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Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

feared for the coming of Christmas.
That was the joytime of the year when
the child was the very soul of it all,
and / did not dare think what that
father and mother would do in the
thick darkness that had fallen upon
them.
"When the time came around / tried
TO get them TO come to my own house
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

Mrs. Crawford-I always thought
smoking was such an expensive habit.
Mrs. Crabsbaw-Wcll, isn't itY
Mrs Crawford Why, no; bought
my husband u whole box of cigars for
Christmas, and all they cost was 60
cents N, Y. World. "
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

Niohi II iiNi NiNiA 'Ai
the graces of sweet womanhood. !
saw her one evening at a reception,
and though l was long past my beau
hood days, l could not resist the ra-
dance of this sweet girl, and, follow
ing her withmy eyes as she fitted about
among the guests, | asked who she
was.
"Why," laughed the gray-haired
woman Of whom asked the question,
"don't you know her? thought ev-
erybody knew Santa Claus Conway"
"Why do you call her Santa Claus?
Because she brings joy and eladness
and all good things to all whom she
meets?" l inquired, bowling gallantly.
II shall tell her that" smiled the
lady, though that is not exactly why
she was so christened. STILL" she
went on, musingly, chat was the rea-
son, too, though hadn't quite thought
of it So"
please 60 on with the story" sug.
gested, for / knew there was. story
that must so with the pretty girl who
seemed to be rather being out Of
book than one Of the everyday crea-
lures her associates were.
"lhere is a story" said my com
panion, "and | shall be more than
glad to tell it to you. Twenty years
ago, living not a dozen blocks from
where we now are, was a couple who
had been married ten years before the
light of a baby's eyes shone into their
home and their hearts. When at last
that wonderful light came which never
was on sea or land except it came from
a baby's eyes, and Of which no one
knows the radiance except those upon
whom it has fallen, that father and
that mother almost forgot there was
yet light greater than that which
blessed them from their bOby's eyes,
] do not say that ! am quite Of the
belief that God is such a jealous God
that lie will break the hearts Of His
creatures to crafty His pride, but |
am quite content to believe that we
should not worship any gift we may
receive to the exclusion Of our duty
and debt TO the gver, and particularly
the Great Givcr Whatever my opin.
ion may be, 1t has naught to do with
the case, and for four years this ia.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23
"A Modest Wish.

At a mission Sunday-school at
Woods Run the children were talk
ing of Christmas. Johnny, what
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

would you like for Christmas?" a
teacher asked of one little fellow. Td
like pair of pantaloons without
patches, ma'am," replied the boy
Pittsburgh hronicle.Telegraph.
Sharp County record., 1898-12-23

Willie Richdad-See what | got FOR
Christmas
Bobby Fivehites-Aw'-say, if you
let me play with it awhile, Iil-Tll
let you lick me.-Up to Date.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
NEW METHOD OF poAcHINo.
Fish Are Killed by the SimDle Firms
of q Rifle Bullet Into
the Water. =.

In England, where the game and fish
laws are much more strictly observed
than in this country, the "poacher" on
forbidden waters. who is too anxious to
escape. discovery to spend the time nee
essary to catching 6sh with rod and
line, will drcp a-dynamite cartridge
into a river hole and after exploding 10
will scoop up a baSful of fish, which
have fioated to the surface from the
concussion. An italian officer, Maj.
Michelini. who has been investigating
the qualities of bullet and rifles, haa
discovered that fish can be killed more
easily than even by the dynamite car
fridge. The Italian rifle, which is but
.256 inch in diameter, proved very de-
fcient in stopping power at the battle
of Adowa. Nevertheless at short ranges
the very high velocity of the bullet
gives rise to a powerful explosive eff
feet. Maj. Michelini one day fred ono
Of these guns into the water at an angle
of about As degrees. A dead fish al-
most Immediately rose to the surface.
On examination no wound was discov-
cradle in the body, the death being due
entirely to the hydraulic shock arising
from the impact of the bullet with thp
water. This view was amply confirmed
by further experiments, and many fish
we're killed by the blow of the bullet
on the water exactly as if by an explo-
sion of a dynamite shell. The effects
Of the hydraulic shocks seemed to be
sufficient to kill all fish withanetwo feet
to two feet six inches of the point OF
The impact.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
A BRAVE INVENTOR.
Striking Characteristics of the Ne.
markable Man who Invented
Dynamite. r

