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Sharp County record., 1890-07-03
A Sure Deliyerance.

Not instantaneously, it is true, but in a
short space OF time, persons of bilious
habit are saved from the tortures which a
disordered liver is capable of inflicting, by
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, an anti-bllious
medicine and aperient of the first rank.
The pains in the right side and through the
right shoulder blade, the sick headache,
nausea, constipation and saffron hue of the
skin are entirely removed by this estimable
restorative of tone to the organs of secre-
ton and digestion.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

WHAT nonsense this Is going tho rounds
Of the press, that such and such woman has
boon tho first TO bo admitted TO tho practice
os tho law In this country. Haven't women,
md particularly married women, been lay
Ing down tho law TO men for conturlesi-
Philadelphia Times.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE average American cltIson would turn
his bOol on tho greatest man that this
world over produced 10 look Nt pretty
eighteen. yoNlsold girl with u now spring
suit on md with . dlmplo In her chin
komerYllle journal
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03
To Dlspel Colds,

Headaches and Fevers, to cleanse thesy
TEN effectually, yet gently, when costive or
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual con-
stipation, to awaken the kidneys and liver
to healthy activity without irritating or
weakening them, use Syrup Of Figs.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03
WE value everything in this world /

WE value everything in this world by
comparison. Water and air have no in
trilisic value, and yet Jay Gould, if famish-
ing in the desert, would give all his wealth
for pint of the former, and think it cheap
hence life and health are the standard of
all values. If your system is full of Malaria
you will be very miserable; few doses of
Shallenberger's Antidote will make you well
and happy. Is one dollar high price to payi
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

St1 Nopels Free, will be sent by Cragin &
Co., Philada., Pa, to any one in the U. S. or
Canada, postage paid, upon receipt Of rs
Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers. See list
of novels on circulars around each bar.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

CHILLs AND FEVER clung to me eleven
months. Quinine did me no good. Two
bottles of Smiths Tonic Syrup made me
sound and welL-ChaS Pepper, No. IL Fer
dinand st., NeW Orleans, La.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

CRYING all the time. Poor child. knoy
what makes you so peevish and cross.
Mother must get you box of those sweet
little candies called DR.. Bulbs Worm De-
stroyers.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

HA1L's CATARRH CURE is liquid and is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Write for tesf fimonials, free. Manufactured
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

AN American hnanoier has recently pub.
liahod q 4QOpago volume on tho currency
Who shall say that In this country tho vol
nmo OF currency In too emalli-'foS0s Slft
Lnna
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

HARSH purgative remedies are fast giving
way to the gentle action and mild effects Of
Carters Little Liver Pills. If you try
them they will certainly please you.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

A woMAN's Indifference TO her looks van.
lshes ut tho sight Of q man W quick Ns u
boys lOmeness leaves him Ut the sound Of u
are-bell --Atchieon Globe
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

A NEW company for tho culture Of. cork
has beon formed In this country, u should
have no trouble In floating its stock, bling.
hsmton Republican,
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

GLENN's Sulphur Soap Is genuine rem
edy for Skin Diseases.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 30 cents.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03
A sAusAop shln 10 o ground hog oaso.-
West Shore,

TALK about word-pointlngl Where dc
you find tho poet or novelist who Gun com.
pare with the signwritor r-Whtesid Hor-
AID
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE fatality among census cnumorNtors
promises 10 bo very great Us soon ~ they
get well under way with their questions
Washington Star
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

You can't help liking them, they are so very
small and their action Is so perfect, Onepl)a a
dose. Carters Little Liver Pills. Try them.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

Doorops and ministers are about tho only
people In thlu world 10 whom people pay
liberal wages for telling them diaagroeabls
thlngs, -bomeryille journal.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

NEVER toll man ho Ia In tho hoydoy Of
bis c0roor, Tho hoyday Is frequently tho
day when man goes TO seed, Commercial
Advertiser,
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

IT must have been a wheelwright who
was first put in spokesman by his felloes.--
Texas SlftinGs.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

TEMPORARY insanity docs good deal
moro harm than tho permanent variety
but what would the lawyers do Without ~
s=puclt,
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

from tho ruins OF our oastlcs in
Spain we may lay the epundatloa Of q
subausellNl one nearer aolue
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

A TITLE often sells book, but not SO
quickly as pretty girl booh-agent does
Boston Courior.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

JUST as soon as mans head gets above
the level Of mediocre a crowd of high
Ilckers begin reaching for it.-Ashland
Press.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

