/about people—mainly )
Keep your eye on Bpace No. 1 for
startling announcement.
Miss Laura Johnson left for Searcy •
on the noon train Friday.
Elise Hooker is reported about the
same by her physician with no ma
terial change.
Mrs. O. H. Hungerford leaves to- j
night for St. Louis, where Mr. Hung
erford will meet her.
Mrs. H. E. Cobb will entertain the
Smart Set Saturday afternoon in hon
or of Miss Hester Phillips.
Miss Laura Johnson came up from
Weldon Thursday on her return to
Galloway College at Searcy.
Extraordinary mercantile offerings j
—watch space No. 1 on last page for j
extraordinary announcement.
Mrs. E. Merrill has resigned her
position with Henry Schott and con
templates opening up a millinery store
in the Spring.
Miss Tula Webber returned to Cal .
loway College at Searcy on the noon
train Friday after spending tne holi
days at home.
Mrs. R. B. Willis and daughter Mar- ,
garet returned to Searcy on the noon
train Thursday, after a pleasant visit
with Newport friends.
The rainfall, which began Thursday
mcning and lasted throughout the
day and succeeding night, amounted
to 1.16 inches and was probably gen
eral.
For nice rigs of any kind and good
driving horses, place your call with
R. L. Robinson, upper end of Front
Street. Charges always reason
able. 6‘2dtf
The fourteen months’ old infant of
Ernest Lowery of Fitzgerald died
Thursday morning, January 1, and
was buried Saturday at Hickory Grove
cemetery.
H. D. Herring of Weldon has accep
ted a position in the drug store of
Capt. W. A. Joyce and began work
'the first of the year. He has already
many friends in Newport, who extend
him a cordial welcome.
Mrs. P. Huffman arrived Tuesday
night from Charleston, Missouri for a
few days visit with her son, Ira Huff
man. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman are get
ting along nicely at Charleston and
well pleased with their new home.
Mrs. M. Kaufman left Friday morn
ing for her home in Dardanelle and
was accompanied by Miss Florence
Selig, who will visit there before re
turning to her home in the Indian
*■ TOwrfTT^ Miss >-TOHt Of
friends here who will welcome a re
turn visit.
Lost—A lady’s pocket book between
Iron Mountain depot and corner of
Second and Laurel streets. Yellow
cover containing a necklace and
pendant, and stick pin with opal set
ting, also §1 bill. Finder will confer
favor by returning same to this office
or Mrs. J. L. Carpenter. d2t
Application blanks for the Crosses
of Honor to be distributed to the vet
erans of Tom Hindman Camp can be
secured of Capt. W. A. Joyce and the
L. C. Gause chapter of the U. D. C.
desire each member to apply for and
fill out these blanks at once, so that
the crosses may be bestowed by Jan
uary 19.
The Ozark Queen on her trip down
last week from McBride’s went
aground at Lone Willow, a short dis
tance alutmJUock No. 2. The Queen’s
cargo was heavy, consisting ot over
400 bales of cotton and a lot of miscel
laneous freight. It may take a rise
to get the boat off the ground.
Batesville Bee.
Maury Stevens, Oliver Nouss and
Frank Gullett, went duck hunting on
New Year’s day, down on Eagle Lake,
but on their return, the team they
were trying to drive balked, compell
ing them to walk home in the rain and
mud, a distance of about five miles.
They were sights and threaten a dam
age suit against the livery firm hiring
them a team.
The Wolff - Goldmau Mercantile
Company received a novel consign
ment Wednesday, being a little seven
year old girl, who came all the way
from a point near Fort Smith by her
self. She was tagged, however, and
came through all right and on Thurs
day was called for by G W. A1 vis of
Bird township. Her mother had died
and the father being sick sent bis
daughter to relatives here.
A Missouri editor who is about to
puli up and leave for lack of support,
sarcastically remarks in parting that
editors don’t need money. “Don’t
worry about the editor,” he says. “He
has a charter from the state to act as
door-mat for the community. He’ll
get the paper out somehow, and stand
up for you when you run for office; lie
about your pigeon-toed daughter’s
tackey wedding; blow about your big
footed sons when they get a four-dol
lar-a-weeb job; weep over your
shriveled soul when it is released from
your grasping body and smile at your
giddy wife’s second marriage. He’ll
get along. Tbe Lord only knows bow
but the editor will get there s mt
h jw.”
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Skates new stock just received at
Bowen’s Cash Store. b tf 218.
