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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

ASK your shoe and hardware dealers for LYON
Heel StifenerS. they keep boots and shoe
straight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25
4 Valley of Dead Mems Bones

Frank Morrison has kindly furnished
the Tribune with some very interesting
facts concerning certain discoveries or
the island of San Clement, which lies of
the coast from Laguna some twenty OF
thirty miles. A party of gentlen . 4
among whom was Arthur Cheatham, OF
Santa Ana, visited the Island few weeks
ago. They reached the island by yacht
from San Diego. OF all the many strange
discoveries made by the party on the
island, which seemed to be a land of
wonders, none was so startling as their
coming suddenly upon level sort of
plain, which was strewn with the skeIe-
tons of about 500 human beings. They
lie scattered about in promiscuous
manner, which suggests that the whole
lot must have been suddenly and at once
killed. They we're apparently Indians
and the place where their remains now
iel is veritable s'valley of dry bones"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

Somebody says 1T is better TO be able to say
no than be able to read Latin" Young Short
leigh, who asked his girl to marry him a few
Gays ago, says he would much rather she had
been able to read Latin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

Bells of Victory, @ Gfs An T Snasaay aSod
TEMPERANCE Song Book 10i first rate songs and
choruses. Send for specimen copy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

There is always something to discourage the
farmers of Kansas. How are they going to man
age to shuck CORE that grows ten feet from the
ground.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

Sam Jones says that when God wants a
good man he makes him as ugly as mud
fence. We never did pride ourselves on
beautv.-Peoria Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25
Cancer Curod

Dr. F. L. Pond is having wonderful s,ccess in
the treatment and cure of cancer at the cancer
hospital at Aurora. Ill. There are numbrs of
cures recently made by him which are .ruly
wonderful Those afflicted should not hesitste.
but should go there for treatment at once. kor
information, address DR.. f. L. Pond. Aurora lii
writer says that the best cure for mango in
dogs is gunpowder mixed with vinegar. Guu-
powder mixed with shot is just as effective and
works quicker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

The annual convention of the Laundry
mems National association was exhorted
to see that laws relating to Chinese i'm
migration were not broken.
Agricultural hall of the university do
Minnesota, at Minneapolis. was hurnef
Saturday evening. Loss 5000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25

OALESRAE % ay &
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-10-25
bryant & Strafion Chicago Business COLLEGE!

INSTITUTE ENGLISH TRANIso SCHOOL
IA q
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
OUR BABY.

an March last our baby when SIX
months old, was raken down with what
the physicians called bronchitis an ord!-
nary cold) and was very sick for two
weeks. She seemed to be filled deep IN
the chest with phlegm which We were un-
able to loosen. She.could not lie down at
all. but had to be held upright else 1t
caused her to cough severely; the physi"
clan did not give her any relief, although
the prescriptions were changed every day
and sometimes twice a day. This treat.
ment was continued about ten days and
we finally determined to try bottle OF
Chamberlan's Cough Remedy. We OBJ
obtained bottle and after giving a few
doses she was relieved, breathing easier
and throwing off the phlegm and getting
to sleep, getting well in a few days, and
we believe we owe her life to the use Of
Chamberlain's cough remedy. Our oldest
girl is subject to Group and has had sew
eral severe attacks, but the Cough Rene
dy has brought her out all right with but
two good doses and we would not 60 over
night without bottle in the house. We
have great faith in it" Signed, Wilbur
E, Wells, Lulie L. Wells, 1881 G street,
Lincoln Nebraska. Sold by j R Metcalf.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
THE BLAIR BILL.

