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Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

The Harrison Republican con-
tains the assertion that ''the SAN
itary con lition of Harrison is far
ahoTs its neral condition" Send
for Bid VIII Evans.
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

The Helena World suggests
that the democrats should "go in
for q good man for governor"
two years hence. If the World is
not satisfied with the democratic
nominee it should not have help
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

If Gov. Davis fails TO defeat
Senator Berry in 1906, he might
try his friend, Cotton Top, a few
years later.
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

We rise to inquire Is Mr..
Kimball, the prohibition, candi-
date for governor, a strictly So
Der man?
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

Will somebody please throw a
dead cat in Cleveland's MOUTH
Newark Journal. Mr.. Bryan, It's
up to you.
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04
Directory
RELIGIOUS.

KEIITLTtN'
80. ,,,o Methodist church Second and
Erd SUNDAYS IN each NINTH Rev de ~
',son pastor. Everybody invited
sobooI cycrv sunday morning vi ~
una" anb NJ ths Methodist church Eyef,y12l5ay 's
vlted 10 cohe' superintendent
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

While the proud parents OF a
second pair Of twins were having
the youngsters christened in the
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04
7. J. DAVIDSON, Mp.
. AND -.
Real !! E':At) ; Agent,
EVENING SHADE, ARKANSAS.

4 GREEMENTs CFI,EASE, ACKNOWLEDGE
"A mcnts, alidays to accounts Dispositions 2nd
IL renewal OF mortgages taken Abstracts OF
title Furnished. Bills Of sale, bonds for title,
deeus OF trust-personalty and realtv-dceds,
qut-claIm, husbands, unmarried persons, wiici
land, warranty, With renquishmeHt OF d0Worj
labor contracts, mortB0gcs--rea estate, chaul
and crOp-und powers Of attorney, written and
,acknOledged on reasonable terms.
Applications fer home5tcads and prescriptions
and donations prepared and pI,onts procured
Applications for redemption Of lands from
paid.
Sharp County record., 1902-07-04

The republicans have had their
scrap. We hope they feel better.
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nasssssasosassssassasaA
AGRICULTURAL.
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w. j. Overton, of Illinois. writes to
the Breeders Gazette that he does not
believe the place for the draft horse
Is on American farms He has raised
some of the largest and best draft
horses in the county and sold them at
the yards at figures not reached by
any other draft horse in six months.
but he never could get the work out OF
them he could get out of a good-sized
American horse with rs much Morgan
blood as he could get. When they tried
to breed their small or medium sized
mares to the draft horses they thought
they wanted larger horses. They got
them larger in some parts. 1t might
be in the head, the legs or the body.
but usually not all in one colt. No
one will claim that they have rs good
n wearing breed OF horses as they
had twenty years ago. THE farmer
who only raises colts for his own use.
with now and then one to sell. had
better stay by the good-sized. smooth.
American-bred horse" ne says.
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An Excellent smolehonss.

A good smokehouse on any farm
IS desirable thing to have, the great
difference between the price of home
grown pork and store bacon making If
a paying job for every farmer to
smoke his own meat, and especially
FOR home consumption. 1t is too ex
pensive, however, to have n well ar.
ranged smokehouse, as generally con.
structed, in all cases, and hence the
reason for presenting the novel af.
tair shown in the accompanying illus.
tration.
As can be seen, it consists of n box
or such size as is desired, only it
should be four feet high and is usually
more convenient if three by five feet
square. The meat is inserted through
the door in the side, which should be
no less than twenty inches wide. and
hinged at the lower part so as to LET
down from the top. Hooks should be
fastened to it, and staples driven into
the sides and top Of the box, as indi.
Gated, to hold the door in place when
closed.
For hanging the meat bore holes
through the top OF the box and far
enough apart so that the pieces viii
not touch when hung. Pieces of wire
work best for the purpose, one end of
which having been run through the
meat should be twisted together with
the other so as to form loop, and this
inserted up through the augur hole.
where stick then pushed through the
loop Will hold the ham secure.
The device should be built on slop-
ing ground, provided such is available.
for then the fire that is to furnish the
smoke can be placed at the proper
distance from the box and yet have the
smoke readily conducted to it by means
Of several joints OF old stovepipe. Tho
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Treating q BadIy prained Soil.