WHEN man gets famous 1t would seem
that every man in the country used to play
marbles with him at school.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

To KEEP your head abovp water, put
nothing but water in your stomach.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

FIGURES can't lie, but lies figure quite ex-
tensively In almost all statistical articles
Boston Transcript
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE fortunes of tho politician and tho
gambler are In tho hands Of their friends
Elmira Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE spring lay Of the hen is never
thrown into the editorial waste basket. IL
finds place on the editor's inside.-Nor-
ri town Herald
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Plso's
Remedy for Catarrh, BY druggists. 25c
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE man who keeps getting deeper and
deeper in debt is naturally u person OF more
owes tendencies.-W Washington Post.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

TEE report of a lawsuit is trying news
even for disinterested parties to hear
-Binghampton Republican.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

A POCKET Cigar Case and nvo OF "Tan.
sill's Punch" all for 25c
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

IT is not so great wonder, come to think,
that SO many people are iliterate. Every
oody was born that way.-Texas Slftings.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

THE thermometer is not only measure OF
heat, but Of tho prico Of ice.-Puck.
Sharp County record., 1890-07-03

WHEN girl is too cold to talk fast shs
lets hor teoth chatter-N. o. Picayune.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

Chancery lane to Westminster Hall, with
all the maenifcence becoming "priucs of
the church, he passed along the Strand
which was $50 full of pits and sloughs as to
be very perilnus and nOisome," and, in
places, almost impossible for the depth of
nire. Queen Elizabeth rode along here on
piii0n, but the way was still wTeiched, and
as there were only thirty wheeled vehicles n
town, fifty years after EliZabet's ZINE the
necessity for decent pavemegYf was not apnar-
entto the authorizes or the Uopulace. In
Idct, Eae W laieS ed vehicles, and not the bad
IOads, were considered nuisances, in Charles
Is time. for in 1926 the Government,
alarmed at the rapid increase of hackney
coaches" There were twenty IN the town.,
eldeaVOred to limit the number of vehicles,
urging that tEev " disturbed the ears Of King,
Queen and MOBILES, iostled horse and foot pas
sengers, tore up the streets and paveme1ts,
and increased the price of hay and horse
prOvender." But in those days London streets
we're so narrow that riders and pedestrians
hal TO take to the wall on the approach of a
carriage.
Charles II, returning to London and his
throne, passed along the Strand i'll great
state, as John Evelyn records in his diary.
Many ROYAL progresses have been made
along this route, and the Lord Mayor rides
here every year in his gilded coach Dema-
gogues nowadays wish to march along the
Strand with demonstrations" at their heels,
but the authorities very wisely turn them
aside to the embaDkment where there is
room enough ard to spare. For the Strand
Is still narrow, aud it is always crowded.
Between its two churches, which stand in
the middle of the street, there is an island of
houses, and here the roadway is so narrow
that traffic becomes congested, and two
Omnibuses can Just manage to pass. The
Strand is
THE THEATRICAL CENTER OF LONDON.
Here you will find that every tenth man is
an actyr. Toole's, the TiyOli, the Adelphi,
The morning call., 1890-09-14

