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Sharp County record., 1899-02-10

I have been great sUGeraf from eo.y,,,..
fer over I've years. Not ing save ne sgy - -
My feet and less and abdomen we're hl5siSS-~
could not weas shoes on n tees aud oltyaI'.oA .
dress. l saw EpaEs a- la ..--.-.s
daily paper, boz Eht some a-i tooEt .am usc,,-
-, q - ,,,,,.,f .c,. ..., = liza
aud 1 owe it al 10 Rip2as t. les. la
seF'n ~ 10, ,''-oI, On! u
lie has had the dropsy and am trying r.
TaOules ior him. ne feels some better buth-l
take Some time, he has been sick so long y
may Use my letter and name as you Ike.
Mrs. MARY GoRMAx CLAIR,
I have been suffering from headaches a
since was little girl I could never rids
Sharp County record., 1899-02-10

That we herewith and hereby
memorable the Senate and the
House of Representatives of Il
General Assembly of the S,a.t
now in session at the Capital, tc
pass a joint resolution amending
the State Constitution so as to
exempt all capital from taxation
foe a period of seven years or
more, and that a copy of these
resolutions be forwarded each
member of the Legislature.
Sharp County record., 1899-02-10

If all the people stood up for
Arkansas as loyalty as do the
newspapers the results would be
decidedly more noticeable. And
the paper iellecs' receive little
remuneration for their unceasing
efforts week after week AMI year
after year, in fact are often
"cu8sed up a lot' by the few
mo8sbacks with which every
town is infested.-State Repub-
lean.
Sharp County record., 1899-02-10
NV Eovel- l-vnnr.nldh

Ny seven year.old 4,
suffered with pain, I,
his head, coustlpatIr
Gnd complained Of Nj
sromach. He could M
eat like children Of M
age do and what N
DID eat did not ana
with him. He wasth,
Sharp County record., 1899-02-10

ciI " ~ lulO q cf0T
placewi hoat gettll
headacAeaud sicku
stomach Ihcardat
Ripans Tchules tros
aunt OF mine wac \
taking Them for esnIE
OF the stomach. shse
found sucn relief M
their use she advlssir,
TO take them too, ann
have been doingsosBs
last October, and n
say they have compls
II cured MY headasss
| am t'venty,uins "a,
old. Yon are welso-,
10 use this test!monlI |
Mrs ]. BRooKIGs,
Sharp County record., 1899-02-10
4 RETIRED BUSINESS WOMAN
A Page From Her History.

Tic important oXnorIonccl OF others .or
nter,stIn% Tho OllOwlng " no exception
| hud Ioon troubled with lcHrt dlsoaeQ y
'cNrS, much OF TINT time very seriously luD
lyc years wnStrpuied bY one physician con
nuOpslY lwUs In husiuuUI hut obliged ~
'llrel@ @ account or m' health, A ply
elm TO d my friends tN,tl could not lNCd
AtAthl My foot and l,VpS were badly swt =
vi, aud wna indeed iu n serious COhdltlu
aJh nllompn directed my attention I.
w Mlieg New Heart cur, rld enld thl h.
AteE who had boon lllkfud win heart a.
l4e. had heer cured ~ ihe remedy and Ni
d min N strong, healthy NCmnr, lrurthuV
ur s,u Of tho Heart Cure und IN less III
rhour nrtct tNNlnt ;ho tr,t doec ! coN
ca decided Improvement IN II trcUl
my blood, When hnd taken three dost
u,l m0ye my ankles, sOnietl lnp ! hNd
'DRa for monthsan ny limbs hHt NSpniw
a 40 lOu4 hNt th"y seemed ulhOtt pu,rl
tdro ! had taken orc bottle of tho y D.
loNrb Cura tho swelling hnd al Ecnc &c
M ! wuatD much N'tltr Tint did my
YORK On my lorQG nundNll0n WN olnc"
pklnS this valuable ltmudyL L-Mss, Mor{
AW Harrison Sb Chlcdro, lll,
nr Miles Now llCnrt Cure, II discovery ~
nlDont specialist IN heart dlscHse, lAso u D
n druggists On n positive BuUrAnieuiuI N..
~ TIA Dr, Miles MGdlcNl - ElthUrt udu
pceipt OF prlte 81 per bottle, sN hlttlrl lt
.. cypress prepaid, II positively AVB "a ~
VII oplatci or dJHgerOi, drugs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-26
The Missing Link.

