THE INDEPENDENT |
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
LABORER OVERCOME
IN DESCENDING WELL.
Searcy, Sept. 19. - James
Phelps was overcome by damp
ness and impure air while he was
in Ollie Cole’s well this morning,
and died before assistance could
be rendered. Several others
were present, but were power
less to furnish aid. There had
been blasting in the well Satur
day, but Mr. Phelps thought
time enough had elapsed for all
danger to be over. Deceased
was about 35 years old and un
married.
YOUNG KERWIN
TO BE MARRIED.
Pine Bluff, Sept. 19.—Cards
have been received in this city
announcing the approaching mar
riage of Judge Edward James
Kerwin of this city to Miss Mar
garet Ruth Kirby of Quincy, Il
linois, the wedding to take place
at St. Peter’s Catholic church in
Quincy Sept. 28. Mr. Kerwin is
(.County judge-elect of Jefferson
county, and one of the best
known young men in the state.
His bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard P. Kirby of
uincy.
'R^ipek Strayed—-One mole col
cV®dC <T- mare mule, about 14 hands
setter an(j wejghing 800 pounds,
years old; other black mare
mule, same height, weight and
age, small split in e^r, Texas
brand. Liberal reward for their
return or information leading to
recovery. J. G. Armstrong,
w2t Diaz.
flODBRN DRAWINGROOMS.
Mb»ir Stow a Rcw Bra of Simplicity
and True Artistic Scum
1b tke Home.
How different 1» the drawing-room
W>W from that of a generation ago—
•von of half a generationl Writers In
the women’s newspapers in England ar«
•ommenting on the fact with keen ap
preciation of the change, and in this
♦ountry it is even more in evidence than
•cross the sea, says the New York Sun,
’"he wax fruits, the woolen an
Hmacassam of the last generation
passed away with the stuffed birds and
the wealth of artificial orange blossoms
•nder glass cases long ago. The pres
ent generation has almost forgotten
them.
It does remember better the chenille
ffconkeys that used to climb over the
pas fixtures on the walls, the yards upon
IMrds of art muslin that used to be
tamed ever chates and flower pots, aud
the sofas that, pne in when the horse
hair period wpired. And it regrets
them and the array of Japanese plates
Btt the wall even less.
That period of ecoentricity in decora
Mon has passed.
“The modern drawing-room,” said •
Man Interested in the development of
Aomestic art the other day, “is, under
E»per auspices, now a picture of re
ed simplicity, an epitome of art and
M real haven of rest.
‘The furnishers and decorators have
tawb*ned with housewives of more de
veloped tastes and better ideas than
their predecessors to make it so. They
Safive borrowed from the past all the
best ideas it had. and thev have added
them to the conveniences of the present.
"Take the taste in wall coverings.
Crudely colored, gaudy papers, display
ing impossible flowers and grotesque
•emi-conventional designs, have been
abandoned in favor of self-colored pa
pers, striped ones showing variants ol
ute color, silken hangings, tapestries
•«nd stenciled sackcloth arranged in pan
els after the old method.
'Then the carpets. Where beautiful
rugs, the highest development of the
weaver's art, have not replaced them we
have velvet pile, with a border repeating
the main color in many tones.
“And for chair ooverings we have kepi
the old-world chintz, redolent of an age
When women wore white, lavender or
cinnamon, pale blue and simple pink,
and dressed their hair In ringlets.
"Taking the drawing-room as Indi
cating the artlstle sense of the period,
•wrely we have every reason to be proud
of the progress of art in the home.”
Calqac CoBiuetlc.
^ The cashew nut serves a unique pur
pose as a cosmetic In the West Indies,
where women, desiring to remove the
excessive tan, anoint the skin with ai
Dil from the outer surface of the ras
I nut. For two weeks the patient must
retire from society, for the face anc
lv hands so treated turn black. At thW enc
of a fortnight's seclusion, howeverJth<
, woman who has undergone the castes
treatment emerges, observers stAte
* **with skin and complexion as fair la i
babe’s." I
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FORTUNE IN PORPOISES.
