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Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
We Risk It Druggists Who Sell IF. Miles Nervine Agree, If It Fails,
 Refund Cost.

course we reimburse the druppist
 fou Know him, and trpst h,~,,
 pr. Miles Nervine h raea,o,ra . ,v. nerves. Slhe TOT your
 cures oiseases a the interna, or- sans, Dy giving tone to the nerve. ,,,c, make these organs work.
 IS novel theory-not \,
 put or treatment: nrst disco,a.s ,., ~, pr. Miles. and sincs nada ,,s Dy many wide-awake nhysicfans. ua v preciate us value in treating tha -..,'
 you are sick, we offer vo,, s'SA' De made well--Dr. Miles Nerv,rs was 70
 This medicine is . scientinr
 nerve disorders, :, such aa Ns TOT Headache, Loss of Memory s,sa~' ness, Spasms. Backache. st spaess- Dance. Epilepsy or Fits, Nervou. rl.us tration, etc. SaS Fros-
 by tonins up the nerves, Dr. ~xr., Restorative Nervine will also c,r. -.,Aaes diseases of the internal organs d,n nose disordered nervous system 70
 Some of these are: Indigest,or r., ious Headache. Kidney Trouble rs nu- Constipation. Dropsy. Catarrh. Rba.c Rbonlc tism, etc.
 My brother had nervous nro.... and was not expected to live Iation, Raiea Restoratippe Hipen NsIvn him to try Dr. Miess fully recovered. You remember ne has you how it saved my life a few wrote wte ago, when had nervous tromh,ss years preach its merits to everyone "epie; g r M. P. MYERS. Correctionvilie, IowaI wIv. I'D EE Write us and we will -s-,- ASAo you a Free Trial Packavlnu luaai ! Dr. Miles. AntI-Pain Pills, the @ of Scientific Remedy for Pain Also sv,eew, tom Blank for our Specialist to diagynnnpps y1nps your case and tell you what Is wr"..s r,use Address: DR. MI MILES M1FH.Iesay MEp4GsXayy Fres. s. LABORATORIES, ELKHART, MD. z
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
WITH THE EXCHANGES

Will McKie and Miss Minnie McGregor left Tuesday to attend the wedding of Mr. Allie Huddle- ston and Miss Martha McKie at Vanndale. -Brinkley Argus.
 Editor Box of the Ladies' Home Journal, gives his dis tinguished approval to beer drinking. In appreciation the brewers may in the future call it Box beer. -Ex.
 Miss Minnie Fields left Thurs day morning for her home at Bryant. Her marriage to Mir. J. l.. Matthews of Newport is an- nounced to occur next week. - Searcy Times.
 Mrs. Nettie Shults of Brinkley visited her sister, Mrs. w. E. Jelks, the past week and on Mon- day left for Newport to visit her sister, Mrs. McNies, for a few days. - -McCrory News.
 Five hundred tons of new, latest style standard S5 pound steel rails are now being un- loaded in the material yards for track west of here. Charles Smith of Newark is foreman in charge of the work. - Cotter Courier.
 The new main track has been lad to station 5160 west to Cot ter; distance two miles and 164O feet from west end of tunnel. The Phoenix Company has orldged the first two openings and will begin bridge across the thlrd today. -Cotter Courier.
 On Wednesday morning at 6::3o tne light was let through Camp U 24b0 foot tunnel, of the White | river railroad, four miles north west ot Omaha. The workmen, Wno have for several months h
 been hammering away at either eno o1 the big hole, held a regu- lar jubilee. Harrison Times.
 Fort Smith is sort of Kowrea. With the Russian Towncowski in possession. The lawnskis are rtrampled and disfgured, the shrubskls and the treeskisr are despoiled. What we need is a few Japanese in the city council to drive the bovineski across thes Yalu. or, at least, Mill creek. Fort Smith Times.
 The Rev. Michael M. Stuckey,
 4 years old, who ran on the Mississippi river between Alton and St. Louis and Alton and New Orleans sixty years ago, but who now lives in Wichita, Kas., has returned to St. Louis to see the Worlds Fair. He is at the Ma- plewood home of his son, George E. Stuckey. St. Louis Republic.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
SHAWLER'S SE-
 RIOUS INJURIES.

w. H. Shawler, farmer liv- ing near Swifton, while return ing home Saturday evening was thrown from his horse and badly injured. It was thought at first that he would not recover, but he was carried to the Jones hotel and given the best attention. He is improving as fast as could be expected.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
BROCK-RICKETT.

