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Sharp County record., 1903-12-11
Fisht will BE Bitter.

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual re-
commentators of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, will
have a long and bitter fight with
their troubles if not ended earlier by
fatal termination. Read what I. K.
Beall of Beal, Miss. has to say:
Last fall my wlie had every syn p
tom IF consumption, She took Dr.
Kings New Discovery after ev'ry
thing else had failed. Improvement
came at once and four bottles "r-
tirely cured her" Guaranteed 10y
W. G. Snow, druggist, Price SOC
and $l.OO. Trial bottles free.
1t is the day after that is
Thanksgiving day for the doctor.
Yoy EEoT WHAT YOU'RE -kEIN3
When you take Groves GastelesS
Chill Tonic because the formula Is
plainIy printed on every bottle show,
ing that it is SIMPLY Iron and Qn,
nIpe in tasteless form. No cure,
no pay. soc.
Anger is the thunder that sours
the milk of human kindness.
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11
E0Eeyys Kidney Cure
snakes Kidneys end bladder right.

Don't consider everything i'm
possible that you are unable to
perform.
Come to the Record office for
all legal blanks.
If your blood Is impure, thin dis.
easeG, hot or full Of humors, If you
have blood poison, cancer carbun-
clcs, eating sores, scroluIa, eczema
itching, risingN and Jumps, scabby,
pimply skin, bone pa'ns,. catarrh
rheumatism, or any blood or skin
disease, take Botanic Blood Balm
(B. Is. B.) according to directions,
Soon all sores heal, aches and pans
stop, the blood is made pure and
rich, leaving the SKIN free from
every eruption, and giving the rich
glow of perfect health to the skin
At the same time, b. B. B. improves
the digestion, cures dySpep STA
strengthens weak kidneys. Just The
medicine for old people, as 1t glev'
them new, vigorous blood, Drug
gl>t, 81 per large bottle, with dirrc'
uons for home cure. Sample free
and prepaid by writing Blood Balm
Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble
and SPECIAL free medical adyise also
seut IN sealed letter b, B. IS. i,
especially advised for chronic, deep
seated cases Of impure blood aud
skin disease, and cures after all else
! fMls.
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11
TELL THE TRUTH.
Politics Make Strange Bed-FellOwS-
The Hardy Herrld's Great Affection
for Jcii

mission we will say a few things
concerning that great lot OF sIush
and buncombe printed in the last
issue of the Hardy Herald. The
comment on the speeches made
by the candidates for governor al
Hardy seems TO me to be the
most partial and unfair article
ever read. The very idea OF an
editor saying ne cannot under
stand why it is that Vandeyenter
/ is running for governor and that
| he does not blame Jeff Davis for
not recognizing him as a candi-
date. Why, MIR. Editor, this is
free country, and there is no
| law that we know of to prevent
any citizen of the state from run
ming for governor, or any other
office that ne wishes to. But did
YOU ever think of it? Some men
you know, can't see much or say
much themselves, but if someone
will say things for them or tell
them what to say, why, they can
recite nicely. Now it is a known
fact that jeff says, che can't
understand why Vandeventer is
running" And the Herald man
would have the people believe
that Vandeventer acted in a way
unbecoming 10 a gentleman while
at Hardy. We wish to say that
the article is misleading in its
nature, and that Mr.. Vandeven-
ter only told too much truth to
suit Jeff and his pie-hunters.
Again the Herald man says,
"NearIy all the demonstrations
were for Davis" Judging by
that, he thinks the crowd stood
three or four to one in favor OF
Davis. Ye Gods and little fishes!
You must remember that there is
saloon in Hardy and that a few
men full of whisky can make
much noise, especially when it is
drank for that purpose. This
Herald business seems to me to
be a kind of doubled barreled ar
rangement anyway. There is
something very strange about it.
1t is a known fact to the writer
that the editor of the Herald
Judge Phillips) was two years
ago one Of the strongest anti
Davis men in Sharp county. Why
he is SO wonderfully strong for
Jeff now, is more than we can
understand, except he thinks
there is or will be something in it
later on. We all know that Jeff
Davis has done nothing as an
officer in the past two years to
make him better or redeem HIM
self with the people, so it must be
some of Jeif's popularity that
men are after. And it is talked
that all or part Of the sheriffs of
the state are expecting to be ap-
pointed superintendent Of the
penitentiary, And oh, what will
our ex- state senators and one
gallus politicians get?
Now, good people, think about
what you are doing before you
cast your vote for a man tor gov
ernor. Think of what the teach
ings Of democracy are and have
been in the past. Think Of what
George Washington said: "Be-
ware of continuation in office"
And when he was asked and
urged by his friends to accept the
office of President a third time he
said: "No, Tor such will cause
our country to become a king
dom. God forbid" Now right
in the face of the teachings of
our forefathers and the very land
marks Of democracy, will you go
to the polls and cast a vote for
Jeff Davis to be governor Of the
oreat state Of Arkansas 2 third
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11