Mr.. HANS GADow has made and Mcssrs.
Adam and Charles Black Iondon) have pub
lished an english translation OF the address
delivered by Prof. ERNST HAECKEL last year at
the Fourth international Congress OF Zoology
at Cambridge. England The version appears
In book form under the title OF The Last Link:
Ou' Present KRo,rledge Of The Descent of Man.
The OCCASION Of the address was the discovery
in Java In 1891 by DIR, Eugene Dubois OF tho
celebrated fossil now technically known as
Fthecd nthropus e~recttS. 1t will be remem-
bercd that. four years ago. the remains Of this
now famous ape-like man provoked an ami
mated discussion at the Third international
Congress OF Zoology held at Leyden, in Hol-
land. These remains ARE considered by Prof.
IIaeckel in connection with other paleonto-
logical data. and the conclusions deduced from
them are then definitely formulated.
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mammals, for instance, we know only n sIne,e
bone. tho under Jaw, We all believe that these
mammale possessed also an upper inv. a sknii
and o herbones. The so-calle exact school,
which. persists In regarding the transforms.
ton OF snecles as n hypothesis not proven, must
suppose that the mandihula was tho only bone
In. the body OF thos' curious apima's.
Looking forward TO the twentieth century.
Prof. Haeckcl, for his part. Ia convinced that
II will universally accept the theory of manis
descent from the prtmates and that future
science will regard this theory "a tho greatest
advance mnde in our. times He has no Doubt
that tho influence ot the study " anthropoyCnv
uuon all other branches OF science will ha
fruitful and auapicious. The work done i'm tina
present century by Lamarck AMI Darwin viii.
In all future ages. hC conSi Tered one OF the
greatest conqlests achieved by thinking man,
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1t is IN the second chapter Of this book that
the comments Of the eminent biologist on the
bones discovered in Java will be found set
forth, He begins by reminding us that fos-
sils are the true historical medals OF ere
alton. the palpable evidences OF the historical
succession of the innumerahle organic forms
which have peop'el the globe for many mil
lions Of years. To the student OF these med
ais the question AT once suggests itself. Do
the known fossil specimens OF mammalia. and
particular. y OF the primates. confirm directly tho
descent OF man from ape-like creatures? Prof.
Haeckel does not hesitate to answer this ques-
ton In the Affirmative. lie admits. indeed.
that the gaps in the archaeological evidence.
here. as elsewhere, are many and keenly felt.
In the order Of the primates. they are greater
than In many other orders, chiefly because OF
the arboreal Ifs Of mans ancestors. The
explanation OF These gaps is very simple.
1t would be really due to Il long chain of favor
able condolences II the skeleton Of a vertebrate.
covered as i was with flesh and skin. and con-
tanning still more perlshable Yiscera. should be
pctrliled at all. Normally, the body would be-
devoulCd by other creatures. md its bones
wolll he scattered about: or 1t would rot away
and crumble Ia pieces. Many animals hide IN
thick underground when death approaches
them, and The primates. leading an almost en-
tirely arhOreal life. would be- especially likely
10 Disappear without being fossilized. Only
when the. body happened to be quickly covered
with sand. or TO be embedded in suitable lime;
or silica containing mud, could the process Of
pctriinct'on come 10 pass; Even then ~ II would
he only by great good luck that we should come
across such 3 fossil. Worry lew countries have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-26

