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Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05
GOOD Scheme,

The wealthy though bashful
Mr.. DeRyche was no sooner
seated in the parlor Of the Spoon
amore mansion than Miss Grayce
Marie Spoonamore said:
What a funny little mistake
you made in your note to me this
afternoon, Mr.. DeRycbe."
81 beg pawdon, Miss Spoona-
more; but did make a mistaken"
Eyes, and such a comical mis-
take, too. You dated it 1908.
| should think you would remem-
Der the right figure because this
is leap year"
81 did that-ah--er--I did that
purposely, Miss Spoonamore. |
wanted to remind you that-ah-
er-I wanted to recall to your
mind the fact that this is leap
year, and perhaps you would then
assist me in-er-ah-I thought
you would see my distress and
help me-er-ah-that is to say,
| wanted you to-er-ah--"
Goodness, gracious, Mr.. De-
Ryche; are you trying to propose
to me?"
"Ah, that's it. my dear Miss
Spoonamore Thank you for
helping me out"
"Well, why didn't you come
right out with it instead of all this
rigamarole OF course III marry
you" .-EXchange.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05
The Republic 5 Great Offer.

Special arrangement has been made by 1he d. lJ
Republic to furnish old or subscribers with tTt
official and authotzed life of Pope Leo Kill rms s3
great volume, bound in elegant cardinal cloth git anu
stamping, with Papal coat of arms, containing neaII
pages of text and illustrations The work was PTePrfl
and written by Monsgnor O'Reillp, D. D., L. D' ~ II
official biographer of the Pope. The regular casu y
of this book is $3.50 Any one remlttng Sz ~; VIII Tn
titled to eighteen months subscription to The lvnsI
week Republic and copy of the book, postage n E'
This offer is oper to new and old subscribeFs' i1s
is printed in English French and GermaL ana p1a ID \
ready for delivery, Address all orders to the Mp'
St, Louis, Mo.
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05
RaltcrSOn On Bryan.

Under the heading "Sheer
Political insanity" Mr.. Waiter
son said in last weeks Courier
Journal:
"Mr. Bryan lays down his ulti-
matum. The party must first re-
enact the platforms of 1896 and
1900. Then it must select d nom
inee Of Mr.. Bryan's approving, ii
not of his choosing, Mr.. Bryan
having blacklisted each and every
Democrat who has shown any
vitality, or carried any election
the last four or five years. Final
ly, the party must accept no
money for its campaign expenses
from the common enemy'-the
common enemy being each and
every one who has any money to
spare. This is the faith cure,
pure and simple. In a free coun-
try, in a country ruled OF sup
posed to be ruled, by public opin-
ion, parties, being merely the ex-
pressions of the popular will, must
needs on occasion revise their
lines.
"All parties have done this,
The Democratic party in particu-
lar has often done it. What, for
example, would have been thought
Of the Democratic platform OF
1858 repeating the Democratic
platform of 1864, which declared
the war "a failure?' What would
have been thought of the plat
form of 1876 or that of 1880, re-
peaving the greenback declara-
tons Of the platform Of 1868? In
like manner, after two successive
overwhelming defeats, what must
be the effect of the platform maxi
ers of 1904 taking their inspira-
ton and their cue rather from the
platforms of 1896 and 1900 than
from those, let US say, Of 1892 and
1884, on which decisive victories
were won?
"The Democratic party needs
votes. On the lines Of 1896 and
1900 it lost them. Whenever it
has revised those lines it has
gained them. In spite Of all these
lessons, are we to continue to ac-
cept Mr., Bryan as our only
Moses? To take the word ana
the law solely out Of his mouth
and, under threat of the abandon
ment of truth, to enact over again
the wretched chapter of accident
and disaster, whilst, with our
eyes wide open, we travel the
same old road to ruin?
SIS free silver at the ratio Of 16
to 1 the only weapon with which
Democracy may smite plutocracy?
Is populism, socialism, fusionism,
the Only recourse of the people
against the money power? And
finally, lest we be damned must
we fall down and worship Mr..
Bryan, with all his manifest limi-
tations and impertections, as the
Hottest statesman and the purest
patriot who has adorned Ameri-
can politics since the formation
of parties?
ITO our mind, all this seems
the very embodiment of political
blasphemy, the very essence of
worldly abSurdity, and we re-
fuse to be party to it."
Good Scheme,
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05

