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L awns, Swisses, Organdies (except
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Goods, Wash Silks, Fancy Silks,
Mercerized Fabrics.
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f 10 per cent. Off All Wool Dress Goods I
120 “ “ Off Dress Trimmings fg’ |
Parasols at half and three=fourths former
prices.
Millinery, hats trimmed and untrimmed at half
price.
Flowers at half price.
20 per cent off on all fancy hoisery.
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and Hardware Company
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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Quality ©ur First
Consideration
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PEARLS. |j
We pay the highest prices for
- Pearls, Slugs, Points or Baroques.
Send yqur pearls to us, if our offer |
is not accepted, we will return them -
at our expense.
Try us on a small lot.
Wm. Barthman,
174 BROADWAY, CORNER MAIDEN
LANE, NEW YORK, N. Y.
DEALER IN DIAMONDS, WATCHES
AND JEWELRY.
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ORS. B. A. & W. R. WASHBURN,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Special attention given to diseases
of J3ar, Nose and Throat. Also Dis
eases of Women.
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Offices: New Watson Building,
Rooms 12, 14 and 15.
Newport, Arkansas. 1
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Office: Redman’s Diug Store.
Iewport, - - - Arkansas.
THE NEGRO ROUSTABOUT.
Best In the World, is the Opinion o
an Old Steamboat Man.
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“The negro roustabout is the great
est freight handler in the world,” saic
an old steamboat man to the Nev
Orleans Times-Democrat, “and whih
we have had a great deal of troubh
lately in dealing with this class o
men, it is doubtful if any other clasf
could take the rather unique positior
which they occupy in the river busi
ness of the country. The negre
seems to be peculiarly well adapted t(
this kind of work. He is a natura
freight handler. He knows just ex
actly how to take hold of a package
of freight. Whether the pack if
round or square, long or short, large
or small, it is all the same with him
for he knows exactly how to take
hold of it in order to handle it in the
easiest way possible and in the quick
est way possible. With the negro this
business is a natural sort of gift. 1
have been impressed particularly
with the swinging walk of the negre
roustabout. I have observed thai
they do not raise their feet more thar
a slight fraction of an inch above the
level of the ground or the stage plank
They barely clear the ground witl
their feet. The reason of this is easily
understood. It requires less physica
exertion to raise the foot slightly
than it would require if the foot was
raised as high as it is by the averagt
person under ordinary circumstances
We know this because of the differ
ence we have noticed in the extrt
exertion necessary in climbing stairs
of different make. The deep step
for instance, is more trying than tht
shallow step. The chances are thal
the negro roustabout goes about this
thing*in an unconscious sort of way
and he would probably be puzzled i:
you should mention the fact to him
It is what Darwin would call a case o:
unconscious selection. It is the fittest
thing to do, but like many other o
nature’s creatures they do 1t fvithou
being conscious of it. The long
swinging step of the roustabout an
swers the same purpose. It minimizes
the physical exertion, and enables th<
performer to do more than he woulc
be able to do under other circum
stances. No other race of men, in mj
judgment, would be able to do this
same kind of work with equal facility
and this is why I say the negao roust
about is the greatest freight handle]
in the world, and really he is the onlj
member I know of who is not in anj
danger of losing his job.”
ARKANSAS DIAMONDS.
The Indianapolis, (Ind.) Sentinel
says:
“School Commissioner Charlee W.
Moore, recently returned li-om a trip
on legal business through Southeast
ern Arkansas. He brought back with
him several handsome specimens of
precious stones which have been
found in large numbers in that sec
tion of the state recentljr. One was a
diamond, a handsome white stone of
rare brilliancy cut to a carat and one
half weight. Another was an uncut
ruby posessing the deep red color and
clearness cha icteristic of the purest
stones. Mr. Moores also secured a
diamond in the rough, which he will
probably send to Providence, R. I., to
be cut.
“ ‘The Arkansas diamond,’ said Mr.
Moores to a Sentinel reporter last
night, ‘is marked by all the qualities
of the South African stone with the
single exception that when cut, its
edges are brittle and liable to fracture
Otherwise the diamonds, rubies and
amethysts found in Arkansas are
beautiful and are commanding a
ready sale on the market.’ ”
NEW WASH GOODS.
15 and 20c dimity, lawti and baptists
all go.for 10c a yard at Chas. Meyer’t
Great Bargain Store. . 67dtf.
Executor, the famous bay stallion
owned by Wiley Jones of Pine Bluff
is dead at Pine Grove Stock Farm it
that city. Executor had a record o:
2:24 1-4 and was well known in tur
circles throughout the country.
Huffman bakes bread every day.
LIBERTY AGAIN.
: Another “Final Appearance” Was
Scheduled Tuesday.
The final chapter in the litigation j
[ over the steamer Liberty, which was
- to have been taken up in the United
s States Court Monday morning, was
> continued over until Tuesday morn
: ing at 10 o’clock, says the Memphis
i Morning News, on account of the ab
sense of some of the witnesses.
The most important matter taken
, up will be the references as shown by
i the records in the United States Court
i clerk’s office. Dan Elliott, the clerk,
has been called on by the court for all
, the references in the case, and these
i will be thoroughly gone over by the
, counsel on both sides, for the purpose
of winding up all the accounts.
The Liberty case is one of the most
. complicated in admirality ever tried
before the Memphis courts, and has
i been swinging along now for about
five months. It will more than likely I
reach a conclusion some time this j
week.
STATE SCRAPS.
Scissored from Our Exchanges—Ac
counts of Things In General.
It now looks very much like that
i the street fair and merchants’ carni
val is a sure go and that she will be
pulled oil on schedule time—Septem
ber 22 to 27, inclusive, says the Par
agould Soliphone.
