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The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24
n. Rtche. An aeaI Estote.

The ground'in the vicinity Of the Bank
Of England is estimated to be worth not
less than s1o.OOG,OCO per acre, and land
in Pail Mall has changed hands at 81
100000 an acre.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24
To Make Ice I'm a Few seconds.

Take a basinful of water, and, hav-
ing removed the glass from your
watch, touch the water with the con-
vex part of 1t, in order that-a drop may
remain hanging upon 1t. Next pour,
drop by drop, some ether in the con-
cave part thereof, gently blowing it all
the time, and the quick evaporation of
the ether will make the glass so cold
that the drop of water hanging under
meath will be frozen.-BOston Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24
Nnnoleon,s Physician

The present war has brought to light
ihe fact that DIR. Antommarchi, who
attended Napoleon during his last ILL
aess at ST. Helena, is buried at Santiago
lie Cuba, where he gave his services
tree to the poor for many years.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24
xIsn of Tnhacco.

IT is estimated that two-thirds of the
male population of the world use to-
baccO.
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24

The forced expression of cheerful
ness went out of Harry's face as his
brother left the hat, and he fell back
exhausted upon the bed.
Poor Tom, poor Toni" he muir
INJURED. 'sTo die like rat in trap!
Oh, God! will the Martha never come?
Oh, if 1 could but do something!" He
half rose from the couch and gazed
around the little hut.
1.-TWO days. only two days more, >
he groaned. land then-and thep-oh,
The Winslow mail., 1898-09-24

Even then the Martha had sighted
the little guano island and was making
for the cove of anchorage.
They found the bodies of the two
brothers side by side on the sand, and
in the hut water enough for both for
two days.-Argosy.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25

,hing starred, but we jokingIy
pr posed to search the pockets OF
.sa clothes Of George Wa shing-
-r, which were on exhibition.
mad been arranging them Or
j.. ing at them, l think, which
yosted this.
Let's see if the oldsgentleman
.-. any money in his clothes, or
what he was in the habit OF
carrying about with him, one OF
us said, and the idea was carried
out.
"There was nothing in any Of
the pockets but one. In the bot
tom of this, when it was turned
inside out, was some brown pow
derry substance, which had a
most pungent smell. There was
considerable of this, which was
either tobacco or snuff, showing
that the Father of his Country
was most likely addicted to the
use of it. put it in a piece Of
paper and kept it carefully.
1.-THE funniest part of it was
that when | showed it to my little
son on returning home, he berat-
ed me soundly for taking part in
a proceeding which he character
lied as sacrilege in daring to
violate the garments Of so noted
a person by putting my hands in
his pocket.
"It was much better to do it
after he was dead, my boy, than
to do the pick-pocket act while he
was living declared.
"It proved conclusively to me
that the immortal George did not
possess the chewing gum or Gig
arctic habit. If he smoked to-
bacco he used it in apipe. There
was nothing of a dude about
him. ."-Washington Star.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
IN NWASHINGTON'S POCKETS

A man who has just returned
from a post which he held in O
foreign country told u Star re-
porter an amusing story of some-
thing which occurred several years
ago at tho National Museum,
The gentleman in question was
connected with the museum W-
officially, He spent much time
there, assisting to arrange the
different exhibits. IN this capao-
ity he hal a key which admitted
him to most Of the cases where
the relics, etc, were kept, He
knew the curators at the museum
and enjoyed thoir full confidence,
lie said;
zone afternoon after tho
museum had been closed | was
thero with two or throo Of the
othor men connected with tho
place, ! DO 10, know ius. how the
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
SMALL COURTESIES.

We are all born but once.
Most Of us marry but once. We
certainly can die but once. And
if we look at life "as a small
bundle of greatgthings," we sh ali
certainly not think it worth while
to practice courtesies. But if we
regard it, far more truly, as "a
big bundle Of small things" we
shall as certainly feel that few
things in life are better worth
doing. 1t may never be in our
power to save anybody's life,
make anybody a fortune, shed
lustre upon the family name, die
for our country, or set the small
est river on fire in any way
whatever. But if we conscient-
ously and sweetly give ourselves
to the practicing Of small court
estes, only the recording angel
can ever set down the good we
shall do in our day and genera
ton to hundreds and thousands
Of our fellow-creatures in the
course Of u lifetime.
Most people despise them as
not worth doing, Few people
perform them with any degree Of
consistency or loving kindness.
Fewer still are content to do them
in the best way, unnoticed mn
remembered, really feeling it to
be emphatically q virtue that is
its own reward. Yet it is a Won
der that preachers do not urge it
upon teeir congregations from a
thousand pulpits-on olf-Sundays
say, when they are not pitching
into the Pope, if they are Pro-
testants or into the Protestants,
if they be Roman Catholics, and
have time for the marrow of all
creeds and can be content to let
tho bones take care of themselves.
-LlppineotNs.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
Many Persons
TW EE.VE REASONS.

