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The Washington times., 1905-01-20

OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON GAS
LIGHT COMPANY, January 19 1866
The annual meeting of the shareholders
of the Washington Gas Light Company,
for the election Of directors and for such
other business as may properly come
before said meeting. viii be held at the
Office OF the company, 4i3 10Th St NV,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY s. 1906 AT II
O'CLOCK noon The polls viii be open
from II o clock noon 70 1 o'clock D m
WILLIAM b ORME, Secretary
fa19-lSt
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DIED.

SIMPSON-Departed this life on Thursday
January l9. 1905. at 1890 g. m. at the resi-
cence of his daughter. Mrs. Mary Stronrhers
OF Arlington, Va, the Rev WILEY SNIP
SON, aged seventy-nine years.
I'll miss hiln-rny father. my counsel and
guide:
But oft will ! meet thee when evils betide
Remembrance OF my journey VIII light,
And feel thu art near to guide me Alright
Funeral from Mount Zion Baptist Church,
Arlington. Va, Sunday, January -. 1905. at
o'clock Relatives and friends respectfully
invited. by his devoted daughter. MARY
(StaUnton, New York. Pfttsburg, Williams
port, and Mcdonald papers please copyJ
ja2G-2t
LAUBACH-On Thursday January -. 1865.
at $50 am. HENRY c. 1ACBACH. In the
seyenty-ninth year of his age. native OF
Laugensalza. Prussia. but for more than forty
years a resident Of this city.
Funeral from his late residence. 2i@ II
Street northeast, Saturday. January 81, 1903.
at 230 y. Interment Congressional Gem
etery ja19-@t
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In MEMO2IAM.

SKIDMORE-In sad be: loving reInen-
brance of my dear mother MARY a. SKID-
MORE. who died four years ago tocay.
Ny mother IS sleeping. so free from ali pain:
Oh wake her not. sweet Spirit. TO suffer
again
She's sleeping so calmly oh. let her sleep on.
Her tolls are all over her works are all done
Gone but never 10 be forgotten.
1t BY Her Daughter.
The Washington times., 1905-01-20

SPECIAL sewing machine bargains:
Singer, $50; Standard, 500; New Home,
five years Sewing machines repaired
and warranted S100 Machines rented
by week or month at OPPENHEiM-
ER'S New Home Agency, 51i 9th ST.
nv 1a1-6
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ENVELOPES PRINTED, complete, l.ee
for 81 80 net. while they last; special car
lot just received: hurry hurrylt HAIR
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NEW DOMESTIC sewing machine:
either chain or lock stitch; two ma
chimes IN one, nghfeSI running ball
bearing machine: simple and durable.
Sold on monthly payments. Special
discount for cash Phone or mail orders
promptly attended To- DOMESTIC
T St NV. Machines rented, Soc week
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Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
MILLION DOLLAR
 HOME CORPORATION.

A record was broken Monday in the office of the secretary of state, when a corporation with a capital stock of one million dollars, fully paid up, filed it's articles of incorporation through its counsel, Hon. c. T. Coleman. It is Lee Wilson & Go. of Wilson, Mississippi county, an industrial corporation, dealing principally in merchandise and the manu- facture of lumber. The company was organized April 10, with the following officers: R. B. L. Will son, president; J. H. Elkins, vice-president; M. J. Blackwell, secretary and treasurer. The other directors are B. H. Green and A. B. Hill. The company owns about 10000 acres of the most fertile land in the Missis- sippi valley, most of which is in cultivation.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
FARMERS SHOULD
 BANK SAVINGS.

A good farmer from Salem township was in town the other day to pay for two subscriptions to this paper. He carried a neat little check book and he carefully wrote out a check for the amount, showing on the stub what same was drawn for. That was the first time we had ever seen a Dunklin county farmer do such a thing and yet it was business. That man keeps his money in a bank instead of loose in his pocket or in an old boot, or a stove pipe or an old trunk, liable to be lost. When he pays a~bill he has a record of it, whether he gets a receipt or not. Others, all others should follow. Dunk lin, (Mo.) Democrat.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
COLONEL COOK
 VISITS PARAGOULD.