jurisdiction"
eyes. sir"
"And have you prepares 1t
filing a motion to dismiss
"Hero it is, sir" -,
Chow about the lnO'''
nolle?"
"All ready, sir h
"And are you ready ". "
that the Indictment be q''
81 am, sir" j, A
With a smile the leovi' ,,J
opened the door and aul''"
waiting reporters J., A,I
"You may say" sal a y" N
eral official, "that ! VII, nj
immediate trial. ! coul 'm NJ
free investigation and W.. WI /,
no objections. | wah' % Tbs
to know everything .nJ Il
will be pushed by me- uHties. 4
is mighty AMI will ,,I p'sr
VIII Maupin in Commune
Sharp County record. (Evening Shade, Ark.) 1877-1976, 1904-02-05
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are a grand tonic and mvIgorator
for weak, run down women no
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the Record Office
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
Desperate Battle in Progress.

St Petersburg, Aug AT last the
decisive battle of the campaign seems
to be in progress. Having completed
his envelopng movement of the Rus
sian position, General Kuroki has Or
dered simultaneously an advance from
all points against Hal Cheng and Lao
Yang. Fighting is raging on both
fronts and still continues.
According to Kuropatkins official
dispatch to the Emperor, the battle be-
gan for the possession of the import
ant position at Simoucheng, which is
located at the juncture of the Feng
Wang Cheng and Siuyen roads. Two
separate armies were launched from
the east above the Two roads, while
a third, under General Oku. moved up
east of the railroad from Ia Tche Kiao
to try to cut off the Russian force there
from Hal Cheng.
A portion of General kurok's army
at the same time advanced against
General Count keller's position at
Ikhavuen. east of Lao Yang. trying
the favOiite Japanese plan of out
flanking him on the right. Still fur
ther north. on the Saimatsza- Lao
Yang road. the Japanese moved for
ward against Houtsiatse. twenty-five
miles from Lao Yang. At all points
the japanese employed artillery to the
best advantage.
General Kuropatkin's situation will
be desperate in the event of his de-
feat. The keenest anxiety is felt at
the war Office for news of the progress
of the battle.
The general staff seems utterly
dumbfounded at the number of men
the japanese possess and consequently
kuropatkin's statement that they are
landing another heavy force at the
port of New Chwang adds to the solici-
tude.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.
Several Changes in the Faculty An
nounced for Coming Year.

Boulder. Colo, Aug. 22-The regents
elected NJ. S. Ketchum, c. e., as pro
fessor of civil engineering In the
school of applied science. the engineer
ing department of the university. Mr..
ketchum is at present in charge of the
Kansas city office of the American
Bridge Company. He has had a wide
and varied experience in theoretical
and practical engineering.
new assistant professor OF me-
chanical engineering In the university
has been recently appointed. The man
man who is to fiji this position is
John A. Hunter, NJ. E.. who resigns
a position in the Pennsylvania State
College to come to Colorado.
Mr.. Thomas d. a. CockerelI who is
well known throughout the scientific
world as a naturalist and especially as
an investigator in entomology, has,
been appointed to position in the uni
versity, where he will carry on inves-
legations in the biological laboratories
Mr. Cockerell is a prolific writer and
the author of many articles published,
in both American and European jour-
nails. He is an Englishman and was
at one time in charge of the biological
station at Jamaica. He left Jamaica
to pursue investigations in New Mex
leo. Later he accepted a position in
Colorado college, from which institu-
| ton he comes to the university
The appointment of Miss Henrietta
j. Meeteer as dean of women at the
| university of Colorado has just been
announced. Miss Meeteer will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Miss Margaret f. Stratton.
Mr.. James F. Royster of Chicago has
been appointed instructor in English
at the university during the absence OF
,, Mr.. George c. Taylor. the regular in
| structor, who will continue on leave Of
| absence for part of the next year.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
TRAIN IS ROBBED
ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL p. r.
Four Hishwaynen Rob Pullman Pas
sengers Between Chicago and
ST. Louis.

