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Sharp County record., 1903-12-25
Prof. William |. Simpso-

-TFOI. WlllldHl /. OilHpSoil,
county examiner for the South
ern District Of Sharp county,
held the regular teachers exam
ination at this place last week:
The following persons were be-
fore him seeking teachers GER
tificates: j. F. Ward, Evening
Shade; Misses Annie and Willie
Harrell and H. D. McAdams,
Cave City; W. D. Aldridge, Sid
ney and Theodore Ford, Max
vile.
Sharp County record., 1903-12-25
Notice for Publication
Land Onlce at Little Rock
December III

Land Onlce at Little Rock
December IL {
Notice Is hereby given that 81
named settler has fled notice OF his
maze dual proof In supp ,rt OF hiS
that said proofwill be made before
Sharp county, Arkansas, ut kv
Arkansas, on January %, 1874, VIZ
Ira I. smith
II. y. No 220Ol for the mort
northwest quarter section "a towns
range q west
lie names the following witnessed
continuous residence upon ana
said land, viz:
,,co NJ Brickle, Charles Nj
johnson and jasper Wilkersop, &
ARKANSAS.
II. u
Sharp County record., 1903-12-25

Master Ransom Davidson is
on the sick list.
Bethel Parsley of Calamine
was in town Tuesday.
We hope all our readers are
enjoying this good Christmas
time.
Sharp County record., 1903-12-25

l have large and well selected
stock of mems youths and boys
clothing from 75c to $1,000 per
suit, which | now offer to the
trade at 20 per cent reduction
from former price.
s. P. TURNER,
Hardy, Ark.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
HypnotiZes Allipators.

speaking of catching alligators re-
minds me Of rather unique charac-
ter in this section of the country"
said man who has spent the greater
part of his life in these parts, "for he
has the power of hypnotism devel-
oped to an abnormal degree. He has
the power OF hypnotizing alligators,
and, in fact, never uses any other
means in catching the wary saurian.
How he does it no living man knows
except himself. Animals are very sus-
ceptible to this influence, and in many
instances it is n comparatively easy
thing to hypnotic animals Take the
trained animals, for instance, we find
in the circus and on the vaudeville
stage in these latter days. 1t is sim
ply n case of hypnotism. 1t is the
power Of suggestion. l suppose it is
the same thing in the case Of an alli-
gator.
1.-THE troubling part of the thing is
how on earth man can command the
attention Of the saurian long enough
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

In every country of the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known. Not only
do they minister to the spiritual and in
tellcctual needs of the charges committed
to their care, but they also minister to
their bodily needs.
With 80 many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease
these wise and prudent Sisters have found
Peruna a never failing safeguard.
DR.. Hartman receives many letters from
Catholic Sisters from all over the United
States. A recommend recently received
from Catholic institution in Detroit,
Mich, read as follows:
DR.. s. B. Hartman, Columbus. Ohio :
Dear Sir:-"Fite young girl acItO
used the Perun1 esas suffering fro nj,
taryngitis. aud loss Of Voice. The
result of tho treatment aoGs most
satisfactory. Sac found great relief.
ana after further use OF The medt
cine tpe hope to be able to SAP she is
entirely cured. '-Sisters Of Charity.
The young girl was under the care of the
Sisters OF Charity and used Peruna for ca
tarrh of tho throat, with good results, as
the above letter testifies.
Send to the Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free book written by
DR.. Hartman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
Plants That Cough.

Man has not a monopoly of cough
ing. Before there was a vertebrate
on the earth, while man was in pro-
cess of evolution through the yege-
table world, etada tussiens-that is
what botanists call him, while we
know him as "the coughing beam
coughed and blew dust out of his
lungs. Recently botanists have been
giving special attention to this bean,
and tell interesting things about it.
1t is native of warm and moist
tropical countries, and objects most
emphatically to dust. When dust
settles on the branching pores in the
leaves of the plant and choke them
a gas accumulates inside, and when
1t gains sufficient pressure there
comes an explosion with sound ex-
actly like coughing, and the dust is
blown from it's lodgment. And, more
strange still, the plant gets red In the
face through the effort.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
BagCed n Red Bear.