0mbr of the White Cetacean* Ft*
„ 11 cut the Oalf at St. Lawrence,
**4 Are Valeahle.
American tourists crossing the Bt
Lawrence from the mouth of the Sague
nay can almost always enjoy thejUghtol
a number of porpoises disporting them
selves upon the water In the neighbor
hood of Tadoussac, says the New York
Bun. The great white cetaceans appeal
like shapeless masses of blubber as their
arched backs show from time to tims
above the surface. They are doubtless
attracted to the mouth of the Saguenay
by the large number of salmon which en
ter the river throughout the season.
A large Industry Is expected soon to
spring up In various parts of the Qulf o1
Bt. Lawrence In connection with the
hunting of porpoises. It bao already
been attempted upon a small acale, but
the difficulty of capturing any great
aumber of the animals has stood In the
way of success. Now the difficulty has
been overcome through the observations
and experiments of Campbell McNab, a
Canadian hunter, who has spent many
years in the study of these animals.
The adult porpoise of the Bt. Lawrence
and the North Atlantic ocean la from
12 to 18 feet in length. It somewhat re
sembles a dolphin In shape, with large
dorsal fin and a mouth armed with many
strong and sharp teeth. Each porpoise
ts believed to eat from one to three bar
rels of fish a day, so that It Is difficult
to estimate the frightful ravages which
they make among the salmon, the her
ring and the cod. They are largely gre
garious, though they often hunt their
prey In couples. Mr. McNab has often
peered over the edge of an overhanging
rock to watch them catch salmon at the
mouth of a stream and sometimes a long
distance up a river, where, they follow
their prey. They chase a salmon Into a
•hallow and then two approach It from
either side. The salmon appears un
able to move, as If paralyzed with fear.
If he attempts to rush from one of hit
pursuers he falls Into the open mouth of
the other.
The porpoise Is equally expert In fish
ing for the slippery eel. Mr. McNab
opened one of these animals the other
anil fnnn/1 mfirn thflTl 40 ill ittt
stomach. To prevent their wriggling,
and to aid digestion, the porpoise cracks
the skull of the eel between its teeth be
{ore swallowing It.
Like the eel, the porpoise can live s
tong time out of the water. In fact, It Is
virtually amphibious. Some time ago
Mr. McNab shot a number of the ani
mals which had been hauled ashore and
bound together by their tails. After
skinning another lot at some distance
and taking out the blubber, he turned a
few days later to the lot which had' been
last Bhot. Unknown to him one had not
been killed outright. As he passed la
front of it It growled at him “like a dog."
he says, and opened Its jaws to Bnap him.
The porpoises are captured by being
Imprisoned at low tide on the shoals,
over which they have journeyed who*
the tide was high, in pursuit of theli
pr*y. Hitherto the difficulty ha* been te
flud any barrier strong enough to retain
such enormously strong, heavy beasts,
and so many of them together as are
sometimes enclosed. Mr. McNab has
made the Interesting discovery that the
•normous nets through which they oftea
broke are not necessary to hold back
the brutes. They are unable to stand th*
slightest vibration In the water, and so
all that the hunter now finds necessary Is
to fasten a long thin pole like a fishing
rod to a etake In the mouth of the
stream, the bay or the estuary within
which It le deelred to retain the por*
poises. They remain to be stranded and
killed upon the shallow* rather than vam
ture past the vibrating rod.
This eeusttivenese Is believed to haTe
Re seat In the ear of the animal, which
has so email an opening that It mlghl
! almost have been made with a pin. Fot
years McNab has held firmly to this
theory, only to be laughed at for hie
pains. He has now proved it beyond
(Hradventure, and has reaped the fruit
of his persistence. At one tide the other
day he secured 69 of the animals on the
shoals of the Portneuf river a few mile*
below Tadoussac, and next year will
pursue operations there upon a larger
scale. He has secured a nine year leas*
Of the shoal from the government ano
has apparently a fortune within easy
reach. The skin and oil from a single
porpoise are worth from |IS0 to?50.
