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Sharp County record., 1888-05-24
FULL OF FUN.

FULL OF FUN
Ar old woman may be an incor-
rigible gossip, but when you come
RIGHT down to facts the peacock is the
greatest tail bearer Of all.-Sh Pa"I
Herald.
Mrs. Isn't your coffee
all right, Mr.. Gagley? Want some
more hot watcr?" The New Boarder
THANK you, no, It's quite wet
enough already, ,"-Judge'
i often wonder whatmy ancestor
Adam said when he first met Eve.
WAS he an ancestor of yours
Certainly" "Then guess he asked
her to loan him 81" "-Linco!n JoT-
nal.
She Cat the theatcD-"What a
long, STACY stride Mr. Ham, the
raredian, has" He-''Yes; l under
stand he has acquired that gat by
travelling on every other tic '-1@e
Epoch. ,
-Biones-" That fellow Gaglcy tired
TO b PROV $500 of me this morning
Smythe-'F Five hundred? He must be
crackedw Bj)nos-"No, he's moi
cracked. He's broke. "-Lite.
PA" said little Johnnie "teacn,
a., is thinkinG about promoting me. y
How do you knowP" From what
she said to-day" "And what was
thatP" "She said if kept on I'd be,
long to the criminal class "-Merc@@"'
Traveller.
Did l understand you to say
there was drought in the island OF
Cuba?' "You may have so under.
stood me. but merely said the island
was out of water" "Weli, doesn'
that constitute a. Oh, yes! l see.
Every island is out of water o1
course"
First Wayback Deacon (whisp"ring)
tits beginning to rain and there
are only two umbrellas in the vestl'
bule." Second Wavback Deacon
"Who brought themP' Those tw'
strangers IN the back seat. " "Humph
Back seats is no place for strangers
Show om into a front pew. - OhaA(
World
Mrs. "Thcre is no doub
about it; this is the worst cook We
have ever had. Positively not de
cent thing to cat on the table-but Sh,
does the wash most beautifully.
Mr.. Flattc (gloomily)-"Pity we can
eat the wash. "-lMck.
"A newly arrived 1rishman walKe(
long distance under the elevated
road in New York. Meeting a police
man he asked: "Phere's the watherP
Policeman" There ain'tnone." Irish
man "Shure, it's n long bridge 10
nary river"
Miss Allibono," said Mr.. Bean
as they sat by the dim light OF
turned down kerosene lamp, 'you
voice is a constant reminder to me o
beautiful song" "Ah! Mr.. Bean
how sweet of you to say ] bat Is
WV. s.7~,sy-ss,-i--zz----7- -- - T. th
always begin with oh, say?
An Austin colored man, with pro
truding eyes, rushed into Justic
Tegner's office and exclaimed
wants Colonel Jones who Ibis mex doc
to me put under 81, 900, 900 bonds te
keep de peace" Has he threatened
your life?" He has done dat berry
ting. He sold he war gwine ter fill. d'
mex niggah he found after dark in Iii,
hen-house plum full OBJ buckshot. "
Texas SJtjngs
Sharp County record., 1888-05-24

There is found IN the streams of
California what is called the dog or
bull salmon. These fish possess
formidable weapons in their teeth,
which, on the lower jaw. have a strong
and backward curve, capable of in
ilicting severe wounds by tearing the
flesh OF an antagonist. 1t is said they
DO not hesitate 10 attack horses ford.
ing o stream. and often succeed in cut.
El9g .aggI!y WOUNDS on. their legs
Sharp County record., 1888-05-24
BESIEGED BY WOLVES.
A Bows Perilous Adventure IN
Northern Russia.

