Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Oliver t. Morton, the son of the
'War Governor of Indiana. is about to
publish hook entitled 1.-THE Southern
Empire" 1t contains three essays, the
first of which gives its name to the vol
ume, and is study OF the probable eff
feet on the western world of a success
full result of the southern rebellion.
Patrick Lynch, who for twenty
four years guarded the dangerous
Broad street railroad crossing in Eliza
beth, N j., where nearly seven hun
dred trains pass daily, is dead. He was
seventy years of age, was on duty four
teen hours day, and was worn out in
the railroad service. Now his work is
done by four fiagmen.
Except himself. bat two members
OF Oliver Wendell Holmes class at col
lege still survive. The famous class
dinners at public hotel have been dis
continued, but those who remain are
still annually entertained by DR..
Holmes In his own house. 1t has been
slXty-three years since the graduation
exercises of these three octogenarians
In their young days, the now cele-
brated artists, Thomas and Edward
Moran, We're employed in carpet fac
tory in Philadelphia, where they mixed
the colors used in designing carpets.
Their skill at this work attracted the
attention of the proprietor, who sup
piled them with material for higher art
work and encouraged them to study
after factory hours.
The idea of using beet Juices in
steam boilers instead of water has again
attracted some attention in Belgium.
The juices are heated to 24S degrees
fahrenheit. at which temperature there
is no danger of sugar inversion Steam
obtained is used in regular way about
the factory. The thickeaed Juice is
subsequently, reduced to a sirup in
triple efeet--Scientifc American.
What America Owes to Woman"
is the title of "a book which Mrs. Lydia
Hoyt Farmer is preparing for the Wom-
ans Department of the Worlds fair.
Mrs. Farmer solicits any suggestion
concerning The work of women in this
country, especially ''elther personal
facts of interest or statistics of the
number of women engaged in philan-
thropy, education or any line of labor,
mental or physical" Her address is
Cleveland, o.
The oldest man in England is said
to be Amos Jinks, native of Shrop-
shire, now living at Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire The claim that he
is one hundred and seven years old, it
is averred, has been investigated and
thoroughly verified by responsible par
ties. The old man is withered and bent,
his eyesight has failed, and his voice is
shaky, but apart from these evidences
of age he is free from physical infirmi-
ty. He eats, drinks and sleeps well, and
is not at all deaf.
Edwin Booth, the actor, has posi-
lively decided not to appear again upon
the stage. He has fortune of seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
which he does not appear ambitious to
increase. His professional and bust
ness associates have urged him to make
a farewell tour of the country for the
benefit of old theater-goers who would
like to revive their memory of his act
ing and of young people who have never
yet had an opportunity of seeing him.
But his reticence and lack of vigorous
health decide him to end his days in
private life, which is a matter of deep
regret.