The St. Louis Republic
gives q dozen good reasons
why newspaper readers should
read this paper. Here they ar Z
1. The Republic Is the grca
est newspaper published.
, 1t has a cable news service
over the entire civilized world.
which no other st. Louis paper
can secure.
3. Special correspondents in
all the large cities and capitals
Of Europe.
4. News Bureau in New York
City and Washington, D. G.
s. Special correspondence in
7. Publishes daily the mark
ct reports of theworld.
8. Issues a magnificent color
ed magazine cover with the
Sunday paper.
9. More roteIWiters lnl ar
lists contribute,Jo the Republic
than any other paper.
10. Issues an unequaled four.
page comic with each Sunday
paper free,
II. Publishes pages of inter
est and value to womankiud.
II, Its 10'Cent Dress Pattern
Department is the most popular
featrre ever introduced dy u
every city and town inth g Wes.
tern Uuited States.
9, Member Of the Associated
Press, the greatest news gath
serer III the world.
snewspaper, Thousands patro.
snize it.
The daily and Sunday st.
louis Republic is 6 ,dollars u
year, 3 dollars for six months
and l50 for thleemonjhs. The
Twicea- W eek Republic is /
doll az year-i04 papers, tive
each week.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25

Lad Home Journal. "And
that is a part entirely out OF
pruolJion to the necessities, IS
ic and realized by many a
c.=sa treasurer. Scores OF
pcy,,e VINO could afford to drop
a MIC le or a dime into the church
Offering, content themselves by
giving a penny. The feeling is
ei.Aer that the smallest Offering
will do or the matter Of church
finances is not given any thought.
| There IS a failure to realize that
church is the same as any other
business institution, and it must
have money for its maintenance.
"There is such a thing as too
literal an Interpretation OF the
phrase that religion is free. Of
course, it is free, and let US hope
that it will always be so in this
country. But to make religion
free costs money-and this isn't
an Irish bull, either. There are
| those to whom more than the
widows mite given to the church
would mean doing without some
absolute necessity of life. The
penny of such a one is the most
welcome gift to any church, the
most noble offering which any
one can make. But from those
who can give more than apenny,
and who are giving only the
penny, such an offering is an in
suit to God and to His church,
and the sooner people see the
matter is this hard, true true
light the better. | am almost
tempted to say that the great ma
jority sof churches could, with
perfect justice, rule out the
penny from their offerings.
Were this done the nickle would
be the prevailing offering, and to
how few persons, when one stops
to consider the question, would
such an offering be a hardship or
or an impossibility? A yearly
offering Of two dollars and sixty
cents, calculating that one at
tended church once each Sun
day, or twice, with one offering
of five cents, would galvanize the
church finances of this country.l'
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
HE WAS EXCUSED.

The teacher Of a city school re-
coiyod the following note ex-
The absence of one Of
her pupils the day before;
"Plcso oycoose Henny for alb
ecots yesterday, Him an me
got q chance to o ride TO a fun
oral IN u chardgo and | let him
stay TO home, as he had never
rode IN u charrigo an never went
to a iunorol, nor had many o.hor
pucosuo9s, SO ploso eyooozo,
llapog'9 Round Table,
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
n LGTThE MONEY

vNtel in the great Lrnd and
I'm INNING region Of Missouri and
Kansas .Galoua, Empire Cw,
Iopm, Webb c,,N CartotvIl,-.t,
very likely to maNa youa roWnr
That is Il common experience N Tins
rich INNING section New mineral
strikes are hong mndn iu}.
Good mIdcral lands are vet cholp.
No other mines Of any character
offer M sure a road to wealth.
The Kansas ClDy, tort Scott aud
Memphis railroad klhe ouIy line Oo
all Of these great mining camps.
For map pod time table foIdpG dd.
dress,
T. a, LOCKWOOD,
G,n'l Poss'r AgL,
&Out0o City Nc,
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
Memphis Route.
Kansas City, #. Scott Z
NGn2li2 R. R.

