DAILY INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDVKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
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RAILROAD TIME CARD.
ST. L. I. M. & S. RAILWAY.
NORTHsBOUND.
No. 72, Local FreighJ^" ... 11:45 a. to.
No. 2. 8:20 a. nt. '
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No. 6 10:50 p. m. i
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SOUTH HOUND.
Freight. 7:30 a.m.
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BATESVILLE BRANCH.
t>;‘v Passenger 1 ■ . • ■ ..
Mixed " . 11:45 a.m.
Passenger Arrives. 8:30 p. m.
Mixed ** . 10:15 a. m.
fjj? ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM.
Passenger Krrives. 2:20 p. m.
Passenger Departs. 3:20 p. m.
Local Freight 6:30 a
HP On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FORlUEPRESENTATTVE.
We are authorized to announce T. T. Ward an a
candidate for the office of representative of Jack
eon county, subject to the Democratic primary
election.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
I ipn a candidate for re-election to the office of
sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a Demo
cratic primary', if one is held. Feeling that I
have discharged the duties of that office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, and thank
ing you for your support in the past and asking
W / your help in the future. If elected I will do my
duty. Your fellow citizen, R. W. BANDY. _
We are authorised to announce Snell Simmons
as a candidate for election to the office, of Sheriff
of Jackson county, subject to the action of the
s Democratic party.
FOR COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.
We are authorized to announce E. L. Boyce as a
candidate for the office of county and probate
judge of Jackson county, subject to the Demo
< cratic primary election.
' FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We are authorized to announce John D. Neal as
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of Jack
son county, subject to the Democratic primary j
election. —
We are authorized to announce James S. Jones
as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir- i
cuit clerk of Jacksoivcounty. subject to the Dem- ;
ocratic primary election.
FOR TREASURER.
§ We are authorized to announce Dr. F. G. Smith
^ I as a candidate for the office of treasurer of Jack
K ” son county, subject to the Dcmocaatic primary
H l election.
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00R POPLAR BLUFF.
She Has Had About All the “Re
form’ ’ That is Coming to
>Pjer for a Time.
Hg" "" . Poplar Bluff is getting so ever
■ lasting good and pious that un
■ less a change is inaugurated in
|H the very near future the "for
rent” will begin to loom up in
■ prominent places, says the Citi
■ zen of that city. The first enter
W prise to feel the effects of this
|f damphoolishness (that’s Latin)
f was the Celia Commission Co.,
rosonflv onpnod an office
in the Reynolds build ng on Main
street. The business is a legiti
mate one and is run in all of the
larger cities without being mo
lested, but had scarcely begun
business here until they were
threatened with prosecution un
less they shut down. While the
business is strictly legitimate in
every particular, the company
did not feel disposed to engage in
a lawsuit here as they did not
consider the game worth the am
munition, and accordingly closed
down and threw two of our citi
zens out of good jobs. But
what’s the difference?
Gertrude Talley of Batesville
passed through the city Thurs
day on her way to Little Rock
where she is attending school at
Maddox seminary.
A JEW PREACHER.
Rev. A. Lichtenstein of St.
Louis, superintendent of the
Jewish Christian Mission, is in
our city and will preach three
times next Sunday, morning anc
at 3 o’clock and again at night,
His subject in the afternoon wil
be very interesting as he wil
preach on “Past, Present anc
Future of the Jew” in connec
tion with the second coming o:
Christ. .
‘ Bro. Lichtenstein was con
verted fourteen years ago whih
a business man. A few month:
later he laid down his business t<
begin preaching to his people
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He spent some time in theologi
cal seminary training and went
directly to New York City where j
he preached seven years as aj
missionary among the Jbws. He
has now seven years been a
superintendent of the Jewish
mission work in St. Louis where
his work has been greatly blest
and heartily endorsed and sup
ported by leading pastors and
churches of that city. He is
soon to begin the erection of the j
first Hebrew Christian church in i
America.
Dr. Mendenhall’s
ILL and FEVER
CURE
(This Picture on Every Bottle)
Cures Chills, Fevers, Malaria, Bilious
ness. Take it as a General Tonio and at all
times in place of Quinine. Breaks up Coughs,
Colds and LaGrippe. NO CURE, NO FAY
J, C. MENDENHALL,
'ole Owner Evansville, Indlfir -
Business
Houses
Having widely distributed
interests will find an able
assistant in the Long Dis
tance Telephone.
TRY IT.
The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Co.
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| Low--?* Colonist |
Rates I
— TO THE —
WEST and
SOUTHWEST
This is a good route to the
new and fertile fields of
Oklahoma, the Indian Terri
tory and Texas. Low rates
—both single and round
trip—in effect on the first
and third Tuesdays of each
month. For detailed in
formation, address
J. N. CORNATZAR
Division Passenger Agt.
MEMPHIS, TENN.
