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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

III 1.-THE end of,the5 ruorld, Ia eternal
N cold and silence, sis The Sphinx4o
Ell IN the North, awaiting The coming Of
him w,hho shall ,solve he riddle The : ges.
Aboufhey lie III eternal sleeps ltundred5sofbold5
men svlto hare 3soAg ansrt,er and paid me-
pesaltysot tailure.,
For three centuries and a haltf men have,
,fr;ven 10 break through barrier that
guards the secret Of TIE North Pole,5 but. BAT
teyings At the frosty portal haze not only been
in vaiin, butata costof s502s liyes.sacrifeed, ~
ships lost, and millions o f money expended.
Men are5not. hired to The Ultimate North
~ viisions otvast treasure; the magnet OF the
Pole IS its mystery alone. l]l,hatis be found
there no one. knocvs, nor if there be anything at
!. al ,vorth finding /. Bnt.he ruho fryfreaches The
axis of the earth svill sviu nndying fame for
all time, end until the goalis attained, Tho
sturdy aud5ambitious soiY set, theirfa aces north
.vard across the iiutermiuable deserts Of ice.
Commander Robert ~. 5Peary, the heroic
Hmer;ican explorer, has ALREADY made thirteen
t,ips to the Arctic lions, ana IS norv prepar-
Ing foranother, II haVing builtin Name
shit. especially designed TO- carry him further
north than any vessel has ever gone.
ItSwillbes the 4stroxge that has yer 1,en-
tured into tie. ice fields; NOT only capable Of
forcing its rvay5 throng frozen barriers, bit Of
resisting enormous pressure. l'ie latest idea,
Of construction, based suponicx1perience Nth
ice, are being employed BY its builders. Peary
hopes TO PIT this vcssel into acinter quarters
north Of The eighty.sceond OF eighty-thhd
parallel. 4.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

kss Under forced draught the engine will develop
\ 400 horse power, and 12O0-horse power under nat
ural draught. The bunker capacity will be 100 tons
ofcoal, and, at starting, $50 tons more will be
q ried in bags on deck. With this supply it is esu
I mated that the ship should be able to do between
four and Ave thousand knots but Of course great
deal of the fuel supply will be used for heating pur
poses during the long winter tie-up at Grant Land.
It figured that the hull viii cost about gu, 900
. and the engines about $4,000 The chips compile
ent will consist Of about forty persons exclusive
By Of the Eskmos who will be taken on later to help
in the sledge journey to the pole. isHs
It is no easy matter to finance polar expedi-
ton. It is roughly estimated that the total cost
the expenditure of each ranging from 10000 to
4 100000 or more. It is said that Peary last er-
petition cost about 100000.
The first loss Of life and ships recorded at
tended the explorations Of Sir Hugh Wioughby, ia
1853. Two Of his three vessels were lost, and the 81
commander, together with sixty-eight Of his mon.
persisted miseraby. S 5s s 8i ssS
I. h In 1896 Amsterdam merchants sent out two
ships, under William Barents. The larger vessel
was wrecked, and twenty-five Of the crew, incud-8
ing Barents died during the winter and the res
turn trip over the ice to Lapland. ss
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10

To the Worshipful Master,
sardens and Brethren Of Evening
Jade Lodge No. 143, F. and A.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
In NEM0RIAM.

To the Worshipful Master,
Gardens and Brethren Of Evening
Jade Lodge No. 143, F. and A.
It.
The undersigned, your COM
Vttee appointed to draft suitable
solutions upon the death Of
%. E. l.. Southworth, fratern-
y report That
AT every onward step in the
thway Of life we receive re-
Inders that its end is the grave.
e death of those in distant
Ices, or of those in our vicinity
t within the circle in which we
bve, receive only passing con-
leration, but when the grim
sssenger summonses one en-
,deared to US by the close tie of
pod or fraternity, we koenly
sl the loss. To day we mourn
. loss, by death, of one within
If circle--Past Worshipful Mas
: E. l.. Southworth, one who,
/ his marked courtesy and fra
nal devotion to his lodge and
tethren, earned and maintained
Fough life a high rank in this
lternity.
He was born at Camp, Fulton
'unty, Arkansas, January %,
"a.
He married August 7, 1899,
iss Aurelia, daughter OF W. c.,
laver, Esq, of Evening Shade,
40, with one daughter survives
m, His skill and fidelity gave
m a wide reputation as a miller,
i'd he was unremitting in atten-
On to the duties of his chosen
'ocation.
lille his employers and the Sec
ar world admires the life work
our Brother, we of the Craft
ave an additional reason for our
lmlration of him in his love, de-
)tion and labor for our Ancient
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
HARDY.

