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Sharp County record., 1910-05-13
PROBATE court E01Ii

Notice is hereby given that l
named administrators and guar5is,ss ,ss
current at the March term. Ism
bate Court for the Southern Di,t,,.a
county for settlement with tbeir q
tatas, to-wit: Nps
W. T, Campbell, guardian BiIIv NJ,
Mrs. Alice Cochran, administr.,,'
W. D. Cochran, deceased. 8
T. j. Tompkins, guardian Pammio
Tompkins, minors. '
T. j, Tompkins, administrator a.t..
Tombkins, deceased.
w. c. Shaver. guardian Dean n
minor.
And all parties interested in tbo
Of said estates must come forwar5 y
ceptions to said accounts, if any tbav ~
before the third day Of the next term ~
or they will be forever b.rred from eva.
accounts or any item thereof.
Arthur SuDv,,
Sharp County record., 1910-05-13
IN ARKANSAS.


Washington county, dropped
dead at his home at LiIougn a
few days ago,
The state Of Arkansas is to
own its own ice plant. The State
Board Of Charities last week or
dered the establishment Of an ice
and cold storage plant at the
hospital for nervous diseases, to
cost about $1,000.
John NJ. Hughes Of Nashville,
Howard county, had his face
painfully Iaccraled by a cows
horn one morning recently lie
was attempting to put a bell on
the cow when she gored him, one
cheek being split open.
Fifteen cars Of strawberries
We're sent north from Judsonia
ono day last week, This was the
largest shipment ever made from
chat place in one day, Abou.
threa thousand people are now
employed in picking strawberries
in the immediate section Of Jud-
sonia.
Mrs, Jamca Cooley of Toxic,
Howard county, killed q hawk at
her home a few days since with a
stick Of stovowood, The hawk
awoopcd down in the yard among
a lot Of young chickens and be-
fore it could rise again was slain
by the woman, who happened to
be near at the time,
The Arkansas Medical Society,
in session last week at Little
Rock, declared that the hook-I
worm is an actual menace to the
people and that John y. Rookie
teIIer did a most generous and
beneficial act when he gave a .
million dollars recently to fight
the hookworm disease.
Tho infant child Of Mr.. and
Mrs, A, Y, Henry Of Center Point
died one day lately from the
effects of a dose of morphine .
given through mistake, The .
parents Of the child gave it what
they thought was caIomcL and .
did not discover that the modi-
cine was morphine for some time .
alterward.
Howard county physicans are .
very much Interested in what is
claimed to be a genuine case Of
American hookworm at NASH .
viIIo, and are treating the patient
free of cost for the experience Of .
combating the disoaao, The pl.
licnt is l'inia Sullivan and it is
declared he has suffered from the /
disease ror three ycars,
Mrs Rcn II, Casey Of Mcno has .
brought suit against the Toyorl. .
ana and Fort Smith Railroad /.
Company rorSIO,OO0 damages, ON .
nccount of the death Of her hus-
band in n railroad accident last.
December, Casey was employed |.
as a ear inspector and lost his I
life while attending to bts duties .
in the railroad yards at Mona
Governor Dooaghoy last wcol, .
granted a pardon To Robert Cur. .
ry negro boy sent to the peot- .
lcnJiary from Phillips county for
two years on the charge Of rorg. .
cry, The boy ia only N ycma of .
age, had served one year of hig .
sentence and Governor Dono.
ghoy Gays he ought to have an.
other chance to mend hta w0ye
At Little Rock last wepk eight
indictments wrPN returned
agoinst G, -, King, q negro, who
was formerly cashier of u negro
bank at Litllc Rock, which failed
recently, An tho Indictments
agoiuaJ King charge him with
Sharp County record., 1910-05-13

PROPOSED AMENDMENT 10 THE CONsI.
