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Regulating Nuisances.

Organ grinders, like Artemus Wards
Betsy Jane, want a little regulating"
at times in London, and the prospects Of
Mr.. Jacoby's modest legislative efforts
to this end will probably be frightened
by the reports which Lord Salisbury has
lately gathered from our representatives
abroad. In Vienna, it seems, licenses
are granted by the police to itinerant
musicians, but only to those who are un-
able to earn their livelihood by any other
means. In Paris anybody wishing to
perform "as an itinerant mountebank,
organ grinder, musician or singer" must
apply for license to the prefect OF po-
lice, and it is obligatory that a certificate
of good character accompany the apph-
cation. In Berlin ''those persons who
as means of livelihood and not in the
interest Of art perform on musical in
struments in open places or public streets
or in courtyards," require license from
the local police. In Rome the matter is
provided for by the law of public se-
curity, and organ grinders are not al
lowed by the Russian government to re-
side in St. Petersburg. In Madrid they
are suppressed" as an ''intolerable nui-
sance. London Telegraph.
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Sheds Her Skin Regularly.

DR.. Frank, whose paper on cases OF
human beings who shed their skin regu-
larly created so much interest in the
Chicago Medical society, has received
the following letter from Mrs. E. Shut,
of Admah, Washington county, Neb.:
81 am thirty-nine years old, and since
the year 1873 have had an attack of this
kind every second or third year regular
ly. In March. 1889, had a very bad
time and entirely shed my skin. In May
of the same year had another spell, as
call it. Ny skin came off in the same
manner as this man you wrote about.
Ny hair falls off every time and my nails
come out. In March of this year it was
the same old story. My symptoms were
the same as those of Mr.. Price. My mo-
tive in writing to you is to prove to you
there is another case like the one you
write about. Omaha Bee.
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a discovery which viii prove Of i'm
mense interest to ethrologists has been
made a. the httls hamlet of SinAlOa,
Mexico, while breaking ground fo-
large coffee plantation which Is being
established by an English syndicate.
The fud consists Of thousands Of skele-
tous either Of large apes or Of prehistoric
human beings OF a very low order IL
the remains are Of apes they were q
gigantic SIZE and Of avarety 10 lcnger
extant. while II they are q men the men
were provided with distinct caadAl Rp-
pendsges, ve-v taick sri short, and
curisd ap hke q squirrels That they
are the skeletons Of ap-S can hardly -
doubted. Judging fron tie a-LHs. which
reached nearly foot below t1e knee.
and the thumbs which are also 40
normally long and curved with szcs~d-
lrxly s1z-2 and powerful nallA
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The Rat and the Clam.

On Thursday rat that was fooling
around among the CLAIMS in an icechest,
rear part of the Henry House, met with
a serious accident. A large clam that had
its shells open, taking in some fresh air,
was suddenly disturbed by something
that made it very mad, causing it to
close its doors tight and hold the in
truder a prisoner. The clam had shut
down upon hind leg of rat. The ro-
dent squealed and the noise attracted at
tention enough to inquire into the cause
of it. The rat was slain, but it could
not be released until the shells of the
clam were smashed to pieces.-Williams-
mort S1r
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serving, the dying millionaire would forget
his pains and drop into doze as the towel
was removed from his chin. So highly did
he value this daily experience that by his
personal order the barber received fee OF
ten dollars for each visit.
The field occupied by the barber of today,
while restricted as to the matter Of blood
letting and tooth drawing, has widened in
various directions In fact, be is no longer
a barber, that is if you accept his own
word for it as borne on signs. He is now
fashionable hair dresser" or ''tonsorial
artist" and one shop by which / recently
passed was labeled "Gents coffeure parlors."
But the facilities are great. The high class
Hartist" is as polite, attentive, well in
formed and well dressed as the courtly
tonsor of the era of the Directorate who en-
gagged his customer in friendly chat,
learned his views, bowed him out, and then
denounced him to NJ Barras as a "friend
of the Capets."
The ministrations of a thoroughly
equipped barber in these times cost all the
way from fifteen cents to two dollars. But
if one wishes to know how the Romans Of
the old republic suffered and survived let
him 90 to some basement shop and ges
a five cent shave from ineal descend
ant of those Scilians who invaded the city
of Romulus 300 years before the Christian
era. et.
It viii be seen from what goes before
that the barber is of ancient lineage and
has kept good company. He has been tn.
confdant Of kings and the power behind
the throne He has figured in Arabian
tales and in the immortal writings of Ger
vantes and Beaumarchais. OF late he has
posed as an author both of prose and verse;
be has smoothed a plutocrat's way to the
tomb. and amused poet laureate; he has
chatted confidentially with presidents,
statesmen and generals, and be stands
ready now to shave you on trains or steam
boats, in palatial studios" or basement
shops, and at the same time to give you
tips on the races, information about the
weather or pointers regarding the trend OF
political events. Yes and when you die
he will prepare you for the funeral and
make the last glimpse taken of your face
by sorrowing relatives grateful memory
for all their lives. FRED c. DAYTON.
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Pre-erolntionarY Error.