please God and the King. But he did not
return here from the Tower, as the royal
command forbade him to come within the
verge ii the cours. The water gate of York
rdens.
Several of the streets leading from the
Strand bear the names of the great families
to whose estates they originally belonged.
Northumberland street and avenue, Craven,
Cecil, Salisbury, Norfolk, Arundel, Buck
ingham. Bedford andiSOuthamptOn streets are
Of this category. In Northumberland street
Ben JOnson lived as lad, and Nelson once
had lodgings. The Pail Mall Gazette estab-
lishment now gives to the dark little street
\ MEASURE OF CONTEMPORARY FAME.
At Craven street Benjamin Franklin
lived in III, as you may see by the tablet
placed on the house front by the Society of
Arts. What little has been done to mark
the London abodes OF famous men has been
chiefly done by the Society of Arts. But
London landlords have strange notions, and
they generally object TO the tablets, for rea-
soEs best known TO themselves. Samuel
PeDys lived 1t years on buckingham street,
and, in 1893, he had Peter the Great for
neighbor on the opposite side of
the way. John Evelyn, "having many
important concerns TO dispatch, and
for tie education of his daughters, ''tOoke q
house in VIlliers streete for the winter" of
1888. Coutts' Bank is on the Strand (No.
so, in an old, dingy, brown brick building,
where the royal family have banked these
100 years or more, and where, it is said, cut
lasSes and flint-lock muskets still hang on
the walls ready for use (?) against gentle
men who fail to distinguish between meum
ct tuum. Coutts' Bank occupies the site of
the stables of Durham House. Durham
House, says limbs, twas built by the Bishop
of Durham, 1345-1381. Ed
ward VI granted the place to his sister
Elizabeth. IL next became the residence OF
Dudley. Earl Of Northumberland and here
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ships note of hand was the reply The
i o u was instantly given, with the re-
mark, 4 fad | shall only require 10000 for
the present; l therefore return You $40, 900,
with which you will be pleased to open an
account in my name This generous, or as
1t may more truly be called, exec dinghy we'll
calculated act Of Mr. Cout:s was not lost
upon the nobeman, who, i'll addition to pay
900 to bis account, recommended
several high personages to pat
ronize the bank in the Strand. Among new
clients who opened accounts there was King
George I'LL" Mothers with marriagea BILE
daughters angled for the bachelor banker,
but he frustrated their designs by taking 10
wife a woman who had been a servant of
his brother. BY her lie had three daughters,
one of whom married the Marquis Of Butte,
another the Earl of Guildford, and another
Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. After the death
of his first wife. he married Harriet
Mellon, the celebrated actress, to whom,
at his death, in 1921, he lett his
entire fortune, amounting to more than
10000 for her sole use and benefit and at
her absolute disposal, without the deduction
of a single legacy to any other person" Six
years after Mrs. COutts became the Duchess
Of St. Adams. Dying in 1887, she bequeathed
her splendid fortune to the favorte grand
daughter of her first husband Miss Angela
BuTdett the youngest daughter of Sir
Francis, who thereup0n took the name OF
C0utts, and was subsequently created a
baroness in recognition Of her numberless
good works.
Near the Temple Bar end of the Strand,
and opposite the great Palace of Justice,
there Is another bank with an interesting
history. This is winnings. Twining 81
Co. is the title OF an old Strand firm of tea
importers and bankers. Following the eX-
ample of the solid merchants of London in
the early part of the last century, the Twin
ings combined banking business with
The morning call., 1890-09-14
PECUNIARY SERVlTUDE.


Pitiable State of Things Concerning the
Disbursement OF Money.
Alice E. Ives in an article written by her
for the September number of Forum says:
Men who are rated as honorable, upright
citizens, dealing justly with their fellow
men, will, when a question of money comes
up, treat their wives, the mothers of their
children, with less honesty than they do the
tax assessor. and with much less considera-
ton than they do their office-boys The
children, when not granted certain weekly
allowance, are tipped" occasionally, but
nothing goes to the wife without some
hagglDg, duplicity or humiliation on her
part. Let il be understood that reference is
made solely to the pitiable state of things
which so widely prevails in the disbursing
of moneys in the household, and the wife's
private purse. Here is an instance For
twenty years Mrs. Brown had been faith
full wife and mother, prudent. industrious
h0uSekeeper, and woman much beloved aud
respected by all her friends. MI Brown was
rated as prosperous business man, and as
generous as most men. But all this time Mrs.
Brown had no money that she could abso-
lutely call her own. The credit system pre-
vailed, and if by any unusual means piece
of paper money passed into her nnaccuS-
toned palm it had to be scrupulously ac-
counted for to the chancellor of the dCmes-
tic eXchequer. She was a long-sutfering
woman, but her soul had chafed and worn
against the yoke until it was sick and sore.
Still she had too much self-respect even
under these degrading conditions to wheedle,
lie, or descend to small receptions to gain
her ends, and she abhorred "scene" as
much as any man living. So the little gifts
she felt like sending to a friend, the few flow
ers to an invalid, the bit of damask to cover
chair seat, or the small surprise for the
children had to be passed by with sometimes
a rising lump in her throat, which even at
times developed into "a good cry" in pri-
vate. Still she made no remonstranee She
was proud in certain way. and she be-
lieved the existing state OF things irreyoc-
able
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FUN IN BRIEF.
Bright Paragraphs Tha. Were Writer