The utmost caution has to be takes
BOt to drive the animals away from thei?
haunts. If any of the blood or refuse a.
their dead is permitted to reach the wa
ter, Mr. McNab declares, they will de
part the place entirely. This is the ex
planation he gives of the present absence
•f porpoises from the River Ouelle and
other places on the banks of the St. Law
rence, where a few years ago many of
them were annually killed. The por
poice, he says, is one of the most intelll
fent animals created.
Unprotected Fort.
Yhe reputation of a house often de
pends upon the manner of packing bb
much as on the merchandise itself.
Goode for Manila should be packed with
special care. The port is unprotected
and the sea Is often very rough, mak
ing unloading at such times Impossible
Transfer Is made by natives in small
boats from a point two miles distant.
These boats are toesed about by th*
slightest agitation of the water.
No Need tor Worry.
Mrs. Homer—John, If Mrs. Neighbor*
gets a new sealskin sack this winter i
must have one also.
Homer—Well, don’t worry about It,
dear. Neighbors and I formed a proteo
tivve union to-day, and neither of you
la to have oca.—Chicago Dally News.
Foreigners In Japan.
A foreigner cannot own land la Japan,
1 although a number of foreigners may
organise themselves Into a Company, to
’ be known and registered m * "Judicial
’ parson," and this company h** tht
' property rights of a naUA oiUaWi
>c—
^^WASH BLUE
Costs 10 cents and equals ao cents
worth of any other kind of bluing.
Won’t Spill or*Break
Can’t Spot Clothes'
DIRECTIONS FOR USE:
around in the Water•
At *U wise Grocers.
ONE-WAY RATES.
Every day from Sept. 15 to
Oct 15, 1934, the Union Pacific J
will sell one-way colonists tickets j
at the following rates, from Mis-,
souri river terminals, Council 1
Bluffs to Kansas City:
$20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake
City.
$20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and
Helena.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wenat
chee, Wash.
$25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven,
Whatcom, Vancouver, and Vic
toria, via Huntington and Spo
kane.
$25.00 to Portland and Astoria;1
or to Tacoma and Seattle, via j
Huntington and Portland or via
Huntington and Spokane.
$25.00 to Ashland,'Roseburg,
Eugene, Albany and Salem via
Portland.
$25.00 to San Francisco, Los
Angeles, San Diego| and many
other California points.
From Chicago and St. Louis
proportionately low^rates are in
effect by lines connecting with
the Union Paciffc to all above
points.
For full information "call on or
address J. H. Lothrop,
903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo.
l&OctlO ____
COACH EXCURSIONS TO ST.
< LOUIS, MO., VIA THE IRON
MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
Coach Excursion tickets will be
on sale daily—September 14th to
'September 30th inclusive. Rate
$5.60 round trip; childen under
12 and over 5 years of age $4.00,
return limit on these tickets
seven days from date of sale.
Thos. H. Reamey, Agent.
TO THE FAIR.
Tickets on sale to St. Louis
daily via the Iron Mountain route.
$9.55 for the round trip; return
limit fifteen days from date of
sale. T. H. Reamey, Agt.
Nervousness
AN AMERICAN DISEASE
Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell is authority for the state
ment that nervousness is the characteristic malady
ot the American nation, and statistics show that
nerve deaths number one - fourth of all death!
recorded, the mortality being mainly among young
people.
Johnston's
TONIC
Capsules
Is the grand specific for this great American dis
ease, because it goes straight to the source of the
weakness, building up health and strength by
supplying rich, abundant food and pure blood to
the worn-out tissues, rousing the liver to activity
and regulating all the organs ot the body. * *Tbl
Michigan Drug Co.,1 ’ Detroit, Mich..
DR. KERMOTT'S LIVER REGULATOR
Positively Cures Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia.
Gentlemen:—For years I have suffered from con
stipation and dyspepsia; tried many different
remedies but recta red no lasting benefit until, dis
couraired, wan inmiced to try the celebrated reme
dy. "Dr. Kermott’s Liver Regulator amt can say
truthfully ere 1 took one box was permanently
cured. WeuMOJt altogether in our familv now
Mbs. H.C. Oolunso*’, Stratford.
