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Sharp County record., 1903-07-31

Joseph Ault has been on the
list lately.
Quite a lot of road work is
e on over the country now
Nv. T. Stokes spent a few
) last week with his daughter,
lack at Sidney.
-Ex- State senator W. E. DAY.
IN of lizard county was an
ming Shade visitor Monday
Owen r. Brown was up
n Batesville this week visiting
Itives and meeting young
.nds.
Jim Bray has not had to re-
Id any whiskers yet, and his
Impoo and hair tonic clean
d heal the scalp.
Sheriff Hutchison is sum-
ming jurors, defendants etc,
d preparing in general for the
lgust term of court,
-Our good friend W. r. Buch-
an of Sullivan township was
re Monday, and was rejoicing
er good rains which had visited
! section.
Rev. J. D. Kelley, pastor OF
e Evening Shade circuit, is en-
lged in a series of revival SER
ces at Cave City, and it is said
having a successful meeting.
Hon. C. E. EImore, present
unity judge of Fulton county,
lnounced to his friends at the
ocahontas court, so we learn,
at he would make the race for
osecuting attorney.
E'or lazy liver try Chamber An's
omach and Liver Tablets. They
vlgorate the liver, aid the diges-
ID, regulate the bowels and prevent
|ious attacks. For sale by Snow,
Q Druggist.
AS was shown by our Hardy
,rrespondent last week the late
rm of circuit court in the North
d District cost the county a lot
money. There must be a rem
N somewhere, somehow.
THE Record is requested by
Hens of that community to an
,unce that there will be a Sun
" school celebration at Marvin
birch, in the eastern part of the
unty, on August 8, which it isl
bed will be largely attended.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31
Notice.

will be at Evening Shade on
August 10th, and will remain
four or five days. | will be pre-
pared to accurately test the eyes
for all defects due to errors Of re-
fraction, and correctly fit glasses.
Charges reasonable. If you are
needing spectacIes call and see
me.
+, A. MEDLEY,
Opticiaa.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31
Notice for Publication -lO8S2.
Land 0nice ut Little Rock, Ark I
July Is, 1903, {

III office is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice OF his In
tpnlon TO make final proof in support of his
claim and that said proof viii be made before
the County lerk Of sharp county at Evening
Shade, Ark. on August ., 1903, VIZ;
Joseph +. Necly
II u. No. 223Oj for the west half southeast
quarter, section 10, township Il, north range
west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of sld land wv:
John Byrd, W. II. HuIett, Alb Byrd, j. b.
Adair, all Of Center, Ark .....
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31

John Bray, who lives a short
way west Of town, dropped in this
shebang Saturday and renewed
his allegiance to this paper.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31

Come to the Record office
or all legal blanks.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31
No Pity shown.

"For years fate was against me
continuously" writes f. a. Gull
edge, Verbena, Ala. | had a terri"
ble case of Piles causing 25 tumors.
When all failed Ducklen's Arnica
SaIve cured me, Equally good for
all aches and pains. Only 25c at
Shows drug store.
j. r. Metcalf was circulating
petition in town this week which
asks that the mail route from
Evening Shade south be changed
so that this place would be sup
piled from Batesville, instead OF
Sulphur Rock. The petition re-
ceived many signers here, as
such change would be a great
convenience to the patrons OF this
office.
Prof. G. G. Armstrong of
Ash Flat is instructing class in
vocal music at Sidney, and writes
the Record that he has seventy
pupils He says the school will
close on the night of August IA,
with a grand vocal concert, to
which he invites the people from
all sections. Prof. Armstrong
saws he desires to secure a class
in Evening Shade next month.
Sharp County record., 1903-07-31
LOC4L NEWS.
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
THE DOG HAS RIGHTS.
St. Louis Judge Has Given Decision
in Which All Boys Are Interested
More or LeSs.s ~