e to the Record office
.-al blanks,
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11
Stepped Against
A Hot stove,

A child OF Mr.. Geo. r. Benson,
when getting his usual Saturday
night bath, stepped back against a
hot stove which burned hIm severe
". Tic child was in great agony
and his mother could do nothing to
pacify HIM, Remembering that shc
had bottle of ChambDrlaIn'5 Paw
Balm in the house, she thought Nh"
would try it, In less than half an
hour after applying II the chlld was
quiet and asleep, and IN less than
two weeks was well. Mrs. Benson
is a well known resident of Keliar,
Vt. Pain Balm Is an antlseptic
hniment and especially valuable for
burns, cuts, bruises, and spralns.
For sale by Snow, the druggist.
A man often has to work be-
cause his schemes won't.
FOFe,y'!S Honey and T&7g
for rchiIdre1. safe. sure. No cDi&tes
1t is never too late to learn that
you may be too previous.
For sick headache try Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets ;
they will ward off the attack if ta'
ken in time. For. sale by Show ,
the druggist.
No man can serve two mas
ters unless he is a low down poll
tician.
TO Cure Cola One Day
Take Laxative Bromo.Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money If it fails to ure, L. w.
Groves signature ,s on each box
25 cents.
All work is honorable if the
worker is honest.
An appetite for liquor beats
an umbrella for keeping some
men dry.
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11

Cured Of Terrible Cough on Lungs
N. Jackson, of Danville, ILL.,, writes:
"My daughter had severe attack of
La Grippe and a terrible cough on her
lungs. We tried great many remedies
without relief. She tried FOLEY'S
HONEY AND TAR which cured her.
She has never b:sn troubled with a cough
since"
Sharp County record., 1903-12-11
Good Results In Every Case

Dr.C.J. Bishop, Agnew, Mich, writes:
az have used FOLEY'S HONEY AND
TAR in three very severe cases Of pneu-
monia with good results in every case"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23

stead of starting out with a splendor
beyond their means. and that Is bound,
sooner or later, to end in disaster, 1t
is the mans duty to tell the girl that
she is marrying a poor man; that she
will have to live in a cheap house, and
wear made-over clothes, and perhaps
do without a maid of ALI work until
he has had time to carve out his for
tune. Don't you know that she would
love him better and respect him more
for it? And If she didn't have the
courage or the love to make such
sacrifice? All. then, he might well go
down on his knees and thank heaven,
fasting, for his escape. But the true
hearted, plucky American girl wouldn't
refuse the offer of such a partnership
She isn't built that way.
No man has a right to complain that
he can't help his wife's extravaganza,
or that it tempted him to steal 1t is a
confession Of cowardly weakness. The
vainest the shallowest the most frivo-
lous woman who ever lived will re-
spect a man more for refusing to let
her ruin his life. Deep down in every
woman's heart is a demand that the
man she loves shall be stronger than
she is, and have some sort of principle
that he holds dearer than he does her,
and that he will not sacrifice even for
her. "f could not love thee, dear. so
much loved thou not honor more" is
her unconscious motto, and the hus-
band who let's his wife ruin him with
her extravaganza has the poor conso-
lation of knowing that she despises him
for his weakness.
But for every man whose life is
wrecked by the extravaganza of a
woman, and who goes to the peniten-
tiary for his wife's bills, there are a
thousand who owe their prosperity to
a wife whose prudence and economy
were the balance wheel that kept the
domestic machine straight in the mid
die of the road of prosperity. Men who
set up no false pretenses with their
wives, but who make them silent part
ners in their business, never have cause
to complain of unreasonable bills. The
path of matrimony does not lead to
the penitentiary, and it is not paved
with French bonnets and imported
gowns. The average man saves more
money after marriage than he does be-
fore, and he spends less on his wife's
hats than he did on treating the boys.
With women extravaganza is gen.
orally a sin committed through ignor-
ance. The woman who has money OF
her own is far more apt to live with
in her income than a man, and 1t is a
notorious fact among working women
that however little the salary, they gen.
orally have a dollar or two tucked
away for rainy day, where a man on
an equal pittance would trust the flu
ture to luck. A woman who would
spend as much on a purely personal in
diligence as man does on cigars would
be regarded as a monster of extrava-
gauce who was a warning against her
six.
No one would set up the claim that
women Invariably
ally, judicious in their expenditure, OF
that they always administer their
household affairs economically but II
may be truthfully asserted that they
do not willfully ruin their husbands
by their extravaganza. The American
wife has her faults, but she is cour-
ageous, industrious, loving and willing
to do her part-when her husband gives
her a chance.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
THE FAT GIRLS DISCOVERY.