Rev. T. F. Richardson, pastor of the Christian church, Satur- day morning spoke the words that made MT. c. B. Brock and Miss Hattie Pickett man and wife.
 The ceremony was performed at the home of T. s. Stephens on Main street. The newly welded couple are residents of the county and are well known and popular people.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
SHERIFF CUSTER DEAD.

Center Point, June 19. Chas. c. Custer, sheriff of this (How- ard) county, died suddenly of heart disease at his residence at this place Friday night at g o'clock. He had been in i'll health for a couple of months, being afflicted with rheumatism and heart trouble, and had but re- gently returned from Hot Springs from taking baths, which seemed to benefit him.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
DINSMORE SAYS
 ITS BITTER PILL.

Fort Smith, June 19. n Hugh A. Dinsmore, ex-congressman, was in the city yesterday on his way home from Hot Springs, where he attended the state con- vention. He says that Davis accomplished all he started out to accomplish except defeat Senator Berry for national dele gate and have the delegation go to St. Louis uninstructed.
 Said MT. Dinsmore: ''The
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Sorrel mare branded large P X on left hip. Small horseshoe on right cheek. $5 reward for catching, and notifying me.
 FRANK CLAYCOMB, 6w4t Weldon. Ark
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24

Sigmund Wolff returned Mon- day morning from a visit to his family in St. Louis and inciden- tally enjoyed sightseeing at the fair.
Newport weekly independent., 1904-06-24
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 'LAR BLU Twenty-Secolv> n of White River Conferento 10 I Method ist Church Mrs. Crook Responds to Welcome.

Responds to Welcome.
 Jonesboro, June 19. - The twenty-second session of the White river conference of the Woman's Foreign Mission So- ciety of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, convened in the First Methodist church in this city Friday.
 The session was opened by the president, Mrs. s. H. Babcock of Forrest City, and after singing Come, Holy Spirit" Rev. M. M. Smith led in prayer. The secre- tary, Mrs. A. L. Malone, then called the roll and the societies at Batesville, Searcy, Newport, Paragould, Osceola, Forrest City, Mariana and Helena were found to have delegates present.
 All the conference officers were present except Mrs. Nsill of Batesville, who was detained on account of sickness in her family, but her report was read and a resolution of sympathy was sent her by the conference.
 The addresses of welcome by Mrs. William Prentis Klapp and Miss Annie Davis were respond to by Mrs. c. E. Crook of New port.
 MRS. CROOKS RESPONSE.
 Madame president, sister off, cers, pastor in charge and the good people of Jonesboro: Our ears have taken in the delightful words of welcome from your rep resentatives spoken in your be- half as if we listened to the song of May birds. Our hearts are made glad, for with the assu- rances of such a welcome we could not feel otherwise than at home. ;.
 In behalf of the delegates and visitors now enjoying your hospi- tality 1 thank you for your open homes, your beautiful homes. I thank you for your open hearts, your warm hearts, and as you sweep through the gates into the City of New Jerusalem we want to be so near to you as to hear the rustic of your white robes.
 We are all here for one pur- pose. that of helping to extend the Masters Kingdom. It takes praying to do this and it takes paying to meet the demands.
 The reception this afternoon, so we'll planned and so free from formality or stiffness, was a per- feet success. 1 thank the choir for their beautiful music, and the decorations in the church of many blossoming plants, so tasti- ly arranged, show that some one has been at work, and the dainty ribboned programs do not escape unnoticed.
 We expect to take home with us fresh courage for the fight and fond recollections of your charming little inland city. We expect to take back newly fired zeal and visions of your Christian fellowship lavished upon us while in your midst, firmer faith coupled with sweet memories of this night.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-13

