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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03
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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03

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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03

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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03

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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03
Barren Fork Training School.

The fifteenth year of the above school opened on November 16 1903, with good attendance in all departments. As the title indicates, this school offers very thorough drill in all subjects for six year state and all grades of the county certf cates The principal holds life state certificate and many first grade county license, has had much experience in this line and fully understands the needs of the country teachers The location can not be excelled for health, good morals and an obliging people an ideal place in every way, for young people to attend school. Board from $500 to S8 % and tuition from $1 % to $3 % per month Classes in all subjects noted Those with true educational motive are solicited, but no others New students are entering every week Learn 1t Right. Address,
Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03
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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03
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Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03

EM Rent One nicely furnish e1room. Good board. 222 Lau- ,lfsl street. Mrs. Lee. 12d4w
 Rufus Jones, the poular Swif- ton merchant was down Thurs day, returning home on No. 8.
 Prairie, timothy and alfalfa hay, corn, oats, c. and 0. chops, bran and corn chops at Bowen's Cash Store. 35btf
 Tri' .sh, Burbank, Peerless an' 4aarly Rose seed potatoes. so onion sets at Bowen's Cash store. 257btf
 Senator David L. King of Hardy was here Wednesday on his return home from Little Rock.
 Lost Fleur de lis pin, valua- ble only by reason of it's associa- tions. Finder please return to this office. d3t
 Henry and Miss Neal Mayhan returned to Little Rock Wednes- day night, after visit to their home at Newark.
 Mrs. T. D. Chunn of Holly Grove was better Wednesday, according to advices received by relatives in this city.
 Among those registered at the Hazel Wednesday night were J. Fortner and wife and R. M. and L. E. Carter of Batesville.
 Miss Katie Moss and Mrs. Geo. Hayes of Little Rock returned Thursday morning from a short visit with Tuckerman friends.
 Vim. Knoles went to Hoxie Thursday morning, where he IS doing the plumbing for the newly completed Y. M. c. A. building.
 Elzie Lippman was here Thurs day on business, returning to Swifton on No. s. He has closed his mill down until dry weather sets in.
 Miss Daisy Wells of St. Louis arrived Wednesday afternoon and will trim this season for Mrs. Etta Merrill. She comes very highly recommended.
 George A. Hillhouse returned Thursday morning from Swif- ton. He has many influential friends over the county who are urging him to make the race for representative.
 MT. and Mrs. J. M. Gibson came down Thursday from Jack sonport with their daughter, Mrs. w. E. Hulse and baby, who left Thursday morning for St. Louis, after a visit here.
 The Woods-Briggs company, after a weeks engagement in Ratesville, where they must have made quite a hit, came down on the local Thursday on their way to Little Rock.
 w. A. Oldfield was here We'd nesday night on his return home. He will return Friday to make an investigation into the cases of Bush Duggitt and Bud Tyler, the negroes now in jail.
 E. Less, one of Jonesboro's leading business men and a very genial gentleman when one knows how to receive his out spoken ways, came over Wednes- day on visit to his kinsman, Jos. M. Berger, Jr.
 Thornberry Gray, candidate for prosecuting attorney against w. A. Oldield, was here Wednesday night. The sudden drop in the temperature made his ride home across the country for forty miles, rather breezy trip. Gray has mule upon which he is
Newport daily independent., 1904-03-03

For toilet articles, ,Efancy goods, combs, brushes and mirrors go to w. E. Bevens, successor to J. l.. Sells. 0Odtf
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If you want to look neat, have your suit cleaned and pressed by A. Mortensen. In new quarters opposite city iail. 86dtf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Hamilton ON his European travela The future
general went with the party, and for four years
pursued his education in France. Switzerland,
Germany and Italy. Moore was clever lad
learning languages rapidly and acquiring other
accomplishments, but showing. above all, at this
formative period. taste for the life of a soldier
His father encouraged him in this taste. "At
Brunswick" writes John to his brother, "the
duke got sergeant who came every day and
taught US the Prussian exercise We are both
pretty alert, and could fire and charge five
times in a minute" In 1775. when they visited
Berlin Frederick received them with gracious
ness and they saw him directing nearly forty
thousand troops in field maneuvres. General
Maurice has these lines on the further incidents
that contributed to the development Of the boys
enthusiasm:
The old Earl Marischal" OF Scotland, who, after
the final failure Of the Stewards, had taken ser
vice with Frederick, had become one OF that great
soldiers favorite generals. Having been at hrst
attracted to the MoOreS party by the presence OF
the premier duke Of Scotland, he soon took a
great fancy to the keen boy, who was studying
with such zeal I have recorded, in order TO
prepare himself for the career on which he had
set his heart. The old soldier presented John with
a pair Of Prussian pistols and a small pocket
Horace which became his companions throughout
Life, and are stin preserved In the family
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

