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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19
The British Revelations.

After ali the worst that may BE- said
about the revelations Of British Wal
office inc0mpetency is what the London
Times says: There is nc reason 10
think that military unpreparedness has
been very materially lessened in the
period since the war and what the
Morning Advertiser says: These re
mark2 bic volumes Will be of greater
service possibly to our military friends
on the continent than to our own war
office and army" The British people
and the British government have thus
far MOI profited. as they should have,
from knowledge of their military de-
ffciencies only less detailed than thar
which, i'll its publis he'd form, makes the
empire stand aghast.
1t is enough to make any people stand
aghast. The war Offices advance idea
of d situation that strained the empire
is implied in its chiefs casual remark
to Butler in 1899, before the latter went
to South Africa, Drop in and see me il
yea come to Londcn." The British
army at that time, as these volumes
show, was a very casual proposition.
There we're no reserves OF saddlery or
mules; no supply of khaki. but plenty
of scarlet; TO maps of the Transvaal;
NAtt liAlC9 Nstlt NJ c-i5 SlSS III
Cd so you could not hit i haystack
with them; the cavalry swords were
the worst 0Dtainable; 60,G00.000 rounds
OF bullets We're worthless: the transport
ami medical services were even more
completely disorganized than was sup
posed; not until the last moment was it
realized that the Orange Free State
would pool it's issues with the Trans
vaal.
The chapter is inglorious. But it il
not unprecedented. The outbreak of
every important war has found one side
or the other in about such u predica-
ment. Our own plight in the civil war,
our frantic emei gency expenditure just
before the Spanish war, the muzzle-
leaders with which Austria met the
Prussian needle-guns the predicaInent
of France when it sent its uatimatum
| TO Prussia, all array themselves in the
memory. Ii is the peculiariffty of any
military esta blishment, IS ii is not Of
the peace services. that it is all con-
tingent; it may be proved TO be useless
in the first mobilization or the first
battle The exemplary condemnation
of the British war Office is not so much
that ii WAS found wanting. as that 2f-
ter the event it seems to be just about
Where il was. In the large. that is the
| fault OF the BrItisl. temperament itself.
New York -dail and Express.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

preacher should have common sense.
sympathy and power to console as well
as to convince. The fashioned
Methodist preachers We're not given to
much tenderness in the treatment of
rahsSIessions, but they understood hu-
man nature, and they preached the
SGsp-l in way to be effective.
Their experience in life enabled them
% tux common sense yiew Of coadi-
tons on the frontier. They we're
rfearhers ret always because cf their
educational equipment but because Of
tne!1 fitness fer their work and their
zeal in it. Education makes the preach
or only diminishing d better equipment
10 reach the hearts of men.
Inc old preachers were at a disadvan-
t&ge through lack Of training. The
preachers of the later day have what
was denied to the pioneer preachers.
hut they must have also those traits OF
character and that zeal and coumon
sense that made The pioneer - q
power.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19
Secretary W iIson at Ogden.

The literature on irrigation has been
enriched by the address delivered by
Secretary Wilson before the irrigation
congress at Ogden, Thursday. The
many and important questions affecting
practical irrigation which have engage
ed the attention of the department Of
agriculture were discussed in a plain
and simple style, and with an under
standing which must have surprised
many of the delegates. The congress
felt honored, of course, by the presence
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19
Amid the
Labor Troubles