A man in St. Louis named Abram
Simon has dog named Jupiter. An
other, named Quinn has boy named
Willie. While Willie was trying to tie
a can full of rocks to JuPiter's tail,
Jupiter bit him. Then Willie's parents
brought a suit for damage against Nj
Simon before Judge Sidener. The
Judge dismissed the suit and made this
ruling about the rights of dogs-prob-
ably the first instance. in which the
rights of any animal to resort to self
defense have ever been made the sub
icct of decision in court of law.
Any dog has legal and undeniable
right to bite any man, woman or child
who purposely and with intent to dis
turb said dogs tranquility and peace
OF mind does attach or cause to be at
tached to said dogs tail tin can or
other weight which will impede the
progress of said animal. A dog which
bites its prosecutor in such case is
acting purely and honestly in self-de-
Tense, and is as justly immune from
punishment as the man who strikes a
burglar in defense Of his own life and
welfare.
The next time you see boy trying
to tie tin can to- a dogs tail remind
him (the boy Of the dogs rights and
if he will not let the dog alone have
him arrested.-Little Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

the Bronx zoo. They took it down
and set it up again in tree in the
Bronx gardens. This was no easy
task, for the cumbrous home weighed
more than 400 pounds. &M8., tLs
Instead of being made of straws
and feathers, like other birds nests,
the fshhawk's nest is constructed Of
sticks, pieces of broken oars and
splinters of wrecked boats. Slowed
away in the framework are often
found pieces of fish net, fish bones.
skeletons of other birds, strands of
barbed wire, soles of old shoes, cor
set bones, remnants of clothing and
not few pearl buttons. g
The 1ishhawk occupies its nest only
one season, and if it returns after
the winter is over builds another
nome. Oftentimes other birds in
habit the empty house, and in the
one found on Gardeners island there
were three blackbird's nests, each
containing pair of speckled brown
and green eggs. Some superstitious
people think that an empty fish
hawks nest is haunted, for they say
that the tree in which it is built al
ways dies and the young of other
birds Matched there fall prey to
hawks before they grow up.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
CHINESE GIRLS STRATEGY.
by Deceiving Her Lovers She Kept
Large Army Constantly ut
..r Her Call. ..=s.

The recurrence of disturbances in
egraph dispatches, make interesting
some details of the personality Of
Lao Kuan Yin, the beautiful wom-
an Boxer, who, during the first trou.
bles, acted as sort of Chinese Joan
of Arc. She rallied to her standard
large number of weI-known des-
peradoes, until her. followers num-
bered something like 10000 fighting
men, reports the Detroit Free Press.
She held the chiefs of these forces
faithful to her by making love to
them and permitting them, as many
as six at a time, each to fancy that
he was the chosen one. Soon, how
ever, her duplicity was revealed, and
when she showed special favor to the
youngest and handsomest of the SIX
the five others, driven mad by jexl-
ously, passed their swords into the
favored ones body. The rivals then
began to fight among themselves,
with the result that three of them
were killed. Next morning one Of
the remaining chiefs, being old and
hideous to look upon, packed up his
goods and chattels and departed. He
took away with him nearly all the
troops, and practically the whole of
the ammunition. Lao Kuan Yin now
found herself with one lover and
very few followers, and when the
government troops appeared on the
scene went into hiding.
She is now again in power, and has
more troops at her disposal, but she
has learned wisdom, and contents
herself with one lover.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
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which is full Of wise suggestion. Again


after all, this danger must be met, as
all dangers in the republic must be, ana
must be overcome by the virtue of the
people We must, so far as possible, pro-
tect our small land holders. In their hands
is the future of the republic If you will
read the history of the empires and re-
publics that have persisted, you will find
that their failure dates from the time
when the lands drifted into large holdings
and were cultivated by tenants or slaves.
So far therefore, as it can be done by leg
islation our small property holders should
be encouraged, and they should be pro-
tected; their burden should be mace as
light as possible, and capital should be
made to pay it's fair share OF the burdens
Of the state. Large ownership OF lano
should be discouraged and prevented.
Our system of taxation Is the crucest
on the civilized earth, with possibly the
exception of Turkey and some OF the or1-
entail countries. The laws of every state
are different, and by means of this Srge
aggregations of capital avoid paying their
share of the cost of government. We are
just learning, that franchise tax is the
easiest collected of any, and probably one
of the fairest ways. of raising revenue VI
course, those who manage corporations
will object, as everybody does, to- pay
ing taxes, but, nevertheless, it is right ana
proper. Those that have the protection OF
the state should bear their share OF the
burdens, 90 '-It-' h.H #
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Swallow GLAZED WARE.
Peculiar Crockery from China That
Is Characteristic of the Section
from Whence 1t Comes.

