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ANECDOTES OF A NOTED MAN.
Franks and witticisms OF Richard Brins.
ley Sheridan.

Franks and WitticismS OF Richard Brins'
ley Sheridan.
Tell Lady Besborough that my eyes
will shine up at the coffin-lid as bright
ly as ever, said Richard Brinsley Sheri-
dan as he lay dying, the vainest, wit
test man of his own vain and witty
time.
Undoubtedly Lady Besborough sorely
missed his bright eyes, for Sheridan's
friends adored him even in those ruined
last years. He had so much fascination
and personal magnetism that they could
not help fOrgiVing him all his iniquities,
including the dreadful one laboriously
inyenting his good things overnight
He was ones staying at the country
house of LADY Of a certain age" who
liked his society better than he did hers
One day, when she proposed their tax.
ing p walk together, Sheridan excused
himself GA account of the unpleasant
ness of the weather. 4 little while after
ward she caught him stealing of alone
$50, Mr.. Sheridan" said she, sit has
cleared app" Just enough for one,
madam, he blitheiy answered, ''but not
enough for two"
lie and his brother-in-law, Richard
Tiskell, used, when they wanted to play
like school boys once more, to go with
their wives to Crewe Hall Once Mr..
creYe, who was made Lord Crewe after
ward, expressed a wish to meet the
fashionable poet, Richardson. of whom
he had heard Sheridan and Tisksli speak
with enthusiasm
II have invited him here. " said Sheri-
dan. HE is coming, positively coming,
tomorrow" And on the morrow Mr..
Richardson was presented to the
Crewes, who were Mortified by his vul-
gar pronunciation and manner. It was
not much wonder, for Sheridan had
hired one of their own tenants to per
senate the author Of THE Fugitive
At another visit there one day Mrs.
Crewe and Mrs Sheridan drove out in
an open carriage, and the two Richards
went ahead Of them on horseback. Sud-
denly. at turn in the road, the ladies
saw Sheridan stretched on the ground.
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FAMOUS VIOLINS.
Rare Specimens from the HandS of the
Most Celebrated Makers.


Rare Specimens from the Hands of the
Most Celebrated Makers.
There is no absolutely-determ
standard by which the superiority of old
viOlins from the hands of famous makers
can be established.
Perhaps Stradivari, Nicholas, who
lived and made violins in Cremona,
Italy, in the latter half of the seven
teenth century, should be credited with
popularizing the violin as much as any
one in history To be sure, Amati
whose name is one of the famous ones
still, was a little earlier and taught
Stradivari the art
But for the man who did most toward
establishing the present rule as values
for violins of ancient make the world
must look to Louis Tensio, an italian
collector, who was at the meridian in
the first quarter of the present century
Tensio was lover of violins, either for
themselves or the money that he &C
quired by trading in them. He roamed
about Europe, buying up old violins and
trading new ones for them. In old
monasteries he received many a rare
one, which the owner was only too glad
to exchange for one of the newer
finish. This goes to show how
little was then appreciated the benefit
of age which now is such an inn
portant factor in the value of an instru-
ment. Tensio was found dead one day
in his house in Milan, surrounded by
his collection of violins, which prob
ably could not be reproduced for its
rare and fine instruments to-day from
all the collections in the world.
The name of Guanarius stands next
to that of Stradivari to-day for excel
ence of make, especially the name of
Joseph Guanarius del Jesu, whose
dred years ago the Amati violins
stood higher in the value of the
world than those of Stradivari, but
they have since exchanged their posi-
tions. To-day an Amati must be excep-
tiOnally fine to be worth more than $500
or 5000, while as good specimens of the
Stradivari or Guanarius are probably
worth, respectively, as many and half
as many thousands.
One of the finest, or at least most
precious, Guanarius instruments extant
is that which Paganini used, and now
preserved in glass case in the Munich
pal Palace at Genoa. Paganini's pupil,
Sivori, is probably the only one who has
played on it since his masters death,
and that only once.
In this country, Mr.. Hawley, of Hart
ford, Conn.,, has an exceedingly valua-
BILE collection of rare violins He has
no less than five specimens of Stradi-
varia and three of Guanarius. One of
the latter is known as the King Guam
arius, that is the finest product of the
artist. 1t is valued at So, 500.
Theodore Havemeyer of this city,
has a number of rare and valuable in
struments. among which are more than
one Stradivari and Joseph Guanarius
del Jesu, with the l. II. S. brand of ex-
celence.-Chicago Journal.
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CURE FOR SNAKE BITES.
Strychnine an Antidote for Their Deadly
Venom.

