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Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
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The St. Francis levee bill, a measure in which four-fifths of the state has no direct interest, promises to arouse more bitter ness and go through a harder at- tack, than any measure of the session. The Killough bill, which knocks out the governors ap- pointees to this board, after pass ing the senate, was given a rest by the house by being laid upon the table. Speaker Cate favors the bill and Thursday ruled a majority vote was all that was necessary to take up the consid- ation of the measure, and the house accomplished this by vote of A to 37. From the decision of the chair that a suspension of the rules was not necessary, an appeal was taken to the house and Cate was sustained, the vote being A to 37. Unless the anti Davis men secure further re- suits, the bill which is certain to be vetoed by the governor, will never receive the requisite tWo- thirds in the house.
 900.
 The senate Thursday passed, by a vote of 19 to 12, the house bill known as the Raney insur- ance bill, which provides the manner in which mutual fire, life and tornado insurance companies may do business in the state. A guaranty bond of $15, 900 is de- manded of all companies before they may do business in Arkan- sas. While five bills having for their object the regulating of mutual insurance companies have been introduced in the assembly, this is the only one that has passed both houses.
 The Beck good roads bill has received the indorsement of the Arkansas good roads convention for the last three years, was post poned Thursday afternoon until Monday, in order that the mem bers might have more time to thoroughly investigate the meas ure.
 For the committee on peniten- tiary, Senator Logan introduced the bill for the support and maintenance of the state peni- tentiary for the next two years. It carries an appropriation of $215, ,790, and was read twice, considered in the committee of the whole and sent to the com mittee on engrossed bills.
 A bill by MT. Black of Marion, to encourage the use of water power in the state, by providing that any company organized in the state for the purpose of cleo tric lighting, shall be given, ln- der certain conditions, the right to build dams across streams to secure motive power, was pass ed by the house Friday, by a vote of 42 to F.
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 The senate Friday morning de- feated the Ruff bill from the house, providing for a county de- pository for Randolph county. The vote was P to '. Senator Mccall from that district, bitterly opposed the bill, and for this req son the bill was defeated.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
The Adiutant,

The adjutant, or marabout, is ( tall bird of India, about six feet hgh. The wings expanded meas. are about 15 feet from tip to tip. It readily swallows 2 eat or haze HholA
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
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ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.

Divine services for Palm Sun day. Morning prayer, the litany and sermon at II. Evening prayer and sermon at 4:30. Sun- dav school at 9:45. At the lodge room. Geo. B. Norton, rector.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
METHODIST CHURCH.

A cordial invitation is extended to all visitors as we'll as members to attend the preaching services at the Methodist church Sunday by the pastor. M. B. Umsted. Sunday school at 9:30, but let all children who can come at 3 to practice for the Easter music.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday school at 9:3O a. m. Preaching at Il a. m. and 7:45 D. m. The public is cordially in- vited. H. M. Long, pastor.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
4 MAN AND HIS SHOES.
The Thicker the Soles He Wears tn Larger the City from Which
 He Halls.

"You can almost tell from what country a man comes by tho weight of his shoes," said J. w. Davy, of Chicago, who represents . shoe company, to a Milwaukee Sentinel reporter. "You might not believe it," he continued, "but the thicker the soles of his shoes the larger the city from which he comes. In New York it Is almost a fad, and the soles of the shoes there are exceedingly heavy. They are almost as heavy in Chica go. Men there wear shoes to pro tect their feet. They have not time enough, it seems, to bother with rubbers. So they make one pair of shoes do the work for all kinds of weather. Here in Mil. waukee and in other cities of this size, notice, the men wear light shoes and rubbers. suppose they have time enough to wear the overshoes. Upin the country l ind that in many places leather boots are not worn at all for sew eral of the winter months. They wear heavy socks and then put rubber overshoes over these."
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-15
German Sunday Schools"

Tn England the term Sunday school" has a definite meaning, and is exclusively used to denote a place of religious teaching. In Germany, however, the race for commercial supremacy has led ts the establishment of Sunday schools at which mechanics arc given practical instruction tn their trades. There is, for exam pie, a school for masons, at which the students, many of them me. chanics who work during the week, spend several hours on Sun. day morning in learning the high CT branches of their craft. Sim. ilarly there are Sunday schools for tailors, ironmongers, bookbind CTS, and followers of other trades even barbers and blacksmiths.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
ROOSEVELT IN DIXIE.
President Speaks to the Followers
of Lee.

