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Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
SCHOOL WORTH So A DAY
Statement Showing How Valuable
School Days Are To The Children.

Just how valuable school is to oul
children can be cleaned from a state
ment made by G. P. Cary, schoo
superintendent Of the state Of Wis
consin, who, after an estimate oil
the official records on file at Wash
ineton, declares:
School is worth SO a day to every
child who attends it'
Here are some of the statements
that he issues as proof to his asser'
ton;
"Uneducated laborers earn on an
average Of $500 a year for 40 years
a total Of $4,000.
High school graduates earn or
an average Of $1,000 year for 40
years, a total Of $4,000,
This education requires IL years
Of school Of 1870 days each, a total
Of 2,l80 days. If 2,l80 days al
school add $4,000 to the income
for life, then each day spent In the
schoolroom Is worth just $500 &c
the boy or Girl who spends It there.
Mr., Carys statement tells but one
side Of the story, too--the money
side, Behind this can be R(impset
improved standards Of living, more
Intelligent and progressive commun
tiles, d higher existence and a strong
er national life,
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17

kota the democratic national ticket
made a clean sweep of the West.
One of the distinct features of the
final result is contained in the fact
that the little state of Utah return
ed a democratic majority. Four
years ago Utah was one Of the two
states carried by President Taft on
the stand-pat republican ticket.
Thousands of democrats have
loneed to see the time when the
South and the West would stand
together in national elections, and
have wondered why they have not
done so all the time. The interests
of these two sections are so very
much the same that it seems they
ought to present a solid front in ma
tional affairs. That they came so
very Lear doing so in this campaign
is source of qualification to demo-
Gratis everywhere.
1t is a fact worthy of note that
President Wilson carried every
state in the Union in which women
have the right to vote, with the ex-
ception Of Illinois. This fact means
that the women voters must be
given a portion of credit for the
democratic victory.
President Wilson has a majority
of the popular vote of the country
that will amount to more than
100000. He has carried thirty Of
the forty-eight states. While his
majority in the electoral college is
not great, it is sufficient.
When everything is considered, it
was a great victory and a clean
and clear vindication of democratic
ideals as advanced by a great pres
ident.
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17

The defeat of Act No. 2 by such
a great majority will perhaps settle
the whiskey question in Arkansas
for all time to come. 1t is plainly
evident that great majority Of
people in this state are satisfied
with the results Of statewide prohi-
bition, and it Is not probable that
sentiment In favor Of that law will
diminish as time goes along. Rath-
er, it is safer to predict that senti-
ment will grow stronger in its favor
all the time, The promoters of Act
No. 2 were very soundly rebuked in
the election just held, and they
should apologize to the voters Of
the state for the attempt to foist
that act upon them as local op-
ton measure.
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
Two Christmas Presents
For The Price OF Ono

The best family paper and the
best fashion maeazine--The Youths
Companion and McCall's Magazine
both for $2i0. The Youths Com
panion ($200 by itseli) has foI
years been one Of the best, most
entertaining, most useful Of Christ
mas presents, crowded with stories
articles, humor, science, and the
progress OF the world week by week
MeCall's Magazine (50 cents by
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
Edwards
Nero. 60.

itself) is the most widely circulated
fashion magazine in America.
Our two-at- price offer includ-
es.
/. The Youths Companion-52 Is
sues Of 1917.
2. All the remaining issues Of
1919. Q
8. The Companion Home Calender
for 1917.
4. McCall's Magazine-12 fashion
numbers for 1917.
5. One 15-cent McCalls Dress Pat
tern--your choice from your first
number Of the magazine you
send a 2-cent stamp with your Sc
lection.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
St. Paul ST., Boston, Mass.
New Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
Tell The News

The Sun will be proud to exploit
all home events, II your uncIt
dies with delifium.tremens and eav'
es you a cool million, or the storb
visits you with a pair Of pretty
curly.headed girl bubies, always
speed the glad tidings to THE office
Mammoth Spring Sun
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
by citizens.

