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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

question" must be settled, and it
might just as well be now. Disinter-
ested observers of history are unani-
nous on this point. But whether the
worlds war lords consider the present
favorable opportunity for quarrel
ing over the "sick mans" spoils is an
other question.
Certain it is that much trouble and
thousands of lives would have been
saved had Alexander of Russia listened
to the counsel of Napoleon in 1907,
when the great French general pro-
posed the division of European Turkey
between the great nations, France and
Russia to divide the spoils. The plan
could have been carried out easily at
that time, and the Crimean conflict
and the Russo-Turkish war of 1877
avoided. The Turk must leave Europe.
That is settled. He is an invader, in
tolerant of progress and stepped in
corruption. His exit from Constan-
tinople will mark new era in the his
tory of civilization and prove bles-
sing to the Mussulmans themselves.
G. w. WEIPPIERT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
AUTOMOBILES IN THE SAHARA.
French Government Plans Regular
Service for the Great
Desert.

The automobile has invaded the
desert of Sahara. Several French
men have made trips recently
through a large part of the waste
country in southern Algiers with
such success that the French govern
ment has officially undertaken
series of tests. A project for a reg
ular service of control and revictual-
ing has resulted. The government
plans to connect the various GASES
by regular lines of automobiles, says
the Chicago Inter Oceon.
Since Frances greed for territory
has impelled her to spread the boun-
diaries of her African possessions far
into the Sahara desert, the problem
of keeping open lines of commune
cation and supply has been most Sc
rious. At present camels are used
to transport the necessary goods and
provisions from oasis to oasis and
to carry the mails. But it is hoped
now to change this.
Camels can go about three days
without water, although to be kept
in the best of condition they should
have water every day. Their normal
rate of travel is from three to five
miles an hour, although the best
dromedaries will make ten miles an
hour and keep it up for ten hours
day.
With these limitations, the prob
lem of communicating across the
desert between points over 300 miles
apart has been an extremely diff
cult one. And farther to the south,
where the GASES are more remote and
the temperature often reaches 1873
degrees, the task has been practical
ly an impossibility.
The experiments made have shown
that gasoline automobiles can far
Guido the camel as means of trans
portation in dry countries. Trips of
500 miles in length can be accom-
plished without great difficulty.
Twenty miles an hour is attained in
many parts of the desert, and the
best speed Of the camels can be prac-
tically doubled anywhere. Besides
this, high temperatures have no eff
feet on the running of the machines,
and the amount of goods that can be
carried is largely in excess of a
camel's load.
In the desert of Sahara there are
between 100000 and 100000 square
miles. The exact extent of the waste
of shifting sands is unknown. A
part of it is now open to some de-
gree of civilization, through the long
distance travelling powers of the
camels. If the automobiles prove as
great success in the desert as the
preliminary experiments promise, an
other large part of the desert will
become tributary to civilized man.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Pretty Fancies That Are Now in Fa-
vOr with Followers of
Fine Dress

Gloves for the elbow-sleeved gown
are shown with lacing of gold or silver
cord from waist to elbow on the outer
seam. The same thing is seen in Shout
der length gloves and the lacing is
not only decorative but also useful in
nj t4lg the glove to the arm and keep
ing it in place, says the New York Sun.
The latest thing in presents for the
golf girl is a pair, or many pairs, of
the startling red or green silk golf
stockings, with huge monographs en-
broidered on the knees. The red
stockings have the monogram in
green, the green ones in red, and the
girl who will not embroider pair for
her chum is no true friend.
Wonderful colorings and designs are
appearing in the new silks, the manu-
facturers seeming to have counted con-
fidently on increasing popularity for
the Louis XVI. and Louis XIV. modes.
These exquisite brocades and stripes
will make stunning coats, and the
beautiful pompadour silks will be
used more than ever, as foundation for
chiffon, mousseline and other semi
transparent materials.
J Jeweled lace is fad in both Paris
and London, and is a gorgeous toilette
detail even if slightly barbaric. Many
a grande dame wears real jewels of
great value sprinkled over her old
point, but the ordinary woman can ac-
complish wonders by buying the imita-
ton stones which are sold for the pur-
pose and applying them artistically to
handsome heavy lace.
The latest imported French lingerie
shows all the seams joined by narrow
beading instead of being sewed as
seams. On some of the garments baby
ribbon is run through all of this bead
ing, but that elaboration is not consid-
cred necessary.
A bit of feminine folly which is, so
the corset makers say, becoming more
| common than ever before, consists in
having the skirt hook on the front of
the corset and the garter clasps and
fixtures of the garters attached to the
corsets made of gold and often jeweled.
Corset and garter sets for this pur-
pose are shown in all of the swell cor
set shops, and the prices of the sets
run from ten dollars to sums that rep
resent mild extravaganza.
The display of art jewels at the Paris
exposition has had much to do with
spreading a taste for the unusual and
unique in jewels, and the jewelers.
shops are full of odd and beautiful eX
lmples of the art work. There is a
greater call for hand-wrought gold
work than ever before within the MEM
DRY of this generation, and it is diff
cult to find goldsmiths who are equal
TO the demands of this new fad. One
firm noted for its exclusive designs has
series of birthday rings, designed for
the Paris exposition and altogether
charming. The sign of the zodiac is
used for the motif in the carving of
the ring, and the birthstone, in ca
bochon form. is shown somewhere in
| the design, but not conventionally set.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

