DIE STAMPED
PAPETERIES
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A complete and handsome line of Note Papers,
in all popular tints and colors. They are die
stamped “Newport, Arkansas,” but sell at regu
lar prices of Fancy Stationery. It is something
new and very popular.
We would be pleased to show you this line, be
fore the neatest tints and designs are exhausted.
We carry a Full Line of
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Wedding smms Party Invitations,
I Program Cards and Folders, i
Ladies* and£enis* Visiting Gards. I
Type Faces j
OURWO^gSP^AKS_FORJTSgLF.
Engraving Orders
Taken at Regular Prices and Fall Line of Samples carried to select from.
We are agents for
Lambert-Deacon-Hull, 1
of St. Louis, Stationers and^ Engravers, who
have made a reputation by their neat and
jj artistic work.
NEWPORT INDEPENDENT
R. F. Drummond Bdg. Newport,
on Upper Front Street. Arkansas.
Read the daily Independent
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MAID’S EVASIVE ANSWER.
Her Employer Was Busy and Could
Not Receive Callers—What
She Told Them.
Strange as it may seem, says the
Philadelphia Telegraph, there is
a public man in this city who is
blessed or cursed with a tender
conscience that worries him in
small matters as well as in great.
Among the things that he cannot
justify to himself is the bidding
: a servant to say that he is
not at home when in reality he is
inside his house. At the same
time he is not able to receive
i many visitors who call upon him,
and his only resource was to give
instructions that polite excuses
should be given. Upon one occa
sion such instructions were given
| to a maid, an Irish girl gifted with
i the readiness and good wit of her
nation.
“Then I’m to be saying, sir, that
^ you’re not at home?” the maid in
quired.
“No, Mary, no!” was the reply;
“that would not be true. If any
one should ask for me, you must
just put him off—give him some
evasive answer, you know.”
“I’ll do it, sir, never fear,” was
the maid’s reply. Mary was as
I good as her word.
That afternoon a person of im
portance made his appearance,
and was duly sent away. The
faithful maid reported the cir
cumstance to her employer.
“What did you do, Mary?” in
quired the latter, with some trep
idation.
I “Oh, I just put him off, sir as you
told me. I gave him an evasive
| answer.”
“Yes, but what did you say to
| him?”
“Oh. sure he axed me if the boss |
was at home, and I said to him:
‘Was his grandmother a mon
key?”’
JAPAN’S RAPID PROGRESS.
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Has Converted Herself Into a Power*
ful Nation in the Last Quarter
of a Century.
When I visited Yeddo and the
ports of Japan in the winter of
1860-G1 the couptry was ruled
upon the most exclusive Japanese
methods, wrote Lord Wolseley in
the Cosmopolitan in 1895. The
people were held in subjection by
a hereditary nobility who ruled
; them with a rod of iron. They
were then far behind China in all
I matters connected with sea pow
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tlj JLUl 1U V1UCI Ilf piuvuiu tlli V
| communication with foreign
places all Japanese junks were, in
accordance with the law, con
structed with low, open sterns,
so that they dared not venture be
yond a few miles from shore.
No one can be blind to the enor
mous strides in progress Japan
has made, the immense reforms
she has effected and the powerful
nation she has converted herself
into during the last quarter of a
century. The result is the crea
tion of a power in the eastern seas
that must in future be always
taken into consideration by west
ern statesmen.
Turkish Beds.
A recent writer on Turkey says:
“Bedsteads are not used by the
Turks. Each room contains a
large cupboard, built into the
wall, in which the bedding is piled
during the day, and at night the
slaves come in when summoned to
make up the beds on the floor.
Other bedroom requisites, in the
shape of washstands, dressing
tables and wardrobes, are dis
I pensed with as superfluous. For
everyday ablution there is a small
washing room with a hole in the
floor for the water to escape
through, and if the hanun would
wash her hands and face only, a
slave brings the ewer and basin
and pours the water over her
hands. For special ablutions she
will go either to her own private
hammam or to the public baths.
She ‘does her hair,’ or has it done
for her, seated cross-legged in her
corner of the divan: and the old
I walnut-wood chests and coffers in
her treasure-room suffice to store
her gauzes and brocades, her silks
and embroideries.”
The Brum Major.
As a matter of course, the drum
major belongs to the band, but he
gives one the impression that the
j band belongs to him. — Chicago
| Daily News. {
ANTOINE BOHLINGER.
A. BOHLINGER & CC
NEWPORT, ARK. |
BANKERS AND "
Cotton, Stocks, Bonds, Gr. SpcctoBstgte +*
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Handled on Comnd*,; ,g and Boyg.
Private Wires direct to New Yo&tApparel.
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Write for daily Market Letter. IfiaHjjfl
JOB PRINTINGS-"
PRINTING offices in Jackson county.
Printing and let us quote you our
KEYSTONE OF
KimbalTPi
STRUCTURE.
The szale of the Kimball Piano is the keystone of its
tion of its great musical worth, the cause of its popularity
piano scale-making is a mathematical problem figured out by sound
of a sezond. Not all piano makers strive for perfection along this line
tense), but out of the few who have nearly reaJhed the goal,
Kimball is Promi
One of the most perfect musical scales is displayed in the
inperfect scale piano is like a person who cannot sing correctly—it’s
jlaim to sing. It costs money to cultivate the voice, it costs more money
scale. The cost to produce a perfect Kimball scale has been no less than that
recognized artistic pianos of the world, yet because of the advantages of tlu
from any factory, we are able to sell the Kimball at a very moderate price.
The Kimball System and easy payment plan brings it within reach of all.
Call or write for Catalogues, prices and terms.
ESTABLISHED J853.
Hollenberg Music Co.,
Factory 317 Main Street, Little
Warerooms 243 Wabash Avenue, Chic
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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,
Ogden Ave.,
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
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ST. L. I. M. & S. RAILWAY. _.
NORTH BOUND.
No. 72, Local Freight.11:45 a. m.
No. 2. 3:20 a. m.
No. 4. 2:00 p. m.
No. 12. 8:48 p. m.
No. 6. 10:50 p.m.
No. 8.1025 a. m.
SOUTH BOUND.
'fo. 73, Local Freight. 7:80 a. m.
No. 7. 1125 a. m.
No. 5. 6:00 a.m.
No. 11. 6:37 a. m.
No. ?. 4:47 p. m. s
Ncj/1. 10:50 p. '
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Mixed " . 11:45 _
Passenger Arrives. 8J6 p. ax ,
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