THE INDEPENDENT
! ERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
SOCIETY’S NEW GAME.
“Trail” has taken society by !
storm. It is something new,
something different.
“Trail” as the name implies is
founded on a popular hunting
sport, is played with fifty-three:
fine cards in four colors, repre
senting a fox to be chased and i
caught and four packs of hounds
of thirteen each.
“Trail” has a constantly re
curring interest for players as
they prefer their playing from
evening to evening in marked
contrast to certain recent bois
terous games that bore the play
ers at the end of an hour.
With the one pack six other
splendid, new copyright games
can be played. Two educational
games and two games of fun,
making it suitable for all mem
bers of a farpily.
“Trail” can be had of dealers
or sent postpaid, 75c gilt edge,
50c plain. Rules for the seven
games free.
Combination Card Cc.,
Atlanta, Ga.
THE ITALIAN IMMIGRANT.
Acts an Immense Amount of Pleasure
from Unexpected Sources—▲
Clothes-Beel Comedy.
The Italian immigrant has a
happy gift of extracting pleasure
from unexpected sources, so many
commonplace objects of his new
home are yet wonders to him. A
woman who lives in a pretty su
burban residence, the long garden
of which runs back to a small
court upon which a row of tene*
ment houses has just been erect
ed, discovered this recently when
she found a group of dark-eyed,
dirty little boys dancing ecstat
ically on the platform of her
clothes dryer.
They were cheering on a daring
comrade, who was clinging to the
outer cross-bar of the reel, relates
the Youth’s Companion. One of
his mates had set it spinning, and
the other boy was dizzily gyrat-1
ing aloft, mingling his excited
squeals of joy with the creaks and
groans of the overburdened ma
chine. Even as she looked there
was an ominous snap, and the fly
ing cherub came suddenly to earth
at her feet, where he sat softly
rubbing himself and staring up at
her, too dazed to cry. For the sake
of their own youthful bones she
thought it a case for severity, and
began to scold the intruders as
sternly as she knew how, conclud
ing father helplessly with an im
patient, “Whatever made you do
such a silly thi rur ntivhnw? An
swer me, can’t you?”
“Bullafuna, Bignorina!” whim
pered the fallen one. And it was
not until the remark was trans- J
lated by an Irish youngster, who
was peeping through the fence,
that she learned what the Italian
,lad meant.
“Sure, he says it’s bully fun,”
the Irish boy interpreted.
\ Arguments and remonstrance* i
quite failed to overcome the dan* 1
gerous fascination of such a de- j
lightful gymnastic apparatus. The
woman had finally to take it down ,
and resort to the ancient and in- i
convenient clothes-line instead. 1
A far funnier case of perverted (
entertainment occurred lately in j
a Connecticut town in which the i
.drawbridge tender complained to '
^hhe police that the Italian resi- (
dents had fallen into the habit of ,
riding on the draw as if it were a i
merry go round. 1
“Sometimes there’s as many as
500 of them,” he complained; “so
many that the draw won’t work 1
properly, and it most kills me try
ing to turn the crank. When I ,
holler at them to get off, they just
holler back, and don't budge. They
aren’t ugly, but they won’t mind.
They all come — mothers and
babies, fellows and girls, and
sometimes they bring a hurdy
gurdfc and dance while the bridge
swings round. It’s fun for them,
but it’s death to me. It’s got to
be stopped or I’ll resign. The i
city didn’t hire me to run a whirli
gig si le show to a circus.”
HUNTSHUMAN SKULLS
Peculiar Hobby Which Occupies
Leisure Time of a Texan.
Haa Vlaltrd Many Landa and Coaa*
Idea In Search of the Odd Curioa
and Ho Haa an Interaat
ia> Collection.
The following advertisement appeared
in the newspapers of St. Joseph, Mo., re
cently:
“Wanted—Human skullsl must, be la
good condition; will pay liberally for
line specimens. Apply Hotel M. Charles
W. Jenkins."
Jenkins was a temporary resident of
St. Joseph, Where he has considerable
realty Interests, but bis real home la in
Corpus Christ!, Tex. He has probably
the oddest lad of any collector of eurlos
who has ever been a resident of that city.
