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Sharp County record., 1896-03-06

soldiers. Our homely boy was Off
Ger of the day, wore a fine uniform,
with a red sash, the emblem of his
position, made HIM a handsome
figure on his spirited horse. While
on his rounds he espled his tormen-
ter of fifteen years before, the gradu>
ate Bill Akin, who was a private,
and at that time was awfuliy dirty,
ragged, unshaveD and uncombed.
The officer rode up to him and said
in loud voice: "Well, If that Is
not the homeliest and dirtiest man
| ever saw" The soldier was
shocked and asked what he meant
aud who he was, His reply was, l
am the red-headed boy that fifteeI
years ago IN Dardanele you said
was "the homehest boy you ever
saw" Apologies followed and a
long talk Of home was had. That
red.headed boy is now president of
a bank in this city, and to Bill Akin,
be has had a rough road to travel
and has learned better than to
wautonly insult nomely boy
Walnut Ridge Telephone.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
Product of Eight Crops,

1t is announced by the DepaIt-
ment of Agriculture that the pro.
duct of eight crops corn, wheat.
oats, rye, barley, buckwheat. pota.
toes and hay] for last year was
valued at 81, ,4s9,4 ,4s7,o0o. This is a
vast sam, and If to it be added the
price of all the other farm products,
and of the products of the mines
and the forest, we should have an
aggregate OF wealth taken from the
earth which would probably surpass
tho dimensions Of such wealth pros
duction in any three or four other
countries upon the globe. The
figures given do not represent value;
they represent prices fixed by the
value OF the gold which 6xes the
prlce of every thing else. If we
were now operating under The mone-
tary system that was IN existence
twenty.three years ago, aud which
was given to US by the great men
who founded the Republic, the
figures would be nearer $500 million
dollars than 1880 million dollars,
This being an indlsputable fact, We
have the further fact that the EN-.
ployment of the British gold system
for the measure of American com
modities involves US IN an annual
loss Of nearly 1000 million dollars
Of debt'pay,ng power every year
The consequence Is that we are feed
ing Europeans at the expense OF oul
farmers, running their cotton mill'
At the heavy cost Of our planters
paying to European creditors TIVE
90, ,'aa5Sereaved family ,....
balance OF trade, which, were price,
normal, would be heavily IN 0u
favor In the last fiscal year, 70,
example, we exported A millions o
American silver for payment o
debt. Had we not been aflllote'
with British gold monometallism
this silver would have been valued
say, At % milton dollars BEN.
valued At hut 81 million dollars, WI
were compelled 10 make up th
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
HOaU arkansas is Booming.

Arkansas has a big i'm
migration boom, and | think
it is a conservative estimate
that she will get 100, 900
settlers this year." said
Capt. G. A. A. Dean, of
Little Rock, of the land
department of the Mo. Pac.
railroad, at the Hotel Page,
1.-The effects of good ad-
vertising," said he, 'are
beginning to tell. Thous-
ands of dollars were spent at
the Chicago Exposition and
al the Atlanta Exposition of
last year, exploiting our fine
climate and productive soil.
AS a result, we are ttlng G
the very best class of immi-
grants, and they come mostly
from Iowa, Kansas, Nebras-
ka and nthes Ner+l.p~.. S+atee.
"They are men OF means
and belong to that class that
never fail to build up a state.
They find that a fve-acre
strawberry field in Arkansas
is a better paying investment
year in and year out than a
16O.acre farm in their former
homes, where they have been
nearly ruined by droughts.
This imm igration is a fact
and no fake. If other proofs
were wanting I could produce
the book to show that in the
last twelve months the prof
it's of the Missouri Pacif fic
have increased exactly 100
per cent. ashington Post.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice For Publication l--5S85.

