THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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Alias “September Morn.”
Nothing is more natural in
these days of extreme heat for
humanity to seek coolness b> a
reduction in wearing apparel. Old
Sol plays no favorites of sex in
the month of July, but in this
general fight for comfort it is
the women who are inclined to
forget to “see themselves as
others see them."
A “mere man” brought about
this, comment. He stood at the
intersection of Main and Madis
on streets. It was nearing dusk.
Women, old and young, arrayed
in clinging white dresses flitted
back and forth across the street.
The “mere man” was joined bv
another, then another and still
another. In a few minutes the
corner resembled an outdoor con
A’onf inti
Many a smile, embelished with
a friendly nudge and a knowing
wink, passed around the group.
Then one of them blurted out:
“There goes another without
31 petticoat.”
How did he know? Why, the
evening sun exposed the “evi
dence.”News Scimitar.
Judge Hays As A Fiddler.
Jonesboro, July 17.—When
Judge George W. Hays, of Cam
den, Democratic nominee foi
governor, reached Prospect, near
here, today, he found his fame as
a fiddler had preceded him
The Farmers’ Union was in quar
terly session at Prospect anc
the members of the organization
had provided a fiddle upon which
Judge Hays was compelled tc
play the tunes he knew in tin:
days before lie entered public
[life. «* Sto..
Judge Hays fiddled and talkec
and did everything else de
.wuunded of him by members of
the Farmers’ Union. He talked
on agricultural topics, however,
and never once hinted that he is
a candidate for governor.
Arriving in Jonesboro early
this morning with A. J. Walls of
Lonoke, chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee,
Judge Hays was entertained by
a number of his friends at the
Warner House. Later he drove
to Prospect, where he entertain
ed the Farmers’ Union until
time to leave for Marion to fill
•an engagement tonight.
Kids For Concrete Walks.
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the School
District of Newport will re
ceive sealed bids up to S o'
clock p. ni. Saturday. July 19th.
1913, for the building of con
crete curb and walks on the new
high school lots.
Each bid must be accompanied
by a certified check in the sum
of $50.00, payable to T. P. lim
ited, secretary of the Board, to
guarantee that the successful
bidder will enter into contract
and bond to do the work. Plans
and specifications for the work '
may be seen at the office of S. R. I
Phillips, chairman of the Build-:
ing Committee. j
The Board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids. Bids
should be addressed to T. P. J
Umsted, secretary of the Board ■
of Directors.
E. L. BOYCE, President, i
T. P. UMSTED, SecV. <
Board of Directors of School Dis
trict of Newport. S7d5“
Perfect Analogy.
Bhortlelgb—My Uncle Frank Is a j
Warltable Klondike.
Longlelgh—Why. how's that?
Shortleigh—Plenty of wealth, bn*
mid and distant—Smart Set
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PORCELAIN DUE TO ACCIDENT
How the Process of Enameling Was
Discovered by Chinese Workers
About 206 B. C.
Near the year 206 R C., In the be
ginning of the dynasty of Han. some
workers In earthenware set their pots
fn the oven to bake, and forgot them.
When they remembered them and
opened the oven doors they found that
the pots were vitrified In shining
■pits In this way the enameling of
porcelain was discovered. When
freed of its dross the substance grew
lighter, become clear, and acquire# ,
a grain as fine and smooth as vel
vet and a thin. hard, translucent body
that rang like a bell.
The art of monochromatic glazing ^
was discovered In the time of the .
iynasty of 8ung (960—1280 B. C.). (
Occasionally the action of the Are sep
arated the pigments and produced ex
cessive richness of color. The Mon
gol Invasion checked the progress of
ceramic art. In 1368 Tal-Tsu. the
son of a day laborer, dethroned the (
emperor and founded the dynasty of
Ming, whose reign persisted until
i 1644. Tal-Tsu .lost no tjme In restor- ,
| fng the Imperial 'manufactories He
i gave the national manufactory the
! monopoly of the work In porcelain, ex
cepting nothing but the white pottery
manufactured by the artisans of
Tehua. Under the new impetus all
the ancient methods were revived and
! perfected. The system of three-color
and five-color decoration, after a pre
liminary firing, dates from the re
! nalssance of art under the Ming dy
i nasty.—Harper’s Weekly.
TOOK HIS L.rE BY REQUEST
Qtlrl Then Considered Annoying Suitor
Dead and Wanted Ne Corps*
In House.
A _ i
Ho was a theatrical lover, aad •he
(tda’t like his style In the leaat. for ho
was constant in his devotion, which
made matters worse. She had tried
gentle means to get rid of him, hat he
had disregarded them with painful per
sistency.
"Dear one," he exclaimed, hurling
himself tragically at her feet, "I love
you! My life Is yours! Will yen take
itr
She did not look like a murderess,
but (he responded, with calm deter
mination:
"I will.”
He gazed at her rapturously.
“Don't do that.” she begged, draw
ing back from him as If In horror “I
have taken your life, as you requested
me to do, and you are henceforth to
all Intents and purposes dead.”
