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Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

II was troubled with sey.,.
and after retiring at nigh, w..
restless and unable to sleep IS|
nervous twitchings all over n,
were very distressing and ~
and run down from lack Of ,ls., |
commenced using Dr.. Milesy.'s
gave me immediate relief. An,
few days l could 60 to bed a,1 /,
ly all night and awake in the n.
ing refreshed and rested. AA.,.
eral bottles my health was eo.,.'
but l ALWAYS keep a bottle in A.
take a dose when I am yey tr.I
recommend DR.. Miles NerviD.
complaining Of loss Of sleep o,
and have heard many praise a.
the good it does"
c. B. NEVILLE, Hanior
DR.. Miles Nervine is sold at
on a positive guarantee. WI
advice and booklet to
\ DR.. MILES MEDICAL Co., Ell
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24
STATE Of cEiO, CITY OF TOLEDO, /
LucAs COUNTY.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm o!
f. j, Cheney g. Co.. dong business
IN the city of Toledo, county and
state aforesaid, and that SAID firm
will pay the sum of One Hundred
Dollars for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
Frank j. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed IN my presence, this 9th day
Of December, A. d. 1886.
A, w. Gleason,
sEALl Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken ln>
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
f. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24
% : C. wE7noRE TOBACCO CO., St. Louis, NO. "sss
known merchant.

George Houston was fined $500
at Pine Bluff by a justice of the
peace for violation Of the new
gambling law, and the case will
be made a test. r
Near Texarkana a negro boy
discharged Winchester, acct
dentally, he claims, and instantly
killed one negro and broke the
thigh bone Of another.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

consupated. There Is loathlhg ol
food, pains in the Bowels, dizziness,
coated tongue and vorlling, first OF
the undgestcd or partly dlgested
food and then of bile. Chambers
llaIn's stomach and Liver Tablets al
/ lay the disturbances of the stomach
and create healthy appetite. They
aiso tone up tic liver to a healthy
action and regulate the bowels. Try
them and you are certain to be much
pleased with the result. For sale by
Snow, the druggist.
There can be no victory without
an enemy.
czo7a TIE c0Viz AED wo2Zs or EFT COLD
| Laxative Bromo-Qainine Tablet,
cure a cold in one day. No Cure
no Pay. Price % cents,
A young preacher is liable to
be a dry-land pilot.
10 ovaE a COLD IN cNE DAY
| Take Laxative Bromo QWume Tab
lets. All druggists refund the mon
ev If It fails to cure. E. w. Groves
signature is on each box. 25c.
If there we're no listeners there
would be no gossips.
The greatest skin specialist IN
America originated the formula for
Banner Saive. For Ill skin diseases,
all cuts or sores, and for piles, us
the most healing medicine. Beware
of substitutes. Williams ~ Ed
wards.
He who shuts his eyes when it
rains will never see the. rainbow,
TIE BEST PRESCRIPTION For MALARIA
Chllls aud fever is a bottle OF
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is
simply ironand quinine N a tasteIesS
form, No cure-no pay. Price
so cents,
He shall 60 before his enemy
who can forego revenge.
If people only knew what we know
about Kodo! Dyspepsia Cure, 1t
would be used IN nearly every house
hold, as there are few people who do
not suffer from feeling OF fntlness
after eating, belching, hatuence,
sour stomach or waterbrash, caused
by indigestion or dyspepsia. A pre-
paratlon such as Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure, which, with no alG from the
stomach, will digest your food, 1t
certainly can't help but do you good.
Williams IL Edwards
Some men rise in the world be-
cause they are light weight.
SOME people are so much like
circus bills that it don't require
much money to cause them to get
stuck up.
YOU ZNuw WHAT YOU ARE. TAXING
When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plainly printed on every bottle shows
ing that it is SIMPLY Iron and Qul,
nlne in a tasteless form. No cure,
no pay. SOC.
The best way to overcome error
is to emphasize the truth it ig-
nores.
When a man says life is not
worth living he just has reference
to his own life.
Miss Florence Newman, who has
been a great safferer from muscular
rheumatism, says Chamberlaln's Pain
Balm is the only remedy that affords
her relief. Miss Newman is a mach
respected resident of the village of
Gray, N. Y, and makes this states
ment for the benefit Of others sim.
llarly afflicted, This hnIment is for
sale by Snow, the druggist.
Education has never yet saved
a man from being a fool.
The Thermometer is a poor
thing at which to warm your
hands.
STATE OF uEiu CITY oE TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank }. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm OF
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