TRY THE
Weems Laundry
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
them show you how well
they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted&Co.
■ Local Agents.
DR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Dentist
Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building
' Rooms 1, £ and 3.
J telephone no. si.
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Newport, - Arkansas*
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MONEY IN MAINE SKUNKS.
They Are Worth «* Much u» AH the
Deer Killed iu That State
in u Season.
It will no doubt surprise many peo
ple who learn that the despised skunk
is worth twice as much to Maine as is
the much-admired honey bee, but such
is the fact; and, counting things at
their actual worth, the skunk is worth
about as much as all the deer killed in
Maine in a season, says the Philadel
phia Record. The skunk is valuable
both for his fur and for the oil that is
in him, and both the oil and the fur
are in ever-increasing demand.
Fashions in furs regulates the price
of skunk skins. Four years ago the
coat of a dark skunk was worth $2.50
to three dollars, and the demand ex
ceeded the supply. Since then the
muskrat has come into favor, and the
price of skunk skins has fallen to about
two dollars for the best. When, how
ever, there are a dozen fat skunks to
be had on every acre of meadow land,
when a hardwood club is the only
weapon needed for killing them, and
whep every fat skunk contains at
least a quart of oil, worth five dollars
a gallon at wholesale, there is money
in the business.
Most of the skunk pelts are shipped
to a Philadelphia firm, where they are
made up into furs for export to
France and Germany, in whcih coun
tries they pass as monkey skins. It is
estimated that Maine’s revenue from
skunks amounts to $150,000 or $175,000
annually, which is double the sum de
rived from all the honey bees in the
state, and certainly more than all the
8,000 deer shot are worth to the men
who kill them. From 100,000 to 150,
olriiTilro n no lorl in Moino ovoru
fall.
The demand for oil is steadily in
creasing, and the price has advanced
50 cents to one dollar a gallon within a
year. The natives prize the oil for its
virtues as a cure for rheumatism and
stiff joints, and large quantities of it
are bought by country traders and sent
to druggists out of the state.
It is estimated that the annual pro
duction of skunk oil in Maine exceeds
25,000 gallons, and the quantity is in
creased by adulteration with the fatty
oils obtained from hens and wood
chucks, a deception which has proved
most profitable to the skunk magnates.
MAKING OF OXYGEN.
InterestlnK Profess Known to Bat
Few Professional Men and So
Ordinary Mortula.
The manufacture of oxygen—or more
properly its separation from the atmos
phere we breathe—is an intensely in
teresting process known to but few
professional men and scarcely known
at all by the ordinary mortal, says a
scientific paper. A plant for the manu
facture of oxygen to be used in charg
ing its distilled water was put in opera
tion recently at an ice plant in Los An
geles, Cal.
Oxygenated water is now being pre
scribed by physicians in certain dis
eases, and hence a cheap and simple
method of separating the oxygen in the
atmosphere becomes a matter of im
portance. The process employed oy the
Los Angeles company is based on the
principle that a certain chemical com
pound—manganate of soda—readily
parts with the oxygen it contains when
subjected to the action of a jet of
steam. A blast of air on the residuum
reforms it into manganate o■. soda, this
chemical possessing the peculiar prop
erty of absorbing oxygen from the at
mosphere, parting with it when ex
posed to steam and being reformed
again upon exposure to the air. The
process may be continued indefinitely,
when the ingredients are placed in the
retort and proper connections for air
and steam made. No more chemicals
are required. It may be likened to dip
ping a sponge in water, squeezing it
dry, and then repeating the operation
indefinitely.
Oxygen made by this process, it is
claimed, contains no gas other than oxy
gen and no elements of any descrip
tion other than slight traces of atmos
pheric nitrogen;. Hence it requires no
wasnillK LO nee it lium uuunuc
any purification whatever. The product
is oxygen—and nothing else. The
oxygen, direct from the retorts, is
stored in gasometers, and then forced
into distilled water by means of a
Twitchell carbonating machine, which
pumps the water and oxygen at the
same time, thoroughly agitating both
before bottling. The bottling is done
under a pressure of 60 pounds.
New Calculation.
Prof. See has watched the duration of
the blue sky after dark, and found it to
continue for about an hour and 15 min
utes, and from this he shows that our
atmosphere extends to a height of fully
130 miles. Astronomers have usually
found the height of the atmosphere by
computing the height of the meteors, but
none have made the height of the atmos
phere over 100 miles. The study of the
blue color of the sky thus proves alsc
that our atmosphere extends consider
ably htgher than scientists have hereto
fore supposed. On our dark days the
blue color of the sky is shut out bj
clouds, and combinations of colors due
to reflecting clouds and countless
myriads of particles in the ethereal re
gions high above the earth give th<
bright light which Is so much relishti.
In daily life.
New York City.
New York city now contains mor<
Irish than Dublin; more Italians tnar
i Florence; more Poles tlian Warsaw;
more Jews than Jerusalejn.
