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PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS
\ AIMNUU INSur-iiVI r,IN 1 S.
FOR SHERIFF.
To the voters of Jackson county.
ngraSp % 1 nm a candidate for re-election t<» tin* of’ic ■ <»t
■HSmBP sheriff of Jackson county, subject to a
cratic primary, if one is held Feeling that !
have diseliarpred the duties of that, office in such
a manner as to merit your confidence, a:id • tuink
itiR you for your support in the past and a kinr
■Hr your help in the future. If elected I will my
duty. Your fellow citizen. It. W. HANDY.
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK.
We'are authorised to announce .John D. N d »•
a candidate for the office of circuit clerk of k
§P»£v Bon coynty, subject to the Democratic primacy
ipf; election. —
WeSare authorize*! to announce James S. Jones
Ww’: as a candidate for re-election to the office of cir
cuit clerk of Jackson county, subject to the Dem
■ ocratio primary election.
MYSTERIOUS CALL.
The Little Rock police are
working on a mysterious case
that has so far baffled their at
tempts. A stranger recently
presented himself at the home of
Mrs. Ruth Lane with a letter
purporting to introduce him
as a representative of the Asso
ciated Press.
He desired to hear Mrs. Lane’s
story of the recent trouble with
Dr. White, but she refused to
give an account of the shooting,
except in the presence of her at
torney. What the mission of the
stranger fcould have been is as
puzzling as his identity.
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Quite a novel sight was called
to the attention of a reporter for
the Independent Wednesday in a
team of oxen, which had been
driven to Newport with a load of
cotton from Riehwoods township
by Clay Miller. These sturdy
beasts of burden whose place in
commercial life has been taken
by more fleet-footed animals, re
quire two days for the round trip
of thirty miles.
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/bno 01 vne sights of Atlantic City is
' « '4flie peculiarly shaped structure at the
foot of Pennsylvania avenue, on the
ocean side of the Hoard walk, says Hie
(Minneapolis Tribune. It is the new
weather station erected by the govern
ment., and its plan Is so odd that it is
; regarded as a most attractive curiosity
by the countless number of visitors who
Bock to the seaside during the warm
months.
It is said to be the most queerly con
structed building ever erected by l ncle
Sam. It has been popularly named the
3hell, on account of its likeness to the
growth of the sea so commonly found on
the sands.
This oval structure, formed of steel
and galvanized iron, has been com
pleted at a cost of $.1,000. It shows the
V colors so dear to the heart of an Amer
^X le^n_ -buying been painted in red, white
and blue. The exterior and the fancy
cornice are of blue, the interior is of
white and the ribs are of red.
The structure is so conspicuous that
it can be seen for many miles up and
down the coast, and is visible from a
great distance at sea.
A huge weather map, with glass front*
on which Is traced dally the changes of
the weather, the direction and velocity
of the wind, the temperature, etc., as
reported to the central weather bureau
at Washington, and now telegraphed
daily to the state observatory now lo
cated at Atlantic City, has been in
stalled.
Visitors will have the opportunity to
observe the weather at all times when
ever they are in the neighborhood of the
“shell” station.
DEATH THAT IS PAINLESS.
Many Tramps Who Take Tl.etr l ast
Sleep on lluruln* Culm Bunks
In Pennaylvanln.
Death comes in many forms 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 sucli
a death recorded when one of thes*
great culm banks is burning. The tin
is not seen in the daytime, and at nigh
it shines only with a faint glov
through the layers of ashes which sep
arate the live coals from the outer air.
To these burning banks tramps am
other unfortunates, forced to spend ;
niaht in the open air, go when the night
grow chilly. The warm breath of th
culm lures them on with a promise of
warm bed for the night, and they 11
down to sleep In the comfortable atmos
phere of the bank and never open thei
eyes again.
The noxious gases emanating from tb
bank waft over them so softly that the
are soon asleep, and in many cases the
never awaken, being suffocated durin
the night.
Still of Some TV*.
In some parts of Switzerland th<
have laws which make//t necessary <
have horses hitched 19 automobiles t
that o}bpr horses will not be frigh
y * vj. The lmrse still has h
N>Kle< locl IVii-Yedr-OM liwl f “^Jd
Nut Remember Ever l|uvlnjriJ.Wb
oel veil the Tender CurpC*.
