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Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

How many amusing and ridiculous
scenes should we witness if each pair of
men that secretly laugh at each other
were to do it openly.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

An act by which we make one
friend and one enemy is losing game,
because revenge is much stronger
principle than gratitude.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

YOUNG lady who lately gave a milliner an
order for bonnet, said: "You must make
it plain, but still attractive and smart, as | sit
in a conspicuous place in church"
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10
ALL the year round-The earth.

WHAT a merry sound the scrape Of the
snow-shovel has upon the morning air.
Especially if you are snug in bed and some.
body else is doing the shoveling.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10
TWalla Walla Watchman.1
Use Words of a Willing Witness.

At the close Of mass meeting, according
to the report of the same published in La
Grange paper, reference was made to the
phenomenal efficacy of St. Jacobs Oil in the
many painful diseases to which mankind is
subject. We refer to the above as showing
how strong hold the Old German Remedy
for rheumatism has on the experience and
good wishes of the great public.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

A YOUNG lawyer wished to cite an authori-
ty on case he was conducting, and not be-
ing able to remember it, his opponent wittily
remarked, Though lost to cite, to memory
dear ~
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

The sales of the Frazer Axle Grease are
increasing every day, because it is as good
as represented.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10
A Household Need.

Send Scent stamp for S0-page book, on ''The
Liver, Its Diseases and Their Treatment Ad-
dress DR.. Sanford, 1872 Broadway, New York.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

HoT glass lamp-chimneys, baked apples and
hornet stings are among the Hottest things
known.-N 0. Picdyltne.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

REDDING's RUSSIA SALvE is the universal
remedy for burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, etc.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

WHEN a married woman buys pug dog for
a low price she gets bargain, and her hus-
band gets something to boot.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

BABY CABINET ORGAN-NEw STYLE 1O9-
THREE AND QUARTER OCTAyES, in BLACK VAL
NUT CASE, decorated with GOLD BRONZE. Length,
80 inches; height 33 In, depth, IA in.
This novel style of the MASON HAMLIN CAB
MET ORGANS (ready this month"; has sufficient com"
pass and capacity for the performance with full parts
of Hymn Tunes, Anthems Songs, and Popular Sacred
and Secular Music generally tretains to a wonderful
extent, for an instrument small, the extraordinary
excellence both to power and quality of tone which
has given the MASON 4 HAMLIN Cabinet Organs
their great reputation and won for them the HIGHEST
DISTINCTIONS at EVERY ONE of the GREAT
WORLDS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS for THIR-
TEEN YEARS EVERY ONE WILL BE FULLY WAR
RANTED. CASH PRICE $29; on receipt Of which 10
will be shipped directed. If RECEIPT AND TRIAL
IT DOES NOT SATISFY THE PURCHASER IT MAY DB
RETURNED AND THE MONEY WILL BE REFUNDED
EIGHTY STYLES of Organs are regularly mado BY
the MASON & HAMLIN CO., from the BABY
ORGAN at $22 to large CONCERT ORGANS a.
$780, and upwards The great majority are at $lO0te
$500 each. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES, CIR
CULARS and PRICE LISTS free.
MASON g. HAlHLlN ORGAN CO.,
l54 fremont St, BOSTON; 46 East 18th St., NEW
YORK: l49 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

"AGENTs are not angels" says Dr. Hep
worth. He means land agents; of course
book agents and lightning-rod agents are
angels. Courier.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

A MILWAUKEE policeman has fallen heir to
sec, 900.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

Never reflect on the past action which
was done with good motive, and with
the best of Judgment at the time.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

-Noodle-A person who haSnt sufii.
cient backbone to be fool.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

WE sometimes hear it sneeringly
said: That mans father was a boot
black; or that ladys mother was a
washerwoman. The sneers, of course,
are directed against those who are try
ing to make some figure in the world.
Would it not be well for US all to put
on the robes of humilityP The an
cestry of the whole human family
were only sayages. The anceS-
trail beginning of every one of us was
hardly worth Dragging about, and what
is worse, we greatly fear, that our pos
terity a thousand years from now will
be heartily ashamed of us.-Dr. Foote's
Health N0nthlytOr January. ,..
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

