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Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o..
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c, per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
EVOLUTION OF THE ARROW.
Anthropologist Explains How They First
Came to Be Made.

AnthropolOglst Explains now Iney rirst
Came to Be Made.
Frank H. Cushing, of Washington,
who lived many years among the Zuni
Indians, addressed the Section of An
thropology of the American association
at its recent Springfield meeting, upon
"The Arrow" The following is an alb
stract Of the lecture: HE believes the
arrow to have been perfected long be-
fore the bow, and to be in fact one of
the most primitive of weapons, dating
back to the discovery of the art of chip
ping flints. He related his own discov-
cry of this art when boy, under the
stimulus of a plowed-up arrowhead,
and at time when modern students
were ignorant of the manner in which
this was done by aboriginal races. The
finer taking and finishing with fiat
piece of bone or horn was with him an
accidental discovery, as he believes it to
have been with primitive peoples. He
described the selection Of material by
the Indians, preferably from pebbles in
drift, and the careful burying of the fin
ished tips to preserve their temper and
to recover them from their rough hand
ling, as the Zunis say. The shafts were
always worked out from butt tip, that
they might fly in the right direction.
If not from green material, they were
well soaked before being Strengthened
by passing them through hole of prop
er size in a wooden block. Then the
shafts were grooved down to the feath-
ers, with the tooth Of panther If in
tended for war, but with that of an elk
or beaver if for the chase. Finally they
were notched for the cord, and footed
with a plug of wood to prevent splitting
on the cord when drawn. The three
feathers, two lateral wings and a
third called the tall were attached by
chewed sinews wound about the shaft.
After a bundle had been thus completed
they were dropped together upon the
ground to determine their respective
regions. Accordingly as they pointed,
they were separated into groups for the
four points of the compass, the men,
bers Of each group being indicated by
the peculiar cutting of the tail feather.
Those Of the north and west groups
were destined for war, and those of the
south and east for hunting, and they
were fitted with heads corresponding
to these uses. The speaker traced the
gradual steps in the progress of the race
in taking fints and attaching them to
shafts. He thinks that the feathers
were first attached through fetichistic
belief in their power to aid the fight Of
the arrow, and that the discovery Of
their real serviceableness in this respect
when attached in definite way at the
base of the shaft came later. In con-
clusion, the development Of the bow
from the throwing stick, at tamuch later
period, was traced" boston Tran
sorint
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
WATER AND GOLD.
The Simple Process by Which Millions OF
Dollars Are Annually Gained.

The Simple Process by Which Millions of
Dollars Are Annually Gained.
It is not generally known, even in
California, that millions Of dollars are
annually taken from rude heaps Of base
looking quartz by the flowing of water
over huge piles Of broken rocks that
contain tn precious metal. The proc
ess of robbing the earth of its gold has
now been reduced to such @ fine point
that the gentle flowing Of water over
the ore CLEANS it Of its golden treasures,
and this works well in cases where the
old chloride and other methods are not
SO useful.
The water used by miners in bringing
gold from piles of mineral-bearing
quartz is charged with q simple chemi-
cal, which has the potency to dissolve
gold and hold it In solution. The spark
ling liquid, which flows over hundreds
Of tons of quartz, triclles through the
mines and seeks its level, laden with
gold, is charged with deadly poison,
cyandine of potassium, drug which
ferrets out the minutest particles of the
yellowish metal, and dissolves them
and brings the precious burden to the
watts for conversion into refined gold
again.
The cyanide process is as noiseless
and unerring as the laws Of gravita-
tion. The method is based on the fact
that even very weak solution of cya-
nide Of potassium dissolves gold and sill
yer, forming, respectively, auro-pot-
assic cyanide and argento-potassic cya-
nide, The solution is separated from
the solid material, and the gold and sill
yer are precipitated In metallic form,
During the last five years the process
has been introduced into almost every
gold field In California and elsewhere,
and more than $20,0O0,000 has been re-
covered by the gentle flowing of waters
charged with the magical chemical.
Precipitation is effected by the use Of
fine pieces Of zinc, so, arranged that
when the rich waters flow over them
the fine gold clusters in rich deposits
over the zinc, for which II has All
affinity, The gold deposits itself in
the form Of fine dust on the plates OF
zinc.-Boston Journal Of Commerce.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
A "Brass Collar Democrat"