Land ONCE at Little Rock, Ark. Jan. ~ 1895
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of bis intention to
make flnul proof in support of his claim, aud
TINT said proof viii DC made before the County
Clerk of Sharp county at Evening Shade Ark on
Morch 7th 1906, viz; Thomas l.. Rushing u q
No, I7bl7 for the sc ar of &c ar Sec, 7 II N X
B West, and hlf Of sw qr ind NV qr oisw ar
Sec, 0 4 II NA4 West,
lie names the following witnesses 10 prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF,
said lind yizi
W il Vanrankle, j N Green, W II Mann,
j j johnson. All Of Curtis, ARK,
j j. BEAVERS,
Register.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
The Tables Turned

1t is never proper, dlgnlfied,
genteel, gentlemanllke nor prudent
to speak of the personal appear
ance or rather the uginess of any
one particularly Of boys, aud we de'
sire to relate an incident. In the
warm spring days of ls47 when, in
that time Of the day when 1t is
pleasant 10 at on the sunny side OF
the street, a freckled faced red.head
ed boy sat with other boys on the
edge Of the side walk in the town
Of Dardanelle up on the Arkansas
River. Beauty and culture was
not very thick any where IN that
part Of the countryathen, and that
boy seemed to have on HIS frame all
the homllness Of that particular
nelghborhood, and IL was so oonsplc'
nous that no one could have passed
the group Of BOYS without noticing
HIM, and recognizing that he wa'
there, This last fact is what brough,
grief to Bill Akin, who, only a few
days before had returned HON,
from college where he had gradu'
ated and put on the usual free anc
eaay air that IS supposed to belong
to that particular condition of bud
;,;l manhood, besides thls, Bill haC
i considerable degrse of smart
a,ec-ncsS; and as he walked alons
feeling sorry for the young ladie
because he could not aocompan,
each Of them, he saw this statue o
red hair, ireokles and uncomeliness
and he stopped and said: "Well
If that is not he homel,est boy
ever sawl' Our homely lad wa
wounded AID PANIED, but hid hi
anger at that time, Fifteen year
later tho two met again, both wer
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
Where They Lie Buried.

Take a walk through cemetery
and you will pass the last resting
place of the man who blew into
the muzzle Of gun to see if it was
loaded. A little further down the
slop is buried the crank who tried
to show how close he could pass In
front of moving train. In strolling
about you see the modest monument
of the hired girl who started the fire
with kerosene, and the grass-covered
knoll that covers what is left of the
boy who put corncob under
mules tail. The tall shaft of the
man who blew out the gas casts a
shadow across the bosom of the boy
who tried to jump on moving tram,
Side by side the ethereal creature
who always had her corset laced to
the last hole and the intelligent
idiot who rode bicycle mite miles
in 10 minutes sleep on undisturbed.
Here repose the remains of the doc
tor who took dose OF his own
medicine, and just over there with
the top of shoe box drive"
nlssiead lies rich man who married
Q young wife. Away over there by
side gate repose the remains OF the
boy, who went fishing on Sunday,
and the woman who kept strychnine
side bv side with baking powder in
the cupboard. TIE man who stood
IN front of moving machine to oil
the sickle is quiet now, and he rests
by the side of the careless brakeman
who fed himself to seventy ten en-
gine. Those four newly made graves
over yonder are occupied by the
careless farmers who attempted to
feed fodder shredder and smoke
a: the same time, and so it goes.--
Exchange.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
1T Is Better.

Not to let your sail be bigger
than your boat. 4
To let your recreation be manfm
not sinful.
To bend the neck promptly thar
to brulse the forehead.
To think before you speak than
to speak before you think.
To hold your good name; for il
is of more value than gold.
To put your foot dowe Esers
you mean to stand and ke. b. -:.srs
To look well to your feet WI i
they are likely to lead you IN III
paths of sin.
TO labor to keep alive il. %ou.
breast that little spark of r1ltisg
fire called conscience. ns<.
To stick to your own opinion u
you have one, and to allow Others
the same liberty Of sticking ia
theirs. -Ex.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
Good Roads Movement.