I once made a tou/ fSf the almshouses
of the state of New York, describing
them exactly;. «is they were. Every emo
tion that can be awakened by sorrow
was felt during the trip, writes Julius ,
Chambers in the Reader Magazine. The
most pathetic incident occurred at the
poorhouse of Essex county, located in j
the hills beyondB Wballonsburg, near (
Lake Champlain.' I should say that the
trip was made at the request of a state
commissioner of charities, who desired
that the truth should be told.
After inspecting the wards for the
aged women and insane, I walked across
an open court, deep with mud, to visit j
the children's quarters. While there, a |
small, red-faced, red-headed lad attract
ed my notice. I patted him on the j
shoulder and asked his name. He gave j
it promptly, told me he was ten years ;
old and that his father and mother |
were dead. I felt, deeply touched by the j
child’s words. Soon after I left the mis- j
erable shed in which these children itfere i
herded together and started to recross :
the yard. I felt a tug at my coat and
found my little friend behind me. His
eyes looked up into mine so pitifully
that I asked:
“What can I do for you, my boy?”
“I want, you to kiss me.”
“Certainly; but why?”
“I never was kissed in my life!”
When I came to write that story for
publication I developed its full pathos,
giving the name of the fatherless and
motherless lad. As a result he was
adopted by a wealthy family near Sara
toga; he has been well raised, given a
college education and is to-day heir to a
fortune.
AUTHOR’S ODD EXPERIENCE.
Emerson Hough, Who Wrote “The
Slliwtuiipiii Bubble,” Meets* De
Hcenilant of Hero of Ills Booh.
Emerson Hough, who, by his strik
ing characterization of John Law in
“The Mississippi Bubble,” has made
that picturesque gentleman alive for
all time, was surprised out of his usual
calm by the appearance at his office
door of a dignified and impressive
stranger who announced himself as
John Law. As soon as Mr. Hough real
ized that the vision before him was
corporeal and not the cheating fancy
of his brain, he set out the easy chair
and bade the welcome guest tell him
the story of his life.
John H. Law lives in Chicago and is
the resident manager of a big insur
ance company. He had read “The
Mississippi Bubble” and had called to
pay his respects to the man who had
given the world an honest picture of his
great ancestor. Mr. Hough learned that
the family on coming to this country
settled first in Georgia, that one of its
members was a brigadier general in
the confederate army, and that alter
the war the Laws moved to Cincinnati
where one of the brothers still lives in
a country' place which he calls Lauris
ton after the ancestral home in Scot
land.
T'V* a flnth/vu r* r* rl 41i n nnAnm'/l n v* 4 *n*rr
eled in the family history for hours,
and when they parted to meet at dinner
the next night Hough said he felt
though he had shaken hands with th<*
hero of his romance and had looked into
the face of the man who for one historic
moment had seen all Europe at his feet
A llound** Long Trip.
A bound was bought in Missouri
snd shipped in a closed express car
to a ranch in Kansas. In a day or
two it was missing. Investigation
proved that It had gone back to fta
Missouri home, over a distance of 300
miles, on • road entirely unknown to
the dog.
FOR RENT
‘‘Hotel
Creighton”
On Walnut street Newport,
j Ark. This is the best hotel town
! in the state and is centrally
| located, being one full block
from St. Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Depot and opposite the
Jackson county court house.
Will be Finished Aboui
January 15th. 1904
. And will contain twenty-eigh
! sleeping rooms, office 25x30 feet
1 dining room 20x45 feet, one par
s lor on first Floor and one oi
»| second floor, three bath rooms
1 large kitchen, pantry and stor
! room, will be equipped wit!
relectric return annunciator t
each room, long distance an
y ocal telephone.
s Electric and Gas Light
| Laundry and seiwants’ apari
: ments in yard adjoining. Whe
l completed will be very conver
o ient for the commercial trad<
is count'
MMtKIAOE REFORMS. !
Advocated b/ U:i vanity Professor
in Book Recently Issued.
I’Inn* fuel tide State Supervision of All
Contracts an<l l.iberal IJivorce
l.avia—Eivtls in tlie Social
Structure.
State supervision of all marriage
contracts, uniform and liberal divorce
laws, the abolition of the common law
marriage and the education of the
young in sect problems are a few of the
reforms advocated in a new book
about to be issued at the University
of Chicago,
The work, in three large volumes,!
represents 12 years’ research work on
the part of Dr. George Elliot Howard,
former head of the department of his
tory at .the University of Nebraska,
and until recently occupying a similar
post at Leland Stanford, Jr., univer
sity. Prof. Howard is the most recent
addition to the staff of the lecture
division of the University of Chicago.
“Our present dual system by which
marriages may be solemnized by eith
er civil officers or clergymen, is not
the ideal' plan,” says Prof. Howard.
“It is toe complex and is an obstacle
in the way of the development of an j
effective system of matrimonial legis- |
lat.ion. It is awkward and thoroughly
illogical to intrust the execution of the
laws to two classes of persons; one
civil officers created by the state, the
other completely beyond such control.
The license system is also uncertain
and complex in many of its features.
“Radical reform in the administra
tion of matrimonial legislation is a
task for future legislators. Every
county should be divided into districts, j
for each of -which a registrar should j
he appointed to license, solemnize and ;
register all marriages civilly contract
ed therein and to license, register and j
attend all religious celebrations of
marriage.
"The lawmaker cannot reach the'
root of the divorce evil. It is planted
deeply in the social structure and is
in a great measure due to false senti- i
ment regarding marriage and the fam- !
ily, a sentiment which can only be
removed by more rational education. -
Carefully drawn and uniform statutes
can, however, render conditions favor
able for the operation of this needed
social reform. We need new education
in the problems of sex and this in
struction should be given to the
young, not prudishly but frankly, and
perhaps while the child is still in high
school.
“The fact that four of our states—
New York, Utah, California and Mis
sissippi—have liberated themselves
by statutory enactments from the
common law marriage within the^past,
ten years is of vast social import and
from it reformers may take courage.
In such legislation lies cur hope of be
ing able to free America from the
evils of the common law marriage.
“The trouble in a nutshell is that
there is less care exercised in the mat
ing of human beings than there Is in
the breeding of fat stock. By exercis
ing care in contracting unions we shall
ciiro tVio sn-pnlled ‘divorce Droblem."'
THE MYSTERY OF MEMORY,
A Postal Clerk’s Wonderful Pent
No Adequate Setenttfle explana
tion of the Wondee,
The newspapers are telling of the re
markable feat of a postal clerk who, la
A civil service examination, did not
make a single error in properly sorting
42,000 teat postal cards, each represent
ing a post office In a certain territory as
signed. This was done at the rate of
33 1-4 cards a minute. Far more note
worthy is the memory of an expert pi
ano player, who will play an entire sea
son's concerts without a note of printed
music before him. His memory is set
perfect that hundreds of thousands at
notes must be at the orderly and. instant
! disposai of the will. And this Is com
| bined with a multiplicity of synchronous
| recollections of timbre, tempo, expres
sion, etc.
The mystery is at present past the
hinting of any explanation, and this
fact is as beautiful as it is appalling. It
shows us, declares American Medicine,
how far we are from any real science of
psychology. Physicians note the
strange thrusting of disease among the
mechanisms of memory, the morbid ef
, fect.s of some neoplasm or injury to parts
of the convolutions of the brain where
by some memories are lost temporarily
or permanently, in part or completely,
while others are unaffected. Even this
leaves ns in amazement at the inscruta
ble complexity and methods of the cellu
lar machine.
But through these morbid injuries
we catch tantalizing glimpses which
some day, properly studied and followed
up, may bring some psychologic physi
cian to an unraveling of the mystery.
J n at 11 ft c**t i o ft*
To the minds of the majority of the
' country Jersey justice was strangely
- blinded when it punished the Newark
I woman who threw pieces of coal at an
organ grinder for persisting in playing
' worn-out ragtime tunes, remarks the
i Baltimore American. Unless, indeed
II for the waste of good coal in a bat!
cause.
i Dnnucer in Second Childhood.
1 .Npah Robey, of Plainfield, N. J.
who claims to be 132 years old, is
down with the measles. This second
3 childhood business, says the Chicagc
Record-Herald, appears to be danger
. ous if it is carried too far.
[1 No Time for Sickness.
When the “four day” Atlantic steam
yage across the oceai
re the tourist has hat
rora his seasicknesi
the trip.
NOW while out stock is complete. We are already patting away
some of oar most useful articles for shipment to nearby towns.
Never in the history of Newport has there been displayed Such An
Elegant Line of Furniture and useful household articles. Our stock con
sists of almost
Every Article in the Housefurnishing Line
From very cheap and medium grade goods such as carried by our com
petitors to the very highest class of artistic and up to date furniture pur
chased direct from the leading furniture manufactory in the United States
Bedroom Suits ranging from
$11.00 to $135.00. Chif
oneers $6.00 and up.
Beautiful Leather Couches, ^
Karpen make, all steel
construction, guaranteed,
$24.00 and up.
An elegant line oi mission
furniture, weathered oak
finish.
Our hall furniture is the
finest the market affords.
See our ladies desks, they
^are elegant and cheap in
price.
At the close of the Chicago Furniture Exposition in July and they were late to
arrive and we now have over fifty different patterns on display at our store and
are on sale at prices that will move them quick. Remember too that your kitchen
is complete only when fitted with one of our
Ranges
The name tells the story. We are Newport’s Exclusive Agent.
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH
A WHOLE FAMILY CURED BY
dahnstcn’s Tonic Capsules
Mrs. C. H. Kingsbury, who keeps a millinery
ami fancy goods store at St. Louis, Gratiot Co*,
Mich., and who 1» well known throughout the'
country, says:
“I was badly troubled with rheumatism,
catarrh and neuralgia. I had liver complaint
and was very billons. I was in a bad condi
tion; every day I began to fear that I should
never be a well woman; that I should have to
settle down Into a ettronie invalid, and live in
the shadow of death. I had JOHNSTON’S
TONIC CAPSULES recommended to me. I
TOOK FOUR PACKAGES AND IT CUBED ME,
and cured my family both. I am very glad that
I heard of It. I would cheerfully recommend
It to every one. I have taken many other kinds
of medicine. I prefer JOHNSTON’S to all of
them.’’ Michigan Drug Co.. Detroit, Mich.
' DI. KEKNOrrS LIVES REGULATOI
Positively CurewPlmpie* and Dyspepsia.
, Shedrten, May 30, IOT1.
' HkntlkvW — On» year ago wow my face pre
wanted a horrible appearance ftom pimples ana
blotches, I also was much troubled with dyspepsia
and constipation , had tried physician* and patent
medicines, but received little wd A
mended Dr. Kermothto LirerRetrolator. I found it
all that could bedewLred,tt harm* removed all my
troubles and willingly
Price 35 oentB per package, or/hre packages fortl.00.
Ask fcr FREE cample.
P V O Ibsttor =» !•«»«* _
“QUICK MEAL”
RANGE EXHIBIT.
The Newport Builders’ Supply
& Hardware Company have made
| elaborate preparations for an ex
1 hibit of their “Quick Meal”
ranges during the week com
mencing Monday, December 7th„
to which the holiday shoppers
have been invited.
A special representative of the
factory is in attendance to
explain the merits and serve
samples of its good cooking.
Small boys in uniform will re
ceive the visitors and serve hot
biscuit and coffee. A beautiful
j souvenir will be presented every
purchaser of a “Quick Meal”
steel range.
A handsome exhibit of holi
day offerings in the furniture
| line will also be shown and spe
: cial prices will be in effect this
1 week. This store offers as com
1 plete and high grade a stock as
| those of Little Rock, and at
prices that cannot be touched
. anwhere. bt6
1 For the news read the Daily
Independent.
Stock For Sal
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
recommend our Golden and Cas
tor Oil brands 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.
OR. CHAS. E. CARROLL
Successor to Black Bros.
Office: Watson Building
Rooms 1, ; 1 3.
TELEPHONE V 1.
Newport, - Arkansas•
Jack j-Je
For Granitoid and Stone W
Curbing, all kinds of Brick W
Don’t fail to get my fig
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Its
Parties wanting crushed I
Stone Walks apply to
W. H. SNETZI
Contractor
& Builder
Plans and Specificatioi
furnished on short noti<
All Work is G
henry
Physician, Su
n d 0 c u 11 s
Office - - Sells’
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J. W. Lindley, Pres. L. T. Slayden, Y-Pres. E. V. Holt, Cashier.
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We are open to the public for all business I
which constitutes safe & reliable banking H
COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. ||
Your Patronage is Solicited. ||
Tuekerman, - - feg
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J. W. JacksorH
Newport, Ark.
Breeder of White f^Ei
Faced Black Span- 1
ish Chickens and |H|
Guinea Pigs. Hi
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