Keep your eye on space No. 1 for
startling announcement.
Extraordinary mercantile offerings
—watch space No. 1 on last page for
extraordinary announcement.
Extraordinary mercantile offerings
— watch space No. 1 on last page for
extraordinary announcement.
Sack found containing gentleman’s
clothing. Owner can recover same
by calling at this office or upon Henry
Buford. 214 dtf
For rent—Three furnished rooms
for light housekeeping at corner of
Ash and Second streets.. Apply to
Mrs. A. B. Smith. 210 dtf
For Sale—Residence, corner Hazel
and Fifth streets. Terms made known
on application.
144-dtf Mrs. Cora A. McDonald.
JUST ON T1IE BRINK.
nV II. C. WARREN.
"What news?” she shouted, waving, &i
he came within hailing distance.
He waved back and shook his heod mourn
fully. Then, in a voice that carried fat
above the noise of the breakers, he called
back:
"The jfame old story.”
She was perched high up on the top
of a big rock that projected almost into
the sea. ' A light plaid shawl, thrown pic
turesquely over her, served as a partial pro
tection against the foam, which splashed
madly about, at times reaching even the
height where she was seated. He has
tened toward her, leaping from rock to rock.
and scrambling up, arrived quite breath
less.
“Nothing bad, I hope?’’ she queried, sym
pathetically, as he threw himself headlong
at her feet.
"Yes, really, Emma,” he replied, “it is
bad; not so much in itself, but coming
after all the rest, you know, it take® the
starch pretty weil out of me, I confess.”
"What is it this time?”
"It’s the ‘Hermit to His Books.’ I’ve tried
it everywhere, and now even the Heathen
rejects it. It is utterly hopeless, you see.’’
"It isn’t in your best vein, I’m afraid, and
you will simply have to try again,”
"Well, what is my vein, then? Have 1
any veins anyway, or are they ail arte
ries?” And he laughed, in a half hearted
way. “There was the ‘Swinging Lantern,’
which was dramatic and ghostly. I thought
that would do. It was modeled after my
prize poem in college And there was t.h<
‘Ghost of Deadeinoua,’ pitched in the saint
high key—both utter failures. Then there
was the ‘Switchman,’ in the way of dia
lect—”
"But you know, Joel,” she broke in,
"that style doesn’t suit you at all. It
is like a red-headed girl trying to wear a
pink waist. Dialect, unless it is written by
a native, is as bad as a foreign language. It
is either intensely humorous—to the in
itiated—or it is crude and pointless. You
might as well try to write in German oi
Chinese.”
Joel looked up at her and laughed; this
time fj*v“ laugh was genuine. "And yet,”
he replied, “you say you believe in me.
You think I will succeed if I keep on with
my writing. It’s really more than I can
believe myself just now, Emma,” he added,
more seriously. “To tell the truth, I am
sick of it, and just about ready to give the
whole thing up.”
“But you did not work it over?”
well, \uiat was me use: w neu »
thing is written, it’s written, as far as I’tn
concerned. I know that poem isn’t all
that it might be, but I don’t see any way of
improving it myself. It’s like the Irish
man’s coffee: ‘All right if I could take the
'ile out, bejabbers!’ And that’s just the
trouble with all my work, I suppose: I
can’t seem to get rid of the kerosene taste.
I have a gleam of thought, and 1 write; then
my lamp goes out (excuse the mixed meta
phor) ! and 1 can’t seem to light it again.
Some men can spend hours polishing down
a single line, but I can’t. If I try, the whole
poem loses its flavor, and it seems such
wretched stuff that I am seized with a mad
impulse to toss it into the fire at once.”
“As you actually did with the ‘Birth of
Athena?’ ”
“Exactly.”
“I with you hadn’t. I liked the ‘Birth of
Athena’ so much. Only I did think you
could improve those tew lines about Hermes
paying for compliments.”
“Well, they were pretty poor, I know;
I couldn’t fix them up, anyhow, and the
rest of it was no earthly use without them
Like the c ray hound with the docked tail,
it wouldn’t have improved the dog to cut
the tail off entirely. So what was the use?
Do you think I might have made it pass
able?”
"1 know you could,”-the replied, with
conviction; “and just so with the ‘Hermit
to His Books.’ if you will only try. I told
you frankly win re I thought it was lack
ing. Why don’t you go over it carefully.