The medical men of Paris were the
first to recognize the Importance of de-
vising artificial means reproduce sleep,
and in the celebrated Saltpetrien hos
pital in the French capital a contriv-
ance, called the Ex-senator" has for
some months been used with wonder
full success. This machine, the inven-
ton of one Verdin, an instrument
maker, is a sort of helmet adjusted
to the head by means of two straps.
A plate of steel, four inches wide by
one inch high, rests horizontally across
the forehead, and from The center of
this metallic strip prOtrudes a small
tube of steel, into whose end is insert
ed a flexible wire tipped with a glisten-
ing nickel ball. By bending the wire
the ball may be fixed at any desired
angle above and very near the eyes.
The bright ball is raised until the stare
becomes forced and the eyes converge.
After thus concentrating his vision fer
some minutes the patient experiences
a decided heaviness of the eyelids, the
initial process of sleep has begun, and
&omnoleut repose soon follows.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
BUBBLES ON THE STREAM.

See the bubbles as they float on the stream,
They are men,
You are there and moving swiftly on your
way;
behold you pass, and then
Find myself a peaceful eddy. and stay
There and dream.
See the little bubbles bursting ere they
start;
See the bubbles that have troubles as they
go,
Each is some ones counterpart,
Each is doomed to veal or woe.
Some are carried with the current, some
are dashed
To destruction on the shores; some are
dashed
BY the water, which is Fate.
And the bubble that is great
Oft is whrled around forever in some dark,
secluded pool
While there's many little fool
OF bubble that goes floating smoothly
past
All, the bubbles are but men-some are
tossed
Fiercely out against distractions and are
lost
Some are cast
In the stream where all is clear
And at last,
Whether, justly or unjustly, it has got
Far away from where 1t started forth or
not,
Each frail bubble has to burst and disap-
pear
Where they sparkle now and CLEAN
Others shall appear again;
The bubbles come and go upon the stream,
They are men.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

ambassador, NJ. Constans, demanded
recognition of the company's proper
ty rights, but could not secure salts
factory reply from the porte. Finally
he presented protest to the Ottoman
foreign minister, reciting the griev-
ances of the concessionaires and clos
ing with the announcement that
should the Turkish government fail
to comply with the demands contained
in the protocol he would leave Con-
stantinople and that Munir Bey, the
Turkish ambassador at Paris, would
receive his passports. The sultan hest
tated, then issued an trade, which
proved unsatisfactory to NJ. Constans,
and finally permitted the latter to
leave Constantinople in high dudgeon.
The severing of diplomatic relations
between the two countries does not
mean that war is imminent: but I'M
less some third power interferes it
may lead to all sorts of annoying en-
tanglements. TO show its resentment.
the Turkish government has already
issued an edict imposing heavy tax
on French religious institutions in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
Hundreds of PLAYS Offered

