Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights in each month
in the opera house building
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon. Sec.
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights oi
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C- C.,
P. S. White. Clerk.
Modern Woodmen,
Newport Camp, No. 13,074.
M. W. A., meets Second Friday
night of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
Jackson Lodge, No. 191 F. &
A. M.
Meets Second and Foui'th
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, se
cond and Haze! streets. ^
Visiting brothers always we
lcome.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M.,
S. M. Beattie, Sec
The I. O. O. F.
The I. 0. 0. F. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall,
corner Hazel and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wrel
come.
S. J. Blackburn, N. G.
j. F. Parish, Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by or
der of the Chief._
Adversity Mr.hss Character.
\ smooth - a iK-vor made a skilful
nariner. neither do uninterrupted
irosperity and success qualify for
' isfifulness and happiness. The storms
if adversitv lilo those of the ocean,
ouse the faculties. and excite the in
ention prudence, shill and fortitude
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Safety in Friendship.
An intimate friendship is at once
a safeguard in recreation and social
enjoyment, for a man thinks twice be
fore he plunges into surroundings
which he knows his best friend would
condemn. It is a stimulus, because
in work or business, or even play, a
man does not willingly lag behind
while the friend is forging ahead. In
common endeavors for good causes,
. religious or social or political, friend
ship is a powerful inducement to self
forgetting activity.
At Least Knew His Value.
A native, named Appu, of Kotahana,
O ion, recently attackeu his father
al!,i mother with a mallet while they
1 were asleep, and nearly killed them.
The excuse he subsequently gave
was that he was disgusted with his
“miserable parents for having such &
low-down son.”
Cheerful Men Succeed.
The men whom I have seen succeed
best in life have been cheerful and
hopeful men, who went about their
business with a smile on their faces,
and took the changes of this mortal
life like men, facing rough and
smooth alike as it came.—Charles
Kingsley.
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Decrease In Suicide.
The desire to commit suicide
by the American people is on
the decrease*, according to a
prominent insurance? publica
tion. This journal gives figures
relating to 100 leading cities in
this country .and it appears the
number of suicides per 100,000
population for 1012 was IS, an
improvement on 1011, when it
was 10. The* rate lias fallen ev
ery year since I0OS, when it was
21, the successive figures being
10 and IS. A noteworthy point
brought out by the insurance pa
per is That if the cities be divid
ed into two groups, those above
and those below 25,000 the im
provement in 1012, as compared
with the preceding ten years,
has all taken place in the upper
group. In the cities below 25,
000. taken as aii aggregate, there
has been a slight decrease in the
suicide rate. The most strik
ing thing in the table, howev
er, is tlie way in which Califor
nia figures in il. The cities are
arranged according to their
rates of suicide for the period
1002-11, I Ik* highest rate com
ing first, and most emphatically
the great state of the Golden
West leads all the rest. Five of
the top cities where suicide has
been the geratest are in Califor
nia. The Southern states are far
down in the list, our people seem
ing entirely satisfied to remain
in this good old world and make
the best of it.—Memphis News
Scimitar.
Unlimited Coal In Alberta.
Edmonton, Alta, Oct. 21.—
Statisticians in the employ of
the provincial department of
mines, have figured that it would
require the services of 4,000,
000 men, each producing live
tons a day and working 300
days in a year, 170 years to
mine the coal available in Al
berta, which is credited with
141/2 por cent of the total coal
resources of the world, estimat
ed to contain 1.075,030,000,000
tons, as compared with 160,841,
010,000 tons for the rest of
Canada.
1). 15- Dowling, co-editor of the
“Coal Resources of the World,”
published in connection with the
convention at Toronto of the
International Geological Con
gress, gives these figures of the
coal resources of the province of
Alberta:
Actula reserves: Semi-bitumin
ous and lignites, 381,908,000,000
tons; bituminous, 3,200,000,00
tons; anthracite. 668,000,000
tons. Probable reserves; Semi
bituminous and lignites, 491,
271.000. 000 tons; bituminous,
104.883.000. 000 tons; anthra
cite, 100,000,00 tons.
The coal output of Alberta for
1012 is placed at 3.500.000 tons,
of a total of 1:>,000.000 tons for
all Canada, taking in seven
provinces, the Yukon and North
west territories and the Artie
islands.