The Gazette of Little Rock con,
tains the following sensible editorial
which We take pleasure IN reproduc.
ing: "No country's resources can
be developed without good roads.
The adoption of some plan by which
highways NAV be constructed and
kept in repair is demanded by the
pesple of Arkansas. 1t IS the lack
of good roads that retards the pro-
gress of this state, The farmers of
the state who constitute the vast ma
iorlty of the voting population and
tax,paying element of Arkansas are
deeply interested in the movement
which has for its object the securing
of better roads. In nearly all the
counties delegates have been ap-
pointed to the good roads convention
which meets in this city on Tuesday
next, and among the number are
many farmers who realize the I'm.
portance of such meeting. The
convention will be largely attended
by men who have q controlling in
huence in the material affairs of Ar
kansas and they will come to this city
t6lly determined to give expression
to their views on the question of
good roads. They want intelligent
legislation Oh the subject and will
insist upon the enactment of laws
that will enable them to obtain a
better class of highways. We have
been living in the woods long
enough. immigration to Arkansas
is increasing and the majority of the
people coming to the state are
farme rs and are investing the,l
morey IN lands, not for the timber
that Is on them, but to convert the
NJ. lflsaffa. MS, anu make permanent
their homes thereon. This increase III
the population of Arkansas means
an increase in the agricultural pro-
ducts of the state. To dispose OF
the surplus crops at a profit the
farmers must have markets and easy
access to them, and these markets
cannot be secured without good
roads. immigration to Arkansas OF
that desirable class which is now
pouring into the state will cease
unless some particular effort is made
to secure for them easier and better
communication between their farms
and the towns IN which they hope ia
market their products. The good
roads convention has a remarkable
work before 1t, and 1t Is hoped the
delegates will take the matter IN
hand earnestly and that the dellber'
at,ons will result IN the formulation
of a plan that will inaugurate sys'
tenn of road Improvement that will
become popular and effective in
every county IN the state.
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
OFFICIAL.

CONGRESSMAN, First Dstrict-P. ID. McCulloch
residence Maranna, Lee County.
Senator, Second Dist-Clay Sloan Powhatan.
Judge, 18th Judicial Dist-John u. McCaieb,
Evening Shade.
Pros Atty. 18th Dist-J. Buck Baker, Mel
Judgc-W. G. Murphy.
t,lerk-Jasper Justus,
Sherif-Geo. W. Mullen,
Assess0r-Jno, W. Mclean.
Treasurer--P. H. Wikerson.
Co. Examiner-A. B. Brewster.
TIE COURTS,
circuit Court, n. Dist-First Monday In Jan.
uary and July. In S. Dist-Second Monday in
February and August :"
Gounty Court-lst Monday in January, April.
S1,r .nd October. P'
arv Nav Inr1 Augnsfs n a1D 1D'st-lst Monday In Febru
pIper. ii ~
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06

difference by sending abroad 4s
millions of wheat and cotton, worth
really about so millions. The
Manufacturer
Sharp County record., 1896-03-06
Direct or.
RELIGIOUS.

Preaching at Methodist church first and third
Sundays lr each month Rev. W. A. Manley,
pastor. Everybody is invited to attend.
Sunday-school every Sunday morning at
O'Clock at the Methodist church. Everybody is
invited to come G. j. WILSON,
Miss Ella Craig, Secretary. superintendent
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
A DISASTROUS SEASON
Experienced by tho Whaling Fleet In Arc-
tic Seas.

Experienced by tho Whaling Fleet In Arc-
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct lathe first
news from the whaling feet in the
Arctic was brought In Sunday by the
steam tender Jennie which arrived in
a dilapidated condition with $4,000
pounds of bone for the Pacific Whal-
ing Co. 1t is story Of
deaths, desertions, fighting scrapes. n
duel, mutiny, and, to crown all,
n poor catch. The entire fleet only
took 90 whales. The crew of the Bay
lies mutinied in the sea of Ohhotsk and
the master was obliged to surrender
the ship, which was headed for home
at once. Capt. Mason Of the Jennie
reports that last winter was the most
severe ever experienced in the Arc
tics, and the summer was corre-
spondingly cold. The men suffered
terribly, and desertions from the
feet at the mouth of the Mackenzie
river were frequent. There was gem
ernl exodus at one time and five men
out of the crowd got away. They have
not been heard from since. The 9TH
ers were brought up when shower
of bullets was sent after them.
Among those who died during the
winter were: VIM. Mosher, second
mate of the bark John and Winthrop;
Harry Williams, cabin boy Of the bark
Wanderer, and James Leary, second
mate of the steamer Belvidere.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
PREPARING FOR WAR.

