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p Trips forjHoliday Travelers to the I
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EMBERJ20TH, 2tST,f22D AND 26TH. I
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UTTLEIROGK, 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
wprk pleases.
‘'Come on, ye stubby beards.”
TRY THE
Weems Laundry.
When you want good
work. They make a
specialty of Dyeing and
Cleaning Clothes. Let
them show you how well
they can please you.
Leave orders with
T. P. Umsted & Co.
Local Agents.
J.M. Robinson,
M. D., Oph. D.
DEPOSIT 25 CENTS
For $5.00 Worth of Comfort.
A liberal proposition but you can
convince yourself that it is true. Go
to your druggist to-day—deposit 25c.
for a bottle of Paracamph, First Aid
to the Injured. Use it on your sore
spots anywhere from head to foot. Use
it as directed; if you are not satisfied
with the results, take the empty bot
tle back and get your money. Don’t
hesitate — Paracamph is sold strictly
cn “money back principles.” It quick
ly relieves and cures Neuralgia, Rheu
matic Swellings, Sore Throat, Sore
Chest, Dry Eczema, Sore Feet, Soft
Corns, Tains in the Back and Should
ers from Colds. Paracamph cures
Burns, Cuts and Bruises quickly with
out leaving ugly scars. Paracamph
absolutely prevents blood poisoning.
Do not argue—get a bottle to-day with
the understanding that if it fails to
satisfy you, your money will be re
funded. Trial size 25c.; family
sizes 60c. and #1.00. All good drug
gists. The Paracamph Co., Louisville,
Ky., U. S. A.
Nerve Fag.
If You Waste Your
Ner ve Energy, After
AwhUe You Will
Suffer For It.
You oar. wart a nerve force by excess,
over-wo'k, worry, anxiety, etc.
You-can weaker yoursolf by not eating
prop?'' food or as.curing sufficient rest to
renew the nerve energy you use up.
Eye, Ear, Nose,
Throat and Langs.
V NEWPORT, ARK.
DR. IRA H. ERWIN
EYE, EAR, NOSE
AND THROAT..
OFFICE—8 and 9
» Wishon Building
NEWPORT, ARK.
SPECIAL RATES
Account of Christmas and New
Year’s holidays via the Iron
Mountain route. Dates of sale
Dec. 24, 25 and 31, and Jan 1.
Ticketslwill be sold to all points
on the Iron Mountain and will be
good for return up to and in
cluding January 4. Rate will be
one fare plus 50 cents, one fare
and one-third to apply where
latter basis makes less, adding
sufficient to make rate end in 0
or 5. Minimum selling ^ rate of
50 cents will be observed.
’ Thos. H. Reamey, Agt.
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The prcr r tic„f::etu, in addition to
good p’..- , ..otic fool, such as whole
meal bread, prepaid c- reals, etc., is
Cr. Miles’ Restored ve Nervine.
This is as truly a. brain and nerve
food as any food you could eat, and be
sides, furnishes strength and tone of Its
own, which goes to the weakened nerve
system, and sets it to rights.
Dr. Miles’ Restorative Nervine is a re
freshing, revitalizing tonic food-medicine
for the brain and nerves. It reconstructs
worn-out nerve tissue, and fills your
languid brain with new life and vigor.
Dr. Miles' Nervine has made so many
marvelous cures, of people so sick the
doctors thought they were Incurable,
that it is today the standard medicine
In many thousands of American homes.
The first bottle is guaranteed to help
you, or druggist returns your nnSney.
"The extreme heat, close confinement
and intense mental strain Incident to
the banking business, has caused me
to suffer with nervousness an<l insom
nia. It gives me pleasure to shy that !
1 have used Dr. Miles’ Nervine with
very satisfactory results In the treat
ment of these affections. I am now on
my fifth bottle, and eat and sleep well.
In fact have almost forgotten that I
possess nerves."—R. L. DALBY, Asst.
