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Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
The Value of Turpentine.

After a housekeeper fully realizes
The worth of turpentine in the house.
hold she is never willing to be without
a supply of it. 1t gives quick relief
to burns; it is an excellent application
for corns; it is good for rheumatism
and sore throats, and it is the quick est
remedy for convulsions or fits. Then
it is sure preventive against moths;
by just dropping a trife in the bottom
of drawers, chests and cupboards it
will render the garments secure from
injury during the summer, 1t will
keep ants and bugs from closets and
ST. rerooms by putting f'w drops in
the corners and upon the shelves; it is
sure distinctions to bedbugS and will
eff !ctually drive them away from their
haunts if thoroughly applied to the
joint of the bedstead in the spring
cleaning time, and injuries he ther
furniture nor clothing. A AspOOnful OF
it added 10 pail of warm water is
excellent for cleaning paint A little
III the suds on washing day lightens
laundry labor Pioneer Press
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
The Lessons of "Unser Fritz" Case.

The greatest doctors in Europe don'tseem
to know what ails "Unser Fritz"
Thus are the Garfield and Grant episodes
repeated, and public confidence in 'expert"
medical knowledge is again shaken.
The effect is revulsion.
Since the fatal days of 1888, many of the
doctrines of the schoolmen concerning eX-
tensive medication have been abandoned,
and all schools of practice are more and
more relying upon old-fashioned simple root
and herb preparations and careful nursing
the only reliances known to our ancestors.
These methods and reliances are illus
trated to-day in a series of old-fashioned
roots and herbs preparations recently given
to the world by the well-l1nown proprie-
tors of Warmers safe cure-preparations
made from formula possessed by many OF
our Oldest families, and rescued for popular
use, and issued under the happy designa-
ton of Warmers Log Cabin Remedies.
"My son." exclaimed venerable woman
to the writer when he was a boy, "my son,
your yeller and pale and weak like lookin',
your needin' good shaking up with some
sas'parip."
A Jug of spring sarsapariAa was just as
necessary in the "Winter supplies" Of fifty
years ago as was barrel of pork, and
famous medical authority says that the very
general prevalence of the use of such a
preparation as Log Cabin Sarsaparilla ex-
plains the rugged health of our ancestors.
While Warmers Log Cabin Sarsaparilla is
an excellent remedy for all seasons of the
year, it is particularly valuable in the
spring, when the system is full of sluggish
blood and requires natural constitutional
tonic and lnvigorator to resist colds and
pneumonia, and the effects of long winter
Philo NJ. Parsons, clerk of the City Hotel of
Hartford, Conn, was Frustrated with cold
which, he says, "seemed to settle through
my body. neglected it and the result was
my blood became impoverished and poi
soned, indicated by inhamed eyes. Twas
treated, but my eyes grew worse. was
obliged to wear shade over them. feared
that would be obliged to give up work"
"Under the operation of Warmers Log
Cabin SarsaparilaAnd Liver Pills." he
saws, 1.-THE sore snd infamed eyes disap-
peared. My blood, know, is in healthier
condition than it has been for years. lhave
a much better appetite. I shall take several
more bottles for safety's sake. Warmers s
Log Cabin SarsapariIa is great blood
purifier and most heartily recommend it,"
A few bottles of Warmers Log Cabin Sar-
saparilla used in the family now will save
many week of sickness and many dollar
of bills. Use no other. This is the oldest,
most thoroughly tested and the best, is put
up in the largest sarsaparilla bottle on the
market, containing 12D doses. There is no
other preparation of similar name that can
equal it. The name of its manufacturers IS
a guarantee of its superior worth.
While the great doctors wrangle over the
technicalities of an advanced medical science
that can otcure disease, such simple prep
arations yearly snatch millions from IN
timely graves.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
ITEMIZED INTEREST.

