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Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
KINGS MIL KINKS.

Wlea; syxing b!DirreI.
Tie weather O, very dry.
Hog, are dying al fearful rate.
The health Of The country l.
god.
Waters are getting quite low,
and crsterns and vel, dry.
I. ". Foreman has los: two
calves lately, cause unknown,
WORK en the Christian church at
Kings Mil i progressing nicely.
Z, c. English Of Panhandle,
Texas, Is visiting in Cur community.
Rev. Horton preached an inter,
es,iug sermon At Marun's Chapel
o. Ia. Sunday
Cuc-e David SPaIIock aud Mrs..
VI. }. spur.ocg aii 20 70 Buffalo
Land thl- week To spend . week or
ten days visiting.
Aunt Be,sis Rogers, WIDOW Of
). D. Rogers, deceased, died o:
tux .. the home Of her on, ). 4.
Rogers, on Monday, Oct. ?. Aunt
BetsIs Vas indeed a Lob.e woman.
and her many virtues are emiueGtIv
worthy Of imitation. She leaves a
host OF friend. aud relatives sorely
grieyed.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

The superintendent Of the
state lunatic asylum in his
last report makes the folioH-
ing observation;
The county judges thro-
ughOut the state, with 4 few
exceptions, appear 10 regard
the institution as q big poor
house, where they can de-
post their old and fcebie
people upcr the state. They
get some one 70 make an al.
fidavlt that the party is in
sane, and then forthwith
bundle these deCaycd old
people up and send them to
the asylum as dangerous peO-
pie to the community when
they can scarcely lift hand
or foot"
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
TWO LIVES LOST.

Newport, Oct. 7. Adam
Bach, one Of the most prom
incnt and well.to.do citizens
of Newport, and Claude N,
Jones Of Louisville, Ky,
representing the Silver Seal
Tobacco Company, were
drowned in Bergin lake,
about three miles from this
city, this afternoon about 4
o'clock, Bach and Jones
were in a leaky boat in the
middle Of the lake fishing,
The boat began to take
water so fast they could not
keep it bailed out, Before
they reached the bank it
sank,
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
POLK PIECES

Cotton picking merEiiy g0es OF.
Some -ilknes, in our community.
Bud G.Eorl lo.t fine coz Il,,
Monday.
\ light ram fe'l Tuesday and =,
va. badly needed.
Iaere wi, be ! considerable 10:
Of wheat -oFu now,
T. L, Grafton i in the neighbor,
hood Cd legal business.
james Roe Ferg1s5n is vres,ITr,
With the chii.s-,he first he eyer
hal.
John S0G,harG vii STINT to he
Lone Star s-ate Wednesday, @Lsr-
he vi!I make bis future home.
Uncle Mord CoHyers !, still II
feeble health, and the pry6abiliu=,
are that he viii never be any better.
Simp Brown gave ruslcal en-
tsTtalnmert Saturday night 5ef5.-
h- left Monday, which was charm.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

SIDNEY SAYINGS.

E-,...sE.,.., .-;1
h'mef gray Oh 'loIa Is visiting
RELATIVES here'
J. Frank Wiles Is IN home eniov,
ing a vacation.
c;,,., p,,,L,,,u- =. .,, l,,.
! douielled in bis new home in the
Yves, part Of town.
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.oboar and uo cor,oioiv w,.h Cos .
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Mr ana Mrs Addison Arm,
misses 'I'Y' Me'NS' zee vines,
WINE amiIn' Myr'Ie num- Ora
MeeK' VA ARM ana MesSrS Gee
VINES ana Me'IY'''e om''h attended
quarterly conference AZ Ma&VlIIo
Sunday ana enjoyed good sermon
ny pf'sidlns eIHor llo''oWay'
A very sarcastic, pretended friend
asked The writer a few DAYS aco
vixen be was going to marry and
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

Wr. Ar-oI uoT b.. : picture
gal -ET .r ,oau 2a1 Ia, n bear tin
toi- NJ catching tie pictures Of
pretty mammss, crying Jabies end
Pct dogs tia, snap. lie sometim-.
looks mad, blt ,a- ladies' say lha:'-
al IEt % aat tLat lie does r o.
make them g1.. smiling and zy.1
their gIe'u--.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
PCUGHKEEPSlE POINTERS.

