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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
THE COUNTRY We live IN


hogs, horses and cattle, and, grand
er and greater than all, raise
bright and happy boys and girls
and worship God, thereby carry
ing out your part of the Divine
plan in helping to "replenish and
subdue the earth.' BY so doing
your declining years will roll away
in sweetness, and your life will not
be called a failure.
CONCLUSION.
Now, dear reader, this little
message comes to you asking you,
if you desire a cheap home, where
you can rise in the world and live
in ease and comfort, to come to
this region, the eastern half of In
dependence county.
The writer is no Sooner" or
Boomer but is identified with
this locality, and having been born
and reared within few miles of
Newark, can have no higher mo-
tive in penning this article, than to
assist in helping you to secure a
comfortable home, and be a factor
in building up his native land.
Having lived here for more than 46
years, he thinks he knows where
of he speaks. We have not over
drawn the picture. We have too
much at stake. to induce you to
come here and be disappointed.
We have given you the facts as
they appear to us.
p THE END.
The foregoing article will be
put in book form ut once for free
distribution over all parts of the
country. The last pages of the
book will contain Il description of
every piece of land we have listed.
If you have a farm for sale, now
is your time to sell it, as this book
will likely bring many prospectors
into our county. Come in and list
your place with us and get it in
the book: it will cost you nothing.
If we sell your place we charge a
commission, but if no sale is made
you are out nothing whatever.
CRAIG & HENDERSON.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
Cotter's New Bridge Completed

Cotter, May 2o.-Thc last pair
of girders were put in the White
river bridge here today. The
track is connected and the first
engine crossed the bridge.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
Quick Arrest.

j. A. Gulledgc of Verbena, Ala. !.
was twice in the hospital from a
severe case of piles causing "a tu-
mors. After doctors and all rem
edies failed, Bucklen's AInica
Salve quickly arrested further in
fammation and cured him. 1t
conquefs aches and kills pain. Csc
at j. / Siurdiuant's Drug Store.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
Sitting Down on Him.

4 QOn I altOgebhef ike THIS
young man Millikin, who comes to
see you so often. | hear he is
nothing but poor dry goods
clerk" is what the head of the
family said to his daughter one
day at the dinner-tab BILE.
He is a very nice young gen.
tleman, replied the daughter" be-
sides, he is something more than a
poor dry-goods clerk He gets a
large salary and is manager of one
of the departments, and expects
some day to have an interest in
the business.
Il hope he may" responded the
old man, but he strikes me as a
very flippant, impatient young
person, and in my opinion should
be sat down upon
well, | have invited him to
take tea with us this evening"
said the daughter, land / hope you
will treat him politely, at least.
You Will find him a very different
person from what you supposed
him to be. "
"Oh, I'll treat him politely
enough" he said.
That evening Mr.. Millikin APP
peared at supper, and made a IA
vorable impression upon the old
gentleman. He is clever young
fellow, after ALL" he thought. I
have done him an injustice. .
1t was just here that Bobby
spoke out. Bobby was we'll
meaning little boy, but too talka-
tive.
Papa" he ventured, you
know what you said today at din
ner about Mr.. Millikin; that he was
an impertinent young man and
ought to be sat down upon
''Silence, sir, shouted the father,
swallowing mouthful of hot po-
tato.
But the little boy wouldn't 81
lence.
Its all right he continued
confdentially, but in a whisper
loud enough to be heard out OF
doors, he has been sat down up.
on. Sister sat down on him las
night for two hours.
After this the dinner went OIL
more quietly. owing to Bobby.
sudden and very jerky departure.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
Newark 80, Sulphur Rock Is.

The Newark ball team went up
to Sulphur Rock for a game Satur-
day. The game resulted in vic
tory for Newark by score of 33
to Ii.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK
TWENTY FORCEFUL FACTS
ABOUT THE EASTERN
HALF OF INDEPEN-
DENCE COUNTY.