If any politician thinks to curry
favor with the masses by opposing
the bill, he reckons without his host.
There is no better way to blaze out
road to the political cemetery than
TO 90 out before the sovereigns and
try to convince them that they are
not entitled to the benefits which
flow from it. When sick cattle are
doctored at the expense of the fed
cral government, when millions are
annually spent on rivers and harbors,
when yellow fever sufferers and flood
sufferers are generously relieved, the
people would like to know why it is
unconstitutional or impolitic for the
same government to help them edu-
cate their children. Ark. Democrat.
The government could not make a
more equitable disposition of the
millions gathered from the cotton
tax than to educate the people of
the states, even if in doing so we
have to divide with people who
never paid penny of the tax
Newport Herald.
The idea among self-righteous
democrats, that every measure intro
duced in congress by a republican
member is against the interests of
the country and contrary to an hon
est form of government, is without
foundation at times. Remember the
Electoral Commission of '76, when
using this argument against the
Blair BILL
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

We notice in the Vandale
Chronicle that Mrs. Cora McKie is
in the millinery business at that
town. Her many friends here join
the Record in wishing her abundant
success.
Mr.. r. A. Hinkle of Springfield, Clark
county, is the happiest man in Arkansas,
Read this statements Il have just finished
taking bottle of Dansby's Cotton Patch
Bitters and find them the best ever used.
My system was poisoned with malaria,
had no appetite, was weak and nervous,
but now | feel like new man to what |
did before taking the bitters. These bit
ters are the most powerful tonic on the
market, but act so gently you hardly
know you are taking medicine. For sale
by Williams & Price.
Don't find fault with your count =
paper when you never encouraged 1t to
the extent of one nickle, but sneak over
to your neighbor and borrow it every
week 10 keep up with the times We ask
you to quit this mean habit, send in 81
and read your own paper. You have no
idea what comfort it would be to your
family. Try it one year
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Taken up by W c Smittee and posted
before W B Street, Esq, of Big Creek
township, Sharp county, on the 18th day
of December 1887, one black mare mule,
threr years old, no brands and valued at
S45; and if tie owner of said animal
fails to come forward, prove his property,
pay charges and take said mule away
within twelve months from the 18th day
of Dec. 1887, aforesaid, he will be forev-
er barred from any claim thereto.
This 2lsl day of Jan. 1888.
JOSHUA WANN, Clerk.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

We desire to call the attention of our
readers to the following statement Of Mr..
Steve Harris of Kingsland, Ark, who
writes: ~ used Dansby's Cotton Patch
Bitters for tyhoid-malarial fever and am
Q. x. Have only taken one bottle and
feel as fat and saucy as Guinea pig .
This great Texas tonic prevents and
epres all kinds Of fovers-such as bilious,
intermittent, slow. swamp, ard chilis and
fever. For sale by Williams u Price.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

The Salem Banner inforrns us that
Henry Culp will soon begin the pub
lication Of a paper at Mammoth
Spring, to be called the Monitor. We
hope he may meet with success.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

The stockholders of the Pacific
and Great Eastern railroad met in
Fayetteville on the 25th ult, and
elected new officers. The Sentinel
that little city says that this
psiness with heavy accent
/ business.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

Has attained a standard Of excellence which
admits of no superior.
It contains eVory improvement that inventive
genius, skill and money call produce.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
A NEW CONSTITUTION.