Corn gathering and wheat sowing
going right On, rain or 10 rain.
The people Of this part are well
pleased with tic actions Of the
quorum court.
Health improving and the spirit.
Of the people are rising faster than
the price Of cotton,
Can The doctors tell why there arc
no sore eyes tins fall; There. not
ca.e within our knowing,
The neg Fairbanks scales are al
most ready for use at this place and
they viii ill want long felt.
". r. StanGIl is hauling IN wagon
loads Of geese, bat says by joIlie he
qacsscs he can bear anything that's
sad.
Cotton AL picked OYER giuncd
and mostly sold Lots Ut gloves,
tobacco and other supplies COR 8in.
ter already Iald IN,
Alien and L1da Smith are the
happy parents Of new born grI,
James and Luna Gay arc the same,
and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have o
new boy
70 see that bg smile on Doc
Taylor's face when he is drying his
new wheat drill is bound TO con.
vince any man that the wheat docs
better drilled,
JOFcph NelIYB son dled on the
llh and was buried the jln at the
SPOTS graveyard, The bcrcavcd
relatives have the heartfelt sympa,
thy Of the entire community,
The new store Is now reality,
md Nose McGIuulS face beams be.
unj the counter Walk right in,
alt you see Is for sale, aud his ca
paclous receiving tank calls for
more eggs and chickens.
Tho new brick dwelling on the
east side and tho largo store in the
ceulcr o! town, j, IL, lIrandon's
new barn and the antl.diSputcr
church on the north, shows there is
20 MUSHROOM boom on this town.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
CAVE CITY csDEPs

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Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

81 i'v"PNHViN iNHlVdJ II
Hunts Lightning Oil, All aches
and pains quickly relieved. Sat-
lslaotiop or money refunded,
Sold by Snow the druggist.
Old papers for sale.
Cheatham's Tasteloss Chill
Tonic cures the chills, builds up
the system, and drives away ali
ills, II makes the weak strong
and fattens the lean, It's the
tonic OF tonics, the best ever
seen. 90 cents at Shows the
druggist
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
Esisl,larck's Iron NeF"

Was the result Of his spiVp J,
health. lndomitable VIII ,.' \
tremendous energy are noI %S
where stomach, liver, KluD'
and bowels are out Of order 4
you want these qualities anu ! !
success they bring, USE m,
Kings New Life Pills NJ
develop every power OIL =, u
and body, Sold by snow
druggist,
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

4 recent dispatch from
Manila says the U. S. trans
port Siam, which left San
Francisco Sept. 9 with up
wards Of $50 valuable mules,
bad arrived and reported
that ali but nineteen Of the
animals had been killed in a
storm which occurred during
the voyage.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

IAN Infamous liar is
what Hon. 4. f. Yaudegcu-
ter called Hoa. JEFF Davis at
Hebrr the other day when
Davi, made the statement
that Handkerchief was once 4
republican.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13

r. c. Van Hook, agcG 81
years, died near III Dorado
last week. He was a men-
Der Of the constitutional
convention Of 1868, and was
a leading citizen Of Union
county.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
Admiral Dewey has zig

Admiral Dewey has zig
nifed his Willingness to &C
cept a home in Washington
purchased by popular SUB,
scription. The committee
having in charge the raising
Of funds to buy the home
have on hand $50, 900.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
THE RECORD.
BY CLAUDEL. cCGER

John ". Robinson killed
Tom Spikes, his stcp-son,
at MorriIton last week.
The killing was caused Dy d
a dispute over some corn.
Sharp County record., 1899-10-13
TAl,. NlSsIIl ( Bros.

The household remedy is The Record wants your
Hunts Lighlning OIL. AL! aohos work.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
Quarter Of a
Million
is NOW REQUIRED.
Commissioner Prior Files
His Estimates For the Year

Street Commissioner w. S. Prior filed
with City Auditor John B. Bowker,
yesterday, estimates of the appropria-
lions which will be required to carry
on the work of the street department
in the coming year. The figures are
$276539.99, of which 1924, 100 is for street
maintenance. The $50, SO asked for
to carry on street construction is for
orders on hand only, and no provision
is made in the estimate for new work
ordered by the city council of the pres
ent year.
The items of estimates in street main
tenance are: Paving, $50, 900; street
watering, $37 900; repairs, $35, 900; street
cleaning and sweeping, $4,000; macad-
am streets, $4,000; sidewalks s55, 900 !;
crosswalks, $4,000; removing snow and
ice, $4,000; salaries, $500; repairing
TOOLS $500; repairing rolling stock,
$4,000; incidental labor, $500; total, 1884,
900. The estimated revenue of that de-
partment is: Sidewalk assessments,
$30,000i street watering assessments,
$50, 900; total, $4,000.
In the department of street construc-
ton, he filed estimates of expenses and
revenues as follows:
Orders on hand for construction
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
TO BEAT THE sCALPER.
A New safety" Paper Will Be Used For
Railway Tickets.