"A Sunday-school Superintendent,
who was in the habit of using the black
board after the most approved methods,
one day found the following on the
blackboard. The caligraphy will have
to be imagined: PLEES Mr., SUPERIN-
TENENT DON'T FIRE OFF Stories evRY
SUNDAY AT Us boys with AN Awful
ExAmpul of a BAD Boy IN each OF
Them.
NIV US A REST
HTIV 1T TO THE GIRLS.
uO SLOW.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10
G5O A WEEK. $12 day at home easily made.
Db Costly outfit free Addrs True &CO- Augusta Me.

aE [. eG1 per day athome. Samples worth S5
WI " ktu free Address STINsON %. Portland. Me-
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

GENTS WANTED for the Best and Fastest;
A Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles, Prices reduced
g per cent National Publishing Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

COO A WEEK In your own town. Terms and
OUO IS outfit free kddr's b. Halle&Co Portland Me-
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

GS7G ADAY. Ho,ct to n,aket. Something NewfOr
d lu AGENTS. COE, YONGE& Co, st. Louis Mo.
Sharp County record., 1881-03-10

AeEuTc Coin money with DIR. Chase's New
A9EE , Receipt Eook. Ours the only one gen.
uine By mail. So Address Chase Pubg Co., Toledo,Q
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-09-15
THE OLD FARMERS ELEGY.

on green grassy knoll, by the banks OF the brook,
That so long and 80 often has watered his flock,
The old farmer rests In his long and last sleep,
While the waters a low, lapsing lullaby keep.
He has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped his
last grain;
No morn shall awake him 10 labor again.
You tree, that with fragrance is filling the air,
So rich with its blossoms, so thrifty and fair,
BY his own hand was planted and well did he say
II would live when Its planter had mouldered away.
He has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped
his last grain;
No morn shall awake him 10 labor again.
There's the well that he dug, with its waters so
cold,
With its wet, dripping bucket SO moSsy and OLD,
No more from its depths by the patriarch drawn,
For the pitcher is broken" the old man is gone
He has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped MS
last grain;
No morn shall awake him 10 labor again.
Twas a gloom-giving day when the old farmer
died;
The stout hearted mourned the affecticnate cried;
And the prayers OF the just for his rest did ascend
For they all lost brother, man and friend.
He has ploughed his last furrow, has reaped his
last grain;
No morn shall awake him 10 labor again.
For upright and honest the old farmer was;
His God he revered, he respected the laws;
Though fameless he lived, he has gone where his
worth
VIII outshins like pure gold, all the dross of this
- earth.
He has ploughed his last frrrow, has reaped his
last grain;
No morn sh.s. awake him 10 labor again.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-09-15
Skull Maasurement.

Professor Flower, the well-known En-
glish anatomist, has published some fur
ther results of his researches with refer
ence to the human skull. He states that
the largest normal skull he has ever
measured was as much as 2,075 cubic
centimeters; the smallest, $50 cubic GEN.
timeters, this belonging to one of those
peculiar people in the center Of Ceylon
who are now nearly extinct. The larg-
est average capacity of any human head
he has measured is that of race of long
fatheaded people on the west coast of
Africa. The Laplanders and Esquimaux,
though a very small people, have very
large skulls, the latter giving an average
measurement of 1, 546. The English skull,
of the lower grades, shows 1,542; the
Japanese, ], ,486; Chinese, 1, ,424; modern
italian, 1,475; ancient Egyptian, l, ,464;
Hindoos. 1906.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-09-15