What was the birthplace and date OF Zoroas-
teri An attempt TO answer these much-de-
hated questions viii be found In the second
chapter. Our Huthor gives reasons for believ-
ing that tile prophet arose in Western Iran
tAtropntarlc and MediSi about the middle OF
the setRntb' cehtury Il. &. He was. therefore. q
conte6TttprIry OF NebuchadnezZar. the Baby
lonian' congherof OF Jerusalem. The first few
years OF XoT6aster's life are represented by n
series OF miraculous events which tradition
has ianciiully colored. Passages from the 10
roastrian Scriptures may be adducPd to show
that the sages coming had been predicted ages
hefore. From the Ayesta WI also learn that
the nlVine shrerdotala and kingly glory had been
handed 'on ward from ruler to ruler. and from
saint to saint. with II view to its illuminating.
ultima1'ty. the soul Of rho inspired one. 1t
had bton NIdained of heaven. moreover. ac-
cordin& 10 the same authority, that this
glory should tenromhined with the guardian
spirit. apd with a material body. so as to pro-
duce frPpllhis threeiuld union the wonderful
child. tirSt. the glory dcscends from the pres
ence a Ahnra Mazda lthe supreme good deity
where normally 1t abidcs In the eternal light:
Il passes through heaven down 10 earth, and
enters the hpasr where the future mother of
Zoroaster Is herself about TO he born. Uniting
itself with her personality. 1t abides in her I'M
Ill she'fehfhes the age Of Is. when she hriugs
forth her own. trsthorn. the prophet Of Iran,
The pregnancy OF the mother, whose womb has
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ffteen years or more that lntervened between
vishtaspa's conversion and the beginning OF
the holy wars that were waged against Arjasp.
the chief inimical power among the heather.
who Ia described in the Shah Namah as the
head Of 1uran. or Turkestan, and who. in later
history. would be styled the inhdel Turk. The
fifteen years preceding the holy wars seem TO
have been employed by Ioroaster In ministra-
ton and organization. in missionary labors
aud the exercise OF prirstly functions; There
IL cvi!cncc that hr showed, a practical bont OF
mind in his work as we'll rs. a theoretical
counts Of the religion indicate that the
OF the body "a well as to the needs OF tho soul.
was recognized, To This part of tho Prophets
career. may belong tho story OF. the healing OF
The Ts' aecm "rnn rom rnns a. as ifooiiiows: VA he was pass.
Ing a blind man IN Dinewar, he told, them to
take a plant, which he described, and to- drop
would be able To soc; they DID, this; and the
blind man was restored to sight" This refer
S'e Zoroa mt@lF"' seientin Hc'T EHnowSIsedge. which Is
n side of his ncuuirentents distinctly recoE-
nizcd by tradition. The records OF antiquity
imply. that the Xoronstrian. writings. by their
encyclopaedia character. stood for many sides OF
life. The Greeks even speak OF books purnorting
to be 10y Inr0aster'r SSn p ny s rnS 7sor rep nna
sents a phase Of culture that Horoaster or his
apostles personified The, Iorostrlsn priests
were conservntors Of knowledge and learning.
II was during this same period that Xoroaster
founded or reSstablished many lire temples. IN
which, the holy, fame might be worshippsd.
Masudi aud Shahrastani tell OF. some ten diff
ferent places. of hrc-worship which existed in
Iran before Horoaster's time. Among, all the
flre-temples sanctioned or instituted, by him
there seem to be three which stood in the
later times OF the SassanianS as tho threefOld
representatives of the sacred element corre-
spending to tho social division OF the lrHntan
into three classes, namely, priests.
warriors and lHboring men.
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SOME e o
1'''es' zorosst.r.

