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WANT WOMEN BADLY.
Women Promised Fortunes If They Go
to the Gold Fields.

Only a gentle rumor Of the awful
dearth of unmarried women in Alas
ka has swept over the country. Min.
ers are becoming desperate. The
absence of women in the northern
gold fields is so alarming that radi-
cal measurers are now being taken
by prospective voyagers to the Ell
dorado to induce women to brave
the hardships of the north.
This is the advertisement which
appears daily in all the Pacific coast
newspapers
"Wanted-l50 ladies TO join the
first excursion to the Klondyke that
starts next spring extra accommo-
dations will be provided and the
hardships of an overland trip avoid
ed ; this steamer starts on the open
ing OF navigation; our last mail
states there are only two unmarried
ladies among over IL coo gold seek
ers In that territory, and one of
them, who fortunately knew how to
cook, receives 500 week. For
further particulars call or address
Klondyke Shipping and Informa.
tion Bureau
Only two unmarried women among
1900 gold seekers No wonder
the men are becoming nervous. The
various information bureaus are
crowded with miners and mine
spectators, awaiting the arrival of
the fair fish that are willing TO nib
BILE at the foregoing bait.
The miners are not looking par
ticularly for cooks or housekeepers.
They do not want mattresses or paid
help. They are looking for wives.
They want to marry and share with
some good woman the big fortune OF
nuggets that they know will be
theirs.
Yet the women do not seem to
flock around this golden opportun-
ity as assiduously as the miners
would wish. Western women who
have been reared In the balmy eli
mate of California hesitate before
they venture to take trip into the
north in spite of its inducements.
Here is q chance for eastern wo-
men. After all, the pluckiest wo-
men are not those who have been
reared in the wild environment of
mining camp or an uncouth noun.
tain valley. Get the women Of
Chicago and the northwest with
energy, push and perseverance,, join
the spring excursion. They will
never regret it. Some Of the min
ers who are preparing for the trip
are genuine noblemen. They are
men to the backbone. They know
how to appreciate the graces of q
woman.
"What the men want up there in
Dawson City, said one fellow who
had just c1ne back with $4,000 in
q gripsack, ARE companions, not
servants. A pretty unmarried wo-
man can have her pick Of the crowd
by Joye! She can have everything
her own way. She can marry the
richest man in the region
"There is plenty of opportunity
for industrious women to reap
fortune. The few who have gone to
sew, to cook or to open shops, or to
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DOCTOR GWYNETTE.
BY A. X. MoBLToN.
LONDON, July Is. 1893.

