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Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
THE CAUSE OF LEPROSY.
Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of Eng land, Says It Is the Eating of
 Decomposing Fish.

The conclusion of Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson, of England, after a study of leprosy as it appears in various parts of the world, is that the disease is caused wholly by eating decomposing or imperfect. ly cured fish. The London Times is inclined to accept Dr. Hutchin. sons idea. It is held that in all countries and in all ages leprosy has been and is still due to the consumption of "high" fish. z The preference for fish in a tainted condition is ap "acquired taste" and it is claimed that it prevails among a sufficient number of peo- pie to account for the dreadful dis. ease wherever it exists. Leprosy was nearly general in England and on the continent in the six teenth century, and it is claimed still prevails in many fishing sta tions, especially in Norway, Ice land and Tracadie. It is repre-. sented that at these places there is still a preference for fish in a tainted condition. It is noted, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, that in regions where leprosy was formerly common, it has disap- peared with the advancement of agriculture and the discarding of fish for food. In India vegetari. ans are free from it, but the fish. eaters are much troubled. Dr. Hansen, of Bergen, discovered that persons having leprosy carry in their tissue a bacillus resem. bling that of tuberculosis, and the disease is thought to be a mod. ification of tuberculosis, caused by a specific virus developed in de. caying fish. The scientists, espe. cially those whose direction is in the medical line, are always mak. ing it harder to get along in the world; but it is probably better to give heed to their theories, even if there may be nothing in them, for 1t may happen that little care in the selection of the dried fish we eat may add a few years to life; and it is the general agreement that life is none too long at best.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
CAUSE OF BAD SPELLING.
Repetition the Only Secret of Learn ing to Spell for Persons with
 Average Memories.

Probably 1t is a mistake to say tha, any person with an average memory cannot learn to spell. As there is a lack of analogy in the spelling eS words. learning to spell is chiefly a matter of memory. Repetition is the only secret about it. says the Philades- phia Record. There are some aids, but 1t Is the words to which there is no guide which are the common source of trouble. Persons who do not spell well have simply neglected the study of orthography and are not entitled to sympathy. Operators of typewritine machines who have considered them- selves tho victims of . defective or Biographical memory have often be- xome good spoilers through practice.
 In a vast proportion of cases bad Ipelling may be traced to wrong pro- nunciation, which is even more fre- quent than Is wrong spelling. Prob lbly the modern methods of instruction have something to do with the number of bad spoilers among fairly edueated people. The old spelling-bee system insured repetition. In recent years the writing of the spelling lesson has t1 many schools taken the place of the oral system. The men and women who had gone through the district school of half a century or more ago were al- most invariably good spoilers. If, as tho Evanston councilmen maintain. spelling be a gift, it is apparent that It Is not bestowed on man as liberally ss formerly.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
DANGER IN SLEEPING CARS.
aerths Scored as Filthy and Disease Laden by American Health
 Association.

The filthy and disease-laden sleep ing car has been duly scored by the American Health association. At the meeting in Washington, says the Star. the subject was very thoroughly dis cussed from . sanitary standpoint Although the facts regarding the culp- able uncleanliness of berths are ad- mitted by the public, their rehearsal from time to time helps to emphasize the necessity for reform.
 The railroad companies are always ready with excuses against betteriny conditions Their business Is to avoid trouble and save expense. The casual traveller may growl as much as he chooses. but is oftener contented to submit to an infliction rather than suffer the humiliation of a fruitless appeal to authority.
 No ono needs be told that the ordi- nary heavy curtained and ill-ventilated night car is 6 veritable propagator of infectious diseases. What better could be expected when tho nightly used blankets. as claimed by one speaker. are cleansed but once in six months? :?
 And, pray. what power exists to call ofdcials to account? What is the real guarantee for the sleeper that he is absolutely safe from the germs left for him from the previous customer? The only remedy rests in the ordinary honesty of the common carrier.
 One of the railroad experts rather plausibly claimed that it was not fair to require railroads to spend large sums of money for sanitary purposes until they knew where they stood. As If. in truth. there were any doubts con- corning the efficacy of absolute cleanli- ness, perfect ventilation and thorough disinfection-all easy enough of ap- plication when there is a will for ths way.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
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 deaths recorded, the mortality being mainly among young people.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
THE covb bTRy PHYSICIAN.
Has to Cover Ian Immense Territory, and That When the Roads
 Are Worst.