By RA b MCHEvNE

copyright, l9oi by American Press Association.
- F one thing we were all three
u y creature for life in an office,
even our Office. Rooney swore
she WAS one of the nobility in dis
EuiSr; Davis the trcaSurrr's clerk,
agr, ed she was no less than Il duchess.
As for newell, that's the story.
| had noticed her the first day she
cane. repeat it-I noticed her first.
| pride myself in this. for hers was
not IL personality to attract attention
from the unobscrvant. To be sure her
hands were twin doves, her eyes were
sea- born blue, and her volnn was Il
deep toned bell ringing on June Sun
days only. But these were points not
likely to be appreciated at a casual
meeting. for the doves were kept busy
tluttrring over the clicking keyboard,
the fair blue eyes were modestly yelled
beneath lowered laShes, and cathedral
bells do not mingle their tones with the
changing Songs of this work day world.
After | had noted the mold of her
bands and the timbre of her voice l
noted ether things, for my eyes seldom
left her. and my mind had taken up
permanent quarters at her desk. She
was of another world-any one could
see that. was sure she could never
stand TIE strain of this-that she would
break down under It,
Day after day hurried to the office
expecting to find a new girl in her
place. Yet she was never absent. Her
work was always of the best, quickly
and adroitly dispatched and with the
manner of Il queen. ! cannot describe
tie feeling Of reverence came to have
for her.
At last there came an event that al
most cost me my life. l am given to
heart trouble. and the manager, with
cut preliminary caution, instructed me
TO dictate my letters that morning to
her saved myself only by the quick
est KIND OF hard, consistent gulping,
and. hurrying into the storeroom, l
hammered out my letters there myself.
All this time had kept my feelings
to myself But there Is limit to
mans reserve. 1t was in RoOncy's lit
tie cubhy Eole that l opened up. That
evening we had enjoyed hot drink
that Davis had learned to mix from
his friend at the Dutch kitchen and
now for an hour had been looking
mOodily 1T one another through a
thckcning fog of Latakia. or Virginia
chcr0otS, or something. Rooney had his
feet on the table and was burning fuel
under forced draft. Davis sat apart
twirling his mixing spoon. No one had
a word.
II wonder who she is | said, my
rind dwelling as ever upon the doves
end the bell.
In an instant they were both talking
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&
Jhe custom of choosing valentines is
so old that early English poets refer
to it as an established affair. Chaucer
says that not only youths and maids,
but also the birds, make choice of
''niakes' or mates on that day and
quotes heavenly power as saying to
them.
Yc know we'll how on ST. Valentines day
By my statute and through my govern
aunce,
Ye dae chese your makes and after file
away
With hem as ! move you with pleas
aunCe.
And Wharton wrote this .in praise of
Katherine. the French wife of Hen
ry V:
Seynte Valentine. of custome yeere by
yeere
Men have an usance. In this reGioun,
To loke and serche Cupide's kalendere,
And chose theyr choyse. by grete af-
feccioun,
Such as ben move with Cupides mo-
Takying they're choyse as theyr sort do
the fallr;
But | love oon whche excelleth ale.
In "IIamlet" Ophelia sings this pa
thetic song.
Tomorrow is St Valentines day
Ali In the morning betimc,
And |, a maid, at your window.
To be your valentine.
Mission. who In 1G9S published ''Trav-
els In England" wrote:
"ou the eve of st. Valentines day
the young folks in England and Scot
land, hy Il very ancient custom, ccle-
brate Il little festival. An equal number
of maids and bachelors write their true
or fci@ncd names upon separate billets,
which they roll up and draw by way
of lots, the maids taking the mems
billcts and the men the maids. so that
each Of the young men chooses young
girl that he calls his valentine and each
Of the girls Il young man she calls hers.
by this means each has two valen-
tines. but the man clingS to the valen-
tine that has fallen to his lot rather
than the one WHO calls him hers. For
tune having thus divided the company
into so many couples. the valentines
give balls and treats. wear their bill
let's several days upon their sleeves,
and this little sport often ends in love-
The custom of drawing ones valen-
tine by lot became exceedingly popular
all over Europe. especially in merry
England. and continued as late as a
century ago. But ii grew to be such an
extravaganza that it wore itself out,
for each valentine" was expected to
present his or her partner with Il costly
Gift. Even royalty took part in the fes-
tival Pcpys' diary and o'h"r memoirs
of the time mentioned :, gloves,
silk stockings, garters, c;t.. rs among
the gifts bestowed upon valentines.
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,A Nork-o-G)op poCenti'>e

