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Sharp County record., 1898-02-18

The newspaper is a wide
field and full of roses and
thorns. When you roast the
preacher the ungodly smile;
when you roast the ungodly
the preacher smiles. If you
roast the saloon man the
teetotaler smiles; when YOU
roast the teetotaler the
saloon man sets 'em up. If
you swear you are a wicked
man, and if you pray you
are a hypocrite, If you
have an opinion you get
cussed and if you don't YOU
are a nonenity. The preach
er knows one thing, the
saloon man or gambler an
other, but the journalist is
expected to know everything.
He is the best man and the
worst in the community.
Be hanged if you do and be
hanged if you don't. t.--Ex.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-18
FRUIT GROWING.
Meeting of the Sharp County
Horticultural Society.

The meeting of the Hor-
ticultural Society called by
President w. S. Morgan
for Saturday, February 5,
was held in the Clerks s
office in the court house at
Hardy. and was we'll at
tended.
The President stated that
the object of the meeting
was the discussion of plans
for the general planting of
some special varities, in
order that enough fruit may
be grown, ripening at the
same time, to allow ship
ments from Hardy in carload
lots.
The following resolutions,
after thorough discussion,
was adopted unanimously:
Resolved, That the
Sharp County horticultural
Society recommend, for the
people within the Hardy
shipping district, the plant
ing of Crescent and Michel's S
early Strawberries, Elberta
peaches, Hopkins raspberries
and Early Harvest black
berries; the object being to
obtain enough of each kind,
in it's season, to ship in car
load lots.
The President was in
structed to investigate the
Hf75
practicability of shipping
Strawberries and peaches in
carload lots the coming
season, in cooperation
with Thayer or Mammoth
Spring shippers.
The following program
was adopted for the next
meeting of the Society, at
the court house in Hardy,
Saturday, February 10, at
l p. m:
H. F. Lloyd: Talk on
planting, cultivation, pick
ing and shipping raspberries
and Strawberries, and best
varieties to plant.
+. w. Park: Essay or
talk on planting, cultivation
and shipping of peaches,
and best varieties.
Percy Pepoon: Reading
and talk on the subject of
Sharp county, its adaptation
as a fruit growing country,
General discussion on best
methods, varities, cultivat.
ion, picking, shipping and
storing fruit.
A motion was adopted to
elect officers of the society
at the next meeting Saturday
February, 19, at Hardy.
Percy Pepoon,
Secretary Pro TEN.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-18
A Boys Essay on Pump
kins.

Pumpkins belong to the
melon family. They are
half brothers of the squash
and second cousins OF the
watermelon and cantaloupe.
They are no more kin to the
pump than to a fence rail.
Pumpkins made into lanterns
will scare a small boy so he
can't sleep at night. They
will do the same thing when
made into pies, if he eats too
many of them.
Many farmers raise pump
kins to feed their cows and
preachers. They hell
out when fodder is short and
quarterage high. S o m e
pumpkins are green, and
some are yellow. And if it
is yellow, it is not green. If
you can't tell d ripe pump
kin when you see it, you are
green.
Pumpkins are like poll
ticians- the bigger they are
the less there is in them; a nd
it is best not to pull them till
they have had several frosts.
Even then they won't keep
long if left out in the cold.
Sharp County record., 1898-02-18
Directory.
RELIGIOUS.

Preaching at Methodist church first and third
sundays IN each month Rev: W. ), SCUM
worth pastor. Everybody is invited 10 at'eho'
Preaching at the Christian church Saturday
night:be fore the second Sunday in ea ch mouth
by Thos. E. Mllholland of BatesVtlle.
Sunday School every Sunday morning a!
O'Clock at the Methodist church. Everybody lie
,yited to come G.. j. WILSON,
Miss Ella Craig, Secretary. ouperintendeh
Sharp County record., 1898-02-18
SOCIETIES.