"Of all the men I meet on my rounds of the state there is none for whom I have as great respect as I have for the country doctor," said the Southdown drummer the other day, according to the Chicago Inter Ocean. "The city physician is often a pretty hard working man if he has much of a practice, but he knows few of the trials that the country doctor faces the year round. The coun. try doctor is the modern mar. tyr, and take it all through he is the best read and most aggres- sive citizen of his community.
 ''The country phsician who is we'll established usually has 2 practice that covers a territory of at least a hundred square miles. There is hardly a week iu the year that he does not have patients at the extreme opposite boundary lines of his territory. I know one old doctor down the state who drives an average dis tance of 20 miles day every day in the year. Of course there are days when he does not drive five miles day, but there are other times when he drives 30 or 40 miles day.
 "The worst side of country practice, these doctors say, is that the greater part of the sick ness comes during the worst kind of weather. When the roads are good and the weather is fine peo- pie are not so apt to be sick, but when winter comes on and the roads are rough or muddy the country doctor is the man who has to be out and going.
 "The mud roads of Illinois have shipped ten years off the lives of the majority of the doc tors. One physician told me he was the first man of his family name to become gray, and he laid the blame to exposure.
 "The country doctor is not merely a physician. He is sort of family counselor, nurse, spirit ual and legal adviser. l heard of a physician down in>the southern part of the state who conducted a sort of vest-pocket bank and loaned money and discounted notes for nearly every farmer within the range of his practice.
 "Yes, sir, I always take off my hat to the country doctor wher- ever I meet him."
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
Curious Savage Custom.

Mai. Powell-Cotton, who recently ex- plored a part of central Africa never be- fore visited by white men. writes Among the Kimager the women go completely naked, but the men are clothed. secured some photographs of a tribesman and his two wives hoe ing the family plot One of these shows a curious fashion of skin decoration in vogue among the womenfolk. It Is a raised pattern wrought on the body when they are young. Small incisions, geometrically arranged, are made in the skin and into these ashes are inserted. The wounds heal in permanent raised iumnS"
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
NOTICE 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. 1904 the undersigned. as administrator of the estate of August Jesse. deceased. will, on
 the PATH 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 |S)' Tn township fourteen (1Q north, range one u) west. Said sale to be for the purpose of paying the debts.
 WILLIAM RUTLAND, Adm r.
 of the Estate of August Jesse. Deceased. 1S-wSt
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
Children Labeled for Travelling.

The practice of labelling chil. dren and sending them across the Atlantic, addressed as parcels, would appear to be getting rather general. A number of children so labeled have passed through Queenstown from time to time lately. From the Dominion liner New England, which has arrived there from Boston, was landed a little boy not quite nine years old. He was addressed to his uncle at Kilkenny. He had travelled from Chicago unaccompanied, and had been transferred just as a parcel would be by the various forward ing companies through whose hands he passed.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
GLOVES FROM RAT SKINS.
Only One Pair Was Ever Made and That Was Very Small-Inter-
 esting Glove Lore.