PORTLAND, Me, was Incorporated as city
In 1882, with population OF $4,000. Maine
became State in 1920
ACCORDING to a Californian, who has just
returned from Sitla, that great town has q
population Of only 300 persons.
THE young ladies of Brooklyn have adopt
ed the conceit of wearing single blossoms
of flowers in their mouths. Brunettes
affect rcd ones, blondes take to yiOlets,
and carnations, heliotropes and daisies are
used.
MRs. CLARA FOLTz, the woman lawyer,
political orator, and eX-editor Of San Diego,
Cal, declares her intention Of offerin g
her vote at the fall election, and Of carrying
her case to the highest court if her ballot be
refused
TIE three Ewing brothers, of Lawrence
burg, Ind, were born at the same time
ffty-four years ago. They ale said to be
the oldest, largest and best-loOking triplets
in the Unied States. Abel weighs 222j
pounds, Joshua 243, and Putnam 24o; total,
1l6 pounds
THE other day, near Charlotte, N. c., a
poor workman named Marsh accidentally
struck with hammer one of a heap OF
stones that had long lain unmOlested in a
vacant lot, and was astonishcd to find the
rock rich in gold. The discovery has caused
excitement, and it is asserted that the rocks
and the bed Of the streams about Charlotte
arc full Of gold,
THE area of the dry land of the world is
estimated at 55,CG0,GOO square miles, the
area of the ocean at 1372O0,0CO square
mics. The bulk of the dry land above the
level of the sea is %, 100000 cubic miles, and
the volume of the waters Of the ocean is
1898, 100000 cubic miles The mean height is
$3.50 feet, and the mean depth Of the whole
ocean is 12,4S0.
a CERTAIN man in OglethOrpe County, Ga,
who works at the trade of blGcksmithing,
never being blessed with son to help Kim
in his shop, has daughter who well sup
plies the deficiency She wields the sledge
with a grace and power that would put
many members Of the sterner sex to shame,
and Withal is described as most attractive
young woman.
IN the quaint Pennsylvania community
of Economy every inhabitant is compelled
to rigidly conform to somewhat CXacting
rules. Every one is required to attend
church twice every Sunday and hear two
sermons from Father Henrici. Any one
found out Of bed after nine o'clock on any
night is Immediately banished from the
town, and all are required to rise at that
poetic and lyric hour five o'clock in the
morning" In addition to threeo of the squar-
est possible square meals daily, a free
luncheon is served to the whole community
at nine o'clock every morning and at three
o'clock every afternoon, and at each OF
these hours pint of wine is meted out tG
every man, woman and child
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
"IF a woman is pretty,
To me tits no matter,
BE she blonde or brunette,
So she lets me look at her,

An unhealthy woman is rarely, if ever
beautiful. The peculiar diseases to which
so many of the sex are subject are prolific
causes of pale, sallow faces, blotched witt
unsightly pimples, dull lusterless eyes ant
emaciated FORMS Women so afflicted, car
be permanently cured by using Dr.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription; and with the restor
alton of health comes that beauty which
combined with good qualities of head and
heart, makes women angels of loneliness
"Favorite Prescription" is the only medi.
cine for women, sold by druggists, under a
poSitiOe guarantee from the manufacturers
that it will give satisfaction in every case
or money will be refunded This guarantee
has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, and
faithfully carried out for many years.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

WE would be pleased to know of man or
woman who has never had headache or been
subject to constipation. AS these seem to
be universal troubles little advice may be
in order Why should persons cram their
stomachs with nauseating purgative pills,
etc., which sicken and debilitate when such
pleasant and sterling remedy as Pricllly
Ash Btters will act mildly and effectively
on the liver, kidney, stomach and bowels,
and at the same time tone up and strength
en- the whole system, causing headache,
constipation and all such distressing evils
to quickly disappear
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
A DASH OF HUMOR.

The court of Ulster County, N. Y, has
decided that Hop Bittcrs is an intoXic&t.
ing beverage within the meaning Of the ex.
else laws.
"DEAR me, how close the poor cows are
,rowded together she remarked. Yes
iiaam, but we have to do it.n "Why sop
Ito get condensed milk
A FASHION paper says that jewelry is very
much out of place on a baby, 1t is es-
pecially out of place when the baby insists
onadorning the interior of its stomach with
the trinkets.
WOMAN is very appropriately called the
"tender sex.n Man is the locomotive
strong and noisy, but it is the tender meek
~ following in the rear that carries the
coal and water.
TIE differences between the prize fight
ers are now being settled in the news.
papers Each charges the other with being
q low order of brute and the world believes
every thing said in this line.
A FRENCH investiga tor has come to the
conelusion that women have a larger pro,
portion Of brown eyes than men. But
things are cvened up by the fact that men
have the greater number of black eyes.
"PA,n inquired little boy, "if you can
say that people run for Office why can't
you say that people walk for Office" "Be-
cause they are i'll too big a hurry to walk
explained the intelligent father.
"ILIKE smart women well enough" said
Henderson; "but wouldn't care to marry
woman who knew more than J. did"
"And So" suggested Fogg, "yoll have
been forced to remain SINGLE
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
HOw's Your Liver?