Joel Deems, you have the soul of a tnie
poet in you, but—”
“But what?” he asked eagerly, still gaz
ing down at the tossing sea. And just then
a great wave rolled in and dashed triumph
antly far over the beach. Emma was watch
ing him closely, searching!)-, the while.
"Nothing, only I am perfectly sure you
haw not found your own field yet. Do
you know—I believe- T have never said so
before,” she hesitated, “but I think—you
might write-—well, poems of sentiment, for
instance. So far as I know, you have never
tried that, and I don’t see why.”
“Oh, I simply couldn’t. It’s too absurd.
You know the idea in this ‘Hermit!’ Well,
it expresses my own feelings precisely. How
could1 a man of my temperament write
poems of passion, or love ditties, or any
thing of that sort? It would lie like trying
to graft a forget-me-not onto a wil'd locust.”
“Yes. you can,” she retorted; “you have
the true sap in you, in spite of all your
attempts to starve it out. Don’t try to
pose before me. 1 haven’t forgotten the
last part of your ‘Athena’:
“ ‘Though clad in comely armor,heart well
steeled,
With dauntless dart, should Eros pierce thy
shield.
And sink his quivering shaft deep in that
shrine,
Then, splendid goddess, were thou twice
divine.’
“What real hermit would give utterance
to such shockingly tender sentiments as
those?” she cried, laughing.
“But that was before—” he began, then
broke off suddenly, and bit hie lip.
“Before what?” she demanded; then, see
ing fiis pale face, she, too, stopped and
glanced away at the sea. The waves dashed
up in light spray, which scattered in the
wind and quickly vanished.
“I used to write that sort of thing/’ he
said, in a strained voice, “but it didn’t seem
to. work. I’ve swoxa off.”
AN ADMIRAL'S AVERSION.
What Mny Be the Con«eq.nencee at
Bating Too Much of On#
Dlih,
"I was dining with Admiral Drytom
of Virginia, formerly of the confe^R
ate navy, one evening In RichmontV'
said Edward Mashall, the author and
journalist, relates the Washington.
Star, “and I ordered my favorite dish
of brodled sardines. There isn’t much
of a sardine to broil, but what there is
of the little fish thus prepared is most
delicious.
“When the diminutive products of
the Maine coast were brought before
me I observed the admiral turn pale
and show evidences of physical distress.
He asked me to be kind enough to have
the dish removed and another substi
tuted
“Whenithad disappeared my friend’s
normal good nature returned, and h«
explained. It seems that be sailed tA
the Pacific coast before the war, in a
ship which had an unusually long and
tempestuous passage. The provisions
ran short, and they were compelled to
rely upon the cargo for food. The only
edibles were case* of tinned sardines
and boxes of soda crackers. The crew
and pnssengers lived on sardines and
crackers until their stomachs refused
to tolerate these delicacies. They were
in danger of actual starvation, when
another ship fortunately hove in sight,
and enough surpplles were obtained, to
last until San Francisco was reached.
Since then the sight of sardines is in
tolerable to the admiral.”
THE HUMAN MACHINE.
Some Interesting St&tlattes n-s to the
Amount of Work n Mon’a
Does.
The human body Is the most econom
ical machine in the world. It takes in
about 8 1-3 pounds of food a day in the
shape of water, oxygen and sclids.
This food gives man his power of do
ing work. It gives the strength for
bodily, muscular and mental Work, says
the New York World.
The heart does 120 foot tons of work
in 24 hours. If the full work of the
heart for that period could be gath
ered into one big lift it would raise
120 tons weight one foot high. Th*
muscles of breathing do 21 foot tons
work per day.
The work of the whole body In Its
actions for 24 hours amounts to about
3,400 fobt tons.
This enormous working power is de
veloped from food in 24 hours. Over
3,000 foot tons go to produce heat,
which is a mode of motion and is neces
sary for every vital process. The re
mainder represents a man's actual
muscular and mental work.
It roust be remembered that 3,000
foot tons about represent the force
which would raise a roan of average
weight eight and one-half miles’height.
Man has never succeeded in making any
engine that could compare with the en
| glneer’s own body in developing a rela
; tively large amount of energy on a vefy
small consumption of fuel oi food.
A Mammoth Document.
