BABIES CONTEST-NOMINATING BALLOT.
I hereby place in nomination and cast this ballot for
(under two years of age), in the Independent's Baby Prize
Contest.
THE BANK OF NEWPORT
Solicits the acccounts of depositors who desire
the accommodations of a first-class, well
equipped and reliable banking house.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President. R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, Vice Pres’t. T. D. Kinman, Ass’t Cashiei’.
Thos. J. Graham. Ed. P. Shoffner. J. T. Henderson.
Jos. W. Stayton. Dr. J. M. Jones. rt. S. Stephens.
CHRISTMAS EXCURSIONS!
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DECEMBER 20TH, 21ST, 22D AND 26TH.
1 Full details from your nearest Rock
1 Island agent.
1 GEO. H. LEE, JAS. HARRIS,
1 Gen. Pass. Agt. Dist. Pass. Agt.
I LITTLE JIOGK, ARK.
PARACAMPH CURES
BKEUKATISH.
Cost Nothing If it Fails.
Any honest person who suffers with
Rheumatism is authorized to go to their
druggist today and get a bottle of Para
camph, use as directed, and if it fails to
do exactly what we claim, go back to
their druggist and get their money. Par
acamph is recommended as a modem
scientific treatment for all Rheumatic
Swellings and Neuralgic troubles. It re
lieves on Nature’s plan. That is when
applied it opens the pores, penetrates
directly to the seat of the ailment soothing
the inflamed skin, muscles and joints re
ducingt he swelling by removing the con
gestion, drawing out the fever and inflam
mation by inducing sweating. It sweats
the disease out of the body through
the pores of the skin. This is why Para
camph is superior to the many internal
strong, drastic drags that upset the stom
ach, shatter the nerves, and undermine
the general health. Our guarantee is
made to convince you of our faith in Par
scamph. We have of course, tested its
merits thoroughly in many aud various
cases. We know therefore exactly what
it will do. So don’t hesitate, but get a"
bottle of Paracamph today, and after two
or three applications you will be conv inced
t jhat we claim only for Paracamph exactly
what it will do.
Paracamph is sold only in 25 cent, 50
eent and 11.00 bottles. The larger sizes
.ire cheaper for family use. Write for
book of testimonials. The Paracamph
Company, Louisville Ky., U. S. A.
J.M. Robinson,
M. D., Oph. D.
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NEWPORT, ARK.
DR. IRA H. ERWIN
EYE, EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT..
OFFICE-8 and 9
Wishon Building
' NEWPORT, ARK.
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Your Heart
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May Be Weak. One
Person in I'our Has
a Weak Heart.
One of the surest signs or a weak
: hen rt is shortness of breath after exercise.
lour heart Is not able to pump toe
; bio-'-d fast enough to your lungs.
; me of the other symptoms of Heart
; Trouble are: Pains in the Side, ltac k
I and Shoulder; . Fainting or Weak Spelb :
Dry Cough; Swelling of Feet and Ankles,,
Cold Feet or Hands.
No one can a .ford to allow a weak
heart to go without medicine, because
■ weak heart means poor circulation, and
poor circulation means weak lungs,
j stomnch, liver, kidneys, etc.
If, therefore, you suspect heart trouble,
begin taking Pr. Miles’ New Heart cure.
1 The Heart Cure will do you good, as it Is
a splendid tonic for the blood and r.^rves,
and will revitalize your entire system.
Finally, remember. Dr. Miles' New
Heart Cure Is sold under a guarantee
that the first bottle will do you good.
If it doesn't—your money back.
“I was afflicted with heart trouble for
three years. I would be appvently all
right, and without a moment's warning
would fall as though shot. The attacks
were frequent, and a terrible dread pos
sessed me, as I never knew when or
where, nor under what conditions I
would be attacked, and whether I would
survive them. I consulted and was
treated by some of the most eminent
physicians of the state. Not finding re
lief from this source, I began taking
Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, and began
to improve at once. I used ten bottles,
which entirely cured me, as I have not
had an attack for five years.”—MRS.
JOHN PRESBACK, Leipslo, O.
PDXT Write to us for Free Trial
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Free. PR. MILES MEDICAL CO,
LABORATORIES, ELKHART, IND.
CHAS. R. HITE
Farm, City and Timber
Lands Bought and Sold.
Farm Insurance
Notary Public.
Will Pay Your Taxes.
Call or write, No. 107 Hazel
street, Newport, Ark.
jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
Stone Walks apply to me.