less a stroke of genius, but | held to
it nevertheless. The violcts cost me
half weeks salary and the doggerel a
weeks time, but felt confident enough
when Mt last | had consigned them to
the Office boy for delivery st. Valen-
tines eve
Valentines day l reached the Office
half an hour before the jantor. and in
the meantime both Rooney and Davis
put in an appearance. We were all
feeling shccpish, but | was the only
one that knew 1t.
When the janitor opened the door we
all rushed TO our desks with a great
show of energy. The office filled slow
ly; clerks, stcnographers. Office boys,
accountants were buzzing about, wait
Ing for the manager. He came, but
size came not The dclinquents filed in.
Still her desk stood empty.
l was utterly depressed. Even my
newspaper lay unread upon my desk.
1t must have been near 10 o'clock
when my eye dropped casually along
the society notes Suddenly my heart
stopped. My glance had rested upon
her name.
Miss Gertrude Aileen Bonsall, daugh-
ter of Colonel Bonsall, whose sad death
occurred Immediately after his bank
ruptcy year ago, was married last
evening in her mothers modest home
on Beech hill to Mr. V. Stanley Hap
well. the multimillionaire and society
lion of last season. There is pretty.
romance about the affair, which reach
cd its elimination in the sudden we'd
ding so fittingly observed on Valentines
eve. 1t seems that Miss Bonsall. with
her mother, disappeared from the view
of the world Immediately after the
failure and death Of her unfortunate
father Il year ago. and until last even
ing no trace of them could be found by
their fashionable friends. In fact, all
had given up save one. The cause Of
Mr.. IIapwell's success where others
had failed may be guessed from the
fact that within two hours from the
time he had located the object of his
search. in the office Of we'll known
business house in this city. he had
made her his bride"
tried to force yawn as I passed
the paper over to Rooney. Rooney
whistlcd in a bored sort of way as Do
Wis joined us.
(Which desk did she work atr'
asked indifferently.
Just then an office boy approached
us. ''Youse are left at de post She's
tied up to some swell an gone away"
he said. Flyers yer valentines"
He handed Rooney n volume Of poet
ry, Davis received his pen and Ink
sketch, while l found myself holding
half n weeks salary in perishable
goods done up with yards Of ribbon.
Il knoWed It," said Rooney. An0
that night we were at peace again in
the little cubby hole.
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ported from Germany, and dies were
made to do quickly the cutting which
had been done lahoriouSly with scis-
sOrS. Before Miss Rowland knew what
was happening she was making $4,000
year Then she sold the business to
Worcester syndicate, which con-
tinucS the manufacture of valentines
'at th" Old stand" though that stand
has been enlarged until it fills build
ing with 5000 square feet of floor
space. -Four hundred persons are now
working for this syndicate. which Is
constantly cnlarging its premises with
out being able to keep up with the de-
manl.
The making of valentines is complex.
The buyer who pays cent for his
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tribute to his sweetheart seldom thinks
of the work ii represents. Diemakers,
cutters. boXm"kers. photographers art
lists. copyisiS, painters. pressmcn, dyers,
emboSScrs and other workmcn are busy
in the Worcester factory all the year
round. 1t takes six weeks to make
some of the dies, for the hundreds of
lines and circles that stamp out the
paper Into lace must have cutting
edges Skill of like sort is needed in
making the plates for enclosing.
Then there is the matter of printing
The three color process Is used now,
but the valentine has often to go
through the press seven times-Once
each for the red. blue yellow, purple
and gold the printed verse and the EN-
boSSing. Then it must be cut into lace
edges, brunZcd and "jeweled," after
Ehich ribbons are tied on it and hinges
put between the upper and under
sheets. In the more expensive valen-
tines there are heavy backgrounds and
ccllulod additions TO be stamped out
by hand and put on with glue or silk.
Four artists are employed all the year
painting the first schemes of designs
on porcelain in oil. There is no regu-
lar hired poet, however. Verses are
cullcd from books and magazines,
though contributions are not refused.
\ large part of the working force is
made up of girls, who do the sewing
piccing, etc. Steady hands can earn
$1.lO IL day, but many of the girls work
only ut intervals to get a little pin mon
cy for the holidays.
The comic valentines base innova-
tion of an irrevcrcnt age, are not made
in Worcester. They are perpetrated In
brooklyn. whence they are sent broad
cast. TO the delight of the malicious
Schoolboy and the disgust of his teach
ers and other grownup acquaintances.
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a half finished pen sketch. 1t was less
bad than some he had done, and he
was enthusiastic
81 don't know what you think" he
said, but l think this IL make right
nice valentine.'
My heart groancd with envy So bit
ter were my thoughts that | found 1t
hard to bid my host civil good night,
which did soon after, coldly, but cour-
tcously. | hnd not noticed the chilling
effect of Rooney's words upon his other
guest. but before Davis left me at my
door that night he unburdened his
heart.
"Docs he think she'll care for pen
scrawl like that-she who's been used
to the masters: But I'll send her a
valentine. Just you waltz
In my bed that night | caught an
idea. Immediately sat up and laugh
ed. The next morning the plan seemed
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at once. | WAS too terribly in earnest
to think how strange was their cnthus-
asm. The fires went out in Rooncy's
great mCcrSchaun. Davis bent eagerly
forward. and through the dispensing
fog their eyes burned strangely. My
heart warmed to them rs | heard their
farnway voices singing tn" praises of
hcr hair. her brow. her throat. Here
wcr" kindred spirits adnriaG what l
adorCd. They were Hl-rH"d tlat she
WIS never intended for an enicc. Da-
Wis thought she was like = fa.r flower
in II wind tossed meadow. N'hji" Rooney
wavcrrd between the fig;lr" If linnet
among jay birds and II lily among
thorns. adding that her voice was like
the music of unnumbcrcd flutes. 1t all
sounded practicable enough ut the time.
Suddenly Rooney rose and. going to
an old worm eaten desk. brought forth
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so" she cried passionately-'so you
lid not mean what TOr said in that
valentine when You called me your
'only love and impIored me to be your
mate forcycrT
"Ncin. non, nit. nor he chuckled
coarsely Why. don't you know. Jove
or somebody else laughs at lovers per-
jurics:"
80 does II breach Of promise jury"
she hiSN,ri triumphantly. but tine fair
plaintiff always gets Il verdict just the
samc"
With II wild shrek he skipped to the
Philippines.
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. z ONE OF the many tconoclasts
&s who have been shattering the
4 u cherished traditions of our ro-
mantle youth has yet succeed
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1904-02-13
Fortunes
In
Valentines
Dy SEATON LORD

