NOT TO BE IGNORED.
The kidneys are as important to
good health as the heart, lungs,
stomach or any organ in the body.
Lame back, swollen joints, sore mus
cles, rheumatic aches and pains, are
most often signals of kidney trouble.
Foley Kidney Pills give relief to
_^kidney trouble sufferers. They ban
fj^^sh bladder irregularities.—Walker’s
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lard’s Snow Liniment to all wounds,
cuts, burns, sores or blisters, and
note its wonderful healing power. It
is prompt and very effective. Price
25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by
W. E. Bevens.
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When you yawn a good deal in the
day time, feci dull, achy and want to
stretch frequently it is an unmistak
able symptom of malaria, and unless
you do something at once you are
booked for a spell of chills. Herbine
is a chill medicine that will prevent
or cure the disease. It drives out the
impurities on which the malarial
germ thrives, strengthens the liver
and cleanses the bowels. Price 60c.
Sold by W. E. Bevens.
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Constipation is the starting point
for many serious diseases. To be
healthy, keep the bowels active and
rgular. Herbine will remove all ac
cumulations in the bowels and put the
system in prime condition. Price 60c.
Sold by W. E. Bevens.
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666 cures Headaches, Biliousness,
loss of Appetite, foul breath, or that
tired aching feeling due to Malaria
or Colds. It removes the cause.
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Estrayed— From Mrs. Kemp’s
place at Johnstown several days ago
one dark mare mule, fresh sheared,
grey streak on breast, animal is
about 8 years old, weighs about 800
pounds. Will pay $15 reward for in
formation leading to recovery of an
imal. WTrite or telephone John Sink,
Johnstown, Ark. wl82t.
FOR SALE.
Two heating stoves (for wood), one
sewing machine and one davenport,
practically new. 618 Main street.
Phone 409. 85d6t w3t
STOCK NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that, as
marshal of the city of Newport, 1
have taken up the following livestock,
to-wit:
One sandy colored, with black
spots, barrow hog, crop off right,
half-over slope in left, weight about
150 pounds.
The owner of said stock is hereby
notified to come forward and prove
ownership to the undersigned, and
that in default thereof, I will on
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1918
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash, in front of
the city hall in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, between the hours of 10
o’clock a. m. and 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon of said date.
G. C. MARTIN,
97dl0. City Marshal.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood, Box 18, R. F.
D. 2, Morrill, Me., writes: “Foley
Kidney Pills help me so much. My
husband also has received much ben
efit from them. He was so lame he
could not stoop over and now he feels
no pain.” Lame back, sore muscles,
stiff joints, rheumatic aches and
pains quickly conquered by Foley
Kidney Pills.—Walker’s Pharmacy.
CAUGHT COLD AT PALM BEACH.
Southern climate is no protection
against summer colds. Helen R.
'Senders, 626 2nd Av., W. Palm
Beach, Fla., writes: “My severe
<vi1H on the chest was relieved by Fo
ley’s Honey and Compound.” This
fine old family remedy can be de
pended upon to relieve summer colds,
hay fever, asthma and croup.—Walk
er’s Pharmacy.
Hot Springs, ArK.
The Wonder Spot of America.
FOR MALARIA, CHILLS, FEVER,
RHEUMATISM AND OTHER CHRONIC DISORDERS.
Owned and Controlled by U. S. Government.
High up in the Healthful Ozark Mountains.
Delightful Balmy Days. Cool, Sleepy Nights.
T3 A "T\TT TTVT The latest analysis by the U. S. Govern
CvfTL-t-'I. UIV1 ment of these wonderful Hot Springs
Waters were found to be highly Radio-active.
TOURIST RATES—Low tourist round trip rates now in
effect on all railroads, from all points in America. Insist
on this rate.
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OUR SAVED FOOD i
FED THE ALLIES
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Food Administrator Writes Presi
dent America Conserved 141,
000,000 Bushels Wheat.