President Roosevelt's recent tour
through the South was one continuous
ovation from the people Of Dixie. In
fact his visit has been heralded as BE-
ing as triumphant as the return Of
any Roman emperor. Dixie vas cap
urcd by the Rough Rider President.
At Richmond, the old Confederate
Capital, the greeting extended TO him
was unusually cordial. After much
parading and speech-making the Pres
ldent was taken Tor drive through
the residence section. In the center of
this section is the great equestrian
statue Of General Robert Il. Lee. At
this point occurred a scene of the Pres
dents visit which viii probably be
remembered when all others have
faded into oblivion.
Surrounding the Lee monument il
an iron fence, inclosing a circle Of
lawn. The crowd was thioki~ grouped
around tits circle. Inside, standing
upon the base Of the monument and
wandering about upon the lawn were
Snventy-hVe broken, lettering Old men.
clad in gray and carry e small Con-
edcrate flags. Many hobbled upon
clutches, and nearly all leaned upon
leg was missing. The voices of the old
men were low, and they paid no heed
to the crowd around them. They
were waiting for the President OF the
United States, he was to drive past
the monument. From time TO time a
Little, old man climbed upon a pedl-
ment and stood like the very incar-
nation Of the Lost Cause, shading his
eyes and gazing toward the coming
Of the great, the powerful, the world |
renowned successor of Lincoln and !
Grant
Ii was such n sight as this which |
erected the President when his car
riage dashed up TO the monument. I
Before the old men realized il, the |
President was facing them and shout |
ing. Come closer" With confused ex- /
the old men hobbled for |
ward, with small pretenSe of march
lug. They had almost forgotten the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

Washington. English Royalists and tie
original Washington immigrants.
The Mason family was originally of
WarWaiCkshire and there are many
Mason memorials in the Church of the
Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avcn.
Colonel George Mason. the first, was.
however, not Warwaickshire man.
but was born In Stafordshire. One OF
his fellow Royalist refugees to Amer
lea was Gerard Fowke, of Gunston. a
hamlet in Staffordshiro The old Eng
lish Gunston Hall was standing a few
years ago. and was owned by the Gif-
for1s. descendants OF the same Giifords
who were Royalists with FOwke and
Mason. and who owned Boscobel, neaT
GunstOn, where Charles III. lay In con-
CealmCnt after the hattie OF Worcester.
The commonwealth commander at
Worcester was General Fairfax and IL
was strange fate that made a descen-
ant OF this man "a neighbOr 10 the Wash
ingtons OF Mount Vernon and the
Masons Of Gunston Hall Belyoir, the
Fairfax estate, lay Immediately be-
tween Gunston and Mount Vernon
The first American Mason and
Fowke settled In the northern neck OF
Virginia, but Fowke later removed to
Maryland. George Mason. the second.
married Mary Fowke. daughter Of Ger.
ard Fowke, and they built a home in
Maryland, which they called Gunston
Hall, in memory Of the English Guns
ton. These people were grandparents
OF George Mason, the fourth, or George
Mason. one of the republics founders.
In 1850 this man married Anne EIlbeclI
OF Mattawoman. Maryland, and soon
after his marriage began the erection
OF Gunston Hall, Virginia, which he
named after his grandparents place in
Maryland and the ancestral home Of
the Fowkes in Stafordshire.
Mason was one of the vestrymen Of
Pohick Church, four miles from Guns.
ton. Washington and William Fairfax
were also vestrymen there.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
STATUE OF GENERAL LEE AT RICHMOND.
Group of Confederate Veterans Waiting Preside

old marching orders i'm their confusion.
They simply huddled forward to the
fence. The line was not reformed.
Then the President spoke to the South,
ignoring the crowd behind him. He
spoke only to the wearers Of the gray.
He spoke as the President OF re-
united country. His voice seemed as
the voice of nation speaking to the
followers of Lee.
The veterans devoured every vigor-
Gus syllable of the Presidents address.
They returned his earnest gaze with
looks Of unmistakable good will and
loving friendship. Somewhat abruptly
the President stopped, waved his hat
1t was TO them like the balm of Gilead.
and shouted, "Good-by, and good
luck"
"Good-by, good-by." they shouted,
and a moment later President Roose.
welt was out Of sight
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
ExDerf Naval Testimony.