LONDON, July 10, 1888.
"Dear Jack-Issran scross Stuart
Hardy today in the Strand, and he
gave me bit Of news-of himself.
He has married again.
"You remember Gwynette-Her-
bert Gwynette; he is here, too, and
from him / had The particulars of
Hardy's marriage.
"Wish | had time to send them
to you; it's quite yarn, but I'm
just off to the country for month !;
look for me in the early fall and I'll
give you the details. Hardy stays
here /; he will not return to America.
Funny thing-his present wife was
also his first wife. He doesn't know
it though. Enough now; until then,
old man Eau reyoir,
always sincerely,
"PHILn
"Stuart Hardy married again ;
that's not strange, but to his own
wife, when /, with half hundred of
his friends, looked upon her tace in
her coffin, and followed her to Wood
lawn, and with my own eyes saw her
lowered in her grave.
"Pshaw Phil has been imposed
upon. Impossible things cannot
happen, and Anna Hardy's body lies
today where she was buried, and
some trick has been played.
"Still, Phil Stanley is very care
full what he says, and still more care
full what he listens to"
Jack Tresdway re.read the letter
and threw it into the fire, and even
broke the slender, fimsy ashes into
nothingness.
On some unknown impulse he
went straight to the Office of The
Life Insurance Company.
Shepard, want to ask you a
question in confidence, and to forget
it as soon as answered"
"Well!r
"Your company paid the policy on
Mrs. Stuart Hardy's life 2"
"Of course we did there's no
reason why you should require such
confidence"
"Once more-to whom ?"
"To the beneficiary. Let me see
though-the policy was for her own
estate. Shortly after their return
from Europe Hardy came in and
wanted it changed to a Miss Shell
bourne, her companion.
"He went on TO tell how kind this
Miss Shelbourne had been 10 his
wife abroad, and that she had re.
turned with them, and that his wife
had insisted en- the change being
made"
'sThis was done ?"
certainly. Stuart is a director.
Still, il is not an uncommon thing !:
it's done every day and after Mrs.
Hasdy's death the money was paid
to Miss Shelbourne-but, the ques-
ton, Treadway Z"
ooh, just a little cuiiosity-don It
think of it again. I happened to
hear Miss Shelbourne's name men.
toned and / remembered some ugly
talk very quietly made, even after
the autopsy. ] hear Hardy has TAX
en- up his permanent residence in
London ?r
Eyes; he is our European mana
ger, row.
Treadway left, and he also lift an
ugly dent in Shepard's mind.
All that summer be lad had NO
word from Stanley, and, with the
many calls on his time, be almost
forgot the Hardys and Pills strange
letter.
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her peculiar breathing frightened
me, and | could not louse her.
Hastily dressing, he came into
the room, and there lay poor Miss
Shelbourne death was stamped on
her face.
"a servant vas hastily despatch
ed for physician, and all in our
power done until his arrival. Al
most crszed st the enormity of my
crime, / tainted, and was taken to,
now, my room. DR.. Gordon could
do noihing-Miss Shelbourne died
that morning.
"sYou are familiar with the rest
how, for brief time, suspicion
was cast on me by the insurance
company, as the transfer in my fav-
or had only recently been made.
"'You remember Stuart's loyalty
to me, all through his grief over my
death.
"'How lie insisted Oh an autopsy.
| knew how that poor girl died, but
it was Mrs. Stuart Hardy's death
that must be looked into.
"'Then the reaction. Ny first
thought was atonement. 1t nearly
killed me to see Stuart's grief. l
loved him, yet dared not tell him,
and l love him now, and atill must
keep this from him.
al determined to win that love
again. / have done it. Two lives
would pay tie penalty if he knew
now.
The money has been paid back
to the company as an investment,
and | have Stuart's promise never
to touch it.
al am really i'll now, and what
little time is left me, will you let me
live it as may and in my husbands
love ?
"Gwynette left her with silent con.
sent. He never saw her again.
Poor fellow, his secret love was with
him always.
"Stuart, as you know, is with his
wife--doubly so now--in the south
of France, and, by the time this
reaches you, he viii probably need
the sympathy of his friends in his
second bereavement"
Jack Treadway lookei.up,
There was little pile Of ashes on
the dying Goals.
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"Want your money for sweeping
the chimney, do your Look at The
beastly mess you have made on the
carpet. You can ask till you're
black in the face before you get any
coin from me 4,
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n TIME TABLE
On and after May Is, 1896, trains will
leave Harrisburg -
For PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK,
Express, ITO, els, 3.45, $40, 9.35,
II. 40 a. M, lao (limited), $50, and 1925
p. M, weekdays: Ito, 2.15, 3,45. 9.35
a. M, 1.40 limited, SO, and 1925 pm.
Sundays. Accommodation, 2. Is a. M,
4.50 and 7,30 p. M, weekdays, and 7.30
p. m. Sundays.
For PITTsBURG AND THE WEST.
F1.20a. M, daily Southwestern Express
for Cincinnati and st. Louis.
$40 a. M, daily, Pacific Express for
Chicago via Pan Handle Route and
Cleveland.
500 a. NJ. daily, Way Passenger for
Pittsburg.
1885 a. M. &, daily, Mail train for Pitts
burg.
IL As a. M, daily, Pittsburg Express
for Pttsburg and the West.
800 p. m, daily, Pennsylvania Limit
ed, for Chicago. Cincinnati and st.
Louis
$50 p. NJ, daily, Fast Line for Cleye-
land and st. Louis.
800 p. m. daily, Altoona Accommo-
dalton.
7.30 p. N. daily Chicago and st. Louis
Express connects for Cincinnati.
1920 p. H., weekdays, Express for
Pittsburg.
1l.55 p. m. Western Express for Chr
cago and Cleveland.
For THE NORTH.
1901 a. NJ, Western Express for Will
Transport, Rochester and Buffalo.
$50 a. M, daily, Northern Express
for Williamsport, Erie, Rochester and
Buffalo.
sos a. NJ, daily, News Express for
Lock Haven.
IL So a. M, weekdays, Niagara Ex-
press for New York, Rochester and
Buffalo.
3.55, p. M, weekdays, Fast Line for
Williamsport, Remove and ,Elmira.
$50 p. ~, weekdays. Lykeus Valley
Accommodation.
7.55 p. m., daily, Williamsport Elk
press.
5. M. PROVOST, J. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. agent.
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II you feel weak
and all worn out talks
BROWN S IRON BITrERs
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TIRED MOTHERS find help
|. IN Hoods Sarsaparilla, which gives
them pure blood, a good appetite and
new and needed STRENGTH.
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W J ROBINSON, G. p. A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va.

