J^^COUNTRY . . i
t CORRESPONDENCE, 5
BRYAN TOWNSHIP.
Never having seen any of the
happenings from this neck of the
the woods, I will endeavor to
give you a few items.
George L. Robinson of New
port spent Sunday with J. H.
Keel and wife.
Sunday School promptly a 9
o’clock every Sunday morning
at Ingleside.
George R. Hays of Newport
v was mingling with friends in our
neighborhood this week.
F. S. Stallcup and wife were
^ ^hopping in Newport Friday.
T. J. Brock is now prepared to
do all kinds of blacksmithing on
I. W. Stephens’ farm.
Mrs. Cherry of the Island was
a visitor Sunday.
J. S. Lewis arrived home from
Pueblo, Colo, this week, ani l.is
many friends are giving him;
a hearty welcome.
0. F. Collins was in Newport
Wednesday on business.
One of I. W. Stephens fine sad
dle horses is lame from stepping
on a nail.
Will Runyun has a fine stand
of alfalfa whi he sowed since
the „
We are" __ state that Mr.
Culley, wh!TT!S^ been seriously
ill, is getting along nicely now.
Miss Minnie Holland gave a
dance a few weeks ago which
was largely atteded and'all re
port a good time.
Geo. Brown looks as happy and
s as well up with his work as if
the high water had never come
r jover his farm.
Misses Cynthia and Susie
» . W oods visited Miss Elizabeth.
Brock Sunday.
“Lug” Highland is playing
havoc with the fiapy trilr, with
a ire. line across White river
rear fLm.
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„ . airs. Ginger HeMnud and L..b;
Vuw i-.nti-n, vi . t ..unnie Hol
lana a lev; days ago.
The school on [. W. Stephens’ j
farm has closed and Miss Parson
the teacher wiH spend the sum
mer with Mrs. Stephens.
As this is our first attempt as
correspondent we will say au re-j
voir. Malinda Hayseed.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is catarrh
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only j
positive cure now known to the ;
medical fraternity. Catarrh be-1
inga constitutional disease, re-:
quires a constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in-i
ternaHy, acting directly upon |
the blood and mucous surfaces
the system, thereby destroy-1
^^Bng the foundation of the disease j
Amid giving the patient strength \
bv building up the constitution j
and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so
r much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails
' to cure, bend for liat of testi
4... menials.
" Address: F. J. Cheney & Co.
. Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, -^c.
ake Hall’s Family pills f0r
constipation. __
— Warning Order. V/
In the Jackson Chancery Comrt.
Ste, h -n A. Cole. Plaintiff
VS
Fannie Ccle.De'endant irBe(;
- The defendant. Pa... « C^e .
y- pear in this Co rt w t - a _
toe e niolaint of the - ^ f.p..
April 14tb. hkW- __________
War* n • *•»«*.
J H Griffin and R. F Dunn, Pink, / In tlie Jack- ;
° v<* j-stji L/liUacciy
J. E. Griffin.' Defendant. I Court.
The defendant, J. S. Griffis. is wanei,to rp
prar in :hia c url with n Unify days and answer
the complaint of plaintifj, > H. Grlflit and p.
!•'. Darin. . J. P. NBA!., Cirfrlt.
I Atiril 27,1906. |
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THE PANAMA CANAli
NAVIGATION OF THE PROPOSED
ISTHMIAN WATERWAY,
Some Interesting Particulars of It*
Construction and Probabl*
Length of Time It
Will lake.
To make it possible to pass a ship
from ocean to ocean, even by a high
level design, will require from six to
eight ; ears, and by one at sea level
ten years, though possibly 12. Whici
of the two types, all things considered,
is the better is a question requiring
great thought for the proper answer,
writes William Barclay Parsons, In
Century. On the one hand, there are
required a greatly increased lnve*t
ent of capital and som* delay In time,
although the latter In the life of such
an enterprise is probably of amall
amount. The deciding factor will
probably be the practical usefulness
of the type when completed. No mat
ter what the design, the canal cannot
be navigated Its entire length by large
steamers wit.b tht? freedom that
they pass up and down a broad
river. It is contemplated that
the width of the canal at the
bottom shall be about 150 feet,
giving a width on the surface of from
200 to 350 feet, according to the flat
ness of the side slopes, dependent on
the varying local character of the rock
or earth through which the canal will
be dug. As large modern steamers
have a beam of 75 feet, it is obvious
that two such vessels cannot pa3S each
other in the regular channel.