ny CltlLellS.
II. E. Stewart of Rutherford sold
a bale of cntton in Newark one d,y
last week which weighed 739 pounds.
This was the largest and most val
liable bale of cotton ever sold in
that town. The cotton brought
$13971, not including the price of
the seed.
W, J. Copp, a leading real estate
dealer of Calico Rock, rolled
wheelbarrow containing J. D. Lackey.
an attorney of that town, from Main
street to LaCkeys home and back
again, in payment of an election
wager. Copp wagered Lachey that
Hughes would be elected, the wheel
barrow ride being the price of the
bet.
Sheriff G. W. Looney OF Stone
county has offered a reward of $40
for information that will lead to
the apprehension of parties who
threw rocks into a building at
Mountain View few nights ago, in
which j. c. Enele of Calico Rock
was giving a moving picture show.
Mr.. Engle was struck by one of the
rocks and painfully injured.
One of the largest land deals ever
made in Jackson county was con-
summated a few days ago when J. R.
Holden of Newport bought from
R. W. Hess of St. Louis the Hurri-
cane farm, consisting of $500 acres,
located near Grubbs. This is one
of the best farms in Jackson county,
and the price paid for the property
Is said to have been in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000.
With a very large crowbar, Ray
mond Seward, republican, propelled
a very small peanut around the
block at Mountain Home Saturday
in payment of an election bet. He
bet Robert Russell, cashier of the
Peoples bank and an ardent demo-
crat, that Edgar Morris, republican
candidate for assessor, would win.
Morris lost. A large crowd watched
the progress of the peanut, which
at times was lost in the dust. The
task required 35 minutes.
Following is the vote cast in lnde-
pendence county last week on the
proposed acts and amendments:
Act No. /, Primary Law-For, l.
255; against, 1910. Act No. 2,
Whiskey Law--For, 1888, against,
2027. Amendment No, IL, School
Tax-For, 1889, against, 1897.
Amendment No. l3, Initiative and
Referendum--For, 1855, against, j.
472. Amendment No. II, Road
Law--For, 1920, against, 1885.
Mike Garrieosian an oeed Armen.
ian who has been living on a farm
near Calico Rock for several months,
has made an unsuccessful effort
through United States and foreign
consular authorities to locate his
wife and daughter, who were in
Armenia at the outbreak OF the
European war, the husband having
come to this country just before
the war began. Mr. Garrigosian
Is satisfied that his wife and daush'
ter have been among the helpless
victims of the barbarous Turks, who
have engaged in many massacre5
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
THE SOUTH AND WESl

THE SOUTH AND WESl
ono of the closest races tor
.ks presidency in the entire history
~ he country Woodrow Wilson
& III been reelected. The race was
~ n< definitely settled until more
two days after the closing of
se,n,,s, and the result finally
1|6eed upon the vote in a single
1tafe, California. The earlier re-
snrns. like the earlier returns IN
f6B4 when Grover Cleveland de-
feated James G. Blaine, indicated
~ success of the republican can
da]ate. The earlier returns, how
eyer, came from the cities and the
eastern states, which vote was
overcome by more tardy returns
from the western country
Woodrow Wilson is the only dem
/ 6c,at to be elected president OF the
X United States for two successive
Inns since Andrew jackson was
v1.plected in 1882, an even "a years
An analysis of the recent returns
\ dIDclose some interesting facts that
o0ght not to be overlooked.
President Wilson was reelected
Without the vote Of New York.
The election of a president without
Tie aid of New York is a most un-
Z uoual occurrence. In fact, we do
not now recall that history records
the election of president without
the electoral vote of the state Of
New York since the foundation Of
the government. This election will
at|least teach New York that that
olote is not the beginning aud the
ending Of national elections, and if
thai state will only put its ear to
the ground it can easily distinguish
fne rejoicing Of thousands Of demo-
cInts all over the count try who are
ID of the fact that at last a pres
6ent has been elected over the pro-
81 Of New York.
New York, Illinois and Indiana
Ie usually regarded as money
&htes." Whether the accusation
true or not, il is a popular belief
long standing that money largely
ntrolS the result Of national elec-
l|pns in these states. President
ilson was reelected without the
d of either Of these states
II was the claim Of some cam
paien orators that President Wilson
would sweep the East. 1t was the
cIaim of some of these before the
lection wiseacres that the presi-
Qent would carry the East because
his attitude on the proposition Of
Feparedness for war; that the East
Nanted preparedness for war; that
fesident Wilson gave the. East
*hat 1t wanted, thereby making
ertain the vote of that section of
Pc country for himself. But the
Rturns show that President Wilson
vas overwhelmingly defeated In
she East, failing to carry a single
tate in that section with the DOS.
nble exception of New Hampshire
Where the vote Is almost a tie
BEGINNING at Maine one must come
own the line to Maryland before
ndins an endorsement of the pres.
den't official record and his candi.
lacy.
President Wilson was reelected
py the South and West, aided b,
pc state OF Ohio in the North. The
eouth Went solidly for he president
nd the West came very near do
'ne the same thing. With the OK.
<ceptions of OREGON and South Da
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17
NORTH ARKANSAS
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Some Of The Latest Happen
ings In The Counties That
Surround Sharp.

