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Iy During the month of January we advertised P$j
W 3>f certain changes to be made in our establishment. fijja
f Mgs These changes are now complete; the building has Jl)
j Xj been thoroughly renovated and finished in a very J J
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jy taken place, but also in the buying and running of jj
• 0 the different departments, and we will be in a much 52
better position than ever to take care of the wants U
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\t LATEST in all lines, and if one has the least doubt it
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k! our lines will convince them.
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jTj Dixon’s line are being displayed, and it is up to you j
Jjfcj if you want the latest in merchandise. \ 4
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P4 cash, which enables us to sell them to you at very 5 J
low prices—lower than the lowest—and the very best V g
value for the money. L *
JrKj Our Mail Order Department will have the most rjfi
prompt and careful attention, so if you cannot come (
write and we will give same the very best attention. K 5j
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thanking yon for past favprs, wo at-o,...,._. ,r ^
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Mercantile Company. |
LIVERYMEN
£-~ - FARMERS
DRAYMEN
And all users of axle grease j
that want the best grease on the
market and that recognize a good
thing when shown its merits, we
recommen '»ur Golden and Cas
tor Oil L ids of Axle Grease.
It is put up in 1 pound tin boxes
and 3 pound tin buckets. For
sale by all up-to-date merchants.
Ask for it and take no substitute.
It is guaranteed to have no equal
for quality on the market.
WATERS = PIERCE
OIL COMPANY.
There is
More
Profit
to be made on busines 'by tele
phone than from any other
source. What are you doing to
increase your sales by tele
phone? Fourteen thousand sub
scribers added to our system
during 1905, besides thousands
of miles of toll circuits. Hustle
for your share.
^ The Southwestern Telegraph
and Telephone Co.
' The Crack Barber, keeps
a neat and busy, little
shop. Upper end of Front
street. Expert tonsoria -
ists. Easy shaves and
* v\ the best haircuts. Our
’ work pleases.
“Ctlme on, ye stubby beards.”
PRIVATE SANATORIUM
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Special attention given
maternity cases. For fall
particalarsjjjaddress Annie A.
Schoppach, M. D., physician
in charge, t40t State St.,
Little Rock, Ark.
Are your clothes faded? Use
Red Cross Ball Blue and make
them white again. Large 2 oz.
package, 5 cents.
\
Do not
buy old-fashioned, odd-look
ing shoes, even if they are
strong and durable; nor con
spicuous, loudly stylish shoes,
because they are worn by the
many.
The “good” sign in
shoes is
If This mark guarantees correct
| taste and style.
True style is that at- g
tractive di_ff‘erence 1
which distinguishes f
Manss “Urfit** Shoes |
I from all other shoes, 1
talon? with comfort, durability and 1
the patent “ Urfit,” which supports I
the ankle, holds up the sides, pre- |
vents heel slipping and shoe twist- B
Wilmans Mercantile Co
GENERAL OUTFITTERS.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted & Co.
1 Local Agents.
STARTLING PROJECT.
ENGLISHMAN WOULD DIG HOLB
TWELVE MILES DEEP.
Would Solve Many Questions Un
I known to the Scientific World—
Estimated Cost $25,000,000
and to Take 85 Years.
Experiments to be tried in the Wash
ington monument by officers of the geo
logical survey to try to determine the
compressiveuess of the earth's mass,
; has awakened widespread interest in
'scientific circles. Coming as it does on
the heels of a project broached by
1 Charles Algernon Parsons, of England,
is bore & hole 12 miles into the earth.
! the scientific world has much food for
i speculation
Prof. Parsons estimates that to sink
a shaft 12 miles deep would cost 125.000,•
000, and that it would require 85 year*
to accomplish it. This shaft, cut down
into the earth, would represent the
jquivalent of a hole one foot deep in a
mass 666 feet thick. It would solve
many questions that the scientific knowl
edge of the world has left unanswered,
. yet it would investigate only the crust
j and leave thousands of miles of the in
terior mass still untouched.