Strychnine an Antidote for Their Deadly
Venom.
Baron Won Muller. an eminent scien-
tific authority of Melbourne, has dis
covered the real cause and effective cure
of snake poisoning According to Herr
Won Mutter the venom of serpents does
not destroy the tissues of the body, but
has merely a dynamic effect, suspend
ing the action of the motor and vaso-
motor nerve centers. This discovery at
once indicated that the proper kind of
antidote would be something which
would stimulate and increase the
functional activity of these nerve
centers." This remedy is supplied
by strychnine, which is directly
antagonistic in its action to snake poi
son. Herr Won Muller has applied strych-
nine upon large number of persons
bitten by the tiger-snale and other
Venomous serpents, and with inVari-
able success. The way in which he en-
ploys it is toinject ten to twenty minims
of the drug under the skin of the pa
tent, and to repeat the operation every
fifteen minutes until slight muscular
spasms are produced, these being an
pnfailing sign that the patient is out of
danger Large doses of strychnine may
be injected into the blood OF person
who has been bitten without producing
any injury until it has completely neu-
tralized the effect of the snake poison
Toledo Blade.
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HOW THEY FIGHT.
Famous Indian Fighters Tell the Method
of Warfare on the Plains.

Famous Indian Fighters Tell the Method
of Warfare on the Plains.
Just how the United States army fight
the Indians and what hardships they go
through with is a subject little known
to the ''tendeT-foot" of the East, though
it has been more widely written about
and discussed than almost any other
American subject.
How the gallant officers and men
brave not only the treacherous reds, but
the awful winters of the bleak North
west, in the words of army officers who
know, can hardly be imagined by the
readers of the most graphic articles on
Indian warfare.
Fighting the Indians is as different
from fighting civilized soldiers as it is
for a scientific prize-6ghter to battle a
man who fights in rough-and-tumble
manner.
The Indians usually have the advan-
tage, especially in winter time, for when
the soldiers are huddled around big
fire, unable to keep the off side warm,
the redskin is crouched beside little
pile of blazing wood with his blanket
wrapped about himself and the fire,
leaving a small space at the top through
which the smoke escapes.
The Indians fight in all sorts of shapes
and modes, and just what sort of troops
is best to use in conquering them is a
question depending entirely on the con-
dition of the country, tue tribe on the
warpath and the weather.
Another very important matter in
fighting Indians is keeping the troops
provisioned. and all sorts of difficulties
are experienced, while the foe is per-
fectly contented with strip of jerked
beef, which he cooks and eats under his
blanket when on the march. But It's
hard work at best.-N. Y. Journal
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IGNORANCE OR MENDAoITX.

Another Man Who Thinks That Money
Must BE Obtained BY Taxatloh From the
People.
The Mobile (Ala. Register prints the
following article, which the AlabamA
Rreeze copies without comment:
The Farmers Alliance convention, held AZ
ocaia, demand d among other things thai
the GoveFrment shall establish sub treas
uriea or depoStories in the several States
which shall loan money direct to the people
at low rate of interest, not to exceed per
cent. per annum on non -perishable farm
products and also upon Eeal estate, with
proper limitations upon the quality of land
and amount of money" OF course the Con-
stitutlon does not contain any grant OF
power to Congress to levy duties or COLLECT
taxes from one set OF men for the purpose OF
lending II to another set and it 10 hardly
probable that any people in the world would
compel its solvent citizens to lend their
money to insolvent citizens. The farmers,
IL they wish to borrow money. should do as
AL other people are compelled to do They
should go into the market and borrow it at
the market price and give proper security.
Here is another warning to those who
undertake to condemn the sub-treasury
plan without having examined its pro-
visions. The above is an example of
either ignorance or mendacity. Charity
would place the difficulty with the
former. If study or even a casual
reading of the bill had been given, the
error of supposing that the money Sc
cured by this method was first covered
into the Treasury through taxation
would have been avoided. Sections 8
and of the bill expressly provide as
follows;
Sec 8 That the Secretary of the Treasury
shall cause to be prepared Treasury notes in
such amounts as may be required for the
purpose OF the above section, and In such
form and denominations as he may pre-
scribe, provided that no note shall be of q
denomination of less than 81 or more than
$1,000
Sec. T. That the Treasury notes issued un-
der this act shall be receivable for customs
and shall be full legal tender for all debts,
both public and private, and such notes
when held by any Natiopal banking associa-
tion shall be counted as part OF its lawful
reserve
This plainly declares that the money
shall be prepaid by the Secretary and
not taxed from the people. There il no
taxStion about II. And the sub-treAsuPy
plan Il the only one yet given out that
will eliminate the idea of taxation from
the emission of money. The idea that
this money is first taxed from one class
of people before it Is loaned to another
Is absurd, and simply discloses the
ignorance of those who make the asser-
ton. 1t is just such articles AS the
above that mislead many good men into
a false position regarding the sub
treasury plan that otherwise would be
its hearty supporters. This fact shows
the necessity of educating the people
fully and completely upon its provis-
ions in order that such silly statements
as those given above may be refuted. =
National Economist
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Took Her Hend with Her Fortune.

