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Sharp County record., 1909-02-26
Fsstlvltlss In Prison.

TO show the humanity Of tho Dan
ish authorities q Berlin paper pub
fishes a picture which was taken In a
Danish prison on Christmas eve. II
shows tho convicts seated at u table
decorated with u miniature Christmas
tree, Among those at the board are q
number Of men In ordinary citizens
clothes, who seem TO enjoy the repas'
with their uniformed guests. A large
Danish flag hides from view the bars
behind which the group In seated.
Sharp County record., 1909-02-26
Confirmation Nltis

Where's Jasper Justus has =.
" OF February. 1909. fled led % on = lii n
Clerk X Of the cAancery Court Of 81 shs 'as
the Southern District. at Even;na snap y =
sas' his petition alleging that he |. aa'd .
has title to and is in the posse,s;.s - as~
ing lands lying in said district and l . VI
The south half of the nortsa +ha Count
quarter; e. the east half of the s' sos.sa
and the northwest quarter su'asst :.
quarter Of section Four. The soo.ss S
of the northeast quarter and thu "a'Asa
ter Of the southeast %. quarter of s.etss as :
township Sixteen. north, ranss s,S' y
tanning 2Sc acres. The follOwios OK ~
Of land lying in the town ~ "a
known as the Gem Hotel" hi ..' .''aas \
lot being part of the nortbes.. t4u @
northwest quarter of section Th,.s s@'s
Sixteen. north. range Six west. ~ roo', u y
oeo.'. ~ % ,o''ows' ~ to-wit: Besinnh. /
east Of the M. W. Wright du1 "a' y.
south Is feet to rock near n. '@ y.
(Main) street. thence north 80 dsss' sa's
feet to a stone. thence north 80 dss'a'' sss
feet. more or less. to the northeast ~ Nv
hotel lot. thence south 80 degree. ,S's s'''4 \
thence south 10 degrees east 1888 feat ~ !, .
Of beginning. w
And beginning in the branch at IL. !.
corner of J. R. Metcalf's lot. hs,,s ' y
the east by R. D. Williams lots. norts IVY !. !
Collins lots. west by R. D. wili.n' \
south by j. R. Metcalf's lot. and l,a,,
lanyard lot in the town Of Eyen,,. .Is' ~
kansas. and containing one acre of H., S
less. And the northeast part Of n. L l..
ed 36 in the town of Evening Shade :. =
the town plat of record in the offcs ,,s M
and Recorder Of Sharp County at Ev.,,'' ~
Arkansas. and praying the rendit,on ;,
that his title thereto be confirmed ,s,,
forever set at rest. WV
Now. therefore. all persons who ,,,,,
terest in the above described land, -,
any part thereof. are hereby warned n
to appear in said court at the next tam !
which will be begun and held at tina u.
in Evening Shade on Monday, May A n
show cause why the title Of the said p,s
the said lands and lots should not BE- eo,i,
Witness Arthur Sullivan, Clerk A
court. with the seal thereof hereto sfB,s
flee In Evening Shade. February 18th 4
Arthur Sullivan
Sharp County record., 1909-02-26
students At Princeton.

Princeton university this year has
q total enrolment In oil departments
OF i,s1l. This total II divided III
follows. Academic department, cas-;
school Of science, bSs, graduate school
o., special students, etc., 0b. The fac
ulty and administrative ofiioers mum
Der s1e.
Sharp County record., 1909-02-26

Sa.es agent for DR.. Chas. +. Simmons Earn
the line Of the already located San Antonio ,t,~ NJ
Grande Railroad. The opportunity OF 0 ll's"'] s
One of the finest ranches that the world nss a., N
seen, embracing $4,000 acres in the Garden y" ,
the World" Atascosa County, Texas. VPp,'~s) .~
ties like this seldom occur and will probably wi
occur again.
Opportunity Seldom Comes But Wv.
Two hundred and ten dollars, payable $lV psl sd|
buys two lots for home or business IN towu ,a
farm of from 10. acre truck farm to 64o'ac's
Mineral lands, farms improved and uLimp'V'''
Arkansas for sale,
Sharp County record., 1909-02-26
THECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict-First Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oe-
tober. No County Court in the
Northern District.
Probate Court-Northern Dis
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
day In March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict--First Monday in May and
November. Northern District.
Second Monday in March and
September.
Sharp County record., 1909-02-26
Walt A Blt.

"Some fellow gave me this cigar"
"Whst fellow-friend Of yoursr
''rsn't tell ILL 1 smoke IL.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
What Brown Did.