The amount of compression at the
i globe's center should, to some extent at
! least, define the character of the mass
of which it is formed. It is argued that
the great mass of the interior of the earth
is solid. Against the contention that ,
the planet, under a crust 25 miles thick,
is a mass of fiery liquid is arrayed th*
fact of the known density of the globe j
That density in the earth’s entirety Is
about 5.5 times the density of the water
| that covers three-quarters of the sur
fa nti
The assumption of a comparatively
thin crust requires, according to Sir
William Thompson, that this crust
should have a rigidity possessed by no
Known substance. The sun exerts such a
strain upon the substance of the earth
that the planet could not maintain its j
shape as it does, he maintains, unless the
supposed crust were at least 2,000 or
2,500 miles in thickness.
There is a gradual increase in the tem
perature while penetrating the surface
of the crust. This increase in some lo
calities is as rapid as one degree for each
56 feet of descent ; in others one degree
for 75 to 85 feet.
In the Comstock silver mines of Ne
vada. at a depth of 3,065 feet, water has
a temperature of 170 degrees, Fahren
heit. The deepest excavations in the
-arth are at the Calumet and Hecla cop - ;
per mines in Michigan, where the longest
uerpendicular shaft goes down 4.900
feet, while one of the standing shafts (
is more than 8,000 feet in length.
There are in these mines 250 miles of
lateral galleries. Colossal engines are I
required to ventilate the immense sub
terranean city and to keep the t.empera
lure endurable in the lower levels. AI!
deep mine borings prove how stupend
ously difficult would be the task of de
scending below the mile level.
At the lowest rate of increase in the
temperature in penetratingtheearth.the
heat at the depth suggested by Mr Par
sons. 12 miles down, would be 800 de
grees Fahrenheit. This heat, though far
from the fusing point of wrought iron,
(3,280 degrees), would render the use
of tools, even if the Iowrer borings of the
shaft were constructed as they are in oil
welis. a difficult process. It would defy
the most colossal scheme of artificial re
frigeration to render such depths avail
ible for entrance by human beings.
No considerations of commercial ben
efit enter into the plans of Mr. Parsons
in suggesting the 12-mile boring into the
crust of the earth. It is a scheme purely
i iv the interest of scientific know ledge
ODD WILL OF RICH MAN.
Nephew Will Inherit Fortune from
Uncle After Serving Three
Years as a Soldier.
“That he shall serve at least one full
term of not less than three years in
‘he ranks of the United States army,
at. the expiration of which, if his dis
charge shall read: ‘Service honest auu
faithful, character excellent,’and shall
have reached the grade of a noncommis
sioned officer and bring to the executors
1 i herewith appoint a letter of com
j mendation from the officer under whom
he served, I bequeath to the said George
1 o. Travis the sum of $130,000, knowing
i that, after such service, he will have
! had enough experience of the world and
! disciplinary training to insure the
1 proper disposal of v hat lias taken me a
lifetime to accumulate.”
Such are the t :rms of the will of the
late S. Houston, a wealthy man of Chi
>go. made to his nephew, George Q
; Travis, a. telegraph operator of Okla
homa. The other day the young man
| became of age and appeared at the Unit
i ed states army recruiting office and en
isted for the purpose of carrying out
| the dying request of his uncle.
! Mr. Houston was an old soldier, hav
i :ng served in the civil war in the Fourth
J united States artillery. Unable to con
1 ;nue an army career. Houston, having
I no sons of his own. was determined that
lis next of kin. his nephew, should be
i come a soldier.
' Young Travis said it was not neees
-ary for his uncle to make that clause
1 ■/! his will which makes service in the
United States army compulsory for him,
>.s he had always intended to enter the
iriny as soon as he w as 21.
A Hole with a Future.
