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Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
A German Farmers Case.

Rich Fountain, Mo-, Aug l7th.-Rev, Jos. Pope, of this place, is widely and fayorably known as clergyman who has done and is doing much for his people. He is very much beloved by everyone for the faithfulness of his pastoral work.
 Rev. MT. Pope has given for publication a statement made to him by a German farmer, who is member of his congrega- tion. The mans name is George Hoel- lerer, and he has given Rev. Mir. Pope this letter:
 Last winter I suffered very much with Rheumatism. 1 could neither walk nor ride on horse back nor do any farm work.
 ''I took medicine from different doctors, but they did not do me any good. Then I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills procured for me by good friend. After had taken the first box 1 felt already a heap better; l was relieved of the pain and could walk and chop wood; and the contraction of my fingers began to resolve.
 "Now since 1 have taken six more boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills 1 feel well again and am able to do all the work on the tarm."
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
MAKE FIGURES LOOK SMALL
Mental Mathematician Get to Work and Simmer Them Down tG
 Nearly Nothing.

Whitelaw Reid, of New York, in the annual address before Phi Beta Kappa society, of Vassar college, discusseC di- vorce and it's attendant evils He aaid: 'Six hundred and ffty-four thousandtper- sons divorced in this country during the last 20 years"
 This statement, says the narrator eof the story, caused wrinkles and furrows to form on the forehead of one prim maiden A flash of the eye, and then whisper to an attentive classmate; That's equal to 32, 700 persons year"
 The classmates u ow now began to denote activity: "(r 2,725 persons a month"
 'Or 6S1 persons week." said the first mental arithmetician.
 "Ninety.seven persons each day sevec marital relations" was the next computa- ton.
 Why, that's only four persons an hour" came as cheerful rejoinder. Pooh, only one couple every half hour"
 'And they say there are 70,oo0,0oD peo- pie in this country
 What narrow view some men take of life" And the other nodded an agrea- ment.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
THE PARROT TRADE.
From Four to Five Thousand Birds Reach New York Annually
 The Best Takers

Most of the 4,000or 5000 parrots that are brought to this city every year. says the New York Commercial, are or the sorts known as the double yellow-head' and the "red-head." The former are the best takers and as young birds sell for $15 or S2O. while the red-heads fetch the same price as the Cuban parrots.
 The finest talkers-accordin to a dealer who talked to a Commercial reporter the other day-are the gray African parrots, but, although they are in good demand, 1t is said that only 100 are sold to-day for every 800 that were disposed of in this country years ago. The demand fell off at one time because people had become afraid to buy them, they were so likely to die on the purchasers hands. When the de- mand increased again the supply had become inadequate AS a matter of fact, it is said, the popular idea that these parrots are delicate is mistake, as they are even hardier than the Mex ican birds, but they are usually not well cared for by sailors on the voy- age from Africa, on which they are liable to contract blood poisoning from improper food Only about 1000 of them are imported here in a year, and the average price for a young bird is $15. In regard to their lin- guistic abilities the importer spoke of an African bird that is his own per- sonal pet, which, he said, talked flu ently English, French, high German and low German, besides little Rus sian. For fine talker prices run up as high as $1,000, price which is paid perhaps once year" The payment of $500 for highly-trained and ac- complished talker is said not to be uncommon
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
REASON FOR HIS ACTIONS.
Tried to Throw the Other Passen- gers or the Scent, But Had
 to Give It Up.