The most voluminous bill ever be
fore congress is undoubtedly that pro
viding a civil government for the ter
ritory of Alaska, As filed in the state
department, it makes 2S4 pages of
printed parchment. For convenience
in handling the sheets were not fast
ened together ip form, as is the cus
tom, but were divided into six parts
and each of the six parts was placed
in a thin woodeil box. Five of these
coverings were e.acb fastened with the
traditional red tape, while the sixth,
which contained the concluding pages
of the bill, to which the president
affixes his signature, was provided
with a sliding top so that its con
tents could be easilj- removed.
RECOVERED HER' TEETH.
Cbaiie of a Philadelphia VVKunan Aft,
er a I'ng That Had Token
Her Molars.
Philadelphians on Diamond sti
were very much interested theother coy
in watchingthechaseof oyoungwonA*
stylishly dressed after a pug dog, re
ports an exchange of that city. Th*
wind was high and during a gust thw
came around a corner the young w<JMi»
•n sneezed, gently at first, and tffe*
with some degree of violence. A cry
of alarm escaped her lips as something
resembling a string of pearls fell fmfo
her mouth to the pavement. For a&
Instant the object glittered on the side
walk, when the frisky dog bounded t®
the spot, picked up the glistening thing
and bounded off again.
Blushing, the girl, in her perplexity,
east a wistful glance at the dog in the
distance. Quickly she placed her trem
bling hand over her mouth and kept It
there, while she started in pursuit of
the dog. The chase was exciting.
Pedestrians paused to watch. After
many turns, rushes, dodges and halts
the pretty maiden caught the dog at
Tenth street. The animal fell pros
trate at her commands.
“Drop it. Fldo; drop it!” she cried.
The dog obeyed, opened its mouth
and dropped upon the pavement with
great reluctance the proud maiden’s
set of false teeth.
OerrWv* T al Grow In the Aretle.
The Eskimo children have other
things than snowballs and icebergs
! to eat. Things grow very fast In the
i short arctic summer. As soon as the
snow molts off in many places the
ground is covered with ft vine which
bears a small berry something like a
, huckleberry, porwong it is called. It
is sour and bas a pungent taste, and
the Indians leave off work and go
porwong bunting, cramming them
; selves with the berries. It is a lucky
j thing for them that the summer is
60 short, or there would be an epl
j dercic of cholera.
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j SPACE NO. 1.
I Keep your eye on this
I space for Startling An*
I nouncement.
\
JACK HERRON.
Back again in Newport and
Prepared to do all kinds ol
Brick Work.
Repair Work Promptly
Attended To.
DO IT NOW.
Have your watch repaired at the
Palace Jewelry Store. 202 btf
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NORTH BOUND.
No. 72 Local Freight. 6:45 a. m.
No. 2. 4:05 a. rri.
No. 4 11:05 a. m.
No. 12 8:48 p.m.
No. 6 10:50 p. m.
No. 8 .11:32 p. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
' No. 73 Local Freight ... 7:00 a. m.
: No. 7. 4:05 a. m.
j No. 5. 4:40 a. m.
No. 11 6:15 a.m.
No. 3 11:39 a. m.
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| Passenger Leaves. 7:00 a.m.
Mixed “ 11:45 a. m.
Passenger Arrives. 6:45 p. in.
Mixed “ 10:15 a. m.
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The “Rock Island System,” Choc
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established through personally con
ducted tourist sleeping car lines to
California and Portland, Oregon.
The California car leaves Memphis
every Tuesday at 9:00 a. m., Little
Rock 1:16 p. m., South McAlester, I.
T., 10:50 p. m. same day, Oklahoma
City 2:40 a. m. Wednesday, El Reno
3:40 a. m. arriving El Paso, Tex.,
Thursday morning, Los Angeles Fri
day morning and San Francisco, Sat
urday morning.
The Portland, Oregon, car leaves
Memphis every Thursday on the same
schedule arriving Denver 7:30 Satur
day morning, Ogden Sunday morning
and Portland Monday morning.
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Coma and Try the French Process in Cleaning.
The Newport Steam Dye Works Co. use it. We use no
inferior dyes’or acids to rot the cloth or fade the colors. Let
us press: your garments. Thirty-five years’ experience—two
years in your town.
217 WALNUT STREET.
Next door to Chastain s grocery store.
D. H. SMITH, Manager,
JACK JONES, Trade at Otto M Bowen’s Cash
The Crack Barber, keeps a neat StorB* th© lowest priced house in
and busy little shop. Upper end town. We are also giving as a spec
of Front street. Expert tonso- ial inducement with cash coupons re
rialists. Easy shaves and the best turned to the value of every $25 any
haircuts. Our work pleases. I_. :
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