The best line to Kansas City, the
West and Northwest. Palace
Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair
Cars seats free on all through
trans. Entire equipment first
class. Close connections at Union
Depot, Kansas. City. The on y
line with through service from the
West to the South and Southeast.
Entire tram runs through from
Kansas City to Birmingham Ala,
and to New Orleans, Send tor
map and timetable folder. Write
for Illustrated papers and pamph'
lets, with county map, descrlp
tive OF Missouri, Kansas and Ark
ansas, mailed free. Address
j. Z. LOCKWOOD,
J. j. Fletcher,
Traffic Manager,
anSas City.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
TRICKS OF MEMORY.

The first man to start a school
for the training of memory was a
Greek, Simonides, who read one
of his poetic compositions to a
large audience and so fascinated
them that when he bowed and
withdrew from the building they
sat spellbound. The roof caved
in and killed them all, mangling
them so that the bodies we're un-
recognizable, but Simonides
came to the rescue of the des-
pairing relatives and said he
could remember where each
person in the audience sat and
who he was. AS there was no
one to dispute his decisions his
identification was satisfactory
and he profted by the enthusiasm
to start a memory school,
A young woman Of no educat-
ion fell i'll in a small German
town. She could neither read
nor write, yet she raved in Latin,
Greek and Hebrew, and the
simple villagers thought she was
possessed of the devil. Investi-
cation proved that at the age of
9 she had been taken by a charit-
able old Protestant pastor. 1t
was his custom for years to walk
up and down a passage of the
house into which the kitchen
opened and read TO himself in a
loud voice out Of his books.
These books were ransacked by
the physician in charge of the
curious case and who had made
the inquiries into tho sick girls
past life, and in them were found
the identical Greek and Latin
passages which the girl in her
delirium had repeated.
There is an authentic case of u
brilliant young woman, happily
married who had a long illness,
the result Of which was that when
sho recovered she had lost every
recollection Of her life from the
day Of her marriage, inclusive Of
tho ceremony. The rest Of her
life up to that point she remem.
bered clearly, AT first she push
ed her husband and her child
from her in alarm, but her par
ents and friends have convinced
her she is married and has q son.
She believes their word Of me-
cossity, though she has never
recovered her memory Of that
one year which is lost to her.
Exchange
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
,rLLE PENNY.

"rho important part which tho
penny plays in the average
church Offering is known to every
ono who hasoyor been Interested
in church finances" writes
L Ward W. Box in tho february
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
HE RODE THE GOAT.

Inc observing editor OF tne
Grand Island (Neb,) Free Press
has eviddntly been "initiated
into some sort of secret, ancient
or unknown society. Col. Frank
Harris says that editor is mem
ber of the Ancient Order Of
Independents, and has adopted
the reasons as his own for being
a populist:
"From whence came you?"
"From my lodging place in the
county of holy st. Custer"
"Then you are a populist, |
suppose.
'T'm a pop, you bet!"
"How do you know yourself to
be a populist?'
"By having been called a
calamity howler; and Pm ready
to howl again."
"Where were you first prepared
to be a populist?"
SIN the republican party"
HWhera neXtpo
"In the demo-republican
party"
GLOW we're you prepared?"
"By being robbed nearly every
year for ten years in the interest
of railroads, corporations, trusts,
land companies and thieving
public officials until | was divest-
ed of all material substance,
neither clothed nor fed, sheltered
or shod; whereupon | was
summoned to appear at the door
of a certain lawyers office and
give a certain knock"
"What was said to you from
within?"
"Who comes here?"
"Your answer?"
ga poor drouth stricken farmer
who desires more time on his obli-
cations.
"What was then demanded of
you?"
"Cash."
"Had you the cash?"
81 had it not, but the other
fellow had my notes and was
ready to foreclose,"
"What were you then told?"
"To wait until the Worshipful
Mortgages in the east could be in
formed of my request and his
answer returned"
"What was mis- answer?"
"Let him enter his pleadings in
court and be received in due and
ancient form"
"How were you received?"
"Upon the sharp point Of q
deficiency judgement to every"
thing in sight, which was to teach
me that as the law was an in
strument of justice it was also
the weapon of moral highway
men,"
"How was you then disposed
OFF"
81 was conducted to the senior
warden Of the Jail, who told me
how | might approach my wife's
relations in the east for futher
assistance and directed me to
meet the Worshipful Majors al
he soldiers reunion"
"How did the WorshipfuI
Majors dispose Of you?"
"They ordered me to return &C
the party from whence | came,
vote the ticket which | had
formerly voted, and return to
next years reunion for futher
instructions!"
Here the mon got off the car
and did not hear any more, but
] think they were the 23d degree
a.. o. Of rs.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
letter, Salt-Rheum A,