When the train pulled into the way station the young woman was standing on the station platform surrounded by several other young women, who were all talking at once. The young man stood short distance away, holding a big valise, writes Elliott Flower, in Brooklyn Eagle
 Hop on there, Maria he called out. Don't be all day about it."
 Every girl in the crowd, with the ex- ception of the one addressed exclaimed: "Oh!" and looked as though something dreadful had happened. She retorted:
 Hop on yourself if you want to. I'm coming"
 The other girls said; "Oh!" again, and the young man got on the train. Then he called out again:
 Cant you get move on you, Maria |? You'll talk an arm off some one"
 "l'll come when I get ready, Jacob!" she returned.
 Then she hastily kissed the girls good by and boarded the train, while they re- tired to corner of the station and held a whispered conference over something that seemed to trouble them
 Flop down there" he said as they came to double seat. "You don't mind riding backward and it bothers me"
 She sat down and he put the big valise on the seat beside her and then settled himself comfortably on the other seat, while the old lady two seats behind ex- claimed: Well, never!" and some one else muttered: "The brute!"
 For 15 minutes after the train started he pretended to be reading paper and she was looking out of the window But every minute or two he glanced at her over the top of his paper and her gaze frequently rested on his face.
 And she seemed to be proud of him.
 Suddenly she turned toward him with the exclamation:
 Jacob, do you need every paper in this car?"
 He threw her over one he had in his lap.
 T wonder you didn't think of 1t be- fore,'' she said
 You're able to speak out if you want anything" he retorted You've got a tongue"
 There were more comments from various portions of the car and every one seemed to be wondering what he would do next.
 Ten minutes later he looked stealthily around the car. Every eye was fixed on him or the young woman, who was look ing shyly over the top of the paper. He threw his down.
 Maria" he said. they've sized us up! We can't fool em and there's no use trying"
 A moment later the newly made wife's head was pillowed on her husbands shoulder, and as she looked up into his eyes she suggested:
 Perhaps we overdid it, Jacob"
 Perhaps we did" he said, ''but this is better, anyway"
 Then he kicked the papers into the aisle and they carried on a whispered conversation for 90 miles.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Sex i'm Induafrx.

The special report of the Massachu- setts bureau of statistics of labor on sex in industry" shows that women no longer need tC depend on men for living. According to the figures, woman's emancipation is about com plete More than 88 per cent. Of women workers of Massachusetts are unmarried. They prefer freedom. work and income of their own and care nothing for romance. Divorces. too, have increased. being about one to every 1S marriages.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
COMPELLED
 

Mrs. P. Conlin, s2 Green field Avenue, Carbondale,
 Pa., says: 1T suffered with
 backache, and, despite the use of medicines, I could not get rid of it. Iacds compelled to atse c crutch for eight months, and 8 part of the time was unable to walk at all. I fairly screamed if I attempted to lift my feet from the floor, and, finally, l lost control of my limbs through weakness, as I could neither bend nor straighten up to nay full height, and if ever a woman was in a serious condition, i was was. My hus- band went to Kelly's drug store and brought homo a box of Doan's Pills. l felt easier in 8 few days, and, continuing the treatment, I
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Possibly True.

A certain nouvcau riche woman. of Philadelphia, who bears the reputation of Mrs. Malaprop and misuses her English with a fine disregard of the proprieties, was staying with her daughter at an At, lantlc City hotel One evening, while seated on the hotel, porch, she overheard two young men, who were unaware of her presence discussing her daughter.
 That Miss Blank is a very charming glrl said one. Don't you think sop es, was the reply; 'but what pity
 This was too much for the mother who wi, Prided herself on hendaughter's good
 "Delicate" she broke in; "mv daucb. ter delicate! Why, she's one of the most indelicate girls I ever saw in my Ife!,~ Philadelphia Ledger.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Merit Makes It the worId,s Leader

Merit, greatest medicine ever put into convenient form for quick, easy, pleasant use-backed by the right kind of adver- Using, has given Cascarets the great est sale in the world among laxative med icines. Over ten million boxes a year are now being bought by the American people. Great success always brings out imitators, comes to buying medicine the best is none too good, and wherever a dealer offers to sell you something just as good put it down as a worthless fake, put your money in your pocket, and go to a store where you will be treated fairly, and where. when you ask for Cascarets, you will get what you ask for.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
M. Rostkovski,s Widow.