Bright Paragraphs That Were Written
by Sam s. StInson for Society.
THEY were sitting together in the ham
Eag mock. She had said YES and the
MN moon was Just coming from behind a
cloud. Darling" said he, breaking
the blissfu silence, much as l should like to
kiss you, there is one other thing l would
rather dc" Why, George" she exclaimed,
pearly tear rolling down the bridge of her
nose, what is it?" ." Why have you kiss
me-" replied George. And the moon very ac-
commOdatingly retired behind another cloud.
SHE WAS "sKEERED."
Mrs Clovertop-I tried catuip tea, an that
didn't do no good, an then Miss Slimkins give
me some boneset, an some other YARDS, an
then
Mrs Gush trying to change the subject
What do you think of hypnotiSm?
Mrs. Cloyertop-Well, dunno. I'm kinder
skeered O. them new tangled things. YARDS
is good enough fer me.
HE WANTED THE BEST.
Mr.. Gotthere Qrom Chicago)-How much
is this picture?
Deaier-Five hundred dollars, sir. That
is one Of
Mr. GOtthere- That'll do, young man. If
it wont fade, and you'll warrant it hand
painted, I'll buy it. | wear hand-Sewed
shoes, and l guess l can afford to buy hand
painted pictures Send it along.
AN OLD TRUTH.
Baggs-They tell me that notwithstanding
old Money bags shrewdnesS, his will has
been altered TO suit the heirs.
Jaggs-Which goes to prove the truth of
the old saying, Where there's will there's
a way"
GETTING UP IN THE WORLD.
First Observation-Disclosures seems to be
getting up in the world. He cut me dead,
yesterday Has he struck it in Wall streetp
Second MllioDare-Not much. He's gone
into the ice business.
SOMETHING OF A CoRKER.
Profess or George Washington jackson, a
downtown b0otblack. displays the following
sign over his establishment: pedal Tegu-
ments Artistically Illuminated and Lubri-
Gated for the Ininitesimal Compensation of
&C. per Operation"
A HOPELESS CASE
"Poor Brown has been confined in luna
tic asylum"
"How sad! What was the troube?"
"Why, he started n seaside hotel and adj
vertised, Positively no sea-serpents.'
BRILLIANT
Vau Hussler-Don't you find that you can
write better on an empty stomach?
Scrawler-No, | can write better on paper.
HARD ON HIM.
Sappyhead-I look more distingue with
full beard
Miss Plth-That may be; but you look
more natural without one.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

was celebrated his sons marriage with Lady
Jane Grey, who, on assuming the crown,
was lodged in Durham Place, and thence
escorted to the tower. The estate was re-
stored by Queen Mary to Bishop TunstalI;
but Elizabeth, on her accession, claimed
Durham Place as one of the royal palaces,
and granted it to Sir Walter Raleigh, who
possessed it for twenty years, but surren-
dered 1t in 1903 to the then Bishop OF Dur
ham," Aubrey said: " Raleigh's study was
was on little turret that looked into and
over the Thames, and had the prospect,
which is as pleasant. perhaps, as any in the
world" The Adelpbi Terrace now occu-
pies the site of Durham House. and close by
what must have been the position of Ra-
leigh's study the Savage Club commands
the prospect which is as pleasant. per-
haps, as any in the world" David Garrick
died in the Adelphi Terrace, where he had
lived seven years.
Coutts' is said to be the largest private
Dank IN London, and the oldest bank but
| one IN the West End. In Lawson's His
tory OF Banking" an interesting story is
| told OF Thomas Coutts, the founder Of the
| family fortunes. His father was a mer-
| chant In Edinburgh. Thomas and his
| brother, James. were brought up in the
paternai counting-room. James came to
The morning call., 1890-09-14
A Most Wonderful and Very In
teresting Old Thorough -.
fare of London.
OLD CHURCHES AND HOUSES.
How the Famous Street Appeared in
the Time of Queen Elizabeth
and as 1t Appears To-Day-The
Present Center of the Theatrical
WorId-The Palace of Justice,
Where the Strand Ends.

=, HE Strand is the direct continuation
XIX of Fleet street from Temple Bar to
SkSS Trafalgar square. 1t was in old days
the highway between the cities of London
aid Westminster. 1t is now one of the
greatest Of metropolitan thoroughfares. 1t
is also the plainest of all. Save the Grand
Hotel at one end and the Palace of justice
ut the other end, and the churches of st.
Clement, and st. Mary Somerset House is
really on the Thames EmbankmenO, the
street contains nothing of architectural mer-
it. The Strand shows you how painfully
pain the English can make street when
they try. The Strand has Away been un-
lucky in the matter of ugliness. 1t has had
so much work to do that it never could find
time to adorn itself; to assume garb becom-
Ing its Importance When it connected two
cilies. and not, as now, two parishes, it was
probably, the worst kept thorOughfare in
The kingdom In very ancient times, when
it was a riverside path, it must have been a
DOGGY and unsafe path; and when it became
a riverside road it had very hard time in
deed, and nobody cared to smooth its way
though everybody had much trouble in
trtverSing it from end 10 end.
When Cardinal VOL ely proceeded from
The morning call., 1890-09-14
PURIFY YOUR BLOOD,
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, ETC.