A report comes from Copenha- gen that great rat hunt has been organized there, and that the skins of many thousands of the victims are to be used in making gloves. If the rat hunters in the Danish capital cherish any such hopes, says the Pail Mall Gazette, they are doomed to disappoint- ment. '
 Rat skins cannot be made into gloves fit for commerce. The be- lief that a valuable raw material is being neglected here survives only in the minds of the inexpert. The glove maker knows much better. A Norwegian merchant once came to England and in. formed we'll known glove maker that he had collected over 100, ,OO0 rat skins and was prepared to re- ceive offers for them. He was fully convinced that the skins were suitable for glove making. But the manufacturer found that the largest skin was only some six inches long, and he held up a kid skin for the smallest size of glove, a child's, which was eight inches long, and asked how he was to cut such a glove out of a rat skin.
 Then he took up the smallest kid skin for a lady's glove, Il inch es long, and when he asked how that was to be cut out of rat skin the Norwegian merchant laughed at the idea and went away disap- pointed. The best offer he got for those skins, which he had col lected with so much care, was five sbillings hundredweight from a man who was willing to boil them down for glue.
 A famous glove making firm has collection of curiosities relating to the trade, and one of them is the largest pair of gloves ever made out of a rat skin. The be- lief that such skins could be made into gloves was laid before the managers so confidently that they resolved to put it to the trial, and they ordered a number of skins of the largest rats which could be found in Grimsby. But the rat is a fighting animal, and bears the marks of many battles on his body, and it was found that the skins were so scared and torn that it was with the utmost diffi- culty that perfect pieces large enough for the purpose could be obtained. In the end, after ten skins had been used, a pair of gloves was cut and made, and they are retained in the collection to this day. But they are so small that they would only fit the small est of small boys. Thus it was shown that, however cheaply rat skins might be obtained, they would offer no advantage to the glove maker. The rabbit skin is equally useless for the purpose, and humane people may also dis miss from their minds the fear that the skins of pet dogs are made into gloves. The dog skin glove of which we used to hear is made of nothing but the skin of the Cape goat.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
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.
 96d24t NEWPORT WATER Co.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
JOhnStOn'S
 TONIC Capsules S

is the grand specific for this great American dis- ease because 1t goes straight to the source of the weakness, building up health and strength by supplying rich, abundant food and pure blood to the worn -out tissues, rousng the liver to activity and regulating all the organs of the body. "Ths Michigan Drug Co.,, :" Detroit. Mich.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
WORLDS FAIR VISITORS.

Rooms may be secured with Mrs. R. P. Hitchcock, 612 Wal ton avenue, St. Louis. One half block to restaurant on Delmar boulevard. Ten minutes ride to fair. b7t
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
TO THE FAIR.

Tickets on sale to St. Louis daily via the Iron Mountain route. $9.55 for the round trip; return limit fifteen days from date ot sle. T. H. REAMEY, Agt.
Newport daily independent., 1904-08-30
We Take More Than Half.

The United States uses more than lve-eighths of the diamond output of the world. Tn two years the total ad- vanca on small stones has been 20 per eat spd oa lsrus stsass e pG cent
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06

were recently commemorative on q tab
let in the Boston Public Library. and
William @. Kirschbaum writes q gem
ial chapter on THE Best OF the Union
Bands" &ssrv~~ps4s
q Mr.. Chapples Affairs at Washing
ton" range from the capital I'd the con-
vents halls and the Worlds FIJI and
Is Illustrated Win many poffraits Of
current celehx1ttep--men and women
Miachel A. Lanes fourth paper In
his New Dawns Of Knowlege', deals
with Society analysing the new
sciences Of ethics and political econ
omy that are growing out Of the new
industrial advances Of mapkind. @ NJ,
Lana National. DeperS ore ng.t
and desesvedly eq rnose pttentid
any Other current csnertD utlonsSts the
literature Of science. 49, e. /
The Nationals August fiction in
cludes stories that are keen studies Of
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06
THREATENING
0. R. & n. co.
Dayton Turned Down BY Calvin
Vows Vengeance Similar
b. F
to Spokane

The Commercial Club Of Dayton II
stlyring up trouble for itself by threat
.eIihS the O. r. 4 ~. Co. for not builds
Ing I'M Extension Of IL lines In that seq
Etioh = Dayton demands better trans-
0ftktidai facilities though that city
btast2 d two rail- lines In the follow.
Ing Srtfcfe appearing In the Columbia
Chronttl@ II intimates that II would
F@ An easy matter to force the situ-
'Ati6n' BY tdfninga the business to the
N.sfso1hen't own evidently has not
1tudied The history connected with the
recent eff0it'0r the city Of Spokane to
f6fcSoa INITIATION. The excellent freight
yates now In YUfce In favor OF Dayton
might 16e distttUed to her detriment
kssa erethhati0h ~ the o. n. 4 N Co.
III ~ matter ef5f cool deliberation by
the people OF Dayton. The following Is
the' article appearing in the Dayton
paper: r. 10 ssrSS y
81 a meeting b. ne sDayton CONNER
lciai Asoc'iation waa sheld Thursday
evening. After reading Of minutes Of
the previous meeting a report OF the
faiir6ad committee owas listened to
with great interest," The committee had
tust returned from Portland, where.
Calvin. .of me o. RI an Coz. had only
70 report that noc reimbursement had
bssa ttveh them concerning the extern
sion Of the Turner Uutaon9r M fact Mr..
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06
LITERARY REVIEW
New story BY Mrs. Burnett.