Ed Paden was over from Ash
Flat on Sunday.
Asa H. Kellett has gone to the
big fair at st. Louis this week.
Atty. George L. Green Of
Wirth did business in Hardy this
week.
Miss Willie Simpson Of Franklin
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. S. P.
Turner.
Claude, a young son of James
Groves, was bitten by a snake
while fishing.
Dan Clayton went to st. Louis
on Saturday night where he will
take in the fair.
Dee Hanley has returned from
Indian Territory, where he went
for wild horses.
Rev. +. p. Minton of Jonesboro
filled his appointment here Satur-
day and Sunday.
l.. D. Phillips of Ash Flat and
his family have returned from the
fair at st. Louis.
The Ladies' Cornet Band gave
an entertainment on Friday night
and took in S16.10.
A child of Quill Harmon, about
eight months old. died on the
night of the 4th inst.
Nose Clouse has returned from
Texas and will take up his resi-
dence again at Hardy,
Mrs. J. C, Blair and her daugh-
ter, Miss Eula, formerly Of Ash
Flat, have returned from Okla
homa.
w. M. Jordan writes from Cor
pus Christi, Texas, that he will
start for this place about the 9Th
or 10th inst.
A. L, poss passed through here
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10

last Tuesday on his way to the
farm with two hundred sheep
which he bought in the Calamine
country.
A very heavy rain fell here last
Friday night. The wind did some
damage to fruit trees. At d. L.
Kings the peach trees were dam
aged some, and twenty apple
trees were blown down at W. A.
Brummitt's.
A small son Of R. S. Biggers,
while getting corn in the crib Fri
day evening, was bitten by a little
yellow snake. 1t was not consid-
cred seriously at the time but IN
the night it was noticed that his
hand was swelling and a physl
elan was called in.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
POUGHKEEpSIE.

It. E. Pickens of Cave City was
in this section lately rustling a
school for his son.
Good rains lately make the far
mers wear a bland smile. Crops
look much improved.
P. j. Schales of Center was in
this part Of the brush last week
selling fruit trees, and talking up
the new railroad.
A Mr., DosS drove out a nice
bunch of sheep last week, and
left some of the much needed
scattered in our midst.
The fighting qualities Of some
of our citizens break out now and
then, but a few bruises and a heap
of profanity quiets things down.
The new school directors in
district 72 are W. T. Campbell
and j. T. Freeman. A tax OF one
and a half mills was voted to be
used in digging a we'll at the
school building.
W. J. Norris died June 4 from
inflammation of the bowels and
brain fever, brought on by the
effects of measles. He leaves a
wife and three small children.
Mrs. Norris gave birth to a little
daughter twenty-four hours after
his death.
The Primitive Baptist church
held their annual foot Washing at
Antioch church, with James W.
Pearson officiating. Everything
went off nicely until the congre-
cation began to break up when it
was discovered that Fred Simp-
son, a three-year- -old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charley Simpson, was
missing. The search began and
the little fellow was found about
a mile away. The youngster said
he was going home. News that
the lad was found was conveyed
to the anxious parents, and the
excitement died.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
What a Blush Is.

No doubt many of our readers
have often wondered what a blush
really is. Here is a statement OF
the case from a southern medical
journal, which is very, very easily
understood:
"a blush is a temporary cry
thema and calorific efulgence Of
the phsyiognomy, eatiologized by
one perceptiveness of the senso-
rum when a prediciment Of un-
eouilibrity from sense OF shame,
anger or other cause, eventuatlng
in "a paresis of the vasomotor
filaments of the capillaries, where
by, peing divested Of their elas-
ticity, they are suffused with a
radiance emanating from an in
timidated praecordia.'
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
White and Black Rivers Up.

Newport, June 6.-The farm
ers and timber men in the bottom
lands, are much alarmed over a
threatened overflow. In the cul-
tivated bottoms much corn and
cotton has been planted, and all
of this will be ruined ny @ high
stage of water. The timber men
have been delayed all spring and
the mills shut down by high
water, and it was only recently
that anything could be accom-
plished.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
Normal School Of MHziG.