EVENING SHADE LODGE No. l43, r. 4
a A, NJ, holds regular communications on
KY the Saturdy before list sunday IN each
Nmonth, K. S. BACON, W. N.
JR Metcalf, Sec'y.
EVENING SHADE CHAPTER, No. II, o
xJeE. s., meets at Masonic Hall lst Ihurs
( day IN each month, ut O'Clock p. M.
~ MRS. KATEHUDDLEST, N, W. NJ
Mrs, WILLIE AULT, Sec'W.
..,-.,uon RURAL CHAPTER No. So, r. A. NJ.
MNM holds regular Conversations at Masonic
EHSs Hall in Evening Shade, the sd Saturday
" ~ JNO B. MoCALEB, H. T.
Sam H. Davidson, See.
BEREAR LODGE, No. ~, I. o. Q
srs6Sy@s F. nolds regular meetings every al
S1fsgN<tS9 ternate Friday night.
~ OK L. MEDLEY, N q.
JnO. ID. Collins. Sec'y.
>ESMANzMx EVENING SHADE LODGE
SSSSsG52ag1sZ- No. aiso,. K. Of II
rSSS1IsASnTSlfN- meets first Tues
9zzzzssSsfY YEAEASSs=day nights in every
30 AhhGINlE EtysN- month.
WiHW CD. Wilson Z.
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AN ARIZONA Town IN MOURNING
Fire Sweeps jerome, aud Eleven
Bodies r Found In the ruins
--AHa,H.. ~ n...a -ENHH

--Scvernl Missing.
Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 13.-The town
of jerome, near here, was completely
wiped out by fire Saturday morning,
entailing n loss of several hundred
thousand dollars in property. Eleven
bodies have SO far been recovered.
while a score or more are said to be
in the ruins or missing.
The fire originated from a gasoline
stove in a cabin and spread SO rapidly
and fiercely that it was impossible to
save ven the clothing of the inmates.
The area of the fire was confined to u
narrow gulch and ravines leading to
it, in which were substantial wooden
and stone buildings, the latter melting
as rapidly before the flames as paste
board. Over $50 residences, twenty
five general merchandise and other
stores, saloons, ETC., of all kinds are
ness house remains, the only building
to escape being the Methodist church.
The number of people who are
homeless is placed at 1900, and they
are being cared for by Messrs. Giroux
and Allen, of the Union Verde Mining
company, until other arrangements
are made. Two special trains left here
last night for the scene of the disas-
ter, carrying tents and other material
to comfort the distressed, and a meet
ing was held here last night to raise
money for the needy, of whom there
nre many. The loss is complete, but
little insurance being written in that
camp, owing to the great risk and in
adequate water supply.
Where the fire originated was the
scene Of a drunken carousal, and
while no demonstrations are now be-
ing made against the men who are re-
sponsible for it, attention will be CIV
en- to the men who caused it later on.
They are said to be Italians.
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u -gH5 VHiItJtGui E S.-H .-
was conscious only OF her soiled hands.
her shabby old gown, and her unkempt
hair, and of n longing for her toilet to be
finished that she might sit down to rest.
Winnie, is the kettle boileds,
No, mamma; it's singing"
Singing. What's it only singing for,
ut s1x O'Clock IN the evening-ehi"
IT was just boiling, mamma, haitian.
hour ago, and Tommy spilled it.n
SPILLED it. That's pretty work! What
did ye let the boy go meddling with the
Kettle for2 And-my patience, Winifreduu
at this point Mrs. Caerlyon had entered
the kitchcn-sis that the set-out Won ara
IN ut this hour? a perfect mucki Whv,
! never saw such q maid as you are for =
siofen! suppose, since you are not Off tn
noteworthy every evening, you don't think
IL worth while to make yourself decent IN
your fathers house,
am going to tidy myself in a minute.
mamma have only just cleaned the
spoons and TEAPOT
Spoons and teapot Mt this hour o. the
EVENING" What next. pray? Do you never
a proper time for your work, that
you should keep yourself in a mess like u
mine-girl till people are expecting to sit
lown decently to mealspn
Silence Oh unhappy, lazy, slovenly Win
MES part. She dropped her head for o
minute under the accustomed hail-storm
of .'naRging,' mud turned aside from her
step-mother's hard brown eyes, as she
stood in the middle OF the floor, her brows
magisterially bent on the shabby slender
little figure. She turned aside, and her
mechanically seeking the hot calm
evening sunlight, the liquid turquoise OF
the sleeping ocean. and the dark cool
shadow f$the cliffs falling nthwart the
little bay, now ripping smooth and deep
At high-water 1sark, became In an instant
arrested.
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DEADLY GASOLINE EXPLOSION
Forty Gallons nr Gasoline Explode,
Wreck n Building md XIII