Alfred Nobel, the remarkable man
who invented dynamite, is thus de.
scribed by Henry De Mosenthal in the
Ninteenth century.
physically weak. of a nervous, high
ly strung and exceptionally sensitive
disposition, he was endowed with q
strong will, unbounded energy and
wonderful perseverance; he feared 10
danger, and never yielded to adversely.
Many would have succumbed under
similar circumstances, but the success
sion of almost insurmountable difficult
ties, the explosion of his factory caus-
ing a general scare and dread of the
deadly compound he was making, the
loss Of his youngest brother, to whom
he was devotedly attached; the conse-
quent paralysis of his old father, and
his mothers grief and anxiety conld
not deter him from pursuing his aim.
"The coexistence of impulsive daring
and sensitive timidity was striking
feature in his character. He frequent
iy demonstrated the value and safety
of his explosives with his own hands.
although he was particularly suscepti-
bic to headaches caused by bringing
nitrogylcerin into contact with tho
skin. They affected him so violently
that he was often obliged to lie down
on The ground in the mine or quarry
in which he was experimenting. On
one occasion when some dynamite
could not be removed from large cask
he crept into it and dug the explosive
out with knife"
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
CUYIEG A STRAW Hat.
There Is Sure to Be Trouble Ahead
fcr the Man Whcse Wife Ac-
companies Him.

The average man never thinks of re-
placing his Easter headgear until the
first hot day makes it feel like c cast
iron helmet Then he either rushes
into hat store and comes out again
poorer man in new straw hat or is
weak enough to tell his wife that he is
contemplating such { purchase.
This last is folly, for though wom-
an viii let her husband buy his winter
hats unai6cd she always thinks that
he needs her judgment in selecting
straw. She offers to go with him and
when he makes feeble demurrer and
says that he doesn't want to take her
time she folds her lips together with
the air of a martyr and says that she
will make the time" although she
ought to be making her pique skirt.
Thereisa preliminary dispute over the
shop, for she knows of department
store where you can buy beautiful
straw hats for So cents, and he has a
mans natural hatred for the places
where everything is sold. He gains his
point, and they enter furnishing store.
There is a sudden dropping away of
clerks, fer the hat salesman breads a
woman as burnt child breads the fire.
Finally a clerk is cornered behind all
embanl,ncnt of bicycle caps. The hus-
band asks for a medium-priced hat,
while his spouse pokes a collection of
Panamas contemptuously.
The clerk burrows i'll a mine of hats
under the counter and brings to the
surface an inoffensive lid of fine
straw. He sets it on the head of the
husband, who tries to look unconscious,
and doesn't know what to do with his
hands. The clerk says: "It is very
neat" and the wife says that it is en-
tirely too small for Il man with round
face. Another hat is brought up from
the submarine mine, and this falls over
the victims ears The wife shifts and
picks up a hat at random, which she
claps on her better half's head. He
looks like a comic valentine, and tells
her tc let the hat salesman select the
headgear.
The salesman goes to another coun-
ter and brings an armful of hats, which
Tic Tries Oh the uuS Odnu. L WOuIuH
be seen on the street with you if you
take that hat" she says, and he turns
slowly before a glass to get the view
from all points.
81 have just one more line" the clerk
says, and picks up the first hat that was
tried on. He hands it to the wife, with a
wink at the husband. She examines
it approvingly, why didn't you show
this to US frst?" she asks, sternly.
"Do take it, and let us get away from
here" she concludes to her husband.
The clerk claps it on the husbands
head, takes his money and address in
order to forward the discarded hat, and
they go out. When they reach the
sidewalk the wife sighs: Wasn't it
fortunate that l went with you? That
man would have palmed off that first
hat on you. It made you perfect guy,
too. Those salespeople have simply no
consciences! !"-Chicago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
CARE OF THE FINGER NAILS.
They Can BE Kept In Perfect Condl-
tton with Little Trouble When
Regularly Attended To,

A few minutes given every day, once
the nails are properly treated, will
keep them firm and exquisite in color.
After the hands are washed each
morning use the nail brush thorough
", and then when they are quite dry
push back, very gently, the skin that
is inclined to grow up around the
edges Of the nails. Under no circum-
stances use a steel point to push back
this skin, and do not cutit away as the
professional manicures are apt to do.
While the nail is still moist use the
point of file to remove any dust or
specks that the brush has neglected,
and then, with nail scissors, sharp,
curved and@kept for this purpose only,
cut the nails in a shape that suits your
finger tips. The ridiculously lcng nail,
which looks like q claw, is entirely cut
of fashion. Use the file to make
smooth the rough edges left hy the
scissors, and then take the least little
bit of red nail paste and smear the
tiniest morsel on each of the nails.
Don't let it get into the edges or roots,
for it is only intended as asort cf ell
to keep the nails soft and to prevent
their growing horny; then sprinkle
pinch Of powder on the polisher and
rub each nail with a quick, even stroke
that Will result in giving it bright
ness that is refined looking, but nota
brilliancy that suggests that one only
shines q her finger tips. After this
give the hands another bath, using hot
water and a delicate soap, then close
them and rub one set Of nails against
the other, achieving in this way
proper finish.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
A CURIOUS FACT.
1t Is Very Strange Yet True That
RadiantIy Beautiful Women
Love Romely Men.