Most OF the shortcomings Of the old
method Of historical writing resulted
from the fact that the world was looked
at from statical point Of view. OF as if a
picture of the world were series Of de-
tached pictures Of things at rest. The
human race and its terrestrial habitat
were tacitly assumed 20 have been al
ways very much the same as at present
One age was treated much ike another,
and when comparisons were made IL was
after manner as different from ths
modern comparative method as alchemy
was different from chemistry.
As mems studies had not yet been
turned in such a direction as 20 enable
them TO appreciate the immensity Of
the results that are wrought By the
cumulative action OF minute causes.
they we're disposed 70 attach too much
importance TO the catastrophe and mar
velous; and the agency Of powerful in
dividuals-which upon any sound theory
must be regarded as Of great importance
they not only maguihed unduly but
rendered II unintelligibls when they
sought TO transform human heroes into
demi-gods.
Il thus appears that the way IN which
our forefsthers treated history was part
aud parcel Of the wsy in which they -
gzried the world Whether in history
or IN ne physical sciences, they found
themselves confronted by a seemingly
chaotic mass q facts with which they
could deal only in vague snd gropiug
manner and in small detached groups--
Professor John Fiske IN Popular Scisncs
Monthly.
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rnunA q skuIl in a Bedpos..

A ghastly find was made few days
ago by an upholsterer named Leak, OF
Eau Claire, Wis. 1t was that of skull
which had been concealed in bedpost,
or, 10 be accurate, in a large hollow
wooden ball placed for ornament on top
of the post. The bed to which this be-
longed was one of lot Of furniture re-
Gently purchased by Leak in Racine,
and is a magnificent old piece Of mahog-
any of the Queen Anne style, and is, in
all probability, very old, so that it Is inn
possible to arrive at any conclusion as to
how long the skull has been concealed
in it.
Leak, perceiving the bali to be rather
loose, for the purpose of tightening ex-
amined it, aud discovered that it was
screwed on and was hollow. He removed
it, and to his horror found that the
cavity was occupied by griuning skull,
which was all the more awe inspiring
from the discovery subsequently made
that through the temple had been driven
. large nail or spike, which still TO
mained piercing it nearly through to the
other temple, and which, though in
crusted with rust, still shows specks of
long dried blood, or what is presumably
such.
Whether the skull is that Of man or
woman is of course impossible 20 tell,
but it is unmistakably human and that
of person Of considerable intellectual
development, as is evidenced by the
facial angle. Leak mas eIerted himself
TO learn something of the history Of the
bed, but has not been able to do so. He
purchased il from a secondhand dealer,
who in turn bought it IN Chicago from
a woman who declares that she knows
nothing Of it except that her mother,
now deceased. purchased It at an auction
sale, but this occurring when she was
little child, she does not rscollect where
the sale was held.-Cor. Philadelphia
PreSs
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Revived By the Watermelon.

A singular story comes from st. e.
mo. On Thursday while the baggage
team and wagon that runs to Porters-
vile was on the road some distance from
the station, a thunderstorm arose.
Lightning struck a tree near the road,
splitting it in two. The same bolt
jumped to the wagon, knocked down
the mule and the boy driver. The boy,
in falling, struck his head On a Georgia
watermelon, the force Of the fall break
ing the melon, and the boys head sinking
into the cavity in the melon The mule
Law stunned some minutes, and, recover
ing, got up and resumed his way. Ths boy
having fortunately fallen with his head
into the melon, the water in it had the
effect Of reviving him, and he shortly
regainsd consciousness The only dam
age TO the wagon was split SPOKE
Mobile (Ala.) Register,
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The National Museum.