The reading committee of the Play
goers' club, of london, which has I'M
dertaken to supply George Alexander
with play by an author whose sto-
rles have heretofore not been staged,
up to date, has read over 300 plays.
Mr.. AleXander's offer to produce
such a play by an unknown author
was in the nature of challenge
whereby he wished to disprove the
charge that managers neglected the
works of unknown playwrights. The
committee still has more than 100
manuscripts which have not been
read.
The secretary of the committee
says that so far six plays have been
selected. Two of these were by we'll
known writers who had not written
play before. The other four were
by unknown writer's. Three out of
the six authors were women.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
Rich Woman Pebbles Milk

New Jersey among its other freaks
has a freak woman-a woman who,
though wealthy, takes pleasure in ped
ding milk. She is Mrs. Anna Silliman,
wife of c. p. Silliman, of Nineland, a
woman of good social standing, edu-
cation, refinement and beauty. Some
time ago, wearying of society and the
luxurious living of the wealthy, Mrs.
Silliman decided to adopt the life of
milkmaid purely as diversion. Every
morning at four o'clock this society
belle can be seen starting from her
elegant country home in an outfit that
is a veritable house on wheels. Unat-
tended she drives from house to house
and leaves the pint or quart of tactical
fluid as daintily as she receives her
callers in evening dress. The towns
people, at first astonished, became so
charmed with the innovation that her
trade is increasing daily. Mr.. and Mrs.
Silliman are financially able to live in
any style they may see fit and this fad
makes the pretty milkmaid all the
more conspicuous in her endeavor to
outfad faddom.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

The medical world, once welded to
the use of anaesthetic drugs, has made
rapid forward strides during the past
decade in the treatment of nervous
disorders; and both European and
American experts agree that drugs,
in the long run, produce more diseases
than they cure. The employment Of
sleep-producing machines, designed to
concentrate the users attention upon
one set of sensory impressions, they
pronounce reasonable and founded
upon observation of nature.
Sleeplessness is a disease more
common among men than women,
probably on account of the fierce bust.
ness competition of these days, which
overtaXes certain brain cells and keeps
them in enforced activity. Machine
made sleep may afford temporary re-
lief in such cases, but a permanent cure
can be effected only by long period
of rest and REIMBURSEMENT of business
or professional cares. The victim of
insomnia should never lose sight OF
the fact that he is on the verge of mem
tai collapse.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

Turkey, and France has withdrawn its
surveillance over the agitators of the
Young Turks" residing at Paris.
Hitherto the French minister of police
has used his entire force of secret
service men to watch these so-called
conspirators, whose principal object is
the overthrow of the ruling Turkish
dynasty.
Should Francs attempt to solve the
existing difficulties by recourse to
arms, all Europe would be forced to
take part in the conflict, as every ma
ton has some interest or other at
stake in the orient. The sultan knows
this as well as his enemies, and one of
our American humorists has put the
sentiment in clever doggerel:
The sultan smiled in crafty glee,
And murmured: 'Do your worst
Ye nations must. to get at me,
Whip one another first"
But, sooner or later, the eastern
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
Ginnt Oak of Germany.

Naturalists in Germany are much in
terested in a wonderful old tree which
has been discovered near Homburg. 1t
is an oak, and is notable not only on
account of it's great bulk, but also for
the fact that at the base of the trunk
it is entirely hollow. The trunk, in
deed, is not more than eight or nine
feet high, but it is more than 20 feet
in circumference. Some idea of the
size of its interior may be gathered
from the fact that four persons re-
Gently found ample room in it. In
winter the old oak looks very bare
and gaunt but, according to peasants
in the neighborhood, who have known
it for many yaars, it regularly puts
forth new twigs and foliage every
spring. so that, ancient and decayed
though its trunlS may be, it is never
theless crowned and surrounded with
masses of green leaves. just as it was
in the days of its youth. The people
of Homburg are very proud of this
natural curiosity, and it is safe to say
that many tourists will have a look at
It during the coming summer.-Chica-
go Record Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