Cashier, State Bank, Texarcana, Ark.
pnriTl Write to us for Free Trial
JE XVXi£j Package of Dr. Miles' Anti
Pain Pills, the New Scientific Remedy
for Pain. Also Symptom Blank. Our
Specialist will diagnose your pase, tell
you what Is wrong, and how to\right It
Free. DR. MILES MEDICAL CO,
LABORATORIES, ELKHART, INIX
Read the Independent.
MILE-A-MINUTE WATER RIDE
Motor Boat Invented by Frenchman
Goes at Express Train
Speed.
Among the many interesting experi
ments with motor boats, says the Lon
don Mail, perhaps the most pictui
esque were those on the Seine at
Puteaux, when Compto de Lambert,
in conjunction with Messrs. De Dion
and Bouton, brought out their bateau
glisseur, or gliding boat. It is also
called a hydroplane, and that name is
really indicative of its construction.
With a De Dion 14-horse power mo
tor, the count attained a speed of 28
kilometers an hour in his first ex
periments, and now he has added to
that speed and has made 32 Kilome
ters, or 20 miles, in the hour.
The inventor of this hydroplane la
not, however, content with this, and
will try in a day or two to raise the
speed to 3^ or even 40 kilometers, or
25 miles an hour, or a speed that Is
not exceeded by the use of a 40-horse
power motor.
The boat itself is 36 feet long and
nine feet wide. To the bottom of the
boat are affixed five planes or fins.
When the boat is stationary these fins
hang vertically in the water. They
{■re hinged,'however, and are all under
™ontrol of the driver. When the mo
I tor is set in motion and the boat
begins to move these planes, begin
ning at the bow, are gradually given
i a backward angle. The boat rises in
! the water and then gradually rests
upon it, wit^ the stern of the boat
only immersed. The speed increases,
and the boat, following the inclination
of the planes, glides along the surface
■ of the water just as an aeroplane
glides on the air, and with not much
more resistance.
It is confidently expected that with
an increased horse-power motor the
hydroplane will reach a speed of t>0
miles an hour.
TO AUCTION QUEEN’S GOODS
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All Furniture and Treasures of Isa
bella of Spain Except Personal
Jewels to Go Under Hammer.
It has been decided that the personal
jewels of the late Queen Isabella of
Spain, who for many years lived in
Paris, will not be sold as expected.
The casket containing the precious
stones, necklaces, etc., has been pro
visionally deposited at a bank, and as
soon as the affairs of the late queen are
cleared up and the contents of her pal
ace disposed of the Comte Quiaqui,
who has charge of all these matters,
will distribute the jewels among the
royal family of Spain.
On the other hand, the furniture, ob
! jects of art and all the other treasures
in the Palais de Castilla, Queen Isa
bella’s home in the Avenue Kleber, op
posite the united States embassy, will
be sold at public auction.
The Marquis de Cuellar has gone to
San Sebastian to consult King Alfon
so’s wishes on the subject and the auc
tion will probabiy take place early in
the autumn. The catalogue is being
prepared.
It is well known that the contents of \
the Palais de Castille are marvels of
beauty and worth and constitute a veri
table museum. Several offers have
been made for the palace itself and the
surrounding gardens, but nothing defi
nite has yet been accepted. The estate !
covers 4,600 square yards of land,
valued at $160 to $200 a yard.
HAS FEW TRADE FACILITIES
Mobile Merchant Experiences Diffi
culties in Getting Goods to Cap
ital of Guatemala.
A Mobile merchant sold some cotton
goods not long ago to be delivered at
Guatemala City. Within 300 feet of his
warehouse a steamer was loading for
Puerto Barrios, whence runs a railway
to within 60 miles of the Guatamalan
capital. To reach the latter the goods
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tains by Indians or on muleback. The
merchant found it cheaper to ship by
way of San Francisco, thence by boat to
San Jose, Guatamala, and to the cap
ital by rail. New Orleans, terminus of
the Southern Pacific, is almost next door
to Mobile. New York, however, en
joyed a cheaper rate because there was
competition with the routes across the
Atlantic and thence round Cape Horn.
