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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Surrendered To Serve Long Term.

Geo. Hampton, white farmer of
Logan county, voluntarily surren-
dered himself at the penitentiary to
serve a sentence of twenty-one years
for murder. Hampton was convict
ed in January but took an appeal,
being released on bail. Last week
the supreme court sustained the YER
diet of the lower court. When
Hampton heard of the decision he
Immediately left for Little Rock TO
begin his sentence.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Held to Federal Grand Jury.

John and Addison Yerser, broth
ers, were bound over to the federal
grand jury by Commissioner
0'Hair of Little Rock on the charge
of robbing the postoffice at Prim,
Cleburne county, on last Christmas
eve. Their brother, James, was
discharged, the evidence showing
that he was present at the time, but
did not participate in the robbery
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Curious Little Animal.

A naturalist at Hanover, Cape
Colony, describes many remarkable
small animals which abound there.
Among them is gecko, called BIZ the
Dutch farmers "getje,s whose tail
comes off with slight touch and re-
mains jumping about on the ground,
attracting the attention CT the en-
envy, while the animal itself sinks
away and eventually grows a new
tail.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Railroad Won Big Suit.

The celebrated case of Mary Nor
man of Altheimer against the Cot
ton Belt railway company for $685.
900 damages was trfSd at Conway
on change of venue and resulted IL
a verdict for the railroad company.
The woman lost both of her legs in
an accident and accepted 81 $50 in
full payment and afterward sued
the company for $4,000.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Counterfeiter Bound Over.

Wash Camp and J. r. Cowan, ar
rested at Stamps, were bound over
by Commissioner Somerville at
Texarkana to the federal grand
jury on the charge of counterfeit
ing. The men are accused of hav-
ing passed a number of spurious
silver dollars, unusually well exc
cuted and almost perfect in weight.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
In Honor of Their Memory.

At meeting of the j, NJ. Kellar
Chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, held at Little Rock,
resolution was adopted favoring
appropriating certain sum of the
money in the treasury as a nucleus
of fund to be raised for the pur-
pose of erecting monument to the
memory of the women who devoted
their efforts to the Confederate
cause during the war.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Killed Wife and Lover.

Green Williams shot and killed
his wife and her lover, William
Bass, near Winchester, Drew eoun-
ty. He then sat down near the
bodies and announced he would
await the officers arrival and sur
render to them. He changed his
mind. however. and fled.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Supplies For State Guard.

Three carloads of stores for the
use of the state militia were receiv-
ed from Washington by Maior-Gen-
eral Haynes last week. The work
of issuing them to the various COM
manders throughout the state will
begin at once. The stores consist
of khaki uniforms, tents, blankets
and some ordnance.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Dynamite Explosion.

An explosion of dynamite at Hot
Springs caused great CONSERVATION
and one person, James. Conway, a
laborer, was probably fatally in
jurcd. A piece of stone weighing
over 100 pounds passed through a
window of the Arlington hotel ro-
tunda and a number of guests mar
rowly escaped death. The dyna-
mite was to have been used in ex-
cavating for new building.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
DANIEL wEBsTER's GIN.
Similarity to Water Caused Amusing
Incident In the Senate.

