TH^ INDEPENDENT
1 BRCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
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NEWPORT. - - ARKANSAS.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET.
[For Reprenonlativ®.
JOHN H. KEEL.
County Judire.
E. L. BOYCE.
CircuitSClerk,
.1. D. NEAL.
County Clerk.
GEO. A. LOCKARD.
Sheriff.
H. S. SIMMONS.
Tr -asurer.
DR. F. G. SMITH.
Assessor.
R. L. CONDITT.
Surveyor.
W. A. BOWMAN.
Coroner.
F. J. HARRISON.
Const able—Union Township,
W. H. CAROUTHERS.
Justice of the Peace.
GUY SMITH.
FOREST.DILL A RD.
NEWPORT WON GAME
FROM WALNUT RIDGE.
Bandy Held Visitors Down to
Three Runs oh Local Dia
mond—An Easy Victory.
The team known as the “Out
casts” in Walnut Ridge' came
down Wednesday to itfy conclu
sions with jjafe'Newport boys and
rpturne$ fiome that night with a
sdtt^of 9 to 3 in which the short
end represented the number of
runs scored to the credit of the
' visitors.
The game*was umpired by R.
T. Simmons very ’satisfactorily
to both sides and is said to have
been a very fair exhibition of
amateur ball. “Smiling Bob”
Bandy, who has become noted
fqtr his smiles as wrell as the
twirls and twists he can give the
sphere, upheld his reputation in
the. box most superbly and al
lowed the Walhoxie aggregation
very little exercise in running
bases.
A fair crowd witnessed thej
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tain’s addition. The interest |
that has been revived in this
popular sport promises to awake
Newport’s spirit next season to
organize a team of her own.
The line-up was as follows:
W. Ridge Position Newport
Smith c McGregor
Wilson.p Bandy
Nemnich. lb Mulheron
Dowell... 2b . Henderson
Poe .... 3b .O’Neal
Bassett ... .s s . E McDonald
Davis If Buford
Tillman c f Davis
Myers r f . Bach
FIGHTS HUSBAND'S LICENSE.
Wife of Connecticut Innkeeper Lends
n Crnaade Airainst Liquor Sell
ing of Spnuae.
Mrs. Edward Yale, whose husband
Is the wealthiest citizen of Bark Ham
*ted, Conn., and proprietor of the only
licensed tavern in the village of River
ton, is crusading against license.
The town has not voted on the M
... cense question in four years, but will
do so soon, because Mrs. Yale and
others induced 25 electors to sign a
petition for a vote. Mr. Yale has not
lived with his wife since the last town
election. She may carry the town for
no license, he says, but he hopes to
win by a small majority.
Mrs. Yale has fine apartments with
in sight of her husband's hotel. He
recently offered his wife $5,000 in cash,
it is said, if she would get a divorce,
but she refused It
Increased W and Cent of Ltvinfr.
The bureau of labor will shortly is
sue the results of an exhaustive study
of the increased cost of living the last
few years in relation to the increase
in wages. The results show that there
has been a striking similarity between
the advance in wages and the in
creased cost of living, and that neither
has gone forward as much as popular
ly (supposed.
Catbirds Detent Blackiinaka.
4 writer in the Scientific American
aays: ‘‘I witnessed a pair of catbirds
making a bold defense against a black
snake bent on devouring the contents
of their nest. At first the snake was in
clined to disregard the fiistressed birds
as they fought to drive it away, but the
blows of their wings and bills became so
annoying that the thief had to seek
refuge in flight On reaching the roots
Of a tree from which the river had
washed the dirt the snake started to
climb, only to be driven beneath them
and then out to an old stump, under
which the baffled and beaten reptile
took reXu44n
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pot trAst in the lord.
lov«l Defense Made by a Colored Mas
Aasvtlerina to the OUsrce
j of Theft.
“Last winter when I went south tot
my health,“(said Col. L. S. Brown, of the
Southern raflway, who, according to the
Washington Star, always has a good
story in stock, “1 was told they were
going to try a colored man for stealing
a quantity of raw cotton, and when the
hour arrived I went up to the court
house to hear the case. The prisoner
was a man about 40 years of age, and
he had elected to plead his own case.
The prosecution proved that the bag
of cotton was found in the colored man’s
cabin, and the property was fully iden
tified as belonging to the owner of a
compress. The prisoner asked no ques
tions, but said he wanted*to make a
statement and rest his case ‘wid de
Lawd.’ After awhile he was given an
opportunity to speak and Bald:
“ ‘I was gwine by dat compress at
'leben o’clock last night when a voice
dun called out to me: ‘Hold on, dar,
Abraham Jones. Yo’ was a pore man,
an’ yo’ Jest take ’long dis bag o’ cotton
:o buy yo’ some shoes fur cold weath
er.’ Den de bag fell at my feet, an’ I
dun took It home.’
