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Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

A certain Pine Bluff newspaper
man is receiving much credit for
having caught a saloon in the
act of dispensing spirits on Sun.
day. Too much shouldn't be
made of him for, apt as not, all
the other newspaper men of Pine
Bluff were there before him.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

One of our exchanges says the
absorbing problem of today is,
how to expend ones income 50 as
to attain the best results. This
may be true of some, but the alb
sorbing problem with a whole lot
of us is, how to get an income.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

A Memphis lad had smoked
cigarettes so long that the other
day he attempted to commit sui
eide by taking paregoric. It's
paregoric whole lot of lads
need, instead of cigarettes.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

fcuit Court, Northern Dis
First Monday in January
July. Southern District
nd Monday in February and
ust.
|unty Court-Third Monday
lnuary, April, July and Oc-
h. No County Court in the
hcrn District.
bbate Court-Northern Dis
Third Monday in March,
\ September and December.
hern District-Second Mon
b March, June, September
December.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Ex-President Cleveland urges
that tariff reform is the issue be-
tween the two political parties,
and the democratic party is about
to come to that conclusion too, il
seems.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The county judge OF Scott
county has announced that he
will give the amount of his first
years salary toward the building
of a new court house.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Tho Tzald County Register
says it takes wood on subscrip-
tion at every opportunity, but
promises to not get hot at the man
who offers to pay his subscription
in cash.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

State Auditor Monroe estimates
that the ordinary expenses OF the
state government for the ensuing
two years will be about one mil
lion dollars.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The Clarendon Sun believes
that a few years hence the scien-
lists of Mars will be writing ar.
ticles on "How the American
People Were Destroyed by the
Trusts"
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Last week Senator James K.
Jones of Arkansas presided at a
democratic meeting in New York,
at which David B. Hill was a
speaker. Now, what will the
Commoner say?
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The Memphis Commercial APP
peal says it is now practically
settled that Senator Joe Short of
Fulton county will be president
of the next Arkansas senate. The
CA has long record of never
came-to- o-pass predictions, but the
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07
IOEEICIRL
Stale.

|crnor.-JErF DAVIS.
fetary of State.-J. W. CRoc-
3itor,-T. c.. MONROE.
General.-G. w. MURPHY,
lsurer.-H. G. Upton.
missioner State Lands-F. E.
WAY.
missioner of Agriculture
BRADFORD.
erintendent Public Instruction
Hi. HINEMoN,
h Congressional.
Rber of Congress End District.
4 &BRUNDIDGE JR.
n Judicial.
ke of the 18th Judicial Cir
~. W. MEEKs.
Atty.-P. H. CRENSHAW.
q CoVnty.
fesentative-H. B. HILL.
nty Judge-CALvIN MoBLEY.
&c. D. RITCHIE.
iff-JASPER HUTCHINSON.
Ssurer--E. l.. DICKERSoN.
tssor-W. It. HORN.
feyor-G. N. SIMPSON.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The grand jury at Pine Bluff,
upon adjournment, discovered
that it had found but 1927 indict-
ments.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Gov. Davis cancelled his ap-
pointments for campaign duty in
Missouri last week on account of
a sudden press of official duties.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Mr.. Bryan says the trust ques-
ton has entered every home.
This is one question that concerns
the whole people.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

It is said that Hon. M. j. Man
ming of Clarendon has announced
his intention of making the race
for governor in 1904.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The Georgia legislature has be-
fore it a bill which seeks to pre-
vent child labor in the factories
and mills.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

Gov. Davis has refused to par
don r. s. Deener, the former
Batesville minister, now serving
a sentence for forgery.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

An exchange suggests that
Gov. Davis just appoint his sue
cessor.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07
yENING SHADE, ARKANSAS.

1hENTS OF LEASE, ACKNOWLEDGE
afhdsvits to accounts, Dispositions and
Hal OF mortgages taken. Abstracts OF
|nfshed. Bills of sale, bonds for title.
9k trust--personalty and realty-deeds'
1m, husbands, unmarried persons, wifes
rranty, with REIMBURSEMENT of dover:
Qotracts, mortg gages-real estate, chattI
-and powers of attorney, written and
tged on reasonable terms.
fer homesteads and pre-emptiene
11tions prepared and patents procured
IONS for redemption OF lands from
~ petitions to refund taxes enormously
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

The Record is the place for
Job Printing.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07
Directory.

