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TIONERY
I Just Added to Our Stock, enables us’to
I furnish^ Without the Delays of an Ex
| Folders for Party Invitations,
I Wedding Invitations aud double
I Embossed Dance Programs,
I ^ Program Pencils, Cards and iTas
I Our prices are reasonable andj we 8
I would be pleased to quote them onfany i
Commercial
Printing
Four different grades of Fine Linen and
Bond Papers for Letter and Note Heads,
ruled and unruled, all excellent type
writer papers. Also Good Grades of
Flat papers for Letter and Note Heads.
Well Finished XXX Rag Envelopes and
cheaper grades. A complete line of
Statements, Bill Heads, Round and
Square Cornered Cards, etc.
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Typo Faces I
And First Class Workmen, we guaran
tee our work to be neat and modem.
Best of all, it’pleases the customer.
NEWPORT INDEPENDENT
R. F. Drummond Bdg. Newport,
on Upper Front Street. Arkansas.
Readlthe Daily Independent
A BIG TREE’S LIFE STORY.
Wonderful Recuperative Power of a
California Forest Giant—Record
in Its Rings.
A letter by -William Russel
Dudley to Senator O. H. Platt, ac
cording to the Detroit Free
Press, says:
A remarkable recuperative
power following an injury was
found after examination of the
Sequoias of the Converse basin.
The effects of certain tremendous
forest fires occurring centuries
ago are registered in the trunks
of these trees and the record
completely concealed by subse
quent healthy growth. Among
a number of similar cases the
most instructive record of these
ancient forest fires was observed
in a tree of moderate size—about
15 feet in diameter—5 feet from
the ground. It was 270 feet in
height and 2,171 years old.
This tree when felled had an
enormous surface burn on one
side 30 feet in height and occu
pying 18 feet of the circumfer
ence of the tree; this was found
to have ben due to a fire occurring
in A. I). 1797. The tree when
cut, in 1900, had already occupied
itself for 103 years in its efforts
to repair this injury, its method
being the ingrowing of the new
tissue from each margin of the
great black wound. When the
tree was cut the records of three
oher fires were revealed. The his
tory of the tree was as follows:
271 B. C. it began its existence.
The first year of the Christian
era it was about four feet in di
ameter above the base.
254 A. D., at 516 years of age,
occurred a burning on the trunk
three feet wide. One hundred
and five years were occupied in
covering this wound with new
tissue. For 1,196 years no fur
ther injuries were registered.
1441 A. D., at 1,712 years of
age, the tree was burned a sec
ond time in two long grooves one
and two feet wide, respectively.
Each had its own system of re
pair.
One hundred and thirty-nine
years of growth followed, includ
ing the time occupied by covering
the wounds.
1580 A. IX, at 1,851 years of
age, occurred another fire, caus
ing a burn on the trunk two feet
wide, which took 50 years to cov
er with new tissue.
Two hundred and seventeen
years of growth followed this
burn.
1797 A. D., when the tree was
2,068 years old, a tremendous
fire attacked it, burning the great
scar 18 feet wide.
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One hundred and three years,
between 1797 and 1900, had en
abled the tree to reduce the ex
posed area of the burn to about
14 feet in wridth.
It is to be noted that in each of
the three older burns there was
a thin cavity occupied by the
charcoal of the burned surface,
but the wounds were finally fully
covered and the new tissue above
was full, even, continuous, and
showed no sign of distortion or of
the old wound.
TOYS OF QUEEISTVICTORIA,
Baby Days of the Late British Ruler*
Recalled—Exhibit at Kensing
ton Palace.
The toys and playthings of
Queen Victoria, which in their in
trinsic value do not compare with
the priceless jubilee presents, will
appeal to the sentiment of all who
see them, says the Minneapolis
Tribune. They are at the replica
of the Orangery at Kensington
palace, the birthplace of the
queen.
When a child she spent many
happy hours in the quaint old
building, designed more than 200
years ago for the famous Queen
Anne.
Some of the dolls bear the
marks of the affection lavished
upon them by the little princess.
Thearmoff one, the legoff another
and the paint rubbed from their
cheeks.
Ages of Presidents.
Washington was 67 when ho
died; John Adams 90, Jefferson
83, Madison 85, Monroe 73, John
Quincy Adams 80, Jackson 78,1
Van Buren 79, William Henry
Harrison 68, Tyler 72, Polk 53,
Taylor 65, Fillmore 74, Pierce 64,:
Buchanan 77, Lincoln 56, Johnson,
66, Grant 63, Hayes 70, Garfield
49, Arthur 56,Benjamin Harrison
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Now is the time to makd Yoor Home Merry, and you can
*do so if yoo will boy
4 VICTOR TALKING MACHINE,
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NEWPORT, ARK.
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JOB PRINTING aSd0be^eeqL°iK^°^
PRINTING offiices in Jackson county. Bring us your
Printing and let us quote you our prices.
KEYSTONE OF
Kimball Pian
STRUCTURE
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The szale of the Kimball Piano is the keystone of its unaurpMMSle quality, Ihe founds*
tion of its great musical worth, the cause of its popularity With artists and musicians. Perfect
piano scale-making is a mathematical problem figured out by sound waves to the merest fraction
of a sezond. Not all piano makers strive for perfection along this line (many rtiakltig no
tense), but out of the few who have nearly reajhed the goal,
Kimball is Prom inent.
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One of the most perfect musical scales is displayed in the zultivated human voice. An
inperfect scale piano is like a person who cannot sing correctly—it’s worse because all do not
Jlaim to sing. It costs money to cultivate the voice, it costs more money to perfect a piano
scale. The cost to produce a perfect Kimball scale has been no less than that of olher of 5he
recognized artistic pianos of the world, yet because of the advantages of the largest output
from any factory, we are able to sell the Kimball at a very moderate price, quality considered 1
| The Kimball System and easy payment plan brings it within reach of all.
Call or write for Catalogues, prices and terms.
ESTABLISHED td53.
Hollenberg Music Co.,
Factory 317 Main Street, Little Rock.
Warerooms 243 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Surprise Prizes
Given away to get the people to
talk about Bixler Physical Train
ing in Penmanship, the best
method of instruction in the
world—Saves 90 per cent of time,
etc. Merit Prizes, Surprise
Prizes, Prize Prizes, Sure Prizes,
Big Prizes, Little Prizes, Con
tingent Prize and other prizes
for little folks and big folk. Send
10c for Business Penman, 12
writing mottoes sample rapid
writing, skilled Bird Flourish,
and full particulars. (1 Surprise
Prize will be included, worth
from 10c to a $1, and a $10 prize
goes with each 100th 10c order
conditional. )
Prof. G. Bixler,
97 Ogden Ave.,
Chicago, 111.
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NORTH BOUND.
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No. 4. 2:00 p. m.
No. 12. 8:48 p. m.
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SOUTH BOUND.
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assenger Leaves. 7:00 a. m
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Faaaenger Arri -es. 8:30 p. m.
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