He seemed dazed.
“I do not.” she continued, turning
aside, “desire to have a dead person
In the house, and if you do not go
away at once 1 shall send for an un
dertaker and have you removed to the
nearest cemetery.”
Then the dreadful situation In which
his ov.Ti precipitate folly had placed
him was revealed, and he removed
. himself with promptness and dispatch
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* ^ Brave Old Oak.
Whether ite branches show green
against a dark-blue sky—gold where
the sunlight touches them—whether
Its leaves show magneta In the light
of the getting sun, or black and sil
ver In the moonlight, there ts no tree
of them all to cgjnparu with tha oak
All a summer's day you may lie out
stretched beneath it, so strong
fp friendly, not t* you only, but to <3
(he little Uvea that swarm about Its
roots. All kinds of buy creature*.
ants, spiders, daddy-long-legs, bsiorsd
•f your childhood, go scurrying svss
you on this strand and that, as un
afraid, almost, as If you wars dead.
A feeling of kinship comes to you;
s knowledge that all this Ilfs about
you In oak and grass and Insect, and
the good dog lying at your feet. Is
but a little part of the ageless flux
and reflux; soothingly as a cool hand
on an aohing head, there comes to
you the realization that soon fears,
hates, and lores forgotten, your tired
body shall rest under the trees all
the days and all the nights.—Month* 1
ly Atlantic.
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Aa to Chickens. '
They are the most dadbusted, *<o<
certainest creatures that walk ihe
family acre. Almost everybody tries
to raise chickens at one time or an*
other. Looks easy—that's the deceit
lng part of it.
And it is easy, after you learn ons
thing: Little chickens don't know
anything, medium sized chickens
don't know anything, big chickens
don't know anything. If there is a
change of an Intellectual nature as
the size increases big ones know less
If possible than little ones.
If there Is a wire partition In your j
pen with au open door at one end the I
chickens will try to plunge ’ through ' ]
the wire Instead of going around and i
walking through the door.—Puck. I
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Safety Devices. <
Redd—I understand the French gov
(rument haa offered a prize of $$0,000
or a device that will make .aeroplanes 1
iafe. I
Greene—Why, d-sa't they at the
;ame time offer a ^rize for a device
hat will make falling out of a tenth
itory window safe?
Interested.
“The earliest mention of coal Is
aid to have been made by Theophraa
us," said the professor, at break*
ast.
“And what did he say was a ton,
rofessor?” Inquired the landlady,
ourvjvg the coffee.
DYNAMITE FOLNTJ
BENEATH TRACKS
Section Crew On Railroad Near
Bigelow I nearth Internal *
r
Machine.
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Bigelow July 17.—While re- J
pairing the roadbed of the «
Fourche River Valley and Indi- ,
n\ Territory railroad at Rorie’s
Switch, near here .today, a sec-',
tion crew found 42 sticks ot , 1
dynamite which had been plac-, |
ed beneath one of the ties. At- 1
tached to the dynamite by a l
copper wire was dry battery and
pressing against the tie was a j
button which Section Foreman j,
E. FT Ross says the planters evi- j
dently expected would be press
ed by the wieght of the engine j
causing the dynamite to explode, i
He says that the battery prob- ’
ably was in some manner short
circuited, preventing the dyna
mite from being exploded.
The batteries were wrapped in
a newspaper dated January,
1905, which is about the time
one of the locomotives of this
railroad was destroyed by dyna
mite which had been planted be
neath the ties. .j
I ins railroad extends from j
Bigelow to the lumber camps of
the Fourche River Lumber Com-1
pany and daily transports hun
dreds of employes to the camps.
There is no clew to the identi
ty of the would-be dynamiters.
LODGE DIRECTORY,
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nighta in each month
in the opera house building.1
Visiting brethren always wel-1
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent.
VV. C. Wishon, Sec.
—
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp. No. 3, meets 1st
land 3rd Thursday nights of
j each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C. C..
j .• P. S. White, Clerk.
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t
Modern Woodmen.
i Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
ia,, meets Second Fridav
M. Vv. . M
j night of each mom.. "
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
[Jackson Lodge. No. 191 F. &
A. M.
^ Meets . Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
Geo. M. Sink, VV. M..
S. M. Beattie. Sec.
The I. 0. O. F.
The I. 0. 0. F. meets every-1
Monday night in Masonic Hall, j.
corner Haze! and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
< trover C. Gates, X. G..
•J. F. Parish. Secretary.
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Tribe of Ben Hur. 4
The i ribe of Ben Hur meets;
in the Board Building everyj
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock by or
ier of the chief.