The intense itching sD30
dent to these diseases, isiDS'
by applying Chambelbs
Skin Ointment. MANY \,
have been permanently en-,
is equally efficient for M
a favorite remedy fa /
chapped hands, chilb,au
and chronic sore eyes. N
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25
Suag ShOts En South
MISSOURI"

Is a magnificent book of slZty 1r
more ph9to>engrayed views Of
varied scenery IN South Missouri
From these views an accEr
knowledge can be obtained as 10
the productions and gene'a.
topography of that highly>ia'orso
section that Is now attracting '.f
attention of hOme.se' kers and
vrstCrs the country over.
Address ]. Z. LOCKWOOD,
g. p. A. Memphis Route,
Kansas City, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-25

BT. Cady'S Condition
just what 8 horse needs
condition. Tonic, blood
vermifuge. They ore \
medicine and the best in |
horse in prime cOniiil
cents per package.
The Republican., 1898-03-24
Pearls,

AS yet the origin of pearls is a matter
of mere speculation. The old theory
that they were "congealed dewdrops
pierced by sunbeams" was supported
by naturalists as late as 1854. and is
evidenced in a Venetian medal bearing
an open oyster shell receiving drops of
rain, with the motto: BY the divine
dew" Later conchologists, however,
contend that the pearl nucleus may be
some minute particle, as a grain of
sand, or the frustule of a diatom, or
a tiny parasite, or perhaps one of the
ova of the pearl oyster itself. This
particle or foreign body is gradually
surrounded by thin layers of nacre un-
til it is completely encysted and the
pearl formed. The consecutive layers
may vary in brightness and color, and
u defect may be caused by contact with
another foreign substance, thus chang
ing the value with each new layer, and
sometimes causing a ''lively kernel" or
seed" to be inclosed in an apparent
ly poor pearl.-Lippincot
The Republican., 1898-03-24
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Lady lin general store )-"Have you
any powder?" New Clerll-"Y Yes m.
What kind-gun, baking or face?"-
Chicago News
Out Sleigh Riding Why, Jennie.
your cheeks are blue with cold,' said
Reginald. "No; I'm blushing," said
Jennie; that's my blue blood. ."-Har-
lem Life.
Pride" said Uncle Eben, "am err
good ting in its place. But er country
or er citizen is in hahd luck when hel
ain got muffin much 'ceppin' is pride
ter be proud f."-Washington Star.
Pat All Right.-"Out of work again,
Pat? thought that Old Skinflint gave
you job?" He did, sor, but Oi'll be
kilt aforc Oil starve to death for the
sake of kapin' aloive, sor."-Detroit
Free Press
why do you call it a South Da-
kota novel?" Because it is thoroughly
up-to-date and ends with the state
1nent: And so they were divorced and
lived happily ever afterward.' CHS
cago Evening Post.
81 noticed in those lines you wrote
in Miss Skimps album that you said a
smile sailed DER her face serene"
"Well, what of it?" "It was easy navi-
cation, that's ALL" easy navigationP'
"Yes, plain sailing" g."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
-Useless.-"What do you think of
that bill have prepared to introduce?'
inquired one member of the legislature.
ut is a sheer waste of time" replied
the other. at isn't practical enough
to become law, nor foolish enough to
get your name into the newspapers"
Washington Star.
On the Stump.-'In the days of the
wings | was. tory; in the days of the
liberals | am a conservative. l have
always been consistent" said the politi-
cal candidate. You have, indeed"
said his rival. But, gentlemen" he
added, Il have been equally consistent,
though | am not a conservatory" And
then he wondered why everybody
amiled.-Harlem Life
Shifting the sponsibility-'It
has been proved by half dozen wit
nesses,' said the police magistrate.
that you are selling bread under
weight. Have you any explanation to
offer?" The four's so bad these days,
your honor" replied the honest baker.
looking the magistrate fearlessly in the
eye, that my conscience won't let me
sell it to the people in greater quanti-
ties than l can help."-Cleveland Lead
The Republican., 1898-03-24
THE PRICE OF 5AOES.
1t Is Low Compared with the Cost OF
Producing Them.