A young solicitor the other day got a
verdict for client OF considerable riches
but little beauty. Shortly afterward,
in due course of business, he sent her a
somewhat formidable account. On the
following day his client called on him,
and asked him if he had been serious in
his proposal.
Proposal? But I have not pro-
posed, replied the solicitor, somewhat
aghast.
''What!' replied his fair client, calm
ly. "You have asked for my fortune
should have supposed that you would at
least have had the politeness to take me
along with it,
The next day she received a revised
account as follows:
miss B., debtor to Mr. c. for legal
business performed
Then in place of &c S. d." was Total
amount, Miss b. London Figaro.
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a 1AoRoueA GENTLEMAN.

HIS Ingenious scheme For Working 0p
Trade Meets With Success.
A woman was standing in the door Of
. magnificent house. A man with an
illustrated paper held out in front Of
him came along, and, seeing the woman,
started in surprise. Excuse me-" he
said, "but are you Miss Hortense Pink.
ney?"
mo, / am not" she shortly replied.
and then looked up the street
pardon me, but my motive in asking
is perfectly pure. have a box, evil
IDENTIFY containing jewelry, intended for
Miss Pinkney, and don't know where
she lives. have paper here with her
picture in it, and looking at the picture
and then at you-say, now, amt you
Miss Pinkney?"
81 tell you that am not. 1 never
heard of her."
''Then you are not a reader of the IL
Illustrated papers. In an illustrated arti-
Gle on the beauties of Chicago, Miss
Pinkney's picture appears, but of course
II you become angry and refuse to an
swer civil question"
81 am not angry, SIR she remarked,
softening. Il do not know the lady, !
am sure. Let me see the picture,
please"
Here it is" he said, ascending the
steps. Unfortunately" he added, as
he pointed out the picture of hand
some woman, 1.-The name and address
has been rubbed off. One of Miss
Pinkney's rivals was in our store and
seeing the picture, tore off the name.
Miss Pinkney has moved lately and we
do not know where she can be found.
have never seen her, myself, but there
is so striking a resemblance between
yourself and her picture"
"Oh, ! don't look bit like her, am
sure" said the woman, blushing with
delight.
Pardon me for disputing your word,
but you are the very image of her."
"Oh, go on; you men are so impu-
dent"
81 do not wish to be impudent, Miss,
assure you"
81 am not miss, sir, am madam"
"Ah, you see / have made another
mistake, but let me assure you that the
fault is yours"
She blushed again, and moved I'M
easily. eff l knew where Miss Pink
ney lived would direct you," she said,
''but really never heard of her."
''Oh, come now, haven't you been
often told that she and you look like
twin sisters?"
'Of course not" she replied, tittering.
"You men are so funny"
81 admit that a great many of us at
YOf 70 ho Int
we fail the press of the country too well
knows Well, / must go now. Aside
from the jewelry, have lot Of face
powder to take Miss Pinkney. She won't
use any but the Zimblecat powder,
which we make especially for her. OF
course we have to cater to her, for her
trade is valuable"
"How much of the powder have you?"
"Oh, quite a good deal. l always
take out more than enough to serve our
regular customers"
would you mind letting me look at
it?''
''Surely not"
'Just step inside, please"
When they had entered the parlor the
man showed her box of pink chalk
"What is this worth?" she asked.
"Well, it is worth ten dollars box,
or three for twenty-five. l would advise
you to take three boxes as our labora-
tory is behind and can not supply the
demand from the East"
"All right, will take three boxes. /
do so much like to deal with thorough
gentleman"
The chalk was probably worth fifteen
cents.-Arkansaw Traveller.
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PITH AND POINT.