The old lady who replied, when asked how
her liver was, "God bless me, Inever hoard
that there was such thing in the house, u
was noted for her amiability. Prometheus,
when chained to rock, might as well have
pretended to be happy, as the man who is
chained to a diseased liver For poor
the use of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, the disagreeable feelings, irritable
temper, constipation indigestion, dizziness
and sick headache, which are caused by a
diseased liver, promptly disappear.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Buck wheat, wheat and oats rank
first among egg-producing foods
1t is not the wear of summer, but
the rust of winter, that ruins agri'
cultural tools and machinery.
In no way can farmer with less
trouble enrich poor field with scanty
herbage than by feeding sheep on it.
In filling your ice houses set the
cakes on edge Ice put up this way
will last nearly twice as long as when
laid fiat.
The farmer who has lot of tur-
nips, carrots, beets, pumpkins and
potatoes stored away, can greatly
economize in food, as well as rival
those who have a supply of ensilage.
Look out for lice; while they are
not as hard on hogs as they are on
chickens, they are very uEsightly, and
cause the poor creatures a great deal
of discomfort when they have to keep
up III IHCtoouuu oCl ulShIhS
For wounds made on horses OF
cattle, by barbed wire fences, there is
nothing better than composition
made of carbolic acid half an ounce,
glycerinc eight ounces, and water
eight ounces. A syringe is q good
thing to eject this medicine into the
wound.
Where land had been plastered to
death or hardened by the use of plas'
ter until it would torn a cement on
the surface like q sun-dried brick, one
application of two hundred pounds OF
salt per acre would mellow it up and
counteract the cement formation and
let the land breathe once more.
In estimating the value of manure
or fertilizer always take into con-
sideration the cost of hauling the
same to the fields as we'll as the
facility with which it can be applied.
Very bulky material, though valuable,
may sometimes cost more than it is
worth if hauled long distances or over
heavy ground.
The hog cholera, says the Indiana
Farmer, was somewhat prevalent in
1858 The papers of the time, men,
tioning that fact, contain the follow
ing recipe: Some of the Western
farmers have found that by giving
their hogs corn mixed with tar, they
have cured the cholera among their
hogs and prevented the spread of it.
On too many farms the little re-
pairs are neglected until it becomes
necessary to exrend nearly as much
as new buildings, fences and imple'
ments would cost. A good kit of tools
with paints and brushes will enable
many farmer to keep his premises in
repair, and thus add more than theil
cost to the market value of his prop.
erly If the form buildings and fences
are kept in repair. it is generally taken
as an indication that the farm is well
managed in every other respect
The miserable appearance of most
yearlings in spring is due to Ignorance
of their requirements. The young call
has not in its first year teeth adapted
to chewing dry, solid food, and if fed
whole grain will void q larger portion
of it than an older animal. While ii
has succulent grass there is no trouble,
but when confined to dry cornstalks
and straw it is impossible for it 10 get
sufficient nulrment Clover hay is
best, and if to this be added handful
daily of corn and oatmeal mixed, the
animal, if warmly sheltered, will keep
on growing in winter nearly as we'll as
it does in summer Give it water that
has, at least, had the icy chill taken
from it if you wish to see its coat con-
tinue smooth
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

The evil spirit that hovers about stagnant
pools and inundated lowlands, IS no material
lied bOgey, no phantasm of disordered i'm
agination, but power of evil far more ma
lignant than any familiar mathematical by
Cotton Mather. It's Malaria, which has for
its destructive progeny fever and ague,
bilious remittent and dumb ague, conquer
ahle with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, as
are. dyspepsia, constipation, liver COM
plant, etc.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

For Strengthening and clearing the voice,
use "Brown's Bronchial Troches.n 81 have
commended them to friends who were pub
lie speakers, and they have proved extreme
ly serviceable n-Rey. Henry Ward Beecher
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
1t Never Fails.