Prior 25 cent* per package or five packages for tl.OO.
Ask for FREE Sample.
For sale at Dutton's Drug Store._
SINGER
SEWING MACHINES
At Bargain Prices.
We Suit Payments
to Your Income
You may test our machines
before purchase and they will
be delivered to your home.
Guaranteed to be a simpler,
stronger and more durable
machine than any other.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
FRANK W. LYNN, Mgr.
M. A. UMSTED, Ass’t. Mgr.
121 Hazel Street, Newport Ark
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A. ~™E :
LONG
DISTANCE
TELEPHONE
places you in direct and
instant communica
tion with all important
towns in Texas and
Arkansas and many
other states. Its use
will often save you a
fatiguing Journey.
TRY ROUND TRIP TALK.
The SouthwesternTelegraph,
and Telephone Co.
LIVERYMEN
FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease oh 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.
OF A NEW AND THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED LINE BETWEEN
ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO.
SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1904.
Thoroughly equipped trains leave St. Louis and Chicago nightly
(after the arrival of incoming trains), arriving either city the
following morning. .
Evuipment entirely new; lavish in design, elaborate in furmsh
i ings. Ask vour ticket agent or (tddress
PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPT., ST. LOUIS, MO.
4 4
BREAKFAST ROO
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Appropriately furnished I
tinual source of pleasi I
breakfast is served among 1
monious surroundings it 1
good start for the day. 1
DINING ROOM SUIT I
We have a nice line of Dining 1
Sideboards, China Closets, I
Tables—in fact, anything in the I
i ture line. Come and see us. 1
are ready to show you what we 1
Newport Builders' S"S ware Co. |
J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. ^Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier
BANK OF TUCf KERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK 520,000.00.
We are open to the public Fnfor all business
which constitutes safe & r« pliable banking
DIRECTORS!* I:
|£7
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDE§=^, D. C. DOWELL,
GEO. L. SMITH, E. TALLEY,
J. A. GREENHAW, iM iJJLMITH.
COLLECTIONS A SPtF^[ , ^
Your Patronage is i|
Tucker man, - Arkansas
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Low Rates from Memphis.
ROUND TRIP, $Moa *
To Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Forty Dallas>
San Angelo, San Antonio, Coloify Galveston,
Houston and other Texas point!1'0,a^s0 to all
’ points in Oklahoma and Indian Tf.fV,,, PXCeot
where one fare plus $2.00 makes lerr
Tickets on sale Sept. 13th and 27ff‘
ROUND TRIP, ONE FARE tLuS $2.00.
To all points in Texas, Oklahoma a£ Indian Terri
tory. Tickets on sale First and Tuesday of
each month. Pir
$6.00 one way to all points in Oklahoma a, jn(jian Territory.
$8.50 one way to many Texas points, inc! _ Amarillo, Dal
hart, Colorado, San Angelo, Kerrvill10 gan Antonio,
Galveston, Beaumont and P°it[s east.
$11.00 one way to many points in New M« . tickets on sale,
Sept 20 and Oct. 4th and B‘Q,. ’ •
CALIF d 1A
Other Pacific Coast points in proporB.
Tickets on sale at Memphis Sept. 15th to (Bt . ’ -y^h, inclusive.
For full information write ^B' *
J. N. CORNATZI ARt
__General Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
VISIT YOUR OUtiHOME
For a week or so this fall. See your oht®** , -puds1 talk
over old times with them; tell them whKf*1 t;1*1® nr’e do
ing in the Great Southwest, and if pJT at.Y9 jnduce
them to come back with you and look thl '>SS1round over.
[ . LOW RATES=I
' On September 20, 27 and October I t 4 Tflp
I Tickets will be Sold al 11 K
| ONE FARE PLUr’- $2.30
ti To nearly all Indiana and Ohio point! pn„ j rprtaid
destinations in Kentucky. Tickets g^caoJ ?nSfnrni»g
30 days from date of sale.T*80*1 retU J '