Drainage OF a heavy. thick soil. in.
clined to be hilly and uneven, is some
thing that is not always an easy mat
ter but if one has such a farm, the
sooner he begins to make the improve
ment the better 1t is waste of time
and money to attempt farming on a
field that demands drainage badly, and
1t is wisdom to abandon the farm en-
tirely or begin to drain it, ] have
succeeded so well with home system
Of drainage with stones that fl may be
worth recording The soil was at first
quite full OF stones. which / at first
picked OF and piled i'm one part of the
field. a few stones would work up
TO the surface every spring. and these
j would also pick up. In the course of
q Few seasons / had a fairly good soil
without any stones TO annoy me. But
the drainage was bad The water
would settle in the soil and ON the sur
face lu the spring. and the land was
always late in getting into uuablc
condition 10 was cold and wet when
most other soils wcrc warm and dry.
This made blowing late. or If done
early % muddy and unpleasant task.
The land sloped down i'm one general
direction. but there were numerous
depressious which collected Tho water
AN along
] decided TO drain I planned the
whole thing ONT ON paper. noting the
general direction of thc slopes. 7 could
not afford tiles on amy expensive ma
teriaI and SO L decided TO use the pile
of stone plowed deep ditches across
the l1ud. making them all run parallel
with tine main slope and cutting cross
bitches in the opposite direction I'm
tAIs way the whole soil of the field was
drained 500 th1. tine surplus water
would run into main bitches and thus
down to swampy lcvcls Than Dro.
cecdcd TO hI in The dItchcs with the
stones. using the large ones first and
placing them $50 that the largest posi-.
bile spaces would Doc left between ON
Top of these ] packed the smaller ones
and 0u top of them placed 20 LAYER
OF straw and corustWks Then i TONED
it Oft with SIS inches of SOIL BRINGING
the surface 900 to within fow mcna.
OF ihc general level of tbp Mold. Now
th.s drainage works perfectly. Tna
soil .s mower c'oagcd with surplus
water ] d0 NOT uIDw over tun draus
Din. j have permitted sod of era
io form un tHom .o marb their COURSE
Iho W"'"" following ho I'ns OF bitches
drains 'n below I'o surface. and l.u
is steady uuuuur u lHe main ditch
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BuyIng or Keniinr a rar,n.


1t doesn't make any difference
whether a man has small means or
can pay cash. the best policy is to
Ouy. Every farmer is ambitious. he
wants TO own farm-to have some
place to call home. even if it is only
IOrty acres. The expenses are about
equal buying or renting. The rent
amounts TO as much. and often more.
than the taxes. interest and repairs.
me renter has more money to put
INTO stock, but his possessions must
accommodate themselves TO the farm
he rents and this is often inconyenIent
Or he must build extra fence. which
Is expensive, as the fence is useless
when he moves elsewhere. Usually tho
renter exchanges crops and stock for
money when he moves, which is every
year or two. or course he puts the
money in the bank and is going To
save IL until he can pay cash for a
farm. During the year he sees some
thihg that he is very anxious to own
ana as the money is easy To get. II goes
vi course he is going to have a better.
crop TINS year. and will make more
money on his hogs, and can easily re-
pace the money, and more. too. II is
Just as easy to use it all as II Is to
use little. and before the end of tho
year it is all gone.
Inc buyer cannot do this. When he
sells n crop, or n bunch of hogs ana
pays the money on n farm. il is tbere
TO stay. He must deny himself many
Things, but he who satisfies everI,
want will not have his labors crowned
with success. Unceasing toll is tho
parent of success. 1t only takes obout
hall the year TO raise the crop. Dur.
ing the other half the renter does not
do enough to pay his expenses. He
makes as much as any farmer while
he works but the buyer works win,
the renter is idle. The weeds mood
cutting the fences need fixing the fer.
tlilZers needs scattering the bitches
need repairing, and many other things
need to be done. so that the buver is
busy the entire year. I'erhans no bo,
less amusement, but amusement is
expensive.
a iarm should have good orchard
ana d garden of shrubbery. Neither
trees nor shrubs are costly, but the
renter does not put out new ones. nor
tAke care OF those already on the
tarm' The renter leads an aimless, un
settled life He has no definite aim in
view and works in n haphazard. bit
or miss fashion. and it usually turns
out miss. The buyer knows just wha
he mas to do, and each day brings him
nearer the goal of his ambition. Hall
OF the secret of success lies in having
definite aim and the other half il
uhceasing toil.--G. 1. Johnson, in New
York Tribune.
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why City Poor Ar. No. wr.toh.o.

