W daily independent
PERCY tL VANDYKE,
her and Editor.
J^rlwPORT, - - ARKANSAS
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
1 am a candidate for re-election to the office of
whdriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary*. if one is held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
your help in the future. If elected I will do my
duty’. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John I). Neal as ,
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son dpunty, subject to the Democratic primary
election. —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem- ;
ocratic primary election.
DISPLAY ADS
FOR CHURCHES.
Rev. Wm. E. Thompson, pas
tor of the First M. E. church
South in Memphis, formerly of
Little Rock, is quoted in a Mem
phis paper as saying: “At the
next meeting of the official board
of our church I will ask an allot
ment set aside for display ad
vertising in the Sunday morning
newspapers. The press has al
ways been kind enough to pub
lish our church notices free, but
I feel bad every time I ask them
T. * to do so. Merchants have dis
play advertisements with which
to put their wares before the
people, and I see no reason why
we should not do the same. 1
want a display advertisement in
the Sunday paper calling atten
tion to our services, for I recog
nize the value of it to us.”
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SILK IMPORTS ENORMOUS.
((nllatlcii by Dwpnrtnienl of Com
uierite Sliona I, a rue Incmap In lin
poriutlon of the Raw 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
Sts bureau of statistics, show that for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903.
16.271,340 pounds of unmanufactured
silk, valued at $50,011,819, were im
y nr ted, as cojtpjtared with 14,200,000
pounds’"'til-' T5o2 amJ~^0,400,000 in
1901. From this silk our TE.l.mifactur
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
yb degenerated into a speculation in Cht
nese mulberry trees, and ended in ut
A. ter failure. The recent experiments of
,»** tiie- department of agriculture are
again directing attention to the prac
ticability of raising on our own farms
at least of this material,
^PPMBHBR.)\'%curms so considerable a part of
our lmptH***.-,. .
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.
t The nearest approach to this value was
in 1900. when forty-five and one-third
millions of dollars’ worth was im
M ported.
FINDS FOUR-LEGGED CHICKEN.
OuitoHliin DlKitven n ('urlonlty I»«
die Fowl Um In the KhoUe
lnltiuil Red Variety.
1 -
4 M. Goodman, of Minot street, Bos
P* Aon, is showing his friends a four
f vj^eftlcgged hen which he purchased in
fTjjPittgfield, Me., a short time ago. Bo
7 • as known this is the only bird of
ceived n kimi jn the world,
the Hot 'You will notice.” said Mr. Goodman
■ Tonne reporter the other morning, that
IVe laU grows on the right side of
Did >’« bird, and yet does not interfere
C — t ;n7,h the use of its wings.
1>U.\ 1 .Two of the legs grow in the or
just as,nary manner and support the body.
Will SO'he other two are perfectly normal,
1 . except that they grow backward ln
stead of downward, and the feet are
chea curried closed most of the time.
X, Y -She weighs three and one-half
t pounds and was hatched on May 5
Th last," he added, showing the bill of sale
9**- w } T ia evidence.
- ‘ The bird is of the Rhode Island red
^ yariety, and so highly does the owner
prize it that instead of shipping it di
rectly home he kept it with him during
a four weeks' business trip.
The chicken seems to be in perfect
health, and, in the words of the own
er, "she likes to have you watch her.
See her strut!”
> Par* of thr Maneuvers.
Prof. Chlitendon, of Yale, has a
starvation squad—a corps of men
from the regular army on whom he
will experiment to find on just how lit
tle food a man can do good work. He
had to take regulars, says the Phila
SU ielphia Inquirer, because he could not
get volunteers for any such experl
. mem as that.
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the Independent.
FOR RENT
‘‘Hotel
Creighton”
On Walnut street Newport.
Ark. This is the best hotel town
in the state and is centrally
located, being one full block
from St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Depot and opposite the
Jackson county court house.
Will be Finished About
January 15th, 1904
And will contain twenty-eight
sleeping rooms, office 25x30 feet,
dining room 20x45 feet, one par
lor on first Floor and one on
second floor, three bath rooms,
large kitchen, pantry and store
room, will be equipped with
electric return annunciator tc
each room, long distance anc
ocal telephone.
Electric and Gas Lights
Laundry and servants’ apart
ments in yard adjoining. Whet
completed will be very conven
ent for the commercial trade
Apply to,
J. h. McHugh.
Special land
BUYERS’ EXCURSIONS ]
Will run to the new lands of
Greer county, Oklahoma, and
rther sections of the great South- ,
west in November and December
via the Frisco system.
Are you looking for rich and
fertile farming lands in the j
Southwest which you can buy for
from one-fourth to one-tenth the
sost of lands of the East and
North? They produce as much
acre for acre. Here is a chance
to better your condition and add
a liberal amount to your pocket-1
book.
