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days venture TO overstep the pounds. But,
as stated, there are odd characters here and
there among them. Superstitious in q degree
are some. Their dreams are full of mean
ing, and they pin their faith so firmly to
these visions OF sleep that many dollar has
gone to the policy or lottery shop on the
strength Of certain numbers that had passed
through their minds in the midst of their
slumbers- To speculate is ruling passion
with some, and, while there is little fascina-
ton in cards or dice, the printers own game,
known as ''jefing," and which is simply not
to be explained to the outside world. has in
times past had its adherents by hundreds,
and though now tabooed in all well regu-
lated offices is still talked of lingeringly and
lovingly by its former devotees
Next to the printers the bakers form per
haps the most numerous class of all night
workers There IN Chicago about 700 of
those who are employed in the night time.
Picturesque figures they make. too, covered
with flour, white aprcned and white capped,
and with look about them-despite their
late hours of labor-which speaks well for
the healthful nature of their calling and their
regular habits out of service. 1t is q strongly
marked fact that there has been revolution
in the ways of the bakers as well as the fol-
lowers of other occupations, and that the
moral standard has been elevated in recent
years. The men are sober, Industrious and,
as a rule, saving; they look after the welfare
of one another in sickness, and have an in
surance system and burial fund, which fur
nish relief for widows and orphans. Their
hours are somewhat lengthy, but are in re-
ality much shorter than demanded of day
workers, while the pay is better. In fact, it
of all night workers does not exceed eight
hours, and that the compensation is more
than proportionately increased.
THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
At the Western Union and postal tele-
graph offices there are large forces employed
at night in both instances. Taking advantage
Of the half rate thor sands of dollars worth
of business pours over the counters after 6
o'clock in the evening. The great volume of
dispatches handled for the morning news
papers, too, require many intelligent and
fast operators. There are about $50 night
operators in Chicago. The majority are young
men, but some are gray haired veterans
whose years Of service at the key ought to
demand their retirement on pension roll
something not yet established, by the way.
There is fascination in pounding the key
or transcribing it's clickings to paper when
the world is sleeping that exerts SO l>otaat an
influence that these veterans cannot break
away from it. Il have tried day jobs half
dozen times" said one, ''but couldn't accus-
The Torchlight appeal., 1890-02-03
Are There Unknown Senses?

Sound is the sensation produced on
us when the vibrations of the air strike
on the drum of our ear. When they
are few, the sound is deep; as they in
crease in number it becomes shrilIer
and shriller, but when they reach
forty thousand in a second they cease
to be audible Light is the effect pro-
duced on us when waves of light
strike ON the eye. When four hun
dred millions of millions of vibrations
Of ether strike the retina in second,
they produce red and as the number
The Torchlight appeal., 1890-02-03
CITY NIGHT TOILERS.
RESPECTABLE ARRAY WHOSE
RANKS ARE INCREASING.

Newspaper Workers Take the Lead in
Numbers-Ways of the Printer-Bakers
and Their Hours-In the Telegraph Of
fices-Other Callings.
Who and how many are there of those who
turn night into day-who labor from sunset
to sunrise. and sleep while the great masses
are toiling2 Qaite respectable in numbers
when all are taken into account, and their
ranks are daily increasing as new industries
spring up or certain lines of business prosper
and demand more help for their develop
ment.
In the lead in numbers are the newspaper
workers-printers, editors. pressmen, re-
porters, mailing clerks, stereotypers, proof
readers and other branches of the occupa-
tion. The five morning newspapers of Chi.
cago employ well up in the neighborhood Of
2O3 persons each in their various depart
ments, so that here is in round numbers a
thousand men and hoys-for the softer sex
has fortunately kept comparatively clear of
night work, and though plenty Of women find
employment in various ways at printing, it
is rare indeed that one can be found con-
nected with the morning neWspaper-at least
In such way that the burning Of the mid
night Oil Is demanded. In many cases, too,
there is not demanded of the man who earns
his living Oh any Of the papers strict night
work. The afternoons and evenings are
taken up by editors and reporters, but long
before midnight the ma jority have completed
their iabors. Still there is remainisg by far
the greater proportion of the employees who
are on duty into the early morning hours
The most numerous of these are, of course,
the printers.
THE PRINTERS WAYS
Odd people are some of these printers, and
full Of fancies. but as a rule sober. quiet.
decent members Of society. The time has
gone by when TO be printer it was also nee
essary TO be thoroughly familiar with the
various brands of liquor at the all night sa-
looms or to put IN the day at the poke table
after night at the case" The bum"
printer has no place in Chicago offices today.
There has been a revolution, and without
any crusade temperance reform has swept
away such of the old timers as had not sue.
cumbed to earlier excesses, and it is so well
recognized that sobriety is essential to secur-
ing and holding situations that few nova
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: The Torch Light Appeal
A progressive Journal devo-
ted to the interest Of the Ne
gro race of the World.
1t aims to stimulate a
taste for literary, art, and
mechanical attainments; and
create a besire to cultivate
habits Of refinement, cul-
ture, and progress among
our people.
We aim to excel in this
direction, and we ask the CO
operation of every body
an we will guarantee you a
family paper eqnal to any
in the United States.
And in order to attract the
pest literary talent obtain able
we shall offer from time
to time, suitable prizes, the
explanation Of which, we shall
announce in this column.
patronize US and therby sup
port a journal which shall
be a credit to the race
Corresbodoce sol icited
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ART or SELLING GOODS.
Health, Conscience and Conversation the
Secret of Good Drumming.