TUITION or ulG STATE or ARKANSAS,
Notice Ia horeby uIvcn that the following Joint
resolution, rropoFlnE nn amendment 10 the state
Constitution. WINS pNa.ud hy the General AHoua
hy at iHroruhr Ho0aon OF 1922 and CHAT Jhp
sumo win Ur submitted TO the electors of Dbo
Suuo ot Jho uo.l ronru. election To- uo Uou
Monday. soprwbyr 10 pIo .or odopUuUw ro.
Sharp County record., 1910-05-13
Rrnnased Imenamonl M. u

THAT Cine following wIl,DH amU Ne wuno.ud hs
an amendment o the Constitution of tho suJuuf
Arkansas. which, when ugru.d To h.a majority
of nIl the members elected to p0rh House and
adopted ny % mgipriJy Oh. the electors oD lhusuio
voting ut Duru,st HouuUI election fol. .onp0.H
a0d rcurc.uwUNn. .hnll br.nm. mlor tho
Constitution of ObDawuuf huuna.
THAT AN capital invested within IHa nest 0un
years In tWH State W Jtu mmuU.mu. ur COTTON.
and fiber uouda In un, manner .NfUl No.W H
bpJuUy exempt uUu W.pUU0 lu uuYm ur
.cVun Sotu HuNl after Uud Num nn Um. JUu
person persona, company UH corporation have
u,fm the buaIugfa arHa0U maUuulrOun
The ptoyo resolution wn8 UIyl m the pofuaof
the Secretary Estate un May UIH0 Iml.
Finch gIurUw mHy Vote 0or u0 0uuu.. thonI,yo
amendment
Nmw mN uU.H signature he lah da, of
luhuHN llu
0t LUDWIG,
.ers.4 se--Jll gl State
The Falls City tribune., 1910-09-16
TIL QUIET HOUR
THE BLESSED SAINT CERTAINTY.

With out any leaning Romeward the writer feels that he would
like to have a Protestant calendar Of Saints with Saint CertaintY's
name enrolled upon it.
Coming from a study Of the life of the greatest Of the Apos-
ties, there is one fact which shines out more UNANIMOUSLY than any
other as that eheckered life-story is recalled. Whatever else Paul
was, or was not, Paul was alWaysSme. You may sean his life and
letters with microscopic scrutiny and you will find no trace OF
waverng or uncertain in his faith.
He knew.
The distinguishing trait of his faith was that he was sure.
y = * y
The most striking characteristics of the present age is that It
is not sure.
It is not even sure of its doubts. The nbelief Of today isnot
atheism-which definitely declar that there is no God; it is ag-
Mysticism, which, in a spirit of intellectual fabbiness says, i
don't know whether there is a God; cant know whether there
is a God" 1t il not even certain of its uncertainties.
And what is true of avowed unbelef, is true Of a great null
ttude of those who avow belief they are not sure puff of re
igious freakishness, a zephyr of spiritual hysteria, will make them
lose hter religious equilibrium and topple them over into all sort
of fantastic absurdities and crude substitutes for Christianity.
There are multtudes- even in the churches who, if they
were strictly honest with themsebelves might adopt the prayer of
the skeptcal soldier dying on the battlefield who in answer to the
faithful chaplains urgent solicitation that he send up a prayer,
prayed; 'Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul if have
a soul.
*#****#
Over against all this reed-shakenby the wind religion, Pauls
IT KNOW sounds forth like the booming of the SURF at Glib
raltar.
He was sure-'dead sure'-of God, and of the fulflment of
his sure word of promise.
* * * * y 3 *
While, in many respects, John the Baptist, in his sturdy this
onething-I-d attitude, reminds you of Paul, there was one point
in the careers of the two men in which they stand forth in mark
ed contrast. Both were in prison, and their long confinement
told upon them until it hardly seemed longer endurable. John
seems to have permitted a question to creep into his heart at
this point; and he sent his disciples to the Christ with the query;
"After all, are you truly the Christi He still had faith in his
friends, but he seems to have wavered for a moment in the Ger
tainty which, before, and after this one lapse Of time shone out
unfIckeringly.