So the goods were sent by boat to New
York, thence by boat back to New Or
leans, and thence on their way, going
nearly 10,000 miles instead of 1,100 by j
the Puerto Barrios route. This inabil-;
ity to get at the west coast markets has
done much to keep American goods out
of them. Guatamala has now arranged
for the speedy completion of the rail-!
way from the Caribbean to the capital. |
and a cheap direct route will thus be
opened.
Leap Tears in Twentieth Centnrj.
The greatest possible number of leap i
years will occur in the twentieth cen
tury, the year 1904 being the first one,
and every fourth year following up to
and including 2000. In the same century
February will three times have five Sun
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Duld have
good letters of introduction. No mat
ter what may be your rank, it is expect
ed that you make all the advances.
A Lapland Crime.
In Lapland the crime which is pun
ished most severely, next to murder, is
the marrying of a girl against the ex
-jress wish of her parents.
In the Same Business.
Most of the geniuses who formerly
Invented fourteen-fifteen puzzles and
piga-in-clover games have gone to in
venting new languages.
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FEAR OF GERMAN INVASION
Not Warranted by Number of Kaiser**
Subjects at Present Residing in
South America.
German migration to South
America, and especially to some
of the southern states of Brazil,
i9 periodically a cause of com
ment and concern to some who
think they see therein a sinister
scheme of imperial conquest.
For two or three strong reasons,
says the New York Tribune, such
fears seem to us to be not well
founded. One such reason is
that the number of Germans in
Brazil is not, after all, ominous
ly large. The total population of
Brazil, according to the censu»
of 1890, was 14,333,915. No later
census returns are available, bat
careful estimates now place the
total at more than 17,000,000, of
which number less than 3,000,000
are Indians and negroes, leaving
certainly more than 14,000,000
whites. Of these, in 1901, only
2,700,000 were immigrants, and
of the latter number only 300,000
were Germans.
The latest and highest esti
mate of the number of Germans
in Brazil is only 450,000, or a lit
tle over three per cent, of the
whole. Really, we cannot regard
that as a dangerous percentage.
Nor does it represent the largest
foreign element, by any means.
Portuguese immigrants into Bra- !
zil are twice as numerous, and
Italians three times as numer
ous, as the Germans. Nor yet
are these Germans so massed in
cci iitm stales hs ii* lurm a mu- i
jority of their population, a a
some have imagined. Germans
are most numerous in Rio
Grande do Sul, where there ar«»
200,000 of them, but the whole
population of the state is 900,000,
so that the Germans are less
than one-fourth. In Santa Catha
rina the Germans are 100,000 in a
total of 300,000, or one-third,
the largest proportion in any
state. In Parana they are 47,000
in 280,000, and in Sao Paulo 30,
000 in 1,430,000.
It is pointed out as ominous
that these Germans continue to
use their own language, to pub
lish newspapers in German and
to demand the official use of that
language in courts and schools
Well, the same may be said of
Germans in New York, and in
Milwaukee, and in many other
parts of the United States.
The conquest which Germany
hopes for in Brazil is not polit
ical, but commercial. The profit
she looks for in this migration of
her subjects is to be found in in
creased commerce. In that Ger
many reckons shrewdly. Every
shipload of Germans landed in
Brazil creates a demand for
many shiploads of German man
ufactured goods. Every so-called
German colony in Brazil means
a market for German trade.
Upon this feature of the case too
much stress cannot easily be laid.
Provisions from Trees.
There is a tree which grows la
Sumatra, Algeria and China which
is known as the vegetable tallow
tree. From its fruit large quanti
ties of oil and tallow are extract
ed, and the fruit is gathered in
November or December, when all
the leaves have fallen. Excellent
candles are made from the berries
of a tree which grows in some
parts of South Africa and the
Azores. At Sierra Leone is found
the cream fruit tree, the fruit of
which is very agreeable in taste.