Mr. Jenkins la very anxious to increase
bis collection of skulls, and In the pos
session of medical students, physicians
and colleges of St. Joseph are specimens
taken front various burying grounds
that havs h«sn unearthed In the ex
cavations for buildings on sites that
hundreds of years ago were repositories
for the dead of the ancient red man.
‘T have now In my posseeslon MS
perfect specimens of human skulls," says
Mr. Jenkins. "They represent the hu
man of many ages, and I find them an
interesting study Indeed. How did I
come to Indulge In such a strange fad?
Well, In my youth I made a study of
anatomy, and became intensely Inter
ested In the construction of the human
frame. I gradually acquired a taste for
thla form of bric-a-brac.
“I got my real start as a collector of
skulls In 1887. During excavations In
St. Joseph on property In the posseeslon
of my father several specimens of an
ancient race were exhumed, and
straightway found a resting place upon
a shelf In a cabinet In my home. I vis
ited the former home of the mound
Dunaer in toioriuo twu hvw wcjuw,
where other specimens of the ancient
Inhabitants were discovered. They dif
fer materially from the skulls found in
It. Joseph. Then I visited the holy land
tn search of specimens. From there I
drifted to the lands of the Ptolemies of
Egypt Hers some valuable acquisi
tions were made. 1 have tramped over
the Pampae of South America, the moun
tains of Peru and Chill, and even pene
trated Into the wildernesses of the Ama
to n, where, In deposits of sarth and
stone, I have brought to light perfect
specimens of human skulls, represent
ing periods which history does not
chronicle.
"In my experiments I have found that
some skulls take on a very beautiful
polish, and I must say that, tinder the
hand of a skilled artisan, they are made
magnificent These specimens occupy a
cabinet by themselves. I have a number
of skulls taken from the wreck of the
Galveston storm. I also have specimens
from other disasters on this and other
continents. Five victims of the Mont
Pelee disaster are represented in my
collection. This business of collecting
skulls Is a great aid in the study and re
tention of important facta in history. !
have in my possession the skulls of men
st times prominent in the history of
this nation. How I earns to have them
I do not care to say. However, money
(■ a means of gratifying the tastes of |
anyone who cares to make a collection
»f this kind. Beoause I have acquired a
liking for this work, I spend much time
luring the winter months wandering
about between rows of grinning head^
phtllsophlzlng, after ths fashion of ths
{rave digger In Hamlet, upon the brev
ity of human life."
•suit;luis uuuor flourishes. ,
.. i
roan* Women of Boise, Make, lav*
Organisation and Choose
Viet las* by Lot.
Bolae, Idaho, haa a fully organised ‘
mickle club. That ft is ready for busl- .
isis and has already transacted con
ilderable business Is shown by the fact
bat at least three of Its members have i
‘shuffled off" by the suicide route with- (
n a period of as many months.
The fact of the existence of the organ
ration became known to ths police la 1
in Investigation Into the death of Grace <
Uhton, Its latest victim. She died from i
norphlne poisoning on a third attempt ,
it suicide, both of her previous attempts
laving been frustrated through season
ible discovery by friends. (
Another young woman friend of Miss 1
Ishton attempted suicide by taking pol- '
on, but recovered, and it was through (
ter that the existence of the club was .
aade known. The club la regularly or- *
ranlsed with a strong membership—all '<
oting women—and holds meetings at (
egular Intervals. It transpires that at (
>ach meeting a new victim is chosen by
ot, who is to "pass off" before the time
or the next meeting by one of the usual
nethods adopted In such cases, the par
icular mode being optional with the can- 1
ltdate. 1
Philippine Position* Hot Wanted.
Positions In the Philippines seem to 5
pi begging. Several months ago Col f
Sdwards, chief of the Insular bureau, j
•ailed upon the civil service commls- ^
don to certify candidates for 150
eachers’ positions paying from $2,000 1
o $000 per annum. There were few s
ipplicants, fewer took the examlna- f>
ion, and only 42 were found eligible {
’or appointment Another examlna- ^
Jon will, therefore, be held early In
October. The Insular bureau will not f
permit women to take the examlna- f
Jon for these positions, and the du- t
les or pay of pedagogue do not teem
o appeal to the young men ot the
:ountry.