Col. V. Y. Cook, who spent Saturday and Sunday in the city the guest of Hon. B. H. Crowley and other old friends, left for home Sunday night, says the Paragould Soliphone. Col. Cook lives in Independence county, but his postofice is Newport, where he transacts most of his busi- ness and maintains an office.
 He has under cultivation over three thousand acres of land in what is known as Oil Trough bottom, one of the most fertile spots in the state. This land he rents for S6 per acre money rent, from which it will be seen that the Colonel doesn't have to worry about the source of his grub supply.
 While in the city Col. Cook was warmly greeted by many old ex-Confederates and Spanish war veterans. The Colonel is a soldier of distinction as we'll as distinguished civilian, and his erect and stately form, eagle eye and military bearing mark him as such.
 In the war between the states he followed Forrest, under whom he served as an officer, and saw service in many of the hard fought battles of that long, bloody struggle. At the out break of the Spanish-American war he was, by Governor Dan Jones, appointed colonel of the Second Arkansas regiment and he clings to the regret that the war department never let his regiment get beyond the camp at Chickamauga. The colonel and his regiment were full of fight and the enforced camp life they led during the scrimmage was to them like being in prison.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19

glass cases, as above suggested, for future preservation and pub lie inspection.
 'Gen. Neill and Major Harley mistake me when they think for a moment that l would stand in the way of any disposition of these sacred emblems that the survivors of the Confederacy may suggest.
 It is true that 1 was not a Con- federate soldier, for the plain reason that I am not old enough to have been one, but my father was a Confederate soldier and bore it's brunt as loyalty, per- haps, as either of these distin- guished gentlemen.
 T pride myself on having the blood of one of the best Confede- rate soldiers in Arkansas in my veins, and I am not small enough to wish that these flags be stamped in the dust under any consideration, and I cheerfully and willingly yield to Senator Berry, because he has been sug- gested, and, in my judgment, is a proper person to have the honor of delivering these flags to the Confederate soldiers of this state, and I will forego the pleas ure of being the guest of the en- tertainment committee of Louis vile on the occasion of the re- union, because my presence there might mar the pleasure of Gen. Neill and Major Harley.
 Gentlemen, I hope this will be a satisfactory solution of the disposition Of the flags. They are too sacred to fuss about, the memories which they beget are too dear to be dragged into the dust, and it is with bitterness to none and friendship to all that I mak this suggestion.
 If Senator Berry should de- cline to make this presentation, I reserve the right to name Maj. w. H. Haynes, whose record as a Confederate soldierA 1 think would fill every requireMent ex- acted by Gen. Neill and Major Harley. Respectively submitted.
 JEFF DAVIS"
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
FROST
 DAMAGED FRUIT.

Mammoth Spring, April 18.- A killing frost occurred through out this section Sunday night. Reports from the country are that strawberries and other small fruits, as we'll as nearly all vege- tables, were badly damaged. Ice formed in many places from an eighth to one-fourth of an inch thick.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
NEGRO TO HANG,
 SAYS DE WITT COURT.

London, April IS. At the De Witt term of circuit court, which has just closed, John Frazier, negro, was con- victed and sentenced to hang for the murder of the white railroad timekeeper, Webster Sutherland, near Des Arc, about six months ago. Judge Chapline of this place pronounced sentence upon Frazier, whose execution will take place on June 8.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
CLAYTON ABOUT
 OUT OF A JOB.

Mexico City, April IS. The family of Ambassador Powell Clayton left here for the United States this evening, gcing to Des Moines, Iowa. Ambassador Con- ger is expected here the last of May, when Ambassador Clayton will retire from the diplomatic service.
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received by the city council of the city of Newport, Arkansas, until 12 o'clock noon on the 24th day of April 1905, for the scraping off of the old paint and painting the iron work of the bridge across Newport Lake in the city of New port Bids to be addressed to J. R. Mayhan, Re- sorder. The successful bidder will be required to give bond for the faithful performance of the contract. The council reserves the right to reject any and all bids J. R. NATHAN,
 Recorder This notice given this April sth ls05 95dtf
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
CLOTHING

For men and boys fit for a king to wear. See the hobby styles at Chas. Meyers Great Bargain Store. 92btf
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
 REGARDING FLAGS.
Yields to Suggestion of Their Presentation by Senator Berry and Extricates Himself From
 Further Criticism.