Chicago, Aug. -Four higLNaymen
all heavily armed and two OF them
wearing masks. held up the passen-
gers on the Illinois Centrals Chicago
st. Louis express train No. / known
as the Diamond Special" aS il
neared Matteson last night
The robbers secured all the money
and yaluables carried by the thirty
passengers in the two Pullman sleep.
ing cars. stopped the train and escaped
in the darkness.
The forward sleeper was entered
first. the occupants were aroused and
with nothing on but their night clothes
were marched back to the Pullman
car behind.
Two of the passengers who we're
slow in responding to the command of
the robbers We're hit on their heads
with hatchet and one was seriously
injured. 1t was impossible last night
to obtain the names Of the injured pas.
sengers.
When the passengers in the two
cars had been lined up in the rear
Pullman, two of the robbers stood
guard, one at each end OF the car, with
drawn revolvers.
The third. who is supposed TO have
been the leader. ordered the passen-
gers, who had been compelled to bring
along their clothes from the first car.
10 throw the garments on the aoor Of
the car.
The passengers in the rear car were
then commanded to return to their
berths and deposit their clothes in the
same heap.
Then the leader with the utmost
coolness began to search the clothing
for valuables. When he had finished
tnis search he made close examna-
tion of the passengers foI any money
that they might have secreted.
When the search had been COmplet-
ed all the booty was placed in a -four
sack and the three robbers joined
, their companion who had stood guard
in the vestibule of the train.
Pulling the bell rope. the signal to
the engineer to stop. was given. and
! when the speed Of the train had slack
ened sufficiently the robbers, after
having locked the doors OF the car
jumped off and fed in the darkness.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
Weil-knoWn Ranchman Killed.

Denver, Aug "A Republican spe-
cial from Salida last night says W.
II, Champ, for twenty-five yeagS
prominent ranchman and cattle owner
of Chaffee county. was shot and in.
stantly killed by James Ragan, another
ranch owner. at Poncha Springs. six
miles west of Salida at noon to-day.
The men had been carrying guns for
each other. it is said. two years as a
result of dispute over water rights
and other conflicting interests The
shooting occurred at the entrance to
Champs pasture, on the Iomichi road
about two miles from the homes OF
both men.
The duel was witnessed by Hugh
French. ranchman of the neighbOr.
hood, but no statement concerning the
affair could be secured from him
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
Gen. Keller Killed.

st. Petersburg. Aug. 2.-Lieutenant
General Keller was killed by frag-
ment of Japanese shell July 29th.
while resisting the preliminary attack
of General knroki's army on the
Iantse pass, thirty miles east of Lao
Yang. The general was standing neal
battery which was subjected to a ter
rife fire, when shell burst close to
him, and he fell. moItally wounded. dy
ing twenty minutes later. Before he
expired General Keller had the salts
faction of knowing that the japanese
attack had been repeled
General Keller was the first high
Russian military commander to lose
MS life in this war. He resigned the
high and lucrative post of governor of
Ekaterinoslaff to go to the front, and
exchanged with General Zasalitch. who
may now resume the command of the
First Siberian army corps.
The loss of General Keller is deeply
felt in court circles. He was a personal
favOrite of the Emperor. His sister.
Countess kleimmicha, is one of the
leaders of St. Petersburg society.
Lieutenant General Count Keller, at
the opening of the war, was in com
mand of the Second Siberian army di-
vision. He was ffty-four years of age
General Keller took part in the three
campaigns Of the Russo-Turkish war
In 1887 he commanded the imperial
rife regiment, and later was director
of the corps of imperial pages, by
which General Keller came in contact
with the members of the imperial fam
lily, with whom he was in great favor.
General Keller was considered the
possessor of cool judgment and to be a
fine strategist. Though strict dis
ciplinarian, he was kind and careful
officer and popular with his men. He
wore short, gray beard, had keen blue
eyes, and dressed in khaki. His only
decoration was the cross of the mill
tary order Of st. George, which he wore
on the breast of his tunic.
He sustained two reverses ct the
hands of the japanese recently. July
9Th and July 18th. being repulsed in at
,acks on the Mo Tien pass.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
Approaching Port Arthur.