DENCE COUNTY.
1t has good roads.
1t grows Il bales of cotton per
acre.
1t has Il healthy and mild eli
mate.
Itshas the richest land in the
state.
1t has as fine water as can be
found.
1t has good churches of all de-
nominations.
1t has an excellent system of
public schools.
It's people are social, courteous
and hospitable.
1t grows from to 10 tons of
alfalfa per acre.
1t grows from 30 to so bushels
of corn per acre.
1t has an abundant supply of
fish IN its streams.
1t contains the second largest
city in the county.
1t contains only about 80 fami-
lies of colored people.
It's lands can be bought for
from So to $50 per acre.
1t has an inexhaustible supply
q timber, of fifty varieties.
1t grows fine apples, peaches,
pears, plums, cherries and grapes.
1t contains the famous Big
Bottom" and "Oil Trough" coun-
try.
1T grows everything in abund-
ance that can be raised in this lati-
tude.
1t has abundant free range for
stock, which can live the year
round without feeding.
1t has two large and beautiful
rivers which are navigable the
year round.
AN APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN.
The tendency, for number of
years, among the young men of
our land, has been to drift to the
towns, and lind employment in
stores as clerks. While there is
no objection, certainly, for young
man to aspire entering the business
world, but many of them make
shipwrecks of their lives by yield
ing to the temptations of city life.
You spend your earnings for trifies
and vain pleasures, when you
should be preparing for a rainy
day in your old age.
To every young man we would
say, save your earnings. The time
will come when you will certainly
need them. A few dollars invest
ed now in land will make you COM
Portable and happy in your old
age, and be legacy to your pos
terity, by means of which they
will call you blessed.
If you have not the means to
buy large tract, buy small one,
either for cash or on time, pay
when you can, and add to your
holdings whenever opportunity
affords.
The time is not far distant when
land will cease to be had for trifie
and then the man who fails to pos
sess his home can be nothing but
an entity in the world.
Again, we appeal to you, buy
land, if not but one acre, build
you a house and have home.
Marry some honest and loving
girl, get on your own soil, gather
around you the comforts and ne
cessities of life, add to your hold
sngs. grow cotton, corn, potatoes,
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27
rlade Young Again.

Zone of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills each night for two weeks
has put me in my teens again"
writes d. H. Turner of Dempsey
town, Pa. They're the best in the
world for liver, stomach and bow
els. Purely vegetable. Never
grippe. Gully Csc at J.. |. Sturti-
wants Drug Store.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-05-27

Deeds of trust and legal blanks
for sale at The Journal Office.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
sympathy's Lifting Power.

A world without sympathy would
be cruel abiding place. Those who
have suffered and received expressions
of true sympathy from friends would
hardly dare think What their suffering
would have beah without spoken
word of comfort from a living soul.
We are often tempted to feel that any
word of sympathy we may speak or
write to another. at time Of special
trial, is not worth the doing: that so
many such words will be spoken to
that one that our own will count for
nothing. The prompting to keep silent
In another's time of sorrow is false
one. Spoken sympathy is as . man
tie of love; 1t comforts, strengthens
and inspires. Our Lord Jesus Christ
Ionged for sympathy. There is no
more affecting passage in the record
of his life than that which tells Of the
failure of his chosen and dearest
friends to watch and sympathize with
him in the hour when his soul was
exceeding sorrowful." There has
never been . word too much Of sym
patAy spoken to . Borrowing one.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Electric Light Not Injurious.

A Russian ophthalmologist afirms
trat contrary to generally received
opinion the electric light is less
prejudicial to the sight than the other
varieties of artificial light. He bases
This affirmation on the fact that dis
eases and affections of the eye are d.
rectly proportional to the frequency Of
winking. Now he has shown that
winking occurs with candlelight 6.S
times minute; with gaslight, Is
times; with sunlight, q: times. and
only is times with the electric light.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

OF woman upon the stage. At about
the same time movable scenery was
introduced and music and dancing
followed. Women had been prohibit
ed from appearing on the stage. per-
haps because the female parts were
not OF character for feminine pres
entation. AT that time the standards
of the theater were low. due to the
era of license which the restoration
of Charles II inaugurated.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Port Of havre.

