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The Lexington record. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 1890-1???, 1891-01-01
The Grab Bag.

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due respect to whom it may con-
Germ? Not as a lecture upon a
particular path in life. Not as
structure upon the consciences of
others. In fact, not to be personal
at all. But merely to express my
convictions upon matter very
near my heart.
AT the recent orange tree bazaar,
the brilliant success of which has
gone forth, there was no more
pleasing attraction than that, stand
ing in majestic height, of one Lady
Bountiful. OF her a mother would
speak, would lay aside the cradle
lullaby for the pen just long
enough to ask through this medium
if in her gracious bounty this full
handed dame dropped into any
other heart and head the germ
she put into mine.
Even before the starting of the
machinery by which one extended
hand took in the nickels, and the
other bestowed the treasures, an
eager crowd of little ones was
drawn to Lady Bountifuls shrine
by the alluring proposition in
scribed high over her high head,
GIVE me a nickel and I will
show you what is in my pocket
And when the hands began their
taking in and giving out operation
eagerness became excitement, as
little boys and girls, lads and mai
dens crowded nearer to put in their
nickel and draw the secret prize.
And so the busy handing and hand
ling continued until the supplies
were exhausted, many little one
putting in one, two, three, or more
nickels, perhaps each time to be
disappointed in the trinket pro-
cured, and for that very reason
more eager to try again o."
Have you asked yourself what
drew these children to Lady Boun-
tiful, and held them there enchant-
ed? Does your reason answer
with mine, and many a better head,
that it was the spirit of chance
the gambling spirit? Far too we'll
is it known to educators and to
those who closely observe children,
that an influence in embryo may
become a mighty factor in the
moulding of this great thing we
call character. Therefore it is meet
that mother should ask that
all things in these delightful an
nual bazaars tend to help her mark
the good and blot out the i'll in the
dear hearts entrusted to her keep
ing.
TO spread out toys, trinkcts,
and bon-bons before the child and
bid him invest his pennies there to
the best of his ability, is to call for
the exercise of his taste and judg-
ment; while at the same time it is
in keeping with the legitimate
laws of trade, and has no faint of
that unwholesome influence which
is the inspiration of the grab bag.
A MOTHER.
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IMPERIAL ANHCDOTEA
Exploits In Which Germany's Emperor
Played . Chief Part

Exploits In Which Germany's Kmperor
Played . Chief Part
Vanity Fsir.1
The German Emperor has q torpedo boat
always ready at the so-called 'tMatrosen
station" or Sailors station, In which he is
accustomed to make excursions to Spandau
and other places from Potsdam. The other
day he was returning from dinner on the
boat, when he heard his officers calling him
by nickname which he could not quite
catch. Going up to them, he said: "What
is the name you give me?" Everybody
answered: 'T assure your Majesty that you
have no nickname" The Emperor was not
satisfied, but, taking aside q young officer
on board, he said: IT have asked in vain
what the nickname is that you call me; I
now order you to tell mel" Gas your
Majesty orders, am compelled to say that
it is-sGondel- ," The word means
gondola, or boat Willie; and, of course, it
refers to the Emperor's numerous voyages
by sea and river.
Another story which reaches me from
Potsdam is of a less harmless character.
The German Emperor appeared few days
ago before the barracks of the Guard Huy-
sara He dismounted and gave the Corporal
of the Guard orders to march his men away
silently into the officers mess close BY
Then he caused the alarm to be sounded BY
the Trumpeter of the Guard, whom he kept
by his side. The Officer Of the Guard, who
had noticed nothing Of the event, came
rushing out; but the guard was gone.
"WRere is your guard, sill" said the En-.
peror; to which the unfortunate man could,
Of course, give no answer. His Majesty
was nightly pleased at the result Of this
practical Joke.
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XKWs FROM THE ooLLHoxa