Tien Tsin, Aug. !, 6 p. NIT Is re-
ported here that Gen. Kuroki was sue
cessfu in the battle fought near Hal
Cheng yesterday.
Heavy firing was heard at New
Chwang to-day.
The japanese have removed ten
electric mines from the Lao river and
others have been located.
A strong Japanese guard has been
placed atfhe Yin Kow railroad sta
ton
recent arrival from Port Arthur
says the japanese are FIVE miles dis
tant from the Russian strongholds. the
approaches to which are heavily
mined. The Chinese remaining at
Port Arthur are being well treated.
Rice is scarce but bread is said to be
plentiful.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
RUSSIAN ARMY REPORTED TO BE
DEFEATED AND FALLING BACK

PEELED of 5000
Tehe kao surrounded
to
Of
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
Judge parker's Visitors.

New York. Aug 2-Judge Parke-'s
invitation TO Richard Olney OF Mas.
saChusetts to visit Rosemont has been
accepted and Mr. Olney is expected
within a fortnight
Thursday has been fixed for the
visit of Edward c. Wall of Wisconsin
and Mrs. Wall. They are en- route 10
Europe,
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05
General Attack on Sunday.

London. Aug. 2,-The correspondent
of the Times with General Kuroki in
the field, in a dispatch dated July 81,
says:
at daylight to-day, which lasted until
sunset. The japanese center took the
town. capturing the enemy's north
eastern positions.
The left advanced and occupied a
position jeopardizing the Russian
right The japanese right carried the
position against superior numbers
There was tremendous artillery firing
throughout the day, and the infantry
finished with a brilliant march under
the enemy's shrapnel. believe that
the Russian position will be untenable
tomorrow"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-05

The foreign dispatch does not name
the town captured by the Japanese. 1t
may refer to Simoucheng, reports Of
the capture of which have been sent
out from Toxic.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-18

aaS7atatIoa. NakIvaks the most northern
land therefore the best sirua ted for
them, collects a bout sixty Seilr
About 400 bears are II tied along abrst.
orevery twelSelnonth.
These bears are extraord inarilS cum
ming. They catch seals in exactly the
same way as the Eskimo, by waiting
at blowhole, having first built up q
little wall around it. They show cley-
| erness almost human In grasping a
seal when it comes up to breathe and
transferring it to the ice.
If the bear is not hungry he Will
play with the seal just as q cat does
with u mouse, patting it till it wriggles
away, catching it again. tossing it into
the air&and torturing it Ia various
ways, but always keeping between it
and the blowhole. and eventusll, KILL
Ing it by jumping on 1t with oil four
paws. y
The bears also will wait, nose down,
against the foe by which seals, mar
whaIs and even white whales swim,
and when one of these Will rise to
breathe, spring upon it like q cat on
sparrow, huSgins and tearing 1t to
death in the water and eventually
dragging it up on the Ice to be! de-
voured Mt leisure. When no better
food offers they subsist on some of the
innumerable diving birds that abound
in northern seas The bear will inn
merse himself in the water where the
birds are swimming, and then, sink
ing beneath it., Will leave only the black;
nose visible, up to which the unwit-
ting bird swims, only to find itself
victim to his NAV.
1t is while abroad on the ice that
the bears are carried off by adverse
winds and swept south to perish of
starvation. On one occasion the steam
ship Hanover. crossing the Grand
banks on the way to Baltimore, sight
ed an iceberg on which We're moving
objects first thought to be human be-
ings, but subsequently seen to be six
polar bears They had been ferricd
hundreds Of miles from their arctic
home and We're doomed to perish by
drowning or hunger Similar scenes
are often witnessed by the crews of
vessels fishing on the Grand banks.
On another occasion two cnstaway
fishermen from one of the ships on the
banks pulled toward an iceberg to get
some fra ants to melt into drinking
water, but found it tenanted by q
starving polar bear, which plunged into
the sea and made after them on catch
ing sight Of them. They had to row
their boat to escape, as these bears
can swim as well as seals. and it was
only when he saw he could not reach
them that he returned to his lonely
eyric, believing forth hoarse growls
of rage the while.-St. Johns On. b.
Cor Detroit Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-18
THREE FAMOUS PIONEERS.
PEN Pictures OF Daniel Boone, Dnvy
Crockett md Kit Cnrson.

