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Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
A FORTUNE IN A POTATO.
Huber Raised by Scotchman and Sold at High Price-Well- Named
 the "Eldorado.o

No potato ever gained so much notoriety as Eldorado, raised by the famous Scottish raiser Mr. A. Findlay, of Markinch. The very name of the variety, says the Gar dener's Magazine, was stroke of genius, for it is hardly possible that the raiser, or those who had the good fortune to secure some of the first tubers distributed could have imagined that in so short a time it would change hands at such enormously high prices.
 MT. George Massey, of Spalding, was one of the very first to obtain the stock, and from him Mir. Zach ariah Gray, well-known grower at Everton, Sandy, purchased a stone weight for f20. This set the ball rolling, and as Mr. Findlay resolved not to further distribute Eldorad0 until the autumn of 1904, the demand for the small stock available was doubled and trebled, and so the prices rose. Messrs. Dennis, the Covent Gar den salesmen, and Messrs. I. Poad X Sons, of York, possessed sup plies, and the latter firm found a purchaser of four pounds at f150 per pound. This determined them to obtain further stock, and so at the Smithfeld club show mem Der of his firm found that Mir. Mas sey had limited stock for dispos al and made him an offer of fl, ,OO0 for a stone. Mr. Massey refused as he wanted f1,500, but eventn. ally the bargain was struck at f1.400, to the satisfaction of both parties. Subsequently Mir. Mas sey sold a relatively small quan. tity for f2,000, so that his original transaction brought him a very handsome return.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
OF ADMINISTRA-
 TORS SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to an order of the Probate Court of Jackson County, Arkansas, made on the second day of August, lqo4, the undersigned, as administrator of the estate of August Jesse. deceased. will, on
 the 24TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1904. at the front door of the court house in Jackson County, Arkansas, between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and three o'clock in the afternoon of said day offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash at public auction, the following lands lying in Jackson County, Arkansas to-wit: The north half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter; the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of Section three tS), in township fourteen tl4 north, range one CD west Said sale to be for the purpose of paying the debts.
 WILLIAM RUTHLAND, Adm'r.
 of the Estate of August Jesse. Deceased. 1R.uQt
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
INTERESTING CHILDREN.
Youngsters of Oriental Ministers at Washington Never Heard of Christ
 mas Before Coming Here.

There are in the foreign colony in Washington quite number of children who never heard of Christmas until they came to the land of the free, says the Wash ington Times. Among them are the two sons and the daughter of the Chinese minister, the young sters of the Korean legation, and Osman Sureya and Ali Haidas, the black-eyed little sons of Chekib Bey, the Turkish minister. When Wu Ting Fang was Chinese minis. ter he adopted the American Christmas to the extent that his young son was allowed to go to the white house each Christmas morning with a bouquet almost as large as himself designed as d token for the first lady of the land. In the Chinese colony are several children who have been enjoying an American Christmas for some years past. These for tunate youngsters are the chil. dren of Yung Kwai, the secretary interpreter, whose wife is New England woman.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
Nervousness AN AMERICAN DISEASE

Dr. S. Weir Mitchell is authority for the state. ment that nervousness is the characteristic malady Of the American nation, and statistics show that nerve deaths number one fourth of all deathl recorded, the mortality being mainly among young people.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
GROWTH OF INSANITY.
Tn the Large Cities It Is Increasing and Experts Demand
 ChRnRe.