Am Improvement.
A new typewriting machine returns
the carriage automatically when thi
| end of a line is reached, feo that the ojy
; erator is not compelled toioausa.
Sweeping
Reductions
mm b lll^^Mi^j^^M~lTT^1W^^T^^¥T^[^^TT■l^l^^~'*,
They can better be
sold cheap than car
ried over to another
season and during the
month of January
prices will be made
such as to make the
goods move* dt I
On Many Lines of Win- If
ter Goods in Both the
Furniture
» .. y i aw
and
Hardware
Dep arfments.
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I Newport Builders' Szl’ Hardware Co. I
I Newport's Leading Home Furnishers |
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‘ BOB'S IN TOWN''
He buys cotton seed and
don’t forget it. With no ill
will to any company, he
buys for himself and pays
for the same.
R. L. JOHNSON
CHAS. R. HITE
Buys and Sells Farms,
City Property, Timber
Lands, etc., Money to
Loan, Farm Insurance.
Notary Public.
Call or write, No. 107 Hazel
street, Newport, Ark.
Will Pay Your Taxes.
Surprise Prizes
Given away to get the people to
talk about Bixler Physical Train
ing in Penmanship, the best
method of instruction in the
world—Saves 90 per cent of time,
etc. Merit Prizes, Surprise
Prizes, Prize Prizes, Sure Prizes,
Big Prizes, Little Prizes, Con
tingent Prize and other prizes
for little folks and big folk. Send
10c for Business Penman, 12
writing mottoes sample rapid
writing, skilled Bird Flourish,
and full particulars. (1 Surprise
Prize will be included, worth
from 10c to a $1, and a $10 prize
goes with each 100th 10c order
conditional. )
Prof. G. Bixler,
97 Ogden Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
W. H. SNETZER.
Contractor
I & Builder
Plans and Specifications
furnished on short notice
All Work is Guaranteed
LIVERYMEN
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
, and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS-PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
i
» Huffman the baker is still bak
' ing. 05dtf
mall Profits
and More Sales
IS THE WATCHWORD
OF THIS STORE.
Watches, Jewelry, Diamonds,
Silverware, Diamonds and Pearls
Mounted. Repairs a Specialty.
MEWPORT'S .^leading,* JEWELER
I Palace Jewelry Store
| 2X2 North Front St. Newport, Arfcansa&.^
Bad Blood?
Bad blood shows itself in a thousand familiar ways.
Pimples, boils, muddy complexion, headache, backache and
a general tired-out feeling are among the more common
results of impure blood. Johnston’s Tonic Capsules purify
and enrich the blood.
Rhematism, gout, eczema, catarrh, anemia, Bcurvy, scrofula, etc.,
result from impurities forced into the blood with food or drink, or from
the lack of certain necessary food substances.
Johnston’s Tonic Capsules are the surest, safest, most reliable, conven
ient and satisfactory medicine that can be taken to purify and enrich the blood.
They unload it of every impurity and at the same time so promote the nutritive
functions as to abundantly supply it with new, rich and self-sustaining
qualities. They make the blood pure and rich, and through pure blood the
bodily structures come right because they depend on the blood for nourish
me ill aim renewal.
For over 40 years Johnston’s Tonic Capsules have been held in high
esteem as a most reliable and satisfactory remedy for scrofula, rheumatism,
eczema, old sores, painful swellings, kernels and enlarged glands, catarrh,
scurvy, boils, liver complaint, dyspepsia, jaundice, constipation, kidney
troubles and a long list of common ails and ills.
We have great confidence in this medicine, a confidence born of many
years’ experience with it, and we make the following extraordinary offer:
Send us a dollar for a large box of Johnston’s Tonic Capsules, or buy the same
of dealer whose name appears below, use half of them, and if you are not
satisfied, mail the balance to us and we will return your money. Test them at
our risk and be your own judge. Michigan Drug Co., Detroit, Mich.
DR. KERMOTT'S LIVER REGULATOR Positively Cures Pimples and Dyspepsia.
SHEDDEN, May rO, 1881.
Gentlemen:—One year aco now my face presented a horrible appearance from pimples and
blotches, I also was much troubled with dyspepsia and constipation; had tried physicians and patent
medicines, but received little good. A friend recommended Dr. Kermott’s Liver Regulatpr, I found
it all that could be desired, it having removed all my troubles and willingly bear my testimony.
• , Mit9. Wesley Stafford.
Price. 25 cents per package or five packages for $1.00. Ask for FREE sample. gf*
For sale at Dutton’s Drue: Store. w \
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J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, CashierBjjj j
BANK OF TUCKERMAN I
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00. f
We are open to the public for all business
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
DIRECTORS: 1/
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL/
GEO. L. SMITH, W. E. TALLEY. /
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patronage is Solicited.
Tuckerman,