Jackson county returned q ma
jority of almost four to one against
Act No 2 to repeal the prohibition
laws.
The independence county grand
jury adjourned at Batesville a few
days ago, after returning So indict-
ments.
Mrs. Julia Kelley, wife of DR.. Ben
Kelley of Big Flat, Baxter county
died last week, following an attack
of measles.
An epidemic Of hog cholera is
raging in the vicinity Of Tucker
man and many hogs are dying
from the disease.
A democratic rally was held in
the opera house at Mammoth Spring
Friday night in celebration of Presi-
dent Wilson's victory.
Dee Finley and Tom Woods
caught seven raccoons and two
'possums in the woods near New.
port one niaht last week.
The home of Albert Cooper OI
Newburg was destroyed by fire one
day last week, the flames originat-
ing from a defective fue.
We use grub when we can Get it
and are anxious to swap few sub
scriptions for good homemade
molasses. s.-Mammoth Spring Sun.
The State Bank at Calico Rock
broke all previous records in the
matter of deposits last week, wher
deposits in that institution reached
$l53,000.
There are "a inmates Of the In
dependence county poor farm. O
this number s are white males ant
IS are white females There is ont
colored female.
7. e. Stephens of Pleasant Plains
aged 70 years, has issued a chal
lenge through the Batesville Guart
for a foot race with any man OF hi
aee in Independence county.
Jake King, who was at work in c
cotton gin at Mount Pleasant, had G
part of his thumb torn off in the
machinery a few days ago, narrow
ly escaping more serious injuries,
Very large crowds attended the
Jackson County Fair at Newport
last week. Three and four thousand
people we're in attendance daily
and the fair was the best ever held
there.
The public school at Buford, Bax
ter county, took a step forward las'
week when a home economics clul
was formed. Friday afternoon oI
each week will be given over L
cooking lessons,
. The vote for sheriff IN lDdepen
dence county last week was very
close. Lawrence Ruddtll, democrat
ic nominee for reelection, received
1881 votes, while Clarence Bruce
his republican opponent, received
1872.
Mrs. Ida B, Saylor and her chile
rem narrowly escaped death In a
fire which destroyed their home al
Newport early one morning last
week All their clothing and house
hold goods were consumed In The
flames,
Mrs Willie White, aged 2S, Of
Tracy's Ferry, Baxter county, died
last week. Three weeks ago she
was thrown from wagon In a run
away accident and received injurie.
.lI.I ..a..i.aI A.. ...nu,an,a pI
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17

The voters of Arkansas took
kindly to Act No. /, the new pri-
mary election law, thereby express
ing their disapproval of the despotic
rule in the party Of central COM
mittees and their demand for hon.
est primary elections. rhe leeis-
lature, through the influence Of
Gov. Hays, refused to pass this law
and that teaches that the initiative
and referendum Is a good thing to
have around, even If 1t Is abused
and used for wrong purposes occa-
sionally.
Sharp County record., 1916-11-17

Now is the finest time In the
world to pay your newspaper sub
scription, There Is not a newspa-
per In the country, In these days of
high prices, that will refuse a sub
scription dollar We can make
that statement without fear Of be-
Ing caught In a falsehood.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

large enough for them to slip into. 60
to blacksmith or machinist, and
have him first cut each axle in half.
and the iron pipe in two pieces of
the width of the wagon box, and then
rivet the axle halves in the ends of the
pipe Gig. 10).
Fig. shows the wagon bed. Fasten
the boards together by means of the
two-by-four crosspieces A and B. Then
cut the side boards G and D and nail
them to the edges, and cut the end
boards e and F to fit between. Fasten
end E between the sides, and form
grooves by means of the strips G ( Fig.
81 for the end F to drop into. Dash
board H is of the same size as f..
Brace it with the brackets !
The wheel axles must be stapled to
the two two-by-fours j and K Gig. 81.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
Fedd Sources Untouched.