AND OHIO RAILROAD
h TIME TABLE
- EFFECT SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1897.
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RUDY's PILE sUPPosIToRY

HUD 1117 y : : Oh11 OII
is guaranteed to cure piles and Constipa-
ton, or money refunded. 30 cts. per box.
Send for circular and Free Sample to
MARTIN RUDY. Registered Pharmacist,
Lancaster, Pa. For sale by all first-class
druggists everywhere, and in Martins
burg, w. Va, by L. G. Matthaei.
4-10-'97-1yr.
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"EsTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD
w TIME TABLE,
Connecting with p. s. r. r. at Shippens
burg and Gettysburg N. s. W. R. r. at
HagerstOwp b. & o. r. r. at Hagers-
town and Cherry Run; 2 r.. r. at Bruce
vile, and L. w. g. B., N. G. and B. g. p.
Railroads at Union Station, Balto., Md.
GchoduIo IN offon+ no4oba,, o 1907
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The proof OF the pudding is the
empty dish after dinner.
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Inoontinence Of water during sleep
stopped Immediately by DR.. E.
DETcHoNs ANTI DIURETIc. Cures
children and adults alike. Price ST..
Sold by L. G. Matthaei, Druggist,
Martinsburg, w. Va.
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Jack Treadway lookei.up,
There was a little pile Of ashes on
the dying Goals.
Shepard's hand was outstretched.
A silent grasp, and he was gone.
Cheerful Moments.
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TIME TABLES.

gsUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD
TINE FABLE.
~ EFFEoT JULY 18TH, 1897.
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ALTO RAILROAD
We TIME TARJ.F
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
Il TIME TABLE

II. IA hIUUE6, j r BOyU, bUp
General Pass. Agt.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
Remarkable Twins.

The Springfield Leader.
Democrat is responsible for
The following;
An employe Of the Mem.
phis shops has twin boys in
his family Of whom some re.
markable stories are told.
The boys are said to re.
SembIe each other so closely
that their mother is unable
to tell them apart. The
remarkable thing about the
jnfants, however, is that
they seem to have exactly
The same disposition and to
tbjnE Of the same things.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
Hardy, Ark.
Nov. 6, 1897.

NOV. U, 1917.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that for
several days previous to
this date | have been under
the treatment Of DR.. D.
Samuel, the we'll known spe-
cialist of Hot Springs, Ark,
for hemorrhoids or piles,
with which | had been af-
Aicted for fifteen years
previous, and l take pleasure
in voluntarily stating, for
the benefit of those similarly
affected, that he has effected,
a permanent cure of my
malady and my general heath
which was about wrecked is
rapidly returning.
Yours truly,
Lloyd Cox.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
How They Started.
Senator Farwell began

Senator Farwell began
life as a surveyor,
Cornelius Vanderbilt be-
gan life as a farmer,
Wanamaker's first salary
was SIPS a week,
a. II. Stewart made Lis
start as a school teacher.
Cyrus W. Field began his
life as a clerk in a New
England store.
Pulitzer once acted as a
stoker on a Mississippi
steamboat,
Lucky" Baldwin once
worked on his fathers farm
in Indiana.
George w. Childs was an
errand boy for a bookseller
at 81 a month.
Jay Gould canvassed
Delaware county, N. Y.
selling maps at ST. 50
apiece.
c. P. Huntington sold
butter and eggs at what he
could get per pound and
dozen.
Andrew Carnegie did his
first work in a Pittsburg
telegraph office at 81 a
week.
Wh1telaw Reid worked as
a correspondent of a Gin
cinnatta newspaper for $5 a
week.
Adam Forepaugh was a
butcher in Philadelphia when
he decided to 60 into the
show business. Inventive
Age.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

A few days ago one Of the
twins was in the kitchen
with its mother, and the
other was in another part Of
the house. The mother and
child in the kitchen heard
a cry from the Other room.
Immediately the twin in the
kitchen took hold Of its lip
and began crying. Upon
going into the front room it
was found that the other
child had hurt its lip with
a pair of curling irons, with
1t had been PLAYING.
This is only one of the stories
told about the children, who
are said to do something
nearly every day to mark
them as a remarkable pair of
Youngsters.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
Kings Mill, Ark.
Nov. 4, 1897.
\ - 1o -

