'\ ■ •
E BANK OF NEWPORT
Solicits the acccounts of depositors who desire
y the accommodations of a first-class, well
equipped and reliable banking house.
OFFICERS AMO DIRECTORS.
ecker, President. R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
. Bailey, VicePres’t. Jas. L. Jones, Ass’t Cashier.
raham. Ed. P. Shoffner. J. T. Henderson,
yton. Dr. J. M. Jones. T. S. Stephens.
^^^B v FROM HERE TO THERE
mmmm 't Just get on top of a mountain.
That may not seem easy, but it
|WP [ It s Easy eureka springs, ark.
I I An electric car right to tne top,
! I i to VVG6D where you will find the finest
• hotel in the Southwest, i
B THE CRESCENT,
An ideal place for rest and recre
| ation. Reduced rates via Frisco
System every day.
For further information
/' Write Asst. Genl. Passenger Agent. Frisco System,
B t
s Memphis, Tone.
S' V viAF nll/rn BPRGI.AR*PR00F GRATE VAULT far* w
f j -Vi i-1' 1 flfc 0#Rt!f nislies absolute pratertiou against the rav. WB
r I 5a! !![ 8 ..f ...^ i......... ,.l,1,.il.-.^rimri.;,,irril»lll J WU
|A ammnis* and is airtight and waterproof. A BAKER VAUL*T
^ osould t»e employed in every burial. Made in all sizes. k:!
1 *L ■ |g|
Wm\ oi | Mi
| - I Xhe BAKER VAULT carried in stuck by Mi
|8| IB_Newport, Arkansas.^__HI
Independent is the best Advertising Medium
NO TROUBLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
New Dining Cars (Meals a la Carte.?
Write for low rates. New book
on Texas, FREE.
E. P. Turner, G. P. A.,
Dallas, Texas.
Warning Order.
Before Guy Smith, Justice of the Peace in and
for Union Township. Jackson County, State of
Arkansas.
C. E. Crook, Plaintiff,
vs.
J. Shipway and Hugo Compress Company, a Cor
poration, Defendants. '
The’defendants. J. Shipway and Hugo Com
press Company, a corporation, are warned to ap
pear in this court within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff, C. E. Crook, and
S. M. Stuck >y is appointed attorney for the non
residents.
GUY SMITH,
Justice of the Peace.
13th, 1905.
Case set for September 16th, 1905.
1
{
V
y
CALIFORNIA REMEDY |
Stops Chills at Once 1
Cures Malaria. A*ue, and Chills and PeverM
in three days. First dose relieves. A power-■
ful but harmless tonic. Gives an appetite. 75C.1
Francis S. Ott, Sacramento, Cal. jX
Sold by all Dealers |
Leave orders witn t
r. P. Umsted&Co.
Local Agents.
4 g
SCORPION’S SUICIDE.
’ Positive Evidence That the Creature
Does Kill Itself.
i
Instance). In Which the Act of Self
Destruction Whs (InmlMtHknl.ly
W Itnessetl—Alfecte.1
hr l.iKh t.
Lord Byron hns referred to a tenden
•v of the scorpion to commit suicide
when surrounded by tire. Naturally
enough, this hns been regarded as a
poetic fiction; and a distinguished
writer has gone so far as to say that tIte
•‘popular idea regarding scorpiotiic
suicide is a delusion based on an impos
sibility.” The impossibility to which
this writer refers is this; The sting of
the scorpion is in its tail, and the ter
mination of tlie tail is recurved, so that
it would really be impossible for the
scorpion to sting itself on the under
part of its body. But it is not impos
sible for the sting to penetrate the back
or even the head; and there us positive
evidence that in certain circumstances
the scorpion does commit suicide In
that way. This creature seems to be
unable to endure light; and when it is
exposed to light it seems to become so
desperate as to end its torture with its
own sting. W. G. Biddie tells this in
cident, which he himself observed in
Madras, and which he communicated
to Nature:
“One morning a servant brought to
me a large specimen of scorpion, which,
having staid out too long in ita noc
turnal rambles, had apparently got be
wildered at daybreak and been unable
to And its way home. To keep it safe,
the creature was at once put into a
glazed entomological case. Having a
few leisure minutes in the course of the
forenoon, I thought I would see how
my prisoner was getting on, and to
have a better view of it the case whs
placed in a window in the rays of the
hot sun. The light and heat seemed to
irritate it very much, and this recalled
1 > my mind a story which I had read
somewhere that a scorpion, on being
surrounded with fire, bad committed
suicide. I hesitated about submitting
my pet to such a terrible ordeal; but,
taking a common botanical lens, I fo
cused the rays of the sun on its back.
