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Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED

Jonesboro Enterprise.
 John Manyon, laborer at Barton's mill came to the city last night in tending to go to Thayer to visit rela tives. At the depot he was accosted by man pretending to be a brake man who offered to carry him to Thayer for 50 cents. He readily paid the price and was told to go to a cer- tain place down the track and wait for the train. This he did and in a few minutes the decoy brakeman came up with another man who rep resented that he too was going down the road. In very few seconds one or the other of the men hit Manyon a violent lick on the back of the head. He was knocked unconscious and re- lieved of his cash, about $12.
 Instead of going to Thayer, Manyon returned to the mill this morning to resume work.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
LABADIE'S FAUST.

Goethe's masterpiece, Faust, he.s never failed to draw good house in Newport, as the play is popular one with local theatre goers, but the yer sion of Faust accorded by the troupe of Henry Labadie places the time honored drama in new category of close proximity to the decidedly "bum."
 One of the strongest scenes in the whole play, the students in revelry, the church scene and anthem singing, from which Mephisto fees, was cut entirely and the garden episode was horribly butchered. Even the devil should be given his dues, but Mephisto was poor one and he has not much coming in the way of compliment.
 The scenery and scenic effects were | fine, but with this said, all in their favor ends. Mephisto had lost more than his horns, his lines should be corrected and other defects inserted. Were Satan half so weak character as him portrayed by Labadie, the Millennium would ere now have envel- oped this old sinful world. One of the purposes of the drama was to in- spire fear of this arch imp and make Hades more horrible in the minds of men, but such a Mephisto is rather calculated to make the subject one of l fest and ridicule.
 But Labadie was not the only mis- fit. His company were of the same ilk. Marguerite, the sweet, beautiful and virtuous girl, for whom Faust was willing to enslave his soul, could not have played such havoc with any male member of her audience, in the person of Mary Won Tromp, whose appearance indicated that her last name should have been spelled with an "a' rather than "o." Neither paint nor powder was thick enough to disguise those wrinkles, and per- haps it was the distance of her ad- vanced age from those tender years of gentle maidenhood, which refused her recollection even of how young girl should act.
 This comic -serio tragedy was a warm member from the raising of the curtain to the final apotheosis.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
A MALICIOUS COLLISION.
Mrs. Ford Willi' Sustains Injuries in Being Thrown from Her Buggy, Which Was Run Into by
 Oliver Pierce.

On Monday afternoon, Mrs. F. D. Willis accompanied her husband to make professional call in the coun- try, when on the road to the lower ferry, below Chastain's residence, the buggy was run into by a farm wagon driven by Oliver Pierce, a dealer in shells.
 With him rode an elderly man, who tried to persuade him to turn aside as they neared the rig of Dr. Willis, but Pierce was drunk and maintained his course driving at full speed. The wag on struck the shafts of the buggy, turning the latter endwise and over. throwing Mrs. Willis to the inside al- most ia the path of the wagon and the Doctor to the off side. The wheels of the wagon then struck the buggy and would have dragged the vehicle over Mrs. Willis had not the Doctor raised it over her.
 The drunken man Pierce continued on his way, taking no notice of the injuries brought upon others, though their buggy was wreck and harness badly broken.
 Doctor Willis suffered only bruis- ed arm and brought his wife home at once. Upon examination, two ribs were found to have been broken and knee cap injured. She is resting well today however and it is to be hoped that she will not be confined long with these injuries received at the hands of such brute.
 Pierce lives near Grand Glaize and is supposed to have come here from Little Rock. Doctor Willis on Tues day swore out a warrant for his ar rest before Justice Martin and in com pany with Officer Huffman, went after the man Tuesday afternoon. In the warrant, he is charged with malicious trespassing and assault and will be tried on three accounts.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
STREET PARADE.
An Immense Crowd In Newport to Witness the Wild West Parade
 And Attend the Show.