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CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN, j
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by ,
844,600,000 Pounds.
Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,
000,000 bushels of wheat and 844,600,
000 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all at $1,400,000,000.
This was accomplished in the face of a
serious food shortage in this country,
bespeaking the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad.
Food Administrator Hoover, in a let- j
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up of the millions of bushels of wheat
during 1917-18 and the shipment of
meat during 1917-18.
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to $1,400,000,000, all this food being
bought through or in collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
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11 cli Vcm |cai luai v_luotu *» uut uv,
The shipments of meats and fats
(Including meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc.,) to Allied des
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 1916-17... .2,160,500,000 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-18.. ..3,011,100,000 lbs.
Increase . 844,600,000 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreciably larger than the year be
fore and particularly in hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
to bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the ex
ports to the Allies were 2,133,100,000
pounds, as against 1,266,500,000 pounds
in the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
801,000,000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years in the three-year
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re
duced to terms of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1910-17. .259,900,000 bushels
Fiscal year 1917-18. .340,800,000 bushels
Increase . 80,900,000 bushels
Of these cereals our shipments of
the prime br'eadstuffs in the fiscal year
1917-18 to Allied destinations were:
Wheat 131,000.000 bushels and of rye
13.900.000 bushels, a total of 144,900,
000 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1916-17 were:
Wheat 135,100.000 bushels and rye
2.300.000 bushels, a total of 137,400,000
bushels. In addition some 10.000,000
bushels of 1917 wheat are now in port
for Allied destinations or en route
thereto. Tb“ total shipments to Allied
UUliluries iiuuj uui. iuoi mu vcoi ui
wheat will be therefore, about 141,000,
000 bushels, or a total of 154,900,000
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In ad
dition to tills we have shipped some
10.000.000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
“This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly if we bear in mind that we had
available in the fiscal year 1916-17
from net carry-over and ns surplus
over our normal consumption about
£00,000.000 bushels of wheat which we
MTI'11 ;1hl„ H.-pn.-t licit yn.ir 'vittw.nt
trenching on our home loaf,” Mr.
Hoover said. “This Inst year, however,
owing to the large failure of the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from nei
carry-over and production and imports
Only just about our normal consump
tion. Therefore our,wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent ap
proximately savings from our own
wheat bread.
“These figures, however, do not fully
convey the volume of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
h.v the whole American people. De
spite the magnificent effort of our agri
cultural population in planting a much
Increased acreage in 1917, not only was
there a very large failure in wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop.
“I am sure.” Mr. Hoover wrote in
concluding his report, “that all the
millions of our people, agricultural as
well as urban, who have contrlbuteJ
to these results should feel ai very
definite satisfaction that in a year of
universal food shortages In the north
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through Into sight of the coining
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
“It is difficult to distinguish between
various sections of our people—the
homes, public eating places, food
trades, u ban or agricultural popula
tions—in assessing credit for these re
sults. but no one will deny the domi
nant part of the American women.”
A hoarder is a man who Is more in
terested in getting his bite than In giv
ing his bit.
STUDY HOLDING OF CAMERA
Successful Work With the Instrument
Depends Largely on Its Being in
Proper Position.
Successful hand-camera work de
pends largely on the power to give
slow shutter exposures with the cam
era held in the hand, and in this con
nection sufficient attention is rarely
given to the matter of “grip.” It is
not enough to hold the camera firmly
ajfainst the chest or stomach. The
best position must be found by trial,
and this will vary with different in
dividuals and different makes of
camera. Iu general it will be found
that the most comfortable position is
the steadiest. At waist level the
hands will be usually placed sym
metrically on either side of the instru
ment, the right, near the release, for
ward, and the other a little behind.
