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Sharp County record., 1896-04-10
SOCIETIES.

A EVENING SHADE LoDGE No li3, r. q
~ A NJ, holds regular communications on
N the sataray before LIST sunday in each
month, r. S, BACON, W. NJ.
JR Metcalf. Sec'y.
Sharp County record., 1896-04-10
Directory.
RELIGIOUS.

Preaching at Methodist church first and third
Sundays IN each month Rev. W. A. Manley,
pastor. Everybody is invited to attend.
Sunday School every Sunday morning 3t
O'Clock at the Methodist church. Everybody Is
invited to come &. J, WILSON,
Miss Ella Craig, Secretary. Spperntendea
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Longest Range Guns.

The longest distance that shot has
been fred is few yards over fifteen
miles, which was the range Of Krupp's
well.known "monster" 130-ton steel
gun, firing shot weighing 26OO
pounds. The 100.ton Armstrong gun
has an extreme range of fourteen
miles, firing a shot weighing 1890
pounds, and requiring $50 pounds OF
powder. These guns, however, proved
too expensive, being unable to stand
firing hundred times, and their
manufacture has practically been
abandoned. The ninety-ton Armstrong
gun hurls solid shot for distance
of twelve miles, and the discharge OF
the gun cannot be heard at the place
where the ballstrikes. From twelve to
thirteen miles is che computed range
of the most powerful guns now made,
and to obtain that range an elevation
of nearly fifteen degrees is found to be
necessary.-New Orleans Picayune.
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ECONOMIC REMEDY FOB HARD. TIMES.

In an able article under this caption In the
Christian Herald, Mich, Rev. Fred c. Brit.
ten has this to say OF strong drink as one OF
the causes Of hard times:
CHOW much waste does 1t cause2 Directly,
81, 500 ,000, 900 annually. The figures show
that In 1892 the annual liquor bill OF the
United States was 81, 200, 900 900, and 1t was
increasing at the rate OF from one or two
hundred millions every year. Do you know
what 81 200, ,O0U 900 would do2 It would
build 200, 900 homes at $4,000 each, put $500
worth OF furniture in each OF them. add
$1,000 each to the salaries Of al the gospel
ministers in the land, and leave ?5 gold
piece for every man, woman and child IN the
United States!
"There Is an indirect waste vastly more.
There are 900, 900 vendors whose labor Is un-
productive. There are 600,0 900 victims who
are incapacitated for labor by drink. a
waste Of the labor Of ,200,0 900 men! Suppose
these men were set to work at productive
INDUSTRY They would earn, at sl.oO per
day, 81, SOC 900 in one day. They would
produce more than that, e.se the employer
would make no profit. There are 300 work
ing days In a year. Hence they will earn
s540, 600, 900 year. Hence there Is waste
of this sum every year because Of this unpro-
ductive la or. Add $40. 900, 900 to 81, ,2OO,.
0OO 900 and you have 81, ,74O, zoo, ,OC0 annual
waste. The figures show that over ninety
per cent OF the inmates OF penltentiarles are
there because OF crimes committed while un-
der the influence of drink. Add to this waste
ninety per cent. OF all the taxes paid to sup
port, in all the States, penitentiaries, police
courts and jails. Who can count the waste
ceused by drink?
"The decalogue has been for centuries the
great test OF morality. The saloon breaks
and causes others to break every command
ment. Nothing so transgresses divine law.
Nothing 80 contaminates society. In North
Carolina there Is great breathing cave"
In the winter violent wind rushes into 1t,
carrying all before it. 1t Is impossible, at
times, for man 10 walk against that vino.
Cattle seeking shelter frequently come TOO
near the cave, and perish. In the spring the
wind changes and blows out hairs and bones
and horrible stencil, making the atmo-
sphere unbearable for miles. The saloon IS
the great breathing cave Of society. It draws
in our boys and girls, the flowers OF man
hood and womanhood. 1t breathes out de-
stroyed bodies, ruined characters, putrehed
carcasses and woe to contaminate society.
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WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ALSO.