Secret of Good Drumming.
"How to sell goodsFn repeated D, d. Murch-
ison after a reporter IF you could only tel
the answer to that problem TO this youns
generation of commercial travellers, copies
Of your paper would be selling for 500 apiece.
1t depends upon the man, That is the whole
secret Like the old parody on Victor Hugo,
If YOU want to be good salesman you must
educate your grandmother. a good sales
man is born, not made, In the first place
YOU must have the digestion Of an ostrich-a
stomach that can be relied upon under all
circumstances and in any environment.
You need this because you mast SO at
yonr man with a clear conscience and
d mind Mt rest. Then you must know
Your man Just about as we'll as
his twin brother People talk about
phvsiognomy being bosh; tell you unless
. man is a thorough physiognomist he has
10 business to try to sell goods. You must
BIZ able to size up your purchaser all
through. If YOU tell a racy story to a church
deacon, ol if you offer the prohihitionist can
didate for Justice drink out of your private
bottle, or if you try to get the village free
thinker to direct you to prayer meeting, you
viii make an expensive mistake. You must,
like st, Paul. be al things TO all men-and
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THE GREAT
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THE FREEMAN,
Wiz rT CONTAINS, 4owTo GErr.

TFVhe Freeman the great and srly nIu~.
trated CoIored Newspaper published
certainly fills a long felt want in Me-
gro journalism. The colored people have
long needed just such champion-a pic
tcr'al newspaper-one which will "paint
them as they are" and not caricature them
as is too often done by the white press
The Freeman portrays the Negro as he is
giving each week the portraits aud sketches
oi the representative men and women ns
The race. Its cartoons and other iiIustra-
ions are pertinent and neatly drawn 1T
~ printed on fine tinted book paper and In
s0ld at the very low price of 5c. per copv.
73c. for three months, $1.35 for six mos.
and 81 30 for one year Ladies' as well Az
gentlemen, boys as well as girls can max.
nonry by handling The Freeman Send
95c. fnr TERMS and INSTRUCTIONS. aend
tee tim stamps for sample copies.
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so W Il hD r. COOPER. Publisher
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
FACTS FROM FOREIGN FIELDS,

DURING the last five months $50 pa
tients have been treated at the Pastem
Institute in Paris, and nota single death.
has occurred.
AMERICAN CLANS are to be planted a!
various points on the English coast, III
the hope that they may be propagated
for the market.
FoR many years India has been growing
tobacco only for domestic use, but now an
effort is being made to induce its culti-
vation on large scale for commercial
purposes.
A PLAY at one of the English theaters
has Just had to be modified because the
actors had superstition against the
appearance of a peacock or its feathers
on the stage.
THE consumption OF tobacco in En-
gland has nearly doubled in the last
forty years, amounting at present to
nearly pound and a-half per head OF
the population. -
AMERICAN cattle have been shipped in
such large numbers to Liverpool of late
that many of them are delayed landing
on their arrival because of insufficient
accommodation.
TIE London authorities have put a
stop to the holding Of lotteries for the
benefit of charitable institutions, which
have heretofore been winked at wheD
quietly conducted.
THE experiment of putting the Eiffel
tower and the spires of the Rouep
cathedral in optical communication is
failure because of the rising of the soil
caused by the spherical form of the
earth.
New SOUTH WALES is troubled with
an oversupply of mutton, there being
now about 5O,0O0,OOO sheep in this col
ony, of which 23,OOO,0OO are ewes.
Breeders are hoping for a revival of the
frozen meat trade, which collapsed a
year or two ago.
AUCTION marts, in which the farmers
sell their own produce direct to the con-
sumers, have now almost entirely dis
placed the open markets in England,
The latest venture of this kind is at
Sterling, where the farmers, in addition
to esta blishing mart Of their own, in
tend to have their ca tile sold by live
weight only.
IMMENSE quantities Of currants and
Turkish and Spanish raisins are annual
ly imported into France for the man5l-
facture of wine. This importation has
now increased to between 10000 and
50, 900 tons of currants and 10000 tons OF
raisins. The wine thus produced is
largely used by the poorer classoa in
France. Germany and Switzerland
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
The VOYAGE of Life.

