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Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
The School Garden Idea.

The school garden idea is steadily
growing, and in many of the largo
cities the work has succeeded beyond
the expectations Of even the most
sanguine enthusiast. Last year $685.
9S5 one-cent packages of seed were
sold in Cleveland to children living
in all parts Of the city, including
those districts where beauty is almost
unknown and yards and vacant lots
are most unattractive, and as a re-
suit running vines are beginning to
cover ugly fences and outhouses,
common flowers as we'll as shrubs
heautify the yards and potted plants
decorate porches and balconies. In
one small city, says the Home Mag
azine, the work began with stereop-
;ticon lectures, to which the children
sold tickets The proceeds were
spent for flower seeds, plants and
hardy bulbs, which were given to
the children with the understanding
that flower show be held in the fall.
The entire town became interested
in flower culture, and the 5000 aster
beds became one of the sights to
show strangers, while the exhibit en-
listed the interest and admiration OF
the surrounding country.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Suffering.

OF the etiology of suffering we
know nothing definite. Direct inherit
ance is rare. and possibly imitation is
the chief factor when father and son
are affected. There is usually well
marked neurotic inheritance, others in
the family having various forms OF
neryous complaints. But l have not
been able to confirm Charcot's state
ment that suffering and ordinary fa-
rial paralysis frequently occur in the
ame family. Shocks, frights and de.
bilitv after some acute illness are the
causes TO which the onset is most
frequently attributed by parents. I'M
jtation is undoubtedly an occasional
cause. children having often been
known to start the habit when put in
charge of a suffering nursemaid. A
friend of mine, who was extremely
fond of horses and was hardly to be
kent out of the stables, acquired a
most obstinate stutter from the groom.
Adenoid vegetations are often met
with and are important as a predispos-
ing cause, since they tend to prevent
the proper filling of the chest with
air When present they should be re-
moved as a preliminary measure, al
though il must not be expected that
their removal will lead to a prompt
cessation of the stutter.-Lancet.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
The Gentle Art of Lying.

Very few of us, indeed are exempt
from the charge of direct lying. Not
20 mention the strategic lies told to
enemies in time of war, to criminals,
20 sick persons, and lunatics, as to
which pages upon pages of casutry
appear in the older works on moral
science, there are what may be
termed the lies lubricant, wrung from
us by etiquette and good breeding
If the amenities of life were not pre-
served through the gentle art OF
lying, society could scarcely con-
tinue as a happy family; we should
all have to live in separate cages
The best of us, says Wilbur Larre'
more, in Atlantic, will tell direct lies
on trivialities where politeness is i'm
perative. Wherever practicable
however, the spirit of advocacy pre-
walls. We say whatever we can
truthfully, and tactfully pause while
the hearers self-love and imagina-
ton fills out a generally agreeable
Impression. Family relationships,
sven more markedly than business or
social relations, exemplify the uni
yersal attitude of advocacy. MI
Roundabout says: Go to Browns
house and tell Mrs. Brown and the
young ladies what you think of him,
and see what a welcome you will get.
In like manner, let him come to your
house and tell your good lady his
candid opinion of you, and see how
she will receive him." No one save
an unspeakable cad would speak
slightingly of a husband to his wife;
no one save an unspeakable cad
would tolerate sighting language IN
his presence concerning his wife.
Such is the conventional law as ia
spouses, parents, children, blood re-
lations in general, even intimate
friends.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
TlckIinu Human Vanity.

Few people realize how profitable
the trade of tickling human vanity
is. and how many different forms it
employs. There are obscure newspa-
pers and nominal magazines that live
by it, and provide good incomes for
their editors. 1t is quite common to
find upon center tables luXuriously
bound and printed volumes whose con
tents consist entirely Of fulsOme puffs,
says Wilbur Larremore, in Atlantic.
Each profession, trade, avocation and
association has its library of memora-
bilia of persons of the kind who, in
Lowelrs phrase, were created to fill
rp the world. The writer remembers
seeing in the best room of remote
farmhouse a morocco-bound, gilt-edged
volume upon the notabilities of the
country. which contained a biography
and engraved portrait of rusticus hor'
ribilis himself The original volun-
teered the information that his niche
in the local pantheon had cost him a
sum, which, on later conversation,
was disclosed to be larger than a
years interest on the mortgage en-
cumbering the farm.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
A Desirable Animal.