Zlethen's Hussars coming from Wavre
touched the extreme English left on the
Chain road, at about 7 p. NJ, that the
Duke of Wellington received the well
come intelligence of the arrival of the
Prussians on the field.
Compared with that of Sedan, the
battlefield of Waterloo is on a wonder
fully small scale, and easily to be appre-
hended. At tSedan the circumference of
the field is ut least fourteen miles, COM
prising about dozen villages, completely
hidden from each other by intervening
heights AT Waterloo the whole fields,
exclusive of the village of Plancenoit,
may be taken in at glance. The French
position on the ridge of La Belle Ali
ance WAS but 1,200 yards from that of
the English on the ridge of Mount st.
Jean, and the extreme length of both
positions, from east to west, i. G., from
Smoham to Hougomont, was about
$500 yards. The intervening valley,
which is but n slight depression, was
converted into quagmire by the tre-
mendous rainfall on the afternoon and
evening of the 18th, the ground being
impossible by cavalry and artillery in
the early part of the day of the 18th.
The state of the ground was extremely
disadvantageous to Napoleon's attack,
which was thereby delayed till IL A. NJ.
That the French, with total force of
about 10000 men, should have failed to
force the strong position on which the
English, nearly equal to themselves in
numbers, were posted in front, having
at the same time to detach about third
of their strength to meet the $4,000
Prussians who fell on their right flank
and took part in the fight of Plancenoit,
with 10000 more Prussians arriving
later on the field, cannot surely be con-
sidered any reproach to French valor
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-09-15
Broad Tires for Wheels.

Moderately broad wheels are prefer
able to narrow tires for use of heavy
wagons. To run in marrow ruts a wagon
with broad tires would not be desirable,
yet in our opinion tires three and half
inches in width would prove of easier
draught than those measuring two inches
wide. Of course the load is no heavier
with the use of the wide tire, but is dis
tributed over a surface of three and
half inches in place of two inches. The
resistance would be about the same IN
both cases, though in the case of the
wide tire distributed over nearly double
the surface. The depression caused by
the broad tires would not exceed one
half that caused by the narrow ones.
This cutting made by the narrow tires
increases the draught to an extent far
beyond the common estimate. As the
cutting up of the roads is lessened
through the use of broad tires, the cost
of their maintenance is considerably di-
minished.
This important principle is so far
recognized in England that a less rate
of tolls is exacted from teams with
broad wheels than from those with mar
row tires, thus paying premium on the
use of broad tires. For farm purposes
broad tires are decidedly preferable to
narrow wheels No one cares to have
his grass lands cut up by wheels if it can
be avoided-an injury which is more
likely to be inflicted by broad than by
narrow wheels. A team supplied with
the broad tires will draw a load of ma
nure with far greater ease over fallow
ground than that with the narrow tires,
by reason of the diminished amount of
cutting in the ground. The question OF
broad and narrow tires appears simple
enough at first sight, but it has long
been our opinion that whatever will tend
to improve the condition of our roads
without increasing the expense, that will
reduce the labor of horses, and thereby
lessen very serious cost, ought to en-
gage the attention of men capable OF
solving such problem. A year ago an
attempt was made in the legislature of
this State to regulate the width of the
wheels of heavy vehicles, but the bill
was defeated by those who should have
known better.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-09-15

RATES ON APPLICATION. A
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
A DEFECT SOMEWHERE


 One of the crying evils in our legal system is that there are 50 many loop holes through which sharp shrewd swindlers can escape p1nishmen1. There are cases occurring every day of bare faced swindling and robbing for which there is no legal remedy. The San Fran cisco Chronicle thus alludes to noted case:
 Some years ago an individual known as Colonel COlehour purchased 4GOacres of land near Chicago at the nominal price S1O0,OOO He paid s1OoO0 down and gave his notes for tue balance, secured by mortgage. He then laid of q railroad suburban town, and sold l5O0 lots for about S3O0O0G While the sale of his lots was progressing Le paid two years interest on his mortgage notes and pald portion or one oi these notes. The re- mainder of the debt Le left unpaid, and it now amounts to S150,OOO. The lots which he sold were purchased by poor men, who bnilt comfortable homes on them. When ColehouT had plucked hls dupes as thoroughly as possible he transferred his property 10 hls brother and then took the benefit Of the bank rupt law. Not a dollar can now be col- iected from him by legal process, and to save themselves from loss the original owners of the land have been compelled 10 foreclose their mortgage and evlct 1900 poor men from homes they have worked hard to pay for. There Is TO law to disturb Colehour or reach Ls lll- gotten gains. In commenting on this subject the Chicago Tribune says: It may be that the law Is too defective to punish such dishonesty and fraud, but public opinion ought to be strong enough to prohibit all business inter course with such a man, whose presence IS disgrace to the community he ill., fests." Such kind of men do not care for public opinion. The hand of the law should be so powerful and unerring that escape for them and their accessories in guilt would be impossible.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
4 TRAEzsTY OF yUsE-,c--.--..