Pauls Imprisonment reverse this experience: his faith in
was staggered. but his sure confidence in God never fluttered
a pulse. He said, in that pathetic last letter to Timothy, All
mn forsook me, notwithstanding the Lord stood with me.
With reference to the men upon whom he leaned he could G.
cho Burn plant;
The Falls City tribune., 1910-09-16
For, O, mankind is unco' weak
2BHN5f3If self the wavring balance shake
Ffff IT'S rarely to be trusted.

But he was 50 sure of Christ that he could rise to that wonder
full climax of certainty in the eighth chapter of Romans, who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulaton,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, Or nakedness, o peril, or
sword. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us. For am persuaded that neihter
death. nor life, nor angels, nor principalites nor powers,
nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of
God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord And again he says with
that ring Of triumphant certainty so Characteristic of his unclou
ded vision of things eternal; 4 know whom have believed, and
am persuaded that he is able to keep that have committed to
him against that day There is no room for questioning that
the blessed Saint Certainty was Pauls patron saint.
No doubt throngs of Christians will get to glory" who lack
the lofty serenity of this unclouded faith, but they need
lessly multiply their spiritual discomforts on the way.
They have ample foundation upon which to build a sky
scraper. and they merely build a squat, one-storied shack. Paul
selected and clamped together the maSdv rocks of confidence in
Christ, and they were as firm as the foundations of some towering
light house that laughs at the tempests futile attempts to
dislodge it. And then, upon this rock-base, he reared his faith
a faith so firm that no storms of earth or hell could move it.
y y y y x = x
And we may do the same. That old hymn sings it;
My faith is fixed on nothing less
Than Jesus blood and righteousness.
On Christ the solid rock l stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
God is willing. He has made adequate provision for this kind
of certainty. His promises are countless, and none of them have
ever been broken.
The writer remembers how, when. a lad, watching a magician
for the first time, as, apparently he plucked silver coins from the
air at his WILL he returned to his home making up his mind that
if the air was full Of them he would have some too. He soon
learned, of course, that it was merely a trick of seeing.
But this is no illusion.
All round about God children the riches of his grace are "a
waiting faith appropriation, and he who will may draw upon the
Master for unlimited supplies.
And he who simply takes Gods word for all this and rests
in it, may go forth with brow serene and heart of oak, strong be-
cause he is sure-not of himself, not for a moment:-not Of circum
stances, they shift and melt away like sand dunes before the encr-
oaching tide but sure that 'He-whose word can ne'er be brok-
en- will never leave him nor forsake him-even to the end of the
world.-J. II. Bomberger.
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Coke. who had lighted another blact,
mud stumpy cigar, removed 1t III order
TO speak with due emphasis.
Put into h-l." he said
But surely you will not take this
young lady to the river Platter cried
the nstonished second officer
"She knew where she was bound
wen she ken aboard the Androineda.
said the skipper, frowning now like q
man who argues with himself. There 6
her portmanter to prove it, with Il
label. an all in her own and writin'
It's some game played Oh HE by er
an er uncle. Any'ov. the fust time
she secs land again it'll be the lovely
'arbor Of Pernambuco. an that's
straight. Ere she Is an ere she'll
stop. an the best thing you can do is
spread the notion among the crow that
she's runnsn away to avoid MARVIN
n man she doesn't like That sounds
reasonable. an it 'appens 10 20 trnc.
Verify an me talked it over last Sun.
DAY p. m"
"To avoid marriage" repeated
Hozier.
Yes, that's It," said Coke. But look
ere, me boy. this cal sails under my
flag. pih-wot dye call it?-in loco.
motive parenribus. or something of the
sort. while she's on the ships books.
You keep your mouth shut an wink
the other eye an leave 1t to me to
.rtv hn oh 81
wot?"