vs. .
We systematically Mr.A.v WILLIAMS JACK
con, Pfofeesbr OF Indo-Iranian languages In
Colur1bIdUntSersit for a summary OF all that
is kndNh concerning Zoroaste1. the Prophet Of
Ancient ban 6MacmillansL In a volume OF some
300 pggfs tgg author has undertaken to mar
rate tRG.tfi more or less Legendary. OF tho rep
r~esentatiyp. and. tyne Of tho faith OF the Mcdes
and Persians. the master whose religious
teachlns IL. still faithfully followed by tho
Parsis, to-day. What We have hero Ia = bio
graphical study bnsed on tradition which itself
ia a phase Of history. The material torthe work
has grown. We are told. out Of the lectures de-
livered BY Prot. Jackson in Columbia Univer-
aity, bat IL hAEibeen supplemented by new data
since roituTheH II Is pointed out, for instance.
that oar knowledge of Noroaster has been
greatly atigfhdnted during the last few years
through lke 'trnns'utions made by DR.. West
from pahfaNN Texts. This mass OF Zoroas-
trian patrfstfc literature has tended to sub
E~tantiato much that was formerly regarded as
uncertnin. and has placed extAnt tradition on q
much dlrmer basis. We should add that the
part od1Srs book which ia devoted 10 Zoroaster
himself tsafolluwed by a chapter which traces
the seeuahts Of events after the prophets
death. We shall now endeavor to outline. az
succinctry as possible. the principal conclusions
ct which the author has arrived.
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differ from Tho .rhabdocnious turbellariums
chiefly by the formation OF a;yent. and the, be,
glnninss Of q colon or cavity between eel, n HSs
vascular system. and a pair OF excretory organs
lie ilrst met with Ia the uemertines. These TO;
undert the name o. frontonia. aud form the high
est grour OF the vertna,ia. The entoropneusta
s alone, ai ho us1et essentisIiy worms PPn@sS""Scc exhibit
CERTAIN characteTistlcs which make 1t possible
The Invertebrates from the vertebrate phylum;
The anterior portion OF tho duct Is transformed
into : Sreat9alhS SSoGgps Sre sIma h 81 the I torn E s1-
hi6it another modification Of the gut, namely,
peculiar diverticuium, which. in the, present
the f~orerunner OF the, ehorda dorsa!!s,
The ninth %stage,is that OF the br9chordonia.
which is common to the %tunicata and all the
vertebrate, These two last-nnmed groups
P Pinis:eS' a t choTda % d%Ssselis smS % Ugh rod e%p'E iyins
r. the lonR, axis OF the body dorsally from
Of a spinal cord secondly, the use Of the
t%unicata is essentially the same as that Of the
swimming copelata. however. among the tuni-
Gates retain most Of these features, The other
s4HiSst"s' TSish BECOME Scssils; liks the 0 SeSr
that Of the n%cranin, represented by, amphioxns.
creature agrees closely with hat OF the tuni-
Gates; hut one important feature is aided to
its organization, namely, nletamerism. n. seq
mentally arranged mesolcrm. AmphioNus
still. possesses neither skull nor vertebrfe.
neither ridge nor Jaws. and no limbs. 1t is,
nevertheless. a member of the vertebrate, II
we define these rs follows: Bilnteral, symmet;
mesoderm. with n chorda dorsalis. between
the. tubular nervous systnm and the gut. and
with respiratory organs, which nrise from the
anterior portion Of the gut. Prof. Haeckel
does not assume that a%mphioXus stands In the
direct ancestral line; 1t ia clear from his dia-
gram that he regards it rs probably much
specialized. partly degenerated, and repre-
senting q side branch. nevertheless. IL Is the
only creature hitherto known which ~satisfac-
torily connects the vertebrate with their inver-
tahrnte ancestors.
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~ :.

Tho marsupialia. or mctathcria. are direct
descendants Of prototheria; but they show
higher development by the reduction of the
coracoid homes and the intercIavicles The
original cloaca is divided into IA rectal chamber
and a uro-genital sinus, completely separated.
Mt least in the male; they are viviparous; the
young are received into a permanent mar
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-18
ROLL OF HONOR.
List of Students whose Attendance at
School Has Been Good.