The p0lltlcal SnfeWdneSS or Governor Davis was never better displayed than in the manner in which he disposed of the ques- tion as to who shall present the returned Confederate battle flags. The announcement of his purpose to so oficiate at the Louisville reunion was followed by a storm of protests from ex- Confederate camps all over the state.
 But the governor has not only completely disarmed his oppo- nents on this issue by stepping aside and refusing Ito drag these sacred relics into the dust of petty politics, but scores point himself in presenting the name of his senatorial opponent, James H. Berry, to do the honors of the occasion.
 Following is the message of Governor Davis to the general assembly upon the subject:
 Gentlemen: Some days ago, in conformity to a resolution passed by the national congress, the secretary of war forwarded to me eight battle flags used by the Confederate soldiers in the civil war. Under this resolu- tion there is no further disposi- tion of these emblems, but the governor is made the custodian of them.
 Shortly after the passage of this resolution returning these flags to the governors of the va rious states of the Confederacy, I received an invitation from the secretary of the entertainment committee of the Confederate reunion to be held shortly in Louisville, Ky., inviting me to be their guest and asking me to receive for the state of Arkansas these flags at that time and place. This necessarily implied a delivery of them by me to the soldiers of Arkansas participat- ing in that reunion.
 "I accepted this invitation and thought it would be a pleasant occasion and entirely agreeable to the Confederate soldiers of this state that this disposition be made of these flags, but l found that few disappointed and restless spirits, such as Col. Bob Neill of Batesville and Major Harley of Little Rock, and one or two others whose names it is not necessary to mention, have become suddenly offended at the idea of these flags being present. ed 10 your governor and by him presented to the shattered frag- ments of the greatest army the world ever the Confederate veterans of Arkansas-and de- string that these sacred emblems shall not be dragged into the dust of petty politics, l make this suggestion and recommendation to you that you pass a small ap- propriation not exceeding $25O to buy glass cases in which these flags may be placed in some suit able room of the state house for public exhibition, because to ham, dle them promiscuously would mean their destruction.
 Tt has been suggested by Col. Neill and Major Harley that Sen ator Berry deliver these flags to the Confederate veterans of this state at the unveiling of the monument soon to take place in Little Rock. In this connection I desire to say that if Senator Berry will accept this honor it shall be my pleasure to turn these emblems over to him, to be de- livered to the state encampHent of the Confederate veterans of
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19

'iSpencer will make a hit"
Newport daily independent., 1905-04-19

Spencer will make a hit...
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
The Value of q Vacation.

No man woman can work every day, year in
and year out, with change, no variety in his
life, without either getting into rut which will
paralyze his finest and best faculties or breaking
down altogether and committing suicide on years
of precious life. says writer in the July Sue
cess
great many people, especially in cities fail,
lose their health and become mere apologies of
the men and women they rnight be if they knew
how to take care of themselves-if they were wise
enough to take vacation when they need it. But
they voluntarily cut themselves off, year after
year, from the great source of power-nature.
They do not drink from the fountain of vitality
and eternal youth energy in which the earth is
constantly renewing itself. Buried in schemes of
ambition, of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. in dreams of
wealth and power and fame, they grind away. in
an environment of bricks and mortar. in the
sitting, changeless atmosphere of the city until
they become nervous. worn-out wrecks They do
not see the necessity of change; they do not be-
heve in taking vacation; they laugh at the idea
OF giving up their work and going away to idle in
the country as they put it. until it is too late.
Many OF these ceaseless toilers living on their
nerves. trying all sorts of patent medicines. mas
sages treatments and other artificial remedies. in
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
The Flag on the Schoolhouse.

Seventeen years ago the Youths Companion
began to advocate a more general use of the flag
the schoolhouse. in connection with observances
which would impress the minds of pupils what
the flag stands for On last Washington's birth
day there was probably not State in the Union
in which the flag did not float over some all Of
the schoolhouses in honor of the anniversary. New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connec-
ticut, New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, North Dakota,
Washington, Wyoming and Arizona have laws
quirine the purchase of flags and necessary poles
and halyards, and the display Of flags on certain
days, if not every pleasant day when the school
is in session. In Colorado. California West Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia the law
chase flags when they see fit.
The following letter from a Western school
teacher shows what the "School-house Flag Move
ment" has done for one district. "Eightv-siX per
cent of my scholars" she writes "were either born
in other countries Or are the children of foreign
born parents. The effect of the flag uDon my
school has been to make every one of nv pupils
an enthusiastic American. If for any reason the
flag is not raised for a day they clamor for its
raising. No more Enthusiastic or patriotic set OF
children can be found in the United States than
those of my school,"
The same story might be told of thousands and
thousands of other schools north south, east and
west. The "Flag on the Schoolhouse Movement
has been worth while.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
A Rare Accomplishment.