Life is not necessarily altogether
miserable for those who have poor
clothing, poor food and narrow house
room. There still remain some sources
or happiness, not perhaps very MANY
put enough. where vice and drink ara
absent to make men cheerful. women
patient and children merry. Grant
ing then that a family living below
the poverty line" is sober and 70.
spectable-it would be manjfestIv
absurd to deny those virtues tn a
good quarter Of the whole population
what are the consultations open to
them! First Of all, the happiness
deIlVable from the affections belonos
alike to all. though among the verv
poor we think strong affection IS gen
orally limited to that existing between
parents and children. Secondly tboro
Is pleasure to be got from Tho oen-
eraI social life of a town. The fas-
cination exercised by the perpetua1
procession Of the streets is inconceiv-
able to those who do not feel II b,,t
almost all the poor do feel n How
many people does this fascinatiop
draw from the country? How fe,,,
who have once fallen under it's sno1l
ever tear themselves free from 80
Movement light company. mates"
Tor the man. nelghbors for the v1o.
man, playfcllows for the children OH
these things n town offers In tho
poorest Of her inhabitants.-London
Spectator.
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you've heard of people who liked
to buy books ana magazines with un.
cut leaves because they took n sort
off artistic delight DOB going through
them with the paper cutter haven't
yous It often happens chat they never
read what is printed inside at an It
is just cutting che leaves and gIauciue
through that gaddeus their hearts
VOL s.r I know how they feel. j
have the Same thrill once every week.
When I get Tine envelope with my pay
Iu 8, / know there ISN'T cent there
chat / can have for my own use. yet.
do you know. 1 simply can't help
opening tho envelope and looking Iuf
It must Doc tlc artistic feeling That
comes to tho book lover can account
for DO u mo- other way m didu.f
w.. 'ar THAT thrill Z might just give
Obj. envelope unopened to my wife. and
I.t DEER uIr Hn money out But tlo
privilege u0 cutting 0U tine end OF Chat
Dl"...n. mI looking foo 30 H worth
mt WN"'. |...s work After aI
u... u...H U.. OBJ. artistic mo
...r.. lH..a Record Herald
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hole for the fireplace should be about
two feet deep and 0t least six feet
away from the box The trench for
the stOycppe should not be over one
half as deep. and dug so that the upper
end of the stoyepipe viii come out uu-
der the box near the centre: an old
elbow joint makes this very easy to
do. The pipe OF course should be COW
erred with The loose dirt thrown out.
and the sides of the box banked up
with earth. IT'S cracks even being calked
as much ass possible for notwithstaud.
inG all The precautions enough smoke
"ill still escape to insure the ueces.
sary amount OF dfaught
When thc affair is completed ana tho
hams are AN hung % fire should be-
k.ndled iu am old Kettle or pan. using
corn c0bs for fuel. since these make
lhn best material. not to- mention that
they are easy TO handle and viii last
long. As soon as a good smoke has
been started the furnace" should be
set bon the hole prepared for it and
boards laid over the top on. better. a
large piece OF sheet iron. tim. or some
thing of that nature By banking this
up 500 as TO keep thp smoke from oec9p
Iug One viii Doe in f8ir way to hnve
some first class bacon Several hum
drcd pounds of meat cam hc smoked mi
% Time and lot alone Cine economy of
th's the device is OFF .uost.mabip value
as % safeguard against fire. Unlike
some Kinds OF moEchousas. s0.c1IIoI.
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The aim should he to produce from
100 to POO pound pigs at six or seven
months old for the greatest profit Keep
on friendly terms with your herd. cul-
tivate quiet dispositions. Have the
hogs so that you can handle them with
ease. Quietness and patience will aid
in doing this. As soon as your hogs are
ready, sell them; you have no further
profitable use for them on the farm.
The man who keeps his hogs after
they are ready to go, expecting to get
more pound, Will be very apt to lose
money, while the one who sells when
the hogs are ready generally hits it..
The man with the good stuff and
who is not overstocked, reaps the
greatest reward, while the one who is
overstockcd, of course, underfeeds and
falls TO get out of the business what
he should. 4 breeder who will ac-
complish anything by letting his ami
mails lose in growth has the expense
and no work done. The fault with the
young breeder is in keeping more
stock than can properly be cared for.
There should be no difficulty in see
ing which is the right road to pursue.
Jersey Hustler.
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a class Of machine in which great
Improvement IS noticeable is the steam
road rollers. The principle ON which
the newest machines are constructed
Us to- make the wheels. which are ab.
sOlutely necessary to- carry the ma
chine act as the rollers proper Road
rollers range iu weight from five TO
nineteen tons and ON the larger sizes
the driving wheels are about seventy
Sis inches foo diameter and hqvc 81
facial measurement of from twenty
to twcntysiX inches Rapid road
building is s.ill further facilitated bv
Che use of spreading wagons. dunn
wagons road U.ows ANA other in.
proved forms or apparatus which are
largely automatic n tlaE operation
and which contribute TO- an economy
of time and money.
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nIacadam NInchinea