The problem we find the most diff
cult to wrestle with is: What can be
the reason why shoes are so low com
pared with the cost Of producing them,
and why does not leather bring enough
to yield any profit on the labor of man
ufacturing it, at the lowest rates at
which hides can be bought? All this
would be readily comprehensive if it
were true that the stocks of shoes were
excessive, but the weight of evidence
supports the proposition that such is
not the case. That there will be shoes
enough to accommodate the demand
may be taken for granted. There are
extensive factories in which to make
them and ample material to make them
Of But that there will be so many more
than enough as to render the production
of them as unremunerative as it is now
for any great length of time, we consid-
er highly improbable. We entertain the
belief that the surplus holdings of
venders and consumers are essentially
reduced, that they have been using up
their reserves to such an extent that
they will require additional supplies
in sufficient quantities to establish val
ues which will admit of satisfactory
profits to producers.
Our conviction in this respect is
strengthened by the undisputed fact
that dealers are almost all asking that
the shoes they have bought or are buy
ing should be dispatched to them with
the least possible delay. The natural
inference is that they withheld their
orders as long as they could, and longer
than they have been accustomed to-;
that they are accordingly running
short, and find it necessary to replen-
ish quickly. This applies, of course,
chiefly to shoes that are worn by the
masses and sold at low figures, but of
these there are vast quantities con-
sumed, and when the stocks of them in
second and third hands fall below the
average great many are needed to
make up the deficiency, especially at a
time of the year when the want of shoes
is most pressing. Of the more expensive
kinds, of which fewer are worn, prices
are less, and perhaps not at all made
quate. But we have the idea that the
rates alike of the low and the high
priced will be equally adjusted present
ly, to the advantages equally of sellers
and buyers.-Shoe and Leather Re-
porter,
The Republican., 1898-03-24

The great Wisconsin monolith, 115
feet long, ten feet square at the base,
and four feet square at the top, may
be set up on the lake front of Mil
waukee to mark the coming semi-cen-
tennial of statehood. This stone was
taken from the red sandstone quarries
of +. Prentice, at Houghton Point,
Wis, and it was originally proposed
to send it to the Chicago exposition
as a Wisconsin exhibit, but engineer
ing and financial reasons prevented,
and it has been left at the quarry un-
til the present time. A movement is
now on foot to ship it by water to Mil
waukee and there erect it. Plans and
estimates have been made, and it is
estimated that $4,000 to $4,000 will
do the work The claim is made that
the stone is ten feet longer than any
recorded single stone quarried in the
world.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Republican., 1898-03-24

ceived not only impressions concerning
the death or wounding of their friends,
but concerning their own impending
death. Every old soldier will remem-
Der a number of instances of bright,
appy-dispositioned fellows in the
ranks, or carrying swords and wearing
epaulettes, who were fearless of death
and careless of their future, who would
at times, before battle, become grave,
solemn, thoughtful, and announce to
their comrades the impression that
their turn would come next. Almost
invariably these impressions were fol
lowed by the actual facts of sudden
wounding and death. l recollcct one
particular instance which occurred at
Port Republic. We had a battery ad-
vantageously posted upon an eminence
not far from the bridge, and when the
confederates came to attack as they
planted battery within easy range of
us and commenced an artillery duel.
One of our cavalry men who had in
formed his comrades that his last day
had dawned had his head torn off with
cannon ball; his legs contracted, and
he remained on the horse until taken
off by comrades"
at is pity that some of our generals
had no telepathic means of getting cor
rect impressions of the enemy" said
DIR. Miller. when Grant came to Chat
tanooga in October, 1868, he noticed a
rebel cannon formidably posted on
Lookout mountain. and ordered that he