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We will pay yoor expenses for a Week’s Visit to the I
World’s Fair in St. Louis.
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The editor recently too -, one hundred subscriptions in BirdjTownshipTjtntthree
days, and we believe any young man or woman can do as weldin’the^community
in which they live.
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cent, on all the subscriptions taken.
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November First.
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Taken at Regular Prices and Full Line of Samples carried to select from.;
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of St. Loots, Stationers and Engravers, who
have made a repotation by their neat|and
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NEWPORT INDEPENDENT
R. F. Drummond Bdg. Newport,
n Upper Front Street. Arkansas
ead the daily Independent
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DIVORCE LAWS ABROAD.
la Prance the Innocent Party May Re.
cover All the Preaeuta He or
She II a a Given.
“There are many curious and Inter
esting facts regarding the marrlag*
and divorce laws of foreign countries."
said R. J. Brown, who, reports the In
dianapolis News, recently returned
from a trip abroad, where he made a
■tudy of the question.
“Breaches of promise are averted In
Hungary by an express declaration of
the civil marriage act (1895) that the
relations created by a betrothal do not
give the right to command the con
clusion of a marriage, but if either
party withdraws from an engagement
without just reasons he or she is
bound to grant compensation to the
extent of the outlay incurred. Divorce
in the English sense does not exist,
but the courts can decree the personal
separation of a married couple with
out dissolving the bonds of matrimony.
“A curious law prevailing in France
provides that, before being married,
children of a family, although over
age, shall seek in respectful and formal
terms the advice of their father and
mother. It makes no difference iWV
ever, whether the consent of pa«0fcts is
given, for the couple can be married a
month after under any circumstances.
This is also the case in the Nether
lands.
“A divorce further entitles the In
nocent party to recover all the pres
ents he or she may have made.
“According to the constitution of the
Netherlands, the civil marriage must
always precede the religious ceremony.
The latter, indeed, is left entirely to
the conscience of the parties concerned. '
There is ako a law providing that no
man or woman under 30 can marry
without the consent of parents. If the
consent be refused the couple have to
appear before a judge, who advises
them as he thinks best
“Many countries have now abolished ,
all marriage fees. This is the case in
Norway, while In the Netherlands cer
tain days in the week are set apart
when persons may be married without
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SiLR IMPORTS ENORMOUS.
Statistics by Department of Com
merce Shows Large Increase In Im
portation of tbe Haw Article.
The imports of raw silk in the fiscal
year recently ended were the largest
in the history of the government.
Statistics just compiled by the depart
ment of commerce and labor, through
Its bureau of statistics, show that for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903.
15,271,340 pounds of unmanufactured
silk, valued at $50,011,819, were im
ported, as compared with 14,200,000
pounds in 1902 and 10,400,000 in
1901. From this silk our manufactur
ers will make finished products valued
at over $125,000,000.
Many attempts have been made to
produce raw sila in this country. As
early as 1623 mulberry trees were re
quired to be planted by all settlers in
Virginia, and some silk was grown in
the early days of the colony. In the
second quarter of the last century the
cultivation of silk seemed to give
promise of success, but the enterprise
degenerated into a speculation in Chi
nese mulberry trees, and ended in ut
ter failure. The recent experiments of
the department of agriculture are
again directing attention to the prac
ticability of raising on our own farms
a share at least of this material,
which forms so considerable a part ol
our imports.
During recent years the importation
of raw silk has increased almost con
tinuously, until in the fiscal year Just
closed it amounted to over $50,000,000.
The nearest approach to this value war
In 1900, when forty-five and one-third
millions of dollars' worth was im
ported.
TO THE FAIR.
Tickets on sale to St. Louis j
daily via the Iron Mountain route, j
$9.55 for the round trip; return
limit fifteen days from date of I
sale. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
: $390 FOR LETTERS TO
ENCOURAGE EMIGRATION, j
The Rock Island system offers |
twenty prizes of the aggregate
value of $390 for letters relative
to the territory along its lines in ;
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Kan-;
sas, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico. Letters should deal j
with the writers’ experiences
since he settled in the Southwest.
They should tell how much money
he had when he arrived, what
measure of success has attended
his efforts and what he thinks of
that portion of the country in
which he is located. Letters
should not be less than 300 nor
more than 1500 words in length,
and will be used for the purpose
of advertising the Southwest.
Letters are desired not only
from farmers and farmers’ wives,
but also from merchants, school
teachers, clergymen, from every
one, in brief, who has a story to
tell and who knows how to tell it.
For circular giving details write
to John Sebastian, Passenger
Traffic Manager, Rock Island
■ System, Chicago.
Now is the time to make Yoor Home Merry, and yoo can
do so if yoo will boy
A VICTOR TALKING MACHINE,
Don't Forget They are the Best.
Palace Jewelry Store.
Agent Victor,
NEWPORT’S LEADING JEWELER.
W. H. BARNES & CO.
NEWPORT, ARK.
BANKERS ANP BROKERS,
Cotton, Stocks. Bonds. Grain. Provisions,
Handled on Commission.
Pri irate Wires direct to New York, Chicago,
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St. Louis, and New Orleans.
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Write for daily Market Letter. ,
I0B PRINTING jStSSrg
PRINTING offiices in Jackson county. Bring us your
Printing and let us quote you our prices.
KEYSTONE OF
Kimball Piano
STRUCTURE.
The szale of the Kimball Piano is the keystone of its unsurpassazle quality, I he founda
tion of its great musical worth, the cause of its popularity with artists and musicians. Perfect
piano scale-making is a mathematical problem figured out by sound waves to the merest fraction
of a sezond. Not all piano makers strive for perfection along this line (many making no pre
tense). but out of the few who have nearly reaJhed the goal,
Kimball is Prominent.
One of the most perfect musical scales is displayed in the zultivated human voice. An
inperfect scale piano is like a person who cannot sing correctly—it’s worse because all do not
jlaim to sing. It costs money to cultivate the voice, it costs more money to perfect a piano
scale. The cost to produce a perfect Kimball scale has been no less than that of olher of Ihe
recognized artistic pianos of the world, yet because of the advantages of the largest output
from any factory, we are able to sell the Kimball at a very moderate price, qualify considered
The Kimball System and easy payment plan brings it within reach of all.
Call or write for Catalogues, prices and terms.
ESTABLISHED 1853.
Hollenberg Music Co.,
Factory 317 Main Street, Little Rock.
Warerooms 243 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Jack Jones1
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
Surprise PriZ6sj
Given away to get the people to 1
talk about Bixler Physical Train-1
ing in Penmanship, the best i
method of instruction in the
world—Saves 90 per cent of time,
etc. Merit Prizes, Surprise
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Big Prizes, Little Prizes, Con
tingent Prize and other prizes
for little folks and big folk. Send
10c for Business Penman, 12
writing mottoes sample rapid
writing, skilled Bird Flourish,
and full particulars. (1 Surprise
Prize will be included, worth
from 10c to a $1, and a $10 prize
1 goes with each 100th 10c order
conditional.)
Prof. G. Bixler,
97 Ogden Ave..
Chicago, 111.
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