A little treaty port on the Chinese
coast, known as Swallow, has given
its name to an odd variety Of glazed
earthenware, which, long favorite
in the far east, has begun to appear
in the markets of New York and Other
American cities. The name is coinci
dental, states the New York Post
Swallow is a small place, whose chief
industry is the provisioning of steam
ships and sailing vessels. But it is th4
port of the big city of Chow Chow Foo
whose population is said to be mix
lion and half, and whose industriea
are famous in the Chinese empire.
Near the latter are inexhaustible bed.
of kaolin, blue, gray, and other fine
clays. which have supplied its kilns
for centuries. Formerly, it exported
it's keramic wares overland to Can
ton. GO"
The opening of Swallow to the 'for
eign devils" diverted this traffic by
degrees to the latter port, more es'
pecially that in keramic goods des-
tined for export to foreign lands. The
wares in question were exhibited in
the Swallow shops, and found custom
ers first in steamship officers and then
in travellers. The stores fourished and
ere long began to export on their OWE
account. In this way the goods came
to be known as Swallow ware.
The foundation is a gray earthen-
ware with thick opaque glaze, usual
ly sea-green, and the articles are fash
toned after, or decorated with, marine
forms. The commonest type is a
wall packet made in the shape of a
crab, lobster, crayfsh, rock cod, carp.
or mullet. The colorature varies. In
the best specimens an attempt is made
to reproduce the natural appearance
Of the animal initiated. In the larger
number the glazing is in two shades,
sea-green and sepia. Other styles
of glazing are in seaweed brown AID
a crude vermilion suggesting the hue
of boiled lobster. The modelling.
though coarse, is strong and effective.
Upon higher plane are wall pockets
shaped like vases, and also bowls.
vases and jars fashioned to represent
basket work, bamboo ware, or other
shapes, on which are placed crabs.
shrimps, fishes, frogs, snails, star
fishes and seaweeds. The body is glazed
in grayish-yellow neutral tint, light
lumber, or sienna, and the decorations
in their natural colors. Some of the
de SIGNS in this class aro oycoedin p1v
attractive. None could be simpler than
fish bowl made apparently of a fisher
mans rattan creel, which is half cov-
cred with eel grass and sea bladders
in which are prawns, crabs and fishes
soup tureen was framed in imitation
OF a huge Ostrean bivalve up whose
sides and over whose brim an army
of little crabs were crawling, as though
eager to plunge into the soup within.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
BILLY HAD A LARK.
Runaway Pony Scattered Delicious
Butter Balls Along Half
Mile of Street.

Billy was a beautiful bay-colorcd
pony. He was none of your heavy,
sloW-going farm horses that have tc
be urged on their way. Not he!
Like a swift deer he cleared the
ground, and horseback riding on Billy
was delight. Everyone loved him
lie was so beautiful. He would toss
his fine head. and arch his neck in
| such saucy way when being har-
| messed that one was sure he was
only waiting impatiently to be OF
| on gay canter.
One morning the weekly supply OF
butter was needed and Arthur was
asked to run over to the farmhouse
Tor 1t. He was just waiting his
chance to ride Billy, so he said there
was not time to walk before school
so he guessed he'd ride Billy over.
Mother protested, but Arthur
pleaded, and so much time was LOST
that mother saw that she must go
without the butter or allow Arthur
to ride the colt. -..
Billy looked very sweet and inno-
cent of any mischievous plan as he
trotted out of the yard at very
mild pace. 1t was the first time
Arthur had ever been on his back,
and he sat proudly. The only thing
that made him realize that he was
not valiant knight on prancing
charger was the tin butter pail on
his arm.
Arthur reached the farmhouse in
good time, and the empty butter pail
was exchanged for one filled with
half-pound prints of delicious yellow
butter
Arthur started for home. Billy, in
fine feather, was cantering along
gayly. A few rods from the farm,
near the road, stood a small black
smiths shop, where several men were
Longing about, waiting for the
''boss" to come and set them to work.
AS Arthur rode by one of the men
gave long, low whistle, which start
ed Billy on the round run. Arthur
was nearly thrown by Billy's sudden
spring forward, and in his efforts TO
regain his seat and control the horse
the pail of butter slipped further up
his arm, the cover fell off and Billy
and Arthur went prancing through
the main street of the village, scas-
tering balls of golden butter behind
them.
Everyone rushed to doors and win
dows at the clatter of hoofs, and
soon men and women, girls, boys and
babies started in a procession after
the proud knight, who was scattering
gold in his path as he scampered by
on his proud steed.
When Billy dashed into the yard,
the last print of butter lay in the
road some yards behind him, and
mother rushed out to find DISNEY
eled rider, a painting horse, and all
the neighbors with all their children
congregated in her backyard. But
that was not the worst of it; she
found an empty pail.
Arthur had to walk back to the
farm for more butter, and he had
plenty Of company on the way, who
thoughtfully pointed out the little
soft yellow heaps to him, lying at
intervals in the road. 4
But Billy? Well, he was not bit
penitent. He only smiled when they
led him in the stall and tossed his
head as much as to say: THAT. was
a fine lark, wasn't it?"-N. Y. Trib-
une.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
The Volcano Bird.