The port of Havre consists OF an
outer harbor fifty acres in extent;
there are also ten docks with a half
tide basin and ten locks. having a
500 yards Of quays and 143 acres OF
land for the slowing of merchandise,
largely covered with excellent sheds.
There are six drydocks. three OF
which are capable Of taking in all
but the largest mail steamers.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Mothers Words Of encouragement.
Il often think when have trou-
bles." said Boston lawyer. "of what
my mother used to say in the days
when she and | had all we could do
to make both ends meet. Jim. she
used to say, we never yet died in the
winter Boston Record.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Carelessness in writing out pre-
scription has cost a Paris doctor
months imprisonment and fine OF
$50. whilst the chemist, by whose as
sistant the evidently exaggerated dose
was made up, was awarded six days
in prison and fined $50. The victim
who suffered by the mistake obtained
800 as compensation after claiming
$1,000.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Nervous troubles may be provoked
by animals. as with man. The fear
that horses show toward locomotives
or automobiles is the cause OF trsm-
bling and temporary paralysis. whore
real origin is often unnoticed. Fear
of punishment in small animals or
Joy at seeing a beloved master has
given rise to nervous crises that have
been mistaken for epilepsy.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
The One Thing Needed.

or the late G. F. Watts. the cele-
brated English artist. William L.
Stead tells the following: Il was quot
ing to him my familiar saying that
God Almighty had plenty Of cash. and
that all the millionaires were but HIS
moneybags, when Mr.. Watts dryly
remarked: Then l wish He would
add to His other duties the appoint
ment of an auditor"
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Or In Both,

An American Judge has held that
insanity is not a ground for divorce.
He will be supported by great
weight Of opinion among those who
contend that marriage is originally
impossible without insanity in at least
o.e of the parties.-Punch.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Love should Guide All.

It is remarkable how little Christ
had to say in direct opposition to the
great ethical problems that were cur
rent in His day. But He dropped the
seed Of love In the human heart. and
left 1t to fructify, knowing that as the
love Of God and the recognition of
human brotherhood forged its way
among the peoples the problems would
find their own solution.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Salt !. Good Tooth Powder.

About as much salt as may be
heaped upon scent piece is entirely
sufficient for cleaning the teeth. 1t
seems to improve the condition OF the
secretions in the mouth. renders the
saliva at night less ropy and viscid
and also appears to strengthen the
teeth.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Undoubtedly.

DR.. Richie of Edinburgh was exam
lining a student who claimed to be
mathematician. Richie doubted his
claim. and to test him said: How
many sides has a circle?" Two.
was the reply. What are they?" ask
e0 the doctor. THE inside and the
outside" was the answer.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Influence Doe. Not Die.

Our parents were never SO forceful
In our lives as they have been since
they were lifted up. while from the
heavens they rain love and inspiration
upon us. For our successes are theirs
and theirs our virtues. They labored.
they suffered. they taught, they pray
ed, they achieved, they sacrificed, they
died; the golden harvests of charac-
ter that they sowed we have reaped.
Therefore, open your hand and SOW
your seed. Give out your influence as
freely as the sun sows its heat and
light over the dark planet. Sow a
sweet atmosphere and scatter it every
whittier. as the flowers pour forth their
perfume. Sow tomorrow the soil with
kind words and gentle bearing, even
as the prairies are sown by the winds
that are rich in invisible spores and
seeds for future harvests.
Do not be niggardly in your life
give. that you may receive again. Be
kinder to your friends. Be more gener-
GUS to your children. Practice praising
them and leave blame to their teach
ers and their companions on the
street. Live in your homes like
princes. Accumulate weight Of man
hood, that unconsciously you may dis
tribute treasure. 1t is better to have
saved a newsboy from discourage
ment. to have recovered q clerk from
his wrongdoing. to have brought a
sunny hour to an invalid, to have stat.
ed great truth to group OF children
1t is better to have saved life than
to have won kingdom. Therefore.
open the furrow and SOW one more
harvest. Sow, as you cross the CONT
nent Of the years, and Gods angel will
follow after you and bring in the
sheaves. You may open the furrow
with tears, but when the sheaves CONS
you will rejoice with shoutings. Give
4 cup of cold water and God will give
you in return of the river Of the water
Of nfe.-Dr. Newell Dwight Hollis.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