NtfOm the Buffalo EXPRESS
The new safety paper for railway tick
cts, which will be used by some of the
largest companies at the beginning of the
year, is expected to prove a harder blow
to the dishonest ticket-scalper than any
national or state MISUNDERSTANDING
measure The most ingenious wiles of the
scalper will be of no avail against this
safety paper. In printing, style and form
the new ticket will be similar to that now
in use, the only difference being In the
material upon which it is printed The
new paper is the result of years of expert
ments by railway ticket printers. and it
has been formally approved by the Ma
tional Association of General Passenger
and Ticket Agents.
Inc manufacturers guarantee that this
paper will retain anything written on it in
ink until the last particle of the paper is
destroyed. If a knife eraser be used upon
Il, the fact will at once be evident. since
the surface of the ticket will he destroyed,
SHOWING the inside of the paper. when
will be of another color. The last point,
however, ie not of so much Importance
since, the knife eraser has already been
guarded against by the use of two color
tickets, with surface and inside of differ
ent shades
The new paper was specially invented
to defeat the scalper's acids When the
dlshonest broker wants to change a name
or date, on a Itickee he uses acids. which
completely obliterate the original writ
Ing and leave the surface of the ticket
ready for the insertion of the new name
or date. Scalpers have gone so far Il this
direction as to change o. color of the
entire ticket, leaving only the necessary
printing intact.
The new safety paper is said to be abso-
lutely proof against the use of any acids
This condition has been reached by the
use of certain acids in the manufacture
OF paper, which will counterfeit any
which may afterward be used upon it.
If acid is used to alter name or date
on ticket printed on the safety paper
the only effect will be to drive the orig
NAL writing through the ticket, bringing
II plainly to the surface on the opposite
side. The acids used in making the paper
are said to be strong enough to counter
act any which the most expert scalper
might employ.
The new safety paper will be used at
hrst chiefly for the printing of through
tickets reading over two or more lines
which seem to have been the kind of
tickets most in favor with the scalping
fraternity. The most skillful and varied
ingenuity has been shown in the manipu-
lation of these tickets. During two or
three big society gatherings held in Chi
cago last summer the railways discovered
number OF return portions of tickets
upon which the office stamp dating stamp
and the autograph signature stamp of the
Joint agent had all been forged. With the
new safety paper in general use the pas
senger men say that such practices will
result in prompt detection in the future
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
IF YOU DON'T KNOW
Why Dyspepsia Cures Have Failed
to Relieve You,
THE FOLLOWING WILL EXPLAIN

In reply to the question, Why have all
dyspepsia cures heretofore used failed to
cure? a well-1nown physician said: For
years we have known that there were
at least two distinct kinds of dyspepsia,
and that each required separate RENE
dies. Yet we have always combined these
and prescribed them to. be taken in one
dose without a thought of one counter
acting the effect of the other, which they
are bound to do" This is one reason
another is this-only recently has 1t been
found that food is not digested IN the
stomach at all, but instead prepared by
this organ for digestion in the intes+'ons
now, as all cures heretofore manufac-
tured have been directed toward ASSIST
ing the stomach to digest what we eat;
it stands to reason that no benefit could
possibly be derived from their use. These
two mistakes made by the manufacturers
OF dyspepsia cures would seem TO explain
sufficiently the cause of failure to cure,
but a stronger reason than these can be
given, 1t is found in the treatment of
that most dangerous and prevalent form
of dyspepsia, intestinal indigestion; for
this disease there has never been any
remedy known to the profession, caused
as 1t is by bacteria; no germicide strong
enough to destroy them could be given
without great danger to the patient. Con-
sequently the physician mas been com
PEELED to let the patient suffer, and the
result has been that "a per cent of all the
grown people in our country are now
dyspeptics; moreover, out of every III
cases Oh appenOlcltlS are now knOWu 10
come from intestinal indigestion. Is it
any wonder, then, that dyspepsia in all
It's forms has become more prevalent
every year?
The new treatment is unlike anything
ever used before "Hyomei,' the new
Australian dry air germicide, has proven
to be the most valuable discovery made
in medicine for years. 1t has removed
catarrh, bronchitis and consumption from
the list of dangerous diseases, and now
comes to the profession again in a new
form, which, taken internally, kills the
bacteria causing dyspepsia as readily as
1t does the bacilli of catarrh and con-
sumption, and this without the least dan
ger to the patient. Manufactured as it
is, with different remedies for each phase
of dyspepsia (something which has never
been thought of before), | believe it Will
prove an infallible cure for this disease.
At any rate, adopting their usual method,
the r. T. Booth Co. guarantee this treat
ment to cure or refund the money.
HYOMEI DYSPEPSIA CURE,
sold by all druggists, or sent by mail on
receipt of price, SOC
Send for folder and Story of Hyomei.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04