Constantinople, Aug. 1G The widow of M. Rastkoyski, informing IIilmi Pasha, the inspector general of Mace donia, that she would not accept the indemnity of SS0000 offered by the porte for the murder of her husband, said she did not want Turkish charity. She has returned the decoration of the order of the Nishani-Shopakat, be- slowed on her by the sultan, and also her husbands Turkish decorations.
 A steamer has left for the Darda- pelles to embark Ali R!>a Pasha, the dismissed vali of Monastir, who has been exiled to Tripoli
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Our Strenuous Life.

Foreigners seek in various ways to ex- press their sense of the strenuousness of American life. An educated young Ital- ian, who is a purist in his own language, tried to express the idea with precision the other day. He said slowly and with much care:
 Americans - do-everything-r ."- N Y Times
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
M ISS NELLIE CURTAIN, 646 Pearl lh street, St. Paul, Minn., head sales in a department store writes:

woman in department store writes:
 "Ihave charge of q deparfme nf In q dry goods store, and after standing the larger part of fhe day, would go home with dull ache, generally through my entire body. used Pe- rana and feel so much better fhaf ' walk 10 and from the store now. ' know Peruna 10 be fhe best medicine on the market for the diseases peculiar 10 women. "-Miss Nellie Curtain.
 Nothing is so weakening to the human system as the constant loss of mucus. Catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane produces an excessive forma- tion of mucus. Whether the mucous membrane be located in the head or
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the linn bs and dropsy signs vanish.
 They correct urine with brick dust sediment, h ig h colored, pain in passing, dribbling, frequency, bed wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills remove calculi and gravel Relieve heart paipitattiion, sleeplessness, h 6 ada c h @, nervousness, dizziness.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Too Suggestive of the Past

"No, the Duckleighs never have hay fever"
 But thought they had everything that was fashionable"
 "Yes, but they are little sensitive about hay fever. Their father used to run feed store, you know "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

A Lack of Coincidence. ce.-Downer- am glad 1t is good form not to wear a watch with a dress suit" Uppcr-'Why?" ?" Downer-"B Because l never have my watch and my dress suit at the same time. .'- Pick -Me-Up,
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
Died From Hemorrhnre.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 16.-State En- gineer Fred Bond is dead from hemorr- haze. For several weeks he had been ill with typhoid fever, and the end had been expected for several days. MT. Bond was an expert on irrigation.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

was soon able to walk. At the end of two weeks the pains in my Joins left. When I had completed the treat ment, I had not an ache nor a pain, and I have been in that condition ever since.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

Nothing in the world is more naughty than man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.-W essenburg.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

You cannot live by another's experi- ence.-Ram's Horn
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

Old Sofas, Backs of Chairs, etc, can be dyed n Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

Too many words be worse than not enough, for they'll often leave mans meaning foggy.-Eden Philpotts.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

It is the grain of truth that gives force to the lie-Rams Horn.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28

pelvic organs, the discharge of mucus is sure to occur
 This discharge of mucus constitutes q weakening drain; the system canp0t long withstand the loss of mucu hence it is that women afflicted wi catarrhal affections of the pelvic gans feel tired and languid, with we back and throbbing brain. A course Peruna is sure to restore health cutting off the weakening drain of daily loss of mucus.
 An Admirable ic.
 Congressman Mark Dunnell, tional Hotel, ,Washings D. G., writ
 "Your Peruna being lsed by mys and many of my friends and acqua ances not only as q cure for catal but also as an admirable tonicfor pl ical recuperation, I gladly recomm it to all persons requiring such re dies. ."-Marl II. Dunnell.
 If you do not derive prompt and s factory results from the use of Peis write at once to Dr. Hartman, giviI full statement of your case and he be pleased to give you his valuabls TIT vice gratis. S
 Address Dr. Hartman, Presided pS The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0
Newport weekly independent., 1903-08-28
To Cure q Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
HOPES TO AVERT CONSUMPTION
Prof. Won BehrinR Thinks He Can
Make the Human Body Immune
-fEom-pRead- Disease,

