THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
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Soaring Some.
The New York Tribune thinks
that the champion high flyer in
Washington nowadays, is the
Hon. James K. Vardaman of
^Mississippi. An accelerator
trying to have a few words with
him would have to hire an aero
plane and spiral up a couple of
thousand meters. While his
colleague, the Hon. John Sharp
Williams, is grubbing away,
James K. simply gets out his
vocabulary and soars.
The Tribune says: At a gath
ering of the National Woman’s
Democratic League the other ev
ening Mr. Vardaman got swift
ly under way:
“The women should be recog
nized. If I had the building of
ti suitable statue to American
womanhood I would mould its
base as large as eternity; for
its snarl i wouiu use me ou
lasting granite of truth, and I
would build it so high that its
piercing pinnacle should reach
through the clouds into the fair
est sanctuaries of heaven in
f' ’ -oirider that the two maidens I
would place thereon could whis
per into the ear of God Al
mighty.
“In the hands of a maiden
clad in blue I would place the
Stars and Stripes, and the maid
in gray should have the Stars
and Bars, while the angelic
choirs of seraphim and cheru
bim joined them in singing
‘Yankee Doodle’ and ‘Dixie.’ ”
The Mississippi statesman
lives up near the seraphim and
cherubim, and he ought to
know what patriotic airs they
like best to sing. In the class
for altitude he has all other ex
ordiumists and perorationists a
bout the capitol beaten at least
a mile—Fort Smith Times Rec
ord.
Four Rules For Making Corn.
Cultivate from two to three
riches deep after each shower.
During dry weather cultivate
every week or ten days at the
most.
Never cultivate deeper than
two or three inches.
Continue cultivation until the
shucks turn brown.
A strict observance of these
points is necessary if we ex
pect to make a maximum yield
in drouthy weather.
Hill For Penny Postage.
Washington. June 24.—Re
duction on first class rates to
penny postage, was recommend
ed in a bill introduced today by
'Congressman Rodenberry of
Georgia.
WORDS FROM HOME
Statements That May Be Inves
tigated. Testimony of
Newport Citizens.
When a Newport citizen
comes to the front, telling his
friends and neighbors of his ex
perience, you can rely on his sin
cerity. The statements of peo
ple residing in far away places
vdo not command your confidence.
C. R. GRAY
PHYSICIAN
AND SURGEON
EARL BUILDING
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to 11 a. m.
2 p. m. to 5 p. m.
TELEPHONE NUMBER 49
Home endorsement is the kind
that backs Doan’s Kidney Pills.
Such testimony is convincing.
Investigation proves it true. Be-j
low is a statement of a Newport j
resident. No stronger proof of,
merit can be had.
Joseph F. Brown, farmer, R.,
F. D. No. 2, Box G1 A., Newport, I
A^k., says: ‘‘I suffered o.T and;
on for several years from kid
ney complaint. The kidney se
cretions passed irregularly, the
flow usually being tpo frequent
and obliging me to get up at
night. Dull, heavy pains seated
themselves in the small of my
back and when I stooped, sharp
twinges darted through me. I
went from bad to worse until I
got Doan’s Kidney Pills at Dut
ton’s Drug Store, (now' Walker’s
Pharmacy.) A few boxes cured
me.”
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s
—and take no other. (Adv.)
Notice of Commisioner’s Sale.
I, John W. Wallace, theretofore
appointed commissioner in chan
cery, hereby give notice that I
will as such commissioner, on
SATURDAY, JULY 2G, 1913,
offer for sale, on a credit of
three months and between the
hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and
4 o clock p. m., ot said aay, at
the front door of the court house
of Jackson county, Arkansas,
the following lands lying and sit
uate in the city of Newport,
Jackson county, Arkansas, de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
A part of lots 1, 2, and 3, in
block No. 1, Wishon’s Addition,
more particularly described as
follows: Beginning at the
Northeast corner of lot No. 1,
in said block at the intersection
of the South line of Beech street
with the East line of Thii’d
street, run thence in a souther
ly direction along the East
I line of Third sti’eet 25 feet,
| thence in an Easterly dii’ection
! and parallel with Beech street,
i across lots 1, 2 and 3, thence a
i long the Eastern line of lot No.
3. 20 feet to Beech street, thence
150 feet along the South line of
Beech street to the point of
beginning.
Sale will be to the highest and
I best bidder. Pui’chaser will be
I inquired to give bond with ap
proved security to secure the
payment of the purchase money
with 8 per cent interest from
the time of sale until paid. Said
sale is to be for the foreclosure
of two several deeds of trust to
secure an indebtedness of R. W.