List of Students Whose Attendance at
School Has Been Good.
Following are the names of the pu-
pills in the various district schools in
the county who have been neither
absentnor tardy during the past month:
District Nc. Z, Somers-Blanche
Corbett, Clara Bohm, Lewis Barrows,
Annie Davis, Lulu Fink, Norris Fink,
Mary Ozanne, Lena Weyres. Lulu c.
Rhodes, teacher.
District No. Il, Paris and Bristol
Nellie Bohn, Bertha Gitzlaf, Gocia
De Maillie, Charlie Kutzke and Rosa
Steffen. Rosa Steffen has not been
absent or tardy during the term of
seven months. May B Frisbie, teacher.
District No. 2, Salem Harry, Edith
and Freddie Schonschaek, Harry, Vera
and Mildred Lubeno, Alvin and Ray
Paddock, Orville Riggs and Dorothy
Paddock. Per cent of attendance, SO.
Alvin Paddock has neither been absent
nor tardy during the term Lulu
Catherine Lampe, teacher.
District No 2, Somers, Grace
Wells, Carrie Fonk, John Jordan, Lora
Carpenter, Esther Kohlman, Ray Car
penter, Harry Jordan, Elmer Carpen
ter, Lora Rogers, Eta Fonk, Cornelius
Gaastra, Vennie Fonk, Bouke Gaastra,
Eta Pedley, Florence Boswell, Lucy
Rogers, Oscar Boswell, Richard Kohl
man, Ida Runals, Xerxes Wade, Ellen
Runals, Iva Wade, John Rogers and
Roy Wade. Enrolment 80; attendance
81 per cent. Conrad Shearer. teacher.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-18
EAST SOMERS.

Arbor day was observed by the
schools in this vicinity.
Supt. Griffith, of WiImot, spent
Wednesday night with friends here.
Some of our residents visited with
friends in Kenosha Sunday.
Alvin Barrows goes to Pleasant
Prairie this week, where he will be
employed with the powder company
during the summer.
Marie Fredson, who spent the winter
in the n9ighborhoOd, returned home
last week.
The hunter who delights in leveling
his shot gun at robin and blowing
the poor bird to pieces is hero ~ Of
the blacklist type. Kenosha car fur
nish a few such specimens.
That Burlington avenue dance was
not reported IN time for last weeks
paper. By the way, boys, can you
furnish us with arecipe for making hay
cake? The girls say it was delicious.
Miss Cora Caverno, teacher in Chi
cago, spent Sunday with relatives here.
Somers teachers should attend the
last meeting of the association for
this year to be held at Pleasant Prairie
next Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-18
PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

DR.. John, presiding elder of the
Milwaukee district, occupied the pulpit
at the M. E. church Sunday morning.
Mr.. Mayer has the honor of being
asked to read paper before the Mil
Waukee District Ministerial Association
which convenes at Milwaukee.
The Epworth League Sunday even
ing services will be conducted on lit
tie different plan and the aim is to
make the meeting more interesting and
attractive as we'll as helpful. The
services next Sunday will consist OF
short talks, reading, solos and other
music. Mr.. Mayer will read The
Celestial Railroad" by Mr.. Nasty.
All those who attend will find the
meetings enjoyable and cordial in
vitation is extended to all.
Miss Nellie Barter, eldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Barter, went to
Chicago Monday morning to have a
very difficult operation performed.
The operation will probably be per-
formed Friday and her many friends
ale anxiously awaiting the result. 1t
is hoped that Miss Barter will come out
of the operation successfully and that
she NAV soon be entirely recovered.
Miss Barter's naturally strong consti-
tuition and buoyant nature will help
greatly The young lady is favorite
wherever she goes and it is to be hoped
that the operation will be successful
and that she may soon be back to her
duties as teacher in Milwaukee.
Mrs. Tidmarsh's ice cream parlor
was largely patronized Saturday even
ing. There will be ice cream and cake
served regularly each Saturday even
ing. Mrs. Tidmarsh is an expert ice
cream maker,
G. E. Elliott, the teamster, has left
our village. We are told that parties
from Racine were looking for him.
E. F. Newton, superintendent of the
Plattville Powder Plant, AMI the
future superintendent of the Pleasant
Prairie Powder Flant, is visiting here
for few days.
There will be social and supper
given at the church Friday evening by
the Epworth League. All invited.
Admission to be paid at the door.
A. F. Mcneil has accepted position
with the Powder Co. as carpenter.
A false rumor has been circulated to
the fact that the Pabst Brewing Co.
were negotiating with 0. 0. Fox for
the purchase of his property across
from the depot. There is no truth
whatever in the report. It is fact,
however, that certain brewing COM
pany is trying hard to get location
for a saloon.
There are more openings for laborors
and carpenters at the powder works.
In fact, they are short of men and have
had to go outside after them. The
building is progressing as rapidly as
possible. j. Tulley, of Kenosha, has
the contract for building the power
house and smoke stack There will be
about thirty buildings constructed.
Among them are the following: Office,
power house, magazine soda building,
charcoal and sulphur building, dry
house, two corning mills, carpenter and
key shops.
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SOMERS