Peter Brown, Of Liberty, Pa, while
deer hunting on the opening day Of
the season, discovered n bears tracks
in the soft margin Of Briar Swamp
and sent his dog into the swamp to
rout the bear out. The bear came
out not ten rods from the hunter.
Brown shot and killed it.
He was surprised when he went up
to look at it. 1t was bear, all right,
but not like any bear that had ever
been seen or heard of before in the
hemlock belt.
Its fur was almost as deep q red
as that of the red fox. Its legs were
much longer and thinner than those
of the native Pennsylvania black bear,
and Its nose was of greater length and
quite sharp.
The bear was smaller than the native
bear, but evidently full-grown. A
lumberman from Petosky, Mich, who
is working In the hemlock woods, says
that from the description OF this bear
it is undoubtedly one of variety
known in Michigan as a cranberry
bear, which has its habitat in the
marshes OF that State.
How and why it should be in north
ern Pennsylvania, where there are no
cranberry marshes, remains to be eX-
planned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

Nerve and fortitude that won the
admiration of all those about him
were displayed by seven-year-old
boy who was run over and fatally
injured by a Long Island Railroad
train in Brooklyn. The lad, Jimmie
Randazzo, who lived with his parents
at 1907 Pacific street, was on his way
to school with several playmates when
he attempted to cross the railroad
tracks in front of an approaching train
at Classon and Atlantic avenues.
He was struck and the engine and
forward car passed over him, both Of
his legs being cut off at the knees.
The little fellow was conscious when
picked up, and, despite his terrible
injuries. did not even whimper. Jim
mie" still held to his school books.
"Please don't lose them," he pleaded
as one of the men took the books
gently from him.
Don't tell mamma l got hurt" he
said again to the ambulance surgeon
who was called from st. Mary's Hos
pital.
The boy died in the hospital several
hours later.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
Locked Up in q Cell.

speaking of newspaper men and the
methods they sometimes adopt to get
ahead Of their adversaries," said an
old reporter in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, reminds me of an effort
l made once to get ahead Of an after
noon contemporary. 1t was a dismal
failure, which will hereinafter appear.
l was doing the police work for an
afternoon paper. The police had ar
rested one Of the most notorious crooks
Of the country, but had put his name
on the secret docket in order to put
him through the sweating process
before making any public statement of
the matter The thing was tipped off
to me. l had to get the story in
quiet way in order to allay suspicion
as to the source of my information,
and there was but one way to do
this and that was to get into the body
of the prison and talk to the man.
had to slip in unawares, so | watched
for chance. l got in unobserved.
thought l could slip in and slip out
before the turnkey locked the door,
But to my utter astonshment the
turnkey went out before l got through
and locked me in. 1t was about the
noon hour. could not yell after l had
gotten the story, because the police
did not know was in there. waited,
thinking the turnkey would return and
give me a chance to get out The hours
slipped by. My paper was telephoning
everywhere in an effort to find me.
had not been seen anywhere except at
the police station, and the officers at
that institution said 1 had left there
early in the morning. 1t was o'clock
In the evening when 1 got out of JAIL
/ was awfully sore, but couldn't say
anything. of course. 1t was bit of
good luck for me that my afternoon
competitors did not get the story. But
it was in the morning papers all right
and what was worse for me, one of the
papers had long story about my eX-
perience under the rather catchy head,
"A Scooper Scooped.'"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
A Seafaring Squirrel.