RELIGIOUS
,eaching at the Methodist
|ch second and. third Sundays
kch month. Rev. j. S. Wat
pastor.
Inday School every Sunday
hing at 10 o'clock. o. Z.
rer. superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1902-11-07

above sounds like the real official
thing.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
New Government Map ofW. Va.

The striking features of topography,
together with those OF settlements,
drainage, roads, ETC., of that portion
of West Virginia lying adjacent to the
State of Pennsylvania near the cross
ing of the Monongahela and Cheat
rivers are admirably portrayed on
new map issued by the United States
Geological Survey. in cooperation with
the States of West Virginia and Penn
sylvania, known as that of the Nor
gantown quadrangle. Although the
map is one of exceptional accuracy,
even the location of the houses in the
country districts being indicated, the
interest centers largely in the vivid
ness with which the features of topo
graphy are shown. The narrow,
gorgelike valley of the Cheat river and
similar portions Of the Monongahela,
together with the deep cuts in the
mountains which the lesser streams
have carved, are admirably shown on
the map. The system of contour lines
by which the topography is shown also
indicates the elevations of all parts OF
the area above sea level. The map is
one of series covering the entire
State, which are being prepared as
rapidly as the survey can be prose
| cutcd.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
The Dove was Inside the Cat.

Major Shattuck. of the Signal Corps,
tills an musing story of an old-time
religious reviyal'' meeting at negro
church near Savannah. In order that
the revival spirit might be quickened
it was arranged that the preacher
should give a signal when he thought
the excitement was highest and from
the attic, through hole cut in the
ceiling directly over the pulpit, the
sexton was to shove down pure white
dove, whose flight around the church
and over the heads of the audience was
expected to have an inspiring effect
and, as far as emotional excitement
was concerned, to cap the climax. All
| went well at the start; the church was
packed; the preachers text was "In
the Form of Dove" and as he piled
up his eloquent periods the excitement
was strong. Then the opportune mo-
ment arrlved-the signal was given
and the packed audience was scared
out Of it's wits on looking up to the cell
ing and beholding a cat with a clothes
line around it's middle, yowling and
spitting, being slowly lowered over the
preacher IS head. The preacher called
out to the sexton in the attic: .'.W har 4
de dove ?" and the sexton s voice came
down through the opening SO you could
hear it block "Inside de cat ~
Chicago Chronicle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
MODERN ROAD MAKING.
Instructive Information C0llecte By
the Inquiry Office of the Agrt-
cultural Department.

Some astonishing facts have been
developed by the Office of road inquiry
of the department of agriculture.
Who would have supposed, for in
stance, that bad roads are so costly
in comparison with good ones as to
increase the expense of moving farm
products and supplies threefold? Yet
such is the truth, and it is estimated
that the money thus thrown away
more than equals, in the aggregate,
the entire expenses of the United
States government! On the average
American road it costs rs cents per
ton to move produce one mile; on good
roads the cost is only eight cents.
The road Office finds the macadam
road superior to all others. Powerful
machinery for road-bu1lding has re-
Gently been devised, such as an elevat-
ing grader, capable Of lifting earth
from cuts and dropping it into wagons
with great rapidity.
Avery interesting style of road now
used in several western and middle
states possesses double steel track,
laid in concrete bed, each rail being
eight inches wide. with fange on the
inner side, the space between the rail
being such as to suit all standard
| gauge vehicles. On these roads loads
are drawn with surprising ease and
swiftness. One instance is recorded
in which a single horse drew load Of
II tons. which could only be moved on
an ordinary road by 20 horses. The
steel-track roads vary in cost from
$1.5OO to $500 per mile.-Cosmopoli-
ton Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
FIGHT DUST WITH TAR.
Frenchman Are Now Experime ntfng
/ Along Suggestions Coming All
the Way from California.