Mrs. and Mr.. Brown-that isn't the
usual way Of putting it, but it was
the way they ranked-had been in
vited to n party where, Mrs. Brown
understood. there was TO be a host of
literary lions Mrs. Brown is an ex-
tremely handsome woman and just
enough Of Il coquette to attract men
about her wherever she goes.
Not long after they had arrived Mrs.
Brown had four men around her,
while Brown was pretending to be
interested in some books scattered
around on a corner table. Mrs. Brown
inquired of the men in turn as to just
what sort Of literature they produced.
One confessed he was n coffee broker.
another was doctor, the third was a
machinery salesman. The fourth man
admitted cheerfully that his only serv-
ice TO literature was reading books
and newspapers. At this point BrowE
Joined the group, and the coffee broker
suggested to the lady that she might
ask the newcomer what he did.
"Oh," remarked Mrs. Brown, placing
r. at once in the discard, hes my
husband. ."-EXchange
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
The Wind Prophets

The city man on the porch smoked
and listened to the farm hands talk
weather vanes is wind indicators"
said the farm hand, but chickens and
turkeys, by crimus, is wind prophets" !"
Come off" said the city man.
Gospel truth" declared the farm
hand "In cam, when there amt
goin' to be no wind, the birds allus
roost on the tree boughs with their
heads alternatin' each way-No. / faces
east, No. west, No. north, and so
on. That's a sign of cam. But sup
posin there's goin' to be a strong,
high wind. Then they all roost, every
mothers son of 'em, facin' it. Ac-
cordin' as they face so you can proph-
esy the wind will blow before morn
in
II figger it out" said the farm hand.
that in a cam the bunch faces diff
ferent ways so as to look out for dam
ger better. But if it's goin' to blow
up in the night then they face the
blow SOS they can best hang on to
their perch. What | can't figger out,
though. is how in the mischief they
smell that wind five or six hours be-
fore its doo"-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
No Money to Burn.

"The meanCst man we ever had in
our town was Jake Bond" said Mr.
Wilson. with an air of fnality. Yes
sir, he was the meanest. Ever hear
what he used to do with the fire in his
last days, when he was so riddled with
rheumatics he couldn't get out?"
NO" said the new carpenter, Il
haven't heard that yet"
Thine ye did" said Mr.. Wilson,
AN I'll tell ye. He was so full o.
rheumatics that the doctor allowed the
only way he could get rid of any of
his pain was to sit right in front o.
the fire. close to- and see if the heat
wouldn't try some o. the pain out o.
his bones.
well, sir, he couldn't move round,
so the woman that took care o him
would put his chair close to the fire,
and there he'd sit An by his side he
KEEP a mop an pail o. water. an when
he saw the fire getting n mite beyond
the pint where he felt twas needed
an saw Il real lively flame busting up
he'd out with that mop from the pail
and souSe it right on to the stick o.
wood that was too forthputting. I've
sat there side O him an seen him do
it. Yes, sir, here in Cedarville we CON
sidered him the cap sheaf for nigh
ness; we cert'nly did"-Youth's Com
paniOn
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26

should be following the snowstorm
down the mountain sidel Thank you
for preventing that unpleasant trip!'
Knight laughed too. Her humor was
infectious, if novel. He watched her
sweep back into the warmth OF the
car with her free grace of movement,
and again he was frritated. lie hated
being denied his manly rtght TO pro-
tect womanhood in distress. Then he
realized that the girl had not been in
the least distressed, except momentari-
ly. He wished savagely something
would happen to bring forth the de-
pendent side of her nature, if she pos
sessed it. Then she would be perfect.
And then he laughed a little sarcas-
tically at his interest in a young wo-
man whose name even he did not
know.
The hours wore on. and the coal gave
out, and the cars grew colder. Every
body vetoed the porter's efforts to
make up the berths. The cross and
uncomfortable passengers wrapped
themselves in blankets and huddled in
the corners of their seats. Nobody
wanted to sleep when they knew not
what minute the gale and an
avalanche combined might sweep them
from the track.
Knight watched Miss Melrose solicit
ously. 1t was at that hideous hour
when the gray dawn makes everything
its ugliest that Knight. to his unbe-
lievable amazement, saw Miss Melrose
quietly crying.
Without volition he found himself
swept across the aisle.
What is it?'' he asked breathlessly.
She turned to him frankly. I've got
the nerves. she confessed, with Il
pitiful attempt at a smile that ended
I'm Il sob. IL hate this awful snow
We'll never get out can't stand it
another minute. And mother will NE
so frightcnod-and- l believe my
feet are freczing~
Here was situation that knight
knew how TO handle. The unbeliev-
able JOY of finding the Goddess of Lib
erty only feminine and human after
all was almost swamped by his pleas
ure in finding she was pathetically
glad to be cheered up and taken care
of
Blithely he fetched and carried and
did wonders in the matter of hot cof-
fee at a. IN.
Later in the day, when the stagger-
ing snowplows dug the train out and
again the wheels creaied and the
steam pipes sent out n saving warmth
| and everybody again beamed in relief,
knight sat beside the girl with the
coppery hair
Now that she had melted in his
direction, Knight told himself, her re-
serve was entirely proper and the at
tltude he would wish her to take to
the rest of the masculine world. He
had got that far in three days And
six weeks later he and the girl were
travelling over the same route again
on their honeymoon.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
THE GIRL ACROSS
THE AISLE.
A Break In Her Reserve, Then a
Break In Her Nerves.
5y ALOISE JOHNSON.