Tn q former issue the RECORD
promised its readers an article on
the question of the expense of hold
inp constitutional convention, and
we proceed now, in fact, to fulfill
that promise, And while we do not
claim to be profound in finacial mat
ters. nor that our examination OF the
ouestion involved here has been at all
extensive, the censory investigation
we have made from the meager
sources of information as are at our
hand, has convinced us that there Is
no force in the expense phase OF
opposition argument
1t is contended by some OF those
opposing a convention that it will
cost the state at least two hundred
thousand dollars to hold one; but
why the expense should be so enor-
nous they do not see fit to enllghten
us.
In the face of this we make the
assertion that it need not cost the
state as much in 1889 as it dld III
1874, for several reasons. For III
stance, it should not consume as
much time; and as the delegates are
paid by the day, time is the essence
of the matter. The peoples dele
gates can act more freely now than
they could then. There is no ques-
tion whether the federal government
will recognize the result Of the con-
vention's labors as emanatlng from
legitimate statehood as there was
then. The defects of the present
constitution are better understood
than were those of 1868, and the
proper changes can be more eXpedi'
tiouslv made; and finally there Is no
necessity of any greater number OF
delegates than ,.the convention Oh
1874 contained. Then why should
Il cost more now to hold a constltu-
tional convention than it did then?
To us there appears no reason.
By consulting the Auditors re-
port of October l, 1874 at page 81,
il will be seen that the total cost OF
the convention that framed the con-
st;tution of 1874 was $G4, 100 SO,
which, considering the expense OF
legislative action, and that attending
its publication in the newspapers, IS
less than the Fishback amendment
cost the people of Arkansas. Most
of those who oppose a constitutional
convention claim that quite num-
ber of amendments should lie made
to the present one; and the plan OF
this class is for each Legislature to
submit three amendments at time
until its defects are covered.
A mere casual glance at this prop
osition from an economic point of
view will plainly disclose its egre-
gious fallacy. One item of expense
only, but one which must be incur
red in the submission of every
proposed amendment, that OF making
publication in the newspapers, as IN
case of the Fishback amendment
involved an appropriation of $4,000.
Three amendments would cost $780,
600 for publishing in the newspa-
pers. Another $4,000 for the time
occupied by the Legislature in deter
mining what propositions should be
submitted, and you have expended
enough money to pay for a consttu-
tional convention.
1t seems to us that convention Is
cheaper and speedier than amend
ments. But we beg to say that we
shall offer some further points on
this question later on.
The RECORD is thankful to some
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

A gentleman who persuades himself that
two people can live as cheaply as one. can
always find loving, trusting heart among
The opposite sex willing to try the expert
ment with him. Since our last report the
clerk has issued the necessary documents
to the following couples:
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

The president has slipped on his
V-toed boots, awaiting the passage
of the Blair bill.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

The RECORD is thankful to some
one at Washington for public docu-
ments.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
BOTH DAILY AND WEEKLY.

The Daily Press contains full telegraph.
ic dispatches. A complete and reliable
market report is a special feature. The
small price Of S. per year placrs Il within
the reach Of all.
The eekly Press is an eght-page, six
column paper; its contents will commend
it everywhere as paper worthy place in
every Arkansas hcme. Development Of
the great natural resources' of Arkansas
will be its constant aim. Subscription
price, 81 per year. Address
PRESS PRINTING COMPANY.
Little Rock, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02

Russia and Austria are threaten
ing to deluge the snow-capped hills
of Dutchland with human gore.
Sharp County record., 1888-02-02
Ten Pages, Seventy Columns.
More news than any Weekly
in the country.

In commencing it's Goth year
this sound DEMOCRATIC pa
per promises to excel any pre-
vious ones. 1t will contain
The Latest kilograms from all parts Of
the world.
Editorials on all the important issues
of the day.
Reliable Market and Financial Quota.
tions.
A Special Department for Farmers,
culled from the Best Agricultural
Journals Of the day; news from the
different states where 1t circulates.
Choice Miscellaneous Matter for Fam.
lily Reading.
An Inquiry Department with a wide
range OF questions asked and ans.
wered.
A series of Short Stories from the best
authors; In fact, everything that
goes to make up q Gilt-Edged Fam.
lyJournal.
sT Send for Sample Copy and
read our Premium and Club List
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60 POstmasters & News Agents
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scription. Address
THE REPUBLICAN,, St. Louis, Mo.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Yellow Fever and Red-headcd G rls.

"Red-headed girls are exempt from
yellow fever" remarked prominent
Jacksonville, (Fla.) doctor to New
York Sun reporter, as the latter was
around the Medical Bureau chasing after
items.
eyes" continued the fever expert.
"I heard this claim advanced many years
ago, before the white horse theory was
sprung on the public, and when I came
here I determined to fully investigate
the matter. I have done so, and among
NV patients, 4Os in number, not one of
them had a 'carrofy wig as we used to
cali red hair in college. I have asked
nv brother physicians if they had any
red.headed patients, and could find but
one doctor who said he had had this
rara avis. On further questioning him
| learned it was an albino. Well, good
by; have an appointment IN ten mill
utes."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
RELIGIOUS READING.
A Legend Of the Cross.