Perhaps it is thought that petroleum
serves but to burn in lamps and fur
naces and run our automobiles. That
is the use, perhaps, that we make of
y, but in America, California for ex-
ample. petroleum is employed to water
even public roads Persons who have
seen the operation declare it to be
marvellous There is neither dust nor
odor, because the petroleum ANAL
gamates in way with the dust and
clothes the soil with sort of coating,
solid and durable as asphalt.
The towns which have adopted this
system economize, 1t is calculated, AS
per cent. of the expenses occasioned
by the old plan of daily sprinkling
with water. AS ton of petroleum
costs only 20 francs in California and
$50 francs in France, 1t is not prac-
ticable to adopt the American plan.
There is nothing, however, to forbid
us using mineral tar, of which the price
varies from Is to so francs the ton.
That is what DR.. Guglielminetti recon-
mends. who has employed it at Monte
carlo with the same results as pc
troleum. Wetted with the tar the road
becomes compact and hard and rain
water runs upon it without penetrat-
ing.
Now It Is In the dust that nestle the
microbes, since 100000 is the mean
number found in one gramme Of dust,
so the new system of watering is con-
sidered eminently hygienic. The ex-
pense of sprinkling a route five meters
wide would be about 300 francs per
kilometer. Since 1880 tarred route
has existed in the Gironde before the
gas works. The Touring club Of
France will make an experiment at
Champigny, outside Paris, with tar
and tar oil.-Paris Letter in Chicago
Post.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
A STRANGE STORY.
A Woman Is Walled up In Her Hotel
Apartments by the Landlord.

At Erie, Pa, woman rented, sew
eral years ago. the top story of busi-
ness building adjoining hotel She
furnished it sumptuously, and being
f f-lendly with the hotel proprietor, she
b I'd door cut through to the hotel and
used the hotel elevator going to and
from her apartments. Recently the
hotel passed into the control of a new
lessee, who had no acquaintance with
or affection for her, and without her
knowledge or consent he tore out the
door frame one night and walled up
the hole which she had cut in the par
titiOn wall.
The unconventional woman had long
ago removed the stairs that formerly
led to her rooms from the ground floor
of the business block, and the place
which they had occupied had been
fioored over, SO that she awoke in the
morning to find herself prisoner in
her own rooms, without any means of
escape except a balloon or a basket.
When she discovered her predicament
she was furious, of course, and flew to
the telephone. She called up her law
yer and demanded the arrest and pun
ishment of the hotel keeper and the
masons who had walled up her door,
but he gave her no consolation.
He explained that she had been al
lowed the use of the passageway by
courtesy only, and the courtesy had
evidently been withdrawn, but that
furnished no ground for legal proceed
ings. She then called up a caterer and
asked him to send her some breakfast,
which was hauled up by a rope in
basket, and later in the day succeeded
in securing the services of carpenter
who broke hole in the floor and set up
a flight of temporary stairs.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Approval.

What kim o. exercise did yew take
while pursuin' yewr studdies3" asked
old man Meddergrass of his son, who
had Just returned home with college
diploma.
"Oh, baseball and fencing mostly, !"
replied the young man. II was the
champion fencer of our class.
"Wal, l m powerful glad tew hear
that" rejoined the old man. "Th'
fences about th' farm need repairin'
mighty had. so yew kin pull off yewr
coat an git tew work. rk."-Chlcago
News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
HE is THE OLDEST
OF POSTMASTERS
Roswell BeardsIey Appointed by Presi-
dent Jackson.