What change can be made in city life to stop its enormous production of in- sanity, yearly increasing?
 Here Is question which is yet to be solved, says the New York World. The medical fraternity is at loss for gen. eral remedy; puzzled to find means of overcoming the baneful effects of a city's activity on the general medical condition.
 London produces TO lunatics a week and New York is almost as bad, and It's increase is greater approximately. Ex- perts say that if it were not for the fact that nature steps in and generally re- fuses to grant children after the fourth or fifth generation conditions would be far worse than they are.
 "The outlook for the future is net bright according to medical opinion, un- less the minds of the city people are bet ter able within the next few generations to adjust themselves to their progressive complicated environment, unless bal ancing interests and mental habits ara developed to overcome the unnatural nervous tension of city life.
 So complicated is the environment of those who live in great towns, so many and so varied are the calls upon the self-control and upon their effort-mak- ing powers, that their mental machin- cry is apt to become more complex, it's parts require more construction and ad- justment, and the whole machine is more apt to get out of gear and to suffer Arrangement than in the more primi- tive aud less emotional life of even half a century ago. It is not overwork that is the determining cause of the disturb ance or mental equilibrium, but carking care, worry and anxiety.
 To the rich insanity is brought by in- dulgence. in sensuous luxuries. To the poor, who are at the mercy of every economic crisis, whose financial circum. stances spell indifferent nutrition, oveI- crowding and immoral surroundings the condition of modern life bring de- pression and despair The natural re- suit Is that they attempt to drown their sorrows in the flowing bowl. Alcohol is the cause of one-fifth of the insanity in males and of more than half of that in the weaker sex.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
REMARKABLE WEAPON.
olowpipe Used by the Indian sharp shooters of Guiana Nicely
 Constructed.

There are two kinds of blowpipes in ase among the Indians of Guiana The irst, called the poocoona, is made of the oorah reed. This remarkable reed is found in the Orinoco river only. and then only at certain spots. The oorah grows to a height of at least 30 feet, and the basal joint, of which the blowpipe is made, is IA or 15 feet long, straight as an arrow and without 2 knot, says LOngman's Magazine.
 The inside of the reed is as smooth as glass. hence the facility with which the dart traverses It. Very little of the reed is cut away. so that the pipe is about 12 feet long, and is so strong that when held horizontally there is not the least bend in 1t.
 The reed, having been carefully se- lected, cut and prepared, Is inclosed in small, thin palm trunk, which is split open for the purpose, scraped thin as a wafer, and then rejoined with the reed in the center. This palm, for length, straightness and lightness, is as remarkable as the reed. The whole pipe, when finished, never weighs more than l1s or 1A pounds. Both the mouth, or muzzle, and the breech are bell mouthed the bell pieces being fixed on.
 There are front and back sights. the latter formed of the curved teeth of the dasyprocta acouchi, species of rodent somewhat larger in size than a wild rabbit Two of the insicors of this animal are fixed on the breech of the pipe by means of wax The teeth being placed parallel to each other and very close together, the sight is taken between them. Sometimes the fore sight is made in the same way, but it more often consists of the single sharp tooth of fish. It is placed about a foot back from the muzzle, the back sight being affixed four feet along the tube, so that it is considerable dis tance from the eye when aiming.
 The missile used with this tube Is misnamed an arrow. It is really a dart, scarcely larger than a large darning needle, and with point quite as fine. The dart is made of the rib VI ShS SOoSOoiOCtC palm lcdl, duQ IS so heavy that it will sink in water It Is about seven inches in length, not thicker than large needle, and the usual number that an Indian carries with him when shooting is from $50 to 800, ready poisoned, but not pre- pared with the necessary cotton plugs.
 These darts are strung together something like the reeds on which soft cheeses are placed, and then rolled on stick and carried in quiver, points upmost, it being requisite to protect them from every chance of being broken or dulled. To protect the hand when handling them the top of the stick is furnished with a small, wheel-like shield.
 The fine points are given to the darts by means of the teeth of the devilfish (serrasalmus pivaya), and the cotton with which they are plugged before use is found growing wild. It is bound to the base of 4 dart with thread made of silk grass; this thread. with wax obtained from several trees. being largs y used also in making the blowpipe
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
MATURE NEVER GIVES UP"
A Phrase That Is Full of Meaning for the Sick in Either Body
 or Mind,