Prof. Won Behring. Of Berlin, the
famous inventor Of the diphtheria
serum, believes he has discovered a
means Of making human lives i'm.
mune from consumption by innocu.
lating them with harmless tubercu.
'osis serum which can be obtained
from cattle.
The professor refers to this matter
It present with the greatest caution
IS he does not wish to excite over
anguine hopes, and refuses to an
wer any inquiries before his investi
cations have been completed
Prof Won Behring has been in.
festigating consumption in its various
'orms. He contends that tuberculosis
Infection is in no wise identical with
tuberculosis consumption.
He is credited with having found
incubation successful in preventine
tuberculosis in cattle and bases or
these experiments the hope of beine
similarly successful in protecting hu
nan life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
CLAIRVOYANTS IN TRUST.
Seers of New York Combine To In N.
ence Sales of Certain Sc
curities and stocks.

The clairvoyants of New York have
just formed trust, or what serves the
purposes of such an organization, even
if 1t does not deserve to be called by
that name. Unlike the Chinese laundry
trust, its object is not to fix prices. The
trust of the seers has another purpose.
All Of the members are notified by the
head officer that certain stocks are to
be recommended to clients seeking en-
lightenment as to the best means OF in
vesting their money. Sometimes sew
eral companies are on the list.
Daily reports are made by the presi-
dent to the members as to what the ma
ture Of their advice should be. OF
course, this combination does not work
only for the benefit Of the companies
The clairvoyants get their rake-off. But
naturally. they do not profit so much as
the companies, one Of which made $780,.
900 last year through this branch of its
business.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
PRACTICE FUNERAL REFORMS.
Called Lavish Burials Barbarous
Is Given Simple Interment.

Encased In plain. implanted pine box
that did not cost more than $3.50, Prof
Max Wright, recently instructor in mod
ern languages in Leland Stanford. Jr.,
university and son of wealthy parents,
was buried at Grand Rapids. Mich, the
other day. The simple burial was the re-
suit of the unusual philosophy of life
cherished by Prof. Wright.
He believed the present custom Of Law
ish funerals barbarous and wrong and
directed before death that 5000 of his
money, that would be spent ordinarily
for a funeral. be used for public foun-
tain as monument to his memory.
There was no minister and no religious
service. The father performed the duties
Of the undertaken and hauled the body to
the grave In a plain wagon. There was
no expensive clothing on the corpse, ant
the mourpers rode IN open carriages. Al
the grave Dr. P. B. Wright, father Of the
deceased, addressed the relatives and
friends. explaining the reasons for the
simple funeral.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
TERM HAD A QUEER ORIGIN.
known as "TwO Bits
The "Thrip."

did you ever hear the expression two
bits used as an equivalent for quar-
Ter of a dollar?" asked New Yorker Of
reporter for the New York Mail and
Express. THE term is commonly used
in the south and west. Not one person in
900 even of those who habitually use
the term knows Its origin.
Even as late as the close Of the
eighteenth century the silver coinage of
the United States had not superseded
the Spanish 'milled' dollar in the west
and south. Fractional currency was
particularly scarce and to obtain this
the Spanish 'milled' dollar was cut up to
make change. Halves and quarters, OF
course, suggested their own names, but
when the quarters were cut in two the
word eighth was discarded for Bit a
small slug having the value Of 1914
cents. Many curio collectors have these
slugs In their possession, although, Of
course, they have long since gone out Of
use as currency.
$50 with 'thrip,' used in New Orleans
and the vicinity as an equivalent for the
nickel or five-cent piece. "Trip |.
merely an abreviation of 'threepence,
the coin of that value once In genera
use, representing about the same
amount of money as a fve-cent piece"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
IMPORTS OF FRUITS.
Vast Quantities of Lemons, .Orangel
and bananas Reach New
York Each Year.