When Dick Thompson, of Indiana
was called to the Cabinet as Secretary
of the Navy it is said that he had
never even been on a large vessel. One
of his earliest visits was made to an
informal inspection on a large man
of-war, lying at the Navy Yard. He
climbed up on the deck, was escorted
around the vessel, admired and COM
plimentei the beauty and cleanliness of
1t all and finally peered down the hold.
He looked back at the officer, took of
his glasses, wiped them, looked down
again and then finally turned to the
commander and exclaimed, why the
things hollow!"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
THE STRENGTH OF JAPAN.
GARDEN FARMS TIE FOUND4-
TON or NIPPON'S POU'ER.
3o.ooo,ooo People Sustained in Com
fort on Only 1900 1quare Miles
of Cultivated Land.

(From Chicago" The Great Central Marke
July, 1900.
"a hundred years hence, leavir g
China out Of the question, there will
be two colossal lowers in the world,
beside which Germany, England,
France, and Italy will be as pygmies-
the United States and Russia"
If any one had told Emile de La
veleye, when he made this prophecy,
some years ago, that within a few
years the power Of Russia on the sea
would be annihilated, and her land
forces defeated again and again by the
pygmy nation Of Japan, would he
have believed it?
No, neither he nor any one else, al
that time, would hive credited t.
The Incredible the unbelievable, has
actually happened. There is no result
without a cause. What is the underly-
ing cause Of this marvellous strength
of Japan?
1t is not in battle ships or siege guns
not in torpedo boats or field artillery
not In arms or armOr-nOt in NUM-
tons Of war or equipment for battles
on land or sea. Russia had all these,
and yet she has suffered crushing, hui
and overwhelming defeat.
What, then, is the secret of Japan's
ficiency of the Unit.
1t is in just one thing, and that is
menl
1t is in the efficiency of the unit.
1t is in the physical and mental pow
erin the health, strength, and intelli-
gence of the japanese people as a
whole, and as a consequence, of every
individual soldier and sailor.
And this physical and mental eff
cheney of an entire people-of the en-
tire citizenship OF the japanese nation
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

lis a plain and distinct result of their
mode of life.
The Japanese people are strong be-
cause they live as the human animal
mast live to be mentally and physi-
cally strong-neXt to nature.
They breathe the fresh air.
They eat plain food.
They neither starve nor s. Ce.
They are mentally and physically
active.
They are an "out of door" people.
They Understand the laws of health,
and obey them.
Their children draw their strength
from the bosom of mother earth.
And above and beyond all, they are
a nation of homes and home owners.
Each family is in a home and each
home is in garden where health and
strength are gained by the labor of
cultivating that garden for a living,
And in these garden homes the peo-
pie Of Japan have far more of real
pleasure and happiness and the genu-
Inc enjoyments of life than the aver
age wage worker in our country.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
UNCLE JOE CANNON'S ADVICE.
Never Keep Back Anything, But Al
ways Tell the Whole Truth.

ways Tell the Whole Truth.
Speaker Cannon, whom everybody
calls Uncle joe" told the following
story one day when he wished to en-
phasize the necessity for telling the
whole truth. and farther how a man
may be deceived by half-tTuth:
A man rented a house, but after look
ing at it went back to the real estate
agent with a complaint.
You profess to have told me the
truth" he stormed. "but YOU haven't
told me the whole truth. There's that
lawn, for instance!"
Really, sir" protested the agent, 81
distinctly remember describing the
lawn, and very nice lawn it u.s."
"Oh, yes" went on the kicker. "You
told me there was a lawn. but you
didn't tell me that the nearest owner
Of a lawn-mower lived two miles away!
Where am l to borrow a lawn-mower,
sir? Answer me that!"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