On q bright summer morning tnere
are few plensanter places IN all Eu-
rope than one of the great pine forests
of Northern Russia. The whole air Is
fragrant with the rich scent OF the
woods, and stray sunbeams play peep
bo amid the floating shadows, and
bright-eyed squirrels fit hither ana
thither among the trees and plrdS
twitter merrily overhead, and every
now and then q sturdy little Russian
boy, round-faced and ycllow-haired
comes trudging past with basket OF
mushrooms in his hand, looking up at
YOU as he passes, with wide, wonder
ing eyes. 49,,
But the forest is very different
place when the winter winds are howl
ing and the winter SHOWS are lying
deep, and not CLEAN of sunshine
breaks the cold, gray, lowering sky
over which the great 'uds roll up
thick and dark, in grim warning OF
the coming storm. Then is the time
to pull your fur cap well over you
ak - ad oe~ at~Sios-gU, IcsS %
Sharp County record., 1888-05-24

Mn 'IAOi'I"nly Hnu yOurSelI con-
For the annual e gaunt gray body and
Jational Associate teeth of hungry wolf on
@ held in San Frt for something nice for
} Goth, 1888, =,
.oute will sought Vana (Johnny) Mas
,:,,Ia-1Wn. Z Russian peasant boy belong
ing to the hamlet of Pavloysk in the
northernmost corner of the Province
of Vologda, as he struggled home
ward through the frozen forest at
nightfall. He had been sent on an
crrand by his father to another viii
lage several miles off, and had spent
so much time in games with some of
his paymates there, after his work
was done, that the sun was setting
when he was on his way back.
1t was dismal evening. The chill
ness of the frosty air felt like cold
hand pressed against Vana's face to
push him back The rising wind
moaned drearily among the frozen
trees that stood up white and gaunt
on every side like giant skeletons,
and the darkening sky showed tn at
there would be more snow before
morning.
Vania was brave country boy, &c.
customed to trough it, in all wealth
ers; and he would have cared little for
either wind or snow had that been all.
But there was something else which
was troubling him much more. In the
thick wood that he was traversing-a
gloomy place even in broad daylight
it had grown so dark the moment
the sun sank that even he who knew
every foot of the way by heart, began
to fear that he must have got off the
right track. for the snow-drifts
seemed to grow deeper and deeper as
he advanced.
This thought Gn itself any thing
but pleas ant one) was quickly fol-
lowed by another even more disquiet-
ing. Out of the cold black depths of
the forest rose suddenly a hollow, long
drawn, dismal sound, which Van ia
had heard too often not to know it at |
sonce for the cry of wolf or rather
of several wolves together
The boy started to run, for with such
enemies on his trail there was no time
10 De lost DuU any one VINO mas trleu |
running through knee deep snow (es-
pecially with the sitting cold of
Russian winter, taking ones breath
at every step) knows what fearfully
exhausting work is. He had barely
advanced fifty yards when the horri-
BILE cry broke out again, sharper.
ferceT nearer than before. The mon.
sters had scented their prey. and were
in full chase of him!
Vania looked around him as he ran,
with numb horror he had never
felt before tightening round his bold
heart He was now in the very worst
place of ala wide clearing in the
forest, where all the trees had been
felled except few. If the wolves
caught him there he was lost and
their yells seemed to come nearer and
nearer every moment 4
All at once dark shadowv mass Ii
IoOacd up right in froRtofAhim, plainJt
Sharp County record., 1888-05-24

ADVERSELY borrows its saa.I
our impatience. -Bish0p a"
BLESSED be the thoughtiT
ever has spoken it-gFT'
FICg
Sharp County record., 1888-05-24

q ~ de NlnACHERMly find yourself con.
For the annual gaunt gray body and
National Associat' teeth of hungry wolf on
be held in San Frt for something nice for
to Goth, 1888, =,
Route will sought Vania Johnny) Mas
Ig-.-Iazz4.r aERnssian neosanL bOy belOnp o.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
P,TH AND POINT.