Life is besetb by evils and changes on every
side. From birth to manhood and from
manhood until old age eternal vigilance is
the price of health. There is one remedy
that has saved many rickety, headachlhg,
usefulness and robust health. 1t is known
as Dr.. Bulls Sarsaparilla, and it is a Sarsa;
parilla that Sarsaparilla. Not thousand
doses of molasses and water for {, dollar,
but a concentrated essence of the best
virtues Of sarsaparilla and other alteratsye
herbs. 1t heals, it cures where other saf5a
parilla and blood remedies have no more et,
feet than so much stagnant water II your
system Graves an alternative, II you yalue
life, you do yourself a great injustice II you
fail to try this excellent remedy Demand
t of your druggist and take no other'-
Sidney Times.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
A Woman I'm the Case.

There always Is. She is the power be,
hind the throne. A womar,s in fuence over
the man who loves her is often absolute.
Towield sOgreata power to guide, strength
en- and help her husband, q woman's mind
should be clear and healthy. 1t can not be
IL she is suffering from any functional de-
Tangement How many home is made un-
happy because she who should be its life
and light is a wretched, depressed, morbid
invalid! Wives, mothers and daughters,
why suffer from "female complaints
which are sapping your lives away, when
Dr. Pierce's FavOrite Prescription will
renew, your health and gladden. those about
you. 1t has restored happiness to many a
saddened life Why endure martyrdom
when release is so easyi In its special field
there never was restorative like the "Fa-
Vorite Prescription. y
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Chcviots, Plaids and Camels-Hair Serges
for Spring Gowns.

Chcviots, Plaids and CameIs-Hair SergeS
for Spring Gowns.
The earliest importations of woolens
for spring and summer dresses for the
street are Cheviots in small checks,
large plaids and stripes of new colors,
to be made up in tailor styles of the
most simple designs. The small checks
combine three or four colors of light
shades very effectively, as green and
white with red, or mauve with brown
and blue. The larger plaids are Of
great size and much broken, and are to
be made up bias throughout; those of
gray with violet, blue with green, red
with blue, two tones of blue with white,
or beige with brown are among the
choicest. Shepherds checks of one
color with white, either black, blue, or
brown, come in soft twilled woolens for
childrens dresses. New striped Cheviots
have dotted stripes alternating with
plain stripes in two shades of green with
white, mauve stripes dotted with white,
with also beige and gray shades.
CamepS-hair serges are imported in
light qualities and spring colors for
street dresses to be made in combina-
ton with similar serge that has gradu-
ated stripes, beginning at one selvege
and covering more than half its width.
All the fawn, beige, Suede, gray and
stem green shades are represented in
these serges, with most varied colors
and designs on the striped m'jup6
which accompanies them. Thus there
are beige-colored sergcs with half
their width covered with darker woven
stripes, called Knickerbocler stripes,
while others have white canvas stripes
alternating with black satin stripes
like ribbon bands, and these bands are
in turn striped with gold threads. Gray
woolens and pale lilac stuffs have length
wise stripes of white canvas alternating
with mauve or ioletstripes. Bengaline
silk stripes are also most tastefully
woven in woolens of the same shade
Suede, gray, beige, or stem greenland
are given the stylish black note by a
oluSlC DIoiu sui pc VI DltCh SdllH, NONtil
next the selvage, which is to be put at
the foot of the skirt. Velvet stripes Of
darker tone, or else in several colors
in narrow lines like chenille, make
pretty borders; while other velvet stripes
like ribbon bands are separated by
Pompadour stripes of small colored
figures, flowers and leaves. There are
also broche stripes in clover designs on
white grounds for panels, and others
with lace-like stripes alternating with
narrow Pompadour stripes like ribbons.
Narrower borders along one selvage are
made in all these new stripes, as satin
borders in monotone and black stripes,
velvet borders, broche Pompadour bor-
ders: lace-like open work borders, with
also plaid borders of gay colors entirely
different from the sober hues of the
fabric used for the gown.-Harper's
Weekly.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
PANTRY AND PARLOR.

