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Sharp County record., 1898-04-08

POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
False eyes should be made Of
lookingglass.
The tailor is engaged in a fit
ting occupation.
A clover breath is equivalent to
a plea Of guilty.
The mere we think OF some
people the less we think of them.
A man seldom gets so full Of
emotion that he has no room for
dinner.
Most men are generous to a
fault when tho fault happens to
be their own.
The ardent lover is all at sea
when his best girl throws him
overheard.
No man has the courage to fell
a woman the things that her
mirrow does.
Men and women have more
faith in each other than they
have in their own Sex.
When a man tears a leaf off a
calendar he realizes that his days
are numbered.
We have to guess what the
future and the merchant who
never advertises has in store.
There may be nothing new
under the sun, but the limitations
frequently surpass the original.
1t is better to purchase two
cents worth Of music daily from
the organ grinder than to ow'
for a grand piano.
Only few years ago people
gazed in wonder at the first ga
light. Now they gaze in wonde
at their last gas bills.
You can draw your own con
clusion from the fact that ther
isn't enough truth in existence
to keep tongues of gossips con
stantly wagging.-C h i c a 6
News.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
NATIONAL EMBLEMS.

The adoption of a rose as a
national flower dates so far back
that old Pliny wondered il Albion
took its name from its white cliffs
or from its pretty white roses.
In Edward the Thirds reign a
gold coin was struck called a
"rose NOBLE" bearing a rose on
one Of its sides, and from that
time the flower has been init
mately associated with the nation.
The Rosjcrucians Of the seven-
teenth century, popularity styled
the brothers of the "rosy CROSS"
brought the rose into great prom
inence.
The wars Of tho roses has
reference to the long and bloody
feuds between the houses Of York
and Lancaster for the possession
Of the English crown-the white
r)so being the badge Of the
former, and the red rose that Of
tho latter,
Regarding the thistle, tradition
says that it along with its motto,
"Wha daur moddlo wi mo-" was
first adopted as symbol under
the following circumstances;
A party of invading Danes at
tempted TO surprise and capture
the Scotch army under the cloud
of night, AS they drew near the
slumbering camp, one of the
party trod upon u prickly thistle,
and leaped into the mir with a.
cry of pain. lila cry aroused the
Sootchmon, who flew to arms and
foll upon the invaders with such
courage and success that they
we're driven from the field,
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
sDlEassga.sllEa.LLi.s.l.. .1.a.sIl.- .a,..-s:'.

A southwest Missouri orator
gets off the following: I'VE live
in a land of high mountains anc
high taxes, low valleys and lo'
wages, big crooked rivers and
big crooked statesmen, big
strikes, big drunks, big pumpkin
heads, silver streams that gam
Dol in the mountains, pious poll
ticians who gamble in the nigh.
roaring cataraots and roaring or
ators, fast trains, fast horse-.
fast young men, and girls faster
sharp lawyers, sharp financiers,
sharp toed shoes, noisy children,
fertile plains that lie like a shed
of water, and thousands of news
papers that lie like thunder.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08

We want to hear just one SER
mon from the fellow who can
beat the preacher preaching.
We want to witness one days
teaching by the same fellow who
can beat the teacher teaching.
We want to watch the fellow do a
days plowing who can beat the
farmer farming. And there is
the fellow who knows more Of
medicine than all the doctors in
the universe; we want to see him
practice his art on himself for
just one day. And there is the
fellow who can beat the editor,
ten to one, in getting out a pa
per; we want to sec just what
kind OF a sheet he would issue
from the press. The trouble witt
such characters is that they can
not attend to their own business
and therefore they think they
know all about that of other peo
ple.-Madisonville Hustler.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08

A man once spent many years
blowing and hoeing, pulling corn
and fodder, and picking cotton
from one'year's end to another,
until he grew discontented, and
his cosy home, his good farm and
all the pleasures of life were
forgotten in his discomfort, until
he finally resolved to just quit
work and trust in the Lord for a
living. But one night no had a
dream that set him to thinking,
and brought him back to see life
right. He dremp that he was
called to leave this world and go
to the better, and when the final
summons, "Come up higher, he
started out with q brave heart.
But tho way was so hard and
steep, although he climbed and
toilod and pulled, yet the end
seemed 80 far that he would just
trust in the Lord and jump. lie
jumped, and hit the floor hard
He had boon climbing the bed
post, and the fall kept him awake
the rest of the night. Anyway,
the dream was a good lesson to
him, and he took heart and went
to work aeail and appreciated
tho many blessings OF the farm
er's life. So after all tho true
way to make farming successful
il to be cheerful, keep in good
health "be sure you are right,
then 90 ahead, Eek.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08