"A hedge between keeps friendship
green. .- ~, r-s--s-1s.s.y~z
If you have no enemies mark
yourself down as Of no account.
Some newspapers are too dull to
be worth filing.
-Bsauty is but skin deep There
is no peach 50 handsome as q sour
clingstone. -.'. r..
"A lot of city mothers could manage
city affairs better than the average
gang of city f:.thers.-M. o. Plcayu,se.
In the wrestle between man and
rum. the oftener the man downs the
rum the more surely will the rum come
out on top.
"A clergyman said he never knew
rogue who was not unhappy: OF
course not; it is the roSues who are
not known that are the happy ones.
If the regrets which too often lie
at the end of life could he put into
firm resolutions at the beginning, they
would alter the AFT airs of life.
The Coffin Trust is a grave UNDER
taking, but it ought to flourish long
enough 10 provide all the other trusts
with burial cases. Philadelphia Press.
-Calumny, says philosopher, is
like coal, if it does not barn it with
soil. Yes. and calumny warns a man
about as we'll rs coal, too. Sill, we
prefer coai.-Life.
1t is by plodding steadily along,
day in and day out that we achieve
our successes. They who make their
gains otherwise are eccentricities, and
not it, therefore, to be taken as e<-
amples.
There arc a good many people
who are abs utely sure that they
could make an undying literary repu-
tation for themselves if they could on
" think of something to say.-Sonaer-
vilie Journal
Here are five gold dollars" said
grandpa to little Harry. lone for each
of your birthdays. What more could
little shaver like you wish for?"
Only that l was as old as you. grand
pa" was the reply.-Youth's CON-
pd,ztOfs.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
DRY FORKS JOTTiNGS.

Newsy Notes from Prosperous and
Happy Kentucky Village.
Items from Dry Fork. KY: Judging
from the present prospects we will
have 4 good whea. csop. Nose Sewer
was buried day before yesterday.
The last cold snap was the worst
we've had since 1864 Uncle ALT Par
ker that was stabbed by Uncle Steve
Miller in February, died yesterday.
We are having q good deal of wind.
Rev. Harker T: Morris preached for
Us last Sunday. he took his text from
Matthew, and handled it in a most
able manner: Steers run away with
Bud Slison the other day and
killed him. The peach crop. Uncle
Billie Patterson says. is all right
Aunt Nancy Patterson, his wife. killed
herself eating dried peaches last We'd
nesday: = She was highly resp. c:e.l by
every one who knew her, and would
have been ffsy-si1 years old next
month if dried peaches had not
snatchcd her from this vain and shall
low world of woe and wickedness.
a good many people have pro-
fessed religion at the revival now 60
ing on over at Caney. Elder Sewcll
is 4 whce,-horse and shorter, and is
said to be one 1t the best fodder
pul!ers in the country: Job Andrews
was kicked in the face by male last
Monday. He may get we'll but his
face is badly sp'il His sister Mat
tie that was so fond Of dancing has
protested religion. Tom Whitesidcs
WAS killed the other day by Luke
Bradshaw.
DE- A 81 Collins, of Grand Glaize,
Ark. is visiting Miss Punie Macin-
tosh, of this place. The Doc hasn't
changed much since he was here last
with the exception of the fact that the
hair is slipping of the top of his head
pretty fast l reckon he and Miss
Punie will marry pretty soon. but it
is said that the Doc 5 father is nightly
opposed to the match. It is true that
Miss Punie IS cross-eycl and tongue
tied. and powerfully speckled about
the face, but she can bake as good
corn-bnead as any body in the COM
munity. Her brother Bill was killed
Friday.
There is mighty little going on in
our Eeighborhood. -4ra;ansaU Irau-
eier.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
METALS As MEDICINES.
An Important Discovery Endorsed by
lIaoy Medical Authorities.