81 mighty glad" said the old col
ored inhabitant, dat de worl only
turns roun' once in a day. kaze II
ever hit turned in de night time hit
would er kotched me at many a hen
roos'!"-Atlanta Constitution.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Pigeon Came to Lunch.

While two members OF the British
house of commons were lunchtng IN
the restaurant of that body the other
day a pigeon flew in at the window.
and. after alighting on the noor.
jumped on the table. 1t was evident
ly exhausted and hungry and eagerly
took the food which was given 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Poet. 1unefui to the Last.

Tennyson. whose age was So. was
tuneful to the end. and in Crossing
the Bar" left behind him a swan song
OF rare beauty. Victor Hugo lived
to the same age. and to witness his
aootheosis in the France that has
exiled him.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Artificial INDIGO.

The German artificial indigo al
ready supplies more than one-half OF
the worlds needs. and is expected to
drive the natural article entirely out
of tho market In few years.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
STUFFED Cat. In Trees.

A novel method OF soaring away
birds has been adopted by an English
farmer. He has killed number OF
cats, had them stuffed, and placed
them in various attitudes among the
branches of the fruit trees in his or
chard. The result. he says. is excel
lent.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Ibis hyah talk erbout Mother Eve
bcin' tempted wifi er apple" remarked
Deacon Snowfall. am de rankist
kind OBJ nonsense. Now eff it had bin
err wattahmillin. den yo' all might tall
sho' ernuff."
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

las a man thinketh in his heart, so
is he" And, conversely, as a man
appears to be, so will he think in his
heart. In other words. II one is happy
and cheerful and kind, he will smile,
re will speak cheerfully. he will do
acts of kindness. On the other hand.
to smile and to speak quietly and in
a kindly tone even II one feels IN
happy or angry or discouraged at the
moment, so reacts on the mans inner
being that he begins to feel what he
has simulated. This is a good thought
and 1t points to a plain duty. We
should never allow ourselves to ex-
press outwardly by word or by look
any unkind or unhappy thought or
feeling. To do SO Is only to tend and
foster that feeling, to make 1t grow
and get final hold on the character.
But by affecting the helpful virtues
we will dwarf the evil in our nature
and we become in character the good
things we have caused to appear in
our countenances and In our voices.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
1hlbe..n War Cry.

The Thibetan war cry is described
as mot a shout of revenge or tri-
umph, but kind of shrill chuckle.
which sounds full Of deviltry and NAL
ice."
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

A knife blade passes through seven
stages in. its evolution. After 1t is
first rough forged by the blacksmith.
it must be shaped. hardened. temper
ed, ground, polished and fitted with
handle.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

"As to a woman being as old as
she looks.'" observed the bachelor
uncle. cit depends upon how early
in the morning you see her."
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
po.atoe. to Cure Diabetes.

The good results OF administering
potatoes in certain forms of diabetes
are affirmed by a French physician.
DR.. Mosse who states that he has eff
tected cures by this means.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
GSX Qu5GF HoaaRV AN
WyEAea"9-&NG3Y

Sympathy's very cumulation forms q
great force that uplifts AID strength.
ems. 1t is needed by the weak: it is
still more needed by the strong. 1t is
within every ones power to give it.
And God. who is love. will bless it al
ways.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Good Cause to Retraet.