otimary AID the usual roso-
'dfons oi his lodge printers Oh d
ace board witt a rubber stamp.
md when he has d baby at his
>Jusc, or party, or a son or a
",ughter gets married, a full
eooount OF the important even.
might be printed or q sheet OF
wrapping paper and tackled upon
lis front door. And when he is
d candidate for Office he NIGH
rubber stamp himself q label t.
he effect that he wants to be
constable or road ovorseer or
justice Of tho peace, as the case
may be, and pin it on the bosom
of mis- pants, and when the op-
position jumped onto him and
told some tough stories about
him, he could just stamp another
label saying it was blamed lie,
and pin that on, too. Come t.
think of it, there is no end of
uses that a rubber sta mp might
be put to in the hands Of an enter
prising and economical man.
Great is the rubber stamp.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
A teller of a bank in New York

A teller OF bank IN New YORK
reports the following incident:
A German citizen approaching
the window requested that a
check payable to the order of
Schweitzercase be cashed.
"Ya, dots me-" he nodded re-
assuringly in answer to the teller s
look Of inquiry.
"But | don't know that you are
Mr.. Schweitzercase. You must
get yourself identified" said the
teller.
"How vos dot?" asked tn
German citizen with a puzzled
look.
"You must get some one to
identify you," repeated the bank
officer; 81 don't know you"
"Ah, ya!" cried Hans, quite
relieved "dot's all right. don't
know you neider."
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
"RUBBER STAMP MEN"

Referring to a visit to that
town of a rubber stamp fakir,
the editor of the Gaylord, (Kanp)
Herald says;
"If business man OF the town,
or one who desires to be counted
as one, soes fit TO daub his nots
heads and envelopes with n rub
ber stamp and thus load outsiders
TO think thore is no printers in
town, we oun stand Il IL he can.
Such Il man as that when he
comes to die, ought to have hi
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08

From that day the sai5Cle was
worn as a badge, and ultimately
became the emblem Of Scotland.
The uefoil, or throe-leaiea
clover, the badge Of Ould Ireland,
mas a story connected with 1t
also.
81. Patrick, when insvrucJing
ta4 people in religious doctorine3,
found great difficulty in convey
-lg 10 their minds the idea OF the
criplo God-head. STOPPING down
a. The people stood around, he
g,.cl1ed a shamrock, and used 1t
as m Illustration, 50 satisfying
to the Irish people that they have
ever since worn it as their nation
al emblem.
With the union of the nations
came the union of the emblems,
the lilies of France in Queen Vic
toria's royal diadem giving plac
to the shamrock of the Green
Isle.-St. Louis Republic.
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
3 6eSt 0der Ever mace yy G New
s4pases every week ior 100 cent.

semi-weekiy Republic, the best general asve,,.
world, containing all the news in eight PAGES iT|
he 2eyublic Model Magazine one year for 81 50 ''s1
EeDHblic Sunday Magazine was the newsDano,
home journal Of yhe best class, IS large pa3e
res of fua Il pages Of The brightest and best resSs
mains more high-class pictures and cartoons t5aa
ted in any oyner publication, More noted writer's I
qoute to the Republic Magazine than 10 any obeyvs
N. The magazine VIII be cold only in connecio1
TG8E -s@EUBAEC, vt. gsui
Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
A RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN,
A Page From Her flisfcry.

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Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
The sc,re,ayy oF tho GliJt. c.,nuo,

The secretary OF tho GlJdU tUvau
aud Harness MiG Co, OF lH' ua,. 'U..
informs rs mat thop ppr'w v.. p. .uuf
uf tSoi 'hpn croE lie y... d. .H,,
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Sharp County record., 1898-04-08
WHY DO WE PLOW.