An Important Discovery Endorsed by
IIaay Medical Authorities.
Another Frenchnan has announced
what is considered an important dis.
covery by well-informed specialists.
Time was when gold was credited
with the power Of prolonging life if
taken as medicine. Dr.. Burg, a
French chemist of eminence, asserts
that this belief was not all error. For
number ofyears he has been expert.
menting to ascertain the influence of
the various metals on the human or
ganism. Some ten years ago he came
forward with the proposition that
copper and the acids of copper were
not injurious to the health as CON-
monty believed. After some discussion
the majority of specialists in France
and Germany agreed with him. He
pursued his Investigations and ar
rived at the conclusion that copper
and its acids arc powerful tonics. He
extended his field of investigation and
became the founder Of new system
of healing diseases by means of
metals. such as gold, silver.
aluminium, copper. etc.
be enumerates a number of "metal
cures in areport to the French Acad-
envy of Science. Among them may be
mentioned case of Mysteries cured
with aluminium; case of peculiar
dizziness cured with gold and silver;
and case of violent Mysteries cured
in ten minutes by means Of silver.
His own father suff cred from diabetes;
he was cured with iron and died al
the age of e1ghty-six
he Gently number of remark able
cures have been performed in the hos
pital of Moricourt. Paris. A Journey
man butcher was in few days cured
of violent cramps in one arm by me ans
of copper: The metal did not co me in
| contact with the sick limb; yet its
effects were so wonderfully strong
that the experimenting physician could
transplant the cramp from one arm to
another. Many similar cures are re-
ported by reliable scientists. A num-
Ter of well-known medical authorities
have Endorsed the system of DR.:
Burg. and its sanguin9 advocates pre-.
dict that it will effect : complete revo-
luton in the science Of practical med
! icine. -Ni11seapolis Tribune
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
TAPS.

might draws her sable mantle On
And pins it with q STAR
Darkness has come, and rest is won
BY those who thro' the dusty way
Have marched their long and weary day
Across the p-airies far.
And now the bugler from his tent
Comes forth to blow the call.
BY him It's sent. The regiment
Will hear and know the hour has come
For sleep, until the rising sun
Shall summon one and all.
Lights out! Lights out! The bugle's clear
Notes falling on the air,
Sound to the ear now far, now near;
Now almost ceasing. now enhanced
BY echoes, DER that wide expaIfse
OF prairies bleak and bare.
Lights out Lights out: From every lamp
The light is seen to die.
With measured tramp around the camp
The sentries guard against their foes;
The rest are wrapped in sweet repose
Beneath the starry Sky.
''Taps" falls far sweeter on the air
Than any other sound
Like opiate rare, it soothes all care
To weary men q blessing seems
And pleasant are the soldiers dreams,
Tho stretched upon the ground.
Ah, Taps, thy mournful signal call
Floats DER new made grave.
Thy soft notes fall where one fr ID I'll
Lies weary march forever rests
Asleep. Where wild birds build their nest:
Unmindful OF the brave.
John p Force, in ". T. World
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02

either he dared not go near enough TO
the verge of the precipics to see plainly
to the base, or he could not clearly
make out the wreck on account of the
chaparral thicket below. for. after
gazing minute, he shook his head
decidedly, as though convinced that
passengers and all had gone over,
and then all three quickly remountcd.
wheeled their ponies about upon the
'uug-way." and disappeared as rapid
~ as they come.
"Unyhugh!' grunted Gideon, with
great satisfaction, Eye think ye've run
us over thar II smashed the hull out
fit, don'tye, m ye've skipped mighty
sudden fer fear t. sumun d come
along n diskivcr yer deviltry, haint
yep
Then he told Mrs. Corson to get up,
and taking the child from her arms
the scared little thing had kept as
quiet as a young partridge in hiding
| helped her to rise and led her out upon
| the road.
The woman had seemed like one
dazed while lying there in hiding. but
| now that she understood that The man
she so feared had really gone she
plucked up courage. and declared that
she could easily walk the remainder Of
tRc way to Squaw Forks there bein 6
no habitations at that time between
the two points.
They reached the little town after
wear:some tramp over the rough
road. Their arrival and the story of
their adventure and escape created
great excitement among the miners
who gathered at on, of the stores that
evening. and raised two hundred dol
lars to give to the woman. besides
paying her stage fare in advance to
the near, St railway station where she
could take train for Denver:
The coach and the team we're dis
covered the next day. shapeless
wreck, having taken 4 clear plunge
of nearly one hundred feet Only the
mail was rescued.
Corson and his gang 'pulled up
stakes and lett The region immedi-
ately, and it was we'll for them tina,
they did, for as the story Of the WON.
ans sufferings became known. tho
irate miners would surely have
lynched them if they had not taken
themselves away.-Frank Wsltes Cal.
ki'1s, IN louth's Companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
Miseries OF City Life.