The steamship Romsdale, which ar
rived light from Boston, has on board
a small animal, the species of which
is seldom seen on shlpboard. The ami
NAL is a common gray squirrel, such
as is seen in Druid Hill Park. The
little fellow was shipped at Vera Cruz,
Mexico, about six months ago, and has
since proven himself to be splendid
sailor. In lieu OF forest, the frisky
little chap disports himself among
the rigging of the big steamship. He
Is on friendly terms with everybody,
and often perches himself ON the shoul-
ders of the sailors as they walk about
the decks.-Baltimore American. 50
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

In JULIAN, VI SIERRA county,
in company with Charles
York, a well-known San Fran
q cisco man, who is visiting
Sierra County, Nevada, went out in the
hills to round up his cattle, and arriv-
ing at the summit of ridge just west
of the City of Six, Dolan left his horse
and made descent into deep ravine
on foot, hoping to discover some lost
cattle.
The country there Is covered with q
deep growth of underbrush and close
scrutiny is necessary to avoid over
looking the animals. Hearing a noise
in the brush not far away, Dolan
worked his way through the bushes
in that direction, and suddenly came
upon an immense grizzly bear. Dolan
had frequently encountered animals of
this species and was not at all discon-
certed. He threw up his hands and
yelled at the bear, expecting as usual
that he would take fright and de-
camp.
Bruin gave an ugly growl and made
for Tim, and the latter made for the
nearest tree, which fortunately was
only a short distance away, but even
so, had it not been for Tins dog, who
distracted the bears attention for
moment by attacking him in the rear,
Dolan would never have reached shell
ter.
Tim was barely out Of the bears
reach when the animal stood on his
ht,,I 1nn oh 1t
The bear made no effort to climb, being
kept occupied most of the time in de-
Tending himself against the attacks
of the plucky canine.
Meantime York had remained further
up the hill, awaiting Tins return. He
finally heard Dolan's call, and leaving
his horse, rushed down the hill. Arriv-
ing on the scene he found himself, to
his consternation, face to face with
the bear, and two seconds later he,
too, was roosting i'll q neighboring
tree, narrowly escaping capture by
the fierce animal, which now trans
ferred It's attention from Dolan to
York, the dog continuing his attacks
in the meantime. York was wonder
ing how long his San Francisco job
would wait for him, as he only had
six weeks vacation.
At length, however, the bear appar
emily became disgusted and took to the
brush, disappearing over low ridge
near by. About the time the two men
concluded it was safe to get down
the bear came back. These tactics
he repeated several times, and it was
not until he had been gone some time
that Dolan and York dared to come off
their perch. When they did so, after
having been in the trees over an hour,
they lost no time in getting to their
horses and thence out Of the neighbor-
hood,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

The person who is blind loses much
of the beautiful In life through the
affliction. There is one woman, how
ever, whose home is in this city, and
who, having means, finds q way to
satisfy her taste for knowledge Of
all that is going on. This she accom-.
plishes with the help of a companion
of the same sex, but much younger
the woman is herself seventy-seven
years Old, who takes her from place
to place, explaining everything.
Thus an afternoon at an art exhibi.
tion results in both coming away with
an excellent idea of the most notable
canvases. The architecture of the
various new buildings is described at
length; the bindings and illustrations
of late books are laid before the mind
of the afflicted one with much circum-
stance.
Even the new operatic and dramatic
events are attended with great regu.
larity, and the costumes, forms and
faces of the performers are described
in the fullest detail; the scenery and
properties are the subject of comment,
and the people in the audience furnish
material for discussion between the
acts.
In travelling, the companion is the
same faithful painter OF pictures for
the sightless eyes of her employer,
and every feature that goes to give
that variety which seems a necessary
spice to living Is brought out with the
utmost particularlty.-New York Mail
and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

to put him under the spell. The OLD
man have in mind can do it just the
same, and he seems to be rather
proud of the fact. He is in the habit
of telling his friends that it is alto.
gether matter of the eyes. 1t de-
peIds on how he looks at the alligator,
OF course, l have to get in close
range he says, else l could have NO
influence on the alligator
Besides, my experience has taught
me that the alligators visual range is
not very extensive. He can only see
short distance but he can see suffi.
GENTLY well to enable him to be in.
fuenced If you go about it in the right
way. I am not well enough posted
to pass on the merits of the old mans
explanation. But from what I know
Of him and from what others have told
me about their experience, he is able
to catch alligators without resorting
to the methods usually employed by
alligator hunters.
when he once gets them under his
influence, catching them is a COM
paratively easy matter. He throws a
net around them, and it is sufficiently
strong to hold them until he can pull
them in. He never fails in his work
when he can get in close enough range
and the fact has convinced me that
there is something in the old mans
claim that he has the power Of hyp-
nothing alligators. At any rate, he
can catch them, and he doesn't use
babies for bait either. New Orleans
Times-D
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
An Electric Tree.