But I took my seat with pen in hand
to write few lines concernin everyday
heroes. And it comes to mind now that
| met a grown man in Texas oncst that
was somethin Of hero. / had landed
that mornin in a little railroad town
way up there clost to the Red river. 1t
was election day, and as usual the State
had went windin for the Democratic
ticket. After supper that night the
brass band turned out and the boys pro-
ceeded to paint the town red and put on
some extra touches and fancy trimmins.
| had went down town to see the show
out, and the man come up to me whoopin
with every breath for the winnin ticket.
He was then about three sheets in the
wind and the other one a-futterin, but
he had somethin to talk with and he
went on to talk.
st takes man with back kbone as
big as gatepost stranger, to be honest
in politics, And when a man runs off
on the wrong trail, and then turns
round and comes back to the old lick
lock, fat-footed and erect, you can bet
your Sunday boots he is brave as seven
teen lions in pack.
"Look at me, stranger, and you see a
Texas hero in the flesh. Twoyears ago
took the cold water route and went off
with the White Ribbon Army. For
three months was in the fight for the
prohibition ticket. OF course 1 didn't
know what tremendous big COB of toll
and trouble and worriment / had bit of,
but took it for my own personal busi-
ness to reform the fallen human race
from the Red river to Mexico. / went
out on the plains and down in the forks
of the creek and rallied the boys to the
best of my ability. / took in thirty-six
big dinners and made twenty-seven
stump speeches for the dry ticket. But
it was vanity, stranger-perfect vanity.
When election day come and the re-
turns rolled in, the great State of Texas
was wet, aud the white flag of the White
Ribbon Army hoated off down the shaggy
fork of Salt river.
"Oncst more this year I went forth
preachin the doctrine of retrenchment
and reform, and have now fit, bled and
died under the flag of the Third party.
But the fy-wheels and the side-shows
don't work worth continental in
Texas, stranger. l can say this much
for the Third party and the White
Ribbon Army, stranger, and when |
tell you that, the song is sung and the
story is told: They can hold the biggest
meetins, and git up the finest dinners,
and turn out the longest professions,
and reel off the most music, and then
return the durndest most fewest votes
of all the political parties in the round
created world,
$50 finally at last, stranger, l made
cross-mark and spit In it and turned
round and come back. When you look
at me now you see brass collar Demo.
crat. Do you know what we mean out
here in Texas when we call man q
brass collar Democrat?"
1t so happened that l didn't know,
and the man went on to tell me.
well, don't know how it is back
there in the States, stranger, but out
here in the great and CROWN State Of
Texas brass collar Democrat is a man
that never refused drink nor scratched
| n ticketn
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
Mnalo md RnllRlnn.

1t was q remark Of Mendelssohn that
there are two subjects which are too
sacred for dscusslon--religion and
thorough-bOss Religion and music are
not only alike sacrcd but they touch at
30 many points that they can hardly be
separated and in their higher ranges
they melt into one. There are debosed
forms Of music that have no suggestion
Of religion, and there ore debosed re-
lglons that do not call for music; but
when each Is worthy Of lts nOme they
pNss into each other NJ by creative
aflnIty.-T. Y. Munger, In Century
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

When we see crashing past us that
enormous mass of iron and wood called
the vestibule train, we are prone to
wonder at the wide difference between
the construction of this train and that
of bicycle. A 21H-pound safety"
will carry a 15O-pound man at nearly
the same rate Of speed as the train, but
for every l5O-pound man the vestibule
train must carry dead weight of be-
tween 5000 and 1000 pounds. Now, as
the bicycle is practical machine, the
train must be unnecessarily heavy;
and, if there is such discrepancy in
one important point, may not an equal
discrepancy exist in other important
points?
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

amongst EN- got the stranger 70 put 1t
down in writin, and after he left every
body in the settlement put in and tried
to fgger out what he was drivin at when
he made that speech to Nick Buckalew.
The old man is dead and gone now, but
Nick is still livin and wonderin what
that stranger meant, and whether he
was drunk or crazy.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
Two Mon From Kentucky.