"Nussah," replied old Brother Bun
KUN. Oar want no niger festival
uh.gwine on over in dat direction yis-
teday afternoon. De repo't come to
us dat a cullud mans mule had done
whirled in and kicked de cullud mans
yallah wife on de pint O de chin, uh'
causin' of de lady to bite off an inch
and a half of her tongue. And-uck!
de puhsession yo' seed was imposed
of mar'd culled men uh gwine over
dar to price dat ar mule. Yassah!-
dat's what t wuz. Puck.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
"Tips" Given by Monarchs.

King Edward disburses a good deal
Of money in tips every year. Each
visit to one of his subjects costs him
from $1,000 to $4,000. At shooting
parties the gamebeaters get SIS each
and the gamekeepers $25 or $50 each.
When he goes abroad he does still
better. On the occasion of his recent
visit to the kaiser he gave away near.
ly $4,000 in this way. When the czar
visited England he left behind check
for $4,000 to be distributed among
servants who attended him.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
RIGHT HON
Doctor Recommends Postum from
Personal Test.

No one is better able to realize the
injurious action of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart, than the doc.
tor.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
full conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for many of his patients because he
was benefited by it. He says:
Il wish to add my testimony in re-
gard to that excellent PREPARATION
Postu2l. l have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over Is
years, and part of the time was unable
to attend to my business.
Il was moderate user of coffee and
did not think drinking it hurt me. But
on stopping it and using Postum in.
stead, my heart has got all right, and
| ascribe it to the change from coffee
to Postum.
Il am prescribing it now in cases of
sickness, especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
when made right it has a much
better flavor than coffee, and is a vital
sustainer of the system. slsll con.
tinue to recommend it to cur people,
and have my own case to refer to-"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book,
"The Road to Wellyille." in pkgs
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Remarkable Railway.

An uphill railway, perhaps the
most remarkable in the world, is the
Oroyo, in Peru. 1t runs from Callao
to the gold fields of Cerro de Pasco.
From Callao it ascends the narrow
valley of the Rimac, rising nearly
5000 feet in the first Sc miles.
Thence it goes through the intricate
gorges of the Sierras till it tunnels
the Andes at an altitude of 1855
feet the highest point in the world
where a piston-rod is moved by steam.
The wonder is increased by remem'
bering that this elevation is reached
in rs miles.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

Another victory for OLD Glory. Some
hotheads IN Toronto objected to the
display of the American flag at the
Toronto exhibition. But the managers
called in the police, told the objectors
that the stars and Stripes should fly
alongside the Union Jack, to express
welcome for Americans on American
day. and if anybody attempted to haul
the flag down or make trouble arrest
and punishment would follow. So the
Star Spangled Banner continued to
wave.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Moved the Wolrd,

Cecil Rhodes was once considered a
crank. When Mr.. Rhodes made his
first appearance in the Cape parlia.
ment he could talk of nothing but his
great idea of a transcontinental railway
and with the aid Of specially pre-.
pared map he sought to interest his
fellow members in the colossal
scheme. Most of them thought him
bore and some openly called him
crank.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
THE WORLDS NEED
A srIcKLEss BUREAU DRAWER,
SAYS Mr.. SHORTLY.
His Experience Has Shown Him Ho"
Much the Human Race Would
ee Benefited by Such an
Invention.