Before the usual breakfast hour of town people, Monday morning, the country men from far and near began to pour into Newport from every sec tion of the county, bringing their wives and children down to wee bits of babies, helping to swell the crowds that would pay tribute to the far famed PaWnee Bill and his aggrega- tion of Turks, Cossacks, Mexicans, Indians and Cowboys.
 There were probably ten thousand people upon the streets st the time of the parade, shortly after ten o'clock, which, proceeding from the show grounds in Chastain's Addition, went down Third street and returned by way of Front.
 The procession was lengthy one and embraced the features one would expect to see in a Wild West attrac- ton. Horseback riders composed the van; these carried the flags of the different nations represented, and also interspersed the different sec tions of the parade.
 Following a Mexican band, came Major G. w. Lillie, or Pawnee Bill as he is better known, recognized by all as the original of the bill board like ness. With long curly hair, and a rough rider hat, sitting easily upon his favorite horse, Major Lillie was the object of much interested gaze and complimentary criticism. From his men nothing is heard of this re- markable and picturesque character except words of admiration. With Indian, Cossack, Mexican and Cow boy is he alike popular, perhaps their ideal, in that he is a crack shot, ex- cellent horseman and withal kindly gentleman.
 One of the most novel features of the parade was the children's section, in which ponies and donkeys drew miniature vehicles, carts and char s, driven by youthful travellers, who handled the reins like adopts. The Indians were fine types of the aborigines of this continent, bedecked in feathers and warlilze paint. Among them were Riser Young Man, Chief Thunder and the celebrated Crazy Snake.
 The old time stage coach, used but little .ow in some remote sections of West and the "prairie schooner" re- calling the days when emigrant trains pushed their way across the Kansas prairies on gold seeking expeditions f., California and the West Were sno- g.stive features in this well received parade at whose rear, screeched the time honored circus calliope.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
CAMELS BURNED IN A CAR.

New Orleans, La., Oct. 26.-The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros.' circus, which showed here today, met with serious loss Thursday night, narrowly escaped worse damage, as the long train containing the animals which constitute the menagerie was midway between Lafayette and New Iberia. Fire was discovered in the camel car, which contained eight of the finest specimens of the camel creation in this country. It's interior was a solid sheet of flame in an in stant, as the floor was deeply bedded in straw. The car was in the very center of the train, and soon pande- monium reigned all along the line.
 The burning car was cut out of the train as soon as possible and the camels left to roast. Their shrieks as they were cremated were almost hu- man. The force of keepers had their hands full restoring order among the other animals in the train, and a con- siderable delay resulted from the blaze.
 The camels which were lost were each valued at about $1,OOO. This is the second fire Forepaugh & Sells combination has had within month. Out in Texas the band wagon and all the parade paraphernalia were de- stroyed. AS there is a general super stition that fires come in sets of "threes," the combination will con- sider itself lucky if it closes the sea- son without further loss in this re- spect.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
AFFIDAVIT BY BREWER.

The saloon of Robt. Simmons was raided Monday morning by Sheriff Randy and Deputy Neal, who found half a case of beer, which they seized and will hold until further order of court.
 Dr. A. J. Brewer is responsible for this raid, having made affidavit that he believed intoxicating liquors were kept at this house for sale and a search warrant was issued by Judge Fulkerson.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
THREE GUESSES.

When you delve down to the bot tom of all reports that have and are being circulated through the papers that are in good position to know, you will find that the Illinois Central Railroad Company is at the back of the Morning Star railroad. Watch and see.-Mountain View Democrat.
 Just for the sake of argument we will give it as our opinion that the Choctaw is backing the project Mountain Wave.
 We are unable to say which way "the cat will jump" but if the road is ever constructed, someone will have to get a different move on it than they have in the past.-Yellville Echo.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
HOW HE MADE MONEY.

A man once wished to made money. He secured good store.
 He secured good goods.
 He secured good clerks.
 He made no money.
 Then he turned on his store the light of newspaper advertising and let the people know he was in busi- ness and why. He kept them in the dark no longer.
 Then he made money.-Boston Herald.
Newport weekly independent., 1901-11-01
NOTHING DISCLOSED.

Sheriff Randy executed a court order Saturday afternoon in raiding the temperance saloon of Robert O'Neal, but nothing in the way of in- toxicating liquors was found.
 The affidavit for search warrant was sworn out by Officer Walter Campbell and the warrant was issued by the circuit judge, F. D. Fulkerson.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
FATHER OF KINDERGARTEN.
FFOobel Looked to Woman - NAs
Natural Ally to Make Il
= Success.

After spending years wrestling with
the problems of education, Friedrich
Froebel, founder of the kindergarten.
arrived at the conclusion that the
school could never be success until
the home performed it's function as an
educational institution also, writes
Patterson Dubois, in the March Ladies'
Home Journal. Thenceforth his domi-
nant interest was focused on the cradle
rather than on the schoolhouse. He
became the great apostle of the home.
tie looked to woman as his natural
ally, yet he was not oblivious to the
fathers part in homemaking. His
proposition for general educational
union was addressed to fathers. He
hrmly believed, however, that woman
was to be the worlds great education
al force. She was to regenerate the
race. Yet he realized that this meant
that she must suffer even as he suf-
fered. Whoever will go with me-" he
said, must undertake great deal,
must suffer ridicule and blame, and let
themselves be burned or torn in pieces"
he wanted mother to be something
more than a beloved mother" He
says: I'm order to render the COM
mand of Christ effective, education in
The family must first be reformed,
otherwise there will be no solid foun-
dation for subsequent education to
stand on
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26

me Unsightly Way In Which She
Grabs Her Skirt and
Holds 1t Up.