THE KIDNEYS are of the greatest import.
ance to the human body. 1t Is their duty to
sift and strain from the blood the poisonous
and waste matter absorbed by 1t, which
Is produced by the destruction of tissue
which Is constantly going on In the system.
Then how important It is that this system of
sewerage be not clogged up, in consequence
of Inactivity or disease. The kidneys are
closely connected with the nervous system
and the brain, and when you notice the slight,
est arrangement of these organs, It should
Command your attention and prompt treat
n,ent, for when the life current Is tainted by
the refuse and poisonous matter which should
have been strained and slfted from It, It pro-
duces diseases which arise from an impure
state of the blood, which, unless attended to
at once, produce the most serious results.
rheumatism, of the Heart. Dropsy, lnflamma-
ton of the Kidneys, Bright's Disease, oiabe-
ties, Gravel, Inflammation of the Bladder, Sup
preston and Retention of the Urine, etc., etc.,
all result from, Diseased Kidneys. Use the
GREAT SIERRA KIDNEY AND LIVER CURE,
and cure these diseases in the start, or pre-
vert them altogether. All druggists sell these
valuable goods.
The morning call., 1890-09-14

their clearinghouse. For the past s. years
the bank and the tea-hnuse have been con-
Quoted as separ ate institutions although un-
der the same propretorsbip and name
Richard Twining 81 Co. The firm was es-
tablished in ITO, by Mr.. Thomas Twining.
whose portrait (by Hogarth) hangs in one
of the Offices In Queen Anne's time the
Twinings sold tea at 20 and so shillings a
pound (S5 and 81 50 and their place was
the resort OF fashionable ladies, who came
O. afternoons to sip the Luxurious bever-
age"
Standing here in The middle of the road
way is the church of st. Clement Danes,
built in 1852, on the site of church of the
same name which dated from the Conquest.
1t is said to stand over the burial place of
Harold barefoot, half of Hardica-
mute. In its tower there is an excellent
peal of bells-the chimes that Falstaff and
Justice Shallow heard at midnight. In the
north gallery DIR. Johnson's pew is care
fully. preserved, just as he left it, and with
this inscription on plate of brass:
In this pew and beside this pillar. for many
years attended divine service the celebrated DR..
Samuel Johnson, the philosopher, the poet, the
great photographer, the profound moralisr, the
chief writer OF his time. Born 1903, died 1854.
In the remembrance and honor OF noble faculties,
nobly employed, some Inhabitants OF the parish
The morning call., 1890-09-14
PRISONERS IN DAHOMEY,

Story of a Trader Who Was Made Prs
oner in the Land of Amazons.
Mr.. Edmond Chaudoin, a manager of
trading firm, was enc Of the hostages seized
by the King of Dahomey. His description
of the camp is So graphic that it may be
given in his own words:
At least 1900 men were drawn up in bat
tie array, motionless, and so silent that,
though within 100 yards of our prison, we
had no idea of their being there There
could he no questioning the fact that they
were fine fellows robust and full Of muscle
their white flowing robes bringing their
ebony figures into strong relief. Silent our
selves and prey to deep emotion, we
traversed their serried ranks, and after q
quarter OF an hours march reached the Sec
ond line, consisting of 1000 AmaZons, the
1000 black virgins of Dahomey, who form
the bodyguard of the King. armed with rifle
and knife, and ready to attack at the slight
est signal of their master. Old or young
plain or handsome, they are all alike mar
velous to SEQ. As full of muscle as all the
male warriors, their attitude is as well dis
ciplined and correct, and the leaders at the
head of each column are easily recognized
by their rich attire and resolute air.
When the prisoners reached the gates of the
town the first objects that met their gaze
were four large earthenware pots, from
which rose a cloud of flies, and which
emitted most nauseous SMELL These pots
contained the heads of four French sharp
shooters who had been killed at Ko,onou,
the heads, which were in an advanced stage
of decomposition. having been sent up as q