The Apostle Paul very emphatically and
flttingly declares that he will use his mind
as we'll as his spirit In his praying and sing
ing. It would certainly be well il all who
engage In the public exercises OF the sane
tuary made the same resolve. He who leads
In prayer should have both feeling and
thought, piety and judgment, faith and rea-
sense, or he will scarcely meet the require
ments of the occasion. And they who sing
should have their soul full Of praise for
Jesus while their voice is full OF melody for
men the love of God should be in their
heart and the knowledge Of music In their
head. Only thus can the highest results be
reached And all who preach should follow
the same good rule, seeing to 1t that, on the
one side, tones are natural, words are plain,
manner Is engaging, argument convincing,
while, on the other side. the Cross is dis
played and the way Of salvation made plain:
But far more important application OF
Paul's precept than any Of these Is found in
daily life. If the Christian is to live IS he
ought, he must pay strict attention to both
spirit and understanding, motive and
achievement, sincerity of feeling and con-
formity to fact. There Is this two-fold ex-
cellence to be gained, this double standard
to be always held in view. The perfect
Christian gives equal heed to the inward
and the outward, the subject and the object.
the aim Of the actor and the right finish OF
the action. These are two very distinct
things. One may excel greatly in the for-
mer, in meaning to do right, yet be ex-
tremely deficient In the latter, in really
doing the right, for lack Of knowing what
that right thing is. He may even think he
Is doing God service while he Is Killing
Gods children. All history shows that vile
deeds can be done with good intentions by
men whose eyes are holden, whose under
standings are not yet enlightened, who
through ignorance or prejudice or the un-
conscious influence OF their own interests
their early associations, oppose reforms and
hinder the progress Of the world even when
they desire to help. It is not enough, to
have a good will, very valuable though that
be. There must be also adequate compre-
hension OF the thing that really needs to De
done, the thing demanded by the circum-
stances OF the case, and sure to produce the
highest welfare OF all concerned.
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Mining With q Steamboat.

The Snake River mining boat Leota
has commenced operations on the
gold.lined bars of the Snake. The
water is pumped from the river BY
two large pumps. One is centritu-
gal that throws water through a ff-
teen. inch pipe for sluicing. A cylin-
der force pump forces the water
through an eight-inch pipe to the
giant, which tears down the bank and
forces by hydraulic pressure 1000
yards of sand and gravel into the
slucice boxes every twenty.four hours.
The main sluice box is twenty-four
inches wide, and its bottom is covered
with steel plate and steel rifles.
From the main sluice box are six un:
dercurrents which lead off into Six
rifle tables; from these the sand
passes into smaller boxes over brus-
sells and blankets on to burlap tables,
where the slime and black sand are
separated from the sand. The tables
and small slulce boxes are treated four
times every twenty.four hours by the
Dlauk6LS, DTubeelS auu UoAAopS, oS.AS
thoroughly washed, and the fine gold,
slime and black sands going through
q chemical process preparing it TOR
amalgamation. It is then put through
an amalgamator. and is made ready
for the market.
Sixteen men are now employed, and
operations are carried on day and
night. The few days that they have
been running have served to get the
machinery working nicely, and from
now ON there will be no interruption
in the work. A cleanup has not yet
been made, but they are confident OF
getting satisfactory results. When
this fact is established water will be
brought from the Alpowa creek to
work this bar, and the Leota will be
moved to some other bar where sim
liar test will be made, and so on until
the vast bars along the Snake and
Clearwater that have heretofore paid
but moderately will be made to yield
their precious gold OH the wholesale
plsn.-Lewistown (Me.) Tribune.
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Luck vs.. Judgment.