P Rn ,5 o panty T9or to ra RsnP %
~ B t UIe1ea IS b ySo1ld arcabt COM
mission from him Moore, as he told his brother
ready in his minds eye a very different prospect
closely foreshadowtng what was before him 7
years after this you and I win thrash tho mon
sieuEA both by sea and by land; but I hope we
Ambassador Is the best and the kindest man I
ever saw
At fifteen he was an ensign in the 51st Regi-
ment and, though because OF his youth he was
allowed to delay in joining the colors. he entered
upon his duties at Minorca year later. and by
the summer OF 1779 was under fire on this side
Of the Atlantic He showed gallantry early In
his military career, but what was even more
striking. he showed a capacity for command and
sense Of discipline which in those days was
sorely needed It Is interesting to find him con-
cerned at the outset for the suppression OF
drunkenness and gambling among both officers
and men. 81 have got the machine into as good
order as can" he writes Of the regiment on one
occasion, and the remark is characteristic. He
was one Of the officers OF his day who realized
that an army needs first and last to be kept in
order and to be handled like wen oiled ma
chine. He had brains behind his gallantry. It
was this, perhaps which led to regrettable
episode In his career. Treating OF Moore's par
ticipation in the Corsican campaign. General
Maurice IS obviously sympathetic toward his
attitude IN the strained situation which ulti-
mately led to his recall Sir Gilbert Elliot was
doubtless not easy to get on with, and Moore's
dislike Of his policy can be readily understood.
But the disinterested reader can understand
what is evidently not very clear to General
Maurice-that Moore. without meaning to make
trouble, and, in fact, quite unconsciously, could
easily have shown his distaste for the Viceroys
course in ways to irritate that parsonage and
make his expulsion from the island seem the best
way out OF an intolerable state OF affairs. The
Diary at this point is not so useful document
as General Maurice apparently finds it Whether
Elliot or Moore was right in the controversy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

1SO8 intrusted the command OF her armies IN
Portugal for action in Spain" To quote this
passage Is to show the Importance OF reading
Moore's diary. as General Maurice has pre-
scented II with great caution II one yields to
the spell OF the editors enthusiasm one Is likely
to acquire wrong idea OF MoOre's Significance
to exaggerate his merits and achievements, and
thus to do violence to his fame; for to put man
on higher pedestal than he deserves IS to insure
for him, with absolute certainty. a fall tn the
future more humiliatlng than any which his
worst enemy could devise.
The situation in the present instance Is the
more delicate because the Diary is Of those
documents which do not in themselves fully Il
illuminate and coordinate the elements in a diff
fcult subject. Written from day to day as a rec
ord OF facts, intended for the diarist's own eye
alone: enriched to certain extent by reflections
on men and events. but never given the char
acter OF a really full and well balanced nara
tive 1t contains details Of interest to the military
historian. and yet remains too professional, too
limited In scope to be accepted as forming any
thing save part Of the raw material for a biog
raphy. In the proper hands it might have been
put to admirable purpose, helping a writer to
tell the story Of MoOre's life General Maurice
does at once too little and too much as an ed
flor. He has not sufficiently organized the pages
Of the DIARY" giving his volumes literary form,
making a clear consecutive narrative out of
his material; and he has permitted himself too
strenuous an argument in favor Of Moore. ap-
peallng to the Diary to prove a splendor in
the achievements OF that officer which somehow,
when all Is said and done, the Diary fails to
make feel We plough through the often dull
pages. longing for some brilliant editor to pull
them together, and wondering why they do not
yield some explanation Of General Maurices ex-
element.
The DIARY is introduced with a few inter
esting pages on Moore's boyhood and youth He
was the son of a physician and writer who in
1772. undertook to look after the young Duke of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Mr.. G. K. Shorter, the literary paragrapher
Of 'HThe London Sphere" is in a predicament
which strikes us as amusing. 1t seems to him
that Mr.. G. K Chesterton has hypnodzed not
only the public but the critics, and for the life
OF him he cannot see why this should be so.
He looks into one newspaper and finds the
author Of ''The Napoleon Of Noting Hill' com
pared with Swift and Disraeli, but the book
itself strikes him as Every foolish and irritat-
ing" Certain critics have exclaimed with adj
miration over Mr.. Chesterton as an essaytst,
but Mr. Shorter, reading Twelve Types" con-
cludes that the book is lacking in salient ideas,
contains nothing that has not been very much
Hotter said before. In short, while everybody
Is Gpplauding this young man Mr.. Shorter can
ms help thinking that he has not "the fafntest
talent either as a novelist, a literary critic, or
of Mr.. Chesterton is somewhat astonishing but
TO reflect on the phenomenon is to see that there
is nothing very startling about It, after all
Goa temporary criticism on both sides Of the
ttGlantic is written By certain number Of COM
Setent men and a vast horde Of mediocrities
who haven't the smallest conception of the DIFF
ference between good literature and bad. To
the latter a new faYorite is periodically indis-
pensable- They seize upon the latest clever
dubster and cry him up as a miracle OF wit
and wisdom; this reacts upon a certain num-
Der Of editors and publishers, and before you
know II a new reputation" has been made.
The experienced observer rubs his eyes IN
amazement for a moment, but presently recalls
the number Of times that this sort OF thing
has happened before, and goes on his way I'M
perturbed-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01
SIR JOHN MOORE.
Some SideEgkts on HIS Career from
His OzCn Hand.