Forty Gallons Of Gasoline Explode,
Wreck u Building md XIII
u Dozen Persons.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13.-By the explosion
OF forty gallons OF gasoline In the cellar OF
a grocery store at 1444 South street last
night four and possibly aSdozen more lives
were lost. -Four bodies have been recov-
cred from the ruins as follows:
SAMUEL SCHATTENSTEIN, keeper of
the grocery store.
His son ABRAHAM, aged 10.
An infant named GOLDBERG.
UNKNOWN GIRL, about 10 years old.
How the explosion occurred Is yet I'M
Known. The front Of 1444 was Immediately
blown out and this was followed by the
collapse of Nos. 1442. occupied by Morris
Goldberg's furniture store. and 14f6, Louis
SnllonoEe's shoe store. The west wall of
1440, occupied by l.. Wanger's clothing
store. was blown out. All the buildings
were brick, three stories In height. In the
confusion md excitement following the.
disaster 1t is as yet Impossible to secure
anything like an %accurate census of the
occupants, but 1t is generally stated that
the upper floors were crowded with fami-
lies. huddled together tenement fashion.
Coming as 1t did at the supper hour. 1t is
feared the loss of life will be heavy. The
list of injured will be long. They were
taken to all the hospitals within a radius
of a mile.
After the recovery Of the four bodies the
authorities decided to postpone the search
for additional victims until today, thus OBJ
Waiting the dangers and delays of working
upon the mass of debris and wreckage in
the darkness.
The injured are:
L. q. Schattstein. aged u.
Alex Schattsteln, aged 6.
Mary Healy, aged IS.
Annie McPhilomy, 40 years.
Harry Rothermel. - years.
Maggie Goldberg. SO years.
Sarah Goldberg. IA years.
Estimates of the number of missing vary
from eighteen to six. The accepted theory
of the accident Is that Schatterstein went
into the cellar with a lighted lamp which
ignited the fumes of the gasoline. The
collapse of the buildings occurred within
cupants had very little time or chance to
escape. All of the dead and injured were
In the buildings at the time of the disaster
and as the walls collapsed, almost In a
perpendicular direction, no passersby were
injured by the flying debris. The force of
the explosion was so great, however, that
all the windows in the houses across the
street were broken by the concussion. The
search for more dead was resumed at day
break. None of the injured are expected
to die. HS,
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WILL INVESTIGATE The WAR
President Mckinley Named n Conn
mission to Examine Into the

President Mckinley Named n Com
mission To Examine Into the
Cnmmissary Department..
Washington. Sept. 13.--The presi-
dent has urged the following named
gentlemen, among others, to accept
places on the committee requested by
Secretary Alger to investigate the con.
duct of the war:
Lieutenant General John NJ. SEQ
field.
General John b. Gordon.
General Grenville NJ. Dodge.
President ID. C. Gilman.
General Charles L. Henderson.
Robert L. Lincoln.
Daniel S. Lamont.
DR.. w. w. Keene.
Colonel James A. Sexton.
The message which President Nc
Kinley addressed to each Of these fol-
lows:
"Will you render the country n
great service by accepting my appoints
ment as a member of the commission
to examine into the conduct of the
commissary, quartermaster and med
ical bureaus of the war, and into the
extent, causes and treatment of sick
ness in the camps?
1T is my desire that the full and ex-
net truth shall be ~ascertained and
made known. / cannot too strongly
impress upon you my earnest wish
that this commission shall be of such
high character as will command the
complete confidence Of the country,
and I trust you will consent to serve.
"NYilliam Mckinley"
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Five ThouA-nd for a Curl.