There will 10 days. session of the Armstrong School OF
us held at the NJ T. Church Evening shade commencing on
y and closing the evening of the goth with concert This
will be benefit all who want to study the science oil
uc Lessons will be follows Ear Training and Rudmens
the morning. Harmong Voice in the evening" For reference
instructor write H. Hail. Principal of the National Nor
S School Of Music, Dayton, Va, the Ruebush kehe Co..
avon Va This will be the 4 session of the Armstrong School
Music principal has had years experience in conduct
g Vocal Schools Books be used Chorus and Choir Crown
Dav No. and g. Cppngars Voice Book and Practical Har
ony and Composition by }. H. Hall.
Al who want this school will find board cheap We
number Sunday school superntendents and class
ds We will also Showalters New Rudiments for new be-
nners Don't fail to attend this school, Music gift from God
man and the highest that possesses. Tuition follows
Ill course 50 per scholar family tickets 81 30 Private Voice
ssons 5 cents each For further information address
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
TAX ASSESSORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that will meet the PeUps
Sarn county at the following places and on the foo"
dates for the purpose of listing the personal properly
the county for the year 1904, towit:
Jackson township Wiford, Monday and Tuesday June &
Sonh Union township Bakers School House. Wednesday, u
Noth Union township Armstrong, Thursday, June D.
Inner North Township, Wirth, Friday, June III.
pwer North township Coats Saturday, June II.
HinhIand township Highland, Monday, June H. IA Il
DayidsOn township King Mills Tuesday and Wed june III,
Richwoods township, Ash Flat, IhursoaS' juno -0'
Store, Friday June II. , c.,o 1nne 49,
Moroan township Center, Monday, June 20 ot. AZ
Lebanon township, Higginhodom STANG lueSu'S'
Dotson School House, Wednesday, June u. =. 90
Strawberry township Institute, Thursday June 25 M
Rio Rock township Poughkeepse Friday, June -4 az M
Psgah, Saturday, June 20 . -, r, lime o. @
Scott township Sheibyvle, Wednesday and THURSDAY O'
80 Wild Cat School House, Friday, July l.
Cave township Cave City, Saturday, July q ,5ov Fri.
Hardy township, Hardy, Tuesday Weahe'oaJ'
day and Saturday, July o. o. I, B. ., ,,a,, 1rv H.
WASHINGTON township Powe's Chapel Monday Ju M 49, sodpg
Sullivan township Maxville, Tuesday, July u; broA'
Wednesday, July 13, Sidney, Thursday, July H.
Jnhnson township ST. Paul, Friday, July 15 , 1uy 49,
Pinev Fork township Monday Tuesday and wedheS0'''
10, 30 and remain ten days
Don't forget the number of your School DiS'''
w. r. HORN, Assessor
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
Woman Killed by Train.

Newport, June 6.-Mrs. Collier,
a widow, whose hearing was bad :
ly impaired, met an awful fate to-
day at noon in her home town,
Tuckerman, when she was struck
by one of the Iron Mountain fast
passenger trains not stopping al
that station and instantly killed
She had started to cross the track,
not noticing the oncoming train
until too late to escape.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
G.. C. Armstrong, Ash Flat.

Fraternity.
December q, 1899 he was elect
ed Senior Warden, and a year
later Worshipful Master Of this
Lodge, and served as Master
during the year, 1901. AS Mas
ter his administration of the af-
fairs of the Craft, was able, digni-
lied and courteous. He was firm
in the right and true to his con-
victions.
In the midst of this life of great
usefulness, when Brother South
worth was enjoying in the highest
degree the respect of his wide
circle of friends and the love Of
of his Fellow Craftsmen, the last
summons came to him at his home
in Salem on Thursday, April, 21st,
where the body was buried with
Masonic honors by Salem Lodge
No. 418, F. and A. NJ, with prop
er solemnity and decorum.
Thus, in the prime of his years,
the life of our beloved brother,
Past Worshipful Master E. l..
Southworth closed. and his spirit
fled to the presence of the Great
Grand Master who gave it.
Therefore, be it Resolved, That
we tender our fraternal thanks 10
Salem Lodge No. AIS, F. and A.
NJ. for so efficiently representing
US in the burial of Brother South
worth.
That this Lodge place upon
record its sense of appreciation of
the great loss Of this Lodge and
the community sustained by the
death of Brother Southworth.
That this lodge bear sincere and
heartfelt testimony to his many
virtues as a man and Mason, to
his faithfulness and loyalty to
the Craft, to his many services to
this Lodge, in the discharge Of
his official duties, that by his
death this Lodge has lost a USE
full member, and the fraternity a
brother whose life and conduct
were so nearly in accord with the
principles of Masonry, that there
are few, whose emulation Of his
example will not raise them to a
higher plane in the performance
of duty and in usefulness to man.
kind.
That we tender to the family of
our deceased brother sincere fra
ternal sympathy in the sore be-
reavement which his death has
caused, and that a copy Of
these resolutions be given them
and
That these resolutions be pub
lished in the Sharp County Rec
ord and that a memorial page be
entered upon the record of this
Lodge.
Fra ternally Submitted,
THOMAS |. HERRN,
JOSEPH AULT,
THOMAS j. DAVIDSON,
Committee.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
ASH FLAT.