The moment this was done it began to
run hurriedly about the ease, hissing
md spitting in a very fierce way. This
•xperiment was repeated some four or
ive times with like results, but on try
ing it once again the scorpion turned
:ls tail and plunged the stinger quick
is lightning into its own back. The
infliction of the wound was followed by
» sudden escape of fluid, and a friend
standing by me called out: ‘See, it has
stung itself; it is dead;’ and sure
tnough, in less than half a minute life
was quite extinct. I have written this
jrief note to show (1) that, animals may
:omrait suicide; (2) that the poison of
I certain animals may be destructive to
themselves.”
An eminent writer, Dr. Allen Thomp
son, I1'. It. S., lias contributed the fol
lowing narrative of facts observed by
IS. F. Hutchinson, while living in the
summer at the baths of Sulla, in Italy.
Mr. Hutchinson and his family were
very much annoyed by the frequent in
trusion of small black scorpions in the
house. which secreted themselves
,;::ung the bedclothes, in shoes, and is
other articles of dress. He says:
"It thus became necessary to be con
i'antly on the watch for these trouble
some eroatures, and to take means for
• heir removal and destruction. Having
,oen informed by the natives of the
place that the scorpion would destroy
(self if exposed to a sudden light, my
informant and her friends soon became
adepts in catching tlie scorpions and
lisposing of them in tlie manner sug
'Hiifl cart mi «t 1 in r*r» n n i n ir
tiie animal under an inverted drinking
giass or tumbler, below which a card
vas inserted when the capture was
nade, and then, waiting till dark, sud
,'cnly bringing the light of a candle
aear to the glass in which the animal
was confined.
"No sooner was this done than the
scorpion invariably showed signs of
great excitement, running round and
round the interior of the tumbler with
reckless velocity for a number of
limes. 'Ibis state having lasted for a
minute or more, the animal became
piict. and, turning its tail on tlie hinder
cart of its body over its back, brought
. s recurved sTing down upon the mid
dle of the head, and, piercing it forc
ibly, in a few seconds became quite
motionless, and, in fact, quite dead.
This observation was repeated very
frequently; in truth, it was adopted as
the best plan of getting rid of the ani
mals. The young people were in the
habit of handling the scorpions with
Impuntty immediately after they were
so killed, and of preserving many of
them ns curiosities." •
It would be difficult to prove that
suicide is an evidence of intelligence;
ind »t is certainly different from any
other act that is prompted by instinct,
for instinct always tends to the pres
ervation of life in the individual and
also in the species, never to its destruc
tion. Unless, therefore, there were
some reason to believe that light af
fects the physical organization of the
scorpion in such a way as to be fatally
injurious alike to the individual and to
the species, the extraordinary fact al
leged in these anecdotes is quite inex
plicable. There is reason, then, to re
ceive these stories with some hesitation,
but they < annot be summarily rejected.
-St. Louis Republic.
Animal
“Uncurl yourself and tight!" yelled
• be catamount. "You have no backbone
,t all.”
“Mebbe I haven’t,” came the muffled
| reply from the rolled-up porcupine,
’but I have spiues to throw away."—
Indianapolis Journal
J
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
Encouraging.—She—“Do you think
my voice has enough volume?" Profes
sor—“Good gracious, yes; to till a li
brary.”—Detroit Free Press,
“By gracious!” exclaimed Brassey,
when he saw a. picture of a lictor bear
ing his fasces: “I didn’t know golf was
' as old as that."—Boston Transcript.