ceased came to his death at hallus
of a switch engine after being sal
on by the coroner for two hours
and a half"
A New York Italian has just
discovered, through the medium
of surgical operation, that ne is
three ribs short OF the number he
ought to have, and he never
knew it till now. The game that
was worked on Adam during that
old-tim9 after-dinner snooze OF
his wasn't a marker to this.
A newly-appointed French
Mayor inaugurated his'regime by
a notice to the following effect;
"On the feast Of our patron
saint the fire brigade will be re-
viewed in the afternoon if it rains
in the morning, and in the morn
ing if it rains in the afternoon"
The Munsing (Mich.) News
says a lumber jack came Into
town the other day and ate two
dozen eggs at one sitting He
said he would call at the restau-
rant some day when he was hum
CRY, and show the folks what he
could do. This is the man the
hens have been laying for.
A st. Louis citizen who walked
into a hospital, the other night,
carrying his nose in his hand,
explained that it had been bitten
off in the course Of 'perfectIy
friendly fight" If possible, we
advise him to avoid an unfriendly
set-to with that fellow.
Boston's City Council has ap-
propriated $4,000 to "extermin-
ate the orgyia leucostigma'" We
are not quite clear about this, but
we feel that it would be well
worth the money to get rid Of
such a thing, anyway, no matter
what it is.
Eddie Reed, the boy preacher
of Paris, ILL.,, has just succeeded
in getting a large number Of men
to sign pledge that they will
refrain from the wicked game OF
draw poker. Eddie probably
struck bunch Of losers.
I
sis the young man safe?" was
the title of a sermon in San Fran
cisco recently. He is il he gets
to first base before the ball does.
otherwise, according to the rules
of the league, he is out.
A Mrs. Lane of San Francisco
asks divorce from her husband
on account of the continued error
Of his ways. She is evidently
tired of looking for the turning OF
this particular lane.
The Ottawa Herald says that
s'John Thatcher was arrested for
carrying a 144-caliber revolver
That sounds as if it were written
hv somebody who had suddenly
looked in that gun.
A boys essay on editors says;
"I don't know how they came in
to the world, and don't believe
God does. The Bible says moth
ing about editors and | never
heard Of one being in heaven l
guess the editors are the missing
link them fellers talk about.
Some editors belong to the church
and some try to raise whiskers.
All of them raise hell where l
live"
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24
FLoTSAM AND JETshM.

Here is a unique verdict by a
coroner's jury on a man who was
killed by a switch engine at Lath-
rop, Cal, the other day.
"We, the jury, find that the de-
ceased came to his death at hands
of a switch engine after being sat
on by the coroner for two hours
and a half"
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

A New York Italian has just
discovered, through the medium
of a surgical operation, that he is
three ribs short OF the number he
ought to have, and he never
knew it till now. The game that
was worked on Adam during that
old-tim9 after-dinner snooze OF
his wasn't a marker to this.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24
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This signature is on every box Of tho genuine
Laxative Br0m0aQainine Tablets
Me remedy that cares C0ld in OEse DAY
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

A newly-appointed French
Mayor inaugurated his'rogime by
a notice to the following effect;
son the feast Of our patron
saint the fire brigade will be re-
viewed in the afternoon if it rains
in the morning, and in the morn
ing if it rains in the afternoon"
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

Boston's City Council has ap-
propriated $4,000 to "extermin-
ate the orgyia leucostigma." We
are not quite clear about this, but
we feel that it would be well
worth the money to get rid of
such thing, anyway, no matter
what it is.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

A st. Louis citizen who walked
into a hospital, the other night,
carrying his nose in his hand,
explained that it had been bitten
off in the course of a perfectly
friendly fight" If possible, we
advise him to avoid an unfriendly
set-to with that fellow.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

The Munsing (Mich.) News
says a lumber jack came into
town the other day and ate two
dozen eggs at one sitting He
said he would call at the restau-
rant some day when he was hum
CRY, and show the folks what he
could do. This is the man the
hens have been laying for.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