THEnew Leland Stanford Jr. University
has 40 students, 90 Of whom are women.
CORNELL and Harvard will probably bs
represented at tho Worlds Fair in Chicago.
The Universities OF Michigan and Oxford,
England, have 2, 420 students each this year.
BRowN, Harvard. Yale and tho University
Of Michigan all have fourishing political
clubs.
JoHs WARD, Of the Ncw York n1ne, will
train the Dartmouth baseball team during
the winter months.
YALB's new mechanical engineering build
1ngs will cost $120, 900, and those Of the Uni
versfty Of Pennsylvania $40 900.
PRINCETON has added 8 new professors to
her faculty this year, the University Of Penn
sylvania 10, Yale and Harvard 8.
AT the new Chicago University there will
be four quarters, each consisting of two
terms, six weeks in each term. A student
viii be allowed to choose any two terms in
the year for his vacation.
In the three most Important college foot
bali games this year, viz, University of
Pennsylvania versus Princeton, Yale versus
Harvard, and Yale versus Princeton, only
one man was injured, and that very slightly.
A CONGRESS will open this month OF the
University OF Pennsylvania. Forty Juniors
will form the House of Representatives, and
tions will be debated while they are being
discussed at Washington.
REPRESENTATIVES of Yale and Harvard de-
batting societies will meet in January to dis
cuss the subject: Resolved, That q young
man casting his first vote in 1892 should vote
the Republics ticket" Yale will have the
negative and Harvard the affirmative.
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PHOTOS SENT By WIR1
Ths Now Use to Which Telegraph Zines
Can BE Put Described.

The Now Use TO Wh1ch Telegfoph Lines
Can BE Put Described.
Electricity.1
The transmission Of pictures BY electricity
is one of the latest applications of the subtle
but extremely useful fluid, and the principle
of this new discovery is somewhat similar
to that on which the telephone is based,
use being made of varying degrees or light,
instead of sound, a, in the telephone. In
order to send a picture over a wire it is first
photographed on what photographers call o
stripping film, composed of gelatine and
bichromate of potash. After the picture is
transferred to this film the film Is washed
with lukewarm water, by which all but the
lines of the picture are removed, leaving
the photograph in relief
The point of tracing apparatus, when
drawn across this film from side 10 side,
rises and falls as it strikes each line of the
picture. This wave-like motion of the
tracer is made use of to produce similar
motion in another tracing apparatus at the
other end of the line by means Of compli-
Gated electrical mechanism, and each de-
preston and elevation in the picture is re-
produced in q wa1en cylinder on the
receiving instrument. To accomplish this
it is necessary to go entirely over the
picture that is being transmitted, tracing
lines across the surface. A single line con-
veys no idea of the picture, but as they
follow each other they gradually outline
the ohjest
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have already oyerdrawn to the extent Of
some hundreds"
The Admiral looked very grave. 'swhat's
the meaning of that then 2" he asked.
''Oh, it can easily he set right You SEQ
Pearson invests all the spare capital and
keeps Is small q margin as possible In the
bank Still it6ss too bad of him to allow
me even to run risk of having . check re-
turned. have written to him and de-
manded his authority to sell out some stock,
and have written an explanation to these
people. In the meantime, however, have
had to issue several other checks, so had
better transfer part of our private account
to meet them"
"Quite so, my boy. All that's mine Is
yours. But who do you think this Pearson
is? He is Mrs. Westmacott's brother. She
has been warning me against him-says he
is the rankest pirate in London. I hope
that it is all right, boy, and that we may
not find ourselves in broken water"
Harold had turned little pale a. he
heard Mrs Westmacott's opinion Of his
senior partner. It gaze shape and SUBJ
stance to certain vague fears and suspicious
of his own which had been pushed back as
often as they obtruded themselves, as being
too monstrous and fantastic for belief
she is a well-known man in the. city,
Dad" said he.
"Of course he is-of course he ie. That
is what told her. They would have found
him out there if anything had been amiss
with him. Bless you, there's nothing so
bitter as family quarrel Still it is just
as well that you have written about this
affair, for We may as-wel have all fair and
above board"
But Harold's letter to his partner was
crossed by letter from his parner to
Harold. It lay awaiting him upon the
breakfast table next morning, and 1t sent
the heart into his mouth as ne read It, and
caused him to spring up from his chair with
white face and staring eyes
"My boyi My boy!"
II am ruined, mother-ruinedf' Hestood
gazing wildly in front of him, while tho
sheet Of paper fluttered down on to the car
pet Then he dropped back into the chair,
and sank his face in his hands. His mother
had her arms round him in an instant, while
the Admiral, with shaking fingers, picked
up the letter from the floor and adjusted his
glasses to read it
'My dear Denver" IL nm. 'By the
time that this reaches you shall be out Of
the reach of yourself or Of anyone else who
may desire an interview. You need not
search for me, for I assure you that this let
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GAN TAKE A DRINK now.
; But Just One Makes Him Feel - II He!Hsd
Been on q Spree.