“ 'Did you recognize the voice?’ said
the judge.
“ ‘No, sah; but I reckon it was an
angel Who spoke.’
“ ‘Then why did you hide the bag
when you got home?’
" 'Well, Bah, Jest as I got frew de gate
another voice dun told me dat Ifd bet
ter hide de cotton for a few days.’
“ ‘Did you recognize that voice?’
‘ ‘No, sah; but I dun reckon It was a
voice from heben.’
" ‘And that’s your defense, Is It?’
” ‘Yes, sah. I’ze willin’ to rest dis case
In de Lawd's hands. De Lawd He dun
knows I nebber stole dat cotton.’
“ ‘Hadn’t you better have a lawyer?’
suggested the judge, with something
like a smile on his race.
“ ‘I reckon not, sah. I’ze been gwine
to church fur de las fo’ty y’ars, an’ I’ze
restig’ dis case right In de hands ob de
Lawcf.’
“ ‘Then I shall have to give you four
months In jail, Abraham.’
“ ‘Huh, what fur?’
“ ‘For stealing that cotton.’
’The prisoner received his sentence
without a word, seeming to have ex
pected It, and was presently led away.
Two weeks later I met him on the streets
of a town *0 miles away and said to him:
’“Abraham, I thought you were In
Jail over at Selma?’
“ ‘Yes, sah, I was,’ he replied.
* ‘And I remember you put your case
in the hands of the Lord?’
“ ‘ ’Deed, but I did, sah, an’ I cum out
all right.’
“ ‘But you got four months.’
«‘So I did, sah—so I did, but arter
serving nine days ob de time de Lawd
showed me how to dig outer dat jail,
an’ yer I am an’ dey won’t nebber git
me agin.’"_
HEALTH PARAGRAPHS.
Especially Intended for the Guidance
of Girls In Tlielr Everyday
Lives.
The thin girl must sleep as many
hours aa possible. She must not wor
ry. And she must live in the open air
and sunshine just as much as she can
every day, says American Queen.
Study your own physical make-up and
then develop the weak parts, while at
the same time you keep up the exercise*
for the whole body in general.
Be careful not to let any physical
fault get a start. Prevention is so much
more valuable than cure. And if you
will cultivate a keen eye for your own
Imperfections, It will not be difficult to
overcome them at the start
Do not neglect to carry yourself well.
Do not bend over at the waist Hold
your head straight and erect. It will
Increase both your own self-respect and
produce a better impression on all about
you.
Your voice may be cultivated till It
will of Itself attract friends to you.
Train yourself to notice pleasant voice*
and then modulate your own. and see
that It always gives out its best tones.
Control of the voice will have great
influence over your disposition. Be
careful that your voice is never harsh
or whining.
You cannot be graceful unless every
part of your body enjoys perfect free
dom of action.
No indoor exercise can take the place
of activity In the open air.
The skin is of the greatest value In
eliminating Impurities from the body
and therefore should be kept in perfect
condition.
If the top of a shoe does not allow the
toes to spread forward and outward they
will have to turn up. It Is easy to see
how painful this will be in playlDg
games, or in walking down hills, or in
deep bending, or in jumping down from
any height.
Never use any metal Instrument
about the teeth or you will run the risk
of Injuring the enamel. Never bite
threads or crack nuts with the teeth.
Mutton tallow is very good for the
handa A few drops of camphor In it
hava & healing effect
Rest is fully as important for the
thin girl as diet Relieve all tension by
closing the eyes and banishing all
thought for short intervals.
Never neglect your hands, and espe
cially your nails. Keep both scrupu
lously neat
flokltd EUirbrrriet.
•'isNjVen pounds elderberries, stemmed,
four pounds sugar, one pint vinegar,
two tableapoonfuls cinnamon, one
tableapoonful doves. Boll until the
tolas is rather thick. They wOl keep
In an open Jar. I have preserved elder
berries in this way Cor M yean, and
have yet to lean of the Ant person who
teas not like them after *Hag them a
trial.—Mr*. 11 1 These* ft* Rural New
Vartor.
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THkEE MEALS A DAY.
Relation Between a Xntion'n Food
11111m auil Ita Commerce Shawn
hy Statistic*.