"The older get" said writer in the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, 1.-The
more certain | become that personal
beauty has nothing to do with roman
tic love-I mean on the part of women.
saw an example on the street car just
nova creature as exquisite as morn
ing in May openly incoming over fell
low ugly enough to scare coyote out
of the Bad Lands. There was no sort
of doubt about it, either, and the rapt
way she gazed up into his misft mug
would have boiled six gallons of liquid
air. He took it nonchalantly. the raS-
cal. and didn't seem to appreciate his
luck. But that's the way OF it the world
over. Your ladiantly beautiful women
generally lo.e their hearts to men who
could give "a gargoyle points on plain
ness. and I'll bet if the truth was known
Paris was homely enough to break
camera. If lie had been a handsome
chappie Helen would have stuck to her
hubby and Troy wouldn't have fallen.
But what | started out to say was this:
There is total lack of reciprocity in
the GANG; and it's the rarest thing in
the world for good-iooking man to
become enamored Of a homely woman.
When he does you can generally bet
that his vision has been inspired by,
her cold cash. But if it wasn't for the
inexpicable penchant of Beauty for
the Beast the race of ugly folk would
be perpetuated exclusively by the types
of Venus and Apollo. Perhaps it's bet
ter. however, the way it isl
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
"COLCRED COLORS."
How Mineral Hues Are EnIivened by
the Addition of Coal Tar
CoIOrs.

The denomination of "colored coll
ors" may sound paradoxical, but as
matter of fsct mineral colors are fire.
quently met with of late whose dull
and little productive character is rem
dered more fiery and richer by an adj
dition of coal-tar colors. In general,
no objection can be made to such pro-
cedure, says the Male Zeitung. if colors
sufficiently fast to light are chosen,
is well possible nowadays. But very
often this is not done. Thus the eosines
likewise coloring with fuchsine and an
iline blue fades in the light. If one
wants to employ artificial organic coll
oring matters for fining. faster ones
should be employed According to NJ.
Bother the rather fast rhodamines,
next methylene blue and meldola blue,
which are very fast, deserve prefer
ence. Against the use of pcnceau,
coccines and scarlets. which for the
most part are not inferior as regards
fastness to the cochineals. whose place
they have taken, less objection can be
raised. Since it has been established
by the above mentioned observations
that for coloring varieties of carmi-
nette, velvet red, purple, cinnabar red
(vermilion) and chrome red such arti-
fetal organic coloring matters are also
employed as are liable to fade quickly.
this fact should be given sufficient at
tention in practice. Carminette is fire.
quently used, prepared with turpen-
tine and English varnish, as carriage
color; likewise vernilion and chrome
red
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
CLOVER CUSHION.
blossoms Are Dried In the SUN and
ChecgecIotF2 Used for the
Undercasing.

You love couch cushions You have
made them CT everything. from scrap
paper to fine needles, and you are sure
that there can be nothing new under
the sun in couch cushions. But there
is-a delicious suggestion which you
will adopt right away and pass on for
adoption.
Last year a girl who spent her sum-
mer in the country carried back in her
trunk the most fragrant, the most
crispy cool Of sofa pillows.
All winter long she kept the secret
of its makeup. The Egyptian embalm-
irg process was not more jealousy
guarded.
A week ago she revealed it. cts
clover pillow" she said TN tell you
now, because clover is coming and you
girls will all want to make one"
This is her recipe:
Arm yourself with broad brimmed
nat and a pair of shears and take
along a couple of clean, empty sacks.
Cut off the finest sprays of clover
bloom and with these mix about half
as many leaves. Avoid hard stems
and sticks. Fill your sacks.
When your sack is tied and full put
il on the grass where the sun can best
shine upon it. You will find by the
time the second bag is stuffed the con-
tents Of the first one will have wilted
TO one~half size. The bag will need
reflling.
When the sacks are brought home
spread clean sheet under sunny win
dow and on this empty your treasure.
Spread the blossoms out evenly and
cover with a second sheet. Let them
remain there for several days. Shake
them up and respread them several
times each day until the leaves crackle
when pushed between the fingers. They
will then be ready fer the pillow.
An undressing is, of course, ne
cessity. Cheesecloth makes an excel
lent one for a clover cushion.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
NOT A COWARD.
The Strange Effect of Nervous Strain
ON "a Brave Little Soldier
in Cuba.