81 Tom Watson. OF Georgia, author OF
d Life OF Thomas Jefferson" Is re-
portcd 10 have bought Gunston Hall,
Virginia. 10 miles from Washington,
nd which was from 1850 TO 1892 the
tome Of George Mason, friend and ad-
Ylser OF Thomas Jefferson, George
James Madison and Pat
xick Henry. The house Is preserved
Nd a few rods from Il Is the grave Of
NAson. The pyramidal piece OF gran.
10 shown In the picture stands above
1is grave and IS inscribed:
M GEORGE MASON,
OF the min of flights and
First Constitution of Virginia.
iT2O-I7O2.
Funston Hall Is on a ridge command.
inE lne view Of the Potomac river, a
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

mile distant II IS about Ave miles be.
low Mount Vernon aud three miles be-
low the ruins OF Belyoir. the home OF
the FIRST Fairfax In Virginia. GunstOn
Hall was probably without equal In
that part OF Virginia at the time OF
ita building. and is as we'll preserved
~ any other colonial house in Virginia
X Is eighty feet long and forty feet
wide and is built OF bricks twice the
HIxo OF those made now. To the right
Of The north entrance Is the room
which was occupied by Jefferson on his
fftQnent visits TO Mason. On the river
I1rtico is where Mason and Washing
ton played at draughts by the hour.
several years after the war Gunston
Hall in dilapidation was acquired by
Ic|onel Edward Daniels. a Northern
nam. The place was partially restore
~ him. Colonel Daniels in the days or
feccnstruction was the editor OF the
XIchmond Journal and was once a can
tidate for the House OF Representa-
I|<fs, but was defeated. lie was
ci0se friend OF President Grant. and
I4niels really controlled the patronage
of the State of Virginia. A spry old
Hentleman who has personally known
Hundred celebrities Of other genera
tI1ns. he lives on land adjoining Guns
<Un Hall and which was a part OF the
r4Ihte. Gunston Hall passed TO Joseph
*Iecht. OF st. Louis, and by him was
COO pletely restored and beautitied. He
tItd Jhree years ago and the place con-
<I1ned in possession Of his heirs and
~ charge OF a colored overseer.
Fairy Opposed TO Slavery.
George Mason was the Sage OF Guns
{0n. Ii was he who after conference
nd correspondence with Washington
new up the non.importation resolu-
IONS offered by Washington ana
1lopted by the Virginia House OF Bur.
1fsses in 1863. One of these resolu-
INNS pledged the signers to buy no
4Nves imported after November l, 1863.
Mason was the author OF tract
1Eled Extracts from Virginia Char
(trs and Some Remarks upon Them"
IMPORTING the contention that the Brit
u Parliament had no right to tax the
american colonies. This tract had
Kide vogue in pre-revolutionary times.
Mason and Washington attended the
Htizens' meeting at Fairfax Court
Hpuse. Virginia, in July, liza. Wash
Ugton was moderator OF the meeting.
hson presented twenty-four resolu-
pms In advocacy OF non-intercourse
pa the mother country. These res
tons were adopted, and were also
Wopted by the Virginia convention at
II liamsburg in August, IVA. 1t was
~ BODY which elected Peyton RAN
13lph, Richard Henry Lee, George
"a shington. Patrick Henry, Richard
Hhnd. Benjamin Harrison and Edmund
~ dleton delegates to the First Con-
dental Congress, and that Congress
spb stantially adopted the Mason reso- ,
|Qtions.
Favored Election OF Presidents by
the People.
Mason after once declining election,
80 once refusing to serve after cleo
uon to the Continental Congress, sat
the Constitutional Convention OF
1|1. In that great body he opposed |
<'RVery, saying 1t was a source of ma
<.pnal weakness and Generalization"
advocated the direct election of the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