Where you will find the girls and
boys industriously pairing an apple
bee.-Drake's Magazine.
-"Emmeline, can you keep a secret?"
he whispered hoarsely. 81 don't know;
dslphia Press.
Great difficulty will soon be expert
enced In deciding which of the two
cakes of ice left at your door is the
milk.-Lowell Citizen.
81 suffer dreadfully from insom-
nia," said the novelist. ''Then you
don't do your own proof-reading?
queried Cynicus.-N. Y. Herald.
If the time ever comes when an or
binary man weighs more than a ton it
happens along about the time boot
black calls him Colonel. RAMS
Horn.
"A clock manufacturer advertises
that his wares have "a dead beat at
tachment." So have we; No. rs, with
nails In the heels and extra heavy tips.
Philadelphia Traveller.
DO you have much excitement down
here on the beach? "Oh, yes. With a
good glass 1 can see sea serpents al
most any day" "a good glass of
what?"-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
-Son-"Father, l am twenty-one
and want a silk hat Father-'But
you haven't dress suit yet" Son
mo, but l would have to have one if
had silk hat."-Clothier and Fur
nisher.
You are more than beautiful,
madam" Don't fatter, sir-don't
aatter. can not forget that am thirty
years old" ''But what are thirty years
In comparison to eternity? '-Fliegende
Batter.
The Race Improving. - GLOW is
your son getting along at school, I'm
Gle Abe?" Mighty fine, sab. Citizen
ter be gem'man mighty fast. Ye jes
orter see how he makes fun of us two
ole ignerent niger folks when he
| comes home. 1t makes me mighty
proud, sah."-Epoch.
Returned for Repairs.-Dashaway
''Do you remember that some time ago
borrowed an umbrella from you one
night, when it was raining! Here 1T is"
Cleverton-"You don't mean to say you
have brought it back!' Dashaway-"Of
course have brought it back. 1 want
il recovered. IN. Y. Sun.
The Chief Clerk (aside)-"His royal
nibs amt himself to-day. Kind of
silent and sad. Wonder what's up"
Unregenerate Ofice-Boy (sotto voce)-
''Guess my little plan worked. Knowed
1t would when 1 fastened the type
writer's waller hair on his overcoat last
night An I'll do it every time he calls
me chump. "-Pittsburg Bulletin.
-Florine-"Have you heard, Wini-
fred, of the death of our young friend,
Charlie Addle?" Winifred-''No. The
poor fellows really dead, eh?" Florine
-"He is, and his death is an event
which will leave quite void in our lit
tie circle" Winifred How appropri-
atel 1t couldn't leave any thing that
would more eloquently recall him to
mind. Boston Courier.
"A well-dressed, notwithstanding
woman entered a street-car the other
day with her little boy of about six
years of age. On the conductor coming
to collect the fares, the lady handed
her little son fifty-cent piece, he being
nearer the door. The little fellow ex-
amined the coin carefully and then gave
it to the conductor. Scarcely had the
youngster clapped his hands, and look
| ing at his mother exclaimed triumph
antly: Mamma, mamma, he has taken
the bad fifty cents" - Demorest's
Monthly.
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He Needed a Wife.