Nervous excitement is responsible
for much that might pass for cow
ardice. The author of "A Cuban Expe-
dition" speaks of one dreadful day,
when he and his comrades sat in wet
ditch and waited, concealed. while the
SPaniards were so near that escape
seemed almost impossible.
The discomfort of our predicament
up to the middle in mud and water,
with the rain pouring down on US
was at the moment unfelt, in our ex-
citement and eagerness in watching
the enemy. Little Joe Storey. who was
next to me, was trembling all over.
Suddenly he grasped my arm and whis-
pered:
"Oh, what shall do? must scream
or fire off my rifle! 1 can't help it."
l, too. felt that he would do either
the one or the other, and l whispered
back the first thing that occurred to
me.
storey" I said "if you make the
least noise, I'll stab you to death!"
Then l told him to keep his eyes
closed, and try to think of something
else. until he heard the first shot fired.
After that he might shout as loudly as
he liked. put one arm about his neck
and drew him close to me. There,
trembling, he rested like quiet child.
Presently his excitement wore off, and
he became used to the situal lion; then
he was heartily ashamed of his break
down.
But Storey was not a coward, He
was a gallant little soul in action, and
only his tortured nerves were respon-
sible for this temporary revolt.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

About half million pairs CT boots
are stored every year at the army
clothing factory in England.
\ machine has Just been completed
that will count and bind in packages
100000 postal cards in ten hours.
The constitution for local Christian
Endeayorsocieties has been translated
and printed in 81 different languages.
Fifteen feet of wood, 80 feet below
the surface of the ground, was recent
ly bored through by drill in Hart
ford
The fare for the trip from Matadi
to Stanley Pool, on the new Congo rail
way, is $40, though the time is only 90
hours.
Evidences of glacial action were dis
covered in Australia III 1859 by an Eng
lish geolOgist, but as the spot was not
definitely located, it was not redis-
covered till few months ago. 1t is
the only spot of the kind known on
that continent.
All the celebrated dead in the old
GTanary burying ground at Boston are
d l idSl OO tttiiIil9 SGItGOit tCEI lO41SS.
John Hancock and Samuel Adams have
recently been So hororcd, and James
Otis is about to receive the same long
delayed attention.
Sir Ben jamin W. Richardson consid-
cred good s}eePers as the best possible
patients, certainly the most durable
He says: Il would always rather hear
that sick person had slept than that
he had taken regularly the prescribed
medicine during sleeping hours"
February, 1866, was in one way the
most wonderful month in the worlds
history. 1t had no full moon. Janu-
airy had two full moons, and so had
March; but February had none. This
remarkable state of things had never
happened before, since the era we as
sign to the Creation
A marble bust Of the late James G.
Blaine has been placed in the rotunda
of the statehouse at Augusta, Me. It
is the work Of Prof. G. Trentanove, the
Italian sculptor. The bust is a gift
to the state, and, while the name of
the donor is kept a secret, it is said
to be Joseph II. Manley, who, for Sc
many years. was the confidential
friend and political lieutenant CT the
great Maine statesman.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
A BOYS LAMEN r.

I'd like to hunt the Injuns. at roam the
boUndless piainl
I'd like to be pirate an plow the ragin'
manl
An capture some big island. in lordly pomp
to rule,
But just can't be nothin, cause got to
go to school.
Most all great men, so 1 have read. has
been the ones at got
The least amount o learnin' by hickerin
pitch-pine knot.
An many a DARN boy like me grows up
to be a fool
An never mounts to nothin' cause he's
got to 60 to school.
Ia like to be cowboy, an rope the Texas
stecri
Tdlilzc to be a s.euth-houn' er bloody buc-
career!
An leave tho foe to welter where their
biood has made pool,
But how kin l git famous? cause got to
80 to school.
don't see how my parents kin make the
hig mistake
O. keep:n' down boy like NE ats got
Lane to make,
1t amt 10 wonder boys is bad an balky as
mule,
Life amt worth livin' if you've got to waste
yer time in SCHOOL,
I'd like to be regarded as Tho Terror of
the Plainsi''
I'd like to hear my victims Shrek an cianll
their prison chainsI
I'd like to face the enemy with gaze serene
an cool,
An wipe 'em off the earth! but, pshaw! 1
got to go to school!
What good is 'rithmetic an things except
in jest fer girls,
Err them Fauntieroys at wears their hair
in twisted curIs?
An If my name is never seen on h:s'try's
page, why you'll
Remember at it's all because I got to go
to school
Nixon Waterman. in L. A. ". Bulletin
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
soher and su.peetea.