DR.. Berillon, probably the most cell
ebrated of French physicians, uses the
Matthew ''alouette" for the treatment
of insomnia. This device consists of
small box, from the top of which
projects a nickel pivot, penetrating the
centers of two horizontal, rectangular
panels of ebony, eight inches long and
one inch high. \ clockwork inside the
box causes the ebony panels, one
above the other, to revolve in opposit.
directions. Each of the panels is
studded on both sides by horizontal
row Of bright circular mirrors, MAIN
tanning velocity of one revolution
per second. AS soon as the patient
concentrates his gaze upon the revolv-
ing panels he becomes fascinated by
the vibrating glitter. The monotony of
the stimulus soon fatigues the eyes,
which unconsciously close in sleep.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
Sleep Produced by
Mechanical Means

TAPPY is the man who can go to
Ill sleep as soon as his head
touches the pillow. Once his
name was legion, but in these days of
trolley cars, railroad trains and street
noise he is rara avis, so far as our cit
les are concerned. Insomnia, once
sporadic affiiction, nowadays preva-
lent disorder, and scientific men every
where are giving their best thought to
the discovery of remedies and contriv-
arces to overcome its baneful effects.
Sleeplessness, unless checked in
time, inevitably leads to most serious
consequences. Nine-tenths of the vic
tins of paresis and kindred brain and
nervous diseases can trace their down
ward physical and mental career to the
want of sleep; and the number of sui
cides resulting from insomnia is con-
stantly increasing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

n LIHOUGH 1t is hardly probable
IN that Russia and other interest
ed powers will permit the pres
ent Franco-Turkish misunderstanding
to develop into anything serious any
thing that might disturb the balance
of power, as established by the Berlin
congress of 1S77-yet the incident is
sufficiently interesting to deserve a
few words of explanation.
Some years ago the Turkish govern
ment granted to a French company
the privilege of constructing a chain
of quays in Constantinople and con-
Quoting a general ferry and freight
business. The Frenchmen invested
considerable capital in the enterprise.
but when they attempted to operate
their various properties the sultan OBJ
jected and imposed conditions which
made the franchise practically worth
less. From time to time the French
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17
What More Noble object,

"The only OBJECTION" said the stern
parent, 81 have against the young
man, my dear child, is that he has no
noble ambition-no high or worthy
object in life"
"Why, papa, how can you say that?
He wants me!"-Stray Stories.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

The French have discovered that
they can invade England with ease,
but it is frogs legs to beefsteaks,
says the Chicago Tribune, that they
won't DO it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

Beaver have become so numerous
in Colorado that the ranchmen want
them killed off to save their prop
e-ty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

Science C o m e S to
the Temporary Re-
lie f of Sufferers
from Ins o m n ia
Ne w Ere nc h In
Ventions e Is u
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-10-17

Jealousy About e
Division of the
Spoi1s Will Pre-
vent Powers from
Driving Sultan Out
of Europe * Is &
Newport weekly independent., 1901-08-02
/ ABOUT PEOPLE MAINLY. \