THE DIARY OF SIR JOHN MOORE Edited by
Major General J. f. Maurice. K C. B. With
portraits and maps. In two volumes. octave
PIP xxi. 4O2; Xxx, 4o1- Longmans. Green & Co.
The editor of these volumes Is a hero worship
per, If ever there was one. He believes that Sir
John Moore was very great man. and he is far
from being satisfied with the treatment which
that fine soldier has received at the hands Of
certain historians. No writer on the subject
indeed who failed to pour glowing eulogy upon
Moore, or estimated the famous retreat be-
fore SOult at anything less than the value OF an
epoch making exploit in military history, could
satisfy Major General Sir G. F. Maurice. The
latter scorns to defend" his idol What 1
intend to do" he says. sis to claim for Britain,
and to sustain and make good my claim, that
the boldest. the most successful. the most brill
liant stroke OF war of all time was delivered by
the captain TO whom she. on the It'll OF October.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

Music has always been a dangerous stumbling
block for novelists So says Mr.. ]. =. Runci-
man, the musical critic, and few win disagree
with him. ~Fielding," he adds, made few
acute remarks on the subject George Eliot
loved it-did she not write a poem on Joa-
chim's playing Of the Bach Chaconne?--but she
touched even PurcelPs Tempest music gin
gerly. Thackeray set people playing brilliant
operate variations on old fashioned silk fronted
pianos; Dickens seems to have scurTied out Of
the room whenever the piano was touched"
But we are glad to see that Mr.. Runciman has
a good word for the author Of ''EVelyn Innes,"
who, he remarks, alone among modern novel
lists, has handled music without fguratiVeIy
speaking, drawing horses with five legs" This,
we are told is because ''he had heard a great
deal Of music, had lived much among musL
clans, and took the pains to have his work
checked by competent persons" Also It may
be added, Mr. Moore has written well about
music in his fiction, because, as we have more
than once pointed out in dealing with his brill
liant work. he brings common sense as well as
imagination to his task, and escheWs senti-
mentality with unwavering resolution. We
may say as much Of Mr.. James Huneker, whose
'Melomaniacs' showed that we have in Amer
lea a writer as sane as Mr.. Moore himself in
the exploitation Of musical ideas for romantic
purposes. The trouble with the average novel
ist TICKLING a musical motive is that he imme-
diateIy becomes grand. gloomy and peculiar,
insists upon being profoundly esOteric, and
whelms his work in a flood of mushy sentl-
mentality. II TOlstoy's notion Of the deleterious
influence Of music could be proved anywhere,
it could be proved in the works of most of the
so-calIed musical noVelistA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01

While we are on the subject Of literary
ephemere we may venture an inquiry as 30
what has happened to the minor poet Has he
lost even the slight hold upon technical methods
which have on occasion in the past served to
keep him for little while before the public7
Never was there such a dearth Of passable
minor poetry as we have to record at this
moment Scores Of volumes Of versicles APP
pear 1t IS true but the average Is lower
among them than 1t has been in years. 1t is
60 though the amiable Muse presiding over the
destinies Of this bypath in modern letters had
exhausted herself in producing Mr.. Stephen
Phillips and Mr.. William Watson, those great
writer's, and had then lost heart Certainly
She seems to have withdrawn her protection
from the eager young ladies and gentlemen
who continue to babble and babble about Life
and Love and Death and other high-erected
things for those babblings remain, as Mr..
James might say, OF a feebIeness Of an abb
surdity, OF fat preposterOusness, that we find
positively appalling. The minor poet in short,
must grid up his Ioins and do something. His
very existence Is at stake.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01
o CRUEL FANCY

BY RICHARD ALISON
Shall abide this jesting7
I weep, and she's a feasting!
o cruel Fancy! that doth so blind mo
To love one, that doth not mind me-
Can abide this prancing?
I weep, and she's a dancing!
o cruel Fancy so to betray me;
Thou goest about to Stay me!
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-18
Wouldn't Take the Cure.