A Mrs. Lane of San Francisco
asks a divorce from her husband
on account of the continued error
Of his ways. She is evidently
tired of looking for the turning of
this particular lane.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

Eddie Reed, the boy preacher
Of Paris, ILL.,, has just succeeded
in getting large number Of men
to sign a pledge that they will
refrain from the wicked game OF
draw poker. Eddie probably
struck a bunch Of losers.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

The Ottawa Herald says that
"John Thatcher was arrested for
E. carrying a 144-caliber revolver
That sounds as if it were written
bv somebody who had suddenly
looked in that gun.
Sharp County record., 1901-05-24

sis the young man safe?" was
the title of a sermon in San Fran
cisco recently. He is if he gets
to first base before the ball does.
otherwise, according to the rules
Of the league, he is out.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

ington's connection with this Improvement
of most momentous advantage. A new
people, few in NUM- bers, with but little time
or chance to avail themselves of the op-
portunities which the fertility of their val
leys and the great mineral wealth of their
mountains afforded for enriching them
selves, had just passed through a long,
trying and devastating war with a rich
and powerful nation. They had been sue
cessful in this war. which made them one
of the nations of the earth, 'tiS true, but
at what cost This new people who had
warred with the enthusiasm and bravery
kindled alone. by the love for liberty had
been left victorious on the field of battle
and had won their cause, strong in its JUS
tice and righteousness, but at an awful
cost. Their resources, as well as their
courage, had been taxed to the very utmost.
How then could such people find means
to devote to internal improvements? How
could those who had such means be per-
suaded to risk them in scheme which
was totally untried, and which, to even the
most ignorant and unobserving, must have
presented physical obstacles the contem-
plation of which alone would be suffcient
to deter them from embarking upon the
seas of so uncertain a speculation? Stand
Ing at Its head the people saw one upon
whom the light of public life and pubnc
service had beaten since the years of his
youth. and whose record, private and pub
lie, stood unspotted. One upon whom they
had learned to lean in times of danger and
trouble, and who had always served them
well. One who by the ordering of his life
along the lines of purity honesty and sim
plicity. had inspired for himself love and
respect and who. by his services in the
war just ended. had endeared himself to
them beyond all men. Thus the great
affection and regard in which General
Washington was held was the means
of disposing of almost all of the cap
ital stock in few months. 1t is most
doubtful whether. under any other circum-
stances, this stock could have been sold or
the company organized. Confidence in and
affection for Gen. Washington unQueStiOn-
ably made for 1t it's market and prevented
the plan of improving the navigation of
the Potomac river, for the furtherance OF
which he had labored so long and earnest
ly from falling into a condition of "innoc
uous desuetude'' from lack of means to
carry it on. j. GRAHAM PEARRE.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

creek, Fort Cumberland. The state of
Maryland however, refused to concur in
this act, her objection no doubt being
prompted by the jealousy of the Baltimore
merchants, who feared that the trade which
had hitherto been monopolized by them
would be directed into another channel ana
pour into Georgetown. Washington was,
however, gradually overcoming this dif1-
Guilty by the greatest persistence, when the
guns of the minute men at Lexington,
calling halt to tyranny. demanded those
sacrifices of self and interests, to which
demand the few but brave and devoted
colonists so gladly and with such alacrity
responded.
After the War.
General Washington, who had been first
in war and had led his country to glori-
Gus victory, giving US the heritage of in
dependence and liberty we now enjoy, at
the close of that war became again first in
peace. In very truth he turned his sword
into plowshare, and the hum of indus
try and progress became far sweeter music
to his ears than the rattle of muSketry or
the roar of the deepermouthed cannon.
Just earnestly he had sustained the
courage of his men during that ever mem
orable winter at Valley Forge, just as en-
ergetically as he had pursued his advan-
tages over Lord CORVALLIS, just so earn
estly and energetically did he return to his
favorite plan of internal Improvement. In
September of the year 1884 he made an
other journey to the AlleghaneS and thence
westward He returned to Mount Vernon
on the 4th of October, having Travelled since
the 1st of September, on horseback, $50
miles, mostly over rough and mountain
Gus country.
Was General Washington enthusiastic
over the Importance of the rapid rcaliza-
tion of this plan of navigation? No more
conclusively convincing answer can be
given to that question than to point to the
journey made in September of 1854
Immediately upon his return, he recon-
mended, as a preliminary step, that COM
mssioners should be appointed to survey
the Potomac river from tide water to its
source, and the portages between it and
the principal western streams, following
these streams to their junction with the
Ohio. Advising al the same time a survey
of the rivers west of the Ohio. far as
Detroit. saying in this connection: These
things being done, / shall be mistaken if
prejudice does not yield to facts; jealousy
to candor, and finally if reason and nature,
thus aided. do not dictate what is right and
proper to be DONE
On March 20, 1884, he wrote to Mr.. JEFF
ferson of Virginia, who afterward became
President of the United States, and who took
a deep co-intereSt with General Washing
ton in the scheme, follows: More than
Evening star., 1901-05-18