Lady Harriet D'Orsay was really, &C.
cordinR to Mr.. Sala, in his rcn,inis.
cences published recently, the heroine
of y story which. according to the Phil
adelphia Press. has been told 10 at leas,
twenty forms Of twenty different ladies
Of fashion. She was presiding at a stall
at a yente do charlie, or bazaar, held in
aid OF the fund Of some asylum or an
other when there came up the duke OF
Orleans, son aud heir Of King Louis
Philippe. The duke, after some polite
small talk, began to extol the beauty Of
her hair, and, Indeed, her Henrietta
Maria couture had never looked glossier
and softer than 1t did this day.
"Oh, said his royal highness, sif I
could only possess n of those enchant-
ing ~ringlets!"
'How much would mohseigneur give
for one?" asked Lady Harriet, gravely;
IS 900 francs?"
Five thousand francs" repeated the
duke; "a mere bagatelle."
"Six thousand francsP"
Anything SO charming a lady chose
to ask
Il will not be extortionatc," pursued
Lady Harriet; awe will say $780,
And then she very composedly pro-
duced u dainty little pair Of scissors.
shipped off the adorable Henrietta
Maria ringlet, wrapped it in silver pa
per and handed it with dignity to the
duke. His royal highness looked very
straight down his nose and, returning
Lady Harriet's salute, stalked SC ae-
what gloomily away. But bis ps!vy
purse duly forwarded the moaey next
dav.
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Forgetful alike OF her deshabille and
her step-mosher's presence, she stood us
II rooted to the spot, with parted lips
and fast-beating heart, staring ut TIVE
figures standing a few yards beyond, ut
the head of the pathway that led down the
cliffs.
.'Trewhciln!n she gasped. Then Mad.
AIMS home again! Is she coming h.tller:.
And who is that beautiful young ladyts
At the instant Trewhella turned, and ut
. glance her sharp eyes detected the face
at the open window.
Good evening, Miss Winnie! Beautiful
day, is 1t noti" she said, loudly and famil-
iarly, advancing q step or two in glorified5
consciousness that the level rays of the
brilliant sunshine. were displaying the
~dounces of her light blue silk dress, nnd
the deep embroidery of her white petit
coat, to the utmost advantage. IT dare
say you are astonished to see me.n
III am" stammered poor Winnie,
fully aware that the level rays OF sunlight
were displaying her d~isarranged hair,
soiled collar, and tucked-up sleeves to the
utmost advantage In another way.
Ashamed to stay, but too proud to rush
away and hide, she remained, in spite Of
her step-mother's half-Rudible commands
before Miss Trewhella and the beautiful
young lady-a tall, tlnely-developed girl,
young, handsome, naughty. self-willed-
looking, with IN easy carriage Of her proud
head and aristocratic figure, and with q
nameless grace and elegance III the sim
plicity of her girlish costume, expensive
~ly-chaste as were its rich material and ex-
quisitc Partisan fit and shape.
A lady undoubtedly, from the calm
tnsouciancc Of her unrufiled self-posses-
sion, from the inspiring gaze of the deep
set brilliant eyes beneath their naughty
brows, from the light poisc of the tall, full
figurc-as far removed from Miss Ire.
whella's sclf-assurance aud familiarity as
was the undiscoverable stamp of perfec.
tton on that wonderful, simple costume of
doye-colored. satin like material, with its
fringes of deeper shade, its hanging folds
and sleeves with silkeh Innings, the accur.
ately-matched, treble-buttoncd gloves, and
the hat a mass Of snowy ostrich feather
and pale golden cossamer, from the snowy
smartness of the lady's-maid's rustling silk
and stiff white skirts. IL
CONTINUED Next Weekly
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Gets a Princo,y Donation.