There are peculiar tree In the
forests of Central India which has
most curious characteristics. The
leaves of the tree are Of highly
sensitive nature, and so full of cleo
tricity that whatever touches one OF
them receives an electric shock. 1t
has very singular effect upon a
magnetic needle, and will influence it
at a distance of even 10 feet. The
electrical strength of the tree varies
according to the time of day, it be
ing strongest at midday and weakest
at midnight. In wet weather its
power disappears altogether. Birds
never approach the tree, nor have
Insects ever been seen upon it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
BERLIN SMOKE FREE.
The German Capital Has Demonstrat.
ed that Smoke Nuisance is CurabIe.


The German Capital Has Demorstrat.
ed that Smoke Nuisance is Curabe.
Ono of the cleanest cities in the
world, so far as SCOT and smoke are
concerned, is Berlin, Germany. AL
though busy manufacturing city, it
is of the cleanest and best kept in
Europe. The smokless condition of
Berlin is ascribed to three facts. The
preponderant use of coke and
briquetts, which are practically
smokeless; the skillful scientific con-
struction of boiler furnaces and
chimneys, and. finally, the high stan
dard of skill that is taught and en-
forced among fremen who stoke fur
naces with coal for steam and manu-
dacturing purposes. Before a man
can assume such o charge he must
be taught the theory and practice of
economical, scientific firing by which
the coal is distributed in such a man
ner and quantity over the CRATE sur
face as to secure the most perfect
combustion of its volatile elements.
The Silesian coal used in Berlin in
most large steam plants and fac
tories is rich in bitumen and would
innk below many of the bituminous
Goals Of the United States, and yet
the long, dense, tIailing clouds of
, smoke from mil and factory chin
Vneys which are SO familiar q sight
In many American cities are rarely
seen in that section OF Germany,
where the indiscriminate sSloveiing
OF a raw bituminous coal into the
steam and other furnaces is con-
sidered an ignorant and wasteful pro-
ceeding.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
Women Doctors in Paris.

A statistician has discovered that
Paris has now 81 women doctors out
of tota! of $500 practitioners. Com
pared with this country the proper
tion is small, but none the less shows
a rapid disappearance OF strong
prejudice. Twenty years ago Paris
had only seven womdn physicians
Every year a large number of dip
Tomas are given to women graduates
lIy the medical faculties of Paris and
Montpelier, but French women are in
the minority, the greater number OF
candidates being Russian and Rou-
manians.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
The Composition of Electricity.

The latest word on electricity is to
the effect that it is material sub
stance. It's unit, the electron, forms
an infinitesimal part OF the atom OF
any element, and when split Off it
produces a stress in the other similar
to that due to negatively electrified
body. The severing of the electron
from it's atom is the generation of
electricity. The remainder of the
atom acts al a positively charged
body, but it is not certainly known
whether the positive electron-sup-
posedly to be about 10 times as
heavy as the negative-really exists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
sThe Proof Of tho Pudding Lies In ia.
Eating"