An English engineer proposes to find
j iut what is in the interior of ihe earth
I He will do this by digging a hole 12 miles
| deep, provided with air locks and cool
i .ng apparatus The work will require
15 years and cost $5,000,006. What pa
-ience and effort those foreigners do ex
libit. remarks the Chicago Record-Her
>ld, in getting at the bottom of tblAffk
Nervous
Worn-Out
If you are iu this condition,
your nerve force is weak—the
power is giving out. the or
gans of your body have
“slowed up," and do their work
imperfectly. This failure to
do tli - work required, clogs
the system and brings distress
and dt-ease. When the nerves
are weak the heart is unable
to force the life-giving blood
through your veins; the stom
ach fails to digest food, the
kidneys lack power to filter
impurities from the blood, and
the poisonous waste remains in
the system to breed disease.
Nerve energy must he restored.
Dr. Miles’ Nervine will do it,
because it strengthens the
nerves ; it is a nerve medicine
and tonic, that rebuilds the
entire nervous system.
"Several years n :o I was all broken
down. 1 was nervous, worn- tut. ••••old
not sleep, and was in eon a ml pain.
I doctored for month.-, m l tii aily the
doctor said he could do noil.; 1 a ho
me. I began taking I'i Mil's'
Nervine, and used a't og a1' r eight
bottles, and T beenni" -ho ; ml
healthy, and now weigh I 1- tin.Is."
H. O. CVNNIiv 111 • M.
10.8 Ellsworth Avr.. Allegheny Pa.
Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold by your
druggist, who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. If it fails, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
“Around every circle
another can be drawn."
There is no “Biggest Store” as
yet—there is no store in this
city as big as it may be.
By bigger and yet big
ger advertising—bet
ter and yet better
publicity cam
paigns—
You may draw
a circle around
your own biggest
success!! dt dt dt
I I A Wagon
Free
To the boy who will bring
me the most names of peo
ple who are going to do
papering and painting this
year by the 25th day of
February, 1906, will receive
free a good wagon that you
can pull your brothers and
sisters in. All you have to
do is to ask anybody you
know if they are going to
do any papering or painting
| this year, and put their
i names down and bring them
i to me, and the one securing
1 the most names will get the
i wagon free.
I Robt. h. Askew.
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DELIGI OILS a^ATIS FACTORY
|| Local Agent, S|
II JOHN T. JACOCKS
Ballew & Shuford
Undertakers.
Office, 211 Walnut Street,
Opposite Cook’s Hotel.
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Our Customers
Find no cause for complaint.
A bank account is a help to every
man. Join the procession and
put your money in a good 3afe
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, ('. J. Saenger,
B. B. Bond, M. D. Campbell, S. D. Campbell,
G. D. Clements, J. P. Duck, W. \V. Dutton,
0. D. Watson, L. E. Willis, F. D. Fulkerson,
R. K. Fitzhugh,
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Pensacola
MAR
One fare plus $2.00 for the Round-1 rip
7'ickets, Feb. 21 to 25 inclusive.
(1EO. 11. LEE, <ien. Pass. ArL
JAS. HARRIS, Dist. Pass. Rt. LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
LOW WINTER TOURIST RATES
SEASON \ 9054 906 j
To HOT SPRINGS. ARK..
And to certain Texas points and other well
known resorts in the
SOUTH and WEST
Via Iron Mountain Route
Tickets on sale daily November 1st to April 30th, 1906,
with full return limit June 1st, 1906.
For information and literature, write
DANIEL DELANEY,
Traveling Passenger Agent, St. Louis.
Or see Agent Iron Mountain at Newport, Ark.
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BANK OF SWIFTON
Capital Stock, $25,000.00.
Solicits the patronage of the public'for all business
transacted by a conservative and reliable banking house
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
R. C. Jones, President. E. B. Gillim, Vice President.
F. B. Dowell, Cashier.
J. G. Smith. J. D. Ashley. R. D. Duncan.
SWIFTON, - - - ARKANSAS.