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8AR8ERS* SHOP DISEASES.
Patrons Adviaad to Karo Tkair On
~ Bruah and Comb—Carbolic Acid
for tho Basor.
The transference to his cus
tomers, by means of bis hands and
instruments, of many paraait
io skin diseases has long been rec
ognized as one of the unnecessary
accomplishments of the necessary
barber. Among these affections,
says American Medicine, are
sycosis, impetigo, seborrheic alo
pecia and furunculosis that is
more or less chronic in type. Dr.
Graham Chambers states that
during the past five years impeti
go circinati has been very prev
alent in Toronto, scarcely a month
passing without an outbreak of
from two to thirty cases, gener
ally traceable to a common
source. The barber shop is so com
monly the source that he desig*
nates the disease as “barbers’ im
petigo.” Quite recently Dr. W
A. Hardaway has called attention
to a point which he helieves, and
we think rightly, has been but lit
tle realized by the medical profes
sion. That is the frequency with
which carbuncles are acquired in
barber shops. He has seen many
cases of carbuncle in which ths
evidence of this means of trans
mission was to him indisputable.
The relative importance of this se
rious affection as compared with
the other diseases mentioned
needs scarcely to be impressed.
For the prevention of contagion
in barber shops, Hardaway be
lieves that we will be forced to
rely upon an educated pnblit
opinion rather than upon compul
sory laws directed against the
barber. He recommends that
each patron of a barber shop pro
vide himself with a box, contain
ing his own brush and comb, a
small package of absorbent cot
ton and a five per cent, carboiis
acid solution. The barber will
then wipe his shears or clippers
with the solntion, and nse the pa
tron’s comb and brush. For the
man who shaves his own soap, enp
and brush are necessities. These
suggestions are sensible. To car
ry them out properly means some
inconvenience, but it ia worth
while, especially to the aged and
debilitated, or to those suffering
from diabetes or similar diathe
^lo. L u^»iuiauB a,ieuui{ig buco p»*
tients should expend them a warn
Ing in this retfard.
ANCIENT DOLL-LIKE IDOLS.
Were Found Imbedded hi Walls of
Ancient Cliff Dwelling* Near
Santa Fe.
While exploring the Pnye and
Shuflnne cliff dwellings near San
ta Fe recently Dr. R. W. Scheuss
ler discovered some antiques of
a kind not previously catalogued
by students of that region. No
ticing upon the wall of an ancient
dwelling some spots of an unu
sual color, he dug into the soft
stone with his pocketknife and
discovered a hole 5 inches in diain
eter and 12 inches deep, partly
filled with mud. Inside was ira
bedded a stick on which was
mounted a doll’s head. In the
same hole was a small, highly pol
ished turquoise.
Dr. Schuessler investigated fur
ther. He found three more of the
sealed openings, each of them
containing a doll and a turquoise.
One of the holes contained a piece;
of petrified resin, in which tooth
marks indicated that it had been
used as the chewipg gum of the I
day. The probability is that the
doll heads were idols, bat the sig
nificance of burying them in ths
mesa walls and the presence of
lie turquoise are not explained.
In Bunny Florida.
Never shall I forget, writes
Julia Daniels Moseley, in the
Four-Track News, the magic of a
certain garden in the south, in
sunny Florida. . . . The stars
down there have a way of seem
ing to hang out of the sky, like a
jewel placed high in the setting.
The moon was full and the magic
•f her yellow beauty bewitched
everything, enhancing the very
shadows. There is an abandon
about that spot that takes away
the stiffness so often found in
large, formal grounds, and, as you
walk on and on, there seems to be
no end to it, bat it is as though all
the world was a sumptuous gar
den; and when you lift your eyes
to the matchless night bines, M
seems as If the very dome of Heav
en had opened to charm yoan
tli'oa
BILL TO REPEAL
ANTI-TRUST MEASURE.
Little Rock, March 1.—Up to
the close of the auditor’s office
yesterday evening, forty-three
of the sixty-four old line fire in
surance companies that were in
business in the state last year
had filed their statements with
the auditor, and even had given
notice that they would not re
license.
A bill has been drawn and
passed upon by eminent legal au
thority, to be introduced in the
legislature providing that an in
surance company may do busi
ness in this state if it does not be
long to any rating bureau or com
bination for the purpose of con
trolling or fixing the rates of in
surance in Arkansas. This is
practically the same law now ex
isting before the new act be
comes effective.
SMALLPOX CAUSES
SCHOOLS TO SUSPEND.
Lamar, March 1.—Smallpox
has broken out at this place,
there being three well developed
cases already, and several per
sons have been exposed to the
malady.
It is supposed that it was
brought here by traveling men,
as the first cases were developed
at the Utley boarding house.
At a meeting of the school
board yesterday it was decided
that the public school should
suspend for two weeks on ac
count of the presence of the dis
ease.
CONVICT SHOT
SEEKING ESCAPE.
Little Rock, March 1.—Will
Gowlich, a convict, is under
treatment in the penitentiary
hospital for a gunshot wound re
ceived last Thursday from a
guard at the camp at Bierne. He
was attempting to escape when
the guard shot him down with a
Winchester. One bullet struck
1 • • i 1 _ 1_ J_ TT _
ill LUC auuuuicu. lie wa.o
brought at once to the hospital.
Dr. ^Witt says he will recover.
He was received Nov. 12,1904,
from Cross county to serve three
years for grand larceny.