- 'sSW ~s~sJ ~ WSSs 0USUSSSs
\ An important literary event marks
the August McClure's. the Midsummer
Fiction Number. in the appearance Of
= new stork Of child life by Frances
Hodgson Burnett. which bears the
title I'm the Closed Room" This ID
the first story OF childlife Mrs. Burnett
has written snice the days Of Little
Lord Fauntleroy'' and '"Sara Crewe.'
To say that II bears all the Irresistible
charm of these earlier, notable sue.
cesses fixesa the quality 81 the story.
The heroine IL the little daakhter Of q
care-taker who finds IN the mansion
entrusted to her parents keeping, q
treasure-house Of delight and mystery.
This strange, imaginable child, half
real. half fairy-like, finds mysterious
access to the closed room where, in
sweet fancy. she makes a world and
life OF her own that borders so closely
on the life beyond that the reader fol-
lows her to the vanishing point of the
world Of things into that spirit land Of
beauty with GREATNESS interest.
The sweetness and charm Of this al
Turing little fantasy Of childhood are
much enhanced by the illustrations In
color by Jessie Wilcox Smith who has
made It all. both people and places,
seen very real and beautiful. The
novelette, will conclude In the Septem-
Der McClure's.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06

Calvin said that he would not recom-
mend the extension Of the road.
The committee then left with Mr..
Calvin a statement Of the wishes OF
the merchants and residents OF both
Dayton and waftsburg ana recited the
promises the oAlcials Of the road had
made the Dayton peopIe when the tail-
road company was given the right Of
way through tire city. At that time the
to Deleney. but from that date the
Dayton people have only received
promises OF extension untii the adj
vent Of Mr.. Calvin. who now positively
refuses to build the road.
The matter he's new been renSrSsA
bAc4 - the Itailipsd c1mmittee a tho
sConaniertial n tsoeiaki6n, whs. ne givsn
full power to bring any pressure pos
sible upon the railroad omcials to in
duce them to see the necessity OF put
ting Dayton on the main line. M sos
A conference win sooA u had With;
the merchants ana business mem II.
Waitsburg, whose cooperation win be
asked In the undertaking.
The Commercial Associations H.
aware of the fact that good, practical
grade can be had over the projected
CUTOFF. and will not longer listen to
excuses made by the railroad omcials.
The company Is amply able to build the
road. therefore the Dayton Association
will see that 1t is built or know the
reason why railroad company does
not keep Its promise in payment for
privileges granted.
Fortunately Dayton has two roads
running into 1t and IL not under obli-
cations to either Of them. One is about
as convenient as the other. The N. p.
would be just as convenient as the o.
r. & N. providing the Dayton mer-
chants should place their orders with
Tacoma and Seattle wholesale houses.
which they may conclude to do in the
near future.
1T would be as well to patronixe the
wholesale merchants OF our own state
as to continue to patronize those Of
Portland. who have waxed fat on the
resources of this country ever since 1t
has been inhabited by white men.
Dayton has always granted every
privilege asked for by railroad corpor-
atoms but has never been granted a
single favor asked for fro ma railroad.
1t is time to show the railroad people
that they must keep faith with our cit
liens or else no more favors will be
granted in the future"
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06
Athletics Other Sporting News
On the Fighting Calendar

Especial Telegram to Evening Tsller.)
HOUGHrON. Mich. Aug. s.-sig
Hart, the Chicago matchmaker. has arr
ranged an excellent program for the
opening show at his athletic club here
tonight Three ten-round bouts are
scheduled. each promising hard. fast
work. The windup will bring together
George Memsic, the Cincinnati light
weight and Young Sharkey'' for ten
rounds at 1873 pounds.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06