verize the soil, together with the
vegetable matter on its surface,
and thus render available the
plant food it contains. To pl mt
and cover the seed so they may
germinat, and grow. To keep
down the weeds, and thus save it
for the use Of the planted crops.
Seeds sown upon the unplowed
ground may germinate here and
there; but, as we want the largest
possible per cent of the seed sown
to reproduce its like, we must in
sure uniformity of condition. AS
nearly as practicable we must SOW
them upon uniform bed, cover
to a uniform dept, and roll, or
drag, or harrow to remove or
pulverize clods that might inter
fere with the termination or
growth OF the young plants.
These processes are the best per-
formed by the use of the plow in
one or several of it's variou s
forms. 1t is possible to raise a
crop of weeds and a crop of corn
for anything else) on the same
ground at the same time, but the
crop of weeds will surpass in
growth and luxuriance the plan
ted crop, because they are native
to the soil, and are to a large ex-
tent adapted to growth on un-
cultivated, or badly cultivated
ground and the planted crop will
, be weak, light and unsatisfac-
tory; therefore, if we would
, grow a satisfactory crop, we must
, assist it-or rather, we must re-
? move the obstacles, the enemies,
the weeds that are contending
for the lions share of the plant
> food available in the soil. This
3 is most effectually and cheaply
: done with the plow. We must
} plow in such manner as to destroy
the weeds before they do damage,
and without injury to the planted
crop. We also plow to preserve
4 the soil moisture for the use of
( the planted crop. This is done
, by frequent stirring of the sur
8 face soil to a modern depth, say
two or three inches. This STIR
, ring Of the surface destroys that
, Structure Of the soil W h / G h
, facilitates the evaporation Of
t water, called capilarity. This
= loosened and finely pulverized
surface in time of drouth will
: become very dry and dusty, and
moisture can only to an imper-
) ceptible degree be evatorated
: through dry stratum, however
thin. This is the same principle
: that operates in the use Of the
: sponge for absorbing water. All
|, persons who have used this use-
full substitute know that a sponge
, will not readily absorb water
, when dry, but only after it has
becomemoist throughout Hence
it is that in using a dry sponge
we always wet and squeeze il
until ovory part is equally moist
oned, when it will take up water
: rapidly to its full capacity, Cul-
tivation does not apply to broad
casted crops; but in such cases
we prepare the soil, SOW the seed,
and in the process Of planting
and covering, destroy the weeds,
and broad-casted crops being
other quick to gernlinato, or
terminating slowly at u season
when weeds do not gagmin0te at
all, get a start, and oyershadow
every other growth, choking out
the weeds, es pa'l,s are o.or
won on othol fields, Ly sheer
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.

year on December 2S, and the combin'
alton OF evacuation day and that fes-
tival were long Jointly honorcd in New
York.
Tho Thanksgiving day Of 1916 10
memorable as tho occasion upon which
an American theater was nrst illum-
mated with gas. This event happened
in Philadelphia, The experiment was
a complete success. and the manager
of the affair was DR.. Kuglcr. During
tho war. OF the battles and skirmishes
fought on Thanksgiving. the most no.
table was that Of Lookout mountain
tls63).
A few odd and distinctive methods OF
celebrating the great holiday still sur
vive in different parts OF tho United
States, although the tendency IL to-
ward q uniform manner Of rejoicing.
In sections OF Connecticut, for exam
pie. the Thanksgiving barrel burn
ing" Is q time-honored institution. Fol
a month before the day Connecticut
boys diligently collect and store In q
place OF security all the barrels, OLD
or new. which they a find. All bar.
rels are regarded as the property o.
whomsoever can carry them away. or
Thanksgiving night the barrels are
piled In o huge heap and ignited. Boys
and girls then dance around the bon
FIRE until the very last barrel has gone
ND in smoke.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