Philip Hozier did not strive to ox-
tract the precise meaning of the skip
per's words. The process would have
been difficult siuce Coke himself could
not have supplied any reasonable anal
ysis. Somehow, 10 the commander :
thinking. the presence of the girl seem
ed TO make easier the casting away
of the ship. Exactly how or what
bearing her strangely begun voyage
might have on subsequent events he
was not Yet in n position 10 say.
Queenstown" he chuckled, Not
this journey-not II my names Jimmie
Coke, the mau 90 Is etannin on all
that is left of is ard earned savin's
NO, sir; I've got me orders, an I've got
me letter, an the pore old Andromeda
gets ripped TO pieces in the Recife
or I'll know the reason why. Wot a
card to play mt the inquiry. Owners
niece on board bound to South Amer
lea for the good of or health. 90
even card Of "A man sendn' Is pretty
niece on n ship e meant 10 throw
away? It's providential, that's wot
it is, rec! providential. do believe
ole Verify 'ad and in it,"
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CHAPTER Ill.
WHEREIN THE ANDRoMEpA NEARs THE

WHEREIN THE ANDRoMEDA NEARS THE
END OF HER VOYAGE
"WNIVE bells, miss. I'm soon be
Eyd daylight. 1t you wants to see
E the cross, now's your time.
Iris had been called from
drea MESS sleep by Il laundering rat
tat on her cabin door. In reply TO her
half awaked cry Of "All right" the
honrse voice Of n sailor told her that
the Southern Cross had just risen
above the horizon. She rcsolute!y
screwed her knuckles into her eyes
and began to dress. In II few minutes
she was on deck. "a long coat, a tam
O'-shanter and pair OF list slippers
will 60 far In the way OF costume at
night In the tropics. and the Androm-
cda's seventeenth day ut sea had
brought the equator very near Al
dinner on the previous evennG-in
honor OF the owners niece fashionable
hours were observed for meals-Mr,
Watts mentioned by chance that the
cross had been very distinct durin.;
the middle watch. or. in other words.
between midnight and a. IN. Iris
at once expressed wish to see it, and
Captain Coke offered a suggestion,
mir. HoZicr takes the middle watch
tonight" said he. I'VE can Ak i'm to
send man TO pound on your door as
soon as II rises Then you must run
up to the bridge. an Ell tell you all
about 1t.
II Iris was conscious OF a slight feel
Ing OF surprise she did not show IT.
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which she had heard so much could
cloak the fact that HoZier WAS unprc-
pared for her appearance
"Of course it is l. Who e!sc?" SIZE
asked. did not Captain Coke tell
you to expect mc?"
No"
How odd. That Is what no ar
ranged. man came and raped Al
my door"
pardon me one moment"
lie leaned over the bridge and hailed
the watch The same hoarse voice
that had reused Iris answered his ouos
tons. and In the faint light that came
from the binnacie she caught n 1icEer
of amusement on his face
"Our excellent shippers intentions
have been defeated ne said. "ue
told one OF the men to call him at
seven bells. but not to wake YOU unit
the cross was visible. His orders have
been obeyed quite literally. He will
be summoned In another hour. and
you have been dragged from bed tc
gaze at the false cross, which every
foremost hand persists IN regarding ms
the real article The true cross n,
which Alpha Crucis Is the southern
pole star, comes up over the horizon
an hour after the false one"
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cd warning glance at the other man
nat sufiiccd Watts retired. nlutter-
ing sarcnsms under his breath.
Iris revived, TO find Philip support
ing her with degree Of skill that was
remarkable In one VINO had enjoyed so
little experience in these matters. she
heard his voice, coming. az it seemed,
rapidly nearer, urging l,cr to sip some
thing very fiery and spirituous. In
stantly she protested
What are you giving me" she sob
bed. what has happenedf"
Iris pushed away the glass and sat
up.
You carried me-" she said.