Anyona who has travelled through
the tropics, studying the production Of
foodstuffsl there at first hand, cannot
fail to Understand that vast potential
food sources still lie untouched. The
wonderful discoveries of Ross and
Reed and their coadjutors, of the
methods CT preventing malaria and
yellow fever, followed by the mastery
pr the stcrets of the bubonic plague
and berneri, and the application of
khese lessons in Cuba, at Panama and
Elsewhere i'll the tropical world, have
made it possible fer civilized man to
open up Iardens of plenty of which he
Iever beiore dreamed.
Untold millions of acres of densest
3ungles are, so far as man is con-
Qerned, nething more than lands of in
unite richness wasting their sweet
Aess upoi the desert air of untitled
opportunities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
HISTORY To REPEAT lTsELr7
Roman Women Won Laws Recogni-
ton and Social Status as Re-
suit of Punic Wars.

What some prophets are saying will
happen to European women after the
present war did actually happen to Ro-
man women as the result of the Punic
wars before the Christian era-their
legal and social status was bettered,
remarks the New York Evening Sun.
Prior to this time Roman matron,
while highly respected, had no legal
status as person" before the law
and no separate property rights She
passed out of the "potestas power
of her father, into the "manus" of her
husband. 1t was written in the insti-
tutes of Roman law that nothing could
''be granted in the way of justice to
Those under power-i e., to slaves,
children, and wives; for it Is reason
able to conclude that, since these per-
sous can own no property, they are
incompetent to claim anything in point
of law"
During the time when Roman men
were away from home, however, from
264 to 202 B. c., the management of
bAN "A uOQSCuOlu0 IlA0 OotIAICo LOAA AROA
their wives. Such women would sub
NIT with ill grace to restrictions up
on their daily lives and interests i'm
posed by the husband on his return
from the wars" The custom of free
marriage without ''manus' and only
upon consent of the woman resulted,
and the law forbidding woman to
be made an heir at law was obviated
by the creation of trusts for the bene-
fit Of women. Also, as men dimin-
ished in numbers after the long and
fierce Punic wars the social status of
women slowly rose. They retained the
authority they had won over their
households and demanded their share
of the new Greek learning that fol-
lowed the conquest of Greece.
War, therefore, always hostile in
practice to women, gives historical
evidence of having indirectly turned
to her permanent advantage. Per-
haps this is but another instance of
woman's ingenuity in turning seeming
ly adverse conditions into benefits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
FLAWS IN JUDICIAL SYSTEM
Wrlter Somewhat Bitter in Criticism
Of Administration of Justice in
the United States.

AIury must be selected. Ordinarily
one would think that it would be no
trouble to select II men to hear a
casd But so exacting are the rules
that in capital case of Importance
it Isl a matter of the greatest difficult
ty to get a jury, asserts Melville Davis
son Post in Saturday Evening Post.
Hundreds of talesmen are examined
Sometimes this examination goes on
for weeks. The whole panel may be
INTERCEPTED without getting a single
juror; 1t has cost as much as C,000
in some cases to get jury. The re-
suit of the minute technicality Of the
rules governing this feature of the
game Is that citizens competent for
jury strvice are sifted down to the
most lhiintelligeat, and the admins
tration of justice is thereby turned
over to the most ignorant and most
irresponsible persons in the whole
community.
When such jury is selected, the
trial finally begins. Everything up
TO this qme has been merely prelimi-
nary. at last the game is called to
be played before jury Of the most
unintellisent persons that the attor-
'ney for the defendant has been able
to get in it, and before referee
whose sole concern is SO to conduct
the gam9 that he will not violate any
Of the riles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

then lift it out gently. and il il IS
covered with a film blow upon the
small end and bubble will appear.
Steps A, B and c Zig. ~ indicate
how to release the bubble by invert-
ing the funnel and tossing the bubble
out of it
Fig. 5 shows how to bounce bub.
BILE upon your arm BY dropping your
arm slightly as the bubble descends,
as indicated by the dotted lines. the
bubble will land with less shock.
Fig. 6 shows how you can drop
tacks into the funnel spout without
bursting the bubble.
Place several glass tumblers upon
table. and blow bubble upon each
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
Lad Ore Discovered.