Probably the articles which attract most
attention from the average visitor TO the
National museum at Washington are the
Washington relics and the many swords
and other presents made to General Grant
during his trip around the world. In a
large case are the veritable coats and othei
articles of clothing worn by the first presi-
dent during the war of the Revolution and
on state occasions. Even these old knee
breeches, worn and dusty. seemed hallowed
by their association with the immortal
Washington. Ones imagination is easily
carried back 10 the struggle of our fore
fathers by look at Washington's camp
chest, containing his cooking utensils and
medicines, the same chest which he
carried through all his campaigns. It is
a quaint collection-the old knives and
forks, the battered spoons and the
whisky flask, the gridiron and the copper
teapot-and the long and arduous cam
paigns, the weary marches, the dreadful
winter at Valley Forge, the final victory
and the rewards of heroism all pass before
one like a panorama while gazing at these
mute witnesses of the struggle
They have a very ingenious way OF ex-
hibiting the china and other fine pottery
in the museum, by means of which, with
out handling, the visitor may see all sides
of the piece. This is accomplished in one
way by the use of a small slanting mirror,
and in another by placing vertical mir
ror directly behind the specimen, which
rests upon a stand whose surface is of
glass. half an inch underneath which is
second diminutive mirror. By this ar
rangement you have look at the whole
surface of the object. outside and inside,
and can even read the makers name on
the bottom.
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ghe aithita paily gaae aansdau ornno ttober 1891.

.ze s11vrrS or rne ora1Js or Norrnumper-
land has be-a taken up. and parties de-
sirous of investing money in the business
are withheld by the difficulty of procur-
ing favorable cove or beach.
A good idea Of the profits OF lobster
canning may be gathered from the fact
that while a pound tin is put up ready
for shipment at cost of about nine
cents they are taken from the canneries
by wholesale dealers who pay from
seventeen to twenty cents per tin. An
American firm owning fourteen factories
ships its entire product to the French
and English market direct, and all its
tins are labeled ''Machias Bay Lobsters,
notwithstanding the fact that the con-
tents were caught in Dominion waters,
put up ON Canadian soil and by Nova
Scotia workmen. Montreal Gazette.
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Inruler Ramhon1a Dead.

A once well known character in the
streets of Paris has just died in the asy-
lum at Bicetre. l allude to the negro
juggler, Bamboula, who, when l paid
my first visit 70 Paris, was quite promi-
nent character in the ranks Of al fresco
entertainers. He used to quickly at
tract crowd by the extraordinary way
in which he cracked an enormous whip
he carried, and some of his tricks were
really very clever. One well remem-
Der, was his apparent consumption of a
a big brick He was a native of Martin
ique, and when in his prime, and dur
ing the Paris season, often used to make
as much as thirty francs day.-London
Eiuaro
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The same Old Fish.

A few years ago the United States fish
commissioners liberated in Ipswich bay
a number of young Goldfish, and to dis
ting1ish them from the many thousands
that might afterward be caught clipped
off the small left abdominal fin. Viii
liam r. Corbett, of Cutler, Me-, while
fishing off Little river or Cutler harbor
the other day. caught three Goldfish which
he saws are the identical ones liberated
by the commissioners, as they each had
the same fin clipped off They were
when caught twenty inches long, being
fat. healthy fsh.-Boston Herald.
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The Lobster Catch.