A>OF' r, 1917.
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that for
seventeen years past and
until about ten days prev
ious to this date l was a
daily sufferer with pile tu-
mors or hemorrhoids with
prolapsus of the bowels.
For about ten days past I
have been under the care
and treatment of DR.. D.
Samuel, the we'll known spe-
cialist of Hot Syringe, Ark,
and | am glad to say that he
has effected a cure of my
malady without the use of
knife. My general health is
returnlngrapidly and | feel
much better generally than l
have for years. | cheerfully
advise all sufferers of the
disease akin to mine to call
on DR.. Samuel for treatment
and cure of their trouble and
request all who desire to do
so to address me at the
above named postoffice.
Yours truly,
J. w, Rogers.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

An editor who died of
starvation was being es-
corted to heavea by an angel
who had been sent for for
that purpose. May | look
at the other place before
ascending to eternal happi-
ness?" "Easlly," said the
angel. So they went below
and skirmished around and
took in the sights, The
angel lost track of the editor
and went around hades to
hunt him. He found him
sitting by a furnace tanning
himself and gazing with rap
ture upon a lot of people in
the fire.
There was a sign on the
furnace which read: "delin-
quent subscribers,
Come" said the angel,
we must be going" "You
60 on," said the editor. "
"Tm not coming, this is
heaven enough for .--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

The Kansas City Journal
has gathered some sample
stories showing that there
are times when it is so dry
in the we stern part of
Kansas that you have to
soak a hog over night before
he will hold swill. There is
places where water is wet
only on one side, and there
is on C place where the
owner Of a ferry boat hauls
water eleven months in the
year to keep his ferry run.
nlng; while one poor farmer
used to run the well through
the clothes wringer every
morn ing to get water toi
cooking,
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
Winter weather will soon

Winter weather will soon
be here--plows, harrows,
and all other implements
used in Summer should be
put under shelter. a tool
house Of easy access and
with only an earthern floor,
Tor storing reapers, mowers,
drill and harvesting ma.
chlnery, more than pays its
cost. Wheeled implements
are best with the wheels
resting on earth, On a
plank floor they will dry ont
during the winter, so that
their tires will be loose in
the Spring. The builGing
should be high enough to
hang up part of the imple.
ments, or have a scafrold
floor over part of it for the
purpose Of storing them. -
Mo. and Kansas Farmer.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
pensioners

The pensioners still
steadily grows in numbers,
Notwithstanding the assert
ion of several Commissioners
of Pensions that it had
reached high water mark
and was about to start on
the down grade. The
annual report of Com
missioner Evans shows that
there were 5, 1856 more names
on the rolls on June 30, 1897,
than there were one year
before, Notwithstanding the
dropping, during the fiscal
year for death and other
causes of Al, ,122 names.
There we're 976, ola names
on the roll at the close Of
the fiscal year, aud unless,
death claims an unusual large
number, it is probable that
the million mark will be
passed before the close of
the present fiscal year. .--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
Pope county has eleven
candidates for assessor.
To Leave Pine Bluff.

DR.. D. Samuel, Of Hot
Springs, the renowned 50.
clalist in cbroaic dis ases
who has been in Pio. Blum
for the past fo1r morths,
leaves this week. During
his stay here DR.. Samuel
has cured son1l e the most
difficult cases known 10 the
moders profession, cases that
were acknowledged incura ole
by the leading specialists in
the country, and our people
will be sorry to arm Of his
determination +, leave rhe
city.-Pine Blu8 Graphic.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

Society has become accus-
toned to some nice distinct
ions. The poor man is
called a socialist if he be-
lieves that the wealth of the
rich should be devided among
the poor, but the rich man
is called a hnancer if he de-
vises a plan by which the
pittance of the poor can be
converted to his use. The
poor man who takes property
by force is called a thief,
but the creditor who can by
legislation make his debtor
pay a dollar twice as large
as he borrowed is lauded as
a friend of sound currency.
The man who wants the
people to destroy the govern.
ment is an anarchist, but
the man who wants the
Government to destroy the
people is a patriot. Bryan.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

Officers destroyed six stills
and captured fourteen moon
sinners in Scott county last
week.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26
u II r r &c O R D
BY COGER Do WILhERSON.
Wreck AZ yyiiliGOrd.
rWnniord RevIcw Il the laMl