Statistics have been collected to show
that the measure of the prosperity of
a country is the amount of food con
sumed by its Inhabitants—in other
words, that diet and commerce go hand
in hand. The countries which consume
the largest amount of food and drink per
tapita are the countries which have the
largest surplus for export to other
lands; the countries which are abstemi
ous or moderate In their consumption
of food and drink havSTittle surplus to
send away, says the New York Sun.
The average cost of food per capita
in the United States is 60 cents a day;
the United States stands at the head of
exporting countries with an average of
$1,250,000,000 in a year.
The average consumption of food and
drink in England is 50 cents per capita,
and England stands second on the list
of exporting countries. Germany Is the
third with an export trade of more tha*
$1,000,000,000, and 45 cents a day the
average per capita spent for food and
drink (beer included).
France has an export trade of $800,
000,000 a year and the average expense
to each inhabitant for food and drink
is 40 cents a day. Russia, with an ex
port trade of $375,000,000, expends 20
cents a day on food and drink per capita,
and Italy with $275,000,000 of annual
exports, spends 18 cents a day, in maco
roni, wine and other articles of diet.
All of which convinces statisticians
who have unearthed this notion of the
relation of productiveness to diet that
“three meals a day for each inhabitant’*
is the open door to world powei in com
merce, manufactures and the surplus
products of a fertile soil.
FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
Emphasized Fact That Only the
StrongeNt and Physically Fit
Shonld Be Allowed to Play.
So many accidents have been laid to
the game of football and so many lads
have been crippled thereby that we sel
dom hear of the injuries and deaths
that might have been avoided. The
death of a young medical student of
Baltimore during a contest, but at a
time when the ball was not in play,
says the New York Herald, affords a
striking instance of an easily prevent
ive accident.
The victim had been a sufferer from
heart disease for a long time and yet
was allowed to take active part in the
game. His condition should have
been, if it was not, known to his med
ical associates.
There is no account of his having
received any injury previous to the
time he was stricken with collapse.
No better proof of his unfitness for any
extra physical exertion can be given
than the suddenness of his death while
he was merely resting. The lesson of
the sad story is emphatic and con
vincing.
There Is no game that requires more
careful and systematic training than
football and only the strongest are
capable of bearing the strain. If there
Is any physical weakness in the can
didate it becomes quickly manifest as
he goes on with his exercises, and why
such Incapacity could not have been
discovered in time to have saved the
unfortunate youth is difficult to imag
ine.
TOLD IN ENGLAND.
London Publication Affaln Rcaar
recta the Mythical American
Who Toadlea to Royalty.
A continental hotel keeper, says a
writer in the London Truth, recently
confided the following story to a friend
of mine: Some years ago, after Queen
Victoria had been staying at a certain
hotel, a wealthy American called on ths
proprietor and signified his desire to
sleep if it could be managed, in the same
apartments, the same bed, and if possi
ble, the same bed clothes, as those which
hqd held the sacred person of her maj
esty before they had been sent to the
wash. Money was no object to him.
What would it cost?
The hotel proprietor was equal to the
occasion. He thought it could be ar
ranged for £20. A bargain was struck
on these terms. The millionaire duly
arrived, and retired to the royal couch.
No doubt he thoroughly enjoyed his
night’s rest, and the prospect of subse
quently electrifying his friends with the
story of his regal experience. His pleas
ure must have been somewhat marred
when he discovered later on that hei
Britannic majesty always traveled with
her own bed and bedding.
Galileo and I'rban VIII.
Galileo’s wit got him into trouble
when he put into the mouth of Sim
plicio. the foolish opponent of the
Copernlcan theory in his “Dialogues,"
an argument that Pope Urban VIII.
had himself devised, and insisted on
Galileo incorporating in the work.
Galileo made Simplicio quote it as an
argument he had from a “very eminent
and learned personage.” The enemies
of Galileo persuaded Urban that he had
been “made game of." and this was thi
offense of which Galileo was guilty. It
was not for upholding the theory that
the sun stands still and the earth moves
that Galileo was tried by the inquisition,
Urban himself had supported thi
Copernican doctrines, both as cardinal
and as pope.
Bisgrtt Ralaera of Hopa.
The United States now produce!
more hops than any other country,
Of the world’s crop of 1,760,000 hun
dredweight, the United States furnish
es 462,000 hundredweight.
laaaraaM Slot Haaklaei.
London has accident insurance sic*
machines. The device defies fraud an<
1 has the appearance of a dock.
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i class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
| the cheap machine soon pays the
difference of price in the constant
cost for repairs, to say nothing of ;
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
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"The Sewing Machine Makers of the World.”
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