"Ncli. | couldn't do anything else"
II suppose you don't realize what IL
means to a woman to feel that she has
been out Of her senses under such con
dtionsT'
NO, but in your case it only meant
that you sighed deeply fow times
and tried to bite my fingers when
wished to open your mouth"
what forI Why did YOU want to
open my mouthf'
"ro give you drink. You needed
st:mulant"
oh
BY this time n few dexterous twists
and turns had restrained those wan
Gering tresscs within bounds. She held
u hairpln between her lips. ard wo-
man can always say exactly what she
means when hairpin prevents discur
sveness.
Il am all right now" she announced
will you plenSe leave me and tell
the steward to bring me cup OF tea
If there IL n cabin at liberty he might
put TINT portmantcau III 1t which
brought Oh board at Liverpool"
IIozier fulfilled her requests and re
joined Coke Oh the bridge
Miss Yorke is quite wei! again, sir
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CHAPTER "

sHELLEp ri MYSTERIOUS HE OK SHORE
aIsNOKE remained on the bridge UNI
~ I'll long after Iris had seen anc
w. admired the cluster Of starr
which old time naviCators used
20 regard with awe. When shafts OF
white light began TO taper penuon like
in the eastern SKY the girl went back ID
her cabin Contrary To Hozier's eXpec
tation, Coke did not attempt 20 draw
from him any account of their conver'
satiou prior to the ineXplicable mishar
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Guests for You!

"ITowf'
Il do not know. | am half distract
I'd with thinking. What can We d.,
Captain Coke simply swept aside rug
first attempt to speak plainly to him
But-make no mistal5e--he knows tha.
! heard his very words. and there is
something III mis- manner. curious
sort OF quiet confidence that frightcn.
me"
After that neither spoke during many
minutes
That is a very serious thing yoc
have told ne, Mis- Yorkc." muttcr4t
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that II served It's Il AM MIR. VERITY's
purpose admirably. NIECE.
though the said purpose it is regretta-
BILE 10 state. was the misleading and
utter bambooalinc of Philip Uozier.
Miss Iris Yorkc knew quite we'll that
Captain Coke was then closeted with
David Verify in Exchange buildings
She knew because she had watched
him pass through the big swing doors
Of her uncle's Office. She also knew
having made it her business TO find
out. that in fifteen minutes or less the
crew would muster in the fo'c'sle for
their midday meal Not having heard
word Of HoZier's free speech to the
gentlemen Of various nationalities at
the bottom of the hold, she wondered
why he was bluShing
When Hozier vas free 10 glance
second time at the cross rail Iris had
vanished. lie was annoyed Evidently
she did not wish to encounter any
more Of the ships officers that morn
Ing.
The matches were on and everything
was orderly before Cc5s's squat figure
climbed the gangVAy. lJcZcr reported
the young lady'S visit, and the skipper
was obviously surprised. As ne hoist
ed himself UP the steep ladder to the
hurricane deck the younger man heard
him condemning some one under his
breath as "a leery Old beggar.' The
phrase was hardly applicable to Iris,
but Coke came ont of his cabin with
an open letter in his hand and babe
steward stow the portmanteau in some
other more halloWed aud less incon-
venient place
And there the incident ended, The
Andromeda hauled down the blue pc
ter for her long run Of over G.00O miles
20 Montevideo, and Hozicr had rou-
line work IN plenty TO occupy his mind
luring the first twenty-four hours at
sea without pe,plexing il with memo
ties of a pretty face. Soon after Holy
DEAD was passed. Ii Is true, raHot
reported 20 the second officer that he
had seen ghost between decks III the
region OF the laZarette. 1t was then
near midnight, II quiet hour on board
ship. and Hozicr told the man sharply
% go to his bunk ana endeaVor to
sleep off the effects OF the bad beer
hnbbed earlier In the day.