The fattering theory that women
really care how they appear to men
who are looking at them sometimes
gets a hard knock, says the New York
Press. One of these times is when q
woman who is walking along the street
makes a motion with her hand which,
in Kentucky or Texas, would, if made
by man, be interpreted as a reach for
revolver in the hip pocket. But as
women apparently have no hip pockets
the woman's motion is for the purpose
of holding up her skirts so that it will
not disturb the microbes that are
crawling in the dirt on the sidewalk.
AS she walks along with this hip
pocket hand firmly gripped on her
skirt she reminds the average man of
embarrassing moments in the mascu-
line past, say when a suspender button
rendered it's resignation and he had to
hold up his trousers as he went along.
It 10 constant wonder that some
Worth who looks after the looks of
women does not invent skirt sus-
pender or something by which in the
hour of need the skirt might be osten-
tationsly hoisted above the danger
level. II the woman were in the coun-
try she might wear her rainy daisy
'kirt when she walked in dry weather.
But are vegetable things, like hayseed,
any more harmful than tho bacteria Of
the dirty pavements?
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
LITTLE DOLLMAKFps.
OnsAAren Teu0At the Wosl
- WAAA Hardly More Thaa
rs D>sa.s.

Over IN Germany there are 5000 chill.
1ren In one district alone who are EN-.
ployed to dress dolls and help IN the
manufacture Of various kinds Of tow.
says the Philadelphia Record. All the
children who do this work are under -
years OF age. They are taught the art
OF dressing doll at the tender AGE of
-FOUR. At the same time, according to
the compulsory education law, they are
Obliged to 60, to kindergarten school
ior at least one year, and that term is
devoted to such things as making dolls
and dressing them-doing everything.
IN fact, except molding the heads, which
y done by men expert at the business.
After that the German children have
three or four pears Of study, when thew
are allowed to 60 into the doll or TOW
factories to add to the daily income Of
the family to the extent Of . few cents
. day.
The children who go to the kinder
garten have lots Of fun making clothes
Tor the dollies, and 20 fond do they get
OF the little wax-faced creatures that
they are often sore at heart when the
matron comes around to collect them
III to be sent abroad.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
FOR CoLD-DAY SHOE BUYERS.
TIP on the BAeots Of Zero Weather
on Peoples Pedal Ex.
tremitleO.

A burly man, with a red mustache,
was seated in shoe store in the shop
ping district, and was having a good
deal of trouble apparently in finding
something in footgear that exactly
suited him, says the New Orleans
ilmes-Democrat. "This feels first
rate" he said at length, Except that
it pinches trifle across the instep."
In that case would take wider
last" suggested the clerk, especially
on such day as this" "Why, what
the dickens has the day to do with
my shoes?'' asked the customer in sur
prise. "A great DEAL" replied the
clerk, promptly. ut is cold to-day
unusually cold for New Orleans-and
in such weather anybody's feet shrink
from a quarter to half size. Conse-
quently, they" ooh! come now!"
interrupted the burly man, you're
having fun with me!''
mot at ALL" said the clerk, earnest
~. Il assure you it is exactly as 1 say,
and for that reason we have to be very
careful on days when the temperature
is low or we would have lot of pur-
chases returned. You have been wear
ing rather thin shoe and your feet
are at this moment more than a quarter
size below the normal. If you buy
anything with tight instep now it
will be iEtolerable Tomorrow
The man with the red mustache
looked thoughtful and took a wider
last.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS
The Feminine Philosopher Makes q
Few Sage and Sauey Re-
marks.

Nowadays q music roll is just az apt
to contain a sausage as a sonata, says
the Philadelphia Times.
With the rudder of truth gone and
the compass of faith lost, love soon
comes to shipwreck.
Some women's idea Of their rights il.
all that they now have together with
those enjoyed by men
A man realizes the value of his wife
when she goes away on a visit leaving
him to mind the children.
It il a wise woman who knows her
own business, and it is wiser one who
thoroughly attends to it.
To refuse man in order to have the
fun of hearing him propose again is
dangerous; he may propose again to
some other girl.
It is not always wise to ask a child
for his opinions in public; they are
generally uncompromisingly and some
times uncomfortably frank.
The young woman who was prevented
from going to q dance because abe
cropped hot curling. iron down her
oack probably at the time of the &C
cident danced enough for one evening.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
SWIFT FILTRATION BY 'PHONE
The Couple Got Mixed on the Name.
and Central Quickly Ended
the Matter.