Incident In the SENATE.
A former member of congress from
Connecticut related to me a very
amusing incident he witnessed on
his first visit to congress in 1880, says
writer in the Denver Republican.
He had position in the lobby, just
over the seat of Mr.. Webster, who
was to make his great speech on the
compromise question, but before he
began his speech page put upon his
desk a pitcher and tumbler, from
which he refreshed himself several
times in the course of the long speech
he made and at its conclusion Isaac
=. Walker, democratic senator from
Wisconsin, arose TO reply, and and as
his seat was next to Mr. Webster he
reached over, and pouring out glass
of water, as he supposed, drank 1t
and in few moments such a splut-
tering and gasping as followed dis
closed the fact that the Massaehu
I
sets senator had been inspired in his
greatest effort by Byrons source Of
inspiration-gin! The shouts of
laughter which followed, in which
Mr.. Webster joined most heartily,
and the confusion and loss of breath
entailed on Mr.. Walker, caused him
to yield the floor to some one else.
Silas Wright was another of those
statesmen who needed a stimulant
and found it before beginning an inn
portant speech in the cloakroom,
where a supply could always be OBJ
tanned in those days. | cannot recall
any such unseemly exhibition as was
witnessed at the close Of the last
congress on the floor Of the senate.
The habit was conyivial, not dis
gusting, as more recent times have
witnessed.
The drinking was, | think, much
heavier than now, but it was not in
dulged in openly. The dinners were
in some cases the medium of heavy
drinking, but debauch was rarer.
In those early days the members and
senators herded together in the yari-
Gus boarding houses with which
| Washington abounded. They formed
illnesses" of wings in one house and
democrats in another, and they sell
dom mixed, for at these ''messes" po-
litical action was discussed in the
most unreserved manner. Mr.. Web
ster, Col. Benton and a few Others
then kept house aud had their fam
lilies resident there, but in the major
ity of instances these bachelor house
holds prevailed
The restaurants in the capitol were
evolved from the 'shole in the wall"
which from 1860 to 1865 supplied the
feast of reason and flow of soulv to
members of both houses. The res
taurant, which was admirably kept
by famed caterer here, Samuel
Proctor, was the scene of many con-
viyial entertainments. and on one oc-
casion at an entertainment given by
John c. Riyes an unfortunate alter
cation occurred between Willard
Saulsberry and Senator McDougall,
which happily resulted only in the
destruction of the chandelier and
two or three bottles of champagne.
The site of that famed resort had
previously been the post office Of the
senate, which, being removed, gave
place to this restaurant, from which
has come the restaurants of the cap
Hol, which have been the subject of
so much debate and action in both
houses of congress.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Acted In Self-Defense.

Claude Latham, who shot and
killed Carroll Reynolds in Drew
county, was acquitted at his pre-
liminary trial. Witnesses to the
killing testified that Latham tried
to avoid the difficulty and would
have been killed himself had he not
shot REYNOLDS.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Brutal Murder,

A most brutal murder was COM
mitted on Sulphur River, about
fifteen miles from Texarkana by
Seaborn Regner, colored. His vic
tim was Andrew Larry, also color
ed, whose body was horribly mu-
tilated, the head being severed
from the body with an ak. Regner
claims Larry insulted his wife, bur
his story Is not believed.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Cut Her Throat With Razor.

Mrs. W. r. Alton, living at Buck
ner. station on the Cotton Belt,
cut her throat with a razor during
the family's absence. No cause is
given for the suicide A few years
ago brother of the dead woman
took his life in the same manner.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Coffee Leaf Cigarettes.

Parlsians smoke cigarettes made
Of thu leaves Of the coffee plant.
Those whSA have tried them prefer
them to TOBACCO cigarettes.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31

c. W. Cummins, under the in
fluence Of liquor, went to sleep on
the Cotton Belt track at Pine Bluff
and was killed BY train.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-31
Fatal Fight Between Farmers.

In a difficulty between John
Latham and Carroll Reynolds, on
Long Prairie, in Drew county, the
latter was shot and killed. Latham
surrendered, claiming that he shot
in self-defense. Both young men
belong to prominent families.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-15
By A. LAURIE.

said Briet. but nothing will be Of any
use except a decisive march on KOrdo-
fan. Until the MahdTs head hangs on
the walls Of Khar;oum it will be imDos-
sible to govern the Soudan.''
Fetch me my fan. Fatima,' 80 suddenly
said Mile Kersain. lit is on my dressing
table. The heat is quite overpowering
! this evening"
The little maid ran off with her usual
alacrity 10 do her mistress bidding
4 couldn't help noticing that child's
eyes; they shone like cartuncles while
the doctor was speaking of the Mahdi.
said Captain Guyot. is she a Soudau-
esec"
We don't know, nor does she" re-
| piled the consul she was probably
brought from the Great Lake country
/ by slave merchants before their infa-
nous traffic had been stopped by Colonel
/ Gordon. She was found in the desert
hard by. half dead with hunger and
/ clinging to her mothers corpse"
Poor little thing," exclaimed every
one. Fat;ma came back just then. and
they changed the conversation to the
all-absorbing topic of the proposed ex-
| petition.
Seated at her chamber window soon
after midnight that same evening. and
/ locking westward. Gertrude saw in the
silvery moonlight thin white line OF
burnouses slowly disappearing in the
distance.
/ It was the caravan starting on IT'S
/ journey. In twelve days it would be al
Berber. and would cross the Nile in fat
boats. In fifteen or twenty days # would
reach the tableland Of TehbaI. AND
then, What would be the end Of thi.
| bold experiment?
/ Supposing it failed how would it b.
/ possible 10 bear Up under the mortIhca
ton and disgrace? Notwithstanding the
hopefulness of her words to Norbert
Gertrude was far from feeling perfec
confidence concerning all these points
The undertaking was so unique. so stu
] pendOus
A sigh behind her made her turf
| around. II was Fatima.
What is II, then. my child" sh'
| asked. kindly You seem sad thii
evening. and my little chatterbox. con
trary TO her usual custom. has no
opened her lips"
Il have reason 10 be sad, IittIe mis-
tress. when the gentlemen have gon,
into the desert"
Does that grieve you?''
Doesn't IT grieve everyone here p
said the little maid. But. alas, it'll,
mistress. there is more cause for grie
than you or the gentlemen know"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-15