There is one class of servants with
which nobody has any trouble.
They are the Life Insurance coul-
paniea. Wages (prcmiums) are
fixed to begin with and returns arc
always better than guaranteed.
Here is the record of a faithful
servant.
Thomas s Kennedy Of Crescent Iii. Ky ien
his insurance il:cN j. The Mutual Lie
Company New York - 600 issued MAY %
1876 Dividends :" the amount Of f6so7 mai acc,nn'te r
I'M, policy MAXIM, the total paid 10y e eou'7nv 81 sol
premiums Iid 10y Mir Kennedy amounted Il 80 400 SIS
making ;he return over cost IS 81 Il
From Louisville thT-J IisicS No7'. ~ I2o-.(
In writing for terms for policy
of this kind, state what you would
like to receive in cash at the end Of
limited payment period, amount
YOU would like your beneficiary to
receive in event of your death, and
give your age.
TIE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE.
COMPANY or New YORK
RICHARD a. McCURDv, President.
SHIRLEY CHRISTY. Manager.
Phoenix. Ariz-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

have marked him as one of the most
forceful men in the west @nd withal
one of the most practical. 1t is by
placing such men IS Mr.. Fowler in re-
sponsiole positions that the National
Irrigation association viii most rapidly
grow in influence.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

King Peter of Servia was not assas-
sinated yesterday, but threats against
his life have been numerous. and he is
doubtless inclined TO the opinion that it
is not much worse to be killed than
scared TO death.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

The next irrigation congress is to be
held at FL Paso, the Arizona delegation
having decided to waive the claims OF
Phoenix until the year after next. The
argument used in favor OF this policy
was that the Tonic reservoir would noI
he sufficiently advanced in construction
by next year to make il as interes ling
as it Will be in 1905. say
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

The election of b. A. Fowler yester-
day to be member of the executive
committee of the National Irrigation
association was an honor richly de
served. Mr.. Fowler's services in behalf
of national irrigation and in behalf OF
water storage for the Salt River valley
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-09-19

VULCAN IRON WORKS, gf7-9i9 N
Main St, manfrs. stamp mills. ore crush
ers, we'll tools. General machine work.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
RACING WITH BARE FEET.
Curious Story Related to Paris Po-
 lice Commissary.

Curious Story Related to a Paris Po-
 lice Commissary.
 Very curious is a story which is related of a race that was impro- vised recently, with the result that the competitors have had good reason to rue the gullibility which they had evinced on this oc- casion, says a Paris correspondent of the London Telegraph. A par ty of men were refreshing them selves at a bar when the conyer. sation turned on the interesting subject of athletic sports. They had been discussing various rec ord performances when one of their number delivered himself of the opinion that race with bare feet was about the most trying of all. The others having contended that, on the contrary, it was by no means difficult matter to run under such conditions, the indi- vidual who had started the argu- ment offered to back it with a round sum of money. The bet was accepted without a moments hesi tation, and 9 course terminating at the Place de la Bastile having been agreed upon, the whole par ty proceeded to divest themselves of their boots, which were depos- ited in a convenient nook, and the signal having been given, off they went as fast as they could go. One competitor Jagged behind, and this was the man who had main. tained that to run barefoot was no easy undertaking, but as the others looked behind them and noticed that he was already limp ing they only laughed. When, however, the race over, they re- turned to the spot where they had left their boots they soon realized that the situation was no subject for mirth, as the shoes had disap- peared, and with them the indi- vidual who had started the whole affair. The surprise of the police commissary of the district when he received the visit of the party who had called on him to lodge a formal complaint may readily be imagined.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

or into strange faces, now and again, very beautiful or angelic, but often as ugly and hideous as goblins from the internal regions, or haply, into scenes of action reminding you of the drama, but such as you never saw in real life or upon any stage?
 What are they? It is one of the mysteries of the marvellous, nay, miraculous, organ, the brain, says the Philadelphia Press. We must distinguish them from other mysteries of the "borderland" which lies between the adjoining states of wideawake and sound asleep.
 Pictures in the eye are more akin to what are called 'aftcr images" A gentleman, after a fatiguing day, was cheered by the sight of a beefsteak for his din ner, as he very we'll might, but seemingly the steak made a very deep impression on his mind or his digestion, for while he was drown. ing, with his eyes closed, aftereat- ing 1t, he saw it again as wildly as before, and on dropping asleep he saw it a third time in his dream. 1t was doubtless substantial steak and not ghost, and yet it haunted him.
 There is, ,ofcourse, more than one theory of these living creatures in the eye, or, as they are called in science, 'hypnogogic images. g One is that they are formed on the retina of the eye and confined to it. Another is that they are pure ly mental and formed in the cor trex, or bark, so to speak, of the cerebrum. As often happens, the truth appears to lie in com bination of both views. Recent observations of NJ. Yves Delage have put the question to expert, mental proof. When we look at a bright body, for example, the sun, and shut our eyes, we see a col ored spot of light, and if we move the eye up or down, to right or left, the spot moves with it. The spot, in fact, is left by the image of the sun upon the retina, and, therefore, moves with it. Now, if the hypnogogic images are on the retina, they also will move with the eye, and this is what M. Delage has found. Nevertheless the brain also comes into play in forming them.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Electricity and Water Power.