One curious result of the Soufriere's
eruptions has been the loss on the is
land of st. Vincent of the beautiful
bird known rs Buildings Amazon par
rot. This bird was formerly found
only on the slopes of the Soufriere
and was called the volcano bird' by
the inhabitants of the island. 1t was
driven away by the eruptions of 1918
and sought shelter in other parts of
the Antilles. The great hurricane of
1898 still further reduced it's num-
bers, hardly leaving a single bird in
St. Vincent, and now it is feared that
whatever survivors there may have
been were destroyed by the recent
eruptions or have fed from the scene.
Not a bird can be found anywhere
within the range of the volcanoes ac.
tiyity. Unlike man, birds and beasts did
not risk returning to such a danger
zone.-Detrcit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
OSPREY'S SOLID HOME.
Made Of Sticks, Pieces OF Broken
Oars and Other WreckaEe and
Weighs 400 Pounds. sa e

1t is good luck to have fshhawll,
or osprey, as it is sometimes called,
build it's nest on ones farm. That is
what the farmers say, and although
the nest of this bird is as wonderful
and as full of odds and ends as an
ancient curiosity shop, they never
modest it. 1t is only when some
cnld-blooded naturalist comes along,
who wants to get the scientific fasts
about everything, that it is possible
to learn about the home of the fish
hawk
Such nest, says the New York
Tribune, was recently found on Gar
diners island by naturalists from
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

wrote the work her fame rests upon in
a cottage in the neighborhood, which
she described in terms quite applicable
col to-day. Rose cottage" is an ideal
summer retreat. tits sheltered by the
tableland and overlooks the Woodches-
ter vale where the monastery vigils are
unsteady chimed. Miss Mulock ap-
parently delighted more in the fresh
ness and freeness of the fat than in
the combs and woods and sparkling
greenlands, and the bramble profusion
which makes the district a genuine
blackberry land. Others divide their
interests. - - 81
And while she hiG all England with kiss,
Wide over Europe fell her golden hair
Changing the survey from the world
to the British isles, the child Of the
sonneteer might well imprint her kiss
on the radiant country OF the Cots
wOldS
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
LEARNING A LANGUAGE.
1t Does Not Require Much Time, II
One Has Patience and Per-
tfnacity. 9...... g., =.