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
advices go to show thst the lobster catch
for the season, which closed Aug. l, was
the most successful OF any season for the
past ten or twelve years Especially Is
this the case with the factories border
ing on the Northumberland straits. A
gentleman interested in lobster canning
makes the statement that these factories
viii on the whole average net profit Of
about 1900 each Taking into con-
siderstion the fact that the season for
catching Holsters is by law restricted to
June and July. TINS profit must be re-
garded as enormous.
The benefit Of the short season Is now
becoming apparent in the increased
catch. which Is almost double that Of
previous years. while the Holsters are
Just the right size for canning purposes.
Such has been the rapid spread Of the
csnneries that every available site aicnz
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There has Just died at St. Joseph's hos
pital. in Chippewa Falls. an eccentric in
diYidual called Andreas L0wea. Hf wzs
born in 1884 in Lower bavaria Ha
trade was a worker in woods. which hs
learned in the piano factory in Mnich
Perhaps no ma IN the United States
has acquired Ike skill in reaovAting
woodwork and restoring It's polish.
About ten years ago be built a repair
shop. ia which he lived. doing his own
cooking. for he was never married. Hs
manufactured a beautiful coffin corn
possd q different kinds q wood. ia
which he slept despite ths persaAsioHs q
intimate friends. Chicago Herald
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Of Wight with warnings to trespaSs-
ers," declines TO receive visitors, refuses to
answer letters, and. save for contact with
his own immediate family, is hermit and
a recluse. One person, however, is allowed
70 go and come freely, is welcome at any
time and can bring abundant smiles to the
melancholy visage of the genius who wrote
"Locksley Hall" and the "Idyls of the
King" He is not the intellectual peer OF
Lord Tennyson; he is physically rather in
significant, but he has a bright wit and
clever hand
He is the village barber, and when he has
trimmed ''his ludship's" hair and whiskers
be fingers TO gossip about the petty affairs
of the neighborhood and to do tricks of
legerdemain- The other evening he per-
formed his crowning feat. He placed in
the poets palm ten shilliugs and told him
10 hold them tightly. Soon after, when he
demanded the money, the custodian could
produce but eight of the silver pieces,
much 10 his own astonishment and the
amusement of the family. Il don't doubt
yer honesty, nv lord" said the barber,
"but | gave you ten shillings. | will now
try her ladyship." and as a result the two
missing coins We're recovered. The highly
favored tonsor declares that when he bade
his host good night the latter remarked,
Your feats are very clever, and it is
great credit TO the village that it can boast
of such talent"
The above is only an incident of the hour,
but it suggests train of thought How
many people are aware of the large part
that the barber has played in the conduct
of human affairs and the creation. of liter
ature? The Bible speaks of him, and he
gets honorable notice in Plutarch. One
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Tne feet; too. show that they were In

tended for climbing rather than walk
ing. and are also provided with claws
and prehensile toes Of unusual length.
1t is probable that the large number Of
skeletons found is due TO a battle be
tween two bands of the animals having
taken place at this spot, which is further
proved by the number Of broken skulls
and other bones among them and the
fact that several OF the skeletons were
found in a deadly embrace.
No weapons. however. were discovered,
but as these were probably of wood they
have perished in the course of time
Philadelphia Times.
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The noted story writer, Sylvanus Cobb,
Jr., was not 50 successful pecuniarily as
was another writer of sensational stories
who died few years ago. That was Mr..
E. z. c. Judson-known everywhere by ms
nom de plume OF Ned Buntline-a most
remarkable man, and perhaps the most
fluent and versatile writer Of sensational
matter this country kss produced. BUnt-
lines earnings one year were as high As
$4,000. Bat If he got more immediate pc
cuniary returns than Mr.. Cobb did, his
stories have not stood the test Of time as
have those Of The Ledger writer. and per
hars in the long run Cobb's may be found
70 Le the most profitable after all
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nom..,ieatea Partriar...