when so closely connected with the expedi-
tions of the English against the French
and their Indian allies throughout these
parts. The muniffcent remuneration re-
ceived for these service a doubloon
day when employed actively, and some
times six pistoles. In this connection I may
say that such satisfaction did his surveys
give that Lord Fairfax, eXerting his infiu-
ence, procured for him the position of
county surveyor his first public office,
which conferred upon him the authority to
have his surveys recorded in the county
offices. and so invariably correct have these
surveys been found that to this day, wher-
ever any of them stand on record. they re-
celVe implicit confidence and credit. Thus
we find at the very time at which the con-
gress of AiX-laChapelle was being held
and its representatives We're reconstructing
the colonial system a basis which, in
their belief, would endure forever the
mountains of Virginia and Maryland were
being surveyed by the son of a Westmore-
land farmer, who, at early an age in
quest of honest maintenance, was braving'
dangers and hardships and enduring intol-
cradle toll.
While the destines of present and future
generations are being formulated by this
concourse of courtiers, Washington is blaz-
Evening star., 1901-05-18
From a Drawing by F. NJ. Bell.)

butts, George Digges, Philip Key, Gustav
Scott and Joseph Dashiell, esqrs.
Potomac Company Born.
The proposition which General Washing
ton presented to this meeting and which
were concurred in by all the delegates
present, are the basis and substance upon
which was built the charter of the Potow-
mack Company. In conformity with the
provisions which the deputies Of the two
states had agreed to, bills were drawn up,
and were adopted and passed by the re-
spective legislatures. The two states went
even further thar that, they gave a more
material assistance than legislative aid by
authorizing a subscription of fifty shares
Of the capital stock, respectively which
however, was, by NO means, all they even
tually subscribed. Il -
At last, after many years Of DELAY. and
unavoidable Interruptions, during which
period even a greater work was being O.
complished, the originator, organizer and
prime mover in every way Of the Potow-
mack Company. saw it take on the form
of a legal corporation. clothed and vested
in the powers given it by the legislative
enactments of the two states most inti-
mately interested and his long-cherished
dream. after many vicissitudes, about to
be realized.
that the capital stock should consist of 500
shares of f1OO sterling each, with power
Of enlargement, If necessary; that navi-
cation should be improved from tide
water to the highest. practicable point on
the north bank Of the Potomac or to
FIT. Cumberland. so as to permit the passage
Of boats drawing twelve inches Of water;
that the company should be authorized "to
construct canals and erect such locks and
perform such other works as they NAV
judge necessary: that work should be COM
menced in one year, and the Improvement
be completed from the Great Falls to FIT.
Cumberland in three years-from Great
Falls to tidewater in two years. under
penalty Of forfeiture of charter"
Again do we find the effect Of Gen. Wash
Evening star., 1901-05-18