There are three distinct coal
horizons in Alberta: the Koot
enay, or lower Cretaceous, the
Kelly river, or middle Cretace
ous, and llu* Edmonton, lying1 at
the top of the Cretaceous. The
Edmonton formations cover an
area of 77.1S1 square miles, of a
total coal surface area of 109,
10S square miles in the domin
ion of Canada.
'WTrr —
The ‘‘Sentence Cap."
A ■mall, limp piece of black cloth
la, according to ancient custom, put cm
the top of the Judge’s wig In England
before he passes sentence of death,
and Is properly called the "sentencs
cap" or “black cap." Covering the
head was a sign of mourrdng among
the Israelites, Oreeks, Romans and
Anglo-Saxons, and Is referred to Id
Samuel 11, 15-30. . Putting on the black
Cap Is not a grim sign of revenge of
the law, but Is rather a token of sor
row, expressing the regret the Judge
feels at having to condemn the prls
oaar to death.
United States Ranks Tenth.
In the production of rice and coffee
the United States ranks tenth, com
pared with other countries of the
world.
; PEARLS FIND READY MARKET
—
i Those From the Mississippi Only
Slightly Second in Demand to
Deep Water Products.
Arkansas Is the greatest pearl pro
ducing state In the UnloD. and hun
dreds of men eugage in the peari
hunt. It is said that the fresh water
pearl of Arkansas of the highest class
cannot be distinguished from the fin
est deep sea jewel. Throughout the
south generally thousands of people
follow the pearl fishing industry and
make a comfortable living at It. Up
to a few years ago the jewel wealth
contained in the river beds of the
Mississippi valley was completely hid
den. It was not supposed that the
fresh water mussel was a pearl bear
er, or that it had any value except for
fish halt.
The fresh water mussel Is sought
now not only for the precious stone It
may have hidden In its shell, but for
the shell itself, which is manufac
tured into stick pins, cuff links, and
buttons of every description. The
shell fisheries have for years extend
ed fur up the Mississippi river. A re
| cent writer on the subject puts fresh
water pearls into four classifications
—true pearls, baroques, slugs, and
chicken feed.
The first, or true, pearls are of a
definite shape, and regular form,
round, oval, or pear shaped. These
command the highest prices. Baroques
are pearls of irregular form. Slugs
are low grade baroques. The smaller
size, the kind used In inexpensive
though genuine and neat jewelry, go
by the professional name of chicken
; feed.
MERELY A POPULAR BELIEF
Scholars Question Whether the Apple
Was the “Forbidden Fruit" In the
Garden of Eden.
Why and how it has happened that
the upple has been spoken of as the
fruit that was forbidden in the Gar
den of Eden is one of the great puz
zles of Biblical scholars. The fact is
that in Genesis 3, where the incident
of the eating of this fruit of the “Tree
of Knowledge of Good and Evil” is
mentioned, no name whatever is given
to the fruit. All that is said is: “And
when the woman saw that tho tree
was good for food, and that it waH
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be
desired to make one wise, she took of
the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with her; and
he did eat” (verse 6).
In fact, scholars doubt very serious
ly whether it was the apple at all.
They suggest that all evidence points
to it having been the quince, fragrance
of which was held in the highest es
teem by the Orientals. Another point
in favor of the quince is that it is the
fruit which was sacred to Venus, the
goddess of live, and in a great many
of the ancient writings the quince 1b
very frequently mentioned in this man
ner. In Babylonia Ishtar took the
place of Venus in the Roman mythol
ogy, and it should be remembered
that the story of the creation origina
ted with the Babylonians. All evi
dence seems to point away from the
apple having been the “Forbidden
Fruit,” and towards the quince as hav
ing been that fruit of the "Tree of
Knowledge of Good and Evil.”
Wordsworth on Real Estate.
There is an interesting story of
Wordsworth, who went to call on Miss
Harriet Martineau at Amblestde, In
tlie house which she had built and laid
out, writes A. C, Benson in the Cen
tury Magazine. There was a gathering
of neighbors present, and Wordsworth
stood for a long time at the window
contemplating the beautiful landscape
outside. Then he turned to the party
and said:
“Miss Martineau, I congratulate you
on your beautiful little domain. The
views are wonderful, and it will turn
out to be the wisest thing you ever did
in your life.”
He paused for a moment, and the
guests expected some comment on the
uplifting effects of communion with
nature, but Wordsworth, with a fine
gesture, continued:
"Your property will certainly be
trebled in value within the next ten
years!”