Aphrase from a recent magazine article is so suggestive and so full of encouragement that it seems worth while to make it the text for one of our small sermons, says Woman's Home Companion. The phrase is: "Nature never gives up." You may with profit say this over carefully and thoughtfully and let it's full meaning come to you: Mature never gives up." Nature is on the side of health, and sanity, and consequent happi, ness. Hard as your case may be, the great Mother is lighting the battle with you. Has disease got into you" bones? Nature has mar shaled her forces to combat it, and with marvellous strategy has set engines to work which are en. deavoring to circumvent the en. emy. Nature is working in con junction with the physician and yourself. That is a thought which ought to cheer you. You have been imprudent, possibly have done and left undone. You have taken such ill-care of your God-given body that your friends have set you down as hopeless or worse. You have told yourself that there is no hope for you. Ma ture has not given you up. She wants you to live and work and be healthy and happy and in the event of your neglect of yourself. she is still fighting for you. She has no moral idea in doing this. She just does it. Perhaps you de serve to be given up. Many of us do, it sometimes seems. But Ma ture is blind to that. Of course, she is not all-powerful. She can be overcome. She fails often. But you will do we'll to remember that in every case while there is a spark of life left, she is trying. Let that thought brace you. Buck up, and give Nature some help.
 I should like to think that we could carry the analogy into the moral world as we'll. Do you not believe that there are forces as yet unvalued which are fighting the fight for good in the souls of men? Bad a man or woman may be-there is exterior pressure to make him or her better. There is law; there is education; there are all the societies and institutions whose object is to help the down fallen and the unfortunate. But are there not other forces, too? Does not the great Mother of Souls fight continually for the spiritual health and sanity of all people? The thought is comfort ing, stimulating, encouraging. It is the business of every individual to add all his personal strength to all encounters with evil, physic- al or spiritual. He can do so more heartily and with better faith for success if he remembers that "na. ture never gives up."
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
Magnificent Distances.

The diocese of Kiawatin, in Ru pert's Land, is one of magnificent distances. Bishop Lofthouse once walked 200 miles to fetch a doctor for his wife. Many of the Indians walk 25 miles to church, and the bishop has baptized scores of ba- bies which had been carried 150 miles on their mothers backs over hard-frozen snow. At night the family sleep, wrapped in the deer skins, on branches laid upon the snow.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
GREAT INVENTOR AT HOME.
A Visit to Thomas A. Edison--House and Surroundings Not Bit
 Like the Man.

To one who knows anything at all of Edison, the first glimpse of his house and it's surroundings comes with a shock of surprise, says Woman's Home Companion. Who would have suspected that this most democratic of men would have chosen for himself en- yironments so essentially aristo- cratic? He lives in the heart of a splendid park, patterned after the ,, English idea of vigorous ex- clusiyeness, it's gates jealously guarded by a lodgekeeper.
 The interior of the house is in keeping with the atmosphere of the park without, quite unlike Edison. The reception-room was utterly different from what I ex- pected. The admirably draped curtains, the tables and chairs ar ranged win an eye to artistic ef- feet, were not of Edison's choos- ing. He cares too little for the luxuries of life. This was his wife's work; it was all so wom- anly.
 I heard quick footsteps behind me, and Edison appeared, greet ing me cordially and unaffectedIy. He was dressed in the queerest of costumes-a long blouse that reached to his heels, evidently of his own pattern, serviceable and workworn.
 "Come along into the labora. tory" he said.
 So I followed him through the dining-room and the "den" into the laboratory that he has fitted up for himself in his home. There I found his little boy, his shirt-sleeves rolled up, his face and hands smeared like his fathers. They had been making various compounds of which lamp black was the chief constituent.
 "So you work on Sunday, too ?'
 Edison winked confidentially. "You see, Mrs. Edison is away. can do as I like"
 That brought back to me story that had once heard from friend of his-a story of how he works night after night in his labora- tory, utterly absorbed in his ex- periments. Midnight comes and goes, the gray dawn creeps in, and still finds him bending over his test-tubes and retorts, until at last Mrs. Edison appears and fondly leads him away to sleep.
 looked around the laboratory. This at least was his room. There were Bunsen burners, mortars and pestles, glass rods, watch crystals, bottles of chemicals scattered about in bewildering profusion. I watched him and his boy while they worked, the boy listening with rapt attention to the teachings of his father.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
NOTICE.