The construction of macadam roads
on Il large scale has naturally i'm.
parted a great impetus to the develop
ment of rock crushing apparatus. The
first steel rock crushcr was built ten
years ago and Il gradual Improvement
mas since gone hand in hand with an
Increase of capacity. The most mod
ern plants not only crush the stone
put elevate 10 and separate it into sizes.
The stone crushers weigh from two
to eight tons each. require for their
operation engines of from twelve to
twenty-five horse power and give a
product Of from eight to thirty tons
OF crushed stone per hour. For
separating The crushed stone into diff
ierent sizes road makers usually use
portable storage bin which weighs
200 pounds and has three compart
ments. each of which will hold four
tons of stone, and whicn arc provided
with dlscharging chutes on either side
so chat wagons can load from both
sides If necessary For separating
the crushed material into various sizes
screens of different types are avail.
able. One of the most interesting
forms of this apparatus is the revolv.
ing screen. which reyolves on either
shaft or on rollers and into which
the stone passes. Some OF these
screens are ffty-six inches ina diamter.
ana inasmuch as each screen is
punched with holes of two different
sizes. three different sizes of product
are obtained, one size passing through
The one-inch holes, second size pass.
Ing through the twolnch holes. and
Che largest size passing out "t the end
OF the screen
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ENcLAND's NEW ROYAL HOUSE.
Britain's New Ruler First of the House of
Saxc-Coburg.

Britain's New Ruler First OF the House of
Saxc-Coburg-
"Whitaker's Almanack." the famous
English year book. which is almost as
we'll known here as in it's native coun.
try. has caused some sensation by re-
cording King Edward VII. not as n
ruler of the house of Hanover. but as
rhe first British sovereign of the house
of SaXe-Coburg. thus making the late
Queen Victoria the last ruler of line
which has given to the British empire
six sovereigns.
The feeling I'm England is that
whitaker is almost disloyal. and
that the change is wrong. yet. says the
New York Sun. little study of British
history shows that the almanac is en-.
tirely correct The first change in the
reigning house after the Conquest
came at the accession of Henry H.,
who claimed through his mother, the
Empress Matilda, and was the first OF
the PlantagenUts. After the Wars OF
the Roses, Henry, Earl of Richmond
claimed the crown by right of his
mother, Margaret Beaufort. great.
- 'NAiAAh VI JONI or Nr0unI. be
came the first of the Tudors. his father
being originally a Welsh gentleman
named Tudor.
The Stuarts came in through WON
an, the daughter of Henry VII. and
did not carry on the Tudor line in
name; nor did George of Hanover
when he gained the British throne by
right of his grandmother Elizabeth
daughter of the first English Stuart
continue TO represent the house of his
grandfathers; he was the first Hano
verian to reign in England. Each in
coming house, though claiming through
n daughter of its predecessor, gave 1t.
own name to its sovereigns; 1t is strict
ly correct, historically, therefore, tina
the line should change with the dealt
of Queen Victoria. and that the success
sion of foreign Kings of Great Britain
should be continued by a ruler of tn,
house of Saxe-COburg, the name Of TIT
German house to which the father q.
the new King belonged.
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Londoners Careless Ahor