Copyright. 1903 by Associated Literary
Press.l
High in the air apparently the train
hung an air filed with swirling, feath-
cry flakes. Above, below, on all sides
was snow. The whole world to all
purposes had faded away, leaving the
stalled express the center of deadly,
ghastly, unstable whiteness.
Helen Melrose turned from gazing
bopelesSly from the window to the
comparative cheer of the Pullman car.
AS she did so she looked into the con-
templative eyes of the man across the
aisle and hastily carried her gaze on to
the carved woodwork beyond his head,
desperately restraining her inclination
to bite her lip in annoyance.
The man across the aisle continued
to watch Miss Melrose in the same con
templatiye manner.
She had first interested, then irritat-
ed him. Her extraordinary type of
beauty had caught his eye, as it did
the eye of all who knew her for the
first time-hair of sheer downright
copper that was fairly alive in its
bright waving a white face unmarried
by the tiny frcclllcs that love to follow
in the wake of hair verging on the
red tones, lips as scarlet as those in
pictured face Knight had once seen,
wondered at and diSbelicvcd. And
behind it all the girl had Il mind of her
own, as glance into the wine brown
ewes would convince one.
1t was her calm independence that
had brought irritation to supplant ad-
miration in George Knights breast
Unconsciously he expected helpless
ness, appealingness, in a woman. 1t
ran counter to his sense of the correct
order of things to have girl so cheer
fully able TO look out for herself.
When he had boarded a train in Chi
cago he had instinctively put out a
hand to assist the woman in front of
him up the car steps. the porter being
engaged. II was not till she turned
her head briefly to thank him that he
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
An Enrlish View.

The slang of New York has its ori.
gin. Of course, in the climate 1t is the
climate that has produced the terrible
doctrine and practice Of hustle" and
for people living in a wild chaos Of
competition. always in a binding Lur.
ry and in the midst Of 4 deafening din
language has to be pitched up high to
cope with the circumstances. There is
no time to pause nor any place III
which an ordinary quiet phrase would
be able to reach your ear, LanguG &c
to produce any effect at all must be rs
quick and as violent as all else. y
phrase that has not the properties OF
dynamite goes unheeded.-MaX Beer
bohm in London Saturday Gazette
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
MODERN TROGLODYTES,
The Matmatas, the Cave DwelIers Of
Tunisia, Africa.

Tunisia, Africa.
One Of the Strangest of capital cities
is that of the troglodytes. or Matma-
tas, the cave dwellers of Tunisia, At
rica. 1t contains about 5000 inhabit-
ants. and the principle of its architec-
ture is to dig into the earth rather
than to build upon it. These troglo-
dytes are to be found between the town
of Gabes, on the Tunisian coast, and
the sand hills of the Sahara. The
country is a high. sJcky plateau, bar
ren, sun baked and swept by the ST.
noon. When Matmata wants new
dwelling he chooses his spot, traces a
circle and then digs until he has
reached the desired depth, which va
ries according to the number of stories
he requires.
The rooms consist of caves followed
out in the sides of the circular pit, the
bottom of which forms a patio. or
courtyard. which is the usual feature
of a Moorish house. Besides the rooms
n passage is also dug, communicating
with the outside world, and a door is
made at the outer end.
The soil, which is n kind of mallea
bic clay, is easily cut and lends itself
well to excavation. the roof of each
room requiring no support as long rs
it is arched. These underground dwell.
ings are not damp.-Chicago News.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
POSITION FOR SLEEP.
A Variety Of Opinions Among Emil
nent French Medical Men.

