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What Should Be Done.
The Iron Mountain having
torn away the old board fence
that has rendered unsightly its
park property between Hazel
street and the passenger depot
on Front street, is preparing to
put down a neat wire fence along
the Front street line, only par
tially enclosing this plot of
. shade and grass.
The idea seems to have come
to a number of our business men
that now is time for Newport to
have at least a small park, a
place for rest and q FI to those
who visit our city, such as could
be very easily and at light ex
pense attained through fixing
up these grounds.
Following the suggstion made by
Mr. Berger, Mr. Heinemann and
others, the Independent is tak
ing up with Superintendent Mc
Dougal of the Iron Mountain, a
co-operative plan for improve
ments to this property, which
we hope will meet with the ne
cessary support from the citi
zens of Newport as well as the
railroad officials.
Mr. Coffin, our clever local
agent, will lend his endorsement
and hearty support and believes
that the railroad company will
be willing to fill in the plot if by
popular subscription, enough
money can be raised to build
proper granitoid or gravel
walks with comfortable or rus
tic benches scattered about over
the grounds.
It would serve as a rest room
for trade in the summer and fall
easdit-aud be a great conveni- j
Wanted.
Board with suite rooms fur
nished or unfurnished in private
family, not over three blocks
from depot. Traveling sales
man, wife and eighteen months
old baby. Reference exchanged,
i Answer .Uos£ 541, Batesville, Ark
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Plumcot an Interior Fruit.
The plumcot, a horticultural hybrid
resulting from a cross between one
of the largo, tender plums and the ap
ricot, may be of Interest from the
standpoint of the violence of the cross
used to produce It, but it !s considered
by many who have sampled it, to bo
I Inferior to both Its parents from a
| standpoint of quality and utility as a
commercial fruit.---Los Angeles Her
! aid.
Best Old Folks’ Town.
On the average there are neany ten
thousand people more than sixty-five
years old dying In New York every
year. Thi3 is the highest proportion
of old folk ever recorded by any city
in the world. New York is the best
old folks' town in the- orld
Branching Out.
“So your daughter has glvev up her
piano studies?’’ “Yes,” replied Mrs.
Cumrox; “I have thought the matter
over and doubt the desirability of let
ting it be fnderstood that we are com
pelled to economize and depend on
home-made music.
Men Don’t Usually.
Captain—Was the prisoner acting
suspiciously? Officer—I should say
he was. I saw the man standing in
front of a dry goods store, acting as
tf he actually wanted to go In!—Judge.
Prized by Horseshoers.
Old engines are much sought after
by horseshoers of Nantes, France, who
prize such metal highly for horseshoes.
Meyer Brothers of St. Louis,
called on local druggists today.
Toilet paper and fixtures at
Price’s Book Store. 99btf
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Taylor and
M. M. Rutherford of Batesville
! were among those registered at
! the McLain Thursday night.
Jack Rabbit flour has been
I the standard for fifteen years.
We have ix.—Bowen’s Cash
Store. 05b30.
Mrs. Will Sprigg and two lit
tle laughters and Miss Dorothy
j Hl!i k it over the Rock Isiand
Thursday for ivlempnis.
Reduced rates to Batesville
August 30th, account John Rob
inson Shows, fare $1,20 round
trip. btd.
Miss Aline Mosby has return
ed from a visit to Riverside. She
was accompanied home by Miss
Marguerite Dent, who will visit
the family a few days.
Hickory Stove Wood—any size
load.—Jno. R. Loftin, Jr. Phone
58. 18dtf.
Mr. and Mrs. W .E. McClure
of Argenta will entertain Friday
evening in honor of their guests,
Misses Brewer of Texas and
Katherine Morris of Newport.—
Arkansas Democrat.
W. D. McLain will take your
order for either Pennsylvania or
Arkansas hard coal. Better
place your order early. 85dft
Miss Dove Erwin arrived
home last evening from a ten
days’ visit to friends at Searcy.
For drayage, see B. 61. Gra
ham, the transfer man. Phone
334. OOdtf
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Cooney & Ray in Their Classy Dancing Act
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rent at
99b if
bs left
for Armstrong
where he will spend
days.
For roof patching and paint
ing. call on John A. Smith. 418
Newport Ave. 02dtf.
Shuford’s Dairy makes deliv
eries to all parts of the city and
guarantees you good milk and
cream. Phone 288. dtf
Miss Hattie West entertained
a few friends very pleasantly
Thursday evening in honor of
Miss Byrldine Sullards of Cairo,
111., a guest of Mrs. Porter Mar
tin.
Curio os Toy.
A curious toy which is common in
Europe and loss known in this coun
i try is very popular in China, Korea
and Japan. It represents a round fig
ure with a head but without arms and
legs. This is really, in its origin, a
figure of Daruma, the priest who sat
wrapped in a stste of abstraction un
til his limbs disappeared.
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Maine Stage Pro-parties.
Miss Lucine Finch, who entertained
the Fortnightly club of Bath, request
ed the committee to have as stags
properties an old-fashioned chair, a
tabic and candles. Her request was
complied with, the chair contributed
being 225 years old, the table more
than a hundred years old, and the
brass candlestick nearly is old as tho
‘able.—Lewiston Journal.
Don’t Tell Everything.
Do not tell everything, even to a
friend. When you undertake great af
fairs, confide in but few. Never love
a mean man; he will not rescue you
from calamity nor share what he has
with you. To do good to the base is
like sowing the sea. The mean are
never satisfied; one slip cancels all
former benefits. Comrades in feast
lng are plenty; not in serious matters
—Theagnis.
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A chance for more Pleasure—or
Business, is allowed by the
Ten days
Stopover
at St. Louis, to all those travel
ing to and from points in the j
North and East, via
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
This is only another one of
the many convenient features
accorded those traveling over
these routes.
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G. P COFFIN, AGENT.
Colorado
If You Haven’t
Been—GO!
If you’ve never felt the majesty
and peace of mountains, drunk
deep of crystal air, known what
sleep means a mile above the
sea, you should go to Colorado.
If you’ve been there you’re going
again, Colorado never surfeits,
i And if you’re travel-wise you’re
| going via the Rock Island Lines,
on the
Famous Limited
Trains
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—run every day in the year—
The most discriminating travel
ers do.
The road of Supreme Service
j and transportation at its utmost
j of fastidious comfort,
j A day’s journey to remember
all your days.
Beds, not berths. Feasts, not (
meals.
For rates of fare and illus- i
trated literature call in and see
me. I will gladly help you plan]
a pleasant trip. j
B. J. BEST1
Local AgentJj
Black Rock, Ark.’
Manufacturer '
and Patentee
of the only
successful _
PEARLING TONGS
Patented March 4,
1902
August 18. 1903.
Mail Orders Promptly Filled.
This is a caution to infringers.
Cloth From Old Ropes.
An English manufacturer has suc
ceeded In making a fabric from old
ropes. He obtained a quantity of old
rope and cordage, unraveled It and
wove it by a secret process Into a
kind of cloth. Tlie resultant materia!
he dyed a dark brown. A suit of
clothes made from this queer stuff
was worn by th*. manufacturer him
self, and ft is said that he has a largo
trade in this line in the British col
onies.
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