Mr.. Frank w. Hawthorne, In an arti-
Gle on Feeding a Great City," in Pear
sons, gives some surprising statistics.
He says that for the first six months In
1908 New York's lemon imports were
70. 1856 $40 pounds, valued at 1885,, 074-
all from Italy. From all sources New
York received In the year from July l,
1902, to July /, 1908, l.S75,00O boxes OF
lemons.
Imports Of oranges at New York
during 1902 reached 24,412, 424 pounds,
valued at s411,SO7, More than halt
Of them came from ports in the
British West fudtes, the-baiifk- ei
the remainder from Italy; but In
scattering lots Cuba, Mexico and
Costa Rica figure, as well as Great
Britain, Spain, the Netherlands and
Germany, and Hong Hong sent us 3,41s
pounds. For the first six months of 1909
New York's imports of oranges aggre-
gated 7,32S,O74 pounds, valued at $685.
264-nearly all from Italy.
New York imported in 1892 a total OF
1,329,711 punches of bananas valued al
81 .6S6,214 The British West Indies sent
2,SG2, 1928 punches, Costa Rica 1852 100
punches, Colombia s77 ,249. San Domingo
50, 455, and Cuba 355,179. For the first
tx months of 1903 the receipts at this
port were 2,537,551 punches, valued al
| sS76,779.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
1ILHR NINA IS HAPPY.
Subjects Of the eueen Of Holland De-
clare That Her Husband IL
Good 20 Her.

Visitors to Holland have one thing
impressed upon them while they are
in that tight little country. and that
is that the queen and her German
husband live happily together. Al
though the Hollanders are not partic-
ularly fond of the prince eonsort.
nevertheless they do him the justice
70 say that he is good to his Wife.
and that all the stories about his bru.
tally to her are absolutely untrue.
AT the palace at The Hague the at.
tendants assure visitors of this very
earnestly. THE queen is a happy wo-
man." they say; "she has no domes-
tic troubles" and then they exhibit
the private dining room. in which the
chairs Of Wilhelmina and her hus.
band are placed side by side at the
table. because the queen is taller than
her husband. and this places them on
a level.
This palace at The Hague is full OF
the magnificent wedding presents
which we're sent to Wilhelmina upon
her marriage to the German prince
by the various crowned heads Of Eu.
rope.
They are also shown many beautiful
paintings by the best Dutch artists
and in little morning room there IL
stained glass window and a por,
trait Of the queens mother and the
music box which was one of little WI
helmina's playthings before her as
cension TO the throne.
They have quaint customs In Hol
land. One Of these is In placing the
laundry at the top OF the house. The
clothes are sent away to be washed
and bleached. and when they are re
turned they are drawn up to the laun
dry by means Of a pulley. and dan
gle for a time right in the drawing
room windows. to the infinite delec.
tation Of the guests, But. as an OF
set to this popularity. the bathroom
when there is bathroom, which Il
not often, Is placed In the cellar. II
is a dry cellar. where potatoes and
such things are stored, and the tub IL
an immense iron thing with a cover
that is divided into halves.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-12-03
BOTH WRONG.
Missing Time Between Greenwich
and Paris Found ut Last After
Painstaking Investigations.

The investigations concerning the
longitude differences between Greenwich
and Paris have now been completed
The work has been of q particularly ar
duous and protracted nature, necessitat-
ing enormous calculations, says the Sci
entific American.
Altogether. the English and French
observers have carried out 230 observa.
lions, equivalent to 80 nights work each
Two English and two French observers
have been engaged upon the task. The
observations we're made at Greenwich
and Paris simultaneously. and, in order
to obtain similar results, the instru
ments were frequently interchanged.
The results of these observations have
proved both the Greenwich and Parii
existent meridians to be erroneous, the
calculations finally worked out just be
tween the two.
The discrepancy. however. Is very mi
mute, being only small fraction Of q sec
ond.