Giving.
As the Christmas season ap
proaches we should release our
purse strings and cultivate the
habit of giving. There is no
city in the world in which there
is a warmer spirit for the un
fortunate than Memphis. Here
is a home of charity and this
fact is shown by the steady in
crease in the donations being
made to the Associated Chari
ties. But it is not only the un
fortunate that must be provided
for. The poor should be remem
bered at this season of gift be-!
stowing.
Admirable as the prevention
of poverty is, and fine as scien
tific charity may be, it is of
tentimes well to give out of full
hearts if not out of full purse.
Every dollar given to the poor
and those in want, not only dur
ing the Christmas season, but
at other times during the year,
has a tendency to make better
men and better women.
We have found by observation
that it is better, after all, to
give than it is to receive- A
gentle, earnest reformer of an
unscientific age was Charles
Lamb and he wrote: “Reader, do
not be frightened at the hard
words—imposition and impost
ure—give and ask no questions.
Cast thy bread upon the waters.
Some have unaware entertained
angels.”
There is a story told of a half
grown boy, forced to beg and on
the verge of starvation- He
met a kindly man, who not only
helped him with food and cloth
es, but started him off on life’s
highway in the right direction.
That boy is today rated among
the millionaires of the country,
and the kindly old man has
found that the bread he cast up
on the waters has returned du
ly enriched.
The spirit of charity is not
hat we give expecting some day
to be repaid. It is to give out of
our hearts, and the happiness
that follows is ample reward.
While the Associated Chari
ties will look after the most dis
tressing cases, there may be
found in Memphis this Christ
mas season many homes where
the poorer' class of people re
side, who are too proud to beg
and who refrain from appealing
to the charitable neighbors they
may have.
They live as best they can on
the small means which they pos
sess, but when Christmas comes
their penalty of poverty is keen
ly felt. The little ones cannot
receive the toys that their
neighbor’s children receive and
the Christmas table is desti
tute of holiday delicacies.
Tu such a home a well-filled
basket will fill the house with
sunshine. Such gifts are the
ones which bring the keenest
pleasure and the sincerest ap
preciation. —Memphis Com
cial Appeal.
Where They 8tand.
Some men who believe they are
conservative are only dead to the ap
preciation of the real possibilities and
needs confronting them.—Push.
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! MORE TROUBLE IN A GARDEN
Old Gentleman Went Too Far Iri His
Inquiry, and Demonstration
Proved His Undoing.
An elderly gentleman walking
through his garden one day stopped
before a fig tree on which were two
figs Jui#t ripening. His favorites were
figs, and summer often came and
went without the fruit coming to ma
turity.
Shortly after, he met his gardener,
who, assuring him the figs were quite
ripe, was requested to send them to
the summer house, where his master
was about to rest.
Picking the figs, the gardener sent his
little boy of seven with the basket. On
the way the little fellow stopped and,
removing the leaves, gazed upon the
tempting fruit.
The attraction was too great; he ate 1
one. Covering the other with the ;
leaves, he proceeded upon his errand.
On being asked if the gardener had
not sent two figs, the boy, after a mo
ment’s silence, answered: ‘‘I ate one.”
"You ate one? How?” exclaimed the
old gentleman, angrily. “How did you
come to do that?”
Dropping his eyes to the basket. “I
took It like this,” said the child, taking
the remaining fig, “and I ate it like
this.”
And, suiting the action to the word,
he consumed the second fig before the
astonished eyes of the old gentleman
LITERAL IN HIS THEOLOGY
Darky Preacher’s Humorous Comment
on Biblical Text As He Under
stood Its Meaning.
Of old the right of individual private
interpretation of the scriptures was
not accorded to the laity. Only the
priests or preachers were authorized
to say what was meant by the sacred
text. That has all been changed, and
no man will now be expelled from the
most orthodox church for believing
that Balaam’s palace mule did not
really address his fellow citizens of
Judea or. the political issues of the
day, or considering that the statement
of the sun’s standing still at the order
of Captain Joshua was an illustrative
allegory and not the record of a frozen
fact.
This advance In theology is illus
trated by the story of the darky
preacher who delivered a sermon from
the text, “These eight did Milcah
bear.”