The farmers are now wearing
broad smiles, since the good rains
have come.
We have had some fine rains
the past week, which were badly
needed for crops and pasturage.
Joe Ritchie found a bee tree
near town a few days ago, and
when he cut if, he hived two
colonies of bees.
Mrs. P. A. Helm and daughter,
Mamie of Hardy were visiting
relatives at the Flat Saturday, re-
turning home Monday.
We have lots Of Irish potatoes
and garden truck now. Our
friends are invited to come up and
take pot luck with US.
Ed Paden will start on the road
Monday for a st. Louis Grocery
Company. He will make Evening
Shade in the near future.
Some sneak entered l.. D. Phil
lips house while he was at ST..
Louis last week and helped him
self to several pieces of bacon,
and a quartof compliments, which
we dare not mention.
Several Of the telephones got
out of order during the storms Of
last week, and we have been un-
able to talk to several of our
friends. Considerable complaint
about something unavoidable.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. D. Phillips and
their little sons, Dee and Elmer,
and Mrs. j. l.. Overton returned
home last Sunday evening from
St. Louis after a visit to the
worlds fair. They report a nice
time, but say some of the attract
ions are not yet completed.
You ought to hear Prof. Hackett
talk of the many years back dur
ing the times of slavery. He has
some of the old coon songs he
sings, and sometimes he can be
induced to close the door and pat
an accompaniment the same as a
boy of 16 summers. Who doesn't
like jovial person?
Miss Pearl Turner Of Evening
Shade has been visiting relatives
and friends here lately. Miss
Pearl moved with her family
from here when she was only two
years old. The writer of this
article went to school to her father,
Hon. w. A. Turner in the 7O's,
when we had log school houses,
and logs split for seats. Of course
those seats were not as comfort
able as in these days, and there
were lots Of ugly faces made in
the school room. Times have
changed-much for the better.
PHOENIX.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
Worlds Fair Attendance.

Following is the Worlds Fair
attendance record for five weeks
Week ending May I, 49, 100
Week ending May IA, 1874, ,399.
Week ending May 81, 257,657.
Week ending May IS, 300, 900.
Week ending June A, 378,146.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10

Judge H. G. Bum, chief justice
OF the supreme court, is critically
i'll at his home in Little Rock.
Sharp County record., 1904-06-10
HE RECORD,
BY CLAUDE l.. COGER.
Democratic County Ticket.

representative
\ +. B. ANDREWS.
sunty Judge
!, ]. W. SMITH.
'fcuit Clerk
( G.. d. RITCHIE.
leriff-
! G. H. MATTHEW.
ssessor-
W. r. HORN.
,easurer--
= E. L. DICKERSON
,}rveyor-
4 G. N. SIMPSON.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
THE FRENCH IDEA OF HOW TO
DRESS.

In the matter of dress the French
man, admitting the continued neces
sity of clothes as elsewhere his phil
osophy accepts the fact of the contin
uance of the corruption Of human ma
ture, contented1y appropriates what
ever pleasure is possible to be de
rived from the painful destiny in
CURED by Eve, subjecting us to mil
liners and tailors. So the Frenchman
makes of the dress problem an art
problem, while we Americans, writes
the Paris correspondent to Harper's
Bazaar, rebelling always against the
hampering influence Of clothes, would
have 1t common sense problem; we
pride ourselves ON rising superior to
everything in dress that is not, first
of all, utilitarian-that Is to say.
which does not serve our national
pride in doing things. Therefore Is
it that we American women, generally
speaking, are either dowdies or
dressed up, according as we are sen.
sible or eoquette, which latter term
We understand as meaning something
scarcely less sinful than flirtatious
To the French the term coquette i'm
plies virtue; they have proverb
as binding on woman as any one of
the Ten Commandments, which says,
"The young woman should be CO
quette to please; the old woman
should be coquette not to displease."
Thus the Frenchwoman makes her
toilet as conscientiously as she per-
forms any other daily devotion, and
here in Paris, 1, an American woman,
have come to feel that the neatness
and becomingness of my couture and
the chic of my robe de chambre, not
to speak of the eternally irreproach-
able character of my petticoats and
dress bindings, shall powerfully in
fluence the final Judgment accorded
me and the reward of my immortal
soul.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
THE DOORWAY.

