Of
ssplanning." She is no longer responsible
for her actions, but is swayed by the power
of superstition too highly to be wlthstood.
When once the zeal of inner appreciation
the oath before the inner duties Of the fem
mine mind--has been placed Oh any project,
however trit1ing, no considerations have
weight TO restrain woman from following
it. She will so
Through bush, through brake,
Through food through fire,
and when a woman once says she has
ssplanned" thing it is just as well to give
her her head at once and abandon all hope
of stopping her, unless one is prepared to
sc to the extent of strait jacket and the
nadxie1 cell
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
WOMEN AT LUNCH,

Customers Whose Patronage Does Not
Enrich observation-disclosures.
s'This is the time O. day when the ladies',
God bless 'em, come to lunch with me, and
except the pleasure of their pretty faces
and soft speeches, my reward must be
treasured up in Heaven, for certain don't
get it here" was the observation OF a
restaurant proprietor to a New York Sun
reporter. *Take that lady over there, for
instance pointing to one sitting about half
way down the room, land she is only one Of
dozens like her every day. She came in
here quarters of an hour ago by the
clock, she and her little boy; she walked
through until she found a table unoccupied
and took possession. The table accommo-
dates four, but Lord love you. it barely
holds one like her, comfortably. She had
the waiter bring high chair. for young
club, took off his hat and coat, used one big
dinner napkin to pin around his neck and
another to lay over his lap, filed the other
two chairs with her bundles, cloak. etc.,
then picked up the menu card and began to
study it.
II could have told what she would order
at once, but it took her fully five minutes
before she contided to the patient waiter
her wants, He was back in less than three
Will III 1uuCu t:>-d OOWA VI COuSOIim6 lot
herself and glass of milk for sonny.
''Bread of course, is served with the soup,
and the two have made a slow and hearty
lunch. She finished a few minutes ago,
ordered a inger-bowl, took one Of the nap
kius, and, dipping it in water, scrubbed the
boys face and hands, wiped them with the
other napkin, and is now pulling and set
ting herself for departure. l can see from
here that the table-cloth is plentifMly
sprinkled with milk and soup--she fed the
boy some of that too-and must be taken of
at once. She has used three large dinner
napkins, has occupied two more places than
she pays for, sat in the restaurant nearly
an hour, and her check is-thirty cents"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
LIFE IN A FLAT.
Some Of tho Peculiar Pleasures Of DwoIl-
ers In Large Cities.

Some Of tho Peculiar Pleasures Of Dwoll-
ers In Large Cities. .,
Life in fiat is not wanting in incidental
and stirring variety, SAID fiat tenant to st.
Louis Globe Democrat reporter the other day
When my wife got into our present fiat
home last Monday she had coal dealer de-
liver her dollars worth Of coal for inl-
mediate use in the CRATE. The coal was
thrown through window into the cellar, and
saw to it that there was no other coal on
the cellar floor save ours, all the other five
coal houses in that cellar being locked and
mine opened. Fifteen minutes later went
into the cellar to put my coal in the coal
house and saw woman who spoke good
English, another tenant Of the house, gath
ering up the last chunk of my coal and put
ting it into her coal house Before got
worked up enough to call her thief she
had explained that she bought twenty-five
cents worth of coal and probably hers was
thrown on top Of mine" Ny wife appeared
on the scene and waxed indignant, and the
coal purloiner offered to make peace by Civ
ing back half the coal. She gave back four
chunks worth about fourteen cents, and
put them in the only coal house vacant, one
with an unhinged door. The German woman
who tenants the second door west couldn't
talk enough English to tell me why she took
two coal houses with doors in good condition,
and while she uttered volumes in her native
tongue her mongrel dog sneaked up behind
me and took off four square inches out OF
my pantaloons just above the ankle. There
are i've nationaiities represented in the six
flats Of our building, and the doors Of the
cooking Of i've national selections OF food
go up and up down in our common kitchen
court and lengthwise through our general
hall. Scorching griddh cakes, boiling cab
bage, frying onions and baking squash give
OF steams that are not hAe agreeable ID a1
ohactory organs, but one can't be annoyed
: moment BY such things In fiat or life
might become irksome and wanting in pleas
{ are $5s S8sss 81.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
THE EDITORS LIFE.
An Existence Of Elegant Leisure aad
Luxurious Ease.

An Existence Of Elegant Leisure sd
Luxurious Ease.
A young man writes from che ct the
rural villages of Tennessee to the Louis
vile Ccurie1- Journal: II have been teach
ing school ever since quit echool about q
year ago, but do not like it It IS time 1
had chosen profession, and think would
rather be an editor than any thing else, for
Like ease and comfort and plenty of money,
and do not like to work. 70 be an editor, to
sit in an elegant sanctum, with nothing to
do but write when I feel like it, to have
plenty of money and to 60 where and when
l please, free Of cost, and lead the editors
quiet life of ease, without care or trouble OF
any Sort is the height of my ambition. My
friends think ought to study law OF
medicine, or keep on teaching; but to be q
lawyer or doctor requires too much study,
and too much brains to start with, and
teaching is too much work Under these
circunls tances, would you not advise me to
become an editor1''
We certainly would; your ideas Of the
life of an editor and of his surroundings
and freedom from care and toll are sim
gularly accurate. An editor is the hap
piest being on earth. He has little or
nothing to do and his pay is ali that heart
could wish. His sanctum. with its Persian
rugs and Turkey carpets, it's costly rose
wood furniture, its magnificent mirrors,
its beautiful pictures, it's complete
library Of splendidly bound books,
its buffet stocked with the finest wines,
liquors and cigars which cost but puff or
two, its silver bells to summon an attendant
whenever jnlep or cocktail is wanted, and,
in short, with every thing that human in
genuity can devise for its comfort and
pleasure, is a perfect little PARADISE where
he sits or lounges and reigns young lord
with the world of fashion and pleasure at
his feet And then any body can be an edit
mo study, no brains, no preparation,
nothing but a little money to- start with and
once started the money pours in upon you
in steady stream and the chief effort Of
your Life Is to spend it. as for tbs labor OF
editing newspaper, that is mere NOON
shine. mere glance at the columns Of a
newspaper is enough to convince you that
il requires no labor to edit itand less brains
It is certainly 6 glorious life, that of an edit
or, a life of luxurious ease and elegant
leisure--a life for the gods, filed like that
OF the young lover in his first sweet dream
Of requited love, with flutes and rose leaves
and moonbeams.
While rot q wave Of trouble rolls
Across his peaceful breast;
and that all men are not editors is one OF
the strangest things beneath the stars.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
Should school-Marms Marry

Should SchOOl-marmS Marry
Belgian wise men are quarreling IS to
whether school-marms should marry. One
party complains that married women are
liable to be interrupted in their duties by
the incidents of married life. The other
declares that old maids can not know how
to handle and manage children as woman
with some Of her own can do. It seems
that min Brussels the law allows every
school mistress who adds one to the num-
Der of chs Belgian Malesty's subjects a
fortnight's leave, but then she has to pay
Ell weekly until she comes back, which is
not very liberal In Prussia it IS even hard
.er, for if they marry they are discharged;
and in Saxony marriage involves 9 for
fixture Of their right to a pension. From
these facts American teachers will observe
that they have still many things to be thank
ful fer. # u