New York, SEPT. 12.-Cornell uni
versity has received a gift which will
enable it to establish a medical de.
partment in New York city. The cost
of the building and land will be about
100000. In addition the donor has
created an endowment of over $500.
600 a year, 50 the entire gift represents
more than 81, 500, 900. Its the general
belief that this generous gift comes
from J.sPierpont Morgan, who donat.
ed $ 1.ooo,ooo to the Maternity hospital.
oliver II. Payne the Doner.
New York, Sept. 12.-It is creditably
announced that the hitherto unnamed
founder of Cornell Medical college,
who gave $1,500,O00 for the erection oil
the building in this city, is Colonel
Oliver H. Payne.
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PloTuREs.


IN the Heacn OF All.
Probably at no time ii the worlds his
tory :las as much attention been paid9 to
the interior decoration Of homes as at
present. No home, no matter how hum
BILE, is without its haniiwork TINT helps
TO beautifys the apartments and make the
~slrroundings more cheerful. The taste
iofythe Anerttan people has kept pace
Nth the age, an56yelm0st every day brings
srth something I'D j lin the way Of a pic
ture, . draping, d piece OF furniture, OF
other form Of mural decoration. One OF
the latest OF these has been given to the
world by the celebrated artist, Mnvilie,
I'M a series Of four handeone porcelain
game plaques. Not8far Years has any
thing as handsome i'll this line been seen.
The subjects represented BIZ these plaques
are American Wild ducks, American
pheasants, American quail and English
snipe. They are handsome paintings and
are especially designed for hanging on din
ing room walls, though their richness and
beauty entities them to a place in the
parlor Of any home. These original
piaques lave been purchased at a cost Of
$4,000 by j. q. Hubingcr Bros. Co., man
nfactsrers of the celebrated Elastic
Starch, and in order to enable their num-
erous customers to become posscssors of
these handsome works Of art they have
had them reproduced by a special process,
in all the rich colors and beauty of the
original. They are tipislcd On hrnly
cardboard, pressed and embossed in Tie
shape of n plnquc and trimmed with n
heavy band of gold. They measure forty
inches In circumference and contain no
reading matter or advertisement what
ever.
Until Oct. 1 Messrs. j. G.. Hubingcr
Bros. Co. propose to distribute these
plaques free to their customers. Every
purchaser Of three ten-cent packages Of
Elastic Starch, latiron brand, manufac-
tured by j. @. Hubinger Bros. Co, is en-
titled Il. receive one of these handsome
plaques free from their grocer. Old and
new customers alike are entitled 10 the
benefits OF this offer. These plaques will
not be sent through the mil. the only
way to obtain them being from your gro
Ger. Every grocery store in the country
has Elastic Stnrch for sale. 1t is the old
est and best laundry starch on the market
and is the most perfect cold process starch,
ever invented. 1t is the only starch made
by men who thoroughly understand the
laundry business, and the only starch that
will not injure the finest fabric. 1t has
been the standard for a quarter of a CEN
tury and rs an evidence. OF how4Eeod it is
twenty-five million packages were sold
last year. Ask yonr dealer to show you
the plaques and tell you about Elastic
Starch. Accept no substitute. Bear in,
mind that this offer holds good n short
time only and should be taken advantage
If without delay.
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It Is interestine to recall at this season,
that it was really due to the prince of
Wales and his 1-year-old sister, the
princess royal, that three generations
OF English children w the delights Of
the Christmas tree, for it was for the
amusement OF his little ones in the royal
nursery that the prince consort intro
iduDed the Christmas tree in England.
In writing to his father at Christmas
time in 1871 his royal highness said:
To-day I have two children of my own
to give presents to, who. they know not
why. are full Of happy wonder at the
German Christmas tree and its radiant
candles"
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A II und Dozen Points Of Resemblance
Shown by Human Babies.