IN the heart of the day strayed to
the heart of tangled wood,
And there, like dream, before me
desolate portal stood.
Strange and solemn and sombre 1t
stood-and l was alone;
Mystery fell like fog; rear swept
by like moan.
It was bolted strongly above, and
bolted below again,
And one of the bolts was Sorrow, and
the other bolt was Pain.
Two dim lights hung in the shadow,
two red and misty spheres,
And nay soul sank as saw them, for
knew they were Blood and
Tears.
The way was lost behind me, back
ward I dared not go;
I beat upon the portal, and my heart
broke with the blow.
Bruised, and bleeding, and blinded,
l forced the bolts to move
passed through the dreaded door
way ! and the other side was
Love!
Ella Heath, in Lippincott's.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
sSs@&a2& -
bFASAlON ~
.EA1iN;HcYE@

Can you believe we will have short
or pannier overskirts this fall?
Next to white linen there is hardly
any material for immediate wear as
satisfactory as white mohair for suits,
Medallions of ecru lace are let In
very effectively to a waist of EN-.
broidered white lawn.
Broderie Anglaise, or eyelet EN-.
broidery, is a trimming for linen
gowns that is growing in popularity
amazingly, and for linens it is ex.
ceedingly appropriate.
Within the past two or three years
there have been some marked i'm
provements in trunks. particularly in
the way of trunks whose contents
at without the least trouble.
Now while the fashion prevails for
going without hats every woman will
be interested in the new back and
side combs, both mounted and un.
mounted, amber, shell and the parti
cularly pretty fashionable white ones
Brown is to be a very good color
this fali-all shades in all kinds OF
cloths.
Plain colors and smooth cloths are
to have a marked vogue the coming
season.
Don't get a lavender veil if you
haven't a lavender dress to wear
with it.
Hats have big velvet bow on top
of the crown.
Skirts pleated on yokes are shown
again in the autumn models.
Those shiny black leather handbags
are very smart looking and wear we'll.
Now is the time to lay in a stock
of really pretty jewelry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
NEW TEA TABLE FADs.

With the approach of the social sea-
son in town importers and dealers in
japanese and other Oriental wares are
setting forth a tempting array Of
trinkets for the tea table or cart.
The very newest offering is the
broad, low, shallow tea cup, which
has entirely superseded the slender,
high cups heretofore associated with
the tea service. These new cups are
as broad as or broader across the top
than the ordinary family coffee cup
and not more than an inch or two
inches in height They are prettiest
in the egg-shell patterns, with the
exceedingly fine and translucent lin
ing. Wedgewood is also popular.
For use with these cups comes
new spoon, almost as small as an
after-dinner coffee spoon. In fact, if
the hostess selects her cups carefully
she can employ the small spoons she
already uses for demitasse. For many
years the vogue has been for collec-
ton of odd and widely different tea
cups, but now the demand is for com
plete sets.
The latest fancy in teapot is OF
Satsuma ware, which looks like in
laid work, depicting tiny Japanese
scenes. The pot is small with fiat
bowl, and has spout six inches in
length. which is longer than the tea
pot itself.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
JAPANESE LOVE.

,fhe boys and girls, the young men
and young women, of Japan, do love
each other, I suppose, but one never
sees the slightest shadow of evidence
to prove it. The spirit of love does
not dominate the national life as it
does in America and the countries Of
Europe. Japan's poets do not sing of
love; her story writers tell no tales
of love that can thrill an Anglo-Saxon
heart, and her artists paint no pic
lures of love that can reach the Anglo
Saxon understanding.
One never sees a woman caressed
in Japan, not even with a glance; one
seldom sees a baby fondled; in fact,
all human tenderness, or expression
of human tenderness, is conspicuous
by its absence, and I believe that is
the one impossible great gulf that is
fixed between us and this people
which is endeavoring so earnestly to
become one of us. And yet the people
are happy, with a simple, sweet hap
piness that is charming. 1t is an
atmosphere that mildly charms, but
never thrills, the Western heart
Eleanor Franklin's Japan Letter in
Leslie's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-10-07
PROTECT BARY,s EYES.

1t is recognizable that an increas-
ingly large proportion of young people
are under the necessity of wearing
glasses. 1t is very natural for us to
attribute this weakness to strenuous
habits of study, to overtaxing the
eye, ETC., and by applying this casual
explanation we are very likely to stop
thinking further. In this way one
may quite unconsciously close his
eyes to other more subtle and far
reaching causes of this weakness. To
illustrate this point the writer has
Information from an elderly lady of
observing tendencies and of long
practical experience. This lady says
much OF the weakness of young peo-
pies eyes must certainly be the re-
suit Of a lack of prctaction for the