A German court has decided that
the discovery on the part of one of
two persons engaged to be married
that the other is tuberculosis justt-
fies the breaking of the engagement.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Eating slowly at meals and partak.
INK of some hard food is necessary to
give the teeth the exercise they need
to be kept in a healthy condition, Just
as the muscles of the body must be
exercised II they are to be kept from
growing weak and dsbby. 1
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

EneIlshman's Freak elaekbird.
A bird fancier at st. Austell, Corn
wall, England. has in his possession a
blackbird with q perfectly white head.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
storing Coal In . Tree.

In the churchyard at Welsh vii
lage there are four huge yew trees.
and a large cavity in one Of them.
which Is protected by a door, is used
for storing the coal needed 20 heat the
church during the winter months.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

The peat boys of the province OF
Ontario are not excelled in extent by
any country in the world. In the
southern part of the province the
boys, while not Of very large area.
are Of sufficient size to be the basis
of large fuel supply.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
The Best We Have.

Christ wants the best. He in the far-on
ages
Once claimed the firstling of the flock.
the finest of the wheat;
And stlll He asks His own with gent
lest pleading
To lay their hopes and talents at HIS
feet.
He'll not forget the feeblest service. hum
He only asks that of our store we give
The best we have.
Christ gives the best. He takes the
hearts we offer
And fills them with His glorious beau
ty. Joy: and peace.
And IN His service We are growing
The calls to grand achievement still In
The Richest gifts for us on earth. or in
heaven above,
Are hid In Christ. In Jesus we receive
The best We have.
And IL our best too much? oh. friends,
let us remember
How once our Lord poured out His soul
for us,
And in the prime of His mysterious man
hood
Gave up His precious life upon the
The Lord of lords. by whom the worlds
were made
Through bitter grief and tears gave US
The best we have.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Don't FORGET.

When you say an unkind word or
even think an unkind thought. just
remember that you are hurting no
one but yourself.-The Jawbone.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

insanity In English Cities.
London has the largest proportion
of insane of any English city, the
number being 361 per 100000. Not
tingham is . close second. with 342
per 100000.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
First Color Of Six,

Usually the silk is colorless on leav-
ing the body of the silkworm, but
sometimes 1t is straw yellow or
greenish.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Act for God.

Our Lord gives the answer to a diff
f1culty continually perplexing honest
Christians: How am to learn to
love God? want to do my duty. but
1 do not feel as II l loved Cod. Our
Lord gives the answer, Where your
treasure is, there will your heart be
also" Act for God. do and say the
things that He wills, direct your
thoughts anG intentions Godward. and.
depend upon it, in the slow process OF
nature all that belongs to you-your
instincts, your intelligence. your affec-
tons. your feelings-will gradually fol-
low along the line Of your action. Act
for God: you are already showing love
to Him, and you will learn to feel it.
Charles Gore.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24

Red Hair a. . Barometer.
Human hair (red) curls and kinks
at the approach of storm, and re-
Strengthens after the storm.
The Meeker herald., 1904-09-24
Most BsautIsu, Prayer.

Many repeat the Lords prayer from
time to time without realizing Just
what they say. Its very familiarity
has unfortunately made 1t common,
and yet 1t Is SO full Of precious
truths that we will never be able
to understand all wholly. much less
be able to live them fully In our daily
lives
osudsnts scr temperance.
A remarkable temperance move
ment has been started in France. The
students OF the University Of Paris
have organized an anti-alchoholic
league. with the purpose Of educating
the people up to better understand
ing Of the dangers attendant upon the
use of alcoholic stimulants.
Not only by force OF example. but
by lectures. tracts, and other methods
they will seek to prove the value of
temperance to the people,. They will
preach the moderate use of lighter
liquors II they are used at all, but will
discountenance the use of brandy, gin,
absinthe and all spirituous liquors as
a beverage. They will tell the truth
as they understand 1t, and certainly
they will find broad field In which
to labor.