why aren't you out sailing on the
Shrew?' asked a member of the rock
ing chair fleet at the yacht club.
The brown-eyed girl, says the Chi
cago News, shrugged her shoulders.
THE captain of that boat hurt my
feelings" she said.
Why" exclaimed the man, Il
thought you were such old friends
you have always sailed together"
Yes, and made mud PIES before
the sailing age began, but that is no
reason why he should be disagreeable.
1t isn't as If he were a relative. Doz-
ems of times we girls have asked him
to take US on a race, but he always
said we would be in the way and he
didn't want to bother, with 9ius. Last
Saturday, however, both ne and the
first mate telephoned me to, be on
hand at 2 o'clock instead Of 5, to
go with them in the race and hold the
jib sheet, as they We're 5nan short.
L was there promptly and kept think
ing how nice it was to ebe so popular
and l couldn't help feeling sorry for
the girls who were. not invited.
The wind was blowing hard when
y the starting gun was fired and the
! Shrew under full canvas went dashing
dSlOSS lA1C l4llCs was RClACGlAy nap
by. The lee rail was under water most
of the time and the crew kept hiking
out trying to sit on the oenterboard.
Hardly a word was spokenZonly an
occasional sharp command from the
captain, which was obeyed without
comment. The race was won, the
mooring made and the sails dropped.
Mr.. Hadenwall jumped into the dingy
and rowed for the clubhouse and in a
few minutes returned with a boatload
of pretty girls in snowy yachting cos
tunes.
MY white waist was covered with
black SCOT and my black skirt had
dots of white paint, had been torn on a
cleat and was altogether wet and
draggly.
The devotion of the crew to the
new girls gave me some doubts about
my popularity and during the evening
sail the married man stood alone by
the tiller and l sat alone by the mast
I was fairly well contented, though,
until just as we were going home I
heard the captain tell Mr.. Hadenwall
to be sure, to order a, couple of hundred
pounds of old iron. Then l understood
why they had invited me. 1t made me
dreadfully angry, especially as I weigh
only 127 pounds, and 1 don't look that
fat, do l?
"Of course I'll never sail on that
old tub again. 1 don't like to be used
for ballast"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
MAKING 1T EASY FOR HER.

There can be no doubt about it;
she's a treasure"
= Wttherby, says the New York Times.
folded up his napkin with that air
of satisfaction that man has when
he has just finished good dinner.
81 hope" he continued, that you
can keep her. A cook like that ought
to be jollied along at any sacrifice"
That's what troubles me-" said Mrs.
Witherby. "She certainly is fine, and
I hardly dare look at her, or say a
word to her, for fear she will get up
and leave. l am so afraid"
She did not finish the sentence, but
looked anxiously into the distance:
"Of what?" asked Witherby. You
don't mean to say that there are any
preliminary signs of her going, do
your"
well" replied Mrs. Witherby, mot
exactly that. But you know, my DEAR
the work we have in this house is not
easy. Every cook we have had has
complained of it. I am almost afraid
she will think it too much
Witherby pulled his cigar somewhat
concernedly. He had dined well and
felt corresponding munificent.
"This," he said, lis no time for fool
ish economy. We've got a good cook
and in these days they are as scarce
as hens teeth. Keep her by all means.
Make it as easy for her as you can
Your peace of mind and my stomach
are both worth something. Get some
one to help her If you want to-"
That's what 1 was thinking Of"
said Mrs. Witherby. You see, she has
all the washing and ironing to do, be-
sides cleaning up the dining room. I'll
get some one to come in once a week
and do this for her. Then l am sure
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
WHY HE WAITED.

