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Folders for Party Invitations,
* 9 Wedding Invitations and doable
envelopes to match,
Embossed Dance Programs,
Program Pencils, Cards and Tas
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Ladies’ Visiting Cards.
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woald be pleased to qaote them on any
prospective order.
Commercial
Priirting
Four different grades of Fine Linen and
Bond Papers for Letter and Note Heads,
ruled and unruled, all excellent type
writer papers. Also Good Grades of
Flat papers for Letter and Note Heads.
Well Finished XXX Rag Envelopes and
cheaper grades. A complete line of
Statements, Bill Heads, Round and
Square Cornered Cards, etc.
With New
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And First Class Workmen, we guaran
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Best of all, it pleases the customer.
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NEWPORT INDEPENDENT
R. F. Drummond Bdg. Newport,
on Upper Front Street. Arkansas.
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[ BATTLING WITH AN ANCHOR.
Sfammotli Mndhook Win Olfltcalt to |
Handle When the Wave*
Were Toulng It.
To hoist to the cat-head an anchor
weighing 8,000 pounds, with a gale of
wind blowing and a tremendous sea
rising, is a difficult task. The New York
Sun tells how this wcrk was under
I taken on a war-ship in Hampton Roads, j
I In order to raise the anchor to the deck i
| of the ship the hundred-pound cat-block |
j had to be fastened by the huge hook
which depended from it to the ring in
| the balancing band on the anchor shank
so that the power of the winch could be
utilized.
The great anchor hung so that when
the wave receded it was clear of the
water, but each incoming crest sub
merged it several feet. As the ship
tossed on the waves there was great
danger that the enormous weight of j
the anchor would send the anchor j
through her thin plating. But with j
seas big enough to toss the ship about
as easily as if she were but a fishing
float, and to swing that anchor back and
forth like the pendulum of a toy clock,
it was no child’s game to hook the cat
block.
Two men were chosen, each a fine j
specimen of the American sailor. Just.,
under the arms of each a line was made
fast, and men on deck stood ready to
haul away in case of need.
The two sailors watched their chance,
and when the ship’s head was well out
of water, over they went. They had I
hardly reached the anchor when a wave
rolled in that surged four feet above
their heads. When it passed both were
clinging, almost breathless, to the shank
of the anchor.
But the Instant they were clear of wa
ter they jumped to their work and
strove to get the block in place. With
the ship hauling one way and the wind
blowing another there was small chance |
for them to drag that hundred-pound i
block in still a third way. Again and
again they had it almost fastened, when
a great wave knocked it away and bur
ied them far out of sight. Still the two
men struggled at their task.
Then the inevitable happened. The
great cat-block swung far out as the
ship plunged forward, hung poised an
instant, as if taking deliberate aim,
and came sweeping back straight at the
head of one of the two men. It struck
him on the back of the head and
knocked him ten feet from the anchor
into the sea.
The rush of an incoming wave swept
him away from the ship, and for a mo
ment it seemed as if he would surely
be lost. Then was justified the Wis
dom which had placed the line about
his shoulders. The men on deck drew
him In, unconscious but safe, and in
ten minutes he was declaring to the of
ficer in charge that he could surely hook
that block the next time.
But the captain had formed another
plan. He determined to haul up the
anchor as far as was possible, so that
it should have the smallest room for
play, and to make harbor. Just at
nightfall she reached quiet waters, and
| onoe more the unruly anchor was let
go again.
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
Facta of Interest lleKnrilinK the
Opossum by One Wlio Han
studied It.
The Virginia opossum, it is thought,
was originally an inhabitant of the trop
; ics, but has long been a resident of tem
! perate regions, also. In fact, writes
Ernest Harold Baynes, In Woman's
Home Companion, it has proved its abil
ity to flourish in almost any climate, and
its gnome-like footprints 'are found
every winter on the snow-covered
ground of Long Island and the Hudson
River valley. Nevertheless, it is best
known in the south, where to the darkies
the ideal sport is a possum hunt, and the
ideal feast, “baked possum an’ taters.”
An opossum is born in a much more
Immature condition than any other of
our mammals. At birth it is one of a
family of perhaps ten or 13, each of
which is no larger than a newly-born
mouse. The mother conveys it at once
to the pouch or pocket, on the under
side of her body, and there it attaches it
self to one of the 13 nipples which are ar
ranged in the form of a ring, with one in
lilt UUUU1C. m mot uiv oumj a luouiu
is very large in proportion to the size of
its body, but soon the Ups contract
around the nipple, and the little fellow
remains there for weeks without once
letting go. During this time his mother,
by means of special muscles, pumps milk
into him as he requires it. He grows
rapidly, and when he is about the size of
a small rat, at w'hich time he is covered
with gray hair like his mother, he pokes
his head out of the pouch, and even joins
his brethren in short excursions onto
: the back of his parent, scrambling back
again at the first sign of danger.
Achievement* of the S**r«.
Forty years ago the negroes of the
south did not own a square foot of
ground, nor a roof to cover them. Now,
on the other hand, there are 130,000 '
farms owned by negroes, valued at $350,
000,000; 150,000 homes outside the farm
ownership, valued at $265,000,000, and
personal property valued at $165,000,- !
000. So, starting from nothing, here is
an accumulation of nearly $800,000,000. |
When the work began not one per cent,
of the negro adults of the south could
read or write. To-day 40 per cent, can
do so. Fifty per cent, of the children
are attending school, and with more
facilities more would attend. There are
800 colored physicians in practice, 300
j lawyers and 30,000 school-teachers.
| There are 300,000 books in the homes of
colored people and they own and publish
. j 450 newspapers and magazines.—Chris
; tian Work.
' I Criticise* Shakpkpeart,
I Count Leo Tolstoi has written a
I treatise on Shakespeare, whose works
he criticises adversely.
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cent man will want a dnlly paper. If he dins not care to keep posted himself
will realise that a dally newspaper Is a great educator and his children should hnvwN- *%
It The Memphis Morning News has reduced Its price for a seven-day paper, poetaga X
paid, to 46 cents n month, and In addition is going to give
$500 IN CASH FREE
to the one of Its subscribers who makes the nearest estimate on the number of
of cotton received at Memphis from September 1, 1903, to and Including March 10*
11*04. This Is no lottery- The United States government permits no lottery, but doe*
not object t«> contests based on crop estimates, as they are a matter of computation;
mid judgment, and educate the people. Tine Morning News Is a aitnon pure aiiu;
honest Democratic newspaper, one month 46 cents, tnree months $1.35, six month*'
$2.60 and one year $6.00.
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twelve for one vear. No estimate will oe counted that la received at The New# of
fice after midnight of February 29, 1904. If desired, parties can send paper to tbe.r
friends and retain estimate for themselves, and can have one estimate for each month
ly subscription. Under no consideration can an estimate be changed after it 1# re
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