Wallace, et al, to the Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co., et al, and the
above described pi'operty was de
creed to be sold by the Jackson
Chancery court to satisfy said
indebtedness, and the under
signed was appointed the com
missioner to execute the decx’ee.
This June 23. 1913.
JOHN W. WALLACE.
Commissioner.;
THINK TOO MUCH OF MONE't
Manv Persons Lose Chance of Happv
Marriage by Exaggerating the
- Value of Wealth.
Score* of people lose their chance*
of being uappily married through male
!ng an unnecessary obstacle of moa
er TL* importance of it Is often ex- j
aggerated. Many a xian hesitates to
propose to a girl because of his small ;
income. Very often much misery, ml» j
understanding, and tangled lives result i
trom the alienee More unfortunate |
love affairs are the result of what baa ■
not been said than of spoken words
When a man has a small, sure In 1
come, and a prospect of increase, >
there is no legitimate reason for his ,
not npeaking of his love; no reason
for that matter, to present marriage
Peeple are »o desperately afraid,
though, of beginning married ’.lie In s
»maif way. They fear the sacrifice*
chlch they will be called upon to make
—o* the criticism to which they will
be aunjected. Many years of happi
ness are lost in this war It is such
a mistake for young people to want to
♦tart marriage in the state that their
parents are ending it.
7o delay marriage until a "comfor- (
table” income is available la to prove ,
something lacking In the lov*.—Aa> ,
-ram. i
CHARACTER SHOWS IN RACKS
Straight and Upright Carriage Mean*
You Are Determined, Cnergetlo
and Reliable.
If your back is straight and upright
you are cor'espoatflngly straight In
your conduct You will hold your head
up, for you are not afraid to look th# j
world in the face.
Even when you’re sitting you keep j
your back straight. There Is em air ol
teal strength about you—both physics’
and mental. In short, you hare plenty
of backbone. You are determined, en
ergetic and to be relied upon.
U your back la stooping and round
•I 70a are a creature as weak as /an
iMk, yon are proa# to lolling about
and too laay or too feeble to take a
(rant rank ta the battle of lias. The
tramp ta an excellent example.
If you are a criminal, your back I*
stooped or round, but the scholarly
Voop of the hookworm must not ha
eonfounded with the foregoing. There
Is a difference which la difficult to de
icribe, but It is readily recognized by
the close observer.
If you are mean and covetous you? j
Sack is narrow and rounded ana your
shoulders are high. Yon are SI7— j
very sly. You generally nave the ap -
pearance of drawing 7ourse|f up into;
as small a compass as possible. You j
are always yourself, so to speak,
and people should give you the cold
vhoulder.
Are you too straight hacked? That !
is, do you hold your head so high that ,
there is a preposterous fall in the 1
•mall of your back? Then you are so |
puffed ap with self-esteem 3rat you j
sarry your chest out so far It’s ab ;
•crd.
SEEMED TO NEED k DOCTOR
Varied Ailments of the Somewhat
Afflicted Farrcly as Catalogued
by the Mothe*-.
" I
“Ye?.. Bod," said r.ne mother of A
family of nine to ‘he young doctor
who had ridden 18 miles Into the
oiickwoods In the dead of1 night, "we
are a somewhat afflicted fim’ly. an',
as home doctorin' don't seem to do
mo good. I thought I'd send for vo*
:i’ sen if you could straighten ua out
/’an ey here, she's got something
■ rung with her bronlca! tubes so sh«
■ hi'! breathe like she should. I been
• ••*: In' a rag spread with goose
an’ sprinkled with red pepner
an' mustard on her front chlst, but
:.:s to add to her ag’ny. Jaka
>'= got a mls’ry all. up an' down h!$
ipinnl bone, an' I been usin' ker-sen*
<of.h sxtervtal an' Interna!; but It. ain’t
n. j him nu good. Lizzie Delia, she's
"'•out ready to give up with plum
an’ her sister Nancy has been
.•c l:'' mean for a week. I think that
latlc roomatiz that alia N'aney,
but she’s afraid It’s the new disease
.icy calls appendeshetus The old
man lias been turrihle alimsy for soma
1 ' t an’ Rube, our oldest boy, is af.
>n:hn out with a rash that shows hip
/loud ain’t all right. He had a tur
rlble spell las’ night, an" I thought
ao was In for eholery lufaatum. He’s
and it off hn* on ever since he was 18
years old. 1 reckoned he’d outgrown
It, but It grabs him as hard now That
he’s 14 as It did when "he was young
sr. Wlsht, Doc. that you’d just turn
yourself loose an’ see If you kla sort
•’ st'-alghteu ua or/."—Judge.