81 used to believe people made
their own circumstances and there
was no such thing as luck, " said T. E.
Prescott, of Helena, Mont, one OF the
wealthiest men in the Northwest, at
the Normandie, "out an now firm
believer in luck. was in business
for o good many years, carefully ex-
ercising my judgment upon every
transaction I made, bat l never &C.
cumulated much money. About ten
years ago was compelled to take a
piece of property on debt. I tried
to sell it, almost to give it away, but
no one wanted it. The minerals on it
cleared more for me in six months
than I ever hoped to amass. l tried
speculation in other directions. When
ever exercised my judgment 1 lost $
whenever I went blind 1 gained.
Hence, for the past ten years l have
done business entirely on impulse.
No matter how contrary to judgment
= matter seemed, ii impulse prompted
favorably will 60 into it. Luck has
made me better off than ever ex-
pected to be, and now I believe in it. l"
Washington Star.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Potatoes in Greenland never grow
larger than marble.
The largest standing army belongs
to Russia, and the strongest navy TO
Great Britain. ,r..- ~.
A new style of cat has just appeared
in Danbury, Conn. 1t is kitten'
with two tails and six legs. s
A Turkish turban of the largest
size contains from ten to twenty
yards of the finest and softest muslin.
Florence, Kan, is proud of being
the residence of humane lady, who
bought an ear trumpet for her pet
dog.
The Kafirs of Kimberley, South
Africa, are very fond of cigars, but
they smoke them with the lighted end
in the mouth, inhaIing all the smoke.
They say that it is the only proper
way to smoke. ...
The word costermonger was origf-
nally neutrality-suspicious. is to say,
apple seller. Their noisy manners
were commented upon in Qeen Eliza
beth's day. There are now over 3d.
900 costers IN London.
Lopez de Vega was an eccentric as
well as voluminous writer. he
wrote five novels. The first. Is with
out the letter q, the second without 9.
the third without /, and the fourth
and fifth purposely emitting 9 and u
respectively. -
Providence, &. l., holds the man
who says that the propulsion OF vessels
over the ocean will be revolutionized
when he gets his pneumatic propul.
sion machine to working. Apart OF
the vessels cargo is to be used as q
pendulum to pump air when the ves-
sci pitches. ."
The Matabele is essentially mar
rying man. His admiration for the
dusky beauties of his people is un-
bounded, and in the matter of wives he
will go any length. He will beg, steal,
plunder, kill, nay, even resort to
work, in order to obtain the where.
withal necessary to buy as many as he
feels disposed to marry.
Ralph Seeley, New York farmer,
advertised for wife recently, under
an assumed name, and received let
ter signed ':Msggie Sloan" from Day
ton, Ohio. Some correspondence fol-
lowed, and an agreement to wed. he
went on to Dayton to claim his bride,
and was considerably surprised to find
that she was his own sister.
The late NJ. Cernuschi has be-
queathed to the city of Paris his house
in the rue Velssquez and its splendid
collection of Japanese antiquities, said
\ to be one of the finest in existence.
In the principal saloon is statue of
Buddha in solid bronze, four yards
and half in length. This is said to
be the largest ever brought to Europe.
"To take him down a peg or two"
recalls the Saxon tankards cr wassail
bowls, graduated by lines running
around the interior. Small holes were
made partly through the sides OF the
vessels, and in these were placed pegs
to regulate the amount drank by each
participant in the feast. To drink q
greater portion than another was to
take him down peg. ...-.
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CHAPTER XVI.
A NEW FRIEND.

Margaret, I think I shall bring vii.
eon to dinner tonight. / met him yes.
terday and he asked about you. He has
heard Bertie lauding you to the skies,
and naturally he is anxious to see the
paragon"
Really, that is too bad Of Bertie. I
don't pose as paragon, Brian. and In"
deed don't care to be one. I do want
to meet DR.. Wilson, though, and if you
will only correct his false impression,
wish you would bring him this even.
ing" -.
"I'll bring him, but I'll leave you to
correct or prove his Impressions.
know you'll be equal to the emergency
in either case. You should really api
preciate the compliment he pays you.
don't believe I ever heard him ex-
press q desire to meet any one before.
Really? Why, feel quite vain. ]
hope he isn't cynic. .
"Oh, no. 1t Is rather indifference,
think. he isn't particularly sociable;
that is, he doesn't care for visiting.
People follow him up, though, like the
deuce, and he's considered quite catch
in the matrimonial pond. Any number
OF anglers would be glad to land him.
The power of money, you see. Well,
must be off. I sha'n't be home to lunch.
Goodby. You won't be lonely?"
NO."
Every day Brian left Margaret with
this question, and every day she an
swered NO." but always after he had
gone she felt she had answered untruth-
fully. She was lonely-very lonely.
She found SO little to interest her-so
little to fill the long dull Dornings.
Brian sometimes came to lunch, but as
often he did not. Her afternoons were
spent IN seeing the sights Of New York,
shopping, or calling on her few friends,
and her evenings at the theater, when
Brian would take her; but more often
at home alone when he had some en-.
gagement which he could not possibly
defer.
From these engagements he would
return late In the night, with the
heavy, stumbling steps which told
their own story, and which alwaya
struck so heavily on Margaret's heart,
as she waited sleepless and anxious.
This was the record Of the ten days
she had spent in New York, and she
seemed as lar away from the reward
the Colonel had promised her as when
she left Elmwood.
Under other circumstances she could
have been, not precisely happy, be-
cause she was too thoroughly child o.
nature not to miss, with an intensity
few could understand. the restful
peaceful influences az her country
home. Yet she could have found con-
tentment in this charming little apart.
ment, with its comforts and luxuries
Its situation was convenient and de-
llghtful, in the heart OF the city, sur
rounded by places OF interest ant
amusement, and near the various clubs
where Brian was fond OF spending hit
time.
She was In the center Of hustle anG
activity. From her window she coulc
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A Goat In Evidence.