UH arriving ai euner terminus uie
ship will report to the harbor master
for a permit to pass, and, if she be a
sailing vessel, for a tug to take her
through. After an inspection, the tak
ing on of coal, supplies and a pilot, and
being measured for and paying toll
charges, the vessel will then receive an
order entitling her to proceed. This
order will he like a train order on s
single-brack railway, giving authoritj
to go to a certain point, and there
either to meet and pass a ship coming
from the other end or to draw to one
side and permit the other ship to pass
or to get other orders to proceed fur
ther. The passing of ships will be ar
ranged by constructing “sidings; ” that
is, widenings of the channel into
which a vessel can draw and moor tc
clusters of piles. When the passing is
made the vessel then advances to the
next siding where a vessel is expected,
all of which will be controlled by tele
graphic orders from a central dis
patcher’s office, where there will be a
chart showing the exact position of
any ship at any time, corrected in
stantly by advices received from the
local stations. Along the banks there
will be semaphore signals by day and
’ights by night, indicating the position
of obstructions or vessels ahead, so aa
to prevent collisions.
On arriving at a lock the steamer
will Und a structure similar in princi
ple to the small canal locks with
which the reader is familiar, but vast*
ly larger. These locks will have a
length of about 1,000 feet and a width
in the clear of 100 feet, in order to ac
commodate not only the steamers 800
feet long now building, but to allow
for such increase in size as may be
realized. The gates closing the lock?
at the down-stream end will have a
height equal to the depth of the cana;
the height to lift, and, say, ten feet oi
surplus, or a total of 75 to perhaps 1G0
feet, according to conditions—dimen
sions far in excess of those of any
other lock gates in the world. As soon
as the lock is entered and the ship
made fast so that it cannot be moved
about by the in or outrushing water,
and yet may rise or fall with the
change of level, the great gates behind
her will be closed d water admitted
into the lock from the higher level oi
drawn off into the lower as the vessel
is ascending or descending. When
the new level is reached the other
saies ate upeneu, ana once more me
vessel continues her journey between
banks crowded to the water’s edge with
the wild tangle of a tropical jungle or
the long-leafed banana trees set out in
regular rows in plantations. On arriv
ing at the far terminus the pilot is
dropped and the vessel disappears at
sea.
American Bank In Japan.
An American bank in Japan, as a
profitable enterprise and a great aid tc
the American manufacturer, is a sug
gestion from C. A. Francis of the
Higher Technical school of Toklo, who
also advises his fellow-Yankees tc
study Japanese manufacturing condi
tions and needs. One Tokio shop em
ploying from 15 to 20 workmen make!
by hand a sewing machine which ii
claimed to be better than a famou!
American product of which it is a
copy. It is sold for nine yen, while a
poor quality of the American machine
costs from 40 to 50 yen. How shal
Uncle Sam’s agents demonstrate thai
to6ir companies make certain machine
t-bey which do this work cheaper that.
raore^e u°w doing it and that nc
stalling o1fal1v.wiU 1)e needed in the in
Army xlt
Traveling kitchens n3‘
long been in use in the R^ hav‘
and which did much to incSseT
eomtort of the soldiers during the ^
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Canadian Horses in China.
It is tound that horses from Pan
ada become acclimated in China -nm
readily than those which are t
ed from Australia, and they seatT^
of bran°rh te »• novel Ul.
of bran, barley and pJw #trajr> j*
'most popular numbers. j
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Seven and Thirteen Are Fixed Upon
in the Minds of th« Greater
Number of Men.