Vas destined to obtain IN the history OF
America.
Tho first Thanksgiving differed very
materially from It's successors In that
II was proclaimed as a fast and not rs
= feast. Supplies had run short, the
ships expected from England were de-
layed. and extinction threatened the
governor and company Of Massachu-
sets hay In New England" Winthrop
and his council decided to hold a day
OF prayer and abstinence, $50 that we
Lorde be propitiated and locke upon
his servants With favor. In h a they
have humbled themselves before Him.
Accordingly a crier was sent about the
primitive settlement OF Charlestown'
and the colonists were each and all IN
vited to take part In the fast. Their
sacrifice met with speedy reward.
Scarcely had the moo hour of the
allotted day arrived when the long
~hoped-for ship made Its welcome aD-
pearance In Massachusetts bay, the
cargo was landed, and the fast was
succeeded by a banquet Of a sort which
must have seemed sumptuous indeed 10
the exiles SO recently plunged In
hunger and hardship. On the thresh-
old of dreaded winter Winthrop N
his followers found what bad been a
prospect OF fear and peril changed In
70 one OF happiness and hope. Such
was Americas first Thanksgiving, as
celebrated 260 years ago. Thereafter
each succeeding November was mark
"a H. H. anal 80 hA an1nnu Iyy n
similar festival of gratitude.
But Thanksgiving in the early days
OF our history was not confined TO the
New England pioneers alone. Just
Afteen years after Winthrop's proclaim
alton. 1. O., In 1645, Gov. Kieft OF the
Dutch colony, then known as Nieuw
Amsterdam, but now as New York, Or
dered the observance OF a day of re-
joicing and thanks, 'for the rest ana
peace which God had been pleased to
bestow upon his servants" Thus we
see that the feast OF Thanksgiving Is
not az generally supposed. q peculiarly
Puritan institution, but ID equally de-
rived from the stalwart burghers Of
Manhattan island.
The next notable Thanksgiving day
In history fell In 175S. On that date
the British and colonial army. number
ing $4,000 men. and commanded BY
Gen. Forbes. attacked and captured
from the French, after a fierce strug
gle. Fort Duquesne. at the junction o.
the Allegheny and Mo%nongahela riv
era. The name OF the place wal
changed to Fort Pitt, and was the nu
cleus OF the city Of Pittsburg. Thus
IN = special sense the history OF tn,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
The college faculty were moved to

The college faculty we're moved to
interest themselves in the question by
the fact that the uncertainty regarding
tho date caused considerable disorder
among their pupils. Boys from differ
ent states celebrated on different days.
many OF them returning home to cat
tho Thanksgiving meal under the
own rooftrees. This very undesirable
state OF affairs could only be put q
stop to. said the grave Harvard dons,
by the formal establishment Of a uni
form date for the feast. The last
Thursday Of the eleventh month suited
the collegers. and influence being
brought to bear upon the colonial gov
errors OF New England. proCiamations
were Issued making that day the rcgu-
lar Thanksgiving.
In the south Thanksgiving. as an
annual festival. remained practically
unknown until, in 1856, the curious
Virg!nian controversy OH the subject
was precipitated. This controversy,
| which is not generally known, deserves
q brief notice. The governor OF Vir'
ginla at the time n n Johns. a pa
triotic and broad-mlnded gentleman
who had always entertained a rever'
| ence for the Puritan anniversary
which was by no means common below
Mason and Dixon's line. Gov. Johns
In o letter to the state legislature. ur
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18
PIE WOULDN'T oBLIoE.

Say, Joe." said the western sheriff.
addressing a gray haired, cadaverous'
looking individual who sat beside him
in front OF the county Jail n day.
blamed shame tho way my prisoners
wuz treated last Th~anksgivin', wuzn't
it"
1T sartinly wuz, Tom" was the re-
ply. "They didn't git q bite Of turkey,
IL I remember"
mot q burned bite, Joe" continued
the sheriff In tones OF disgust. AN !
wus ~acshually ashamed to look even
the boss thieves In the face fur weeks
arterward!"
Dye think the county'n throw en-
down agin this y'arT
Yes, / reckon so. Ever since my
| deputy sold the turkeys I bought fur
the prisoners an skipped with the
cash the turkey deal has bin declar'd
of. Say. Joe, old friend, I'm a-fee!in'
I've gottcr do sunthin' fur the fellers
this Thanksgivln'."
Seems though it's yer duty to, Tom
seem so. an If l kin help We any
jist call on me-"
"Wall, Joe!' continued the sheriff.
that's burned good O. ye to say that.
an 1t shows we've got my Interests at
heart. Now, I've bin thinkin' that
while We couldn't 60 down In our peck
cts an buy 'em turkeys, We could git
up a leetle entertainment fur 'em on
that day and sorter cheer EN- up. What
dye think o. IT."
"a burned good scheme, Tom, an
Jest count on me to help ye in any
way! But what sort o an entertain
ment ar ye thinkin' OFF,"
"Ob, thar's only ono sort OF show
they'd wake up long mum to look at,
an that's a hangin', OF course"
"A hangin', eh?" queried the old
man as a puzzled look came over his
face. But yed hev to hang n o. then
an wouldn't that sort o. make tht
others feel gloomy?"
mo, l wouldn't hang one O. the
prisoners. Thar's three or four gottel
hang bimeby. but not until artel
Thanksgivin', an / couldn't hang ZEN
Till that time comes. No, Joe, oil,
friend, that's whar' We come in, "
know. That will be yer part o. tn,
show, an I'm a-tell!n' ye it'll be ap
preciated all over town. too"
DIDO We mean fur me to hang?
gasped the other.
why, IN course. Yer an ole galoot
Joe, a-suiferin' all the time with rheu
matism an Ave or six other things, an
besides ye haven't a relative on ART
to keer fur ye."
Yer q fool, Tom SMITH" shoute
the old man as he ieaped from hi
chair and looked daggers at the othel
II may be old an oil that, but / hahn
a-lendin' ray neck to please nobody
Wall, ] reckon not, with whisky neve
SO cheap, tool" and old Joe slippe
away In high dudgcon.
wall, shoot me for a coyote IL L
believed 1t o. him." growled the shei
In, az he looked after the mar In grea
establishment. Jest last week the ol
critter was wishin' he could do sur
thin fur his feiler-men, an cow h
backs out when I've given him q spleI
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