A recent wedding in England was so
interrupted that the friend of the we'd
ded pair found special reason to con-
graduate them when the ceremony was
at last over. All went merrily until
the bridegroom was called upon to pro-
duce the wedding-ring. In vain he felt
in his trousers pocket for the indispen-
sable trifle. Nothing could be found,
except a hole through which the ring
had evidently fallen into the high boot,
which is adopted by young men of that
district. What was he to do? 'sTake
your boot off, - said the parson. The
suspense and silence We're painful The
organist, at the priests bidding, struck
up voluntary" The young man re-
moved his boot, the ring was found,
also hole in his stocking, and the
worthy minister remarked, evidently
with more than the delay of the cere-
mony in mind: Young man, it is time
you were married. San Francisco Ar
gOnaut
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Legislation is demanded in the public
interest, requiring that the capital and
mortgage bonds Of railroad shall
never exceed its actual cash cost Then
the public would willingly pay freight
and passenger tariff which would net a
fair remuneration to its owners. 1t is
unfair to ask farmers and shippers to
contribute to the payment of dividends
on sum two or three times the honest
cost of railroad. 1t is swindle The
farmers should rebel against such in
justice.
The above clipping from the Ameri-
can Cultivator expresses our sentiments
exactly, and has more sense in it than
many laundering leader. 1t hits the
mark exactly. Keep it going Elk
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apparently IN MS last agony.
while Tiskel stood over him the
picture of despair. After Sheridan
had enjoyed the general excitement
long enough, he rose and mounted his
horse. One evening during that same
heyday of youth, Sheridan, Lord John
Townsend and General Fitzpatrick came
out OF Drury Lane Theater, and, chanc-
ing to notice smart" cab waiting at
the door, Sheridan asked the groom to
let him take his place ''for minute,
just to try the carriage" The man
consented and stepped down, when the
three friends jumped in and drove off as
fast as they could toward Vauxhall, the
groom and a great crowd in full crv
after them. In later years Sheridan
did not like that escapade mentioned.
1t was with these two friends that
Sheridan and Charles James Fox used
to play cards at "Brooke's,'' sometimes
from ten o'clock in the evening until
SIX o'clock the next afternoon, a waiter
standing by to tell them whose deal it
was after they all got too sleepy
to know. Cards and wine led Sheri-
dan into bitter straits, but not
until after he had enjoyed to the utmost
his fame or rather his three flames, as
man about town, as the writer of 1.-The
new play, The School for Scandal, -
and as the orator of that speech at the
Warren Hastings trial, which was never
properly reported, but which Burke
says was 1.-The most astonishing effort
of eloquence, argument and wit of
which there was any record or tradi-
ton" At the close of the ''astonish-
ing effort, "Macaulay says that '.Sher-
idan contrived, with knowledge of the
stage effect which his father might have
envied, to sink back as if exhausted
into the arms of Burke, who Rugged
him with the energy of generous adj
miration."
That speech lasted two days. West
minister Hall was crowded to suffoca-
ton all the time lbanv ArouS
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N ire District court Of Barber County, Kansas.
Hartford Life & Annuity Company. a corr, a
Henry H. Briggs a.l0 Mary Z. Briggs .ho t....
Defendants. 'ptpofahon,
To Henry II. Briggsand Mary n Etr,o.s -
ration: PNSs q cOfPo-
You win take notice that you have hae, e,,..
by said plaintiff. in tha District Conrt of p LEU
Der county. kansas. and unless xor, .,,,s -.
the petition nSed III said action on ar $500. -
the sta day OF March tsai said pefsfio., , III
pc taken as true. ard Judgment r1.,te III
against you accordingly for the foreciosurs. Of
q certain morfgaRe executed and ieisy..,,SS ~, "
Henry H. BRIGGS and Mary n Es,i.,'. sre,i "
pand and wife. and George c. Sfre9s dasls
me 81 DAY OF August, isS7 upon :i,e fil.i
oescIlDeu rsa. estate III eArbex eo;.nfr srss,s
sss. to-Els: The Southwest atlstrt,.r ~ = 81
t5s foulhWest quarter O. OF section fTens,,
slght 30. and the south BALI ~ OF The so,sS-
east quarter ~ of section tWeDtv-ri,,. s.,as
,.o ..a,l thirty four is4l south. of range
WE'VE ~, West Of tise esh =. M And Tor. ne
ksie OF SAID reri csfate. eees,rsl ,,,- 4, l,f,r
Attest: ID. H. s. f.sFrIs, ris,ss
ELLIS sTEHfETAST & Bas.I.5qs1- ana a r
JONES, Attorneys Tor Plaintiff. IS
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CIeverly Dodged.

Mother (sternlyl-Laura, was that
young man kissing you in the parlor,
last night2 ] heard some suspicious
noises
Lanra-Why, mother, he was only
smacking his lips after eating piece OF
that splendid cake you made.
Mother-0h, was that alp Laura I
think you may invite him TO call again
soon.-Yankee Blade
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PaternaI Approval.

"You have been fighting, my son, :"
said the alderman from the 'Steenth
ward, severely.
Eyes, sir" replied the boy. 1.-THE
dirty little scoundrel on the other side
of the street told me you'd sell your vote
in the council any time for hundred
dollars, and 1 chugged him one on.the
jaw
THAT was right, my son. said the
alderman. zone hundred dollars''-and
he spoke with much emphasis and
decision would be no temptation. -
Chicago Tribune.
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The whalebone that the dressmaI1-
ers and others find so useful is what
may be called the jaw of the common
whale. 1t has no teeth, and lives on
animRlcules, little animals, that float
in great numbers on the surface of the
water. The whalebone is used as a
sieve through which the food is strained