Russia MobiIIxing Her Naval Forces Tho
Military Ordered TO be Ready at . Mo-
menvs Notice.
LONDON, Oct. 1a-The Daily Graphic
publishes dispatch from Sebastopol
saying that Russia is continuing her
preparations for an emergency. The
local military and naval forces at Sc
bastopol, Odessa and Batoum have
been mobilized. Gen. Bobrikoff, chief
of the war Office staff, recently ar
rived at Scbastopol, and has held
important conferences with the
local commanders He has inspected
the garrison and arsenal and
has picked out company of subma-
rine engineers, who have been ordered
to hold themselves In readiness to inn
mediately embark upon gunboat.
This gunboat is already loaded with
mines, shells and torpedoes. The in
terror garrisons In Poland, Taurida
and the Caucasus have received orders
to be in readiness at moments
notice to board special trains for ports
on the Euxinc.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17


AsBURY PARK, N. j., Oct. 12.-The
northeast storm now raging is the
worst known along this section for
many years. Asbury Park and Long
Branch have suffered to the extent of
tens of thousands of dollars, and the
damage continues with every wave.
At Asbury Park the waves are pound
ing heavily against the famous board
walk, carrying destruction in their
wake. The planking has been torn
up from Seventh avenue to Asbury
avenue, distance of over half mile.
At the foot of Sixth avenue several
summer houses have been razed, and
the monument marking the spot where
the New, Era was wrecked in 1854 was
toppled-over and wrecked.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
ENGAGEMENT in CUBA
In which the spanish Commander Ad-
mltn RarIoua Loaaea.

HAVANA, Oct. 13.--Gen. Echague re-
ports that ON October s his command
had serious encounter with the rebel
forces, who held strong positions on
the heights Of Guayabitos. After a
fight lasting three hours the rebels
were finally dislodged The loss Of
the rebels is not known. The loss of
the Spaniards was l5 men killed and
two lieutenantcols4els, three lieuten-
nnts and e3 privates wounded with
bullets and machettes.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
RETURNED HON ALASKA.
The United states Geological survey Party
.proapoota FOR Quart 4 Mining Good.

The United States Geological survey Party
prospects FOR Quarts Mining Good.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. IS. Among the
passengers on the steamer Bertha,
which arrived Sunday from Alaska.
were J. Il, Spur, J. D. Goodrich and
u. @. Echrader. OF tho United States
geological survey. They were sent by
the department TO AlhNlsa last spring
TO make . report Of the prospects
OF quarts mining IN that region.
Thoy nallnntd themselves. they hhy,
thai the ppuapeotA oi profitable Qukglp
wlplnR " AlRAkh AFn Ysgy aeoAl
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
Dostr uc.ion az Atlantic city.

ATLANTIC CRY, N. j., Oct. 10. The
storm and high tide yesterday morn
Ing has further injured the iron pier
and taken another section of the
structure away, together with the big
music pavilion.
The yachtsmen's wharf at the in let,
200 feet in length, has been completely
destroyed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
LIBEL SUITS
Entered Against the Wheeling Register
and Parxersburg Sentinel.

PARKHRsBURe, w. Va, Oct Ia
Chairman b. II. Piersol and Treasurer
@. L. Spence of the populist state COM
mittee instituted libel suit yester-
day, through their attorneys, w. Il.
Archer and James Hutchinson, Of this
city, against the Wheeling Register
and ParlSersburG Sentinel for S2b,0
damages each from each paper, the
grounds alleged being the publication
us peegsatIou et bribery DgaIRAt the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
DEMAND ON THE PORTE
For Indemnity for the Murder OF an
Italian Subject.


ROME, Oct. lathe Italian govern
ment has addressed a peremptory note
to the porte in reference to young
Italian subject who was murdered in
the recentmassacres in Constantinople.
The note says that the young man was
beaten on the head and felled to the
ground by man in Turkish uniform,
who continued to cudgel his PROSTATE
victim until he had killed him. The
similarity OF the case to that of Father
Salvatore, the Italian priest who was
murdered by Turkish troops in
a convent at Yenikale, in 1895,
the note says, justifies the as
sertions that were made in the
recent collective notes addressed to
the porte by the six European embas-
sizes at Constantinople. The note con-
cluded by demanding the punishment
of the guilty persons and the payment
of indemnity for the murder of an Ital-
ian subject
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
Death Of Minnie conway.

NEW YonK, Oct. IA Herald spe-
cial from Washington says; A cable
dispatch was received In Washington
Sunday announcing the death, on Oc-
tober 0. of Minnie Conway Tcarle at
her place, Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle,
England.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
Lookout for
he Racket Store
Every Time You Go to Macon.