AYoNE OF the many iconoclasts
E&s who have been shattering the
4 " cherished traditions of our ro-
mantle youth has yet succeed
cd IN eXtinguishing the cult of st.
Valentine. proSaic professors have
proved that William Tell did not shoot
the apple from the head of his son,
that George Washington did not con-
vert the cherry tree into 1irewood with
his little Ratchet, that the commander
of the Old Guard never cast his famed
defiance into the teeth of the British
conqTcrors, but they cannot make us
believe that the Roman martyr Of
bcnciic2nt influence on affairs of the
heart.
We continue to dust off our rhyming
dictionaries as the ides of February
approach and with paste pot, scissors
and cardboard manufacture weird
symbols Of undylng affection, to intrust
them for safe delivery to st. Nalen-
tines priest, the postman, meanwhile
praying the saint himself to kindle
fires of reciprocal love in the bosOms
of their recipients. And while we are
thus cngrosscd great factories are turn
Ing out for those of less imagination
or less leisure hundreds of thousands
Of crotic cpistlcs varied in sentiment
and costlncSs to suit the tastes and
pockctbOoks of the modest maiden and
the ardent swain, the wealthy suitor
and the impocunious.
Massachusetts. the home of states
men and men of letters, where love,
like everything else, is taken seriously,
Is tittingly the center of the valentine
industry. AS long ago as 1913 Miss
Esther H0wland. Just out of college,
added few handmade valentines to
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NNand AFTER above date until further
~ notice TRAINS will arrive ana depart
from ITMBERLAND rs follows:
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the stock of her fathers bookstore in
Worcester They We're quickly snapped
up. Some found their way to New York,
and demands for many more came In.
Mr.. IIowland bought Autographs and
embossed paper and set four girls to
work tying ribbons and frills and cut
ting out sheets, while his young son
Travelled the country In search of Or
ders. Then enamel pictures were im-
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Pittsburg Division.

EASTBOUND.
No. 10. Express arrives Z:lo Il. lil'
r. No i6. EX press. arrives o'"' T. "''
No, l6 Cumberland III. arrives b:io p III.
No II. Limited Express. arrives lO;l2 p m,
No. Il. Mail ...,........ arrives - r. H.
No g.. Limited Express. arrives l2:4' p NJ
For leaving time see same Express numbers
eastbound on Main Line.
wEsTBOUND.
No. 9. Express s..........le leaves l35 a. III.
No II. Pittsburg Limited leaves 4:a1 Il. m
No IL. .Connellsville III. leaves 7:lO Il, III.
No 47. Chicago Express leaves 9:2o Il. III.
No. 5..Chicago Limited leaves 3o5 p III.
No. -. Mail .............. leaves 3l5 p m
For arriving time see same Express num-
bers westbound on Main Line.
#Except Sunday.
No. - is local train from Cumberland to
Pittsburg and No. II from Pittsburg to Cum
berland.
Through tickets, east and west, for sale at
Cumberland. NJ. G. CLARKE,
G. $. SINS, Ticket Agent.
General Manager ID. h. MARTIN,
Nov 2S Manager Passenger Traffic.