Officials of the Postoffice Department
received a visit from Roswell Boards
ley, who for seventy-f0ur years ha:
been postmaster at North Lansing
| Tompkins county, N. Y, who holds the
record by many years for the longest
term of service of any government
employe. He was commissioned July
IA, 1929, by John Mclean, postmaster
general under President Jackson, and
has served continuously ever since.
In 1901 be was invited to attend the
Inauguration of President Mckinley,
the government Offering to furnish a
special car and provide an attendant,
nurse and physician, but he was not
sufficiently strong to attempt the Jour-
ney. Recently, however, although 93
years old, he has been in better health
and stronger than for years past, and
had express ed wish to come to Wash
Ington to greet thefpresent head of the
postal service, as he greeted his pre-
decessor seventy-four years ago.
Roswell Beardsley was the third son
of John and Alice Beardsley, and was
born July 5. 1909, in Scipio, N. Y, in
a log house. His father and mother
came from Connecticut, where Nelson,
their oldest child, who died million
aire In Aub:rn, N. Y. some years ago,
was born. He received his commits
sion as postm aster at North Lansing
when 10 years old. At that time there
was not single railroad in the United
States, but the first spike had been
driven for the Baltimore and Ohio
from Baltimore westward. Queen Vic
toria was then only nine years old, and
Beardsley had been postmaster nine
years when the Victorian reign began.
Mails we're carried by stage coaches
and sometimes by horseback, as was
the case of North Lansing, the mails
reaching the office only once a week
and the receipts seldom being in excess
of $16 year. The first year the office
was located in Beardsley's S store, which
occupied the ground floor of the Lam
sing Hotel. but in 1929, he erected a
new building, and in this structure the
office still remains. The aged post
master still uses quill pens and always
makes them himself.
The first quarterly report of the Lam
sing Office, signed by Mr.. Beardsley and
made in 1928, has been photographed
and is now in the department archives.
In his seventy four years of service
Beardsley has accumulated a large for
tune and owns large number of farms
in the country ground Lansing. Every
year the Beardsley family holds re-
union in the postoffice at Lansing on
independence Day, and in 1898 Post
master G eneral Smith wrote Beardsley
\ letter which was read at the reunion,
In which he said that Beardsley's re-
markable term of service was without
4 counterpart in this country or in the
world.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Asleep Amid Flames.

Breaking into blazing home, some
firemen lately dragged the sleeping in
mates from death. Fancied security,
and death near. It's that way when
you neglect coughs and colds. Don't
do it. DIR. Kings New Discovery for
consumption gives perfect protection
against all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Keep 1t near, and avoid SUI
fering, death, and doctor g bills. A tea
spoonful stops late cough, persistent
use the most stubborn. Harmless and
nice tasting, it's guaranteed to satisfy
by B. F. Hughes. Price SOC and 81 co.
Trial bottles free.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07

ner of approach through the grounds,
toward the dwelling, and to the plant.
ing general landscape effect.
The accompanying photograph
shows side approach that seems
perfect in all its details The road
way has gentle, sweeping ascent by
well-kept sod borders. The shrubs
massed on either side are attractive
throughout the year, and especially
SO at the time our picture was taken.
when the hydrangeas were at their
showiest, set off by the edging Of
Japanese barberry.-Meehan's Month";
1v
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
A Startling Surprise.

Very few could believe in looking at
A. T. Hoadley, healthy, robust black
smith of Tllden, Ind, that for ten years
he suffered such tOrtures from rheu
matism as few could endure and live.
But wonderful change followed his
taking Electric Bitters. 1.-Two bottles
wholly cured me-" he writes, land l
have not felt twinge in over a year. !"
They regulate the kidneys, purify the
blood and cure rheumatism. neuralgia,
nervousness. improve digestion and
give perfect health. Try them. Only
so cts. at B. F. Hughes, drug store
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Luck in Thirteen.

By sending Is miles VIM. Spirey, OF
Walton Furnace, VT, got a box of
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that wholly
cured horrible fever sore on his leg
Nothing else could. Positively cures
bruises. Felons, Ulcers, eruptions,
boils. burns, corne and piles. Only 25c.
Guaranteed by B. F. Hughes, druggist.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
side Lights on History.

"Why do you sigh for more worlds
to conquer, your majesty ?" his sycop
hants asked him.
because, answered Alexander the
Great, with another sigh; II feel sure
that J. Pierpont Morgan is going to
get this one some day Chicago Tri-
bune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES.
Favorable Impressions Are Largely
Due to the Surroundings of
Handsome Home

So much hangs on the effective ar
rangement of driveway entrances
the portals of the home grounds,
through which critical visitors must
mostly pass and receive their first
impression Of the place and indirect
ly Of the occupants-great care
should be bestowed upon them, hav-
ing an eye to the road itself, its man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Startling, But True.