They receive NEW GOODS week.
and they
GOOD GOODS Sandpoli is anything
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
Prevailed AlI NIght.

NANTUCKET, Mass, Oct IA hur-
ricane prevailed here all last night.
The wind blew 90 miles an hour, but
little damage was done.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
NUMBER 4S.
WHOLESALE MURDER.

lI7 -'--
10 Turks sword Turned Against His
Own subjects-sIany Carts Loaded with
sCorpses Seen to Emerge ut Night from
Tho csntrai Prison and Hurry In the
Direction Of tho isosporus
Reforms.
BERLIN, Oct 13. The Lokal An.
zefger HAS dispatch from Constanti-
ndptc saying that the anti-sultan move-
ment among the softas Theological
students) Is growing. They have cir
cnlated another revolutionary procla-
nation.
The dispatch adds that Nemet Pasha,
an imperial aide, was shot yesterday
at the Yildix palace ON suspicion that
he was Implicated in the Young Turkey
agitation
Persistent stories are in circulation
to the effect that carts loaded with
rorpses emerge at night from the CEN
trnl prison and hurry Off In the direc-
ton OF the Hosporus. These lvics
tins are supposed to be Young Turks.
French divers are refusing to work In
the Bosporus owing to the horrible
collection of corpseS that they meet
while pursuing their labors under
water.
In an interview, Tewflx Pasha. the
foreign minister, gave in detail the re-
forms that the sultan proposes to ap-
ply to the whole empire. Hesaid that
the great expense entailed by these
reforms would be met by granting
new monopolies If the powers will
give their consent With these and
peace, Turkey, he added, would sur
mount her financial troubles. In con-
clusion, Tewfik Pasha declared that
the government wns resolved to con-
tinue the construction Of the Asiatic
railway to Bagdad, thus opening up
the resources of Anatolia and provid-
ing an overland route to India.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
Trade in Macon.

The merchants of Macon whose advertisements appear in this
Sheet take this to thank their friends and the public
generally the liberal patronage they have always received and
the confidence that has heretofore been placed in em and
speculy solicit continuance Of patronage with the fullest
that efforts will be spared to merit the confidence Of
their friends and customers.
Our stock of goods unuualy large this and
you will surely find here that competition is the life Of trade
especially in the line Of staple goods such Provisions Clothing
and Shoes.
The ladies will find everything they desire in the line of Dress
Goods the most extensive in variety brought here and the
stock Of Footwear is simply superb
In the line of Household Furniture and Kitchen Utensils
have everything you will need point the road
pete with us.
With banking and compress facilities offer superior
inducements holders ofcoo The several buyersere always
give New Orleans prices less cost of carriage We desire to
and investigate for yourself and you will find every state
ment we have made will be verified.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-09-05
uI,.H SCHOOL NOTES.

The high school opened on Monday
last with a total enrolment OF lob pu-
pills This is somewhat larger than last
years enrolment. Examinations we're
held on the first day OF school Tor the
benefit of pupils who had made up work
during the summer.
The manual training classes will com
bine mechanical drawing with shop work
this year. Three days per week will be
devoted to the work-one day to draw
ing and two to shop work. MISS Colds
worthy will have charge OF the former
and Mr.. Heath OF the latter.
Miss Boggs and Miss Stahl have. ex-
changed rooms. Miss Boggs has charge
of the classes in mathematics and Ger
man and Miss Stah has the classes IN
English and classics.
A class of tw enty-nine pupils entered
the high school from the eighth grade.
The class of 81 has assumed the digoi-
fed title OF seniors with all the grace due
the occasion. 1t is not so large az the
class OF 90, but it's lack of quantity is
fully made up by superior quality.
Miss VIVA Milligan, OF the junior class,
has gone to Colorado for months
visit.
Miss Alice Nelson, OF the class OF 81
has withdrawn from school.
Our organist this year will be Mis-
Daisy Danielson, OF the class OF '97.
| The high school athletic club will NEE
soon to organize a foot ball team for tn
coming season.
A sentiment quite prominent in tn
first year class at present il, Next Mon
day ia legal holiday. No school"
Motto of the seWor class; I'VE are th
} people"
A number Of new pupils have entere
the high school from Osceola and Tam'
rack.
The classes IN physics and chemistr
have begun experimenting.
Carlos Light has again entered Il
e high school.