Il am going he said ITO show you
something very special But do not ex-
pect any extraordinary machines OF ca
balistic preparations. Everything here
is OF the greatest simplicity"
This" he continued. preceding his
visitors into the gallery beyond the Hall
OF Motors. 90 is my own private observ-
atory. You will find nothing here that
you could not see al Paris or Green
wich There is q movable cCpola turn
ing On its own axis. and following With
this clock the apparent movement Of
the heavenly bodies. Here are telescopes.
compasses. chrouometers. barometer
and that is all
'On the right you see a large lab
oratory. with furnaces. vessels and rea-
gents On the left is the depot for chem
ical products. and also a most neces-
sary store OF chIorate Of potassium; and
those great zinc boxes with straps
around them. making them look like so
many cocoa tins. are intended 10 be
filled with oxygen TO enable us 70
breathe in any atmosphere. even under
water or IN a vacuum.
Farther on is the storer0om for bal
looms and parachutes OF different sizes
in case OF necessity. Then there are the
implements AMI instruments OF the prin-
cipal professions Lastly. there are the
provision stores. which occupy all the
rest Of the building They contain pre-
served meats. timed vegetables. wines,
biscuits. dried fruits. etc. etc Our els
tern. made OF zinc cemented in concrete.
contain about 100000 gallons OF water
But there is nothing particularly in
tercsting so far. In a word. We are in
a fortified castle on one floor. built OF
magnetic pyrftes. and duly provisioned,
not only with the uccesSartCs Of life. but
with all the astronomical. meteOrOIogi-
cal and aerostatic requirements. Also
with everything needful in physics OF
chemistry. and materials wherewith to
manufacture any article that may have
been omitted. There IS nothing remark
able here UP 20 the present. except thu
complete autonomy OF our domain; in
/ case Of an attack IL could be as self
auhicing as a well-equipped ship, or a
/ besieged town. To complete the simne
we have the vherewith TO defend our
/ selves. possessing side arms. pistols. re-
/ volvers. two Calling guns. and four
/ quick firing Maxims.
so much for the outward organiza-
I ton. and the general precautions. Let
I us pass now 10 the technical works in
I cidental 10 the enterprise
/ He led them into circular hall II
( the center OF the buildings. They saw
/ only a large black hole.
This hole said Norbet. lis simply a
/ we'll. ! intend soon TO have an elevator
here in order 10 get down TO the bottom
OF the mountain in three minutes 7 be-
gan 10 dig the hole soon after leveIinc
the site on which stand the buildings. as
/ / wanted to make sure OF the geological
structure Of the peak = gees down YER
tically to the depth OF forty-eight hun
dred feet. with a radius OF two yards.
In this way l got 10 the base OF the peak.
I and ascertained that IL rests on i bed
/ OF sand. and is entirely composed or
magnetic pyrites I therefore resolved
TO make use OF the magnetic rock as it
is. instead OF building an artificial noun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-15
- - METEOROLOGY. - y