Casster—“Doctor, a year ago you pre
dicted that I wouldn’t live three
months. You see you were wrong.”
Doctor—“Never mind; better luck next,
time.”—Puck.
“There are two men in our golf club
! that l can’t get along with.” “Why?"
“Well, Watkins gets mad when 1 call
him Wilkins; and Wilkins gets mad
■ when l call him Watkins." — Detroit
Journal.
( “The Circassian girl lias refused the
tattooed man.’’ “You don’t mean it? I
thought she loved him.” “She does;
but she says she doesn't -are to marry
a man with an elephant on his hands.”
—Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Interviewer—"There is a report
started, senator, that you are intending
to retire from politics.” Senator Make
rox—“Young man, I am not the first
man whose wealth has been overesti
mated.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Weary—“Madam, I haven’t had any
thing to eat for three days." Mrs. Hard
pi—“You're doin’ pretty well; but Pva
just been readin’ about a man who
fasted fer four weeks an’ worked every
day at that.”—Cleveland Leader.
A Coming Disease. — Dr, Squills—
“What was the matter with that cab
driver you were called to see last
night?” Dr. Kallomell—“As nearly a«
I can <Jeserit>e what ails him it is auto
mobiliousness.”—Chicago Tribune.
THE MODERN SANDWICH.
Made Mow In Slity-Ponr Varieties,
and Mew Kinds Constantly
Hflnic Added.
X tan of 50 who had chanced never
tv. v nr of sand wiches from the time he
wa' a boy, when they were confined
principally to three varieties—ham,
tongue and corned beef—and when,
aside from what hind he would take, the
chief question was whether he would
have mustard on it, might be sur
prised to learn that nowadays sand
wiches are made in more varieties than
his own years number; considerably
more. lu one big lunch establishment
there are made sandwiches in 04 va
rieties. The differences between soma
of these varieties would be slight, but
at the same time they would be clear
and distinct; and there would regular
ly be found on sale on the counter
more than 20 varieties always ready.
The others include varieties more or
less peculiar to some season, or sand
wiches supplied to order, as many
sandwiches are nowadays.
Besides the familiar ham, tongue,
corned beef, roast beef, turkey and
chicken sandwiches, there are sold in
these days, either already prepared or
made to order, a dozen varieties of
what may be called fish sandwiches,
these including the ’commonly sold
sardine sandwiches and anchovy sand
wiches and sandwiches made with
little fishes called sardelles, and solm
i on sandwiches, and sandwiches made
with muskallouge, 30ft shell crab sand
wiches, lobster sandwiches, shrimp
sandwiches, codfish sandwiches, and
sandwiches made with a fried codfish
cake bet ween slices of bread. Of cheese
sandwiches there are ten at least, In
cluding many regularly supplied and
others made to ortier.
There are sold nowadays sandwiches
made of various kinds of salads, and
orders for such samftviches are not un
usual. (lu a place where sandwiches
in great variety are sold, if a customer
asked for a salad sandwich the waiter
wouldn’t need to ask what was want
t'd, he would know and lie would get
it for him without question, as a mat
ter of course, and the same would be
true if the request were for a tomato
sandwich or a sandwich ma.de with
wutereresses. AHfc
Of combination sandwiches, maoo
with more than one kind of meat, as
sandwiches of ham and chicken,
chicken and tongue and so on, there
are various kinds, as there are also of
sandwiches made of various materials
combined; as, for instance, sandwiches
made of minced ham and chow chow,
1 sandvvii hes of chopped chicken, sand
wiches of minced tongue and chicken,
egg sandwiches, and so on. So that, i*
would not he very difficult to enu
I morale the 64 varieties of sandwiches
j made and new varieties are being add
| ed all the time.—N. Y. Sun.
Wholly l)iM<r»<irufc<*tl.