sBut Just One Makes Him Feel - II HeHsd
Been on Spree.
Last August 7 entered the Keely Institute
after long career Of drunkenness, says q
well-known citizen Of st. Louis In the
Globe Democrat I remained there three
weeks and came away cured although the
doctors said I ought to stay another week.
While in San Francisco last month L was
7sandbagged and robbed was laid up in
Tthe hospital for several days, and while
there the attending physician fed me on
boiled milk with little whisky In 1t. I
did not know my old enemy was being
Asmuggled into me until I finally detected
the familiar odor of my breath, and then I
was angry. But the doctors said I had to
take it, and the result was tho desire for
whisky returned to some extent.
Up to my entering the hospitalnot tsa-
spoonful Of intoxicating liquor had gons
down my throat since I left Dwight Tho
odor even was so nauseating I could not
enter q saloon. Now, desire and can take
q drink occasionally. but one drink is suf-
fcient to bring back all the horrors of a
.prolonged spree" I ON going back to
Dwight TOR supplementary treatment
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and the house rang with their laughter snd
| their chatter.
''It is three minutes to 10, '.c1ies Clara
suddenly, glancing at the clock.
Good graciousl So it isl Now for our
| little tableaur'
AS the doctor entered the hall he heard
the voice of Ida uplifted In q rollicking
ditty, and a very strong smell Of tobacco
was borne to his nostrilA He threw open
/, the dining room door, and stood aghast at
the scene which met his eyes
smoke, and the lamp light shone through
the thin haze upon gold-topped bottles,
plates, napkins and litter of oyster shells
and cigarettes. Ida, flushed and excited,
was reclining upon the settee, q vine glass
at her elbow and cigarette between her
fingers, while Charles Westmacott sat be-
SIDE her, with his arms thrown over the
head of the sofa, with the suggestion of a
caress On the other side of the room Clara
was lounging in an armchair, with Harold
beside her, both smoking, and both with
wine glasses beside them. The doctor stood
speechless in the doorway, staring at the
Bacchanalian scen4.
"Come in, papai Dor cried Ida
"Won't you have glass of champagne?"
''Pray excuse me, said her father, coldly,
"I feel that I am intruding. I did not
know that You were entertaining. Perhaps
you will kindly let me know when you have
finished. You will find me in my study"
He ignored the two young men completely,
and closing the door, retired, deeply hurt
and mortified, to his room. A quarter of an
hour afterwards he heard the door slam, and
his two daughters came to announce that
the guests were gone.
"Dearest Papa" cried Clara, throwing
her arms about him. ''Do not bo angry
With us. If you understood all, you would
see that there is no harm in il.
'No harm, Miss Who is the best Judge
of that2"
'Mrs. westmacott, +" suggested Ida. silly.
The doctor sprang from his chair. 'Con.
found Mrs Westmacottr' he cried, striking
frenziedly into the air with bis hands.
''My wish is, that you should forget these.
odious notions which you have imbibed,
that you should dress and act as you used to
do, before you ever saw this woman"
"We are to give up Mrs Westmacott7"
"Or give up me.
'Oh, dear Dad. how can you say anything
30 cuel," cried Ida, burroHing her tcwsy,
golden hair into her fathers shirt front,
while Clara pressed her cheek against his
whisker. "Of course We shall giyo her up,
If you prefer it,
fOf course we shall, papa"
The doctor patted the tYe ssreaing
heads
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CHAPTER+VfH