: dials and hour glasses. many gaps exist
which could easily be supplied through
the means OF heirlOoms now lying USE
less and neglected in olden homesteads-
Indeed many Of the objects now in this
portion OF the Museum have been given
10 Il. and those not given outright are
deposited there as loans TO serve good
purpose
The beginnings OF time measurement
go back almost 10 the hour when men
first began 10 observe. and TO see that the
sun rose. set. and reached zenith with a
certain degree of regularity A model
Of a primitive instrument. scarcely more
than noon mark. is shown Il is still
in use among the Indians Of Labrador.
The hunter far ahead OF his tribesmen.
CT his squaw. plodding along in the rear.
bent under her burden Of cooking ma
terials and other household gear, sticks
an upright pole OF a spear in the snow.
lie observes the direction OF the shadow
and draws his foot along it in the snow.
Those who come behind are able to tell
how FAR ne is in advance By means OF the
altered angle Of the shadow
In summer = few newly plucked leaves
laid On a rock IN the sun answer this
same purpose The observer can tell by
the withercd condition OF the leaves how
long it Is since they were picked.
Prom some shadow contriVauce like
this uudoubie eddy arose the sundial,
which is shown in different phases OF de-
ve-opment and EeriOUs styles used IN
many parts Of the world Pocket dials.
adjustable by the compass. are stiu en-
pioytd in China and from such dials, u
another division of the globe there is
. srarca 20 believe the astr1iobe was
evolved. This. easily carried about.
when set up is used 10 tell the time. the
motions OF the planets. the latitude and
B longitude of a place. and 10 calculate the
he i-ht Of buildings
Early rs was the invention OF the sun
dial the water clock Is by no Eaeans
/ youugster. for &C. is said % have been
; applied in 2636 b. c. This clock. or clep-
/ syGra. has been made in many shapes
and forms One. shown in The MUSEUM.
/ is that Of a drum suspended by two
cords between pair OF uprights. When
the drum is raised TO the top 81 ne up
I RIGHTS the cords are wrapped around
/ the protruding axis at each side there
1 are seven compartments within the
drum and the passage Of water from
/ one 10 another causes IL TO revolv', thus
unwiuding the cords. In this way the
drum Is lowered and figures at The side
/ Indicate the hour as the drum passes
I them on its downward way.
/ Hourslasses too. are shown These
/ are comparatively mOdern-fhev are
/ said 20 have been introduced in $50 4. y.
! The errors in the set OF four exhibited
{ show that they were evidently timed
nv ar ha1rr candle This latter WpthOd
/ was the institution Of King Alfred II
IS q curious fact that in the 1rst and
/ last quarter hours, the fame burns
more rapidly than in the second and
J third.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-15

THAT is what I call speaking to the
point" cried Norbert. and this oracle
evidently knows how to do business, To
whom must We pay the 10000 ptastres7 -
To the envoy Of the Mogaddem. who
will fetch them. and will give receipt
at the French consulate"
That is settled. then. But tell me.
Sidi- Nohammed-Jeraib, is our alliance to
end With the transport"
1T will endure so long as you pay
regularly tribute TO Mogaddem."
What tribute2"
That which is due 10 him. if you wish
his children 20 protect you in the desert
and give you the assistance you need"
Howl" said Norbert. rather ironic-
ally. Would they lend themselves to an
enterprise that you disapprove
Yes: II You pay tribute. they will
not trouble about your plans"
And how much Is ftp"
Twenty times twenty piasters q
month"
u willingly agree" replied Norbert.
Then fareweII-and may Allah go
with you,'
/ With these words a lugubrious groan
/ issued apparently from the vase. The
dervishes rose. and slowly intoning a
/ psalm in q low voice. retreated back
ward to the entrance. swinging their
/ ceusers the while. The visitors instinct
/ lively followed their example.
/ After little while they began 10 eX-
! change ideas concerning the strange
events they had Witnessed. Norbert
alone remained silently buried in his
| own reflections.
| None OF them could understand 1t.
/ That there was some clever juggleTy be-
hind was plain. but how was IL managed
/ How was IL that the oracle could give
such AZ exact statement OF the young
/ astronomers project2
/ Come. Sir Bucephalus.' said the doc
! tor 10 the baronet. you who are in tho
/ conspiracy can tell us If the oracle was
right! There is Mile. Kersain dying tC
know the truth
/ Norbert. who was walking on in silence
turned round. and. addressing the con
sui and his daughter. said:
The oracle made use OF q very simple
artiace. There is evidently an acoustic
tube connecting the Zaouia with III,
tomb OF the sheikh. and thus enabling
the Mogaddem 20 hear and answer tho
questions unless. indeed II is mere ven
| triloquism. But still there remains tC
be explained how IL is that this fellow
can speak French. and. above all hoW
he has ged 20 ascertain my pro
ject For. as a matter or fact. he die
not tell a falsehood. / have in reality
come 10 the Soudan in the hope OF get
ting hold OF the moon; and, though
may be taken for a mailman. must ex-
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~ ~