hundred thousand dollars. Now we
have been inclined to chafe a little
under the rather arrogant manners
of the senior counsel on the other
side. But certainly much is to be
pardoned to a gentleman of whom
four such worthy intelligent clients
think that he is (to be scientifically
eXacD. just fifty-siX thousand and
SiXty-five times as powerful as ON
impotence.
We have undertaken, Mr.. Chairman,
to give you the opinion of large num-
Der of skilled experts and manufacture
ers and practical men of the values of
these properties as between buyer and
seller, or to use the phrase which the
learned cousel on the other side first
suggested in this hearing, and which
for one l am willing to accept, ''for
valuable use"
l will not undertake to repeat, or even
to sum UP, the testimony of these prac-
teal men. But 1 submit to you, gentle
men, this one inquiry: If you had a
case before jury, where you wanted
justice, ano nothing more, and nothing
less, would you not welcome any one
of these men on the panel: would you
not welcome the sight of any one of
these men on the front seat? Now if
they are to be trusted in every other
important transaction of life, are they
not to be trusted here, or is l. true
that the case of a claim of damages
against the city is an exception to the
rule by which men are governed in the
practical affairs of life, and that we
are today in an artificial, unnatural and
unreal world where everything else
that has value, honesty, wisdom, com
mon sense, experience, justice, are of
little account, and the only thing more
precious than the gold of Ophir is a
water privilege, which never has been
used from the beginning of time, and
never will be used until the end of
@ arnitN
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04

nine being S14O3. BY adding the results
OF the land appraised to those of the
mill men, We get the total damage. We
nave therefore as the lowest estimate
or the respondents witnesses, $16,O01 IS
10 S3f,515, as the highest, or $2S,145 as
the average.
When this is contrasted with the
S22S,646 of the petitioners estimate we
submit that there is something radically
wrong in the method pursued in arriV-
ing at one or the other of these esti-
mates. Without going out of this COM
monWealth for purposes of comparison,
and without citing the numerous in
stances given by Messrs. Williams, Pit
kin and Pinney, all actual sales within
their knowledge and experience, these
sales demonstrate that the values plac-
ed upon the property by the CONNER
clal experts of the respondent were just
and even generous towards the petit
TONERS, and that the valuation of $22S,
0Gl for this little three-set mill, with
its water power way up in the country
was never dreamed of by its owners
or anybody else until the genius of Mr..
Shedd and his coadjutors brooded over
the proposition OF the damages to be
assessed in this case, and brought
fourth this overgrown eXaggeration.
The cases of the other petitioners for
damages were then taken up separate
ly and commented upon at length. Col.
Hopkins then turned his attention to
the Peter brook water shed. He pre-
lsented strong argument to show that
the Peter brook is not to be included
in the question before the commission.
The fact that this waterway is connect
ed with the Kettle brook is no subStan-
tial reason why it should be allowed
to figure in the present hearing, or why
any claims from that vicinity should be
allowed. If this is to be done, no limit
could be fixed, and claims for damages
would pour in from persons liv-
ing in all the section any
where about Kettle brook, who
might imagine that they had been
injured by the taking of the water sup
ply, and seek to make money at the
city's expense In regard to the al
legged pollution of the water, Col. Hop
kins held that the city was in no way
responsible for it, if it exists at all,
and that this phase of the complaint
should not be taken into consideration
by the commissioners in their report
upon the investigation. The last point
touched upon by the colonel in his ar
gument yesterday, was with relation to
undeveloped waterfalls and abandoned
privileges These, he asserted, could
not be taken into consideration in the
settlement of the question at hand. He
contended that they were Of no value,
and that. therefore, no damages could
be allowed
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
HOBsoN's PECULIARITIEs.
Chicago Record.)