Nailed to cross on Calvary's hight,
Enswathed in clouds Of deepest night,
Yelling from Him the Fathers face,
With outstretched arms, in deaths embrac
There hangs the Savior Of mankind.
No pitying glance to Him is given,
With anguish keen his heart Is riven.
"Call down Thine angles from on high,
And save Thyself," the people cry,
"Now let Thy God deliver Thee"
Beholdl the temples veil is rent:
Forth from their sepulchres, unpent,
The buried dead come forth and see
This great earthly mystery;
The Son Of God upon the cross.
All c!amoring voices now are stilled,
The assembled crowd with fear is filled;
They murmur, Can it be that we
Have crucIfied Divinity:
The looked for Savior Of mankindT"
To those who came at early light
Before them spread wondrous sight;
For, springing upward from the ground,
Enc rcling the cross around,
Arose OF wondrous beauty grew.
Its blood-red color witness gave
OF Him who died their souls to save;
Its perfume petals, crucIform,
Betoken love SO deep and warm;
Its thorns the pain and sacrifice.
Fired Clinton FaIrbanks
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Stories Of Foxes.

At recent fox hunt in England. the
fox ran into q church where afternoon
services were being held and hid him.
self in the pulpit, where he remained
until dusk. His baf1ed pursuers came
to the church door, but could 60 no far
ther, and had to give up the chase, much
to their modification.
The Earl of Southesk, while hunting
in Saskatchewan not long ago, had an
experience with fox which, shows the
remarkable instincts which that animal
sometimes possesses. The Earl says:
.After chasing him q number Of miles,
on sudden he made an active spring
and disappeared headforemost into the
snow. Down we lesped to secure him.
Behold gaping badger hole! By what
instinct could the fox discover the exact
position of that hole2 No difference on
the smooth, shining surface was visible
to us, yet the fox, IN all his fear and
peril, could light exactly upon the en-
trance of this concealed and apparently
long unfrequented burrow."
! A Rondout IN. W fox caused big
eastern ice firm considerable trouble last
winter. The manager Of the company
had had some difficulty in procuring ex-
perienced mer to cut ice for his COM
pany. He therefore put on q gang OF
2OO0 green hands. One afternoon
toward the last of the season, and at q
time when every moment counted, fox
ran across the ice. Instantly his entire
force ran after the fox. while the dis
tracted manager yelled after them in
vain. Twenty minutes afterward they
returned and found him figuring out how
much he had lost by their absence. He
had figured out that the fox had cost
him 500, and he promptly deducted it
out of their wages.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Temperance News and Notes.

Albany, N. Y, has LOO places where llquoi
is sold-one to every 80 inhabitants; 1,OOl
is received for licenses
The Supreme Court of Iowa has decided
that the railroads cannot be compelled tc
transport beer in that State.
At Waldeck, Germany, a person addicted
to intemperance cannot obtain license to
marry, the law forbidding 1T.
Eight mission ships are now cruising IN
the North Sea. each of which is combina-,
ton of church, chapel, temperance hall and
dispensary.
Mere than one million signatures have
been attached to the Women's Jubilee petit
tion to Queen Victoria in favor OF closing
public houses on Sundays.
An important feature Of the Swiss Alcohol
act recently passed, giving the government
control of all alcoholic drinks sold in that
country, is that ten per cent. of the net rev
nue. which the cantons will gain from the al
coholic tax is to be spent in unfolding to the
people the effects Of alcohol.
A commission appointed by the French
government to investigate the process OF tine
manufacture of wines and brandies with
view to suggesting changes in existing laws
for the prevention Of adulteration, has found
that the complaints as to the impurity OF
these beverages are we'll founded. This COM
mission extended it's inquiries in the direction
of the liquor shop, and recommends high
license for the purpose of reducing the num-
ber of saloons.
Must Not Drink When on Duty.
The Long Island Railroad Company re-
Gently discharged eight employees, conduct.
ors, baggage.masters and orakemen,- for
drinking intoxicating liquors while on duty.
General Superintendent Barton, in news.
paper interview concerning this action, Is
reported as saying:
"Yes have discharged eight men alto
geIber for drinking when on duty. S>me
are from Long Island City, Others from
Flatbush and Bushwick. The men violated
one Of our most stringent rules, and they had
no. excuse, as we provide tea and coffee
for all who desire it. We deemit absolutely
necessary for the safety of the people who
travel on our trains, as well as for the safety
of our property, that the men in whose care
both are placed should be sober when on
duty. What they do when off duty, so long
as they behave themselves is none of our
business, but they must not 60 into saloons
or drink beer or liquors while on duty. 1t
does not matter who or what the person is,
he must obey the rules or be discharged"
If all railroad companies would exact alb.
stinence from intoxicants from employees
while in their service. not only would their
own property interests be largely benefited.
but the safety Of the travelling public would
he greatly promoted. National ADVOCATE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Poet-Prcacher.