Mrs. Maggins (who has just opened
side window, after dusting)-O. dear!
This living in block just makes NE
sick. Whew! The smell Of that horr;d
cigar Mr. Richman next door is smok-
ing just fills this whole room. Ishould
think people would have more sense
and decency.
Daughter-Sonle folks never think
of any one but themselves.
No, they don't. By the way. my
dear. just step out into the kitchen
and tell Bridget it's time to put on the
cabbage and onions and get the cod
fish ready Omaha World
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02
Whoppers From Texas.

Near Sanderson. Tex, a hunter
came across Il her1 Of ten deer; he
killed nine and wounded the remain
ing one.
Far hunters in the southern part
of Pceos County. Tex, have killed
four hundred deer during the pas,
hunting season Qhree months).-De-
froit Free Press.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02

--Friend-''What, Jobling. bacl
from the West so soon? Didn't you
meet with success?' Jobling (sadly)
Yes; but it wouldn't stop te
speak. "-Eqrper's BazGr.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02


charges 4 minute or two before the
pursuers rounded the point.
Set close behind hyar." he COM
manded the woman. land hyar. take
yer baby N keep es quiet n es cool
es ye ken.'
Then he drew revolver from one
OF tie holsters at his hips. and drop
ping upon his knees at a spot where
he could peer through between two of
the boulders, cock ell the weapon, and
leve!ed it upon the road preparatory
to hating the fellows with shot as
soon as they came in sight
Il: had not second to wait before
the leader appeared at a point just be-
You'd where the stage and team had
gone off the bench and over the cliff.
1t was Corson himself. but he ::hatl
'.slowed up and, before Gideon
could make up his mini to fire. he sud-
denly drew rein. and gave utterance
as he did SO to a loud and excited
oath.
He had discovered what had hap
pened to the stage. by means-as was
afterward proved-of sheep-skin
seat-cushion, which had been flung
out OF the hack as it overturned. and
had lodged on top of the ledge.
The other two men came up almost
instantly and halted, and then the
three dismounted and talked excitedlv
together-though Gideon conld not
distinguish what they said-and one
of them went forward and peered Ions
and intenAy over the ledge. But
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-05-02


that the driver discovered. indeed, that
Corson and his men were following
them. A single glance suficed to re-
veal them-three horsemen-riding at
breakncck 9 all OPP over the crest of a
long hog back. some mile and a half in
the rear of the coach.
"A fight for life," thought Gideon,
and lie cracked hi, long whip over the
ears OF the already fretted stage team.
The horses were not unwilling to 90
faster. however on the contrary they
seemed nervous and frightened at
such unusual driving, and sprang for
ward at pace which the driver soon
found necessary to check by vigorous
pulling at their reins.
Are they coming, did you see
Them" screamed the woman, fright
ened at the swaying and rocking of
the stage AS they rounded curve.
oh, ce're all rightr' the driver
shouted back, evading a direct an
swer. The road amt bad. hyar! An
I'm a-tryin' ter make up fer whar It's.
The coach tore along. pitching cra-
lilly down into deep gullles. and sway
ing wildly above the crests of abrupt
cliffs or the sides of guf-ike ravines
It was quite q number of minutes
before Gideon caught sight of the pur.
suing horsemen again, but whS1 he
did, as they came aroAnd the point OF
a mountain spur. they had gaincl per.
ceptibiy upon the coach. and the qnes-
ton of being overtaken had mario wed
to one merely of time. And now the
driver began TO canvass the chances
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-03
Coast Cuttings.