HOT SPRINGS SPECIAL
HAS CLOSE CALL.
Hoxie, March 1.—No. 18, the
Iron Mountain Hot Springs spe
cial north-bound, running fifty
miles an hour, going through the
yards broke a flange on a bag
gage car wheel last night, de
railing the car and dragging it
along the track three hundred
feet, tearing up the track con
siderably. No other damage
was done.
HOXIE STATION
OFFICE ROBBED.
Hoxie, March 1. — Night before
last the railroad ticket office here
was entered and robbed of $60.
There is no clue as to the perpe
trators of the robbery, but the
officials are using every possible
means to place them in custody.
death' that is painless.
Kmy Tramp* Who T»Ue Their t>«of
Sleep on Barnlnf Calm Banlcs
la Pennsylvania.
Death cornea In many forma in the
anthracite mines of Pennsylvania, but
only one form is painless and pleasant,
and to only one the victims go uncon
sciously. It is the death of the burning
culm bank, says the New York Sun.
Many times during the year is such
• death recorded when one of these
great culm banks is burning. The flr»
Is not 3een in the daytime, and at night
It shines only with a faint glow
through the layers of ashes which sep
arate the live coals frvn the outer air.
To these burning LJbks tramps and
other unfjrtunates, forced to spend t
night in the open air, go when the night!
grow chilly. The warm breath of the
culm lures them on with a promise of s
warm bed for the night, and they lie
down to sleep in the comfortable atmos
phere of the bank and never open their
eyes again.
The noyious gases emanating from the
bank waft over them *o softly that they
are soon asleep, and in many cases they
Bt*tr awaken, being suffocated during
IB night
PrNSOCIETY. |
ROUND DOZEN.
The Round Dozen club was de
lightfully entertained Wednesday
afternoon by Mrs. S. M. Beattie
at her home on Main street.
This is the first meeting this
social club has had for the past
me nth on account of the extreme
cold weather, but with the ad
vent of spring their weekly
meetings will be held regularly.
Those present at this meeting
were Mesdames J.. H. McHugh.
John W. Wallace. C. W. Beard,
Wm. Mosby, J. W. Stayton, L.
E. Vr'iliis and L. J. Willis.
WHIST CLUB.
This week has been crowded
with social events and among the
j many card parties that have de
; lighted those who compose the
social realm of this city none
have been more enjoyable than
the entertainment of the lovers
of whist by Mrs. Gustave Jones
at her pretty home Wednesday
afternoon.
A delightful lunch was served
by the hostess at 5 o’clock, which
concluded this pleasant occasion.
The members present besides
the hostess were Mesdames 0.
R. Hite, 0. -D. Watson, L. Minor,
W. W. McMinn, W. A. Billings
ley, R. M. Johnson, R. T. Rob
ertson, B. W. Stainback, Narcie
Minor, Misses Stevenson of St.
Louis, Lucy Brandenburg and
Carrie Stevens.
SHERLOCK HOLMES AGAIN.
A New Series of Detective Sto
ries in the Kansas City Star.
Conan Doyle’s detective sto
ries, with the marvelous Sher
lock Holmes as their hero, have
achieved the greatest success of
recent years. Appreciating this
fact, the publisher of Collier’s
Weekly, New York, induced Mr.
Doyle to write a final series of
the great detective’s adventures.
Repeated refusals were followed
by increased inducements, and
finally Mr. Doyle agreed to write
thirteen stories for $45,000, or
about 6C cents a word. The en
tire coirespondence was by ca
ble.
The amount paid by Collier’s is
the largest ever paid for such
work and does not include the
right to publish the stories in
book form. By special arrange- i
ment with Collier’s these famous
stories are being printed in the
Kansas City Star, one story each
week, beginning in the daily
edition of Saturday, February 11,
and in the weekly Wednesday,’
February 15.
None of the present popular
features of the Star will be cut
down or omitted to make room
for this remarkable set of stories.
Practically the contents of a $1.50
book will be added to the con
tents of the Star in three months
without any increase of the sub
scription price, 10 cents a week
for the daily Star, (morning,
evening and Sunday, 13 complete
papers a week) and 25 cents a
year for the weekly Star.
BARLOW AND WILSON.
Were the curtain of time rolled
back and the pepformers of
twenty-five years ago to appear
on the scene, what a revelation
would last night’s performance
have been to him. How he
would have wondered at the sim-1
plicity of arrangements of his
day, and the magnificence of the
drapery of the present, when a
little burnt cork and a banjo con
stituted a performer, while now
it requires all the present gran
deur of a colossal attraction, like
Barlow and Wilson’s minstrels,
to satisfy the public. Every ag
gregation has its stars, but none :
cast their rays brighter than do
Barlow and Wilson’s magnificent
aggregation of star performers.
—New Orleans Daily Picayune.
At the opera house Friday, j
March 3.
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TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
anc;llary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder on a credit until October 15,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
o’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1905
all the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
wit: The s e 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13. all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
in the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
the s w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
range 2 west.
Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
approved security and a lien to be retained upon
the land to Becure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February, 1905.
J. R. COX,
Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott, deceased.
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Company:
You are hereby notified to present your claims
gainst the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company
>f Corning:, Ark., within ninety days for the pur
pose of sharing: in the assets of such corporation.
Please verify the claim and file with me or the so
licitors. Respectfully,
W. W. TOLER,
Receiver of Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company,
Knobel, Ark,
JONES & JEFFERY, Solicitors.
10w4 Newport, Ark.
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.”