Francis Shaw, the mechanical engineer of the water company, is hereby ordered that whenever and wherever he finds a hydrant open or left running Continuously, to shut off the whole supply , without notice.
 s96d24t NEWPORT WATER Co.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
Cause for Alarm.

Anxious Mother-Do am uneasy about my boy.
 Doctor-What seems to be the trou- ble, madam?
 T don't know. It's his symptoms that scare me. He has lost his appetite. He only wants three meals 8 day noui"-- Chicago Tribune.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
JOhnStOn'S
 TONIC Capsules $

is the grand specific for this great American dis. ease because it goes straight to the source of tho weakness, building up health and strength by supplying rich, abundant food and pure blood to the wornout tissues, rousing the liver to activity and regulating all the organs of the body. "rhs Michigan Drug Co.,, v Detroit. Mich.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
TO THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $o.55 for the round trip; return ' r:t fifteen days from date of
 T. H. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-09-02
WORLDS FAIR VISITORS.

Rooms may be secured with Mrs. R. P. Hitchcock, SIP Wal ton avenue, St. Louis. One half block to restaurant on Delmar boulevard. Ten minutes ride to fair. b7t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
Jamie'S Bath.

1t was Jamie's bath night. He
had several each week, and he hated
them all. On this particular night
once started he soaked and splashed
in the tub for full half hour. Then
his mother hailed him forth. He
came out of the room in his paja-
mas, with his face all streaked and
dirty as it was when he went in.
"Mercy" cried his mother. 81
thought you took bath ?"
$50 | did," answered Jamie scorn-
fully, "a bully one"
"But your face is black" said his
mother.
"Oh," Jamie smiled understand
mgly, my face is all right. | have
to wash that III the morning, bath
or no bath. You don't s'posc I'm
going to waste time bathing my
face. l always begin just below my
ears and work down on my arms
and legs. But | always leave my
face and hands. Those ends | tend
10 in The morningr"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
Brajn-Food Nonsense.

Another rediculus food fad has
been branded by the most compe.
tent authorities. They have dis
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscle, and still an
other for bones. A correct diet
will not only nourish a particular
part of the body, bat will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, Its nutri-
ment is destroyed by indigestion or
dyspepsia. You must prepare for
their appearance or prevent their
comming by taking regular doses Of
Green's August Flower, the favor
lite medicine of the healthy millions.
A few doses aids digestion, stimu.
lates the liver to healthy action,
purifies the blood and makes you
feel buoyant and vigorous. You
can get DR.. Green's reliable RENE
dies at D. A. Memberships.
Get Green's Special Almanac.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
Farming In the South.

The Passenger Department OF
the Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany Is Issuing monthly circulars
concerning fruit growing, vegetable
gardening, Stock raising, dairying
etc, In the States of Kentucky,
West Tennessee, Mississippi, and
Louisiana. Every Farmer, or
Homeseeker, who will forward his
name address, to the undersigned,
will be mailed free Circulars Nos.
I, 2, 3, q. and S, and others as they
are published from month to month.
E. A. RICHTER,
Travelling Passenger Agent. Park
building, Pittsburg. Pa.-1I2
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
The Men and Women Who Carry
Chips ON Their Shoulders.