In yesterdays issii1re of tbe CITIZEN we aluoe.Jp5o l'l-Jp5o some defects in the ai- nm ration of the laws of tLe country, which deteat rather than su5serve the ends Of justice speaking especially of the jury system as it is now abused. In the same issue We published a dispatch from Florence announcing the conviction of J. II. Floyd, who shot Charles Der nard-better known throughout the Ter ritory as American Charley tie 10th of last May, of manslaucIt Iter, and his sentence to five years in the peniten- tiary. The escape of this man Floyd from the mcritcj punishment for his crime is an outrage on humanity and a travesty of justice.
 The circumstances of the crime are briefly as follows: The victim of the murder was quietly seated in the door of his room, when Floyd, crazad with li- quor, passed along the street. When opposite where Bernard was sitting, he turned, drew hls revolver and shot him dead
 We have Do hesitation in pronOuncing the verdic5 and the sentence ID this case a mockery ot justice. It is certainly a poor guarantee for the safety of human life in this Territory. If crimes Of that character can be committed il this coun- try with such impunity then no mans life is safe. The fact that the victim was old and poor, and had outliyeI his use- fuluess, if he eyer had any, makes no difference with the merits of the case. In fact we do not believe thar the mur- derer had any animosity towards his victim. He simply aimed at humanity and Bernard received the baH and fell dead. It was sl>t-Simed at the secun- ty.s~----ri-d might have been the most prominent citizen of Florence who became the victim. In the person of Bernard the life of every man in that community v assaileI and endangered, and on the grounds of public policy different punishment should have been meted ont.
 An attempt was made by the outraged people Of Florence to lynch the murder CT, and in view Of the results Of the trial it IS almost a matter Of regret that tl.e intention was not carried out.
 There is something radically defective about laws or their administration when such a disparity between the crime and its punishment exists. If the verdict and sentence was all that the law made possible, then the law should be changed If, on the other hand, it is the admins tration os justice that is at fault it is high time that it was changed.
 Human life is or sLould be sacred and 1t needs stronger guarantees than the verdict and sentence in this case give il. 1
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23

THE San Francisco Chronicle is mak. ing general crusade against the defects m our judicial system. It is broad held and one which needs attention. and no part of it more than the jury system. In its inception the jury system was un- doubtedly protection to human rights, but at present the tendency is to ex- clude all intelligence from iuries and commit the trial of important cases ef- fecting the well being of society to a class too ignorant to read and too unin- telligent to form an opinion. To that condition has the palladium of our liberties" degenerated. Itopens the door to the grossest abuses, and when wealth and cunning combine, justice is almost powerless. It is impossible to-day any where in this country to secure all intel Egept jury who have not read some thing Of every important occurrence in their locality and formed some kind of an opinion in relation to the case. They must be excluded from a jury and only those who are ignorant and uninformed are considered competent to hear and decide impartially of the evidence. What travesty of justice. what mock cry of common intelligence! That ras- calls are able to escape deserved punish ment by bribery and chicanery is not strange, but it certainly proclaims the marked defect in the system or practice. It is not what Roman jurisprudence made the jury system and not what it should be now. Better the judgment of one intelligent man than panel of either knanes or fools. In the rural dis tricts this defect Is not so noticeable an evil, but in the large cities there is a reg ular vicious and ignorant class whO are professional jurors, and justice has largely become question of money. One of the evils resulting from this is the growing disposition in so-called or derly communities to resort to lynch law rather than give the criminal the chance of escaping in a trial before jury of lis peers. This produces gen eral demoralization, and it is high time confidence is restored in the processes of law. These defects should demand the attention of our jurists and some remedy be provided. Take the case of Guiteau. Of his guilt there can be no question, yet his punishment by due pro cess of law is by no means certain. There is no doubt but what he would be killed if set free, but there should not be any question as to the result of the trial We do not think that tEis defect Is in the principle of trial by a jury, but in the practice which has gr5J's Town i, ii1 os- tensloly to secure an impartial hearing, ol eAciuuIg as far as possible, those
 sno have any knowledge of a case or have formed an opinion. This excludes all but knaves who are willing to claim ignorance, and genuine fools, when the case is important enough to make rigid inspection of the jury. The Guiteau case will be watched with interest, for it will show the evils of the present prac- tce as no other important case has.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23
THE TROUBLE IS ROT ENDED.