| "A fortune, large, nlouuldlnou'
fortune" said Mr. Shortly awaits lhe
furniture manufacturer who Will put
on the market a bureau with drawers
that won't stick.
AS it is. l suppose that half the ou'
reaus in the world have drawers that
can't be opened without a struggle
that couldn't be enGirely closed With
out mall and that could not then be
opened without an axe. l have one
such bureau myself-a bureau WIN
drawers that will never close entirely;
bureau that tries me sorely; and l
am a man of even temper.
If bureaus of this sort affect man
of my self-command in this manner,
what must their effect be upon
myriads of people of dispositions more
excitable and explosive? See what
trouble one Of these sticky drawer bu-
reaus has brought to friend OF nine:
He was a nice man, but impulslVe
and somewhat given to self-lndul-
gence. and he fought with himself un'
til one after another he had cut out
all his vices except swearing, and last
spring he cut that out and came torth
that strongest of all men, the man who
has conquered himself. In that splen-
Gid strength he continued until day
before Yesterday, when he fell.
"On that day, confident of his own
strength of mind, never doubling,
never thinking of it in fact he had
become now as he supposed so settled
in his power of self-contrOl, he tried
to get a collar out of his top bureau
drawer.
This drawer had stuck before, but
I'D to that day he had always managed
to open it somehow, and what was far
greater, to keep his temper in opening
it; but on that day it wedged and
stuck and resisted in a manner that
would have tried any man and that
proved, alas too much in the end,
for my friend.
For when the drawer wouldn't
come, anyway, a cloud seemed to come
over his mind, and he grasped the two
handles of it with his two hands and
planted his foot firmly against the
face of the drawer below and pushed
with that while he pulled on the draw
er, viciously.
The drawer did yield at last, but
when that came the bureau went over
under the pressure of the foot he had
against it, and the heavily loaded
drawer came down with its sharp b'2k
edge square on the toes of the other
foot.
"AIl the neighbors said-the win.
dows being opened everywhere, as at
this season so that all could hear
that they had never heard anything
like it, never; and my friend has got
to move. All were willing to admit,
when they learned the cause, that the
provocatiol had been great, but they
won't take another chance, and my
friend must go.
And all because of sticky bureau
drawer.
Bureau buiIderst Think of the
benefits you would confer upon hui
manity by making bureaus with draw
ers that would open and close easily!
But I don't appeal to your philan
thropic side. I appeal to your cupidity
A fortune, Himalayan fortune, awaits
the bureau builder who first puts on
the market bureau with drawers that
won't stick"
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
The Woman's PRIVILEGE

what are you looking so glum
about?'
"Oh, my fancee has changed her
mind
Still worrying over that? 1t was
fully two weeks ago since you told
me she had broken Of the engage.
ment'
oh it's been on and off again
twice since them
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

during gravel attack, and had the
other usual symptoms of kidney trou
ble-lassitude, headache, pain in the
back, urinary disorders, rheumatic
pain, etc. l have a box containing IA
gravel stones that 1 passed, but that
is not one-quarter of the whole num-
ber. I consider Doan's Kidney Pills a
fine kidney tonic.'
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Aunt Mary's "Qufet" Funeral.

A dear old New England spinster.
The embodiment Of the timid and
shrinking, passed away at Carlsbad
where she had gone for her health.
Her nearest kinsman, nephew, or.
iered the body sent back to be buried
as was her last wish-in the quiet
little country churchyard. His sur
prise can be imagined, when, on open.
ing the casket, he beheld, instead OF
the placid features of his Aunt Mary,
the majestic port of an English gen.
eral in full regimentals, whom he re-
memDered had CHANGED to die at the
same time and place as his aunt At
once he cabled to the generals heirs,
explaining the situation and requesting
instructions. They came back as
follows: Give the general quiet fr.
neral. Aunt Mary inferred to-day with
full military honors, six brass bands
saluting guns"
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

or three years that
| had kidney trou.
BILE | passed about
21A pounds of gravel
and sandy sediment
in the urine. |
haven't passed a
stone since using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
however, and that
was three years ago.
| used to suffer the
most acute agony
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Was Dead at the Throttle,

An engineer died at his post on a
fast express train running from Bos-
ton to Philadelphia recently, 1t is
not know how long the dead hand
rested on the throttle, as the track
was clear for many miles. Not until
they were entering Philadelphia like
whirlwind did the fireman discover
lhal the engineer was dead.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
He Couldn't Tell.

What do you consider the six hest
books oi the year, Mr.. Ego?" asked
the young woman.
"Well-er-really," replied Mr. Ego
the novelist, I've written two hooks
this year, you know"
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Never Fails.

There is one remedy, and only one l
have found, TO cure without fail such
troubles in my family as Eczema,
Ringworm, and all others of an itching
character That remedy is Hunts
Cure. We always use it and it never
fails. w. NJ. Christian,
Rutherford, Tenn,
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
adv Minto's Work in India.