“Mulfrinds,” said he, “you is singu
larly blessed by de Lawd in dis gen
eration. If you wants some milk you
done goes to youah cow, and at one
milk you gets enough of de laciferous
fluid foh eight people. In de olden
times of which de Bible speaks It
took eight folks to milk a bear, en I
specs dey gets mighty little milk at
dat.”—Lob Angeles Times.
Spiders Catch and Eat Fish
Specimens of the Bpider known as
Thalassius Spenceri are in the mu
seum at Durban, Natal, and the cu
rator, E. C. Chubb, has just made sci
entific announcement of the discovery
of a member of this species in the act
of catching fish for food.
One of the spiders was captured
several years ago by the Rev. N.
Abraham at Oreytown, and it was
placed in an aquarium. A servant
boy soon noticed the creature eating
a pet fish, and the startled clergyman
left his study to watch.
The spider, three inches across with
legs extended, stationed itself at the
water’s edge, with two legs on a
stone and the eight others spread out
on the water. After a time a fish
came under the outstretched legs,
which were suddenly thrown around
it as the spider made a plunge, driv
ing its fangs into its prey, and then
at once climbing out on the rocks. It
soon ate a fish of four times its own
weight.
Bagdad and Queen of Sheba.
The Bagdad of the "Arabian Nights”
still exists, but in a greatly diminished
form. In fact the grand old palaces
and mosques of its prime are nearly
all in ruins, and only a small popula
tion lives where once was a city of
2,000,000 people. A new city is
gradually coming into existence on
the opposite (east) bank of the Tigris,
the site being valuable from a com
mercial point of view. The inhabitants
number about 200,000, and are mainly
Bedouins. The famous palace of Har
oun-al-Raschild has disappeared, and
the foreign consulates occupy Its site.
It is only a tradition which asserts
that the queen of Sheba, who once
visited King Solomon, lies buried un
der an eight-sided brick tower bear
ing her name in old Bagdad. The citi
zens have ceased to venerate it, we
are told, and the tower is approaching
a state of ruin.
Concerning Men With Tails.
It would not be wise to build upon
the story of the coast natives that in
the interior of Papua there are men
with tails. Similar beliefs have been
held in many parts of the world and
many ages, sometimes from impres
sions of apes, sometimes from more
or less spiteful credulity about a peo
ple’s neighbors. For centuries it was
a common gibe on the Continent that
Englishmen had tails. It originated
from the story that the people of
Canterbury or Strood, having mocked
at St. Thomas riding upon a little ass
and cut off its tall, were punished
with the curse that thenceforth all
their boys should be born with tails.
And the scoffs of other Englishmen at
the "Kentish longtails” rebounded up
on the whole nation, so that even in
the Upe of Edward VI. Englishmen
ftUQpaaffsred £ua the Uuut__ j
lodge directory.
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council, No. 322.
Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights :n each month
in the opera house building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come.
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon. Sec.
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. 3, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Visiting brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C- C.,
P. S. White. Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
M. W. A., meets Second Friday
night of each month in Opera
House. Visiting brethren invit
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul.
Jackson Lodge, No. 191 F. &
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month
in the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M..
S. M. Beattie, Sec
The L O. O. F.
The T. 0 0. F. meets every
Monday night in Masonic Hall,
corner Hazel and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
S. J. Blackburn, N. G.
J. F. Parish, Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock by or
der of the Chief.
We Buy Your Corn.
Having opened our grist mill,
we are in the mnrke+
corn and will also do custom
grinding for meal.
Newport Grain Company,
33wtf W. B. Grant, Prop.
Strayed or Stolen.
$10 reward for recovery or
information leading to recovery
1 black pony built mare mule 3
years old past. Branded mule
shoe on right shoulder.
M- B. and D. J. Hare,
4tw Auvergne, Ark.
Automobile For Sale.
A E. M. F. 30, fore door car,
in first-class condition, has not
been run 5,000 miles, cost orig
inally $1,200 and now has $100
in extra parts, will be sold for
$600. Address Independent, New
port, Arkansas. wtf.
Small Wonder.