“No, ma’am, I don’t Like ’em,” said
| Mr Cuinrox, with emphasis. “I’m free
| to say these dialect stories make me
! tired. Half the words in ’em ain’t in
j the dictionary.”
' But you might cultivate a liking for
them,” said his wife’s sister. “It is
something like music. You may not
have much of an ear for it at first, hut
if you keep at it you will soon appre
ciate it.”
“Well, maybe I will some day. But
I’d rather have something solid. I’d
like to begin on some of oiy youngest
girl’s school books and go right through
'em. That’s the sort of reading that I’d
i enjoy spending time on.”
He picked up one of liis daughter’s
books which happened to he lying near.
It was a copy of Virgil, which his
laughter had beeu translating into
English. He stared solemnly at the
first page of the I.anfa epic for awhile
and then slowly turnc%the lefif. Wher
his eyes had gotten doVp to the middh
if tiie next page he the volumi
lown with a sigh.
'If * no use," he excl dy' regret
“What is of no use?”
“My trying to read d!al<
inust say that this thing of
in the public schools strik
i pinguey foolish.”—Washingto
Find
A bank account is a help to
man. Join the procession
put your money in a
bank.
Arkansas Bank and Trust Co•
NEWPORT, ARK.
Capital $100,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
J. W. Grubbs, President, Nathan Graham, V.-Pres.
Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
Jos. M. Berger, Jr. R. F. Drummond. C. J. Saenger,^
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. W. Dutton, J
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh.
_.____
The Great Paper of the Great West
The Kansas City Star
Ererywhere recoirnized an the stroniresl and moet reliable i
newspai er in the moat proaperoua region of the United Statea j
WHEREIN IT LEADS
ITS UNEXCELLED NEWS SERVICE embraces the continuous reports of the Asso- |
| ciated Press with dispatches every hour; the general and special service of the
New York Herald, the Hearst transcontinental leased wire service and special corre
1 spondence from THE STAR'S own representatives in Washington, D. C ; Jefferson
City, Mo.; Topeka, Kas , and Guthrie, Ok., in addition t> the large grist of news
| that comes daily from several hundred other alert representatives.
ITS MARKET REPORTS AND COMMENTS have an authoritative value that causes
j them to be telegraphed to all parts of the Unit'd States the moment THE STAR
j comes from the press. No western man even indirectlv interested in the value of
[ | food products, stocks and securities can afford to be without THE STAR'S daily
j record of prices and conditions.
ITS SPECIAL FEATURES include The Chaperon’s column, in which are answered
|1 questions pertaining to beauty aids and social cj stums nd affairs, department for
' inquirers oh other subjects and a wide range of m ihcellai «o is article throwing
f side lights upon the world’s most interesting pc*ople and events —th addition
M to a vigorous editorial page, absolutely independent i olitically, a Sunday issue
I that is full of live special matter and human interest.
13 Papers Each Week for 10 Cts
THE KANSAS CITY STAR WAS THE FIRST- n still the only-newspaper to
deliver a complete morning paper—The Kansas City Times—to its subscribers i
without increase in the subscription price.
____
J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, V-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier
BANK OF TUCKERMAN
CAPITAL STOCK $20,000.00.
We are open to the public for all business
i
which constitutes safe & reliable banking
DIRECTORS:
J. W. LINDLEY, L. T. SLAYDEN, D. C. DOWELL,
R. D. DUNCAN. L. D. SMITH.
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY.
Your Patrona^ is Solicited.
Tuckerman,
'
' I EARN Telegraphy and R. R. Accounting
L $50 to $500 a month salary assured our grad
uates under bond Our six schools the largest in
America and endorsed by al* railroads. Write for
catalog. Morse School of Telegraphy. Cincin
N. Y., Atlanta. Ga., LaCrosse.
'"X., San F*run cisco. Cal.
(Mb Nov 12) J
__——
/ Good housekeepers use the b'
'That’s why they buy Red Cr'
Ball Blue. At leading fgroce;
5 cents.