Grocery. dtf Guaranteed eggs can be secured at The Cash Grocery. dtf
 Wm. Mosby returned Tuesday from a trip to Black Rock.
 Guy Maris came in on the Quick step Tuesday evening.
 D. Terry went south on the Iron Mountain Wednesday noon.
 H. Bernstein is expected home from his trip North Friday morning.
 H. E. Cobb has returned from two weeks visit to relatives at Wichita, Kansas.
 J. o. Taylor went to Little Rock Thursday with his confederate, Col L. Minor.
 FOR RENT-A nicely furnished front room. Apply at this office or 615 Ha- gel street. If
 w. T. Smith returned to Thayer his home Wednesday after a visit to Batesville.
 =. JnO. w. Collier, ginner and miller, of Tupelo, was in Newport Thursday on business.
 H. B. Hill of Paragould came in Thursday morning and is registered at the Hazel
 Vernon Chavey went to Newark Thursday morning to visit his friend, Tom Dillard.
 John Hinkle, sheriff of Indepen- dence county, returned home Thurs day morning.
 Corn and oat chops, corn chops, corn, bran and hay for sale at The Cash Grocery. 80 btf
 Miss Johnie Lindley went to Sul- phur Rock Thursday on a visit to Mrs. Emma Pascoe.
 T. T. Green returned Tuesday night from trip north of here along the Iron Mountain.
 Miss Emma Wycough of Batesville returned home Thursday after visit to CenterVille.
 Claude Erwin is reported better this morning and we hope he may soon be out again.
 Miss Valera Skillern left Thursday morning for Searcy, after a visit to Miss Dove Erwin.
 Lee Boyce of Bradford came to Newport Wednesday on business and returned Thursday noon.
 c. M. Finn returned Wednesday from visit to his wife and family at his old home, Jamestown.
 The rain fall at Newport Wednes- day according to the government register was .38 Of ar inch.
 Claude Erwin was taken very sick Tuesday night and is confined to his bed with considerable fever.
 Miss Elna Carpenter of Williford re- turned home Thursday after a visit to Mrs. Geo. Bevins of Batesville.
 Lockard Randy and Robt. Laird spent Tuesday at Tuckerman and re- port good rain in that vicinity.
 Miss Mollie Duffey returned home to Batesville Wednesday morning after visit to Miss Addie Stacy.
 J. A. Hinkle, sheriff of Inde- pendence county, left here Wednes- day on noon train for Little Rock.
 Misses Mary Lindsay and Carrie Borage of Pine Bluff were here Thursday on their way to Batesville. Capt. Inman of the Inman-D Decker Packet Company passed through here Thursday returning from Black Rock
 Miss Dora White left here Thurs day morning for Sulphur Rock ex- pecting to make that her home in the future.
 A. Weatherford of Olyphant de- sires to withdraw the reward offered for the thief, who stole his horse re- cently.
 Colonel l.. Minor went to Little Rock Thursday to attend meeting of the Worlds Fair Commissioners of this state.
 A cheap trip to St. Louis, Saturday, August 3rd, and return, only $4.OO via Iron Mountain. Good leaving on 9:2O T, n, +poi,, 7e+I
Evening star., 1901-07-13

slang phrases that tie Americans. Their
most common ejaculation is My word.''
You hear this everywhere. IL takes the
place of Mon Dieur' in French, "Ach
Gottr' in German and "Oh Lordr' In the
I lnited States, the Australian evidently
thinking his word a better thing to swear
oy than the name of the Almighty.
among other slang phrases are the words
screw, for salary or income; marked"
Tor angry; "cush." for comfortable. and
putting on side for putting on airs II
a man Is assaulted by highwaymen and
robbed he is stuck up. and II ne has no
money whatever ii is common To say ne
mas not a bean. Good IRON Is an ex-
preston OF incredulity at a prepost erous
story People ask you 10 hang up Your
horse instead Of hitchiRg it. ITO have"
a man is TO do him or take him in IL a
person fails he has gone bung." and
II ne is well OF he is pretty well on" We
use the expressions "on the iump or on
the go; the Australian says he is "nn the
"allaby. When man acts fonlishly We
sometimes say ''he is of his base" with
the Australian 'he is of his pannillin."
An Australian girl does not primp. she
tittivates." and when she keeps her beau
waiting she apologies for her delay in
tlttlNatinG An Australian dude is a
ton. a tramp is ''swagman.' "a hump
ing bluey or a 'sun-downer." Luggage is
always called ''swag." and the common
word for food is tucker
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1901-07-13

iEphl tAt Atlantic MoDtl ly.
The combinations which in their n1agni-
tuce and methods most nearly resembled
the trusts OF the present day were corners
IN foreign trade, or in domestic commodi-
ties like the metals, which had a limited
area of production. They We're made DOS
sihle by two facts then new in business life.
capital had accumulated so that a few per,
81 rs We're enabled to undertake large en-
terprises, and the habit of faithful co-op-
Grafton had reached a certain rough per
fection without which it would have been
impossible for even a few men to act con-
Csrtedly. In the foreign trade particularly
great wealth was necessary, not only for
making large purchases. but also to defray
travelling expenses and provide depots en-
route. AS early the first half of the
htteenth century merchants sometimes pur-
chased-particularly at Venice-ouantities
OF oriental wares. spices silks, gold bro
cade,. ginger, cinnamon, pepper etc and
after consulting the chief merchants of the
empire, fixed a price for each commodity.
This method was later applied also to do
mestic commodities, such as hardware
leather, tailow and other agricultural prod
ucts. Tradesmen who refused to enter into
this arrangement were crushed out by a
sudden lowering of prices.