To see the monkey in the man yon
have only to study the faces. bodies and
habits OF babies. Such IS the theme of
~ article contributed hy S. S. Buck
man to the NineteenM Centu7y. The
actions of children are, indeed, he SAYS,
like aancient monuments of prehistoric
times. The human infant is an inter.
esting object Of scientific research and
even u cross baby should be calmly CON
templated by the philosophic mind"
Here are some of the numerous illust,a-
tons which MIR. Buchanan gives to show
how survivals of our Similar ancestry
may be found by an. nursery philoso.
pher:
l. Monkeys are snrb-nosed (simianl.
So are babies.
2, Babies have pouch-like cheeks. To
Judge from ecclesiastical monuments.
this characteristic is supposed 10 be
specially angelic. 1t is really monkey
like. Baby cheeks are the vestiges of
cheek pouches, possessed for storing
away food, as in oercopithecus, a mon
key in which this habit of storing may
be observed at the London geological
gardens, If visitors feed it.
5. At the base of the vertebral col
I'LL babies have 4 deep circular do
preston. This is the mark of the mon
keys tail.
a. Babies Gas DR.. Louis Robinson hat
shown) have superior arm power aud
very short legs. So have monkeys.
5. Babies, in catching hold OF any,
thing, don't use their thumbs, but clasp
it between the fingers and palm. This
is the action Of monkeys going from
bough to Dough.
8. A baby can move any of its toes
Independently, and it can move them
one from another so as to make q V be-
tween any of them. AS it grows older it
loses this power and also the power Of
turning its ankle, but that it has such
power over its muscles when young
points to ancestors who used their feet
more than their hands rs organs for
picking up small objects. and who re-
lied on their arms and hands for sup
porting their bodies.
.. Babies 60 to sleep on their stolnachs
with their limbs curled up under them
Ia survival from our four-footed an
cestors.
8. Babies are rocked to sleep-an imi-
tation Of the swaying to-and-fro of the
branches where ii monkey ancestors
lived. Even our nursery dittie, Rock
ably Baby OH the Tree Top" point
back to the nr5oreal age.
8. The st~air-climbing instinct of ba-
bies, like the tree-climbing propensity
of boys. points back to an arboreal age.
10. The fruit-stealing instinct is a
survival from m%onkeydon.
II. Children arc fond of picking al
anything loose-because monkeys pick
off the bark from trees in order to search
for insects.
IL. Children are very fond of rolling.
This points to the time when our a
cestors had hairy bodies tenentcd by
parasites, and allayed the irritation by
rolling.
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NImc. worth,. plain wnrdrope.

" = 4rf.& 10 - lSZt2 a5G42 JiFsEG EfEt E
London Gentlewoman: Some years g
in the course Of a conversation with the
late Mr. Worth he laughed ind said: Two.
men$cannot make out Nine. Worth, whom
they do not know personally. but whom
they suspect Of possessing wardrobe not
unlike. in extent, to that of an empress or
queen. Now. as 1t happens, l do not think
Nine. Worth's wardrobe would satisfy a
well-to-do %bourgeoise. but that fact VIC.
men fail to appreciate. Madame once
made me a bet that she would go for six
n without q new gown. It was not
because she had a good MANY, but be-
cause she had so few and / remarked upon
1t. The bet was for 1000 francs t$200). She
the wager and gave the money to the
poor. You go on pinching the waists OF
the rich women according to fashion, b
said one day to me; 'meanwhifesf lisgo an
feeding, thep poor women at the riskso7S see.
Ing their waists expand much bayondsth
regulation number of inehes.. It Has her
way concluded Mr.. WORTH d illjfstraf.5
ing the axiom of the French philosophef
that ever changing fashion Is the tax lev.
ied BY the t1dtistry OF the poor on the van.
This Is the who has Just died
and whom the poor OF Surepes.gwher X
resided for many months OF the win
mlR1 very much. 80 Il;