Lieut.. Hobson has telegraphed that the
newspaper reports of his osculatory per-
formanees have been very much exaeger-
ated and the telegram will go on record.
Hobson is very queer person, and this
kissing business, as well as speechmaking,
is new trick for him. He has never
been lady's man. He has been credited
with bashfulness. He never seemed to find
enjoyment in society although his egot-
ism is so great that when he once over
came his diffidence he always insisted
upon talking of himself He is one of
those genluses who will not work in har-
ness.
There have been a dozen occurrences
since the Merrimac affair which might
have made Lieut.. Hobson a defendant in
court martial proceedings, but Secretary
Long and other of his superior officers
nave overlooked in him what any other
oneer IN the navy would be held respon-
slble for He has been sent to the Philip
pine islands to. raise the Spanish ships
that Dewey sunk in the harbor of Manila.
because the secretary of the navy did not
know what else to do with him. He is so
erralc as to be worthless for the ordinary
Qutles OF an officer on board a man-of-
war and his originality and egotism make
nm the object of constant surveillance in
the construction bureau
II Hobson We're instructed to draw the
plans and specifications for a ship on GER
tain lines, Commodore Hichborn. the head
of the bureau. would be compelled 10 keen
an eye on him constantly for fear he
would Introduce some new feature or
make some departure from the conyen-
tlonal rules of ship building that would
cause great risk and much trouble. Hob
son never did anything in the wav The
same thing Is done by other people
Ills mind, as well as his methods are
decidedly original, and while there is no
more question of his ability than there is
OF his courage, his ideas are frequently
lmpracucable. Another peculiaritv of
i1obsons is that. combined with a bovish
Dashfulness he has absolutely no sense of
rear and therefore his achievement with
inc Merrimac was not so difficult for him
as II would have been for a man with a
keener appreciation of danger and IFS
consequences 80
ltobson never made speech i'm his life
until meeting was held in Carnegie hal
last summer to raise money for the faIoi
lies Of the soldiers killed al Santiapo
Those who had been intimately associafed
with him all his life expected on that oc-
casion that he would simply get lin and
make bow and blush But he smoke for
half an hour with great sclf-possession. a
me display of language, ana considera bile
dramatic power
Since that time he has accented every
invitation TO speak that has been offered
MN, and down i'm Atlanta the other dav
ne mace three eXtemporaneous speeches
on the same day-mOrninE, afternoon and
eyenlng-without repeating q single idea
very Few men of experience upon the
as well. 'N' &c
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
Net estimate

His table of expenditures of last year
is not totaled, except to show the net
expenditures, which amounted to Sal, :
274.40. The main items in the list of
expenditures are: Salaries, $6275. so;
new sidewalks, S47,OS759; repairs,
$5206.24; street sprinkling, $35647 SO !;
macadam, $32092.SS; street and bridge
repairs $3S,97294; cleaning and sweep
ing, $26, loops; removing snow and ice,
$l1, 1890; crosswalks, $S550.74.
The revenues of last year We're: Side
walk assessments, $17, 32S.02; street bet
terment assessments, $74S341; street
water assessments, $59919.26; bills
against individuals and departments,
$1617605; net expenditures, Sal, PA 40.
In street construction last year the
expenditures were S56,426.72, more than
half of which was spent on Lincoln
street. The amount required tc do the
work in that street was $23, 9O7.46. The
revenue of the department for the year
was $343, which was received from the
commonwealth on account of the state
highway. The net expenditures of
street construction were $56, 0S3
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
THEIR WANTS ARE LARGE.

In the estimate Of money needed for
the coming year the commissioners of
the sinking fund want $2S5, 200. In the
report. which was made yesterday, to
City Auditor John b. Bowker, the com
missioners say that over $56011 II.
which is to be paid over to the com
mssioners on Jan. |. to be applied by
them as contribution for the current
financial year to the usual water loan
sinking fumes of the city, there will be
needed as a contribution to the other
established sinking funds the further
sum Of $2S5,200, to be raised by taxa
ton in the levy of 1899.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-04
HER AIM.

How did this happen" asked the
surgeon, as he dressed the wound in
the cheek and applied a soothing poul-
tice to the damaged eye.
Got hit with a stone" replied the
patient.
'Who threw ft?"
"My-my wife" was the reluctant
answer.
Hum! It's the first time I've heard
of woman hitting anything she aimed
at muttered the surgeon.
She was throwing atethe neighbours
hens, explained the sufferer. 81 was
behind her."-Tit- Bits.