’ NOTICE TO
FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS.
After December 1, 1904, the
Independent will be sent outside
of Jackson county only on sub
scriptions paid in advance, and
will belstopped upon the expira
tion of the time for which they
are paid.
Subscribers will be notified two
weeks prior to the expiration of
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| renewals will cause - no skips in
: receiving the paper.
Our outside mailing list has
reached those proportions which
make this step necessary to pro
tect ourselves, and we feel that
the change will not be objection
able, but rather”in accordance
with the wishes of.our outside
readers.
The Independent has’only one
11 ubscription 'price, $1.00 La year
for the Weekly, and 40 cents per
1 month for the Daily, but the
postal charge for papers to out
side addresses, warrants us in
requiring these subscriptions to
be paid in advance.
"This does not apply to any
postoffice in Jackson county, or
such towns as Bradford, Alicia,
Minturn, Newark, in closely con
tiguous territory.
THE BIG "TREES. _
A Wondrous and'Awe-Inspiring
Product of Nature, Found
Only in California.
California’s attraction are
mostly of its own kind, peculiar
to its kind and of nonets this so
prrmhatieallv true as that uniaue
product, the big trees. The age
of these colossi is from 1,500 to
2,000 years.
The Mariposa grove, which
can be visited while en route
to the Yosemite, contains some
of the largest. In the'Calaveras
grove are from ninety to one
hundred of huge size. Near
Santa Cruz is a beautiful grove
of redwood big trees, which will
well employ a day’s pleasant visit.
These can be best reached by the
Union Pacific, whose fast trains
from Missouri river reach Cali
fornia 16 hours ahead of all com
petitors.
Pamphlets and maps describ
ing the wonders of California,
°.nd full information about the
c: comfortable and direct
oi (to the Pacific Coast, can be
)i * ained of
i. H. Lothrop, G. A.,
903 Olive at.,
St. Louis, Mo.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
To the north via the Iron Moun
tain Route. Rate one first-class
standard fare plus $2 for the
round trip. Dates of sale Dec.
21, 22 and 26, with final return
limit ot Si) days trom date oi
sale. Territory to which tickets
will be sold is to points in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Wisconsin,
western portion of Illinois, west
ern portion of Colorado and the
northern portion of Missouri.
Parties desiring to Ltake advan
tage of the above rates will
please notify me about three days
before they intend starting, so I
can arrange to have tickets on
hand. Thos. H. Reamey,
btd Agent.
:saw miliTfor sale.
Saw mill and 1,000 acres of
oak for sale cheap. Party de
sires to look after other business.
Apply at this office. This
is a bargain and can be secured
for $450.
Trustee's Sale.
Notice is hereby given that I, the undersigned
Trustee, will, on
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1PTH. 1905,
At 10 o’clock a. m., at the east Third street door
of the Court House, in the city of Newport,
Arkansas, offer for sa|e at public auction, to the
highest bidder for cash, the following lands in
Jackson County, Arkansas, to-wit:—
The northeast quarter of Section Ten (10).
Township Fourteen (14) North, Range Two (2)
West of 5th p. m
This sale will be made by virtue of authcrity
given me in a certain deed of trust executed by
W. I. Rains, dated March 31st, 1903. and of rec
ord in Mortgage Record “36,” at page 271, of the
records of Jackson county, Arkansas, which was
.given to secure certain indebtedness therein
mentioned. GUSTAVE JONES, Trustee.
Given this December 15th. 1904.
FIRST OF NAVAL BATTLES.
It Was Fought in Maryland Waters
in the Early Colonial
Days.
April 23 of this year was the two
hundred and sixty-ninth anniversary
of the first naval battle fought in
American waters. On that date two
armed forces met at the mouth of the
Pocomoke river, within the boundaries
of the province of Maryland, and set
tled, at least temporarily, the authority
of Lord Baltimore. The settlement at
3t. Mary’s had been made but 13
months when this test of arms oc
curred, says the Chicago Chronicle.
About three years before the land
ing of the Maryland pilgrims under
Gov. Leonard Calvert, by virtue of the
grant of the territory from Charles I.,
a trading post had been established by
William Claibourne, of Virginia, on
Kent island. It was not a settlement
intended for permanent homes and the
tilling of the soil, but merely a place
fixed upon by Claibourne for conven
ience of trade with the Indians. Kent
island was clearly within the jurisdic
tion of Lord Baltimore, but Claibourne
very foolishly resisted his authority
and refused to take out a trader’s li
cense from the proprietary’s govern
ment at St. Mary’s. This stubborn
stand of Claibourne resulted in the
capture early in the year by Capt.