Part mt the Populatlaa. ^
Paris uses >00,000,000 snails as food c
annually. And yet, says ths Washings c
mb Star, ths town U not so slow, j |
WAS WASHINGTON’S STAFF.
Interesting History «f Cane Ouo*
Owned by Father of Hie
Country.
One of the things that passed
ihrough the Baltimore fire un
scathed was a cane once owned by
George Washington and now the
property of Maj. H. H. Raleigh.
The cane reposed during the Are
in the vault of the Merchants'
Credit and Collection Bureau at
Liberty and German streets, says
the N«ir York Sun.
“In Gen. Washington’s will,"
said Maj. Raleigh, “two canes are
mentioned. One was bequeathed
to Robert Washington, of Chop
tank, Va., who gave it to Robert
Thompson, a relative.
“Later it passed to Miss Kittle
Thompson, a sister of Robert
Thompson, and finally Peter Gra
son Washington of New Yorl^
who was assistant secretary of the
treasury under Guthrie, was the
owner of the stick.
“Peter Grason Washington be*
qneathed the cane to the oldest
male heir of Gen. George Wash
ington who was living at the time
of his death. The late Mrs. Ra
leigh was a granddaughter of a
Mrs. McPherson, of Washington,
D. C., who before her marriage
was a Miss Washington. After
some contention it was proved
that Mrs. Raleigh’s brother,
whose family name was Edwards,
was the person entitled to the pos
session of the cane. I pnrchased
the relic f<?r my wife, and when
she died it became my property.*
A 1+V»nnrrV» iSibppUmwI am ■ pon.
the relic Is really a staff. It is of
bamboo, about four and a half
feet long and Just such a stick as
Washington might have used in
tramping over his broad acres in
Mount Vernon. The Washington
coat-of-arms adorns its gold head*
and it is encircled with a gold band,
upon which is inscribed:
“Willed to Robert Washington
and by him to descend to Peter
Grason Washington, of New
York.”
As soon as the embers had|
cooled, Maj. Raleigh hastened to
the vault and was much relieved
to find after the cane had been re
moved from the chamois skin case
that it had not been scorched.
SHARK AS A MESSENGER,
f.arried Newspaper to Sydney Outdl»
tancing Steamer Conveying Ink*
portant Item of News.
The story of the discovery of
human bones and bangles in the i
interior of the crocodile captured
it Fort Johnson, Rhodesia, >
brings to mind another story
which may appositely be recalled
at the present juncture. Every*
body has heard of “Mrs. Marquar
rie’s chair,” as they call the east*
;rn point of Farm Cove, in Sydney
larbor. There, says the St
lames’ Gazette, it was that a poor
‘migrant, in pre-cable days, killed;
and towed ashore a shark, cut him
ip, and found a London newspa*'
)er in the internals. In the paper
vas the announcement of the war
jetween France and Germany,
fhe shark had outdistanced the
iteamer by which the mail was
toming, and here the discoverer
lad the fact to himself. He gavs
lis information to a wealthy wool
lealer, who bought all the sea
ion’s clip at 9d. per pound, ana
told at 3s. after the news of the
var had arrived by the ordinary
hannel. He cleared, it is said,
our millions sterling by the deal,
rhe man who killed the shark and
‘xtracted the news of price—well,
le received a battered silk hat
md a five shilling piece and onre
trained liberty as to the disposal
if the shark.
Forgot the Chimney.
A short time ago a public cer*
nony was to be carried out at
jandshut, an important town ia
vower Bavaria. A new public
chool was to be formally opened,
nd all Landshut quivered with
Measurable anticipation. Unfor*
unately the festivities had to be
>ut off at the last moment. The
chool could not be opened. No
cliolar could take his seat upon
he brand-new forms. The land
ras In the grip of winter, and the
rchitect had forgotten to provide
single chimney throughout the
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