TIE lecture Church and School,
given at the Methodist church on Fri
day by Hon. E. W. Ccafn, of Wauke-
sha, was we'll attended. The lecture
was not only very interesting but in
structive. The Sylvania male quar-
tette gave several very fine selections.
Miss Balm, of Milburn, ILL.,, was a
guest of Mrs. W. E. Balm the past
week.
Hon. E. W. Chain, of Waukesha,
was guest of E. G.. Ozanne on Fri
day.
Miss Montgomery, of Hainan, China,
is guest of Miss Bowker. Miss Mont
gomery and Miss Kate Schaeffer are
companions in the mission work in
Hainan.
Considerable work is being done in
the Presbyterian church in the line of
papering and painting. New windows
have been put in As their church was
not in condition for services last Sunday
they united with the Methodists. Miss
Montgomery, of China, gave very
interesting talk on the work she and
Miss Schaeffer are doing in China.
Mr.. Strang and wife, of Millburn, H.,
are visiting with W. E. Balm and wife.
Clinton Hitler and Clayton Leonard
spent Sunday in Bristol.
On Friday evening, May 26, Prof.
Toase will give a concert at the Syl-
vania Methodist church, to which all
are invited.
L. Cook spent Thursday in Milwau-
kee.
Mrs. Naylor, of Racine, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Hiram Bowers.
Mrs. Sherman Gibbon and children,
of Kenosha, spent Sunday with Mrs
Gibbon.
Mesdames James Spence and N. E..
Thompson selected the new carpet for
the Presbyterian church in Chicago
Monday.
John Henderson, of Racine, is driving
meat wagon to the village Tuesday
and Friday of each week.
The Epworth League united with
the Berryville League ON Sunday
evening in the celebration of the tenth
anniversary of the organization of the
Epworth League society. A large
number from this society were in at
tendance. A very interesting program
was given, in which the following as
sisted: The Sylvania male quartette
gave several very fine selections; Miss
Lulu Rhodes sang a solo entitled,
+" Ashamed of Jesus"; Mrs. E. G..
Ozanne read paper, "The Breadth
and Intensity of Our Epworth League
as expressed in it's Notices, Miss
Lucy Lewis sang a solo, "Guard Ne
While I Sleep; Lawrence E. Ozanr 3
gave an address on the History of the
League, and Rev. Gray spoke On the
work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-18
Circular No. 3

The Importance of the observance of
Memorial day by participation in the
public ceremonies, which will be held
in honor of the soldier dead of all the
wars of our country, is urged upon all
members of the Wisconsin National
Guard.
That in some of the commands the
equipment for proper military display
is lacking, is due to the fact that the
United States government, up to the
present time, has not been able to
return to the State the arms and uni
forms which it furnished for the use of
the Wisconsin volunteers in the war
with Spain. This condition, however,
should not deter any company from
publicly paying tribute to the memory
of the soldiers who have passed away.
A grateful nation honors the men
who have fought for liberty and for
humanity. To unite in giving express
sion to this spirit, on day sacred in
the annals of our country, is a public
duty.
By command of the Governor:
C. R. BoARDMAN, Adjt. Genl.
Official: W. 81. Patton,
Asst. Adjt. Genl.