General Washington L. Elliott, who
died suddenly of heart disease last Fri
day at San Francisco, was buried with
military honors on Monday at the Ma
tional Cemetery on the United States
Military reservation at the Preside.
E. Kelly died of heart disease at Vir-
ginia City, New.
Fire broke out in the basement of the
building occupied by the Oakland Tribune
Monday afternoon and damaged proper
ty to the amount of fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars. Publication of the pa
per was not interrupted.
At Antelope, Cal. fire on the Rancho
del Paso Sunday afternoon burned over
four hundred acres of ground. Thomas
Slater lost twenty tons of hay and a
stack of barley worth $500; no insurance.
Edward Brown lost about forty acres Of
standing wheat, which was insured.
A young man named Cleveland S.
Kinne was drowned while bathing in the
surf near the boundary monument on the
line between the United States and
Lower California, Sunday.
A scheme to build large reduction
works at National City has been per-
fected. The work will ne pushed by Ste
vens, Dickinson & Co. They will handle
ores from Mexico, Arizona and Cali.
fornia.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-03
Foreign Flashes.

Queen Natalie of Servia has given her
assent to King Milan's request for a
divorce.
The Municipal Council has nominated
Sexton for reelection as Lord Mayor OF
Dublin in 1889.
Official reports of Russian crops are
favorable and indicate yield above the
average. Winter wheat prospects are
very promising. Spring crops are also in
excellent condition.
A fog of unprecedented density prevails
at Gibraltar. Three British steamers,
the Glendevon, Lionel and Earl of Dunn
fries, have gone ashore since it set in,
and another steamer, the Resolution, has
arrived with her bows much damaged.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-03
THE O,DONNELL LIBEL.
The Irishman,s Cause Represented
by q Poor ATTORNEY.

LONDON, July 2.-The trial of the ac-
ton of Frank Hugh O'Donnell against
the London Times for libel in its article
on Parnellism and Crime, begun to-day.
The court room was packed. Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge presided.
ODonnell was represented by Mr..
Ruegg, a junior counsel, who is lean,
nervous, bilious-looking man. Herbert
Gladstone, Arthur O'Connor and many
other persons of prominence were pres
ent. Herbert Gladstone sat by O'Don-
nell's side. The Times was represented
by Attorney General Sir Henry James,
MI. Lumbley Smith and William Graham
Gwynne.
Mr.. Ruegg in presenting the case
for the plaintiff declared that O'Donnell
was not in sympathy with the Irish ex-
tremists but held their methods in detes.
tation. The Times had no ground for
coupling his name with that party, and
plaintiff claims ESQ, 900 damages. Ruegg
also said that O'Donnell had not been
connected with the Parnell party
since 1884.
Ruegg's voice was not strong and his
tone monotonous. The impression crea-
ated upon the auditors was not altogether
agreeable and the Court did not appear
particularly interested.
The first witness called was Henry w.
Lucy, editor of the Daily Neps. He said
he considered that the reference in the
article included O'Donnell.
At this juncture Parnell entered the
courtroom and took seat between T. P.
O'Connor and Phillip Cullan.
On cross-examination Lucy gave testi-
mony which tended to prove that O'Don-
nell was present at National League
meetings where violent speeches, incit-
ing to murder and arson, were made and
against which he uttered no protest. The
Lork Chief Justice ruled that questions
concerning Mr.. Gladstone's anti-League
speeches in Parliament were irrelevant.
Adiollrnad
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-03

Where shall l take my lunch? At the
Vienna Buffet.