Living in Poise.
To improve yourself, the tlrst essen
tial is to prevent all waste of energy
by living in poise. The second essen
tial is to use your imagination in pic
, turing those things that you want to
I accomplish now. And the most prac
tical use that can be made of the im
agination is to picture your talents and
faculties larger, greater- and more
perfect. To imagine in mind a larger
and more perfect talent is to give the
creative forces in mind a better mod
el; and as these forces always create
after the fashion of the latest model,
they will consequently create the lar
ger and the more perfect talent.—Lar
son.
Different Thing Entirely.
This story is being told on a Kan
sas lawyer. The lawyer was arguing
a case before a judge and, desiring to
illustrate by supposing a case, he did
so, as follows: "We will suppose,
your honor," he said, "that your hon
or were to steal a horse."—“No! No!
No!" interrupted the judge, "not at
i all, not at all, sir. Tain't a suppos
i able case, sir." "Very well, begging
your honor's pardon.” said the eager
j lawyer with more zeal than prudence
; "very well, then: supposing that 1
! should steal a horse.”—“Ah, yes, yes.”
i said the judge, "that is a different
thing, very different, Mr. X. Pro
| seed, sir."
Again at the head of the Mitchell-Lewis
1 Motor Company—a matchless line for 1914
The Mitchell 1914
Line is being produced by En
gineer John W. Bate, the man who (Te
nted the Mitchell car, and the famous
Mitchell Baby Six. After a year’s rest
he returns to Racine to place the
Mitchell in a stronger position than it
has ever occupied.
The Mitchell-Lewis
Motor Company, with tmliinitth
capital at its command* lias surrounded
Mr. Bate with the best facilities and the
finest factory that it is possible to build.
Jt will back the car with the most libera
Service-Policy for car owners that the
business mind can conceive.
Eighty years of faithful service to the American public is the Company s j^uaranttt
This Means for the Mitchell Car for 1914
Quality—Efficiency—Long Life
The Mitchell Little Six is the most logical value on the market. It is a six-cylinder car of aristocratic design. It has fifty
power, 132 inch wheel-base, live passenger capacity. It has a long, low, rakish streamline body, luxuriously upholstered, is #1 flflj
equipped with electric self-starter and generator, electric lights and all modern conveniences, sells for the reasonable price ot ▼ t*99
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Equipment of All
Mitchell Models
Electric Self-Starter and
Generator.
Electric Lights
Speedometer.
Moh air Top and Cover.
Ruin Vision, Ventilating
Quick Action Wind
shield.
Extra Removable Rim.
Double Extra Tire Carrier.
Bair Bow Holders.
License Plate Bracket.
Electric Horn
Electric Exploring Lamp.
Complete Set of Tools.
Pump, Jack.
All included in list price.
Prices F. O. B. Racine
ii iiiii hi ii ii m ii i n i H hi mu mu ii
. The Mitchell Big Six is very much the same design as the
Little Six. It has sixty horse-power, 144 inch wheel-base and
seals seven passengers. It has tig tires and the same splendid
nnisli throughout as the Little Six, likewise the odA
same line equipment. Price, - JpZjjDU
The Mitchell Four has 120 inch wheel-base, forty horse
power and seats five passengers. It is a splendid family car for
uttle money. It is equipped precisely the same as «t»i enr
the two sixes and sells for ... «pl,C>yo
l
N° matter which one of the Mitchell cars you select, you
V'"'; «» investment. You have Bate’s word for it. You
lave oar word for it. And the service that lies behind it is ten
lat.s be, U r than a guarantee. We are going to make you like
le car, like us and like the agent you deal with. In all respects
tins is to be a Mitchell year and you will love
The Car You Ought to Hcwe at the Price You Ought to Pay
Racine, Wi's;
&U Years of Faithful Service to the American Public
...
Features of 1914
Mitchell
Left Hand Drive.
Center Control.
Tungsten Steel Valvet
T-Head Fully Fn.
Long Stroke Motu
Rayfield Carburet
Gravity Gasolu c I
Roomy Streamline Bo.lv.
Timken Wheel Beariugt
Full Floating Hear Axle.
Rig Tires.
Luxurious UphoUiernf
NifKel Trintminfi.
Demountable k .
Jiffy Quick-Action Side
’ Curtains. i
Prices F O.B. Racue
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