A lady suffering from a severe cold
directed her maid lo procure two pen
nyworth of amrnoniated tincture ot
quinine. vJreat was her amusement
on the return of the maid, who ex
pressed her inability to obtain "the
two animated pictures of Queen
Anne."—London Telegraph.
Swatting Back
Mrs Hiram Offen—''I'm afraid yon
won’t do. As nearly as I can find out,
you have worked in six or seven
places during the past year.” Miss
Brady—“Well, an' how mauny girls
has herself had in the same toime?
No less. I'm HiluVin ’ ”
First English Dock. ~
In England the first dock was con
structed at Liverpool In 1708.
For Keeping of County
Prisoners.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned as County Judge
of Jackson County, Arkansas,
will receive sealed bids up to 12
o’clock noon of Monday, Decem
ber 29, 1913, to keep the prison
ers of said county for the term
beginning January 1st, 1914 and
ending January 1, 1915. The
person to whom said contract
may be awarded will be required
o give bond as required by law.
I hereby reserve the right to re
ject any and all bids. This No
vember 25, 1913.
C. B. Coe,
35w4t. County Judge.
Notice of Letting Of Contract
to Keep County Paupers.
- Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned as County
Judge of Jackson County, Ark
ansas, will receive sealed bids
up to noon ofMonday, the 29th
day of December, 1913, to keep
the paupers of Jackson County
for the term beginning January
1st, 1914 and ending January
1st, 1915. The person to whom
the contract is awarded will be
required to receive, comfortably
house, clothe, feed and furnish
medicine and medical attention
to all paupers and give bond
in the sum of Two Thousand
Dollars for the faithful per
formance of the contract. AH
bids should be to take care 61
each pauper at so much per
month while under the care and
supervision of the contractor. I
hereby reserve the right to re
ject any and all bids.
This November 25, 1913.
C. B. Coe,
County Judge Jackson County,
Arkansas. 35w4t.
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meet4 tiT peoplflf A^i
tovvnships at the following M
dates named, for the m2M
lecting the taxes of said ■
the year 1913.
Cache township, J0hn H ■
8tore, Mondny, Jamj,, j fl
Richwoods township, Ford’tB
house, Tuesday, January- 6, fl
Richwoods township Balch’aB
house Wednesday, jLuaty 1
, Ca(*?, tTnshiP> Algol B
store, Thursday, JanuaryT B
Cow Lake township, Goimfl
school house, Friday, januaJB
Cow Lake township, Ei>M
Nance s store, -Saturday, J^B
Cache township, Burton’s!
Monday, January 12. !
Bryan township, Horse Shoe!
house, Tuesday, January 13 I
Bryan township, Ingleside, M
day, Janunary 14. ■
Bateman township, Bridge!
house, Thursday, January lj |
Bateman towi hip, Surround!
school house, Friday, January!
Jefferson township, Jacks!
Saturday, January 17. fl
Barren township, Denmark!
day, January 19. I
Barren township, McDoueal’sl
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Glaize township, Grand GlaizHi
tion, Wednesday, January 21.BE
Glaize township, Old Grand (^B
Thursday, January 22. H,
Glass township, Swifton.Frida^B
Saturday, January 23 and 24,
Union township. McLain’s ^B
East Newport, Monday, Januai^B
Jefferson township, Stride's H|
Tuesday, January 27.
Bird township, Elgin, Wdn^B
January 28. :^B
Bird t wnsnln, Cenlenille,
day, January 29. ^B
Bird township, Tuckerman, fH|
and Saturday, January 30 andS|
Union township, City Hall, B|
day, February 2. fl|
Village township, Harper's sB|
house, Tuesday, February 3. 1
Village township, Greenhaw'ss^B
house, Wednesday, February 4, B§
Bird township, Denton’s Is^fl
Thursday, February 5. B
Grubbs township, Grubbs, F^B
and Saturday, February 6 and ?B|
Breckenridge township, Auve^J
Monday, February 9. jfl|
Breckenridge township, WeB
Tuesday, February 10. B|
Breckenridge township, TnB
Wednesday, February 11. jfl
Union township, court house, B
April 10th, 1914. H
Taxpayers are requested to B
their deeds or last year’s tax recB
to avoid making mistakes, J§
J. F. McCUISTIONB
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