''1f every one knew what grand
medicine DIR. Kings New Life Pills is, -
writes D. H. Turner. Dempseytown,
Pa, you'd sell all you have in day.
Two weeks use has made new man
of me-" Infalllble for constipation,
stomach and liver trouble. 25c. at B.
F. Hughes, drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
OASToEIA. T
3aa,s the The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature ss &AZ<z$a1
Better Still.

Yeast-I can't think of anything as
pleasant for a man as to shut up his
store in the evening and go home to
his wife,.
msOnbeak-Unless it is for man
to shut up his wife in the morning, and
90 down to his store -Yonkers States
man.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
A Possible Result.

Coal Dealer (next year)-Well, how
much anthracite will you want this
winter?
Regular Cuftomer-Shan't want any.
| learned how to do over so many things
with soft coal last winter, when we
had to use it.-Chicago Tribune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Consumption

Salt pork is famous old
fashioned remedy for con-
sumption. g Eat plenty of
pork" was the advice to the
consumptive 50 and 100
years ago.
Salt pork is good if a man
can stomach it. The idea
,ehind it is that fat is the
:ood the consumptive needs
most.
Scott sEmulsionisthemo
5rI1 method Of feeding fat to
the consumptive. Pork is too
..-ough for sensitive stomachs.
Scott S. Emulsion is the most
refined of fats, especially
prepared for easy digestion.
+ Feeding him fat in this
way, which is often the only
way, is half the battle, but
Scott's Emulsion does more
than that. There is some
thing about the combination
of cod liver oil and hypophos-
|phites in Scott's Emulsion
that puts new life into the
weak parts and has a special
action on the diseased lungs.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
More Candid.

Ida-Before the wedding she used to
say he was "lion." Does she call
him that now2"
Sue-No, she just calls him plain
"beast. "-Chicago News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
Appropriate.

Visitor-And what are you going to
name the precious twins?
Fond Parents-Anthracite and Btu
minous.-New Y York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
The Secret of Good ads.

A hard surface, well rounded, so that
the water will run off quickly, is the
secret of good road. Attention after
road is once permanently built is
imperative. so that the washed-out
places and depressions where water
stands may be repaired. A little time
ly work will keep road in good shape.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07

Foolish man Lost sleep at night simply
because he didn't know OF Victor Infants
Relief for baby. It's indispensable in
teething and quiets the nerves.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07

AS inevitable as the changing seasons Of
the year is the change which comes to
every woman. And just as one antici-
pates the changes of other seasons it is
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-11-07
g MApo

This signature is on every box OF the genuine
Laxative Bromo=Qu Tablets
the remedy that cures a cold I'm one day
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-07-14
Wrong Side Out

Jack was cross; nothing pleased
him. His mother gave him the
choicest morsels for his breakfast,
and the incest toys, but he did nothing
but fret and complain. At last his
mother said, slack, want you to go
right up to your room and put on all
your clothes wrong side out"
Jack stared. He thought that his
mother must be out of her wits.
81 mean it, jack" she repeated.
Jack had to obey; he had to tnrn
his stockings wrong side out, and put
on his coat and trousers and his collar
wrong side out.
When his mother came up to him
there he stood-a forlorn, funny
looking boy, all lin1ngs and seams and
ravelings-before the glass, wonder
ing what his mother meant; but he
was not quite clear in his conscience.
Then his mother, turning him
around, said: "This is what you have
been doing all day, making the worst
of everything. You have been turn
ing everything wrong side out. Do
you really like your things this way
80 much, Jack?"
''No, mamma" answered Jack,
shamefacedly. "Can't I turn them
right?"
eyes, you may, if you will try to
speak what is pleasant, and do what
is pleasant. You must do with your
temper and manners as you prefer to
do with your clothes-wear them
right side out. Do not be so foolish
any more, little man, as to persist in
turning things wrong side out. "-Er