~ nee upon a time. ard very
long time ago it was. indeed
perhaps in the age or ING him
self. there came too many mastodons
many for comfort He had seen Them,
this prehistoric man. and ran 10 give the
alarm. And here a difficulty arose. He
had a name FOR each OF the creatures he
was used TO hunt. as we'll as those he
fed from al sight but now there was
more than oDe-ald how could he tell
his trihcsmen2 u was not an easy thing
to figure out in that dim. faint dawn OF
reason Yet h solved f.: the masto-
dcus. and there were three. were repre-
scented by stones dragged from his. pri-
mevaI fireplace. His kindred looked on.
saw, and understood.
Il was not great thing In itself that
this haIrclad man Of caves and ice had
done But il meant much. In piacins
those stones Together ne had learned
20 count. Moreover. he woull. in time,
have name for twC stones or tWo AM
mails. then for three. As numbers "ere
needed he would mako th"m.
This was the beginning in far-oh
distant time. so long ago 1t is almost as
Impossible fer us to think of measure
20 express it as 60 was FOR chat pre-
historic ariJhmejiciau Co tell the tale
of the approaching enemies- Froa this
beginning. or che so liae il tina the
difference matters not. have spTu--- the
various methods OF numbering. weigh
iux. and measuring shat are in use to-
Gay.
Nor is the process completed More
and more delicate instruments are be
ing constructed TO measure inhnitesi-
NAL variations o. temperature, the We
locity Of the waves Of Hight found In
spectra. and the minute measures OF
electricity And in all of these new
terms are being applied and new scales
OF difference made
To prepare and set forth a history
OF this evolution from it's FIRST begin
ninRs TO its highest Development Of to-
day. is the task OF the division OF me-
trology established In the National Mu-
scum. As yet the work and the coilec-
ton 10 illustrate 80 are in their in
fancy. The reasons for this are many
One is the vast scope OF the subject
fo- il embraces everything in which
numbers are applied. f-om she census
| taking methods of Indian tribes 70 the
means OF calculating time. Another rea
son Is the lack of needful space Still
more important IS the fact that The
MUSEUM is TO 4 certain degree depend
/ eut on he generosity or its outside
! friends. For instance. in the collection
| illustrating the progress in watChmak
| ing and the telling OF time by pOcke
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CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.
SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS CHAPTERS PUB
Listed

Messrs. Gryphins VogeI and Wagner. the
thrcc INSCRIPTIONS agents o. the Electric
Trar Srnission Company. Of Melbourne, Aus
traIia, being down 20 their last dollar. re-
ceiye an unexpected windfall in tho shape Of
= sale 81 thirty shares OF stock for cash 90
ono TvrFel smith, valet 20 SIR Buccphalus Cog
hill. With this nest egg in hand. Wagne-.
who is something Of scientist, conccivcs the
idea Of starting the Lunar Company. for the
conquest and exploration Of the mineral riches
o. the moon.
The scheme is extensively advertised and
shares oi stock arc eagerly snapped up. But
how 60 get TO the moonf' Is the
natural question asked by large numbers 81
these stockholders. and at last public meet
ing Is called. and Wagner, whose sole object
has been TO get money. undertakes 60 satisfy
the clamor He talks lcarncdly Of tubular
tunnel. but has his theory utterly demolished
by Norbert Mauny. a young Frenchman. who
declares that in order 10 complete such piece
of work within the stipulated time Of five years
So must rise at the rate Of 5000 miles a YEAR
The assemhlage Is panic stricken. and th'
stockholders demand their money back. when
Nanny calls for order and announces that no
has a plan 10 propose Quiet Is restored ans
then the Young Frenchman proceeds to eN
plain a scheme he has had in mind for snul'
time. but has lacked capital To carry "a out
that Of attracting the moon 10 the earth by erect
ing a series % powerful magnets in country
especially adapted To such design. The idel
j. received Win fnlnh~iANils anu haNIA II
voted manager 81 the company. The Bayouda
Desert in the Soudau. is selected as the site
for the erection Of the magnets. The eN
petition sets ont in the steamer Dover Castle
and seven months after the formation Of the
company reaches Suakim- Here NANNY meets
the French consul NJ. KerSain. and his daughter
Gertrude who decide 20 accompany him on
visit 70 the MoRaddem of Rhsdameh. loCa
ruler whose favor must be obtained before the
transportation % the material across the desert
be made.
The Mogaddem il weird sort % parsonage,
and possesses a hideOusly ugly dwarf. who's
Cycs shoot FIRE from behind his glasses wher
ne sees the party from SuaLim approaching
After promising To pay certain large sums
tribute. Norbert secures the cooperation
he desires