President by the people and for a term
of seven years with ineligibility for re.
election. lie opposed the requirement
Of property qualification for voters
and also opposed the plan to make
slaves equal TO freemen for purposes of
representation in Congress. lie re
fused to sign the Constitution as
adopted. and fought against its ratid-
cation by Virginia.
In the Virginia convention TO ratlfy
the Constitution Mason led the opposi-
ton and standing with him we're Pat.
rick Henry James Monroe. Benjamin
Harrison and William Grayson. The
leaders for ratification were John
Marshall, Edmund Randolph, Richard
Henry Lee. George Washington and
James Madison, yet so great was Ma
sons influence that In 16S votes, the
majority for ratification was only ten
and this majority was obtained only
after the required number OF States
had already adopted the Constitution.
OF a Famous Family.
Tho inst American Mason was George
Mason. atgrandfather OF Mason Of
Gunston. He was commander Of
troop OF horse at the battle OF Wor-
Cester. where be fought In the Stuart
cause. as did Colonel John Washington.
a near relative OF John and Lawrence
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
Live Stock Matters.

"Oh," said the fair summer boarder.
as couple OF calves gamboled across
the meadow, "what pretty little cow
let's"
"Yew air mistaken, ma'am," said
the old farmer. "Them's bullets"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
The White Plague Unknown.

We have fallen into n SNUG and
and wretchedly super
fetal habit of thought which loses
sight of the life that a people lead and
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16

There is no pie or pudding father.
But will give you this;
And upon the blacksmith's toil-worn
brow,
She printed a childish kiss.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16


pines. TO Hawaii, 10 China and Japan
He has just left Washington for his
second trip TO the isthmus. Through
his connection with the affairs of the
Philippines he has become involved
in questions wholly outside the regular
line of the War Department.
These are some of the reasons which
lead the President and his advisers TO
consider the creation of another de
partment TO take complete control of
island and colonial affairs. Whether
Congress will consent to this at the
coming session, or will move postpone
ment, cannot be foretold, but the
chances are that, within reasonable
time. the War Department will be re-
ieved Of some of its heavy burdens.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
|HISTORIC GUNSTON HALL,
|IRGINII HOME or TIE F1MOUS
GEORGE M1SON PURCHASED
BY TON U1TSON.

american History Made Beneath Its
Broad Verandas-tas Been Restor-
led TO its Original Beauty.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
Taft Travels Far.

This IS proved, IL In no other way.
by the immense amount Of travelling
done by Secretary Taft i'm the past yeaI
He has been TO Panama, TO the Philip
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-16
favored Election OF Presidents by
the People.

Nason after once declining election,
M once refusing to serve after cleo
N to the Continental Congress, sat
the Constitutional Convention OF
N. In that great body he opposed
very, saying 1t was a source of ma
pnal weakness and decentralization"
advocated the direct election of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-18
Venice a Floating City.

Prof Hermann Berdrow, one of the
best living authorities on the geology
of northern Italy, says Venice is un-
doubtedly sinking, and nothing can
save it from it's coming fate, says a
Berlin dispatch to the New York
World He has just returned from a
prolonged and careful examination of
the ground, and mas come to the con-
ciusion that the decay will go on and
increase, one building after another
going, perhaps whole rows of build
ings at once
The foundations on which Venice is
built are, he says not foundations at
all, but water pillows, layers of earth
and mud and seaweed, which hun
dreds, perhaps thousands. of years
have formed. These layers are often
80 to 100 feet thick, but under them
is water, often deep water. The in
evitable tendency of these water pill
lows is to sink. The builders of Ven
ice drove piles deep into these layers,
and on the piles built palaces and
churches, but knew nothing of the
treacherous depths below.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-18
NATIVE oERMAh WIT.

What Hundreds Of People. ea~.
The German on his native heath haa
some peculiar notions about wit and
humor, some of them being droll and
others dreary. tourist with his
bride asked the driver il there was
anything remarkable about the noun
tain they were ascending, and he an
swered:
mo. nothing peculiar about the hill
itself, but there is a queer story con-
nected with it."
Pray give us the legend"
well, once upon a time young
lady and gentleman went up this
mountain together, and hundreds OF
people saw them go higher and higher
until. they disappeared and never came
back"
What became of them"
They went down on the other
side"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-18
THERE IS JUST ONE SURE WAY.

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