The greatest successes in the electrical transmission of water power have been made in the United States, 43 companies Eav- ing a total capacity of 177,3OO horse power, transmit power over a line distance of 1,549 miles, on an average 26 miles, with volt age which ranges from 10000 to 60,O00 volts. The maximum dis tance over which power is trans mitted is from Colgate to San Francisco, 22O miles, with loss of 25 per cent. At Colgate the body of water is small, but the fall is 1 ,J00 feet.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
PICTURES IN THE EYE.
One of the Mysteries Science Has
 Failed to Entirely Explain.

When the eyes are closed a nev- CT ending series of pictures pass before a persons mind if she or he chooses to look at them. Lying in bed, after a tiring or exciting day, with your eyes closed, and about to fall asleep, have you never seen, apparently in the eye
 ball, spots and streaks of colored light, changing their forms and shifting their places. Have you never watched them passing into complicated patterns, like those of the kaleidoscope, or into pretty lanscapes quite unknown to you,
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
SWAMP WATER.
Eloquent Tribute to Virtues of the
 Brown Fluid.


 Here under the pines and hem locks glides an amber brown brook, stained by the vegetable juices of deep swamps and decom. posing layers of forest mold. Dip up some of the water in glass, says What-to- Eat, and it is like clear old wine, whose last lees settled to the bottom half cen. tury ago. There is no taint of i'm purity in the darkness of it's col bring. Not even the crystal noun tain stream slipping down over granite lodges and white sand is purer than this brown, wine-like water. Nature has filtered it, and turned it over and over beneath the sun and wind and rain, until 1t is as clear and innocent as the air of the wilderness. Even where the sun breaks through and turns its tide to transparent old gold you may kneel and look in vain for any floating particle of impur- lty. Drink of it, with delight and without fear. It is the tonic wild water of the woods. There is vir. tue in every drop.
 How often have I fled hither, panting like the hart for the water brooks of the wilderness, thirst ing for a taste of this primitive medicine distilled in the ancient laboratories of the swamps! have come, choked with all the un- wholesome accumulations of the so-called civilized community with rich and too abundant food, with cloying luxuries, with con- fined, polluted, germ-laden air. I have come with the stagnant blood of the sedentary worker, with a liver heavy and inert as lead, brain clouded and stupefed, and plunged my lips deep into this wild water, like a parched and hunted deer, and with that draught refreshed and renewed myself as from the fountain of eternal youth. Within a week my whole system has become purged and cleansed and toned up to the key of happy living again. An! this wonder-w working medicine of the woods, this tonic cordial pre- scribed by primitive instinct, and poured forth without money and without price in the great phar- macy of the wilderness!
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
MAKE RELIGION AN UMBRELLA.
hTcsor'S Ready Wit Rebukes Golfers Who Enter Church to Escape
 Shower.