Thomas Cornwalevs, one of the Mary
land commissioners, of a vessel be
longing to Claibourne for trading in
the waters of the Chesapeake without
a Maryland license.
Claibourne realized now that he
would either have to break down Lord
Baltimore’s authority by force of arms
or be compelled to submit to that au
thority. He chose to fight and, accord
ingly, he fitted out an armed boat, the
Cockatrice, which was manned by 30
men and placed under the command of
Lieut. Radcliffe Warren, who was com
missioned by Claibourne “to seize and
capture any pinnacles or other vessels
belonging to the government of St.
Mary’s.”
This was a declaration of war and
when the news of the rebellion reached
Gov. Calvert he at once determined to
put it down, as becomes a governor
whose rights are denied and whose au
thority is defied. Knowing the strength
of the insurgents, he wisely fitted out a
superior force, with the full determina
tion to crush the spirit that was giv
ing him no little trouble. So he
manned and commissioned two vessels
—the St. Margaret and the St. Helen*
—placed them in command of the gal
lant Capt. Cornwaleys, with ord'ers to
search out and destroy the enemy and
reduce Kent island to submission.
The little squadron sgiled out from
St Mary’s with the Maryland colors
flying from the flagship and animated
by the same courageous spirit that two
and a half centuries later inspired an
other Maryland naval commander in
his gloriously successful search for the
Spanish fleet in the waters of the West
Indies. Their course took them across
the bay and soon they were rewarded
by sighting the sails of the insurgent
ship off the mouth of the Pocomoke
Cornwaleys skillfully maneuvered his
little fleet so as to prevent the escape
of the enemy and both sides cleared
for action. The insurgents delivered
the first fire, and so true was the aim
that William Ashmore, of the Mary
landers, fell to the deck, the first
American sailor whose life was sacri
ficed while in action upon the altar of
duty. The sight of their dead comrade
Inspired the Maryland men to greater
determination, and made more deadly
their aim and threefold more terrible
their revenge. Their first fl*e killed
the enemy’s commanding officer—
Lieut Warren—and two of his crew.
The insurgents having lost their leader
and two of their comrades and seeing
certain destruction string them in the
face, were brought to realize that dis
cretion was the better part of valor and
therefore they wisely struck their col
ors and surrendered themselves and
their vessel to the victorious aMry
landers.
Kent island was afterwards subdued
and Claibourne stripped of his posses
sion. But he did not cease to be a
source of great trouble to the settlers
of St. Mary’s and more than once suc
ceeding in destroying, for a time, the
government of Lord Baltimore. But
that belongs to another story.
Thefts from Hotels.
A certain hotelkeeper in Washington
says that the people have no idea of the
small depredations that are committed
by guests, most of who are people of
money enough of their own to refrain.
He declares that not long ago he bought
700 yards of toweling for his rooms, and
before he had time to learn whether or
not the rooms had been supplied, the
whole outfit was gone, says the Washing
ton Post. “They are drummers, and
women and all kinds of people who took
them," said he, “and probably they did
not think it was stealing to take things
away from the hotel. As to downright
theft from rooms, or bilking In the mat
ter of meals, there is pjiuch less of it in
hotels than you would suppose; but
Lord! how they will crib the soap and
linen and spoons!”
Far from Home.
Relative—I notice that you have at last
got acquainted with your next-door
neighbor, who has lived alongside of you
for the past ten years.
Mrs. D’Avnoo—Yes, we were intro
duced to each other at the Pyramids of
Egypt, and I found her a delightful com
panion. We became very intimate.—
London Tit-Bits.
His Limited Circle.
Solon was inventing his motto.
“What do you think of ‘Know thy
self?’ ” he asked.
“Fine,” they answered, “but oan’t you
get acquainted in any better circles?”
Sadly he began to search gfor a new
trade-mark.—N. Y. Tribune.
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Sold in Newport by W. A. Joyce, W. W. Dutton, and all
leading druggists.
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FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
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TRY THE
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When you want good
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Wiggle-Stick around in the water.
Jack Jones
The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsorial
ists. Easy shaves and
the best haircuts. Our
work pleased.
“Come on, ye stubby beards.”
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing" shop to the
newly remodeled building Oppo
site city jail. 86dtf