RIGHT CHILDHQOO 1S MQ0ES1
WeU-ared Yemgster Dom NM Think
TM li Kiwwt Ivwyttkk
Cays Rtwkln.
tbs first tkinckr of right oWto
kood to that It to modest. A weU
bred AIM doss sot think It ran tosA
Its parents, or that It knows otarr*
Iking. It may think Ita father and
■other know everything—perhaps
that all grown-up people know every
thing; very certainly It la sure that
it does not. And It Is always asking
questions, and wanting to know more.
vv oil, iuak ib iu« uiav v» »
good and wise man at his work. To
know thart he knows very little; to
perceive that there are many above
him wiser than he, and to be always
asking questions, wanting to learn,
■ot to teach. No one ever teaches
veil who wants to teach, or governs
well who wants to govern; It la an
old saying (Plato's, but I know not
if his, first), and as wise as old.
Then, the second character of right
•hfldhood Vs to be faithful. Parcelv
ing that Its father knows beat what
la good foi It, and having found aV
ways, when It has tried Its own way
agatast his, that he was right aad It
waa wrong, a noble child trusts him
at last wholly, gives him its hand,
and will walk blindfold with him, If
he kids it And that la the true char
acter of all good m«a also, as obe
dient workers, or soldia^-s under oap
fain#- - Biiiifrin
Remarkable Popular ignorant)#.
Soma one has remarked that at
iha height of Napoleon’# fame there
vere men In the back alleys of Paris
*ho had never heard his name. This
illustration of popular Ignorance was
recalled by a Judge who waa examin
ng candidates for citizenship in New
fork city recently. He asked one of
hese prospective citizens, 'Who is
he head of your native country?"
‘The- king." “Who becomes the head
ivhen he dies?” "His son.” "An-.i
vho Is the head of this country ?“
*The president" "And who would
become the Vad lf he died?** "HI*
ton.” And y%t, as the Judge remark
td, all these men know enough tc
mrn their dally bread the rest U a
(Uttar of schooling
v
*rrr WALTER SCOTT’S DCKft'
firroua Author Waa Especially
of These and His Other Pets
at Abbotsford
One of my pleasant recollections i( i
that of seeing Sir Walter Scott out on | |
a stroll with his dogs; the scene be- j ,
tng In the neighborhood of Abbots- j
ford. In the summer of 1824, while as j
yet the gloom of misfortune had not
clouded the mind of the great man
There be was limping gaily along with
his pet companions amid the rural
scenes which he had tolled to secure
and loved so dearly.
' Scott’s fondness for animals has,
perhaps n«*€r b©6® sufficiently
acknowledged It waa with him a
kind of second nature, and appear* to
ihave been Implanted when aa a chili
'he waa sent on a Tlslt to tb# housa of
hit grandfather, Robert Scott, At San
dyknowe. In the neighborhood of Dry
i burgh Here, amid flocka of sheep and
lamb*, talked to and fondled by shep
herds and ewe milkers, and reveling
with collies, he waa Impressed with a
'degree of affectionate feeling for anfc |
goals which lasted through life. At a I
subsequent visit to Sandyknow*. when j
-bis grandfather had passed away, and
the farm operations were administer
ed by "Uncle Thomas,” he was pro
vided with a Shetland pony to ride
upon. The pony was little larger
than many a Newfoundland dog. It
walked freely Into the house and waa
regularly fed from the boy’s hand. He
soon learned to ride the little P°nf
well, and often alarmed "Aunt Jenny
by cantering over the rough places In |
the neighborhood. Such were the be
glnnlngs of Scott’s Intercourse with
animals. Growing up, there was some
thing extraordinary In his attachment
to his dogs, his horses, his ponies and
:'hls cats; all of which were treated by
him, each tn Its own sphero, aa rigree
table companions, and which were al>
Itached to him In turn.—W. Cbaa*
'hers.
ORIGIN OF OUn UALcnunn
atery af tha Yaar and Ita Days, aa
New Constituted, Told
Onoe Mara.
Tha Julian yanr oonslatu af 848 H
lays aad exceeded hy 11 minutes 1S.M
•eoeeds tha solar ysar of Ml days!
hours 41 mlnutss 44 seconds. In earn
•equsnoe af this, the equinox In the
•onrse of a few centuries fell back cam
dderably. In tha tlma of Julius Cao
»*ir. It corresponded to Marsh It
and by the sixteenth century It had
retrogarded to March 11. It was a!