When the camera is held at eye level,
one hand is usually held rather under
the instrument as a support, and the
other grips the back or side, or with
a folding type of camera both hands
may grip the back. With the very
small types, one hand often almost In
closes the instrument nnd releases the
shutter, whilst the other is used as a
support. At eye level it is often a
great assistance to a steady aim to
press the back of the camera against
the cheek. Just as the feel of a fa
vorite gun gives confidence, so the
use of the camera should be familiar,
and regular and systematic practice
with the unloaded camera will he a
great help in this. Trial exposures
should be given from time to time, and
the resulting negatives carefully ex
amined. At first fairly short exposures
only should be given, to gain confi
dence, gradually employing slower
speeds as the hand is trained and
nerve is acquired.
FIRST RECORDED AIR FIGHT
Frenchmen, Rivals in Love, Had
Strange and Fatal Duel More Than
One Hundred Years Ago.
The first battle In the air and the
strangest duel in the long history of
the field of honor was fought 110
years ago near Paris. Two Frenchmen
were ardent rivals for the affections
of a woman, and so bitter did their
quarrel become that only blood could
wipe it out. Ordinary methods were
top tame for these fiery spirts, so it
was agreed that the duel should be
fought from balloons. The cause of
the trouble agreed to marry the vic
tor,
When the sheeted day arrived the
two fighters and their seconds repaired
to the meeting place, only to find a
great crowd assembled, for word of
the strange encounter had spread
broadcast. The principals, however,
were undeterred. Two balloons, pre
cisely alike, had been prepared, and
into these they stepped. To each was
handed a carefully loaded blunderbuss.
The word was given and the moor
ings cast off. Slowly the balloons as
cended, almost side by side. At the
height of about half a mile, when the
great bags were but 80 yards apart,
the signal was given and both men
opened fire. Soon one of the balloons
collapsed and crashed to the earth.
The record says the woman kept her
promise and married the victor of the
aerial battle.
Dog Recognizes Portrait.
In his reminiscences “Spy” sketches
my credulity. He had painted a full
length portrait of his host at a country
house. When it was just finished he
came down early one morning to in
spect it—and found his host’s dog sit
ting up begging before the portrait of
his master.
It was Apelles, the ancient painter,
I think, who depicted grapes so realis
tically that the very birds pecked at
them. But in a long association with
dogs I have never found one who could
recognize a figure or a landscape in a
picture.
The nearest approach to such intel
ligence is when I have set a looking
glass on the floor and confronted a dog
with his own likeness. He growls sus
piciously, uncomfortably, until he
walk's behind to find the other dog—
that isn’t there!—London Chronicle.
Easy Way to Measure Distances.
Boy scouts who are interested in
' emulating deeds of their older friends
are practicing many engineering
stunts. One of the most interesting is
to measure distances without instru
ments and where the travel from point
to point is impracticable. The method
followed is one employed by Napoleon
when his engineers sought to learn the
distance across an unfordable river.
The little corporal took a position
on the bank at the water edge, gazed
across the stream until the opposite
shore line was just discernible below
the visor of his cgf>, then turned on his
heel and spotted a point at the same
level up stream. After this he paced
off the distance and had it approxi
mately correct.
Common Heather Dying Out.
In the case of such a plant as the
common heather of England and Scot
land, found growing wild in Nova
Scotia, it Is a matter of curious inter
est to determine whether It Is native
to the soil or has been Introduced from
Europe. Lawson decided that the plant
had its home here. There was a time,
it is thought, when the plant was abun
dant in our northern lands, and Its
present rare occurrence marks a dying
out of the species on this side of the
ocean. Its vigorous growth in Europe
is due to the circumstance that there
it is a young plant on virgin soil.
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LIFE FIFTY CENTURIES AGO
Discoveries Show There Were Many
Points of Resemblance to That
of the Present Day.
Translation of prehistoric tablets In
the University of Pennsylvania mu
seum at Philadelphia has revealed that
women mayors were regularly consti
tuted public officials in Asia Minor
5,000 years ago. That prototypes of
newspaper men at that remote time,
true to more modern traditions of the
profession, occasionally became in
volved in litigations of the present day
“libel suit” character, but generally
were released “on bail” is nlso indi
cated in the newly deciphered writ
ings.