Especial Telegram To- Evening Teuer.J
WASHINGTON. .. c., Aug. s.-In
o0lcial circles here authentic news
from Bogota II awaited with keen In.
terest a. private Information received
lately indicates that the affairs OF that
@p0publca may reach q critical stake
Akna ne NEXT few days.
vhppcrrow y the date SCI, for the in
auguration OF General Rafael Reyes as
president Of Colombia. Affairs are In
such shape, however that the new
s7n9aG9ht may not be allowed to take
once. without grave trouble ensuing.
WINK General Reyes was sent to
Washington In the hope Of effecting a
change in the policy of the United
States and securing the restoration OF
fsspaNaSm ~ avas the choice of the gov
tsyseNmept party for president. OF course
-aa1ts miAeipM failed. Thereupon the in
ID, i,1eaqe ,9S eRresldent Marroauin and his
fstAd1jniet1ft TIN, geemed to be thrown for
-notpsAp5a NelfSd he aged evolutionary
Ia .%ecsg4pr sktAs Department OF Bolivar
kasveA.As1baq9e. 4p much to defeat the
- RAna@si 13nY9ss fYen announced that
.sscNslss IND ~ Jpatayity secured through
the support q6 the adpinistration. But
Narrnluin- ahifted around to Reyes.
and the <AApt sgsIpewas in doubt.
l.asls 7HspAea) 2eyss knew, that II he went
~. back to. BogQta after HIS failure here
!. MI v5uif be- Md fshek whatever for
s.. ,61 s.6eeSmxfks pffeMdeht So he re-
!. sSn&ibM III New York n. while. and
:, ) f6shh laiasdd fM faifa. Meanwhile. he
'.... ~ adhip s3liat ~ ;c0,fid Cor colom-
biz "a W. 3cifi1 thihs out OF the wreck
Of III t8ntf6i III Panama He did not
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06

femininity by two western young
women who are just now PUBLISHING for
the first time-Jeanne Olive Loizeaux
of Des Moines and Christobelle van As
mus Bunting Of Chicago. Edwin L.
Sabin. tells . very funny boy story.
The OLD Muxxle Loader"
& Kathsfine Lee Bates, Htlten r. Greer
and Frank H. Sweet write the ypDetry
q theBsnumber.s Mia1 Bateat p19m,
work Of great distinction: 81 nneiy IL
lustrnted by w. d. 0oldbeck Of Chi
cago.
The Nationals Home Department"
has made q real hit with the women
readers Of the magazine. and IL better
wi4h every new number. -
me National s!is handsounslys illus-
t$%fd Il go lin
Have you 4 sweet tooth? Try
Brownelrs Boston creams.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-08-06
DISSENTI0N IN COLOMBIA
Il SITUATION NAY Be CRITICAL
Inauguration Of General Rafael Reyes as Pre-
sident viii Take Place Tomorfow...May
! % m De Signal for 4 Revolution m ~

even after Z majority Of the electoral
college had declared him the choice.
During the last few weeks every mail
has brought word Of intrigues and plots
against Reyes. Army commanders and
others supposed to be hostile to Gen.
eral Reyes have been removed. but this
has served apparently only to increase
the opposition.
While it IL a badly disorganized
army. the Colombian war force is nee
essary to secure a peaceful adminis-
tration. II the partisans of Joaquin
Velez succeed in getting the army. In
all probability there will be serious
trouble. N
Once inaugurated as president, Gen.
his control of the army. His prestige
az soldier will help him in that re-
gard. In the campaign against the
revolutionists in 1895 he showed he
possessed the qualities Of military
leadership.
What General Reyes policy as pres
ident viii be can not be forecasted with
certainty. His chief endeavor doubt
less win be directed toward maintain
ing the territorial integrity Of the re-
public. The rumors which have been
afioat from time to time Of separa-
ton movement in the great Pacific de-
partment Of Cauca have not been
groundless. The truth IL understood to
be that the danger Of this department
cutting loose in case Reyes were not
made president has been the motive for
bringing the administration of Presi-
dent Marroquin to his support