Horatius Bonar is descended from an old
Scotch family who had large estates in
Strathean, in PerthsEire. Many of his an.
cestors were ministers Of the church of
Scotland. lie received his early education
in the high school and University Of Edin.
burgh. In youth he devoted himself to the
service of God and chose the Christian min
istry to be his life.work. He was fortunate
in having DR.. Chambers for teacher. The
lessons taught him by that divine we're doub-
ly helpful; they laid the foundation of the
solid learning which has grown with grow.
ing years, and they filled him with the
enthusiasm Of master mind consecrated to
the highest aims. The value Of such
training can hardly be overestimated 1t
gave tone and strength to life, when most
susceptible Of influence
In 1897 the student became minister. His
sphere of labor was the famous old town Of
Kelso, situated on the banks Of the Tweed,
and surrounded by a country celebrated In
song and tale. He gave himself up to his
work with unflagging assiduity. In the pull
pit he preached with fire and JUNCTION; and
In house toulouse visitation he proved himself
the comforter of the sorrowful and the guide
Of the perpleIed
His literary apprenticeship was gained in
work, for which he managed to find time In
the midst Of his pastoral cares, in editing q
day, did effective service for evangelical
truth. Later on, and as supplement- to his
preaching, he wrote "The Kelso Tracts"
which had a wide circulation and were
eagerly read A number Of volumes, also,
have come at different times from his pen.
When the disruption came, DR.. Bonar
cast in his lot with the Free church. BY q
happy coincidence, some clauses in the title
deeds secured the Kelso church to himself
and his congregation, and he and his flock
were not cast out Of the church even while
leaving the denomination.
Efforts were repeatedly made, as his repu-
tation grew, to lead him to a larger field
Of service. Such efforts were unsuccessful,
till, in 1865, handsome new
church was built in that suburb
of Edinburgh called The Grange. He
was asked to fill its pulpit, and he consented:
Like-minded men and women focked around
him; and for upward Of twenty years he has
ministered to them. Visitors who might go
out of curiosity to see and listen to the sweet
singer, were not long In the psw before they
forgot the poet in the preacher. A Sabbath
at The Grange has become treasured MEM
ory to many tourists-[1ll. Oh. Weekly.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Miss Liberty Killing the Birds.

The migratory birds are beginning to
dash themselves against the Bartholdi
light. says the New York Sun. Recent
ly Mr.. Wallace, the taxidermist, received
227 beautiful warblers that were killed
at night. Referring to the self
destruction of the birds Mr.. Wallace
said: "When we stop to think that all
of them are insect eating birds the
slaughter is terrible" Among the speci-
mems were Maryland yellow throat, the
black throsted blue warbler, Tennessee
warbler, black throsted green warbler,
chestnut sided warbler, orange crown
warbler, myrtle warbler, black cap
warbler, and several varieties OF native
sparrows.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-14
Talleyrand's Sliding Scale.

1t is said that Tslleyrand constructed
an elaborate scale of precedence at table
to use when he carved:
/. Monsieur le due, will your grace do
me the honor OF accepting some of this
beef2
2. Monsieur lie prince, shall have the
honor of sending you some beef3
3. Monsieur le marquis. allow me the
honor of offering you some beef2
4. Monsieur lie comte, shall I send you
some beef2
S. Monsieur lie baron, will you have
some beef?
6. Beef.