The translations which concern a
once-powerful. well-organized govern
ment and people of which nearly all
trace lias been lost through long for
gotten centuries have just been com
pleted by Dr. A. B. Sayce of Oxford
university, famous orientnl scholar. He
copied the tablets two years ago and
took the copies to Egypt, where he
was finally able to master their time
shrouded messages.
The tablets were the work of Hlt
tites of Cappadocians, whose national
boundaries 50 centuries ago extended
from the Mediterranean to the Black
sea and from the headquarters of the
Euphrates into what is now Persia.
Each province was subdivided into
cities, and these were supervised by a
mayor and a protectress, whose pow
ers. the tablets indicate, were co-ordi
nated. In one instance it appeared the
woman mayor had an official status in
dependent of the male head of the
“municipal” government.
An insight into many other interest
ing and hitherto unknown phases of
life in the ancient kingdoms whose
lands comprised the present-day Meso
potamian battle grounds are afforded
by Doctor Sayce’s discoveries.
SEE DEER AS FOOD SUPPLY
Belief That Animals Can Be Domes
ticated and Raised Like the
Ordinary Live Stock.
There hns been advocated the
scheme of raising deer as a source of
meat supply in this country. It is be
lieved that deer farming could be
made as profitable as any other live
stock industry.
ft has been pointed out that the Vir
ginia deer and the Rocky mountain elk
are best suited for this purpose. Elk
have been acclimatized in many parts
of the world and everywhere they
show the same vigor and hardiness.
They adapt themselves to almost any
environment and their Increase under
domestication is equal to that of ordi
nary cattle.
It Is contended that there are large
areas of rough land iu the United
States, like the Ozarks and the Alle
ghany regions, where elk could be
profitably raised. The Virginia deer
Is adaptable to almost all parts of this
country and thrives on land unsulted
to horses.
Animals and Proverbs.
It Is singular at first sight how large
ly animals are referred to In proverbs,
but since proverbs are built on men’s
lives and their observations, it Is real
ly not so odd.
The docile sheep reminds one of obe
dient children or tractable servants;
the strutting peacocks, with their large
and beautiful tails, of gaudily dressed
women; the rock-climbing goats, of
bold adventurers; the cunning foxes,
of unprincipled and shrewd tradesmen;
the chirping crickets, of care-free mer
rymakers, and the slippery eel, of unre
liable employers.
This readiness to see resemblances
everywhere shows Itself In proverbial
similes and comparisons—the man with
a sluggish mind is “as stupid as an
auk;” a cheerful companion is “as
happy as a clam;” the headstrong
youth “as wild as a buck;” the diligent
workman is “as busy as a bee;” the
courageous soldier is “as brave as a
lion;” the neighbor who is lean and
tall of stature Is “as gaunt as a grey
-honmi."
Mecca for the Fat.
“Go to Mesopotamia and perspire” is
the reply of a writer in the Seattle
1 Post-Intelligencer to a person who is
[ searching for a reliable cure for fat. In
I that climate a fat person, simply melts
1 and runs down. As early In the morn
I ing as daybreak one awakes to And
j himself bathed in perspiration. The
! “cool” of the night means a tempera
| ture of 90 degrees; by eleven o’clock
j the temperature rises to 120 degrees,
! and at midday the air simply burns the
j lungs. Nobody remains fat in Meso
i potamia, and nobody works if it can be
| avoided, and Sulim tells me that it
| generally is avoided under the pretext
j of turning everything over to Allah.
| All this fat pilgrim needs in Mesopota
[ mia is somebody to support him. If
this can be arranged, the fat takes
care of itself. However, one might re
duce, even in this climate, quite hand
j ily while looking for somebody to sup
port one.
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Grand Canyon an Inspiration.