Galena, pr lead ore, has been discov-
red in Marshall county, Alabama, a
wv milessouth Of Huntsville. Eugene
pnith, site geologist, has assayed
aecimensef S66 lead ore ard 1874 sui
bur. The ore is valued at 500 ton.
ktions mye been taken on land
here orelis found and a mine is be-
Is opened
During tie Civil war lead was mined
4 this visi4ity for the Confederate
fkny. FaTAer south, in DeKalb and
Ipwah cotIties, deposits of zinc ore,
Nbwn in tie lead-mining region Of
Vsconsin aid Missouri as Jack, !"
Ire been d kcovered. but not devel-
cd.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

Make these pieces of the length of
crosspieces A and B Gig. y. Nail
j to crosspiece A, and pivot K at it's
center to crosspiece B with carriage
bolt long enough to extend through
K, B, and the wagon bed. Enlarge
the hole in K so the bolt head will set
down flush and allow the iron axle to
pass over it. In boiling on the front
wheels, slip an iron washer over the
carriage bolt so that it will come be-
tween crosspieces K and B, and place
another next to the bolt nut
Fig shows the wagon with the
frames for the top covering in posi-
ton. Separate the ends of four bar
rel hoops Gig. A. for the arched tops
of the frames e., Fig. 81, and nail
each to pair of stick uprights (M).
Then nail pair of wedge-shaped
blocks IN, Fig. 81 to the uprights. so
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

'HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS !:
A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
Copyright, A. Hall
SOAP BUBBLE FUN.

1t is not necessary to have special
soap or patent blower to blow bub,
bles successfully. There is nothing
better than CASTLE or ivory soap for
a solution. and clay pipe like that
in Fig. /. which can be bought at a
drug store, is as good as any blower
on the market. But for large bubbles.
the finest sort of blower is tin
funnel about ~ inches in diameter
Zig. q, Probably your mother has
one in her pantry. Another blower
which you will find handy is short
lemonade straw Gig. 81.
To make up the solution shave the
soap into pan of warm water, put
ting in as much soap as the water
will dissolve
To make bubble with the tin fun
mel, place the end into the solution,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

Gig. y, then add other tumblers
and see how many bubbles you can
place before the first ones burst.
Fig. s shows how to blow one bub
BILE within another. First blow large
bubble on a pie tin having a depth OF
one-quarter inch of solution in it.
Blow the bubble as you raise the fun.
mel, then turn the funnel sidewise and
slide it off of the bubble. The inner
bubble is blown with lemonade
straw
If you have two clay pipes, you can
blow two bubbles, and then by bring
ing them together cause them to unite
in one large bubble Gig. 10).
Fig. IL shows the steps required to
blow a bubble over a spool After
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
"Hnman FoIk.v

The people who live in the hearts u
men are the human beings" of histoTy
the Lincolns, the Mark Twains AM
the Walt Whitmans of life who lounge
through the world in shirtsleevei
They never took the trouble to put O
airs, because they knew that If the
did they would miss the whole SHOW
The price of admission to that huma
show-the greatest show on earth
to leave selfishness and pride at hom'
That done, you walk in past the doc
keeper without giving him anythiu
but wink.-Boston Globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

She praises it highly as she has been
relieved of all these pains by its use.
kllmothers should know of this remedy,
and all young girls who suffer should
trv it. Mrs. MATILDA KURTzwEG, 529
High St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backacFe,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or Indigestion, should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
If you know of any young wo-
man who is sick and needs help.
ful advice, ask her to write to Tire
lydia Il. Pinlxbam Medicine Co,
Lynn, Mass. Only women will
receive her letter, and it will be
held in strictest confidence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26

when the frames are nailed to the
wagon box sides, the uprights will
slant outward Gig. 81.
Make the front seat out Of a board.
with cleats nailed across its under side
Gig. s. to fit close against the sides
Of the wagon box. This seat must be
removable If you Intend to use the
wagon to sleep In
Figs. i and show how to attach
lines to the axles. and carry them
around the sides, through screw eyes,
to the back, for steering when push
Ing the cax1p wagon. Another pair
OF lines may he provided for pulling
the wagon.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-05-26
A CAMP WAGON.

First you must get two pairs OF
wheels. If you haven't any. you will
most likely find boy who is willing
to sell his wheels or make trade. By
laying fiat upon the ground you can
determine the proportions necessary
for a wagon to sleep in. The iron
axles that belong to your wheels will
probably be too short To lengthen
them, get piece of iron pipe just