“Ask a man to pick out some num
ber between one and ten, and you can j
tell him nine times out of ten what
number he has selected, though his se
lection is? made mentally,” said a man
who, according to th£ New Orleans
Times-Democrat, is ‘fqud of the old
things, “and when you come to think
of it, the task of naming the correct
number is not a difficult one. In the
course of an hour the other day I
asked ten men to think of a certain
number—any number between one and
ten—and I would tell them what num
ber they had fix»d their mind on
in nine cases out of ten I was correct,
missing it only once. The minds oi
nine of the persons selected the num
ber seven, and one of them selected
nine. It is not difficult to understand
why the mind should rue to the num
ber seven. Even in the case of the
man who fixed his mind on the num
ber nine, he told me when it was all
over that his mind had first run to
seven, but he quickly changed to nine
without knowing just why it was that
he changed. Seven i3 the most prom
| inent figure between one and ten. It
is the most popular number in the line,
and is assoaiated with more things
than any other number, and it is quite
reasonable that the mind should light
on seven. I made another test the j
other day with five persons, asking each
of them to write some number between
one and tea, and give it to a sixth per
son. When the slips had been handed
to the sixth man I said: ‘Seven is the
number on each or the slips.
“ ‘Correct,” said the man to whom
they had been handed, and the flv9
men were a bit bewildered for the
moment by the fact that they had all
hit upon the same number, and that I
was able to tell what the number wad.
It would be quite as easy to name a
number between 10 and '20, though I
have made no tests along this line. I
dare say that 1§ would be the first
number to flash In the rr'nfl, simply
I because it is tbe most talked of, and
the only number between 10 and 20
| that has the widest association. So
you can tell there is no trick jabout it,
and it doesn’t require any knowledge
of the occult philosophies.”
EXTENDING BOUNDARIES.
Some of Our Larger Cities Have An
nexed Ground Far Into Adja
cent Farm Lands.
According to a recently issued census
bulletin, the real rank of cities iB not al
ways indicated by the order in which
they stand in the tables of population
Some great centers have a considerable
part of their massed population lying
outside the municipal boundaries. Bos
ton is a good example; about 1 200,000
people live in sight of the state house
dome, and less than 600,000 of them are
governed by the Boston mayor. Other
cities have annexed far into the farm
lands of the adjacent country, says
Youth’s Companion.
It is customary to speak of the popula
j lion of a state, "in proportion to its
i size." Such a comparison is seldom
| made of cities, although it might not be
uninteresting. Pittsburg, for example,
; has a population of a third of a million
on 18,000 acres of ground; New York’s
1 population, little more than ten times
as great, spreads over uearly 12 times
as many acres.
Chicago was long famous for Its an
nexation habit, but since 1890 New York
has annexed much more territory than
Chicago’s total area. New Orleans has
a slightly larger area than Chleago.
Each of them covers six times the area
of Baltimore.
Washington, which occupies the Mary
land part of the ten miles square set
aside for a national capital, is a fair
siwsd city as area goes, for this genera
tion. It may seem small a century hence,
although it looked abundantly amplefor
all the purposes of urban development
when laid out.
Id the case of cities, as well as of other
corporations, consolidation is plainly
cue of the tendencies of the times. More
than one-third of those in the United
States have added to their territory by
annexation since 1890. Townships and
j counties are occasionally subdivided, by
—essoa o' local interests, but the cities
<~°em to be steadily pushing their bonn*
caries outward. There are some eco
nomic reasons for this, but the reason
In many cases has been the desire of
' their inhabitants to make & "good show
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In the Bight Boom.
At the latest of the ladies’ clubs ■
| ‘pets’ room,” with little stalls for dog*
j ind cats, lemurs and lizards, all th«
i ’mall creatures that a lady finds neces
sary as companions, Is provided.
One of the most enthusiastic members
! was showing her friends of her own sex
j over the establishment, and opened the
j Joor of the “pets’ room with proper
j ctlde.
There, in the cepter of the room, on
two chairs, sat "tVro immaculately
clothed young men, frave of face, but
with a wicked twinkle in their eyes.
! “Don't you know this is the ladtee
'pets’ room?'” asked the enthusiasm
memDer, with some acerbity.