territory from settling into the hands of
the Spaniards or the British. 1t may be
asked, How are we to prevent this? Hap
PLY for us the way is plain. Extend the
inland navigation to eastern waters, COM
municate them as nearly possible with
those which run westward, open those to
the Ohio, open also such as extend from
the Ohio to Lake Erie, and we shall not
only draw the produce of the western set
Elements, but the peltry and fur trade from
the lakes, to our parts, thus adding an i'm
mense increase to our exports and thus
binding these people to us by a chain
which never can be broken" This letter
clearly shows that even before the adop-
tion of the federal Constitution, General
Washington was alert to the Importance
of linking together by the strong bonds
of a reciprocal and common interest that
which was to become our magnificent sys-
tenn of federated republics, which apply
and carry out the principles of representa-
tive democracy to a degree never dreamed
of by the old speculative republican philos-
ophers, Sydney, Locke and Harrington, and
that it was his effort then, as always, to
promote the welfare of the people he had
already served so well, both Of which OBJ
jects he saw could be accomplished in no
better way or effectual method than by
the one he had cherished for SO long
period.
Joining East and West.
AS emphasizing the very great political
Importance which he attached to this mat
ter, I would quote briefly from letter
written to David Humphreys from Mt
Vernon under date of July %, 17S5: my
attention is more Immediately engaged in
a project which l think big with political
as well as commercial consequences to the
states, especially the middle ones; it is by
removing the distractions and extending
the inland navigation of our rivers, to
bring the states on the Atlantic in close
connection with those joining to the west
ward. by short and easy transportation.
Without this 1 can easily conceive they
will have different views, separate inter-
Evening star., 1901-05-18

The exhibition of the work of the stu
dents Of the Corcoran School will open or
the 29th, when the medals and prizes will
be awarded as usual. The jury of award
will this year consist of Mr.. Edgar Nj
Ward, Mr.. Bruce Crane and Mr. Adams.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

ten years ago l struck with the i'm
pOrtance of it; and despairing of any aid
from the public, l became a principal
mover of a bill to empower number of
subscribers to undertake at their own ex-
pense, on conditions which were expressed,
the extension of the navigation from tide
water to Wills creek, about $50 miles. The
scheme, however, was in a tOlerably good
train when l set out for Cambridge in 1775.
There can be no question but that General
Washington at that early date foresaw and
outlined that immense system of internal
improvements which has since, in various
and in no doubt different ways than origi-
nally conceived by him, been perfected. In
a letter which he addressed to a member
of Congress about this time GTSD he goes
on to say: There is a matter which,
though it does not come before Congress
wholly. is in my opinion of great impor-
tance, and ought to be attended to in time.
1t is to prevent the trade of the western
Evening star., 1901-05-18

From the Baltimore sun.
II met Judge Stevens of North Carolina
while [ was in Asheville few weeks ago."
a Baltimorean said the other day, "and the
judge entertained me by telling some of
his experiences. One day, he said, an old
colored woman was brought before him,
charged with a triiing misdemeanor. The
offense was so small that the judge decided
that the payment of a small fine would be
sufficient punishment. He knew that tito
old woman would hardly be likely to have
any money, so he questioned her about any
other possessions she might have.
Have you COW, auntie?' he began.
deed, yeh honor, L amt got no cow
Have you any ducks"
>" No. yeh honor, / amt got none.
ANY geese or chickens?
Before de Lawd, jedge, / amt got
nothin but jes' dis yere rheumatic
THE judge said he dismissed the case"
Evening star., 1901-05-18

From the London Chronicle.
The ceremony of Tenebrae, performed
during holy week in many Roman Catholic
churches, has been described by Lord Bea-
consfield in one of the most famous pas
sages of "Lothair." Evidently he had seen
the service, which consists of lamentations
and the symbolic extinction, one by one,
of the lights burning before the altar, un-
til the darkness of the crucifixion is typi-
fed. Lord Beaconsfeld was evidently i'm
pressed as may be easily supposed by
those acquainted with his temperament.
If the gradual growth of darkness WAS to
him expressive of gloom, brightly burning
clusters of candles proportionately exhil-
arated him. Lady Beaconsfield used to say
to those who marveled at his endurance
of long hours and light meal at the house
of commons, "Oh, but when he comes home
/ give him supper. and lights. lights. lights.
Dizzy loves lights"
Evening star., 1901-05-18

butts, George Digges, Philip Key, Gusta-
Scott and Joseph Dashiell, esqrs.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

Mr.. Walter King Stone sailed on the
18th of this month, with Mr.. knight of
the United States National Museum. for
Europe, where together they will make
tour of the great geological gardens visit
ing especially many of the famous private
parks in England. Mr.. Knight goes in
the interest of the Century Company, and
they will both probably remain abroad
four or five months.