The really unhappy man whose IN
happiness is his own fault is the one
who is forever carrying "a chip upon
his shoulder" Perhaps his happiness
Is his unhappiness, for when he is not
engaged in personal alteration he is
breeding over some fancied slight and
awaiting a favorable opportunity to
give vent to his wrath.
The man with the chip on his Shout
der is easily recognized, and his society
by wise people is carefully avoided. He
can 60 nowhere without trouble follow
ing in his wake. If he attends the
alter he is either annoyed by the usher
or some one in the audience or at the
man in the box Office for not having
sold him a seat bought long before he
appeared at the window. He is the
bane of the car conductor, aud on the
railroad train he succeeds in embroiling
himself in a row with the brakeman,
conductor, Pullman car porter and the
passengers. Each flying cinder from
the locomotive is aimed especially at
MS eyes, anu ue SuCceeuS III StAlh4hS Wy
the spirit of mutiny in the hearts OF
the travellers.
There are some women similarly con.
stituted, who manage to be in trouble
from the moment their eyes open in
the morning till they close them in
sleep. These people are indeed to be
pitied, If indeed they are not cordially
hated. This Quarrelsome habit Of mind
can be so fostered that the petulancy
grows to be a malignant disease and
leads sometimes to the insane asylum.
Parents who notice in their children
this fretful, quarreling disposition can
easily find a remedy. They may not
agree to the measure-simply a good.
sound thrashing. Every one has heard
Of the story of the child who was con-
tinually whimpering and quarreling
In despair the mother cried: care you
sick? What do you want" Gravely
the child answered, 81 think. mamma.
want a whipping" She received the
whipping, and there was marked i'm
provement in her temper.-San Fran
cisco Post.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
A Promising Oil Country.

The Creek, Usage and Cherokee
Nations In Indian Territory are re.
ceiving wide recognition as a pro-
missing oil country, and capital and
development have so far brought
handsome results. The oil Is OF
superior quality; the territory Is
reached directly by the Frisco Sys-
tenn, who Issues free Of charge. a
booklet, giving full data concerning
the country and Its possibilities
Mailed to any address upon request
to Sidney VanDuseu, 700, Park
Bldg, Bittsburg, Pa. 1tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22

The first action when you have
a cold should be to relieve the
lungs. This Is best accomplished
by the free use of Chsnberlain's
Cough Remedy. This remedy
liquifies the tough mucus and
causes Its expulsion from the air
cells of the lungs. produces a free
expectoration, and opens the secre-
lions. A complete cure soon fol.
lows. This remedy will cure a
severe cold In less time than any
other treatm ent and 1t leaves the
system In a natural and healthy
condition. 1t counteracts any ten
dency toward pneumonia. For
Sale by c. w. Grier. 90,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
Oklahoma Lands.

The Frisco System by establish
ing the Frisco Colonization Bureau
at Plttsburg, Pa, has taken steps
to enable eastern people to obtain
reliable information concerning the
very rich lands In Oklahoma and
Indian Territory, and to also OBJ
tain the lowest railrord fares to that
locality. Along the Frisco System
are the finest agricultural lands In
the southwest, at prices within the
reach of everybody. If you are
interested In that section and want
the finest farms and the lowest
railroad fares, write your wants to
Sydney Van Dusen, Travelling
Agent, 31S Lewis Block Pittsburg,
Pa. I7tf
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
scaId Head and Salt Rheum

Boro Carbol Salve will cure scald
head and salt rheum when all other
ointments have failed. 1t allays the
itching at once, acts like poultice
and gives instant relief. This Is a
new discovery and Is the only rem
edy sold on a positive guarantee
No cure, No pay. Price rs cents
per box.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
The Wren's Nest.
/ took the wren'S nest.

! took the wrens nest
Heaven forgive me,
It's merry architects so small
Had scarcely finished their wee hall
That, empty still and neat and fair,
Hung idly in the summer air.
The messy walls, the dainty door,
Where Love should enter and explore
And Love sit caroling outside
And Love within chirp multiplied.
| took the wrcn's nest.
Heaven forgive me.
How many hours Of happy pains
Through early frosts and April rains;
How many songs at eve and morn
Ger springing grass and greening corn;
What labors hard through sun and
shade
Before the pretty house was made!
One little minute-only one
And she'll fly back and find it-gone!
took the wren's nest.
Bird, forgive me!
-Dinah Maria Craik,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-22
Have You Indigestion

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people every day-every hour.
You owe 1t to yourself to give tia
trial. You will continue to suffer
until you do try 1t. There Is no
other combination of digestants
that digest and rebuild at the same
time. Kodol does both. Kodol
cures, strengthens and rebuilds.
Sold by
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