For full particulars and special |
railroad rates apply at once to R.
S. Lemon, secretary, Frisco Sys-;
tern Immigration Bureau, St. i
Louis, Mo. 27wtj
THE REV. IRL R. HICKS’
1904 ALMANAC.
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks’ alman
ac for 1904 is now ready. It will
be mailed to any address for 30
cents. It is surprising how such
an elegant, costly book can be:
sent prepaid so cheaply. No j
family or person is prepared to i
study the heavens or the storms j
and weather in 1904 without this :
wonderful Hicks almanac and j
1 Prof. Hicks’ splendid paper,
Word and Works. Both are sent1
I for only one dollar a year. Word !
I and Works is among the best of
American magazines. Like the!
Hicks almanac, it is too well
| known to need further commen
dation. Few men have labored :
i rnrivf* •fnitVvfnllv fViv t Vio nnhlii
| good or found a warmer place in
j the hearts of the people. Send
orders to Word and Works Pub
lishing Co., 2201 Locust street,
St. Louis; Mo.
A letter has been received
from Miss Laura Johnson’smoth
er at Prescott conveying the
good news that Miss Laura is
much better and out of danger,
after quite a siege with typhoid,
fever.
Esquire Guy Smith on Thurs
day afternoon at 5 o’clock united
ip marriage G. W. Montgomery
and Mrs. Sarah E. Turner at the
home of Peter Phillips in East
Newport.
Fay Pace and Arthur Bowie
have purchased the R. D. Wil
mans grocery store and stock and
will take charge January first.
They are both excellent and
popular young business men,
whom we wish an abundant!
success.
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FREE! FREE!!
Come in to Bailey Mercantile
Company’s and get a free cup of
j coffee. The best by test. It’s
j Gregg’s. dlt
THREE MEALS A DAY, f
delation Between a \ation'* I'ood
BHIm anil J{« Comii.wceSliiuvn
by Stntlauvn,
Statistics have been collected to show
hat the measure of the prosperity of
i country is the amount of food con
sumed by its inhabitants—in other
ivords, that diet and commerce go hand
n hand. The countries which consume
the largest amount of food and drink per
?apita are the countries which have the
largest surplus for export to other
lands; the countries which are abstemi- 1
ous or moderate in their consumption
of food and drink hav&Tittle surplus to
send away, says the New York Sun.
The average cost of food per capita
in the United States is 60 cents a day;
the United States stands at the head of
exporting countries with an average of
$1,250,000,000 in a year.
The average consumption of food and
drink in England is 50 cents per capita,
and England stands second on the list ;
of exporting countries. (Termany is the
third with an export trade of more than
$1,000,000,000, and 45 cents a day the
average per capita spent for food and
drink (beer included).
France has an export trade of $800,- j
000,000 a year and the average expense j
to each inhabitant for food and drink j
is 40 cents a day. Russia, with an ex
port trade of $375,000,000, expends 20
cents a day on food and drink per capita,
and Italy with $275,000,000 of annual ,
exports, spends 18 cents a day, in maco
roni, wine and other articles of diet.
All of which convinces statisticians
who have unearthed this notion of the
relation of productiveness to diet that
“three meals a day for each inhabitant" j
is the open door to world powei in com- j
merce, manufactures and the surplus
products of a fertile soil.
FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
EniplifiNizeN Fart That Only the
St ronu«vst anil Physically Fit
Should He Allowed to Play.
So many accidents have been laid to
the game of football and so many lads
have been crippled thereby that we sel
dom hear of the injuries and deaths j
that might have been avoided. The
death of a young medical student of |
Baltimore during a contest, but at a
time when the ball was not in play, j
says the New York Herald, affords a
striking instance of an easily prevent
ible accident.
The victim had been a sufferer from
heart disease for a long time and yet
was allowed to take active part in the i
game. His condition should have j
been, if it was not, known to his med- 1
ical associates.
i nere is uo account, oj ms naving
received any injury previous to the
time he was stricken with collapse.
No better proof of his unfitness for any
extra physical exertion can be given
than the suddenness of his death while j
he was merely resting. The lesson of
the sad story is emphatic and con- ,
vineing.
There is no game that requires more
careful and systematic training than !
football and only the strongest are
capable of bearing the strain. If there
is any physical weakness in the can- ;
didate it becomes quickly manifest as
he goes on w'ith his exercises, and why
such incapacity could not have been
discovered in time to have saved the
unfortunate youth, is difficult to imag
ine.
TOLD IN ENGLAND.
K^n«Ion Publication Attain Rcnnr
recta the Mythical American
\\ l»o Ton<lie» to Royu.lty.