Durang's Rheumatic Remedy will cure
any case of rheumatism ON earth. 1t is
taken internally. Write for free pam
phlet to r. X. HELPHENsTINE, Druggist,
Washington, D. c., or ask your druggist
for it.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
Nothiup- Like IT I

Every day swells the volume of proof that
as a specific for all Blood diseases, nothing
equals DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dlscov.
cry. Remember, this is an old established
remedy with record 1t has been weighed
in the balance and found fulfilling every
claiml 1t has been tested many years in
thousands of cases with fiattering success
For Throat and Lung troubles, Catarrh,
pepsia, Sick Headache and all disorders re-
sutting from impoverished blood, there is
nothing like Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
y-world-renowned and ever grow,
ing in favor!
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good,
as the humorist remarked upon receiving a
check for twenty-five cents, payment for
Joke on the blizzard. Puck.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

We have been reading up on ethnology
of late, and find that Adam was an Irish,
man, as he seems to have been Eve-icted.
Duluth PdrdgrdDher.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

GIRL violinists are becoming numerous.
Girls are always after beaux of one sort or
another-at least in leap year-LoWeH
Courier
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

A PLUMBER never asks: us it warm
enough for you?" He just hands You his
bill and watches the perspiration trickle.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

THE boom for newborn town is like the
music of locust wings One looks at the lit
tie thing and wonders where all the big
noise comes from-N 0. Picay1He
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar cures
Coughs and bronchitis and consumption.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

THEY'LL never more be miSSed-the sue
cessful fair who dare to leap in 1888.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

Actors frequently fall out, but they find
no difficulty in making up-New Haeen
NeaCS.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

SOME rivers must have feet as well rs a
head. Anyway we recently read of ten
toWs on the Ohio river --NorriSto1Ca Herald
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

IT doesn't 70. ow that every man who has
hoarse ice is stable fellow. - Yonksrs
Gazetta
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

AN angry dog is an animal OF outrage, -
PltsburQh ChrOnicls
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

UPSIDE down-the youngsters mouth in
early Inustache time - II 1shlRgtOn Critic.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

FREE! A 9-foot French Glass, Oval
Front, Nickle or Cherry Cigar Case, MER-
CHANTS ONLY. R.W .TANsILL & Co., Chicago
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

SOME men are accused of being tight,
when, in fact it is their pocket-books that
are full, ~ YonkerS Statesman.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

PERHAPS no article has been so frequently
"weighed in the balance and found want
lnpN as coal
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

THE hen is not nautical, though she does
come into the world by the hatchway' -
Binqhanlton Repnb!icag.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

The church belle is sometimes found in
the choir -BoStOn Bulletin
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

A COMBINATION lock makes good chest.
protector
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

A MAN is never so likely to show what he
does not know as when he attempts to tell
what he knows about women. -Bilghamton
Repubicdm
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

TINE flies and stays for no man. The
only fellow who can beat it is the musician
Merchant TrdreLer
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

BREACH of trust-when the grocer de-
mands cash down before delivery-N Y,
Graphic.
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

GEORGIA school-boy's definition: Florist
one who floors
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12
The Demon of the Marsh.

OBITUARY notes.-the music of the Dead
Sea -pucI
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

NEVER worry over trouble. The trouble
itself is misery enough. -Burlingt9n Free
D,ose
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

NEVER allude to dressmaker as Miss Sew
and Sew Bin0bdtnton ReDublcdn
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

IT requires strong emotions to heave a
Sharp County record., 1888-04-12

A GOOD two-foot rule-never wear tight
shoes. -
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-18
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The President No Longer In Doubt
About Buying Bonds.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-Secretary Fair
child issued notice today that beginning
Monday, the 2Sd inst, and daily thereafter.
at noon, till further notice, proposals would
be received at the treasury for the purchase
of United States bonds of the act of January
20. 1871, the purchase to be made by the
authority of the act of 1881, recently affirmed
by both houses of Congress-. The notice is
the result of discussion at t0day's cabinet
meeting. The treasury estimate of the pres
ent surplus is one hundred and five millions.
The Tariff Debate.
Thus far seventy-fve members of the
House have been recorded as intended
speakers during the debate on the Mills bill.
Messrs. Milliken and Dingley of Maine are
among them. 1t is hoped by the aid of night
sessions to close tine debate in two weeks.
Pensions and Patents.
The following Mainel pensions have been
granted:
ORIGINAL INVALID.
Emery Robbins, Belfast.
Hartford b. Knowles, deceased, Milltown.
Lyman Packard, Medford Centre.
James IL. Baker, Woolwich.
INCREASE.
Daniel E. Grindle, Bluehill.
Samuel Glrard, National Military Home.
ORIGINAL, WIDOWS, ETC
John father of VIM. j. Hughes, Brownyille.
Frances widow of John IL. Stevens, Fairfield.
Fannie A., widow Of Hartford b. Knowles. Mill
Eliza L.. widow of Richard E. Mace, West Far
mington.
MEXICAN WAR.
Geo. w. Tucker, Portland.
The following Maine patents were granted
to-day:
John A. Eastman. Bangor, rim joint and spoke
socket for vehicle wheels.
Oscar f. Frost, Monmouth, detachable shell and
heat regulator for oven.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-18
GENERAL NEWS.