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News reached here from Jasper
Newton county, that Harrison Craw
ford, son of ex-Surveyor Jno. P.
Crawford, accidently shot and killed
himself. He was out squirrel hunt
ing in company with a younger broth
ther and while letting the gun rest
some way on the ground it was dis
charged, the load taking full effect
in his abdomen, killing him instantly.
J The accident happened near his home
1 at Fallsville.
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, It has just leaked out that the state
election commissioners last week ap
pointed a wofnan as the minority
member of the White county board of
; election commissioners. The re
publican member is “S. Rogers,” or
Miss Sallie Rogers, whose father was
formerly a postmaster in the county.
She waff a candidate before the re
publican central committee for the
place, but was not endorsed, and
when she went home she joined the
insurgents. By some means her
name was recommended for the ap
pointment as election commissioner,
and as “S. Rogers” conveyed no
knowlege of sex, she was appointed.
Under the law she is not eligible.
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rsews was received ax iviarianna mat
Will Curds, a young white man of
Union township, shot and killed a ne
gro named Rudolph in Dr. Haynie’s
drug store in Haynes. The circum
stances which led to the killing of the
negro are about as follows: Mr. Cur
tig and Dr. Haynie were conversing
in the latter’s store late Saturday
evening, when Randolph entered,
took a seat on the counter, and tak
ing his pistol from his pocket, laid it
on the counter beside him. Soon af
ter however, he interrupted the con
versation between Mr. Curtis
and the doctor by addressing two or
three insulting remarks to Curtis.
Curtis told him he did not want to
kill him, but that he must not talk to
a white man that way, at the same
time taking the negro’s pistol from the
counter. Randolph then very hum
bly apologised, saying he was very
sorry for all he had said, and Curtis
supposing the trouble at an end, gave
him back his pistol and Dr. Haynie
ordered him from the store. The
negro took a few steps towards the
door, when he suddenly turned and
began shooting at Curtis, tiring three
shots, none of which took effect. As
soon as possible Curtis closed in on
him, took the negro’s pistol away
from him and drawing his own pistol
shot Randolph three or four times,
killing him almost instantly. Mr.
Curtis immediately wired Sheriff
Ford, surrendering, and gave bond
for his appearance in justice court,
where he was promptly acquitted.
ARKANSAS NEEDS RAIN.
Cotton Showing Effects of Unfavor
able Weather Conditions.
For the week ending July 21, Sec
tion Director E. B. Richards furnishes
the following summary of Arkansas
weather and crop conditions:
Hot, dry weather continued during
the week, although the drouthy cop
ditions were partially relieved in
some few localities by showers on the
19th. Cotton is beginning to feel the
effects of the unfavorable weather
conditions, especially the crop on the
uplands, which is needing rain badly;
that in the bottom or lowlands is
standing the drouth very well, but is
beginning to show the need of mois
ture. In some localities it is wilting
badly and shedding its forms rapidly.
The dry weather has checked the
growth of cotton. Early corn is made
in almost all sections, but in a few
isolated cases another rain within a
few days would fill out the ears. Gen
erally the prospects are favorable for
a large yield. The late planted needs
rain badly, it is beginning to twist and
turn yellow. Wheat and oat thresh
ing is about completed and the yield
of both generally is below the average,
although in some localities it has
turned out better than was anticipated J
both in quality and quantity. Peaches
and summer apples and grapes are
ripening and being marketed; peaches
will not be as poor a crop as was ex
pected early in the season, but apples
continue to drop and the crop will be
short and of poor quality. Some
second crop of Irish potatoes are
being planted. Garden truck and
pastures drying up rapidly.
The above statement well evidences
the value of advertising. Any man
who will voluntarily offer $50,000 for
the purpose of advertising himself
has doubtless been greatly benefitted
by publicity in the past. He has
evidently figured out the scheme and
has realized that he was bound to
make money by the investment)! Of
course such a proposition woulti
never be entertained by the govern- §jw
ment under any circumstances, but 1*^
the fact that it was made is the most
valuable testimony that could be
given to the value of advertising.—
Ad Sense.
THE VALUE OF*ADVERTISING.
The man with the prize nerve has
recently been discovered. He is
evidently a firm believer in the
power of advertising, as his prop
osition recently made to the govern
ment will attest. In this proposition
be offered the government $50,000 for
the privilege of having his face
printed on one year’s issue of postage
stamps, tie maae no secret oi tne
fact that it was his desire to have this
done for advertising purposes, pure
and simple. True to all traditions,
Uncle Sam refused to be coerced and
made the prospective advertiser’s #50,
)00 look like 9cents and a penny; but
mid this man succeeded in carrying
die matter through, he would have
aad, without any qualification, the
jiggest amount of publicity, so far as
circulation is concerned, ever attained
ay any one man.
CIRCUIT COURT.
The jury in the case of State vs
J. H. Morrison, for forcibly entering
dilliam’s meat market, claiming he
bad an interest therein, returned a
verdict of #50 fine and one minute in
jail.
The attention of the court was con
sumed Wednesday morning with the
aases of State vs. Wm. Carouthers,
selling liquor without license, the
juries in six cases returning verdicts
af guilty.
The case of state vs. Dave Allen was
aontinued until Tuesday of next week.
The next case taken up was that
af Wallace Grant, charged with mur
der, for the killing of Alex. Powell,
and will probably occupy the court
for some hours.
The grand jury in the case of Rufus
Johnson, charged with the killing of
James Cole, returned an indictment
of murder in the second degree.
The grand jury returned ten in
dictments this morning, among which
was one against Will Clinton for horse
stealing.