A great deal of complaint has been made about exaggerated and contradic- tory reports in relation to matters in this Territory since the commencement of the Indian outbreak. Aside from the needless and wilfull lying done by the Associated Press agent, there has been
 moe ground of complaint here than elsewhere. Reports, with the above ex- ception, are as reliable as most Of those obtained from other sections. How many and Contradictory reports are re- ceived from all over, The gathering of news Tn this Territory is not so easy as ln an old settled country where there are easy mail and telegraph facilities Here We have an area equal to several of the Eastern States, and the first news of trouble is apt to be brought by an h. dian runner os some one half dead with fright The CITIZEN has spared no ex- pense to secure the earliest and most accurate information possible. It has endeavorel, -s near as possible tO get at the facts ra-ardlcss of whether they favored or hurt this or that official. Neither the news nor editorial columns of the CI-IzE1, have been prostituted to serve any ones purposes but those of the people of this Territory, who have suffered SD terribly and, as we believe needlessly in life and property. And now we shall fot lend ourselves to Ehe cry of "peace,r for there can be no peace anti some final disposition is made of the one hundred or more Chiricahuas, who through military i'm becility have found rendezvous in Sonora, from whence its doubtless their pmposeto raid along the border.
 Al the trouble in New Mexico-which We judge was also commanded by Gen eral Incompetency-was caused by a smaller band Of hostiles than the Chiri- cahuas now on the warpath. The ina ag- inary line between Mexico and Arizona is no protection, and our past experience does not warrant us in considering the troops nov stationed on the border as much more, there Is no telling where 8 blow may fall The only way to be safe is either to keep out Of their reach, or go in sufficient numbers and well armed to stand off the hostiles.
 To cry peace now and say that trouble is over and that tLe country is safe where these Indians are liable at any time tC go, Is to plan deliberate murder.
 We propose to take no such responsi- bility.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-10-23

WHILE there is a strong element of sympathy in England for Parnell and his coagitators, the great mass of the people of both England and Scotland will approve of Gladstone's determina- ton to enforce the law, preserve order, and protect life and property. The New York Tribune has received the following cable dispatch indicating this sentiment:
 "The arrest of Parnell has sent a thrill of satisfaction throughout Great Britain, and the event was entirely unexpected. There were apprehensiOns among the best informed people that the Cabinet would not agree on decisive action. No action of GladstOne's government has received such hearty approval All par ties from this moment seem no longer parties, but an undivided phalanK of Englishmen and ScOtchmen, resolved to put I,--,, tl,a t-aae-yIaatyIc ,lisIIUut-st as, itatiOn of the Land League. The repu- tatlon of the Government was seriously damaged by its apparent weakness, al though its purpose was excellent. The English nation was not disposed to al- low concessions, even in a good cause, to bt NdlIAtu ADO luls III A-i rsAd4A anu Scotland there Is now absolute unani- mity. The patience of the Government has exceeded tL,, limits of moderation. The insolence of the Land-Leaguers added da:iy to the indignation which the G. .ernment could not venture any longer to withstand. Even consistent opponents to coercion recognized that if the laws were to be maintained, the time had come when the exceptional laws deemed necessary six months ago should be enforced with vigor and decision. An international Radical like Goodwin Smith, a Workingman and Democrat like Thomas Burt, and an anti-coercion journal like the Spectator, join in ap- proving the determined action of the Government The last named said that the necessity to arrest Parnell was abso- lutely imperative"