<, WheS the bishop of Colorado, Dr. Sanford OlmstedA was rector of the Church of St Asaph, ah Bala, Pa, his ready wit made him at once the admiration and the fear of the People, of the neighborhood, says the New York Tribune. v
 There IS fasAionable golf and riding club at Bsia, with gaseunds that adjoin those of the little churclN and it happened on n certain afternoonNwhen Dr. Olmsted was ho1ldlng special service, that number of golhng elubmen were caught in drenchin0 shower, and hurried for shelter into tbs church. 'ne
 They entered with great chatter of their goi1 sucks, and with much suppressed chuck l1ng and hard breathing, Their noise and theit gaT sporting attire made a iarrinp note on the simplicity of the service. But Dr olmsted paid no heeAto them till the smile:
 We have heard of peopleAwho make cloak of religion. Now we knog that there are 1d 2, others who make of religiori3n umbrel-
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
THE INSTINCT TO CHEW.
Not Peculiar to Any One People, But
 Quite Universal.

Quite Universal.
 Seeing that the maxillary ap- paratus of man has for long ages past been put to vigorous use it is not surprising, says the Lancet, that the need to exercise it should express itself as a powerful in stinct. This instinct manifests it. self in many and curious ways. During the early months of life the natural function of feeding at the breast provides the infant jaws, tongue and lips with all the needful exercise. This bottle feeding fails to do, and we ire quently find bottle-fed children seeking to satisfy the natural in stinct by sucking their thumb, fingers, or any convenient object at hand.
 The teeth are a provision for biting hard foods, but even before they actually appear we find the child seeking to exercise his toothless gums on any hard sub stance he can lay hold of, and there can benodoubt hatexercise of this kind tends to facilitate the eruption of the teeth, a truth in deed, recognized universally, whether by the primitive mother who strings the tooth of some wild animal round the neck of her infant, or the up-to-date parent who provides her child with a bejeweled ivory or coral bubble. When the teeth have erupted the masticatory instinct finds among primitive peoples abund- ant satisfaction in the chewing of the coarse, hard foods which con stitute their dietary, but among moderns, subsisting as we do mainly on soft foods, affording but little exercise for the mastica- tory apparatus, it does not find it's proper expression, and thus tends to die out. Nevertheless, it dies a hard death and long continues to assert itself; witness the tenden- cy of children to bite their pen. cils and penholders; I have known a child to gnaw through a bone penhOlder, much in the same way as carniyorous animal gnaws at bone.
 This instinct to chew for chew ing's sake manifests itself all over the world. In our country not only do children bite pencils and penholders, but they will chew small pieces of india rubber for hours together. The practice of gum-chewing evidently comes down from far-off times, for the primitive Australians chew sev- eral kinds of gum, attributing to them nutrient qualities, and the Patagonians are said to keep their teeth white and clean by chewing matri, a gum which ex, udes from the incense bush.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
MAIL OF PASSENGER oFrrdaLs.
In July Mir. Townsend Received A.4s
 Letters, Cards and TeIegrams, N


 Letters, Cards and TeIegrams N It is not generally known what heAvJ amount If mail is received daily at the gA,l eral passenger offices of the great railroaA. systems. As an illustration, H. c. TowrH send, general passenger agent of the Mid souri Pacific System, gives the followinI interesting figures:
 During the month of July there were rel ceived at the St. Louis offices under hid charge 3643S letters, cards and telegrams The heaviest day's mail was on July 6thN when 2,4Sl pieces were received, and tho lightest was the following day, when TAO pieces were received. The other twenty nine days averaged from 800 to 2,000 The daily average for the month was ,40l pieces. These figures, of course, represent the amount of mail received only at the offices of the general passenger department, and do not include that of the freight operating and other departments.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
This Bank has an authorized
 CAPITAL of SToo ,ooo. .oo.
THos. J. GRAHAM, J. W. GRUBBs,

authorized and subscribed Capital thing good thing for advertising purposes but be perfectly honest and tell patrons the truth really for little We could have had just easily Subscribed Capital of $500,000. It would not have cost
 What patrons really interested in knowing is this Bank has invested Tin its Business, of ITS OWN MONEY S5S, % OF CASH PAID IN CAPITAL and undivided profits That is the this Bank prepared take good of business And you that MORE CAPT. TAIL WILL BE PAID IN believe be safely and proftaby invested
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
LIVERYMEN, FARMERS, DRAYnEN

And all users of axle grease that want the best grease on the market and that recognize a good thing when shown its merits, we recommend our Gold en and Castor Oil brands of Axle Grease. It is put up in l 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-PIE
 HYU GONNA hTxy
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
CANADA AND THE LAKES.