There was quite laughable scene
in the First Recorders Court yester-
day over the ownership of large size
goat, which was found in possession
of little boy named Alphonse Born,
residing at No. 525 Franklin street,
between Poydras and Perdido. The
two contestants for the ownership of
the goat were Walter Schneider, re-
siding at No. 1904 Howard street, and
Vincent Pratt, who conducts restau-
rant corner of Dryades and Perdido
streets. The man Schneider contend
ed that he owned the goat for some
time back. but the goat was stolen
from him before Christmas. During
the latter part of last month he dis
covered the boy Born driving the goat
along the street and questioned him
about it and was informed by the boy
that Pratt had given him the goat
some two months ago. He thereupon
swore out an affidavit against the boy
for having stolen property in his pos
session, and yesterday the case was
fixed for examination.
ALI parties concerned in the case
were present in court, and besides
Schneider three other parties swore
that the goat belonged to him, while
Pratt swore that he was the rightful
owner of the "Billy."
The question of the goats age was
brought into question. Schneider
said that the Billy was five or six years
old, while others contended that it
was several years younger. Corporal
Seelhorst, who claimed to be an expert
in goat farming, was called to the
stand and stated that from the num-
Der of knots on the goats horns he
placed the animals age at or about
Eve years. To the animals neck was
attached long rope, and Schneider,
to convince the court that he was the
real owner, asked permission to have
the goat perform some tricks that he
had taught the animal. The request
was granted, and he thereupon pulled
the rope and had the goat to jump on
a chair and place his two forefeet on
the top of the chair.
The man Pratt was surprised at this
feat, but being equal to the emergency
secured possession of the rope and had
the goat to repeat the act withou the
slightest difficulty. The Recorder
settled the case by allowing the boy
to take charge of the goat and dis
missed the affidavit. Orleans
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words might make upon him she hast


ened to add: :,
Don't misunderstood me, please, 1
don't wish you to think actualiy us
like the city. I find it Interesting IN
many WAYS, but I have not that lasci-
nation which some people 1eei l0T IT,
I was born in the country, and all my
associations hold the memory OF green
fields and bright skies. l think that
must account for my tastes. know
that brick walls and paved streets tire
NV ewes. and I feel longing to rest
tbem on something that Is not here.
Sometimes 1 am almost determined to
20 To Elmwood just for day. 1t isn't
for from here, you know; but then l re-
member that should have to leave after
the day was over, and that would be
hard, So I think I must always put
that thought aside. Brian Is 80 differ
ent in his tastes; he likes this busy life.
He finds the country dull and lonely, and
Elmwood has not the same attraction
for him that it has for me. He simply
endures it, but well, I could live
there forever, because 1t Is home and
I love it..
The last words were spoken in lower
tone, but Wilson understood the mean
ing they held, and his next ramark was
in more feeling vein.
~We will have to teach you to love
New York for something more than It's
paved streets and brick walls. We
Gothamites are very proud. We think
tnat all things good and delightful are to
be found in this great noisy city OF
ours"
Margaret smiled. 'You have many
desirable advantages, that is certain;
but while you are proud OF your wealth
you should not forget your poverty.
"True. And we have enough OF 1t.
The condition of the poor in this city Is
miserable In the extreme, and perhaps,
what is more incredible, the most oppo-
site conditions Of prosperity and want
exist in such close proximity. was
most forcibly impressed with this fact a
few days ago. I was passing along one
Of the streets just OF from Fifth ave-
nue.. There were elegant mansions all
around me, and handsomely dressed
children playing under the eyes OF
watchful nurses. Yet little further on
T passed into scene 50 different that I
could scarcely credit the testimony OF
my eyes. Within an actual stones
throw OF splendor and prosperity, pow
erty, misery, and sin were running riot.
It is terrible to think Of it. A physician
whose practice lies amid such scenes Is
obliged to see 30 much OF the heart
aches Of life"
Il suppose so," returned Margaret,
witha sigh. Such an experience
wouldn't do for me at all; so much
wealth on one side and 50 much want
on the other would make me lose my
faith in God. It Is dreadful to say 1t, I
know. I have taken myself to task for
even thinking Of 1t, but my sense OF
Justice cannot be reconciled. There is
some wise decree, no doubt, in what
seems so unwise, but Tell me.
Don't you ever feel like taking the world
to pieces and making it over again?"
He smiled, amused at the question
and the expression which accompa-
MED it.
Il have often thought it might be
changed to advantage, but do not know
that could manage it successfully"
lTo BE CONTINUED
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IN ITS TRAIN.