A continental hotel keeper, says a
writer in the London Truth, recently
confided the following story to a friend
of mine: Some years ago, after Queen
Victoria had been staying at a certain
hotel, a wealthy American called on the
proprietor and signified his desire to f
sleep if it could be managed, in the same
apartments, the same bed, and if possi
ble, the same bed clothes, as those which
had held the sacred person of her maj- (
esty before they had been sent to the j
wash. Money was no object to him.
What would it cost?
The hotel proprietor was equal to the !
occasion. He thought it could be ar
ranged for £20. A bargain was struck
on these terms. The millionaire duly
arrived, and retired to the royal couch. j
No doubt he thoroughly enjoyed his
night’s rest, and the prospect of subse- j
quently electrifying his friends with the
story of his regal experience. His pleas-;
ure must have been somewhat marred
when he discovered later on that her
Britannic majesty always traveled with
her own bed and bedding.
Cialllt'o mui I rhail VIII.
Galileo’s wit got him into trouble
when he put into the mouth of Sim
plieio, the foolish opponent of the
Copernican theory in his “Dialogues,”
an argument that Pope Urban VIII.
had himself devised, and insisted on
Galileo incorporating in the wmrk.
Galileo made Simplicio quote it as an
argument he had from a "very eminent
and learned personage.” The enemies
of Galileo persuaded Urban that he had
been “made game of,” and this was the
offense of which Galileo was guilty. It
was not for upholding the theory that
the sun stands still and the earth moves
that Galileo was tried by the inquisition.
Urban himself had supported the
Copernican doctrines, both as cardinal
and as pope.
nta&eot Knlarm of Hop*.
The United States now produces
more hops than any other country.
Of the world’s crop of 1,760.000 hun
l dredweight, the United States furuish
. es 462,000 hundredweight.
liisurano* Slot lliiphl nr*.
Loudon has accident insurance slot
machines. The device defies fraud and
has the appearance of a clock.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
A WHOLE FAMILY CURED BY
Johnston’s Tonis Capsules
Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millinery
and fancy goods store at St. Louis, Gratiot Co.,
Mich., and who is well known throughout the
country, says:
“I was badly troubled with rheumatism,
catarrh and neuralgia. I had liver complaint
and was very bilious. I was in a bad condi
tion ; every day I began to fear that I should
never be a well woman; that I should have to
settle down into a chronic invalid, and live In
the shadow of death. I had .JOHNSTON’S
TONIC CAPSULES recommended to me. I
TOOK FOUR PACKAGES AND IT CURED ME,
and cnred my family both. Iam very glad that
I heard of it. I would cheerfully recommend
it to every one. I have taken many other kinds
of medicine. I prefer JOHNSTON’S to all of
them.” Michigan Drug Co., Detroit. Mich.
DR. KERMOTT’S LIVER REGULATOR
Positively Cores Pimples and Dyspepsia.
Bhedden, May 20,1891.
GkntlbvbN: -—One year ago now my face pre
sented a horrible appearance from pimples Anti
blotches, I also was much troubled with dyspepsia
and constipation; had tried physicians and patent
medicines, but received little good. A friend recom
mended Dr. Kermott’s Liver Regulator, I found it
all that could bedesired.it having removed all my
troubles aud willingly bear my testimony.
Mrs. Wesley Stafford.
Price 25 cents per package, or five packages for $1.00.
Ask for FREE sample.
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Make finished pictures on
<5he
Kodak Flan
Load and unload Kodahs or Brownie
cameras anywhere. Develop without
aarh-room in the KodaK Developing
Machine. Print by day or night on DeKKo.
Kodaks. - - * $5 to $75.
Kodak Developing Machines,
. - $6 and $7.50.
"’.rownte Cameras, j $1 and $2.
\\«wnie " Developing
Ma..nines. • • $2
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and Combined Treatment.
A double treatment, combining
tablets for local use and a tonic for
internal use. A positive cure for
female diseases. Price. $i.oo. Sure
and quick relief for weak, delicate
women. Sold by all druggists,
manufactured by
I The Mayfield Medicine Manufacturing Co. a
ST. LOUIS, MO.
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J. w. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier. (
BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
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COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage is Solicited.
Tucker man, - - Arkansas•
J. W. Jackson
Newport, Ark.
Breeder of White
Faced Black Span- 1
* ish Chickens and
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! LIVERYMEN i
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
OR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building
Rooms 1. md 3.
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Newport, - Arkansas•
Jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed' Lime
stone Walks apply to me.
W. H. SNETZER,
Contractor
& Builder !
Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
Henry Owen,
Physician, Surgeon
j n d Oculist.
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