An Interesting example of the way
the Grand canyon “gets” those who
live a while with it is found in the
technical, and to most of us the in
comprehensible, reports of the govern
ment topographers and geologists who
studied it for years. Apparently, In
spite of themselves,. these men to
whom rocks and canyons are the grim
business of life often interrupt their
dry, technical pages by brief bursts
of enthusiasm, not inspired in the least
by science, but by the pure emotion of
sublimity.
COMMITTEE ISSUES '
FAIR PRICE UST.
At a recent meeting of the “Fair
Price Committee’, appointed by the
County Food Administrator, the fol
lowing were agreed upon as being
fair prices:
D-S Meat, per pound_32c
[Hams, per pound_38c
Breakfast Bacon, per pound-60c
Smoked Bacon Bellies, per pound—38c
Pure Lard (bulk), per pound_35c %
5-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
per bucket _$1.50
10-lb. Buckets Pure Lard,
per bucket _$3.00
Compound Lard (bulk), per
pound__30c
5-lb. Buckets Compound Lard,
per bucket _ $1.35
10-lb. Buckets Compound Lard,
per bucket _$2.75
2-lb. Std. Corn, per can_20c \ .
2- lb Std. Tomatoes, per can_15c
3- lb Std. Tomatoes, per can_26c ^
Rice, per pound _16c
Std. Meal, 25-lb. sacks, per sack $1.50
Cream Meal 25-lb sack, per sack $1.00
Cream Meal, 10-lb. sacks, per sk. 70c
Navy Beans, per pound___-_20c
Lima Beans, per pound_20c
Pinto Beans, per pound_16c
Wheat Flour, 24-lb. sacks_$1.75
Corn Flour, per pound_10c
12 ounce loaf of Bread_10c
24 ounce loaf of bread___-_20c
These prices will be changed from
time to time as condition warrant. !
FAIR PRICE QOMMITTEE
for Jackson Counuty. 'S f
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PREPARE FOR THE HOT WAVE.
The hot sun is doubly dangerous
if there is a mass of undigested food |
in the stomach. Foley' Cathartic ^
Tablets give prompt and sure relief. ;
They act gently but do their work
thoroughly. They cleanse the bowels,
sweeten the stomach and benefit |
the liver. For indigestion, bilious*
ness, bad breath, bloating, gas.—» Y
Walker’s Pharmacy.
PARKER CONVINCED
BY HIS EXPERIENCE j
‘‘I Can Recommend Tanlac In thekY|j
Highest Terms,” Says Well-/
Known Alabama Dentist— / '
Declares He Is Well Man. '
“I am firmly convinced from P&M
own experience with Tanlac, tha&.;.4l|yf
will do all people claim for it, g»s|jj|g
am a well man now, after sufferfai^S
tor twelve years until I took
li,c,” is the frank statement of
S. J. Parker, a well known dentilp|||
of’ Roanoke, Alabama. jN|jS||
”1 had a bad form of stomach troll* .
Lie, which distressed me continua|i]l|iH|
or all these years,” he contin’uadafl||
“Terrible headaches would como.m/fj^
me frequently as a result of a nail#* ||
ated and upset stomach and wd*j«j||
last for hours. These attacks would
come as often as.two and,thf# twUgfii
a week. I lost weight rapidly and, ■*]
although I tried several of the moat .-l|
approved remedies for thfcl tytridMp'
it resisted treatment and I continual
to go down hill.
“I read about what Tanlac wa%4j£|||
ing everywhere, and though I
skeptical about proprietary 'OUamm
cines, I gave it a trial. I hadn’t
ished the first bottle until I saw fhv*
orable results, and I have
to improve unt” my stomadl; fi'jf .
completely set in order and the Oth* Ip
er conditions arising from it biWjl//'
been entirely relieved. I am 0
man now, and I can recommend Tan* T
!ac in the highest terms.”
Tanlac is sold by all druggista <^p|
Jackson county.
free.
F. ,J. riiENCY & CO.. Toledo, Ohio*.
, Sold by all Druggists, 76c.