The following graphic portrayal Of tho
evils which follow In the train of intemper-
ance is taken from an article written by Rev.
Stephen J. Lyons, Of Mount Holly, N. j., for
the Index. "Intemperance," says the rev.
erend gentleman, ''injures health, destroys
peace, causes dlscord, quarrels and tlood-
shed, breeds poverty, misery ald woes. fills
our jails and penitentiaries. furnishes victims
to the galows and drags down countless
human souls every year to eternal perditlon.
It relentlessly invades the homes OF the poor
and the rich and transforms them into abodes
of misery, wretchedness and woe. 1t RODS
human beings Of reason and degrades them
beneath the beasts Of the field. Three-fourths
of the horrid crimes detailed by the press each
day are traceable directly or indirectlyto the
excessive use OF intoxicating drinks. In
temperance furnishes inmates for the insane
asylum, 'necessitates larger police force to
aueil disturbances and quarrels and fills our
orphan homes with fatherless and mother
less little ones. It brutalizes man and causes
him to imbrue his hands with the blood OF
his fellow man. 1t heartlessly steals the
hard. earned wages that should be employed
to procure clothing and food for wife and
children. and hands them over the dram
shop bar for the inebdating glass. 1t
crushes the ambition of the husband, breaks
the heart Of the wife, paralyzes parental
love and destroys family peace ana nappl-
ness. It drives innocent ones away from
home into all the devious ways OF shame and
disgrace. It generates nlial irreverence,
nerves the sons arm to strike the mother
that bore him and the father that toiled to
raise him. It blasts the fairest and brightest
parental hopes an mercllessly drags down old
age In bitter disappointment and sorrow to the
grave. II weakens physical strength, under
mines the most robust constitutions, breeds
disease, shortens human lives, and yearly
drags down countless thousands to prema-
ture graves. It is the prolific cause OF ours
ing, blasphemy, vile conversations, dishon-
esty; therefore, bioodshed and murders.
People are seized with CONSERVATION and
alarm at the appearance OF cholera, yellow
fever and smallpox, because these oring
death. But the vice OF intemperance is
slowly, yet surely, carrying away its miser-
able victims to untimeiy graves every day
and people are not alarmed. How sad to
contemplate the helpless widows and pitt
able orphans left to the cold charity OF the
world by drunken husbands and fathers.
How heart .sickening to behold the wrecks
and ruins OF manhood and womanhood.
strewn along the pathway leading from the
saloon down to premature graves. More
friehtful still to reflect Is the fate OF the un-
repentant inebriates In the next world. God
has declared that no drunkard shall enter
the kingdom OF heaven"
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The devil never likes to have man read
temperance page.
License money is blood money.
Cowardice is despica5le, and q moral
coward is the worst OF all.
Out OF 5000 persons engaged in the liqtor
business in Philadelphia, 3G96 are women
Charleston Messenger.
According to the statistical abstract OF the
Tinted States. the total cost OF tho liquors OF
all kinds consumed in this country Is more
than sixteen dollars per capita, about eighty
dollars year for every family, twice as much
es the total amount OF the Federal revenue.
Otto Olsen, charged with numbering the
little girl of Mrs. Mary Ayres, OF Eureka. by
making her intoxicated. has peen arrested
and Is now undergoing his preliminary trial.
Olsen has been hara drtnker.-Paciho
Ensign.