A Variety Of Opinions Among Emil
nent French Medical Men.
A number of eminent French med
ical men have given their opinion to
the Nlatin of Paris on what they con-
slider the healthiest position for sleep.
DIR. Delormc, army medical inspect
or declares that the natural position is
to lie fat on ones back. Professor De-
bone and Dr. Daveniere of the School
Of Hygiene are of the same opinion
and point out that lying on either side
causes pressure of the arm, which
may eventually bring about paralysis.
DR. LandouZy Of the medical faculty
says that the best position is the most
comfortable position, and this is ac-
quired by habit. 1t would be well.
however. to accustom oneself to sleep
on the right side. DR.. Letulle of the
Medical academy maintains emphatic
ally that the sleeper should always lie
on the right side and thus avoid indi-
gestion and heart troubles.
In startling contradiction comes n
statement from n heart specialist DR..
Huchard: 81 always sleep on my left
side, and l think it is quite immaterial
whether you lie on your left or right
side, The idea, however, that those
who cannot lie on the left side suffer
from heart affection is quite errone,
GUS" "a. -. !. -s.sos-
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
Th' Word "WaIIop."

The origin of the familiar vernacu
lar verb ITO wallop" is not generally
known. 1t comes from the family
name of the earls of Portsmouth. Sir
John Wallop, X. G., was admiral
commander in the reign of King Hen
ry VIII. Of the fleet which avenged
French raids by burning French ships
and twenty-one French villages. This
was called, in the current parlance of
the times, ''walloping" them, and the
phrase passed into the language and
still survives.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
The Fi-l,tino Editor.


The dghting editor is no joke in
Paris. There, if paper calls a man a
liar or a thief, the man takes it Sc
riously. and. visiting the office, he de-
mands Il retraction or a fight. 1t is
the fighting editor who receives him.
The fighting editor sits in a Louis
Seize study, smoking a cigarette and
reading new novel with Il yellow
cover. He is faultlessly dressed in
deep black-the duelist's color The
ribbon of the Legion of Honor is in
his buttonhole. His brilliant eyes and
clear skin proclaim his perfect condi-
ton. His alert. supple carriage shows
his military training The fighting
editor never writes n line, but is re-
sponsible personally for every word
in the paper every day. on a plain,
outspoken sheet like lie Matiu, which
keeps him pretty busy, his salary is
very large-S4O a week or so. 4 con
servative journal like lie Temps, hay
ing little use for a fighting editor, pays
the man no more than $20.-EXchange
Be wise to-day, It's madness to de-
fer.-Young.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
A CRUMB OF BREAD.
Its Effect on the Tip of a Vivacious
Woman's Nose.

Woman's Nose.
isn't it terrible" said the society
woman, what a tiny thing can prove
tragedy to poor, self vaunting man
kind! n speck almost invisible in the
eye of an athlete may disempower him
utterly and render him as helpless as
n baby. And a lost hairpin or the
breaking of a buckle may transform
the most smarty groomed woman into
an object of amusement to all observ-
ers.
"At dinner 1 attended not long ago
lady sitting opposite me lodged in
some inexplainable manner large
crumb of bread directly on the end of
her nose without being conscious of
the fact, and there it remained. The
ludicrous effect was beyond the power
of words to describe or of human
rtsibles to resist She is an extremely
vivaciouS woman, generous with smiles
and little bows and motions of her
head, and as she chatted gayly with
those about her 1t was impossible for
us to restrain our unseemly mirth.
Naturally she thought this was caused
by her remarks, and she continued to
toss off jests with lightsome air. We
were all in agony, but no one sum
moned courage to tell her, each of us
prefcrring to leave that kindly act to
another. After q time she addressed
a remark to her husband, who sat
next to her and had been devoting
himself to the lady at his other side
He turned to look at his wife, and in
an instant a clever touch of his nap
kin removed the distorting fragment
but l can never forget it as long as
I e."-New York Press.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
President Taft In shadowcrapb.

Outlined in a shadow cast on one OF
the pillars OF the portico of the White
House by another pillar number OF
persons recently observed a striking
likeness of President Taft 1t was a
profile and so perfect that any one
who ever saw Mr.. Taft would at once
recognize it. If an artist had painted
perfect profile of the president on
the pillar it could not have been bet.
ter. All who saw It were startled at
the striking resemblance.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
Extinct.