“That's why we are here.” replied the
more serious of the two young men. with
■ becoming gravity—Sporting Times.
Longevity of Birds.
Small singing birds live from eight tc
eighteen years. Ravens have li*ed foi
almost 100 years in captivity, and par
rots longer than that. Fowls live 1«
O 20 years. The wild goose lives up
ward of 100 years, and swans are saiu t<
Uftve attained the age of 300. The lor.*
life of birds has been Interpreted a*
eottpwMttos for (to mattmlio
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JAMES M. PORTER,
Teacher of Piano.
The Leschetizky Method will be
used as the basis of technical
work. Advanced pupils and be
ginners solicited.
STUDIO—Musical Coterie Club Rooms.
HOURS.
Tuesdays and Fridays, 1 to 5
d. m. Wednesday and Saturdays.
8 to 12 a. m., and 1 to 5 p. m.
GEORGE L. ROBINSON,
Justice of the Peace.
Collections a Specialty.
Office: Third door south of
Chastain Building.
DR. IRA H. ERWIN
EYE, EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT.,
OFFICE-8 and 9
Wishon Building
j NEWPORT. ARK.
Twenty Minutes
Time Enough 1
To Cure the Worst Headache From Anj
Cause—New Reduction Method.
Most headacheti and pains yield instantly to
the new Reduction Method—Dr. Shoop's Twenty
Minute Headache Cure. The cause tor tlic.sa
pains is congestion—a rushing of blood to thj
nerve centers—which distends the veins tj
nearly the bursting point. Swollen and enlarged!
these veins and capillaries exert an irritatln!
pressure on the myriads^, of nerve branches ana
libres. Then, there’s a pain, and Anally thal
excruciating, cease- less ache. This ne-a
Reduction Method disperses the bloodj
distributes the \overflow, and dij
rents it to the pro- per channels. II
frees the nerve centers from all
I pressure and irritation-the
! pains and ‘ aches disap
pear because their cause
has been re- moved. Yot
maytryathou sand reme
dies—you may drug and stu
pify the nerves into submissior
— but the remedy which bring!
prompt relief and permanent cure
will be successful because it reduce!
the congestion — it must embody lh(
Reduction Method. . Medicine has thu;
round a way—simple and sure, yet the only was
—to thoroughly overcome these attacks of Head
I ache and Neuralgia. The effect of Dr. Shoqp’s
| Twenty Minute Headache Cure is prompt—per
fectly suited to all forms of Headache and abso
lutely positive in every temperament. For sail
in-1 recommended by
JOHN T. JACOCKS.
is a positive cure for the follow
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gestion and Falling of the
Womb, Anteversion, Retrover
sion and Prolapsus, Dropsy o!
the Womb, Ulceration, Polypus,
Tumors, Leucorrhoea, Profuse
md difficult Menstruation, Ovar
ian Tumors, Fibroid Tumors,
Inflammation and congestion oi
the Ovaries, Cancers in theii
earlier stages, Laceration of
Cervix,—due to childbirth—rad
ically cared. Orange blossom is
as safe and harmless as a flax
seed poultice.It can be used at
all times.
A positive cure for all female
diseases. Have received testi
monials from all parts of the
world.
Every lady can treat herself.
After years of suffering, the
Orange blossom cured Mrs. Cul
vern, of Asheville, N. C.
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Newport, Ark., for book and
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IN COLORADO
Many people put aside all thought of an outing in Colorado 1
because they are accustomed to consider this greatest of ■
American play grounds as one of those impossiple^things ■
beyond their means. Time was when a trip to the top of p
the Continent” was a great luxury, as high in price as in*'
altitude, but not so today,
You can spend the Summer or part of the
, Summer in Colorado and live as reasonably
as you do at home, and the quick service
and low tourist and excursion rates afforded
via Rock Island lines bring the Rockies '
within your easy reach. .*. .'. f t
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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 pleases.
"Come on, ye stubby beards.”
\
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Gives special attention to
Crown and Bridge W
And correction of Irregularities
•f the Teeth.
Of» .... Watson Buml p»
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