Oils tlma that a physician af Varona
tamed Ghiraldi proposed a plan far
amending tha calendar. Ha died bo
fare ha had opportunity ta carry It
forward, but hia brother presentad It
;te Pops Gregory XIII., who assembled
>1 number of learned men te dLscuss it
Jt was passed upon favorably and
adopted, and thus was given ta tht
world what has since been known as
'the Gregorian calendar. In 1582 Greg
ory Issued a brief, apolisblng the Julian
.calendar In all Catholic countries, and
'introducing the reformed one.
| The reform ef the Oergerl&n ov pew
•a the Julian or old. consisted la
propping ten days after October 4,
jtlll, sa that tha 13th was reckoned
'immediately after the 4th. Brery «mr
(hundredth yaar, which, hy tha eld style
eras a leap ysar, was ta ha a oommea
year, the fourth eaatury, divisible hy
tour, enoepted; that la, 14*4 was ta Pa
mela s leap yaar, hut ItM, UM aad
IMP ware not ta ba reckoned aa such
while M04 wan ta ha raakaaad.
| la this pateadar tha ltagth of tha
•afar yaar Is taken to ba Ml days I
hours 44 miautas and 'll seconds, tha j
difference between which and tha true {
length la tsamaterial—The Christina I
jMereld.
8r«anvdoli Time.
Standard time has been se long la
,ase everywhere la the United States
.that meat people appear te have for
gotten. If they ever knew, that It was
based open the time at Greenwich, The
{hour divisions were se arranged that
New York, or eastern time, U exactly
five hours behind London; central
time Is tlx hours behind London, and
•e on. The tendency is evidently al
most universally te accept the Green
wich, meridian as the starting point,
and te bass all caleulitions ef time
oa It Although the United States
maintains its own observatory at
Washington, and preparo sits own nau
tical data, nevertheless, for all prac
tical purposes Greenwich time and
calculations based on Greenwich
time, are universally used in both the
navy aad the merchant marine. While
It might reasonably be expected that
there would be some sentiment and
national prejudice against the accep
tance ef Greenwich time as the stan
dard all ever the world, the practical
benefits ef a universal standard are
lee obvious to be Ignored.
i
Heaps far Children.
Tbe opinion la expressed by men
who have made a study of exercises
Sor health, that <t is a pity the skip
Wing-rope and hoop have gone out of
fashion for children.
It is suggested they are more exc«j.
tent mediums for the physical develop
ment than bicycles aad roller skatea
The fact that small children are al
lowed to have blcyclea, and conse
tuently make no use of nature'*
means of progression, is offered as as
objection to them.
The skipping-rope aad hoop require
them to run and walk. Young chll
drew should be encouraged to do this
as much as poesible, aad always with
a springy step. They need to us«
their feet and legs, aad exercise that
Winn thee* tsto alar te te—<«<»■ |
■—■osmmamm
^ CONSTIPATION |
\1
|\ll Is the cause of much misery and expense. fl'
Nrl clogs the vital organs with impurities and bring, I
on a general break-down of health. H
) PRICKLY ASH BITTERS I
Ib ,
Is a bowel regulator of the greatest merit. [. S
relieves the bowels mildly yet thoroughly and I1
^ extends its cleansing and strengthening mfluence I
to every part of the body.
W Get the Oenuine with the Figure “3” in Red on Front Ubei. fl
Sold by Druggists. Price $UW per fH
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f 'pr'oFVrfet=T°N | OSTEOPATH ■
hashing called lor and delivered j STA110N BUILDKgB
to all parts of the city. 210 HAZEL STREET I
\gents Wanted In Every Town. OFFICE OPEN JUNEu,iB
Just A Living or Something More
The world owes us all a living and something mou
. , The “something More” is represented by what we pt
aside in the bank. It means we will have something
show for our years of work. A bank account would itt
that leak, save dollars that constantly slip away. Yoaan
losing money by putting off starting one. The sooner yo
begin, the greater will beyour accumulations. Start noi
with
| The Farmers Bank
of NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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l NEW LUMBER YARD |||
| Lower End Front Street !]!
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| Dr. H. E. Dowell I
j jj! DENTIST. 1
8 ROOMS 21 AND 22 I
5 WISHON BUILDING I
S | NEWPORT. ARKANSM
No. 666 1
This is a prescription prepared
for MALARIA or CHILLS A K®
Five or six doses will break any
if taken then as a tonic the Fevers®
return. ' ft- acts on the.liytr
Calomel and does not gripe or sicka.®
lollark
MarkJ
isthe|best|inark
■o make in life
The dollar mark is the on ly mark that is recognized to
lands. Money rules the world. You can be one<rf
rulers it you open a bank account. Only the habit d *j
ing secures this dollar mark—the mark of the
most successful men.
ARKANSAS BANK & TRUST