Malaria or Chills l Fevsr
’rescrip'ion No. 866 is prepared especially
or MALARIA or CHILLS 4. FEVER. [
'ive or six Joses will break any case, and |
f taken then as a tonic the Fever will not i
eturn. It acts on the liver better than
ialomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
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)r. Ray A. Whipple
OSTEOPATH 11
STAYTON BUILDING ^
210 HAZEL STREET
Rooms 2 and 3 i
OFFICE HOURS: ■*- j L
8 to 12; 1 to 5. jAi
Phone 363. *
RAILROAD TIME TABLE. j
IRON MOUNTAIN
. SOUTH BOUND
;0. 3 leaves.5:29 p. « j
ro. 29 (arrives 6:28) depart*^ & ^ j
lo. Reaves.WVXfolm :[
fo. 17 leaves..9:02 a.m. [
fo! asTarrivei 7:47)'leaves 8:05 p. m |
o. 31 (local freight) leaves 3:2o a. m. ,
NORTH BOUND. I
Jo. 24 leaves.l0; ” *' m | |
Jo. 4 leaves. m. ! I
Jo. 28 leaves. m. :
Jo. 32 (tocai treigntl ieaves2:10 P- ®
. m.
. m
. m
east BOUND. I
Mo. 203 arrives._ !
Mo. 231 arrives..•**' \
Mo. 245 (local freight) amves^ ^ ^ |
ROCK ISLAND.
No. 607 arrives 12:35 p. m
No. 608 departs 1:50 p. m
No. 681 local freight arrives
ar fan Iaaa i cr\\t Henartfl
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^ DENTIST. §
ROOMS 21 AND 22 g
WISHON BUILDING g
I NEWPORT. ARKANSAS 1
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODOOOOO
Fortune* Spent in Troueeeau*.
The elaborate trousseaux of mem>
>«rs of the smart set ^ould have made
« queen bride of a century ago open
her eyes with amazement. It ta an
ordinary thing for the daughter of a
millionaire on getting her bridal fin
ery ready to order 20 or 30 hatsi
trimmed with ostrich and other feath
ers, to harmonize with as many
gowns. Every gown needs a distinct
hat. The equipment of a rich bride
is looked on as Incomplete If It dtaea
cot contain at least 30 gowns and
such a trousseau does not mean ths
bride will get no more dresses for »
year When lingerie and little orna
.nines alsG are taken Into considera
tion, It Is plain a young girl In New
York's smart set must spend manj
thousands of dollars for her outfit and
♦everal women have spent {80,000 tff
mooa.
Tire Woman’s Tonic 5
fOfl SALE AT ALL DRUGGISTS' I
P4 1
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FOR YOUR
Summer
VACATION
There are a great
■umber of resorts
in the North and
« West along the
'
Rock Island
Lines
; s not too early to prepare
Let us help you
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SLOAT
distant General Passenger I
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| UNIVERSITY OF ARKaSB*
P Offers standard courses in Engineer:
P culture, Languages, Sciences, Fine Ar , F. i . ^
P Science, etc.
Also short, practical courses in AgrR . •a. Hrf
3§ Arts, open to young men of determir.at: : ./ * ,'i?
cation has been limited. p
New building, modern in every particular, »Vi.
| ments of Education and Domestic Science *
| Next session opens ’’
1 SEPTEMBER itK
For catalogue and special bulletins giv;r» ,)„i
tion, address the office of the
PRESID ENT OF THE l'MvEfc fc
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| HENDRIX COLLEGE 1
^ Noted for high standards of scholarship a-i fir p4si ■
iLcf tiar. influences. Best endowed ($300,000 college in Arkaj^B|
^ faculty of specialists trained at the best U: Iversitiea 0fTB
try and Europe? Library of 12,500 bound and 10,000 unbo*
aK umes. Well equipped museum and laboratories. Sane a9
^ under an expert. Buildings heated by .ream. Expenses*
(US able. Board and dormitories under supervigior. of a profe^*
njJ in private homes. High school graduates received n ,J
Location central and healthful. Cor.w a; : = or.iy 30 gj|H
ai Little Rock. Climate mild. fl
^ The college has strong, well manned academy forth.®
of students who are not prepared tor the college classes. H
While the college is primarily for me:., young Woffle*®
^ a strong literary course will find what they want at Hep J
Ojp* young ladies’ hall under the care o. professor and nig wifts^B
Rooms in the hall and dormitories shod i be engaged gl
' eE For information address, ■
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C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
earl building
OFFICE HOURS::
9 a. m. to 11 a. ns.
2 p. m. to 5 p,. m.
Office Telephone 207
Stovewj
Any Size Good Mill!
Close Prices on Can
$1.00 and $2.00 U
Phone 58
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i West’s Livery!
I Put Some Money Aside Re ■ *
Money saved and ready for immediate use w Hcti
' 7unit; comes is a wonderful help How often yw^»
<* hnt acomparatively few dollars to handle some atta» ;
II Vn« when a saving habit would have putywMsc
I Pr°’Hon^o becomeaindependent. You have to a*
I «°S?Zl hundred dollars, and then put it to work for*hc
!V the better.
isthelbestk. ^Tifl
lo make in A
Tl:e dollar mark is the on ]y mark that is ^
lands. Money rules the world. You can e
rulers if you open a bank account. Only the \
ing secures this dollar ma rk—the mark of th
most successful men.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST l