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THAT TIRED SPRING FEELING
Which Comes to Many with the Sea
son That Should Renew
Life and Energy.
There are certain persons to whom the
advent o£ spring, instead of bringing a
sense of rejuvenescence, provides a very
different sensation, says the London
Lancet. The youth of the year, when
nature seems to revel in growth and de
velopment, ought to give, it might be
thought, to the human species, too, a
sense of vigor and of the natural joyful
ness of fecundity. When the birds are
breaking into song and the plants Into
flower, poor man might also exult in life
and its annual time of awakening
growth. Yet to many the return of
spring is only the return of a vague
feeling of listless languor, a slack sense
of fatigue that comes without labor
and of weariness that is uncalled for by
any unusual effort.
To those whg dwell In cities, at any
rate, spring has trials that are peculiar
to itself. To some extent these arise
from the knowledge that abroad in the
country all Is new life, refreshened
vigor, and inspiring atmosphere, while
In town the wonted thraldom Is en
hanced by the suspicion of these things
that Is gained from the trees and the
plants of public parks and open spaces,
where poor little bits of nature bloom
only to suggest In vain all that awaits
the town dweller if he could escape. It
is not only dissatisfaction, though, at
being unable to partake in nature’s
gaiety that produces the feeling of which
we speak; something is due to climatic
conditions.
Who does not know the enervating
sense that accompanies the first warm
day of the year? We may agree with
Johnson that he Is a weak creature who
is influenced by the weather, but If we
do we must confess with the same breath
that to-day most of us are weak crea
tures. If, like Johnson, we lived in more
leisurely times and regaled ourselves
heartily in Fleet street about the middle
of the day, following the weal with a
comfortable discussion, maybe we, too,
should be indifferent whether the sun
shone or the rain fell. Unfortunately,
we work our nervous systems more and
our alimentary organs less than did our
grandparents. Inevitably we have a
sensitiveness that was unknown to most
of them. Their fits of “the spleen" were
well earned, probably, by loads within
the stomach. We acknowledge no such
consoling cause for the ennui that often
in the spring assails the town dweller.
Happy he who can dispel it by a week
end In the country or at the sea before
his regulation summer holiday arrives.
COPPERS BECOME A PLAGUE
Nearly $15,000,000 Worth of the
Coins Are in Circulation
in England.
Many large towns in England are, like
Leeds, suffering from a plague of cop
pers. The extension of tramways with
half-penny fares, the use of penny-in
the-3lot gas meters and automatic ma
chines, and in London the Tube railway,
with its two-penny fares, have produced
an enormous change of small silver
coins into pennies and halfpennies,
states the London Chronicle.
Tradesmen consequently are finding
themselves burdened with huge quan
tities of coppers, and they complain that
they cannot get rid of them by an ex
change for small silver. It might be
thought that the royal mint had some
thing to do with thi3 excess of coppers,
but on that point the master of the mint,
Mr. W. G. E. Macartney, M P., Is tm
phatic.
“It is not a question of minting at all,"
he said, “it is merely a question of bank
ing. If the tradesmen of Leed3, or any
other town, find they have a superfluity
of coppers, they have only to tell their
banker that if he cannot give them sil
ver in exchange they will transfer their
accounts. Take the case of Leeds. Ob
viously the money has not left the town,
and it is the tradesmen's fault if they
cannot get silver for copper.”
The mint, it may he added, always
strikes more than the ordinary quanti
ties of any particular coin for which
there is an abnormal requests But there
has been no excessive demand recently
for coppers. The value of the bronze is
sues in 1902—the latest year for which
the statistics are available—was some*
what larger than in 1901, but there was
also a considerable increase in the value
of the silver issues. In 1901 the number
of bronze pieces struck at the foyal mint
in London was 41,349,387, valued at
£120,280, while in 1902 the number had
risen to 45,774,848 pieces of the value of
£148,499. The silver coins struck In
1901 totaled 18,843,425, valued at £914,
201, while in 1902 the figures were 26,
270,996, amounting in value to £937,202.
In his report for 1902 Mr. Macartney
gives the following estimate of the prob
able value of the bronze coin now cir
culating in the United Kingdom: Pence
£1,968,048; halfpence, £713,450; farth
ings, £150,190. This estimate Is based
on the total issue from 1860 to 1902 in
clusive, allowing 10 per cent, as the esti
mated issued to the colonies and for
coins lost or destroyed.
It Was Wished On.
Johnny’s sister has a ring that Johnny
Is very fond of. He is allowed to wear it
sometimes for an hour or so, when he
has been very good, or has promised to
be. One day he suddenly found that he
wanted to wear that beautiful little gold
band, and so he informed his sister. She
wasn’t just in the mood, so she told him,
as he insisted, that she couldn’t take ii
off because it was “wished on.” Johnny
aaid little and thought much, and tK*
next afternoon, when sisters had callen
he rushed in and plumped down on an ofc
toman in the middle of the room.
“Johnn.” reminded his sister, “yom
cap, dear.”
“Oh,” returned the boy, innocently, “1
can’t take it off, sia; It’a wishadoa.’ — N
Y. Tribune
COZY HOME FOR TRAMPS.
Wealthiest Hobo in America Plana a
Comfortable Refuge for
the Aged.
Hans Ablehanson, the wealthiest
tramp in America, who several years
ago lived at the Waldorf-Astoria in New
York, at the expense of a western rail
road magnate, as a result of a wager
that Hans could not walk from Tacoma
to Panama in eight months, is to build
a home for aged tramps. Hans recent
ly received $25,000 by the will of a rel
ative who died in Sweden, and the money
is now said to be drawing interest in a
New York bank.
Hans recently disclosed his intention
to his friend, Peter Johnson, of Wor
cester, Mass. The other day Johnson
was in New York, and, while talking
about Hans' project, said:
“It sounds like the dream of a crazy
man, but Hans declares that he will
build the tramps’ home with his money.
He says that he will build his home
somewhere in New England. I asked
him why he didn’t take his money and
settle down and he said it is much more j
fun to be a tramp.
“He said that the only thing he wanted
to get out of his money is a home to lire
in when he gets too old to catch freights.
bo long as he had to build himself ahome,
he declared that he might as well build
one large enough for 25 or 30 of his
friends. He told me that he knew 5,000
tramps on the road in the United States.
Some of these friends of his, he ex
plained, are getting old and stiff and
cannot tramp much longer.
“He plans to put all of his money In
this home for his friends. After it is
built, he argues that by a little work,
such as broom making or mending chairs
or something of that kind, the 25 tramps
who reside within can pay running ex
penses. When I asked him how soon he
Is going to build this home he said that
he is looking for a suitable place, and
that as soon as he finds one he will take
his money out of the bank and build."
MAKE ALBUM FOR THE POPE
Magnificent Volume to Be Sent by
Children of New Orleans
Parish to Pius X.
The exquisite album which is to be
presented to his holiness, the pope, by
the Children of Mary, of the Jesuit
church, of New Orleans, has been
finally completed and will be borne to
his holiness along with the magnifi
cent pontifical sandals, by Mr. Kelly,
on the occasion of the golden jubilee
of the immaculate conception.
The album is a work of art and a
thing of beauty. It is bound 1*
snow white antique silk, and the cor
ners and clasps are of pure gold
Near the left-hand lower corner ot
the cover is the pope’s crest, whil«
across the upper part of the cover ia
the word “Autographs” in gold letters.
The album contains 50 pages. On
the right-hand side of each is some
original poem, composed by members
v/i lug oi/uauLj, auu niiutu tu
English, Latin or Italian. These
pages are exquisitely illuminated, aft*
er the manner of the middle ages, and
the decorations on no two are alike.
On the opposite side of the pages there
is nothing except some modest deeo*
I ration. All the work was done by
hand by members of the sodality, ex*
uept the chasing, which was done by
Walter, the college jeweler.
On the presentation page of the
album are the words: “To Our Moat
Holy Father Pius X., Children of
Mary, Jesuits’ Church, New Orleans,
La., 1904.’’ On the title page of the
album are the words: “Golden Ju
bilee of the Immaculate Conception,
1854-1904.”
The album represented three months’
work.
_ .
NEW HOTEL IS A PALACE.
Hostelry in New York City Built and
Furnished Without Re
gard to Cost.
The Hotel St. Regis, another new
world palace planned to shelter vagrant
multimillionaires, has opened its doors
tn New York city. John Jacob Astor is
the owner of the new hotel and R. M.
liaan is proprietor. The 18 stories are
furnished with a splendor unprece
dented. The corridors are of marble and
the walls are hung with silks that vary
in price from $7 to $15 a yard, and the
metal fittings in the bathrooms are of
solid silver.
The table linen came from Belfast,
the heavy embroidered bed linen from
Dresden, the china from the Royal
Worcester and Minton factories, and the
earpets were woven in France from spe
cial designs to suit every apartment.
There is a library of 2,150 volumes for
the patrons. There are devices for reg
ulating the heat by which any temper
ature desired may be attained. Cool
air also may be introduced. Clocks are
on every mantel, run from a magnetic
clock in the office, and pantries are on
svery floor in which breakfasts are pre
pared.
The state suite excels in magnificence
any of the other apartments. It con
sists of a dining-room in Circassian
walnut, wainscoted to tt'e ceiling, dec
orated with silver, bronxe ornaments,
formerly the property of the king of
Sicily. Prices range from seven dollars
a day for room and bath to $125 a day
for the state suite.
The hotel, exclusive of furniture, cost
$4,000,000. The furniture cost another
$1,500,000.
Wouldn’t That Pctstfy Yon!
At Knaresborough castle, in Yorks
shire. England, is a dropping well, la
which, if pieces of wo<|i, sprigs of trees
or flowers are dropped, they are petri
fied, or turned to stone. It would doubt
less serve a human being in the sama
way, only nobody appears willing to try
tiu experiment
SHERLOCK HOLMES AGAIN.
A New Series of Detective Sto
ries in the Kansas City Star.
Conan Doyle’s detective sto
ries, with the marvelous Sher
lock Holmes as their hero, have
achieved the greatest success of
recent years. Appreciating this
fact, the publisher of Collier’s
Weekly, New York, induced Mr.
Doyle to write a final series of
the great detective’s adventures.
Repeated refusals were followed
by increased inducements, and
finally Mr. Doyle agreed to write
thirteen stories for $45,000, or
abou* tV cents a word. The en
tire _oirespondence was by ca
uie.
The amount paid by Collier’s is
the largest ever paid for such
work and does not include the
right to publish the stories in
book form. By special arrange
ment with Collier’s these famous
stories are being printed in the
Kansas City Star, one story each
week, beginning in the daily
edition of Saturday, February 11,
and in the weekly Wednesday,
February 15.
None of the present popular
features of the Star will be cut
down or omitted to make room
for this remarkable set of stories.
Practically the contents of a $1.50
book will be added to the con
tents of the Star in three months
without any increase of the sub
scription price, 10 cents a week
for the daily Star, (morning,
evening and Sunday, 13 complete
papers a week) and 25 cents a
year for the weekly Star.
ONE W AERATES.
Every day from March 1 to
May 15 the Union Pacific will
sell one way colonist tickets at
the following rates from Mis
souri river terminals, Council
Bluffs to Kansas City inclusive:
$20 to Ogden and Salt Lake
City.
$20 to Butte, Anaconda and
Helena.
$22.50 to Spokane and Wenat
chee, Wash.
$25 to Everett, Fairhaven,
Whatcom, Vancouver and Vic
toria. via Huntington and Spo
kane.
$25 to Portland and Astoria,
or to Tacoma and Seattle via
Huntington and Portlund, or via
Huntington and Spokane.
$25 to Ashland, Roseburg, Eu
gene, Albany and Salem via
Portland.
$25 to San Francisco, Los An
geles, San Diego and many other
California points.
Correspondingly low rates to
many other California, Oregon,
Washington, Montana, Utah and
Idaho points.
For full information call on or
address
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903 Olive Street,
669 St. Louis, Mo.
BARLOW AND WILSON.