West bound passenger
train No. 2, which is due at
Wil!iford at 800 a, Ill.,, was
wrecked yesterday morning
at east end of quarry switch
one-half mile west Of Will,
ford, and several passengers
were seriously injured. The
smoker, chair car and sleep
er left the track, and after
running some thirty yards
over ties and rocks, tumbled
down a thirty-foot embank-
ment and into Spring river,
Roadmaster Beck stated that
it was his opinion the wreck
was caused by one of the
wheels of day coach becom-
ing loose, was suddenly pre-
cipitated from the rails and
caught in the switch bar,
tearing up the switch and
derall1ng three last coaches.
There were about fifty
passengers aboard, and
while nearly all Of them were
injured more or less, only
one man vas killed. David
Hoover, a Stockman of
Mansfield, Mo-, died from
his injuries at go yesterday
morning. No more are ex.
pected' to die. The injured
were sent to Thayer and we
are unable to secure names at
present. Among the pas
sengers were a number of
delegates returning home
from Masonic Grand Lodge
at Little Rock. They were
all slightly injured, The
passengers were lying down
and were first aroused by the
cars bouncing and lunging
over the ties and rocks.
When the cars struck the
water the char car turned
bottom, ,side-up, the sleeper
was on its side and the
smoker turned a complete
somersault, landing right
side up. Fortunately the
lights were eXtinguished,
but this added confusion tC
the error-stricken pas
sengers in trying to find {
way out Of the cars. The
shrlekS and means of the
ladies and children were
heartrending. Some of the
passengers were pinionet
between the seats while
Others were thrown through
the windows into the cole
waters Of Spring river
The chair car caught fir,
from the stove and it aut
the sleeper were consumed
by the flames, The trail
men, assisted by some o
the passengers and peopl
from Williford who hac
hostened to the scene, die
heroic work in rescuing tn
untortunates who were I'm
able to eXtricatc themselvc
from the debris.
- ss--s---g-------
Remarkable Twins.
TNbn Sr,;,,G,1J
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

A colony of DuokardS
have located ir Franklin
county.
Sharp County record., 1897-11-26

Little Rock has $500
bicycles and only 144 are on
the tax list.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25

those often seen on the drive, CARRIED in
dainty costumes ard driving with their
mothers.
Many of the fastidious wee ladies'
between the ages of eight and sixteen
years, wear velvet and silk froclls or coats
but very pleasing little dresses in much
less expensive materials are also worn.
Serge suits made in sailor fashion and
trimmed with brightly colored braids,
make smart frocks for the smaller girls,
while coat and skirt costumes seem to be
preferred by young ladies of fourteen to
sixteen years.
The latest decree from Paris says that
pearl gray gloves are newer than the
white which have been worn the past sea-
son. This certainly is welcome news, for
white gloves besides being extravaganza
make the hands look large, while the gray
tint has a tendency to reduce the apparent
size.
White satin stock collars are worn by
French women with cloth. silk or velvet
shirt waists in place of the linen ones so
common here. Satin of any color may be
substituted for the white.
The coat which outlines the figure at
the Sides fits it closely at the back and is
loose in front, is the favorite style.
Collar bands with high standing ruffs
and battlement shaped pieces, wired to
stand out well from the neck, have be-
come settled fashion; but "A novelty is
the use of violets to cover the tabs. and
other small artificial flowers arranged in a
wreath around the edge
Black handkerchiefs are announced as
the latest craze. An acceptable modifica-
ton of this fancy, however, is a white
handkerchief with a black border en-
broidered with wreath of tinv flowers.
Handkerchiefs of a pale pink, mauve, vel
low, blue and even purple are among the
seasons novelties, and they are embroid-
cred with white initials and trimmed
around with lace; but the dantest of all
is pure white handkerchief sheer and
fine, with flight of butterflies embroid
cred in one corner and reaching well into
the centre.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-02-25
MY LADY'S WARDROBE,
What Fashion and Fame, Say 1t should Contain.
lOu New York Letter.

It's distracting in one sense at least,
that early spring always brings with it the
fashions of the summer While lawns
and laces may give us a shiver now, they
suggest the coming months when a chill
would be an agreeable change. The spring
of '97 will not be an epoch marking period
in the genealogy of costumes; departures
from the previous year being neither pro-
nounced nor material. And yet, certain
notifications are observed that are sure
to distinguish the "'97 Model" How
ever, in these slight changes there is no
cause for regret, for if there ever was
time in the history of dress when women
might be content with what they have it
is now, when fashion has reached perfec-
ton in all that goes to constitute graceful
outline, harmonious coloripg, becoming
effect and pretty contrasts.
The principal notifications are in the
narrowed skirts, the widely ha1ing skirt
being thing of the past, and in the small
sleeves, which are both comfortable and
becoming, since there is no limit to the