Ono thing brings up another, as the
old lady said whom she took dost OF
opococ,
0ncst upon time was ridin on q
railroad train through Tennessee,
There was u mule droyer on board and
he had bottle Of corn whlsly-"white
Ink" as Andy Lucas would call It,. He
went down into his saddle bags and
brought forth the bottle, but he couldn't
pull tho stopper, He broke both blades
out of his knife and turned red in the face
and cussod, but the stopper wouldn't
como. Finally at last no stood up and
saIdi
"a would love TO ask IL thoro Is q man
from Kentucky on this troln2"
81 am from kentucky" said q man
on tho othor sido, as ho roso up and
stood full six foot in his socks
"Woll by cad, sir, loan mo your
corksorew,"
Then they shook hands and passed
the bottle round, RurUs SANDERs, =
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
Oscillation for Palsy.

People afflicted with shaking palsy
are greatly relieved by travelling long
journeys In fast trains. The greater
the oscillation the better they are. DR..
Charcot noticing this, has had n choir
made TO which rapid side-to-slde
movement Ia given by electricity. The
effect Ia TO give healthy man nausea
but n pOlsled patient enjoys II, and
after quarter Of m hour IN II Ia n diff
ferent man, lie stretches hls limbs,
loses fatigue and enjoys good night's
yost afterwards, Chicago 1ntar Ocean,
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
Flrel Firel That Dreadful Cry

is fraught with import doubly dire to the
unhappy man who beholds his dwelling or
his warehouse feeding the devOuring ele-
ment uninsured. Happily most people who
can, insure everything but health. Nine
tenths Of us neglect the preservation of this
when it is in palpable jeopardy. Incipient
indigestion, liver complaint, la grippe, mac
ton Of the kidneys and bladder and malaria
are all counteracted by Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
The Pilgrim.

Holiday Number,) Full of bright
sketches prose, poetry and illustrations
by bright writers aud artists, Entirely
original, new and entertaining, Mailed free
10 any address on receipt of six (6) cents in
postage stamps Write to GEO. H. HEAF-
FORD, Publisher, 415 Old Colony building,
Chicago, Ill.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
To Cleanse the System

Efectually, yet gently, when costive or bill
ious or when the blood is impure or slug
gish, 10 permanently cure habltuul consti-
patton to awaken the kidneys and liver TO a
healthy activity without irritating or weak
ening them, to dispel headaches, colds or
fevers, use Syrup Of Figs.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

KANsAN.-"Say, Bill 1t says here that the
crew of the schooner were compelled to rig
a jury mast. What's u jury mastW Mis-
soJrian -"Why, anybody could tell you
that. It's one OF those big masts that it
takes twelve men to put mp"
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
a Hard Sum TO Work.

\ Qnost upon time q stranger drv up
the Bockalow place to spond tho
>Flgnt In thcm days they use to koop
atego stand md run u public oatin
mouse nt the Buckalew place. When
S'ho strangcr driv up that day tho old
y nan sent Nick BuclSOlew, which no was
VI ,rT9he lonlyest boy on tho place, out to tho
!. late 70 t0ko tho horse and t9nd to him,
tnAnd When Nick showed up tho stranger,
Nyhicl Y seems lilSo he had nibblod at
u bottle Till ho was about six bits in
we Dollar went on to say.
Z Young man, extricato that quad
Il Euped from tho vehicle, stabulato him,
" y, onats TO him an adequate supply Of
iautritlous ailments, and whom tho au.
~'orA ofN fNmornln shall onost moro on.
a1gnton tho eastern horizon will award
nee pecunlory compensation for thino
1misbls hospitality"
.. Well, Nick no run back into tho
louse md told tho old man that thoro
~ putchman out there that wanted
!. Ass b'm' Tho old man and Nick and
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