Now, on this second night of the
voyage while the ship was plodding
steadily southwark with that fifteen
point inclination TO the west that
would take her far into the Atlantic
soon after daybreak, Philip remem-
bered Mr.. Nerity's niece and felt sorry
that when she paid former visits to
the Andromeda fate mad decreed that
he should he serving his time on an.
other vessel, 1t gave him a thrill
when he heard that this charming girl
knew his name. aud IL seemed 10 him
for an instant that she was looking
into his very soul. analyzlnG him.
Iearching for some sign that he was
aot as others. which meant that there
we're some whom she had bitter cause
10 dlstrIst
At any rate, she had left n memen'o
Of her too brief appearance on board
IN the shape Of the bag. He would
contrive to take on his own shoulders
Its mission In Montevideo. Then on
returning to Liverpool he would have
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he reported. SHE
wants a cabin.
to c b a nge her
clothes. | imag-
inc. That ba z you
saw
pretty KY .
wasn't it," broke
In Coke. with n
glee that was pliz-
zling to hts hearer.
"The Whole af-
fair seems to have
been carefully
planned" agreed
Philip "But, as |
was saying. she
asked for the use
of a cabin, so |
told the steward
to give her mine
until we put into
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not Davhn,g a.. tb,,,,,nt 81 iipnppg.
serv. meaning to no ON dock himself.
"NIust wait horn u whole hour
them"
uozipr laughed. # was amusing t.
find how Cokn's marked effort to keen
the ,,trI aud him mart had been do.
foatcd bv sailors thunder.
~ hone the whiting will not weary
you" he said at is a beautiful night"
81 nm glq1 of the accident that
brought me ON deck somewhat earlier
than was npc.ssarv." she said. "Yor
and I have not said much to each 9th.
err since YOU routed me out of th,
lazarette, Mr.. HuZier."
"Our friends ut table are somewhat
difficult If only you knew how re
gretted"--
"Oh. what Of that? when became
a stowaway | fully expected to ho
treated as one | suppose. though. that
you have often asked yourself why |
was guilty of such n mad trick"
mot exactly mad. Miss IorNp, bat
needless. since Captain Cote partlr ey
pccted to have your company"
"That IS absurd lie had not the
remotcSt ncticu"-
"Forciyn me. but there YOU are
wrong fIr avs that YOUR uncle and
he discu ssol the matter on the Sun
day before we left Eivernooi HIS the
Dry is rather boruc out by the pres %.
state of the sh,ps !ardcr aqsrr,
Won that few tramp steamers spread
n table HE .ro Ardrolnefa's mess ,li1r
ing this voyage"
Iris laughed with spontaneous mer
ri:nent that was rather astonishing IL
her own ears.
Being the owuer's niece. | am wei
catered FORK" she cried.
"Something Of the sort. 1t is only
natural"
But I think | have read IN TIE
newspapers that when some unhanpg
creature is condcmned tn death br the
law he is ernnIiod with luyur;oa that
would certoinlv no donied ,o any or1f
nary crir,inoIt"
"Such doubtful cIaroncv %, hardly
anplv to YOU. Miss Yorlie"
at might ounly 70 the shin or IN
that human oort % her thar tbirLs
and remembers and is canahla of-of
giving evidnnce"
She paused fos rim, leet. ncrhsns
che might have epol,en too MAINLY.
Cokc's counter stroke in al,ndinr r.
her dread Of the urnrosed n,arriore
was hidden from her Ecn. Hozier. Of
course vos thi,.;inl, Of nothing elSa
For the moment then thcv wore at
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May | put il in
some place whore
II will be safe: You
are Mr.. Iio2ier. |
SUPPOSE" SAID Iris,
gazing with frank
brown eyes into
his frank blue
ones. We'll. | will
just pop the bag
into Captain CoGc's
s t a t ero o III and
leave this note with
II. ! have explain
ed everything ful
ly. I wrote Il line
in case he might
be absent"
All Of which was
so strictly accurate
that IL served its