The doctors are dumbfcunded, the drug
gists astonished, and the people excited
and joyful over the wonderful cures and
tremendous sales of the great remedy, St.
Jacobs Oil. Every case of Rheumatism
some of many years standing-has given
way to this powerful remedy. Thousands
OF certificates like the following can be fur
nished as to its value:
George Scleyer, Publisher of the Chiffon,
Wis, "Volksbote," used st. Jacobs Oil for
"amost unbearable pains in the back,
which had completely, Frustrated him. A
few applications cured him entirely.
Mrs. Fred. Eberle, Bellaire, o., was for
a long time severely troubled with Rheu-
matism. st. Jacobs Oil instantly relieved
and entirely cured her.
Rev. DR.. B. Pick, of Rochester, N. Y,
suffered SO intensely from Rheumatic
pains that he was unable to, preach. Sey-
sz applications from a bottle of st.
Jfacobs Oil relieved him."
f. Raider, Cleveland, Ohio, says: 1.-TWO
applications of St! Jacobs Oil cured me of
great and long-continued pain in my foot"
q Messrs. c. L. Brundage and Son, Drug
eists, Muskegon Mich, write:-"St Jacobs
Oil has wonderful sale. We sold eight
you some idea OF how well it is liked in this
section"
Mr.. Louis Hinkel, of East Poesten, Kill,
N. Y, says:-'I call st. Jacobs Oil the
best liniment ever used 1t cured me of
Rheumatism and pain in the back"
Herman Rttner,. Manchester, n. H.
"I have tried st. Jacobs Oil and found it
excellent All those who have purchased
it speak of it as simply incompatible
Geo G. Ertfie, Palestine, Ill.:-"I was in
bed suffering from swollen leg. used
st. Jacobs Oil; its effect was wonderful.
The following day l attended to my busi-
ness again"
Dr. Otto Fuls, Reading, O., writes:-
s'The sale of st. Jacobs Oil is constantly
increasing; it is praised by everybody, and
never fails to give entire satisfaction"
In almost every school in the Mikado's
empire it is the custom one day in the au-
kpf@n to take the pupils out rabbit hunting.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
INDUCEMENTS FOR ALASKA.
Want Law to Open Up to Farmers
and Stockraneers.

The settlement of Alaska has be-
come matter of general interest to
American land-seekera. Thousands
of Americans are buying Western
lands in Canada, where the climate
is more severe than in mary parts
of our great territory in the North
west. General Greedy and Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agri-
culture, have reported favorably on
the agricultural and pastoral posi-
bilities of Alaska, and the people Of
the territory will urge Congress, at
the approaching session, to pass a
law to open the region to farmers
and stockrangers. A bill has been
drafted for this purpose and placed
in the hands of committee of Alas
kans. 1t embodies the chief features
OF the Oregon Donation Act of 1850
and does not apply to mineral claims.
A donation of 800 acres is proposed
for an unmarried man, or of $40
acres for a married man and his
wife, il American citizens, after n
residence upon the land and its culti-
vation for two years. Whether the
land shall be an absolute donation or
not is of less Importance than the
definite opening of the territory to
settlers. The great tide of American
adventurous manhood always run
ming westward is more likely to be
attracted to Alaska than to any semi
tropical possession. This fact is
proved by the heavy movement of
Americans to British America rather
than to our new possessions or to the
Southern states.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
Graftinq Vegetables.

Experiments in grating Vege-
tables made by M. L. Daniel, of the
faculty of sciences of Rennes, France,
shows that it is possible to graft to-
gether almost any two varities of the
same species or two of widely differ
ent families. The graft is often pro-
foundly modified, it being possible to
Obtain entirely new types by this pro-
cess. Among his successful gratis
were tomato and eggplant.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

DIR. Hartman, one of the best known
physicians and surgeons in the United
States, was the first man to formulate Pc
runa. 1t was through his genius and perse-
verance that it was introduced to the medi-
cal profession of this country.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of Peruna write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
ment of your case and he will be pleased
to give you his valuable advice gratis
Address DIR. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus. Ohio.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

The managers of four Northwest
ern railroads are leaguing together
to stimulate sugar beet cultivation.
1t requires $500,000 to equip a good
factory.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least ono dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being II con-
stitutional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly pom the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ng the foundation of the disease and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
L. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
Colorado Peas.

The beds of peas in Colorado some
MINES include as many as 1000 acres
and there is one bed exceeding ir
size $500 acres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02
The following letter is from Congressman
Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.:

Gentlemen: 81
have used several
bottles of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited thereby
from my catarrll
of the head, and
feel encouraged to
believe that its
continued use will
fully eradicate a
disease of thirty
years standing"
David Meekison.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, ,allaYs pain cures wind collie. 25c q bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-03-02

FITS Tspermanently cured.No fits or nervous
nessaftertlrst days use OF DR.. klins's Great
NerveRestorer. S2trial bottle and treatlsefres
DIR. II. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.