This is how he came to swear:
1t was four a. m. when he got home.
He didn't tumble around 'the'latch
for an hour, stutter in his talk, or
awaken everyone in the neighborhood
with an unseemly noise. He was
sober; hadn't drunk drop.
Instead, he struck the keyhole at
the first attempt and entered. Al vas
quiet. He put his hat and coat on the
hall rack and was about to take of his
shoes before going upstairs, when an
old, familiar voice sounded gratipgly
on his ear:
"Is that you. Jack?" '7''
Eyes, Nell"
Then he began,. -
"It's three minutes after four. did
not let the cat follow me in. I've just
returned from one of our caucuses.
The gas is turned down low. The doors
are all locked; the windows fastened
I paid the taxes this afternoon, Mary's
baby's got the measles. That isn't our
dog barking"
And when he tumbled into bed Nell
looked at him out of sleepy eyes and
said:
"Jack, you've been drinking. N. 0.
Times-Democrat. r.ss.af
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
2eplyr Pudding.

Moisten two tablespoonfuIs of corn
starch with cold water, then add suf-
ficient boiling water to form a thick
starch. Add to this little sugar, the
grated rind and juice OF two lemons,
and the beaten yoiks of two eggs
Bake this for about 5 minutes. Whip
the whites of two eggs stiff with a
little sugar and lemon juice, and
spread this on the pudding. Put it in
tne oven until the egg is set, and serve
when cold, with whipped cream.-Bos-
tom Globe
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
A Spanish Trn.says.

Don Carlos is very nearly as ex
perienced a tramp as Admiral Camara.
He was ordered out CT Russia and went
to Belgium. The Belgian government
urged him to depart, and he went to
Switzerland. Now Switzerland has told
him that his room is preferable to his
company, and he must move on again.
There is one country he has thus far
studiously avoided, and that IS Spain.
Boston Journal
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
LITTLE KNOWN ISLANDS.
PecuIiarittes of Dress and Customs
In the Recently Acquired
F0roes of Denmark.

The Farce islands have been incor.
poratcd with the kingdom of Denmark
for many years and send two members
to the Danish parliament, but they re-
tain certain degree of independence.
Their local affairs are managed by an
assembly which sits in Thorshavn and
still is called the lagthing though it is
under the presidency of an amtrnan apr
pointed by the king; and they enjoy
special exemption from conscription
and from export and import duties,
says Placlnyood's Magazine.
Both sexes have an air of refinement
and dignity often seen among true
peasants, but the men are usually hand
some. They are not tall, but strong
and well built. with broad shoulders
and magnificent calves.
Their costume shows them off to the
best advantage. for It consists with the
exception Of a loose coat, which is not
always worn) of tight fitting garments
"a knitted guernsey or a cloth Jacket
adorned with silver buttons black knee
breeches. felt-like gray stockings and
hide shoes; while their high caps. col
ored in narrow stripes of red and hl ue
or black. add to their apparent height
If one of them is asked to what ma
tionality he belongs he will answer:
ITO Farce" md if reminded that Farce
is now a province cf Denmark, yes"
he viii say, but our ancestors came
from Norway and the only Dane who
came near these PARTS at the settling
was killed in Iceland"
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
The Excuse.

Miss Fethertopp (tosportsman who is
exhibiting his day S shooting)-Oh, how
could rou kill these dear pretty birds?
think it IS positively cruel.
Sportsman-I suppose you know
there is a great demand for these for
hat ornamentation?
Miss Fethertopp-Oh of course, if
it is q case Of necessity, it is perfectly
excusable.- -Bogton Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1898-12-10
Her idea of Beaux.

The ideas of children as to tho
beaux of kitchen maids are sometimes
rather limited.
maggie said little girl not long
ago. "have you beau?'
''Why, of course. have" repliedMag-
gle.
well. then" persisted the little one.
"what is he-a policeman or street
car conductor rT'-Chicago Post,