The countess of Mimic, who did so
much to extend the work OF the VIC
torian Order of Nurses in Canada, has
now undertaken a similar work IN
India, where her husband succeeded
Lord Curzon as governor general.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
A Yale professor has been telling a

A Yale professor has been telling a
society of horse doctors at a banquet
that horsehesh is better food than
beef. AS the menu of the banquet Is
not made public 1t is impossible to
say whether the professor meant to
compliment the chef or to complain
about the victuals.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Demand Is SPREADING.

Please send me by express two
dozen Hunts Lightning Oil-25c size.
Could not keep house without it.
G. H. Jones.
Lenawee Junction, Mich, Sept 10,
1906.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
A KENTUCKY S'

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Weight and seeamSI.ftt;s,' n
Dr.. Williams ! W'.usi
thoin Women men at forty, Or tsa t,a'
wiil ,nfIT IL future i p1 in tGysirG 10 cTs s1'i@5
'for the better f II thu iSf the The kts,
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cnltiss @fiies n.i;, as follows coScsl1i CO 4, aF
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pburrng pbanng !. two two years, / lSG, aaj aas ~
ways, ways too full, my kiinassh iHash
heat ,yoO -, ~ was lnsrti,'
or swimming in nv @Ila Sa,i Sa
troubles. lead III
disdNS,as was under the treatn.,, |
different al physicians Tbspt4srt bTt 4
to do me any good. Sit,.a Az laqi
two years I learned SfIIe' fros d
1glend p;a1l n!5, about the merits t,vTi ~ = = n
trr plnk I'm pllls and nc I decided t2,.l
mad; made me feel better any rtS y
!1 taken four = 7 lbOxesmore1r 1rTa Ts,,s1lsa Ny
weighed eas fifteen pOunds@as,Ss dr@,s
and 4 Usgan' Ea1o resumed sinnn y my ioass;'
n health, l have reconmsIli3.iS Comma i Il
llams' Hams Pink Pills to manv,s.. ]
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make }, new blood and w5s, WIN, \ b
in full vigor every functi,,n1 ci,1 ! b
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ding hl will want our book, k,',SS ap,aI !
Women" which is free M my !.
All druggists sell Dr.. TT5 N !
Pills, or they will be sent tI, h., (!
paid, on receiptof price, 5Irl1,, !!
six boxes for $3.50, by tSsG'i t6sR \ :
Medicine Co., SchenectajrS. i n
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
A Guess.
"Know anything about gol

"Know anything about golf?'
'NOt much. Why?"
What a bunker, do you know?o
Il suppose it's one of those cranks
that simply live and sleep on the
links. Catholic Standard and Times
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
You Don't Rave to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax
Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not enc
grippe in a full bottle. Sold on the money
back plan everywhere. Price 80 cents.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

Lots of women quarrel with their
husbands because they deem it an
important part of their domestic du.
ties.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

Dresses, Cloaks, Ribbons, Suits, etc,
can he made to look like new with PUT.
NAM FADELESS DYES. No muss.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

Germanys new 1S,000-ton battle
ship Is to have 16 big guns compared
with the ten Of the British Dread
nought. The latest naval leviathan
l. La.
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
Last of Revolutionary Widows.

Mrs. Esther S. Damon, of Plymouth,
VT, is the only living widow of any
revolutionary soldier. She is 92 years
old
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19
CURED OF GRAVEL.
Not a Single Stone Has Formed sihe'
Using Doan's Kidney Pills.

J. D. Daughtrey, music publisher,
of Suffolk, Va, says: During two
Sharp County record., 1906-10-19

Poets and students Of astronomy
have a faraway look.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30

from a butcher. The pointed end of
the skewer should be cut off, and
some pretty paper pasted on the ends
of the spools to cover the torn labels.
Then the spools are wound with
string. It is prettier if one spool is
used for colored string and the other
for white. The baby ribbon is tied
on each end of the stick in a many
looped bow, and carried up into long
loop for hanging. This loop should be
arranged SO that it may be united for
winding new string on the spools. It
is convenient to have a small pair OF
scissors hanging with the roller.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30
HOW TO TREAT OBESITY.
Too Much Water or Juicy Food Things
to Be Avoided.