In hess than an hour'ths Admfrsf. VA
whirled into Victoria station snd found
himself amid dense. bustling. throng, who
jostled and pushed In the crowded terminus.
He walked to the railway stalland bought
q daily paper. This he turned and turned
until certain column,met his eye, when
he smoothed it out, and carrying 1t, over to
q seat, proceeded to read it at his leisure.
And, indeed, as q man read that column
it SCENE d strange to him that-there should
still remain anyone In this world Of ours
who should be in straits for want OF money,
Here were whole lines of gentlemen who
were burdened with surplus in their in
comes and their hands. Here was the guile
less person who was not q professional
money lender, but who would be glad to
correspond, etc. Here, too, was the accom-
modating individual who advanced sums
from 10 to 10000 pounds without expense,
and found himself face to face with Charles
Westmacott.
"Hullo, Admiralr'
"Hullo, Westmacottr' Charles had 81
ways been favorite of the seaman'a
"Maybe you know Bread street7''
"It is out of Cheapside.
"Well, then, how do you steer for Il from
here? You make me out . course and I'll
keep to i"
'"Why, Admiral, have nothing to do
I'll take you there with pleasure
''Will you, though? Well, I'd take It
very kindly if you would. I have business
there" On the way he told his companion
his admission, and the causes which had led
to it.
They at length found themselves in the
Office of small, brown, dried-up little chip
of q man. He was clean-shaven and blue
chinned, with bristling black hair and keen
brown eyes, which shown out very brightly
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he might have Thought that II was Ida and
not her staid and demure sister, who was
chatting to him.
"It will soon be cleared up, said she,
'and then we shall feel quite dull OF
course, all business men have these little
ups and downs. Why, suppose Of all the
men you meet upon Change there is not
one who has not some such story to toll II
everything was always smooth, you know,
then of course every one would turn stock
broker, and you would have to hold your
that YOU need?"
"More than can everget Not less thsn
e1s,0OO."
Clara's face fell as she heard the smouul
"What do you propose doing?"
'T shall go to the City now, and T Snail
ask all our creditors to meetme tomorrow:
I shall read them Pearson's letter, and shall
put myself into their hands,"
"And they, what will they dor"
"what can they do? They WIN ssrye
writs for their money, and the firm will be
declared bankrupt. But I must 60, Clara,
I must not seem to shirk. Ny place now
must be at my Offices"
eyes, dear, you are night God bless You
and guard you'll I shall be hero in The
Wilderness, but all day I shall be BY your
office table at Throgmorton street In spirit,
and if ever you should be sad you will hear
my little whisper in your ear, and know
that there is one client whom you will
never be able to get rid of-never as long as
we both live, dear"
1t was q singular sight which met Dr..
Walkers eyes as he entered the sitting
room of the Admirable little later. A great
sea chest stood open in the center. and al!
round upon tho carpet were little piles of
Jerseys, oilskins, books, sextant boxes, in
struments and sea boots Tho old seaman
sat gravely amidst this lumber, turning 1t
over and examining 1t intently, while his
wife, with the tears running silently down
her ruddy cheeks, sat upon the sofa her
elbows upon her knees and her chin upon
her hands, rocking herself slowly backwards
and forwards
"Hullo, DOCTOR" .sssd fhs Admiral, hold.
ing out his hand, '@there's foul weather
set in upon us"
"My dear friends, came IN TO tell you
how deeply We sympathize with you all
My girl has only Just told me about 1t. "
'It has come so suddenly upon us, doc
tor" sobbed Mrs Hay Denver 'Ithought
that had John to myself for tho rest Of
our ives-hesven knows that we have not
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THE ADMIRAL PICKED UP THE LETTER
seen very much Of each other-bus no~hs