Bessie said the teacher of the
class which taught all about birds-in
the school prospectus it was called the
"ornithological division"-"give me the
name of one bird which is now ex-
tinct"
Bessie wrinkled her brows.
whats extinct, please" she asked.
"No longer existent" explained the
teacher. Can you name oneT'
yes" piped Bessie readily. 'Dick." +"
'Dick-Dick repeated the teacher.
"And what kind of bird is a Dick,
please?'
"Our canary" answered Bessie. "The
cat eXtincted him" s'.'.., ,. '.....
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26

THE TWO STOOD CLINGINd TO ONE ANOTHER
knew whether the woman were young
or old. and the shock of Miss Melrose's
queer beauty had been added to by the
realization that her eyes were only
coldly courteous, almost resentful.
For two days he had sat as near the
girl as though they had been opposite
one another at their own dinner table,
yet they were miles apart. Other pas
sengers chatted and exchanged reading
matter and anecdotes of the country
The copper haired girl held aloof even
from the women. But in spite of his
evaporation the proud tilt of her
head, the serenity of her level gaze.
her entire self sufficiency. drew him
At the station where the train stopped
some minutes he would meet her walk
ing up and down the platform with
her splendid gait.
Il expect" Knight told himself on
one of these occasions chat if the
Goddess of Liberty took walk she'd
start off just that way"
And now high up in the Rockies the
blizzard had gripped them, and the
train had stopped The trainmen were
beginning to get anxious. for the swirl
ing drifts were so huge even the rota-
ry plows were helpless. AS knight
stood mutiied on the back platform on
one of his restless trips of observation
the conductor stood beside him.
"If we don't get out of here tonight"
he said grimly, 1.-The whole train will
be as neatly and completely covered
over with snow. to say nothing of
snowslides that may come, as though
somebody had dug a hole in a snow
bank and just dropped us in and Gov
cred us up again"
The dismal prophecy fingered in
Knights mind as he returned to his
car. There were mutterings of weari-
ness and worry from most of the de
layed passengers. Only Miss Melrose
remained apparently unaffected. She
was reading book with intense in
terest. having given up the desolate
view from the windows as tiresome.
Knight wondered, Il little Indignantly.
II nothing would move her from her
calm. And so when after an hour or
so in the smoker Knight again tramp
ed to the back platform he was sur
prised to find the girl, nufIied in an
ulster leaning over the iron rail, strain
ing her eyes through the white veil
into the hidden valley below.
AS she turned at his step something
happened. All knight knew was that
he was being swamped, smothered,
blinded by an icy, rushing blanket Of
snow and that he was holding the girl
In his arms, frantlcally bracing him
self against the rail. When the slide
finally swept itself away down the
slope the two stood clinging to one an
other, gasping, beating the snow from
eyes and noses.
Are you hurt?" knight asked anx-
iously. His ideal woman would be
half faintng, frantic with fear. This
wind blown, gasping creature actually
laughed Then she spoke to him for
the first time, and her voice was riot
Gus with mirth.
"Hurt?' she echoed "Why should
be hurt? You were here! If you
hadn't been, however, I probably
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-26
THE CUCKOO.
Curious Superstitions That Are Con-
nected With the Bird.

Curious Superstitions That Are Con-
nected With the Bird.
There is a popular belief that what
ever one is doing when first one hears
the cuckoo that will be what one will
most frequently do during the year.
In many parts of Scotland and in the
northern counties of England people
turn their money in their pockets on
hearing the first call of the cuckoo, as
this, they say, insures lucky year. In
the counties bordering in Wales not
only do they do this, but they also
have wish at the same time, this
wish being kept secret of course. To
have a gold coin in ones pocket wheh
the cuckoo's call is first heard insures
good luck for the rest of the year.
The German peasants declare that aft
er ST. Johns day the bird changes into
q sparrow hawk.
The Danes have a curious legend re-
garding this bird. When the village
girls hear its first call they kiss their
hands and repeat, Cuckoo, cuckoo.
when shall | be married" AS many
times as the bird calls Cuckoo In an
swer. so many years will the maiden
have to wait. The old folk, bent and
bowed with rheumatism and age, ask
instead, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, when Shall
l be released from this worlds cares?''
and the answer comes in the same
way. SO occupied is the poor bird in
answering these questions, say the
Danes. that she never has time to build
her nest so is forced to lay her eggs
in the nest of another bird.-Planet.