Any one walking about the streets
or London much must have noticed
what n change has come over the
headgear of the population during tn
last few years. At one time the to
hat was almost universal, especially
In the central part OF the town. No
self-respecting city man or even his
clerk ever thought OF coming into
London In n bowler nat. and even If
a man wore short jacket he put ON
his silk hat, a combination which was
truly horrible. In clubland, of course.
SIR hats We're always worn, and any
other sort of headgear would have
attracted more attention than was
absolutely pleasant But now things
have changed, and the top hat is
getting rarer and, rarer in the London
streets. The men VINO always wore
top hats now wear bowlers, or some
sort of soft hat, while those who hsed
to wear bowlers now wear cloth CARS
1t Is very rare now to see a laborer
In round hat, whereas few years
ago holman carrying n load of
Drlcks wearing this headgear was an
everyday sight. The cloth can is
now universal. The slackness first
began with straw hats during the hot
summers Of the past few years, and
now on the slightest pretext men put
on the more comfortable If less smart
looking hats. Soon the silk hat viii
only be seen in Piccadilly, Bond street
and on the stock exchange, and It will
be interesting to see If badness viii
disappear with the hat which is said
TO be one Of the chief causes of it
London Globe.
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Medical sfates,.r

Let us encourage a race Of f,ir1v
pald medical statesmen. ana then
medicine will shortly occupy n nloce
III puOIic esteem and sociologic I'm.
nuence that is otherwise absolutely
unattoinable. in South and Central
america and ON the continent OF
EUROPE physicians frequently play
the highest parts I'm public aHajrs
greatly to the benefit of the nation
ana to the standing Of the profession
OF medicine The same tbino Con- ho
uone DID, me United States if physicians
arc willing to follow the suggestions
nCrein outlined. We must find a proper
pace for the term Medical states
mum journal American Medical As
sOciat.on.
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apart so that the distance from the out
side Of each shall be just six feet
Make the burrows $50 feet long.
Stretch a roll of six-foot wire netting
along the burrows, fastening the edges
down with stones. This gives a long
run on both grass ground and plowed
land for the chicks, and hawks cannot
modest them. The coop can be set at
one end, the other end being stopped
with sod. The plan is shown in the
cut.-W. ID. Maine, in New England
Homestead.
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/ ~ a. Ut t'''u tuN AuIbot on the next
| tack Billy muttered TO the skipper,
who wa, whining i'm the bow.
He pa, the steering oar hard alec
/ 10 br.u- ihe punt about. \ gust caught
the sails The boat hpclcd before it,.
! and her gunwale was under water
! before Billy could make a move 20
, save ncr. The wind forced her down.
/ pressing heavily upon ;ae canvas. Her
/ ballast shifted and She tcppled over.
Boy and dog were thrown into the
. sea the one afL jhc other forward.
| Eilly diycd deep 90 escape entanglc-
meut with The r.g@.n- of the boar.
/ He had long ago learned the lesson
that presence of mind wins half the
fight in pcr.lous emergencies. The
! coward mscrabiy perisheS. where the
/ brave man survives With his courage
leaping to meet his p"edicamcnt he
struck ont for willward ana rose TO
the surface.
He looked about for the punt She
had been heavily weighted with bal
last and he feared for her What was
he to do If she had been TOO heavily
weighted? Even as he looked she
sank. She had righted under water;
the tip of the mast was the last he
saw of her
The sea-cold fretful vast-lay all
about him. The coast was half mile
to windward; the punts, out TO sea,
were labor!ously beating toward him,
and could make no greater speed. He
had to choose between the punt and
| tho TIpks
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ProtectlnE Young chIcks From HnuL,

Protecting Young Chicks From Hawks.
Where hawks abound. young chicks
must be closely guarded. If shut up
closely In pens, growth Will be greatly
retarded. A good plan under such
circumstances is shown in the accom-
panying cut Plow two burrows par
allel to each other and just far enough
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FALLEN INTO ELD.
A DOG OF RUDDY COVE.
BY Norman Duncan.

49,. ). x x !. );
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why Railroads Help.

II VERY few months reports are
II published concerning exhi-
billions Of road building ma