Mrs. Mike Costenzo Irish Kate)
was to have appeared before Justice
Byers this morning to take pledge
that she would drink no more. The
ARRANGEMENTS Ior the taking Of the
pledge had been made Sunday Kate"
was in contrite spirit, but when she
arrived at the tribunal of Justice
Byers this morning she was in such +,
condition that any pledge which she
might make. would have amounted to
nothing. Where did she get the wins.
key, while in jail?
This is the query that is agitating
the minds of Justice Byers and Mars
hal jeff Watson.
OF course the city bastile is not the
safest place in the world. There are
cracks IN the wall almost large enough
to stick through a half pint bottle,
then there arc other ways Of getting
liquor to prisoner. Anyhow Kate
got the ''crather'' and evidently had
drunk copiously of it as she was very
sorry looking object when Justice
Byers remanded her back to Jail.
The question now is "How did she
get the whisKev?''
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-18
Judge Kidnapped.

New York. July 17-Judge Dennis
Daniel McKoon, New York lawyer
has disappeared and tho police have
been notified by T. W. Darby. a
friend and business associate, that
he was captured OH Lower Broadway
shortly before noon on Friday last
and is now being held for ransom.
Letters have been received from
Judge McKoon, Mr.. Darby says ask
ing that 50, 600 demanded for his re-
lease he paid. According to these
letters, Judge McKoon who is rs
years of age. met three men who
took him to a house, the location of
which was unknown TO him, where
he was kept as prisoner. The letters
he wrote he would throw out of the
window to boy who was passing.
CAPTAIN LanRan of the detective
bureau said tonight that Judge Nc
Koon had several times before been
reported to police headquarters as mis-
sing and each time he had subse-
quently turned mp all right. 3
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-18
Sundays Ball Game.

There was game of ball played at
Glenwood Springs yesterday between
the Grand Junction team and the
Glenwood Springs aggregation. The
score was % to . in favor of the other
fellows. The mere mention of the
score is sufficient to tell the tale of
the game. But there are some other
things. to detail in relation thereto.
Never have the boys put up such
game. 1t was rotten and that is
the only word that expresses their
playing They drove the ball right
into the hands of the other team and
there was double play after double
play against our team.
In the field it was almost as bad.
Flies were dropped, pals BASED short
and third and together our team SEEM
ed to be paralyzed
There is no use saving that there
was any redeeming feature of the game.
save this, that at home they have
played ball much better than they
ever ulaved at Glenwood Springs.
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-18
CHICAGO HASTROUBLESALSO|
Strikers, Strike breakers and Police
Divide HOnOrS in a General "Free-fOr-
All, and Several are Seriously Injured

made a rush. One of the negroes
had knife and another a revolver,
but before they could use either of
them they were knocked down.
Grant Baker, negro, scrambled to
his feet and began slashing right
and left and before he was disarm-
ed had stabbed James Kiely near
the heart. Wood, another negro,
fired his revolver while lying Oh the
ground and two of the bullets
struck William Durand.
The opposition of the negroes set
the crowd in frenzy and had not
the police made quick response
to riot call some of the negroes
would undoubtedly have been kill
ed. AS tt was teey were knocked
insensible before the police could
scatter the crowd. Several rioters,
together with Wood and Baker,
were arrested.
The daily sentinel., 1904-07-18

Chicago, July I7-Special-In an
attack this afternoon on four color
ed strike breakers by a crowd of
spectators at an amateur baseball
game in the vicinity of the stock
yards, twenty-five white men, one
policeman and three strike-breakers
were severely injured. Revolvers
and knives were used and several
of the injured men are in a serious
condition.
After finishing work at the pack
ing plant of Schwarzschild & Sulz-
berger the negro strike breakers, on
their way home, had to pass the
grounds where the game was in
progress. Fully 900 persons were
watching the game, most of whom
were friends of the men who went
on strike last week.
As the negroes approached some
one yelled "Scabsr and the crowd