If steamed meat is left in the liquor
TO cool off it will be found to have ab-
sorbed back much of the soup and Will
be much the more nutritious as food
ANY dish over which sauce is put
whether of meat, fish or vegetable
should first be seasoned so that 1t could
be eaten by itself, and the sauce should
also be seasoned. Not enough condi-
ments can be added to either one to
make the dish palatable.
breakfast Omelet; Six eggs, well
beaten; teacupful of milk, pint OF
bread-crumbs, one chopped onion, a lit
tie parsley, salt and pepper Have a
pan buttered, pour in the omelet turn;
when done, double up and serve hot
One key to enduring health will be
the religious observance Of rest after
dinner Let the evening be for relaxa-
ton, not only for the sake of rest to the
mind, but out of fair treatment to the
stomach, when if the dinner be atnlght'
it is doing its hardest work.
To properly sharpen carving knife
the carver ought to be held at an angle
of twenty to twenty-five degrees on the
steel. When the other side of the blade
IS turned, you must be careful to pre-
serve the same angle. Then draw the
steel from heel to point against the
edge, using only a slight pressure
Warm a bowl, in which you are to
cream butter, by putting little hot
water into it, then pouring off. If the
bowl should be heated in any other way,
by being put into hot water or set on
the range, it would be too hot would
retain its heat longer and would make
the butter oily When this happens the
dish is never so nice.
Hanging baskets, we'll filled with
healthy, growing plants, are the finest
objects in the window garden. For this
purpose the dwarf nasturtium is a fitting
subject. Fill your basket with light,
gravelly soil, put in few seeds OF the
desired kind, and keep we'll watered,
and by the time the basket is wanted
for its position it will be well filled, and
will remain an object of beauty the en-
tire winter.
strawberry Sauce: Take one quart
of whipped cream and one-half cup pre-
served strawberries rubbed through a
sieve. When fresh strawberries are in
season, mash a quart of strawberries
over which cupful of sugar has been
poured. Let it stand for two or three
hours. Ten minutes before serving put
into stewpan, and on the fire. 1t
should be heated simply to the boiling
point, and will then be ready for use.
Add to whipped cream as above.
-Scrap-Baslzet: To make a scrap
basket at a small expense, take four
common wicker fans, tie all the four
handles together with colored ribbon
so as to convert them into stand; then
tie the sides of the fans together with
colored ribbons, to form the basket
itself You may line the interior or
not as you please, and edge with fringe
and trim with ribbons or flowers, ac-
cording to taste. Old scraps of silk or
lace may be brought into use, and con-
verted into little parlor ornaments with
a little taste and ingenuity.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06

As an invigorating, restorative tonic,
soothing cordial and bracing nervine, for
debilitated and feeble women generally
DR.. Piercc's Favoritc Prescription has no
equal. In fact, it is the only medicine for
the peculiar weaknesses and ailments incl
dent to females, sold by druggists, under
positiye guarantee from its manufactur-
ers, that it will, in every case, give satisfac-
ton or its price ($1.O6) will be promptly
refunded. 1t improves digestion, invigorates
the system, enriches the blood, dispels aches
and pains, produces refreshing sleep, dIispels
melancholy and nervousness, and builds up
both the flesh and strength of those re-
duced below a healthy standard. 1t is a
legitimate medicine not beverage Con-
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06

tains no alcohol to inebriate; no syrup or
sugar to sour or ferment in the stomach and
cause distress 1t is as peculiar. in its
marvellous, remedial results as in Its com
position. Therefore, don't be put Off with
some worthless compound easily, but dis,
honestly, recommended to be just as good"
that the dealer may make more profit "Ta- 4,
vorite Prescription is tncompdrdote' Inc
manufacturers unprecedented offer to guar
nnfce satisfaction in every case, or money
refunded, ought to convince every invalid
of this fact A Book, on Woman's Ailments,
and their Self-cure 900 pages, sent under
seal, in plain envelope for ten cts. in stamps.
Address, WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL
Association, 663 Main St., Buffalo, N. T.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDITOR: PLEASE inform your
readers that l have a positive remedy for
the above named disease. By its timely
use thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. shall be glad to send
two bottles of my remedy FREE to any OF
your readers who have consumption if they
will send me their express and post-ofice
address, Respectfully, II. A. SLoCUM, NJ. c.,
1S1 Pearl street. New York.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
Gratifying to All.