Drinking too much or eating too
clumsy, declares an obesity patient.
Possibly those who eat but little and
are still fat (unless they have fatty
degeneration, where all food turns to
fat drink enough to fill them opt.
Most thin people drink too little, and
the majority of people drink too little
water. That is why there are more
thin than stout people.
Liquid taken into the system does
not pass out as soon as it enters, but
goes into the blood and all through the
body, and you know how heavy gal
Ion of liquid is. Some people, in one
form or another, take almost a gallon
of liquid day, and of course it makes
them fat and heavy. Another thing,
if you drink less liquid, you will have
less appetite for food, so reducing will
not be such heroic undertaking.
Avoid things that make you thirsty,
as too much fruit, sweets, spiced foods,
pickles, salt and greasy foods, etc. If
you want to get rid of that tired feel
ing and be light on your feet, avoid
soups, stews, juicy fruit, liquor, etc.
The fat woman should let her preserv-
ing jars lie empty this year, as jellies,
preserves and pickles only sharpen her
appetite and thirst. Cut off your water,
or rather liquid supply, gradually, as
any sudden change to the system is
injurious.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30
Wild Rose and suntlower Cushions

The petals of white, pink or whatever
the color may be, are cut from the tied
ends of the ribbon and knotted to imi4
tate the scalloped edges of the real
leaves, but if pansy or daisy is to
be fashioned, the petals are turned
down slightly at either side and the
effect is decidedly natural. Artificial
centers may either be bought for a
small sum or made by working French
knots of embroidery silk and attach
ing them to twisted threads waxed so
they will stand up in place.
A pretty cushion that is even less
difficult to make is fashioned out of a
round piece of cardboard, covered with
silk, with layer of cotton batting be-
meath. On top two or three roses in
a cluster make this cushion effective
and decorative. At the top twisted
SO it can be hung up.
Flower pin cushions are not the
only floral decorative pieces that will
be used on dressing tables, for there
are hat pin and hair pin holders that
are made in imitation of apple bios
SONS and wild roses. These are easily
| made by covering a glass tube with a
netting, to which the ribbons may be
sewed. About eight pieces OF narrow
satin ribbon will cover an ordinary
! tube. These pieces are sewed togeth-
er to make bag and are held in place
at the top by narrow piece of baby
ribbon. Above the baby ribbon, so the
petals fall over and inside the tube,
the petals of rose or daisy are at
tached, and with yellow centers look
like a flower that has just burst into
| full bloom.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30
The Disappearing Basque.

The tailor gowns are to be very trim
and delicate in outline, the large
clumsy coat and the most unbecomins
long basque quite disappearing, and In
it's place we are to have the smart and
graceful short coat in a great many
varieties with a small basque all
round, either smartly belted or fitting
easily to the figure or with the fronts
cut short and large basque at the
back only. But one and all will have
some fine embroidery and braiding on
them on the one or two little waist
coats and on the cuffs to the almost
inevitable quarter sleeves, which
are to be fuller and much decorated
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30
70 crvsta,jze Rose Petals.

Select perfect, fragrant blossoms,
separate into petals, spread on an in
verified sieve and stand in the air un-
til dry but not crisp. Make heavy
strip, using one cup each granulated
sugar and water, and cook without
stirring until it spins a thread. Flavor
this strip with few drops essence
of rose, and color with tiny bit Of
Cochineal. Now drop the leaves in
one by one, using fine wire; take out
and drain on the creased sieve. Turn
once in the process of drying, which
will take several hours. If the leaves
then look preserved and clear they
will need no further dipping. but if the
petals seem dry and not candied dip
again, dust with sifted -four and dry.
Serve on bon-bon saucers.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-11-30
Dedication Of the Home.

A home into which family have
recently moved has been dedicated.
Friends met there and an impressive
ceremony, comprising chiefly of pass
ages of Scripture was carried out. A
mother might arrange similar dedi-
cation of her own home. She could set
apart day in which all of the family
could be present and each have a part
in the ceremony. Songs and recitations
relating to the home life could be sung
or spoken. Some might try their hand
at original songs. The mother, also
the father, could give talk on the
meaning of the home and the children
could tell what the home meant to
them. Souvenirs of the occasion in
the form of picture Of the house or a
family group photograph could be dis
tributed. Such an observance is espe.
cially appropriate when new home is
entered