DR. Agnew, the New York physician, was
not expected to live until morning.
The Vermont railroad commissioners Wis
tied the scene of the Rockingham disaster
Yesterday. They found water percolating
3hrongh The embankment and there appeared
fo he danger of further slide.
The New Hampshire Methodist Episcopal
Conference opened at Tilton yesterday.
The British war ship Lily. from Bermuda,
arrived at Halifax, yesterday, and Will pro-
ceed to Newfoundland on fishery protection
service.
was bitten nv a mad dog in Texas, last tSatur-
day. he has gone to Paris to consult Pasteur
wm. H. Hazelton of Attention, N. H., has
won an action for damages against the Con-
cord railroad. lie alleged that the burning
OF the depot and house at Suncook, was
caused oy spark from locomotive.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-18
IN NO IMMEDIATE DANGER.
The Crisis Safely Passed In Emperor
Frederick's III Turn.

BERLIN, April 17.-There was no change
in Emperor Frederick's condition. At 11.5o
this forenoon, he was still very feverish
The National Zeitung Of to-day says; "The
Emperor's new trouble is not a case of sim
pie bronchial inflammation, but of an exten-
sion Of the disease in the larynx to the
bronchial tubes and thus to the lungs them
selves. This new complication is the result
Of what occurred last week. The canula,not
lying in its proper position, became stopped
up and the secretion from the larynx, Instead
Of finding an outlet through the canula,
passed along outside Of 1t into the bronchial
tubes. producing inflammation"
1t is learned from direct source that the
physicians at their consultation to-day
agreed that the Emperor's malady was ,ap-
preaching the last stage. This news has
been guardedly conveyed to the members
of the royal family, it being intlmated to
them that the Emperor requires the utmost
care, though for the moment there Is no i'm
mediate danger.
The Emperor Better.
BERLIN, April 17.-Th Emperor is better.
He coughs and expectorates less, and there
is less fear of pneumonia. The doctors think
small assesses were caused by the heat. A
new canula will be inserted tomorrow. The
Emperor spent most of the afternoon writ
ing.
Midnight-Tfe Emperor has had two hours
refreshing sleep. There Is no ground for ap-
pretending immediate danger.
John Dillon Arrested.
DUBLIN, April 17.-John Dillon was ar
rested this afternoon and conveyed to Colon.
MT. Dillon .was bailed out. His trial win
be held May 9th, for melting tenants not to
pay rent
The Fisheries Treaty.
OTTAWA, April 1.-THE debate on the
fisheries treaty ratification bill in the DO
minion House Of Commons was continued
until 2.30 this morning, when the bill was
read second time.
Foreign Notes.
John Barring, the London banker. Is dead
Ex-President Goblet and DeFreycinet re-
gard Boulanger as q passing storm. Ger
man officers in Berlin are reported as feeling
great apprehension.
Mr.. Parnell said in London yesterday
morning that he did not intend to raise
question in Parliament regarding William
0'Brien's arrest. He will leave 1t as spec
tacle to the English.
The military committee Of the lower house
Of the Austrian Reichsrath has adopted,
without Modification, bill TO authorize the
summoning Of reserves and supplemental re-
serves in times Of peace. under certain GER
cumstances. The minister Of national de-
fence declares that the bill Is only Intended
to apply under exceptional circumstances
justifying such measure.
Mr.. Bumstead. an East .lndia merchant,
has bedueathed e5000 to Rev. Mr.. SpurgeOn,
eSOOO TO Spurgeon's orphanage and taber-
nacle and $1,000 to Barnardo's home.
The bankruptcy case of Col. Mapleson was
heard in London yesterday.