Special rates via the Iron Mountain Route 10 points in Canada, Michigan, Iowa, Anesota, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin. Tickets on sale to September 30th, return limit Oct 31. 7btf THos. Ii. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
EXCURSION RATES

To Mount Magazine and return via Choctaw, $500. Good to October 1st. Leave Newport 3 p. m., arrive a. m Leave Magazine Il p. m., arrive New port 12:45 p. m. w. R. THOMPSON,
 Agent.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Confidential Men.

Some men are so confidential that if they were going to file a saw, they would take every man in town off to one side, and tell him about it.-Atchison Globe.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
SPECIAL RATES.

Summer tourist rates Searcy, Ark, S2.o0; Ravenden Springs, $2.f5. Tick cts on sale to September 30, final re- turn limit October 31st on all trains. 47btf T. H. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Post Cards in England.

Private post cards are now es. timated to be about 69 per cent. of the whole number mailed in Great Britain.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
HOME VISITORS EXCURSIONS
To Indiana, Western Ohio and LouIsvIlle. Ky- via Missouri Pacific-Iron
 Mountain Route

A series of low rate excursions to Eastern points will be inaugurated on September 1st. They are called Home Visitors Ex- cursions,n and will be operated over the lines of the Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route in September and October. Tickets will be on sale Septem Der list, Sth, 18th and October 9th, good for return passage within thirty days from date of sale. They will be sold to points in In- diana Western Ohio and to Louisville, Ky. Detailed information will be furnished on application to nearest agent, or by address ing H, c. TOWNSEND, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, St. Louis, Mo.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
SUMMER EXCURSIONS.

Unusually low rates to Colorado, Yellowstone Park, California and great northwest. Descriptive matter and full particulars Union Pacific R. R. Co.,, 903 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. W
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

"He says he's in D sass for himself now manufacturing automo s." "yes oaAnd he claims not one of his machines has ever i9et, been known to break down on the road" ,,l hats right; he hasn't sold any yet."- Philadelphia Press
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Strenuous.

Fault-fnding friends are more strenuous than the praise-singing kind.-Chicago Daily News.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

This is too much--too muchW she cried. pale and trembling. Then I'll make it SLABS" said the milliner. 'sVery well: wrap It up" And the deed was d done-Ohio State
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Bills.

It is sometimes easier to meet bill than to dodge it. Chicago Daily News.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump- tion has an equal for coughs and colds-J. F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, ind, Feb IS, 1900.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Any one can dye with Putnam Fadeless Dye, no experience required.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
Ravenden Springs, Ark.
SOUTHERN HOTEL.

Is open for guests. 11O miles west of Memphis, Tenn. Ozark Mountains. On Frisco Ky. Rates $7.00 per week. Lithia Waters.
 R. D. WELCH,
 Owner and Proprietor.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Every man thinks he is reasonable.- Washington Ua.) Democrat.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

stops the Cough
 and works off the cold Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Silence is an excellent remedy for gossip. Chicago Daily News.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Lending a man dollar is deed of trust. Chicago Daily News.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Persecution blows out the candle of pre- tense.-Ram's Horn.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11

Opium and Liquor Habits Cured. Book free. B. M. Woolley, M. D., Atlanta, Ga.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-09-11
JACK HEBRON.

For granitoid and stone walks, curbing, all kinds of brick work, don't fail to get my fig ures before contracting.
 MY WORK TALKS FOR ITSELF. Parties wanting crushed limestone walks, apply to me.