DAUGHTER (readlng lotter)-"But, pa,
dear, in the last word you put a letter toe
much" Pa (self-made and not bit Of
pride about hlm) --"'Avc |, dcar2 Mover
mind dare say I've left ono out IN some
other word, 80 that'll square it."--rit-BitA
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

Our or n ENTIRELY, -She-"I wouldn'i
20 out slclghing with u man / couldn't
tlWst,n Elo-"l am afraid you wouldn't 20
with me,n She-"Why notW Hell am
u man that even . lIVery-stablo keeper
wouldn't trust, D=piclt,
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

"WHATl you refuse me Ss0-me, your In
innate friend whom you once called your
second egor "Ah, my dear boy, l know
myself too well-you would never return
the money n--Lo Figaro.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

MADon-'I'm in au awful Hx." Ethel
"What Is II, dear}" Madge-'Jack insist.
that shall return his engagement ring, and
for the life Of me can't tell which one II
is.n-Brooklyn Life.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

SEEDY YAPPLIoANT-"Won't you give me a
penny, sirn Corpulent Gentleman-"A
pennyl Why do you ask me for a pennyfn
Seedy Applicant-"Because | didn't think
you'd give it to me unless asked for It,"
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

COUNSEL -"Well, after tho witness gave
you u blow what happened" Prisoner
nHe gave me third ono" Counsel -"You
mean second onol" Prlsoner-"No, Sir, ]
landed him tho second one"-E'un.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

"SoME white folks seems ter imagine"
said Uncle Eben, "dat dey is so much bot
tahn other people dat dar ain no necessity
foh em ter show it by dar actions Wash
ington Star.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

In MUSICAL CmoLE.-H would
you think, dear, II should say you were 9
harp OF q thousand strings" Sho-"l
should think, love, that you were lyre."--
Town ard Country journal.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

LovER-"I know as well as anybody that
she has no beauty or money or accomplish
ments or anything, but | love her and
Friond-"And In any case she will still be
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

"SoME mighty good people," said Uncle
Eben "gibs ei' lot OBJ advice whah dey
might 'complish more by locatin' dab
chicken-coop whah it wouldr' be 80 temp
tatious. Washington Star.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

TIE look on any married woman's face
should convince the girls that the men are
not wortn tho eIcrtion necessary to catch
one.-AtChisCn Globe.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

THERE is a difference between cold and
the grip, but you will not realize ituntil you
receive the doctors bill-Truth.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

ALMOST all my tragedies were sketched In
my mind, either in the act OF hearing music,
or few hours after.-Aliierl.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

If a praying machine were invented many
would use it il it did not take too much time
from business to wind it up,-Texas Sift-
ings.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

A CoUGH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED,
"BroiCn'S Bronchial 1rOches" are a simple
remedy and give immediate and sure relief.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

FoR Whooping Cough, Plso's Cure is a
successful remedy NJ p. DIETER, 67 ThroOp
Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov ii, vi,
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

pearments, but
Ihave seen some
genuine, h or
ough bred heroes
in my day and
generation. Now
| don't m g a n
gene rails an d
capt a ins a n d
presidents, and
governors b u t
plain, everyday
heroes, which
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

AMAN Is like a razor, because you CAM
tell how sharp he can be until hels strapped
Texas Siftings.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

IT is no sure sign that the west is a pol
ished country because so many people scour
the plains.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

WHEN a tunnel is projected, it is general
ly put through.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

PRESENTS of mnd-having mind to give
something, but never giving it.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

F'oYD PARENT 81 wish, Bobby, that l
could be a little boy again. Bobby-w
wish you could-littler than me-"
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

TIE slSinper of vessel need never be
without fresh eggs. He can always lay to.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

II WOULD like some powder, please"
"Face, gun or bugl'-Lifo.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
cnre Ewes CureG,

,tackson's Indian Eve Salve never fails 10
do this; 2jc at all drug stores.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
|9TIRE RUFUS SANDERS.
"a one-Gallus Statesman Tells
Short Stories.
I,s.s sssfyday Heroes-That Brave Boy
knnecr,,---A "Brass Collar Democrat
ana Z Hero in Texas Politics-A hara
v aum 10 Work-Two Gentlemen
From Kentucky.
fCoDvriUht 1eQ5N

Copyright, 1857
You maybe mought not think 1t TO
/. !. NJ, ak and from my general ap-
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26
me Heroic Boys.