In Ceylon there is the breadfruit
tree, from which a food is made in
the same way that we make bread.
It is said to be equally good and nu-1
tritious. In South America we
find the milk tree.—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Carious ImMwI
A man on Twenty-third street
furnished much amusement to a
number of people on a recent
windy afternoon by a predicament
he fell into, or rather that fell
onto him A large gunny sack
dropped from the roof of one of
the buildings, and, as it descend
ed, filled with air, coming down
with mouth wide open, like a bal
loon. It struck the unfortunate
man squarely over the head, cov
ering him completely down be*
low the shoulders, and pinioning
his arms so that he had difficulty
in extricating himself. He strug
gled as if he thought he was being
kidnaped until he managed to get
the sack off his head.—N. Y. Post
Women Who Know i
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frF^yt i /7^/»\ that I feel it my duty to advise sick and suffering H
women to try this wonderful remedy.
t '++'- . jjyVr'gl _ Wine of Cardui i< simply wonderful and I ;(R
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KEYSTONE OF
Kimball Piano
STRUCTURE.
The sale of the Kimball Piano is the keystone of its unsurpassable quality, the founda*
tion of its great musical worth, the cause of its popularity witli artists and musicians. Perfect
piano scale-making is a mathematical problem figured out by sound waves to the merest fraction
of a second. Not all piano makers strive for perfection along this line (many making no pre
tense), but out of the few who have nearly reached the goal,
Kimball is Prominent.
One of the most perfect musical scaies Is displayed in the cultivated human voice. An
imperfect scale piano is like a person who cannot sing correctly—it's worse because all do nut
claim 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 °ther of the
recognized artistic pianos of the world, yet because of the advantages of the largest output
from any tutary. wa are able to sell the Kimball at a very moderate price, quality considered
The Kimball Bystem and easy payment plan brings it within reach of all.
Call or write for Catalogues, prices and terms.
ESTABLISHED J853.
Hollenberg Music Co.,
Factory 317 Main Street, Little iiock
j Warerooms 243 Wabash Avenue, Chicago.
Through Service to the
EAST and SOUTHEAST
The “SOUTHEASTERN LIMITED,” leaving Memphis j
daily at 8:15 a. m., carries through drawing room sleeper j
to Jacksonville, Fla., via Birmingham and Atlanta. j
Dinin^Ca^Service
I THE NEW YORK LIMITED, leaving Memphis daily
at 9:10 p. in., carries through Buffet Drawing Room sleeper |
to New York, via Birmingham, Atlanta, Washington and
Philadelphia. Through coach to Atlanta.
For information and reservations write or wire
J. N. CORNATZAR,
i General Agent, Memphis, Tenn.
The Independent is the best Advertising Medium
DEATH THAT IS PAINLESS.
f*l~r« T Trmmwm Who Take Tkelr U«t
Sleep Baralag Celaa Beaks
la PeaaaplTaata.
Death aomea in maar forms la ths
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, aays the New York Sun.
Many times during ths year Is such
• death recorded when one of then*
great culm banks Is burning. Ths firs
is not seen In the daytime, and at night
it shines only with a faint glow
through the layers of ashes which sep
arate the live coals fr»m the outer air.
To these burning LJcks tramps and
other unfortunates, forced to spend f
night in the open air, go when the nights
grow chilly. The warm breath of the
culm lures them on with a promise of a
warm bed for the night, and they Ils
down to sleep in the comfortable atmos
phere of the bank and never open their
eyes again.
The noxious gases emanating from ths
bank waft over them «o softly that they
ire soon asleep, and :n many cases they
ae» *r awaken, being suffocated during
night.
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Dr. Mendenhall’s
CHILL and FEVER
CURE
(This Picture on Erery Bottle)
Cures Chills. Fevors, Malaria, Biliooa
aess. Take it as a General Xonie and at all
limos in place of Quince. Breaks up Coughs,
Colds and LaGrippe. MO CT7B13. WO PAT
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