The maid announced that Miss Birch
was not at home, and the way she said
1t should have. been enough to freeze
the marrow in the bones Of any one,
especially in the bones of a man with
a guilty conscience. but, says Clara
Belle in the Cincinnati Inquirer, Archi-
bald just looked meek and in a low
voice that he knew would reach the
head of the stairs, where Miss Birch
would be hanging, said: I know it,
but tell her 1 want dreadfully to see
her, and I'll just sit on the steps until
she-she comes OUT
Then he sat on the steps. The piaz-
"a behind him was full of chairs and
hammocks and cigarettes were on the
table, but he maintained a penitential
pose his long legs sprawled down three
steps, and his hands hanging listlessly.
In about ten minutes dong enough for
her to do her hair, put powder on
her nose and wash away the trace of
tears) down came Miss Birch.
Il did not care to have my front
steps decorated by you all the after
noon, so 1 came down." she remarked
viciously. Then, because he did not
say a word, she added: "WeIl?"
He being the smartest man, most,
that ever lived, said with humble cheer
mess: quite well, thank YOU"
Come off the steps, | can't speak to
you with every one looking" she or
dered, but he knew better.
Il don't deserve to come any near
er," was the way he put it. So she
sat down, assumed a polite expression,
and went on.
Il suppose you know that 1 was at
the old oak at 3 o'clock" she said.
He sighed "Oh, yes; 1 knew you
would be prompt, you always are, so
complaint as mere trucking, and de-
manded to know what he had to say.
Il was not there, 1 could not get
there at 3, and"
She stamped her foot, then smiled
sweetly, for fear they might be using
glasses across the way. Suppose l
had waited" she demanded, and there
was no kindness in the tone of her
voice. II might have been there still!''
"Oh, no! 1 knew perfectly we'll that
you would not wait. 1 knew when II
got to be and l was not there that
my goose was cooked"
And you did not go at all?" He
shook his head sapiently. Il left a note
there for you on a bough," she sput-
tered.
Yes, knew you would, and I was
IluCA LOO W 30 anu get II, lie
replied, wagging his head little and
looking up with the subdued happiness
of a dog who wants a biscuit on his
nose.
She began to melt. How dare you
come here?"
II knew you'd expect me-" he MUIR
INJURED softly, land be sort of wait
ing-E-'
It was mott" she interrupted with q
| flus1,sss a
Bat he went on unscathed. Besides
I knew you'd want to tell me what
you think of me and make up, and
send me to get that note, which ought
not to fall into the hands of any other
| fellow, and l didn't want you to cry
T all the afternoon, and, too-this Is the
real reason-I could not live till to-
morrow without seeing you"
1t is not fair to tell any more, but
they are engaged, as you may guess.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
A REVERSIBLE PROPOSAL.

I'm be doggoned If this isn't the last
time I'll ever try to propose to a girl"
asserted Vernat, according to the
Philadelphia Ledger, throwing himself
into the nearest chair, petulantly.
Yes, sir" he went on, viciously; "if
any girl wants to marry me, from now
out, she's got to do the asking herself"
What's happened. old MANI" 1 ask
ed, curiously.
why, I've been Knocked and flouted
and laughed at and held up to ridicule
and had the finger of scorn pointed
at me Sand been jeered at and sneered
at and mad fun of and written down
an ass and-and-and that's what's
happened" enumerated Verfiat, with
out stopping for breath.
You must have spent a pleasant
afternoon" I commented.
Verflat scowled wickedly Il
couldn't punch her head" he said, vlo-
lently, 'but 1 can punch yours if you
give me any of your nonsense"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23