Were the curtain of time rolled
back and the pepformers of
twenty-five years ago to appear
on the scene, what a revelation
would last night’s performance
have been to him. How he
would have wondered at the sim
plicity of arrangements of his
day, and the magnificence of the
drapery of the present, when a
little burnt cork and a banjo con
stituted a performer, while now
it requires all the present gran
deur of a colossal attraction, like
Barlow and Wilson’s minstrels,
to satisfy the public. Every ag
gregation has its stars, but none
cast their rays brighter than do
i Barlow and Wilson’s magnificent
1 aggregation of star performers.
i —New Orleans Daily Picayune.
At the opera house Friday,
March 3.
MARDIGRAS.
Special rates account of Mardi
Gras via the Iron Mountain
route to New Orleans, Mobile,
Ala., and Pensacola, Fla. Tickets
on sale February 28 to March 6,
inclusive, return limit March 25.
Rate, one fare plus $2 for round
trip. T. H. Reamey,
! 58dtd Agent.
CHEA P
BUT BEST I
By special clubbing arrangement we are enabled
to offer tiil April 1, 1905
Two Good Papers for the Price of One
Only on Cash-in-Advance Subscriptions. 1
$1.00
Newport Weekly Independent
Kansas City Star
The news of Jackson county and State of Arkansas
The happenings in the world at large
Fairly, accurately and promptly told.
Send in your dollar.
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Newport, Arkansas.
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attractions continuing
day by day through
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The ROYAL MORRIS CHAIR is operated by a simple touch of the
button, and is the only chair fitted with this device. These chairs are
absolutely guaranteed and parts of the action breaking for any reason
are furnished FREE OF CHARGE.
JONES PAYS THE FREIGHT
Write for Illustrations and Prices
Jones House Furnishing Co.
609'611-613'615 Main St.. LITTLE ROCK. ARK. j
Low Rates via the
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TO KANSAS CITY, MO—Account Southern Baptist
Convention. One fare plus 50 cents for the round trip.
$31.65 Memphis to California. I
Cn Memphis to Portland, Oregon. Other Pa
cific coast points very low. On sale March
1st to May 15th, inclusive. !
£ | g AA (or less) for round trip Memphis to all
points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory
and most of Texas. j
i Half fare plus $2.00 one way to all points Southwest. ;
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1 Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRA
TOR’S SALE.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as
ancdlary administrator of the estate of Isaac
Scott deceased, will offer for sale at public auction
to the highest bidder on a credit until October 15,
1905, at the front door of the Courthouse in New
port, Jackson county, Arkansas, between the
hours of ten o’clock in the forenoon and three
o’clock in the afternoon, on
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1906
| all the lands belonging to the estate of Isaac Scott
I deceased, lying in Jackson County, Arkansas, to
j wit: The s e 1-4 of the s e 1-4 of sec. 12, the n w
1-4 of the n e 1-4 of sec. 13. all in Township 12
north range 3 west; also thirty acres off the north
j side of lot 2 of the n w 1-4 and ten acres off north
. side of the e 1-2 of lot 3 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 all
j in the n w 1-4 of section 7 and the w 1-2 of lot 3 of
I the s w 1-4 of sec. 7, all in Township 12 north
! range 2 west.
I Said sale being made by virtue of the order of
the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas.
Purchasers will be required to give note with
approved security and a lien to be retained upon
j the land U. secure the payment thereof.
Possession will be given January 1st, 1906.
Given this 16th day of February. 1905.
J. R. COX,
i Ancillary Administrator of the estate of Isaac
j Scott, deceased.
| Read the Independent.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
To the Creditors of the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber
Company:
You are hereby notified to present your claims
against the Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company
of Corning, Ark., within ninety days for the pur
pose of sharing in the assets of such corporation.
Please verify the claim and file with me or the so
licitors. Respectfully,
W. W. TOLER,
Receiver of Merrill-Sellmeyer Lumber Company,
Knobel, Ark,
JONES & JEFFERY, Solicitors.
40w4 Newport, 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
work pleases.
“Come on, ye stubby beards."