|
(. Crockett and Kit Carson.
In his book, THE Way totthe West. y
Emerson Hougk gives sketches of three
| famous pioneers. OF Daniel Boone he
says: Boone was neither a tall nor a
thin man. He was not angular or
| bony His frame was covered not
| with GLOWING fat, but with firm and
| easily playing muscles, and he carried
none of the useless tissue of the main
of civilization. Els weight was about
IT'S pounds Audubon, who met him
late in his life, says: He approached
the gigantic in stature. His chest was
broad and prominent and his muscular
powers We're visible in every limb. His
countenance gave indication of his
great courage, enterprise and Derse-
verance.' Yet in person Boone did not
quite reach the six foot mark, but was
just below five feet ten inches in stat
ure, some say five feet eight inches, be-
ing therefore of exactly that build
which good judges Of men esteem
to be most desirable for combined
strength, activity and endurance. He
was rather broad shouldered; that is
to say, his shoulders nicely overhung
his hips. All agree that he was Of
robust and powerful proportions"
Davy Crockett when he was first
elected to congress is described as n
Finely proportoned man, about six
feet high. forty-five years Of age, OF
very frank, pleasing and open counte-
nance" He was dressed in homespun
and wore II black fur cap on his head
when seen by a traveller who called at
his house. Going thus into public life.
lie bctsa,, to show s'GT1 uruss.al strength
OF mind and Il memory almost niractl-
lous.'' Uncultured, ignorant, terribly
Handicapped Icy lack OF training nEd
opportunity. he overcane it all. IN 4
Washington he wor national POPULAR
ity. eve see in the Crockett OF 1884,
says EIough, "a figure not approached
by any other American statesman SO
nearly as by that other rugged west
erner, 4AbraiEi N lincoln.
Kit Carson was n grandson of Dam
iel Boone and was born in 1905.
Hough describes him as follows: Five
feet six. with twinkIing, blue-gray
eyes. a large and well developed head, |
with hair sandy and well brushed |
back, Kit Carson at his best was the |
reverse Of impressive He was sim
pie, peaceable and quiet in disposition, |
temperate and strictly moral in a time
and place when these qualities made
one marked man. Yet throughout
the length and breadth of the Indian
this little man was more
feared, single and alone, than any
other trapper or Indian fighter in all /
the west. He was respected as well |.
as feared =
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-18
eRYAN's VIEW OF NOMINATION..

81 have nothing to take back, have
nothing to Withdraw OF the things
that have said against the methods
pursued to advance his candidacy. It
was a plain and deliberate attempt to
deceive the party. The New York,
platform was vague and purPosely:
SO, because the advocates of Judge
Parker were trying TO secure votes
from among the people & VIII would;
have opposed his vieWs s had they
known Them. Y = :Ss he 1on1irlas
tion Was secured therefore, bySerook
Ham Jennings Eryar1, ss7Ir he cor,,ss
rnonsr July 9s,4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-18
Poetry.

Poetry does not mean only the cloth
Ing of beautiful thoughts in har-
nonious language; it means also the
spiritualizing of life, the tingeing
every common object with the warm
sunshine or sympathy and love. Just
MS on rainy days the ;slush and s,rinly
mud are swept away and put on one
side, so the sunshiny ature will ma tur-3
ally dismiss all mean and sortlid5
Sthough hts and turn to what is true and
noble ana pure, ms s.t HE 8suniowGrS
turns TO the face OF its god. ''sSs
Hal IS lying 4 special price!
on porch seats and M swings