the initiative. When Molly A.
meets Polly B. she no longer rushes
up to her with an unmeaning embrace,
but shakes hands with her in a sensi-
bic, gentlemanly manner which con-
veys quite as much friendliness as "a
kiss. If not more, an which is much
more pleasant for both parties, for it
must obviously be disagreeable at times
to bestow osculatory salutations in the
promiscuous fashion which has here
tofore been customary. An embrace
as an expression of affection is emil
nently proper but TO bestow such salu-
tations upon mere acquaintance, or
worse still, to be forced into greeting
persons whom one actually dislikes
with the most affectionate of all ca
resses, is certainly not in good taste,
to say the least of it. and it is an ex-
cellent thing that society leaders now
declare that it is no longer in good
form
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
WOMAN'S WORLD

decided not to dispute this obvi-
ously irrelevant and immaterial point.
How was it, old chap?" 1 asked, SYM
pathetically. instead.
why, I've been trying to propose to
Ruth-Miss Dalyell," explained Yer
nat, choking at the name. IT tried
TO tell her loved her, and she wanted
10 Know If the meals we get here
weren't atrocious; and l tried to tell
her loved her, and she asked me if
l didn't think golf was a more So
clable game than whist; and 1 tried to
tell her l loved her, and she specu-
lated upon how much longer the fine
weather would last; and tried to tell
her 1 loved her, and she wondered if
I'd ever noticed how many hoptoads
you find in the roads after it rains;
and so 1 quit and came up here to tell
my troubles and feel like fool
You ehump" 1 said, contemptu-
ously. Say, did you expect her to
hop herself into your arms and stick
out her finger for the ring, and make
goo-goo eyes at you the minute you
opened your mouth? Can't you see
that her shyness and efforts to stave
you off was a revelation in itself?
Don't you suppose she'd have let you
go on and said no and ended it then
and there if she didn't begin to love
you, anyway"
DO you think SOP" cried verfiat
anxiously.
Sure" I answered. confidently.
Then, by Jimirna!" exclaimed Yer
fat jumping up, excitedly, heres
where l hunt her up and talk about
the grub and golf and whist and the
weather and hoptoads till she tells me
she loves me-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23
STORE statesmen.

Nothing gives you a feeling Of such
intimate acquaintance with people you
meet on the street as to have sold
them the clothes they wear" said the
amiable clerk at the silk counter, ac-
cording to the Philadelphia Ledger.
You know more about their clothes
than they do themselves. You know
exactly how much they paid yard,
frequently how many yards they
bought, and you know whether they
have had bargain or not, no matter
what they may think on the subject.
But talk of bargains, 1 have been
selling them from early spring this
year, and 1 shall go on selling them up
to Christmas, L suppose. as things look
now. We have been having a run on
blue and white silks, and no one would
ever believe there were so many wom-
en- who would want them. There are
blue silks with pinhead dots of white,
silks with larger dots, silks with small
figures. and silks with rings. There
is shade or two difference in the
dark blue, but they do not vary much,
and any one would think that the en-
tire city would be blue by this time.
Probably it would be if some of the
silks, and a good pile of them, too,
had not gone to other places.
1--WE have sold $4,000 yards of those
silks at SO cents a yard, and how many
women will that make who are wear
ing them, allowing twelve yards to
suit? 1t is a small army, anyhow. l
can spot one of those silks half mile
off, rings or dots or figures, and l feel
interested in the woman who is wear
ing it Immediately. Why, l saw six
of those blue silk gowns just around
my own house one day last week.
Sometimes 1 remember the woman
who bought the silk, remember selling
it to her myself. and know just how
long it took her to decide whether the
rings or dots will make her look big
ger or smaller, whichever she hap
pened to wish to be at that time.
known just how the big woman
planned to get a skirt and waist and
jacket out of ten yards and the thin
woman told me to thrown in yard
or two for good measure
Some of the gowns come into the
shop agan after they are made. They
look mighty we'll sometimes, and you
have a genuine pride in them, and
again they look so dOwdy you feel as
if you didn't know your business and
bad better give it up. But, anyway,
YOU have a personal interest that moth
ing else give, and l should feel like
one of the oldest inhabitants if 1
should be transported to Australia and
suddenly discover a lot of women
wearing gowns made of material 1
had sold.'