"It doesn't require any greatlength
of time to learn a language it one has
patience" said man who has mas
tered several languages, according to
| the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, land
when I hear a man regret that he is
| unable to speak French or German, or
Spanish or some other language IN
known to him, cannot conceal my
amusement. In nine cases out of ten
1 might say that the men who express
regret of this sort handle English very
poorly if that happens to be their Ian
guage. The chances are that their vo-
cabularies are extremely limited, and
it would probably surprise them to
know that, despite the advantages OF
birth and education, they could not
command more than 600 or 700 words
in English if their lives depended upon
it. Yet they are able to carry on in
telligent conversation and many OF
them may become forcible and even
| automatic in their sayings, and they
plunge into discussions of literature,
art, music and other subjects of such
fine elegance, and do it rather success
fully, too. Now, how long ought it
to take man to learn 600 or 700 or
even 1000 words in nay language?
Certainly it ought not to take any
great length of time, and from my own
experience l know that it does not. OF
course l am not speaking now of mas
tering SO that one can get the full BEN
eft of all the refnements of speech in
particular tongue. But I have, in
mind the idea of speaking intelligibly
in given language and being able to
understand perfectly what is said in
return 1 have a system which have
worked out, and it has been of vast
benefit to me, and has enabled me to
learn number of languages. It &C.
Cured to me while I was in Mexico q
few years ago on important business.
I could not speak word of Spanish
and could not understand the Ian
\ gauge. concluded that would learn
the language. Ny plan was simply
this: I made up my mind that 1would
not retire at the close Of any day as
long as was there without learning At
least three words in Spanish, how to
pronounce them and what they meant.
That would give me 80 words per
month, or something over 1000 in a
years time. stuck to the task, and I
was there nine months, and as result
of my system was not only able to
converse in Spanish, but carried on
3
suppose I could write an essay in the
language, but can speake it, write it
and understand it and it was all
brought about by the three words
day system"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

the process. Wood prepared in such
a way will not burn. To make the
trick more interesting and to avoid
the suspicion that the splinters are
prepared, mix them among other I'M
prepared splinters after marking
them in certain way.
After burning few splinters, pick
out one of the prepared ones and de-
clare that by your magic influence
the splinter you hold in your hand
will become incombustible. Hand it
over to the audience, and it is easily
understood that nobody will be able
to set it afire.-Boston Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Pig wa. Getting BETTER

In country school in Pike county
Pa, one Of the scholars, small and
trembling boy, timidly approached the
schoolmaster, one afternoon, and in
auired if he might bring an offering OF
fresh pork, explaining that the folks
at home were about to kill pig. The
schoslmaster thanked the boy, and
said he would be delighted with por-
ton. A week or more passed, with no
sign Of. the pork; and the teacher
good-humoredly inquired of the boy
what had become of his good inten-
tions. "P-please, sir" faltered the boy,
"the pig got b-b-better.'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
THE MENAGERlE.

Oh, Took at my Meragete
And see the funny things!
They are the widest animals
With horns and tails and wings.
The beetle Is a 'Noceros,
This bugs a Buffalo,
call the mole my Elephant @
Because he's big and slow.
The spotted yellow lady-bug
A lovely Leopard makes, 20
Ihis monster tish-worm is a Boa,
These monster caterpillars, Snakes.
The grasstCpper's a Kangaroo
t9ou know they both can Jump
The snaiis a Camel, for his shell
Is just a truly hump.
l dared to catch bumble-bee
And keep him in a cage
or morning glory; he's a Lion,
Just hear him roar and rage!
The lizard is 'Potamus,
The hop-toad is a Bear;
Oh, look at my Meragerie,
But not too near-take care!
-Abbie Farwell Brown, in Cor gregational
fSt q ~ re
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
The Skunk In Winter.

Perhaps the funniest of all pre-
parers for winter is the skunk. His
serene highness calmly walks into a
woodchuck's burrow, and says to
himself-for he has no friends:
whats the use of working when
you can get some one else to make
everything ready for your winter?"
And he calmly takes possession and
settles down.-St. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31


English
William
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
INCOMBUSTIBLE WOOD.
How to Perform a Little Trick That
La Calculated to Mystify Your
Young Friends.

Alum and glue in equal parts are
dissolved in water strongly saturated
with salt. Both solutions are mixed
together. Dip splinters of wood into
the fluid until every part is sat
urated, let them dry, and repeat
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
Tre.tment 1ni4ea BIna.

Henpekt-That new. doctor you intro
duced me to, Bowler, is great symptom
otologist-great student Of human nature.
Bowler-Sui.s you, does he?
Thoroughly. Had him last night =
treat my wife for cold, and he sid
she didn't need any medicine, but that
she must be particular, above Al things,
to keep her mouth shut and breathe
through her nose" Stray Stories.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31
I<oric. Male and Female.

She-I. know that it is not SO, but I
capnot help feeling that it is.
He-I don't care whether it's SO or
mott don't believe it.-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-31

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spekea Of
- cough cure. w. O'Brien, 800 Third
Ave-, n, Minneapolis, MINI. Jan. q. 1900. :.