seen very much Of each otherbut novhs
talks Of going to sea again"
'Tutl tutl this will never do, this will
never do, Admiral" The doctor sat down
by Mrs. Hay Denver, and patted her hand
in token of friendly sympathy. 1--WE must
wait until your son has had it out with all
these people, and then we shall know what
damage is done, and how best to set it right.
1t will be time enough then to begin to
muster our resources to meet it,
"Our resourcesr' The Admiral laughed,
fThere's the pension. I'm afraid, Walker,
that our resources won't need much mus.
tering."
''Oh, come, there are some which You
may not have thought Of For example,
Admiral, had always intended that my
girl should have five thousand from me
when she married. OF course your boys
trouble is her trouble, and the money can
not be spent better than In helping to set it
right She has little Of her own which
she wished to contribute, but thought it
best to work 1t this way. Will you take
would be best If you said nothing to Harold
about it, and just used it as the occasion
served?"
God bless you, Walker, you arc a true
friend I won't forget this, Walker" Tho
Admiral sat down on his sea chest and
mopped his brow with his red handkerchief.
"What is it to me whether you have it
now or then? It may be moro useful now.
There's only one stipulation. If things
should come to the worst, and II the busi-
ness should prove so bad that nothing can
set it right, then hold back this check, for
there is no use in pouring water into q
broken basin, and if the lad should fall, he
will want something to pick him up again
with
"He shall not fall, Walker, and you shall
not have oscasion to be ashamed of the fam
lily into which your daughter is about to
marry. I have my own plan. But ws shall
hold your money, my friend, and It will
strengthen US to feel that it is there
"Well, that Is all right, said Doctor,
Walker, rising. Sand if little moro
should be needed, we must not let him 60
wrong for the want of q thousand or two.
And now, Admiral, I'm off for my morning
walk. Won't you come, too?
mo, Lam going into town"
"Well, goodby. hope to hsvssAseesr-
news, and that all will como right. Qoodby,
Mrs. Denver. I feel as if the boy were nv
own, and ! shall not be easy until all Is,
right with,him."
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Boehm's system offngering was valuable
I'm his opinion so far as it improved the
: acoustica1 properties of the flute; that being
the fine fundamental principle of all wind in
struments, the mechanism Of keys being of
no Importance. Boehm, himself stated that
ito construct keys was an easy matter, but
to make notes difficult one" However
his system Is so simple that it is in itself q
great invention, as with 1t the fingers do
there is no sliding from keys to finger
ing, as on the old flute. All that is obvi-
ated by combination Of keys working ON
steel shafts, and when in repose all the
keys are open except D sharp. On the old
flute the holes and keys are not where they
theoretically should be, but are placed in
positions to suit the fingers
Boehm could never understand how II
was that the flute was played at the large
end, while with all other instruments it
was just the opposite, and as a result of
three years study of acoustics under DR..
Schafhantl, he crowned his labors by sub
stituting the cylindrical for the conical
bore The conical bore is largest at the
the cylindrical, more in accordance with
nature for the production of tone, is about
equal. The cylindrical bore admits of
freer passage Of a column Of air through the
instrument, and consequently with large
holes fuller development Of the notes.
When the holes are small and not in their
correct places the notes sound with diff
Guilty, and easily break into aliquot parts
(harmonics).
The Result Of Careful Study.
Boehm arrived at that conclusion after q
careful study of acoustics and natural laws,
and upon their practical application his
fame rests to-day. On being exhibited at
the Universal Exhibition (1S51) his i'm
proved flute received the gold medal, and
at the Paris Exposition G855) it was
awarded the grand prize (gold medal), with
a fattering testimonial Of its superiority
over all others, old or new. He had revo-
lutionized the world Of flutes, and it il NO
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Author Of "White Company" and Many Other Long an
Great Literary Merit
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS cHAPrERs

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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-07-09

Judge Glenni w. Scoheld was a per
sonal friend of Abraham Lincoln. A
Warren county private, having knocked
down his captain. was tried, convicted
and sentenced TO the Dry Tortugas
His friends urged Scoield 10 have him
released so he went to see the presi-
dent and told his story. Listening at
tentively Lincoln replied; Il tell you,
judge, you go right down to the Capt.
tol and get congress to pass an act au-
thorizing a private soldier 10 knock
down his captain. Then come back
here and | will pardon your man." The
judge says that there was such an air of
quizzical e~arnestness and desire to serve
him about the presidents manner that
they both broke out in an outburst Of
laughter. The judge did not press the
use further. Harrisburg Telegraph.