~ GOMEZ ao@n from the highrlstoc-
Ii hearts and hard knuckles.
Sharp County record., 1895-12-26

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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-03-09
OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MISSOURI.

STATE OF MISSOURI.
COUNrY or LAFAYETTE.
In the Circuit Court Of said county, at Lexing-
ton, In vacation, February ~. 1888.
The State Of Missouri, at the relation and to
the use Of Thomas A Catron. collector OF the
revenue Of Lafayette county. In the state of
Missouri. PIatuttn,
- versus
unknown neirs Of Dennis Graufield. deceased,
DESCENDANTS.
10 the raid defendants: You are hereby
uouaed that said Plaintiff has commenced a
object and general nature Of which 10 to obtain
Judgment for the taxes, interest and costs due
on The following described real estate. situate
10 the county Of lafayette and state OF Mis-,
souri,, t0rWtt: Lot three. block nine, original
town Of Nsyvtew, Mo-, said real estate being
delinquent foe the years ise7. 1858. 1853, 1850
1881. iSSs. and lse0. and that said taxes for said
years. exclusive Of penalty, interest and costs
AMOUNT In the aggregate 20 the sum Of s3.eG
aud hat the same may be declared u. lien on
said real estate. aud that the samemay be
70 satisfy The Judgment rendered herein, with
interest. fees. penalties. commissions and
costs. And o are further notified that
uulsss you appear at the next term of said
in the oaiy Of Lexington, in said county, On
before the sixth day Of said term. II the term
shaii 20 long continue. and II not. then
pesi00p. the came viii be taken as confessed
And u u further ordered that a copy hereof
be ppblishsd In the Lexington Weekly Intel
llsencsr. 2 nswspspsr published IN salt
lively. the last insertion TO be- at least four
weeks before the commencement OF tho next
term OF this eou It.
A true copy. Attest;
h Frank Trigg, d. C.. sIait.
H. G. WALLACE. Jr.. Attorney for Plaintiff,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-03-09
STATE OF MISSOURI
County of Iafayette

STATE OF MISSOURI.
County OF Lafayette.
In tho Circuit Court of eald county, at leyturl
ton. In vacation, February ~. lsso.
The State OF Missouri, At the relation and IL
the use OF Thomas A (atton, collector OF thd
revenue Of Lafayette county. In the state II
versus
r I Erdman. e L Flanders. Mrs 2 W shultj
and - Shultz. her husbani. and unknowty
heirs OF + Erdman. dcccascd. Defendants. |
To the said unknown heirs Of y Rrdmany
deceased; You are hereby notified uhat saiq
plaintiff has commenced a suit against y0u if|
nature OF which Is TO obtain . Judgment fo}
lowing described real estate. situate In az
county OF Lafayette and state OF Missouri, to)
wit: Lot eight, block IF" Concordia. Mo-
isss. 1890. 1891, isys aud isa. aud that sai3
taxes Tor said years, exclusivS of penalty
interest and costs, amount In the a~yxregat1
60 the sum OF Fla. aud te.s the .ame iaav
that the same msy he sold or 90 much ther4
OF as may be necessary tn satisfy the Judd
ment rendered hcreia. with interest. fes1
peusities, commissions and costs.
And YOU arc further notified that unlesI
you appear at the next term OF said Q ,urt
to 10 begun aud held at this cour housc, q
seventeenth day az June, .exL d on u
before the sixth day OF aaid torn, 10 ~
term shali 80 long coutinue and II not. thc1
petition. the same will be taken a. confessed
And Il 10 further ordered that q copl
hereof be published In the Lexington wee1
y "a in sSl u nsw;rapsr published y
successfully. the last insertion to tie at leaS
fouI weeks before the commencement 4
the next term of this court.
A true copy. Attest:
by Frank Trixg. d. e. 3-c II.
c Wallace. Jr., Attorney for Plaintiff.