gently recommended the recognition OF
Thanksgiving in Virginia. and offered.
In case his recommendation proved
satisfactory, to at once issue a proc
lamation.
But the legislature Of W%ashington's
state did not look upon the New Eng
land holiday with favor. Gov. Johns
was advised not to make the Thanks
giving proclamation: and. as he did
not do so, the matter was allowed tenn
porarily to drop. But public interest
had been awakened, and before long
a fierce debate was raging In Virginia
between the opponents and supporters
OF the proposed southern Thanksgiv-
ing. At last, In 1857, Gov. Wise
Johns successor-took the metaphor
cal bull by the horns, and issued q
| proclamation setting apart n day for
the feast. His action caused much
angry criticism, and several southern
| ern newspapers declared that Thanks
giving was simply "a relic Of Puritan
ic bigotry." In spite OF this, the in
| novation was warmly welcomed. The
hospitable southerners greeted gladly
another holiday, and the northern feast
soon ranked among them as second in
| Importance only to the glorious
Fourth" itself. In 1S58-the year after
wise's proclamatlon-no less than
| eight governors OF southern states pro-
claimed Thanksgiving In their sec
lions. The war, however. coming
| shortly afterward, practically eStin-
gulshed the popularity Of the holiday
In Dixie.
But II has become a loved institu-
ton in the middle, western and north
western states. Ex!led Americans,
too, cling to It's celebration, and every
November sees Thanksgiving dinners
In London, Paris. Berlin, Rome-or
wherever some of the scattered chill
dren OF Uncle Sam may chance to So
journ. Indeed, Mr.. William Astor
Chanler, the well-known explorer. tells
of a Thanksgiving dinner which he en-
joyed In the very heart OF darkest Az
RIGA.
An extensive and highly interesting
volume might be compiled on the sub
jcct of Th~anksgiyings and the events
which have slgnallzed them. Fol in
stance, on Thanksgiving day. 1888. the
British army evacuated New York,
while Washington aud Clinton march
ed into the city at the head OF the con
tinental army and took formal posses
sion In the name OF the young repu5-
lie. Festivities and 4 grand display
Of fireworks closed that memorable
day. TharKsfivin R had fallen that
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-11-18

thank you again and again for COM
Ing. I'm afraid you won't get the train
from Droomleague ;onight-lts too
had!"
Tonight" I repeated dreamily.
II am not going away tonight. l
think ! am going to stay In this neigh
borhood for n few days more"
Eyes? Why, what would keep you
hcre?"
II don't know. what am I saying?
F~ishing-no, no, | mean shetching!
You must know. Miss Helen. I'm a bit
OF an artist-a very little bit indeed,
and from what I've Q Of tho coast
today"
ooh, yes" she interrupted eagerly
you're right It's quite n familiar
ground for marine artists. Two or
three OF them come every summer and
put UP al Murpby's farm at Bally-
killagsn, and you'll find II quito clean
and comfortable. And fancy, Mr.. Den
nys, last year one OF them put me In
a picture just as ! aat IN q rock for
ninst him; only he painted my feet
bare, my skirt red and my face quito
quite pretty
You'll let mo Try my hand II ]
bring my easel this way tomorrow
asked quickly; 10 which che gave q
pleased assent and promised to show
me all the picturesque points within
q radius Of nine miles.