The high position attained and the uni,
versal acceptance and approval of the pleas
ant liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, as
the most excellent laxative known, illustrate
the value of the qualities on which its sue
cess is based and are abundantly gratifying
10 the California Fig Syrup Company.
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
TIBBEE, Miss, Oct 16, 1886

Messrs. A. T. SHALLENBERGER g. Co.
Rochester, Pa. Gents.--fhe bottle
of Shallenberger' s Pills sentnle In February
last | gave to W. G. Anderson, OF TINS
place; long standing case OF chills ana
fever. He had tried every, thing known
fvithout anv permanent good. In less than
ssn days after taking your Antidote he was
sound and well, and has gone through
the entire season without any return. II
seems to have effectually driven the Mala-
rious poison from his system. -
Yours truly, V. A. ANDERSON
Sharp County record., 1890-03-06
THE MULE KICKED.
nat Is Why Headless Chickens Wcro
a Picked Up in Virginia.

f.tN# Ichoh Up III SlisI1lds
There has been coniderable gold
found recently several miles north of
the District line, aid several shafts
nave been sunk on Mrious properties,
All of which, to use tb usual language
sof the boom, ''exceed he most sanguine
expectations of the promoters" Several
farmers out near the se;G of disturbance
have been earning considerable money
hauling ore from the slaft to Senator
Sawyer's stamp mill ftw miles away.
the shafts are sunk and le ssxtract-
ed by the usual met sIng and
Blasting. For the sAaaapo bose nitro
glycerine is used. varde teamsters
put Several emu .cerine cans
kn.his cart arr -. TO his home.
thsh up any .lis,a lis'q qthem. He set
aSn s'!s ID down " 9e aud E Ssas,sile as,saillIe he
hss saw Road, aa5!,,-s a,.., ssI,s fomd and
'4uzzled them around. About gill of
qne stuff had collected in the bottom of
ePcn' and the pig licked itdown. 1t has
. sVeet flavor and is medicinal. Then
o4e larmer came out, picked up the cans
a]lo took them back into the house.
1ne pig chewed up stray ear of corn,
z aNeao rat, some corn-husks and two or
enree other delicacies and ambled into
sne parn' Perhaps nothing would have
nappened if the razor-baek had been
tHd with ordinary intelligence, but
3qaS would possess hfinzander the cir
tances to go and scratch his back
@I'lst the post of the off-mule's stall is
understanding. Now, mules are
human; they are not exempt from.
Owe, the foibles of mankind. When
.tz5s go wrong with them they make
.L7 Eelkln ring with their wild Homeric
aw hee-aw! hee-aw!n and then
IKE Queen Anne musket. So
the off-mule looked around and
ee pig scratching his back six inches
241nls heels, he Strengthened his neck,
<.e e ms ils eyes In brief and silent prayer,
swung MS sinister limb over his sboul-
eeE and then he struck out like Kelly at
NneHnat The pig described a beautiful
paraoola, screaming all the time like a
,nfee-hundred-pound she'll from one of
Aamral !! Porter's mortars, sailed ont
snrongh the barn doors on a fiat ira
so'9ry and struck On top of the hen.
(, a@ came cid p of thunder sound;
'. ~ P1g' Oh, where was hep Ask of the
h1. , whi9h Ehistled around the
cs.sz 80 :enS ana be sea. The nitro-gly-
NJ ~ naa exploded, Staying pig, hen
: and poultry into the middle of
& ack. There LzzaSss piece of
nest on, no IMAsssEH ~ shen-house
Sgh for 6@0 A1fAe4n her teeth
ot3 Ik1sInpSrsee.ast se.ss laGIiIsI rested the
4. <e,z9 2a UNION SQUARE. ny. ouP head
-AT LANTA. ga - eAl;.s4. he
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