Miss Fannie Newman, living near
Lexington, mas . genuine curiosity N
the shape Of SIX pzrtridges. which are a.
tame and doclls as possible Some TINE
ago her brother IN pio~ing field came
across . nest containing q number q
partridge eggs. and gave them % ais sis-
teE, who placed them under hen, and
IN due tine they were hatehed Sut. A
notherly little bantam hen has taken
the birds under her wing. and. from the
fuss and nose sne makes ever them.
seems TO take delight n her doTuy
chuges Il Is pretty Eigh. 70 So them
together. r.-Csrrolto7 (Mo.) Democrat
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Sir John Fowler's report 70 the d
rectOrs Of the London and Brighton rail-
way with reference 20 their bridges
states that the company has III czst
iron bridges altogether. and that eighty
one u thess ought within three years %
Be- replaced with wTougLt iTou Or stsel
structures. He does not state that any
of them are unsafe. and cgnciudss he
report by saving. The result q my In
vestigation dos not indicate any unuE1sl
wsakaess IN ths Brighton bridres. watch
are neither better nor Eoras than thoss
of similar lines u railways 81 home al
abroad. --L0ndon TitBItz.
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Of the ancient Greek poets celebrated in
stately verse the merits of the tonsOr Eu-
gathea, and the tales of Haroun al Raschid
would lose much of their flavor were all
mention of the knight of the razor elimi-
mated. Who that has read Don QuiXote"
does not pleasurably remember the adven-
ture Of Mambrino's helmet, and who that
loves the theater has not reveled in the ex-
ploits of the barber of Seville; Turn to the
pages of authentic history and trace in
them the doings of the hair clipping fra
ternity. Three hundred years before the
Christian era Sicilian BARRIERS established
themselves at Rome, and their shops soon
became the common resort of lOungers and
idIers of every description"
1t was the poet Horace who, some centu-
ries later, wishing to show how widely q
bit of news had been disseminated, wrote,
"All the BARRIERS know it." Licinus. who
shaved Augustus Caesar, accumulated an
enormous fortune, and died in his own
marble palace surrounded by a host of
slaves and freedmen. Peter of Brosse be-
gan his experience at court as the hair
dresser of Philip the Bold of France. He
became prime minister, grew naughty and
avaricious, stole too much money from his
roval master and perished on the scaffold.
Another monarch of France, the fierce,
capable and treRcherous Louis NJ. made
his barber feared and powerful Olivier
le Daim was his name. Olivier le Diable
people called him. for he had all the re-
source, plausi biliyy and falseness Of an evil
spirit. Coming down to more modern times,
Adolph PaQueS is found occupying q re-
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spectacle niche in history's gallery. He in
his day shaved Chateaubriand. Lsmartine,
Victor Hugo and Theophile Gautier He
also dressed the hair of Mile Mars. the ira
gedienne, and Marie Malibran. the famous
sonEstreSs. Statesmen. generals ana the
stars of French literature and drama re-
ceived his professional attentions. snd
when N. Paques grew old and rich be re-
tired from business, settled down in q
country house, hired a competent writer,
snd with his aid and that of q retentive
memory got out q highly interesting and
gcSsIpv volume of ''recollections. Jacques
Jasmin. the sweet singer of Provence, who
died not long since, is still known both as
the barber poet Of Agen," and as the last
OF the Troubsdours."
The barber surgeon"
Who shaved. drew teeth and hreathed g vein.
has had q place in English history for
centuries. Il is not so very long ago thai
he was restricted by law TO tonsorial pur
suits exclusively, ''the last man known &c
have practiced as a barber surgeon beina
named Middieditch, who died ia Great
Suffolk street, London, in 1921"
As 70 The matter of interesting memoirs
however, there are now living in New York
two men, who. if they chose, could publish
"reminiscences as valuable as those sent out
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A lara Piclnrnl.

Edward Koch. of the Willow Fishing
and Boating club, caught a pickerel at
Muskego lake which weighed e04 pounds
when dressed. This is said TO be the
largest pickerel ever caught in that lake.
1t measured over four feet. Mr.. Koch
will have it mounted and will present it
to the public Observation-Disclosures Sen
tineL
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Ms Antoinstfs Knazzs. > oOilsgs ed-
ucatsd yoanz woman q Oaio, owns All
manages . fzrIn q eQ0 scfsa sbs car
riss On her work aceor1ing % ths teeones
Of books. rather than b. aneient traas-
ti0rs. AID. consrsry 70 TIE uzuAl irnprs,-
sion about book fsrns-r. shs is fazklsg
a sucress q hsr undsr.zkirz.
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~ "a raqu5s. one or Inem, Fred EbeIing,
was In business at Washington during
war times, and daily harvested the stubble
from the cheeks Of President Lincoln. As
occasion required he also lifted little Bob
by into high chair and trimmed his curly
locks. Bobby, by the way. has since then
been secretary Of war, and is now known
as Hon Robert 7. Lincoln, United States
minister to the Court of St. James. Among
other customers Ebeling at that time num-
bered General Scott, General Sickles, Gen
eral Mcdowell and General Mcclellan.
While the civil conflict was in progress
Philip Boyer scraped chins at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, New York He recalls with
pride the fact that he removed Phil Skeri-
dams beard, and that he often gave artis-
tic arrangement to General Burnside's
famous whiskers. Ben Butler, he says,
always wanted a close shave, and the late
Governor Hoffman was daily patron and
a great hker Of bay rum
Itwas barber who eased with the witch
cry of his deity handled razor the last
weeks of Commodore Vanderbilt's life.
Soothed by the mans soft touch and gentle
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Did it ever occur to you to think how
wretchedly inferior as runner man is
70 nearly everv ether living creature2