"Hello!" said a mans voice over the
telephone. Hello" answered a wom-
ans soprano, ARE you Swift"
"Er-well, I don't know" he an
lwered; my aunt sometimes saws I
AM
"Oh, pshaw, you know what mean.
Are you Mr.. Swift?''
Honestly, am not"
well, why don't you ring of, then %
you're the one that's dipping in.
though of course I hate to insinuate
IT," he answered.
why, the idea of such thingl I
thought you wanted to speak to me-"
II do
Then, you must be Swift"
Chuckles at the other end of the
phone.
"Well, all right; if you will take that
new of it,"
What are we going to do about ?"
:eJoined a half-tearful voice. II want
20 speak to Swift"
but you said yourself that I'm
'wift, and as for talking"
When the heartless girl in Central
tut them both of, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean, as she reflected on that
popularity in human nature, which
makes even a long-6stance Irritation
fascinating to 80 many people.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
DOC m THE scHooLRoox
That Hes Pupils Were Better
ter His Presence.

Since Dr.. Hale promulgated his plan
about pets in the public schools, have
heard from several teachers who have
made experiments Of this sort with
success, says the Boston Transcripts.
One excellent teacher had an expert
ence with dog which was instructive.
One of her pupils, slum boy with .
bad reputation, had very ''ornery"
bull terrier which was sure to 20 every
where the boy did, and followed him to
school one day.
The boy arrived little late with the
dog; the other children knew that the
pair were coming, and they were on the
alert for a scene. In came the boy with
the big bull terrier at his heels. The
pupils held their hands to their mouths.
The teacher showed no sign of surprise,
but said: "Ah, I see we have q new
scholar. What's his name, Michael?''
Michael said his name was Grip, or
something like that am not quite
sure what it was. "Ah, Grip, here,
Grip!" said the teacher, Hospitality
and alphabetically, and the dog came
upto her and let her pat his head. Then
she told him, gently but firmly, to lie
down by her desk, and he did. There
he remained, sleeping peacefully or
quietly watching the proceedings Of
the school, until the intermission.
The children were all over their
snickering and wondering in few
minutes and seemed pleased and cheer
full because the dog was in the room.
He was adopted as a regular attendant
and from that time on spent most Of
his time by the teachers desk, though
often he accompanied his master into
the recitation-room, where his behavior
was always excellent.
The teacher AYERS that her pupils are
less disorderly and troublesome when
the dog is present than when he is alb
sent
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26

Sir John Murray, in recent address,
drew . vivid picture Of the time, in
The remote future, when temperatures
as low a. those which Prof. Dewar pro-
duces in his experiments at the Royal
institution will prevail all over the
earth. The atmosphere and the oceans
will then have disappeared within the
rocky crust of the globe, their ele-
ments having entered into new comb
nations. In other words, to use Sir
John Murray's expression, "the waters
of the ocean will have become solid
rock" But over their surface will roll
the waves of new and most wonderful
sea, IAN ocean Of liquid air about 10
feet IN depth" At that time, Of course,
life ~ we know It will have vanished
from the earth.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-09-26
RULES FOR MARRIED MEN.
Why Doesn't SoneboAy Give
Thon q Few Hints.

do wish some one would write few
rules for men, said young married
woman recently to the Baltimore News
writer. I'm awfully tired of reading in
magazines and newspapers that must
meet my husband when he comes home
from his Office pleasantly and cheer
fully" That the house must be like a
new pin. must be prettily gowned.
the dinner must be daintily cooked and
served and that he mustn't be worried
with recital of the troubles of the day,
no matter il delirium supervenes for
me.
These precepts are all right theoret-
ically and under ordinary circum-
stances are practical. Every woman
follows them instinctively who wishes
to retain her husbands admiration,
but why aren't there few laws of this
sort laid down for men to follow?
Why isn't there some one to tell
them to look cheerful when they come
in, and to forbear to grumble if dinner
is trifle late for any good reason, to
be . little sympathetic and affectionate,
and remember that theirs are not the
only troubles in the house.
According to the ordinary writer, .
woman's whole married life should be
spent in practicing expedients to keep
her husbands love from growing cold,
while he apparently may pursue any
course he pleases, civil or uncivil, tyran-
meal or gentlemanly, and be sure Of re-
tanning hers.
This may not be the masculine idea
of the case at all; the sterner sex may
not really expect to get the whole
globe and give nothing in return. but
it is not the writer's fault if they don't.
! sedulously keep all such articles away
from John, for he's very good hus-
band, and I'm afraid such literature
would put ideas into his head and spoil
him.
Now, poor, unenlightened soul, he has
an idea that my side of the partnership
has its own worries, and he tries to help
me straighten them out, but who
knows how he would change if he ever
discovered that he is really made of
china and has to be handled with care
to keep from being broken?