No accomplishment gives more pleasure than
the art of storytelling, unless it may be the art
of singing a song. But even the simplest song
sounds better when accompanied on musical in
strument, and that is not always to be had. The
story needs only the audience. 1t is no respecter
of persons. The effective story-teller has a well
come by the campfire. at the dinner-table, in the
lawyers ofceSat the sick-bed, in the school room
and at the kitchen door.
Women have not excelled in conversational
storytelling. Perhaps their failure is partly be-
cause they find it hard to be brief. Women do not
always know what not to say. Of all the rules
which govern the storyteller, the most imperative
is that which cuts away the superfuous. ''Nobody
but yourself knows what good things you leave
out" is the only consolation for the merciless
pruning of the successful story-teller.
One woman will spend twenty minutes in re-
counting her misfortunes in a single morning, and
her audience will suppress yawn and be glad
when the long-drawn-out tale is over. Another
will crowd into two minutes rapid sketch of a
street-crossing adventure, and every sentence will
carry delight because of it's humorous, VITAL SYM
pathetic touch.
1t is difficult to teach the beguiling art Of tell
ing story; but one may hear almost any day ex-
amples of how not to- do it-and an occasional
rare illustration of how to do it. But woman
who will teach herself skill in the accomplishment
will never lack welcome. for the world is hungry
for innocent pleasure Youths Companion
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06

which are not killed by longer or shorter expo
sure to the temperature of boiling water Inc
process consists in the application of heat to
water in sufficient degree to expand the air which
the water naturally absorbs, and cause 1t to rise
to the surface in bubbles If now the water con-
tains gases of decomposition they are expelled
and the odor is very foul Immediately before the
boiling point is reached. When the water is cooled
and drunk it is found to taste flat or inspld This
is due to the lessened amount of oxygen in the wa
ter which has been expelled by the boiling. 1t may
be freshened by pouring it through the air from
ono vessel to another and thereby mixing the wa
ter with the oxygen again.
ILL., Milk is the most frequent source OF food
infection. The germs undergo rapid development
without changing the appearance of the milk
Milk may be contaminated by infected water used
in cleansing the cans. Typhoid germs may be con-
veyed upon raw vegetables and fruits which have
been washed in contaminated water. Oysters, as
is well known may become infected during the
process of fattening. A fly which has alighted on
the linen of typhoid patient may contaminate
milk or other food. These insects admirably
adapted to convey infection from their great
numbers and incessant activity as well as their
numerous feet.
". Contamination of the Soil.-Filth, bad sew
esr or cesspools cannot in themselves ty-
phoid fever but they furnish the conditions suita
BILE for the preservation of the germ and ultimate
ly for it's propagation.-The Housekeeper.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
" Hello! Sweetheart. l"

We were riding on a trolley car, as we some
times do, for recreation and pleasure and to see
the growth and expansion of Durham.
1t was near the noon hour when the slowed
up near a vine-clad cottage and the mtorman's
wife ran out with basket of dinner for her hus-
band AS she approached the car the motorman
greeted her with "Hello, sweetheartw Her pleas
ure was evidenced by a smile and hastily thrown
kiss over her shoulder as she tripped back to the
porch The sunshine of the incident pervaded the
whole car, and even the staidest passengers
smiled their approval.
We venture the prophecy, there is happy home
and that motOrman has the choicest bits that can
be prepared by dainty hands. We can almost
hear the little wifes heart singing for Joy all day
long just for that CHEEKY "Hello. sweetheartp
But, you say, what has all this to do with new
ideas? Oh, we don't know. We have seen and
heard so much of the other kind of greeting that
the practice of this method might be a idea
to some of US. May all of us who have wives try
the "Hello, sweetheart" method and see if the
world-our world at least-is not the brighter for
it.-Durham Sun.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06

bv the hDs a Gf as EsgiGng ss hsah sod But
the recreating rejuvenating forces of the eoh hOf
try.
How much money would you give pbvs;o;ou
if he would guarantee you strong steady, heaIIuu
faculties instead of nervous exhausted onea. =
he could give you firm, vigorous muscles inStoo5 u
of weak, fabby ones; if he could put new courage
magic. take away the fretful, nervous irrtoIe
feeling which makes you so unhappy and restoro
you to your usual cool, calm; collected, cbeorfri
demeanor? You would not stop at any price Tou
could afford to pay. Yet you can do all this
yourself, if you will only drop everything and av
to the country for the rest. and change and com.
mercial Tribune
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
To Avoid Typhoid.

Typhoid germs may be transmitted from four
sources: /. Contagion. III. Infection of water.
Ill. Infection of food. ". Contamination of the
soil.
1. Contagion.-The possibility of the direct
transmission through the air from person to
another must be acknowledged. The nurses and
attendants who have to do with the body linen of
the patient are alone liable to direct infection.
Authentic cases OF this nature of infection on
record.
II. Infection of water is, without doubt the
most frequent mode of conveyance. In large
cities the prevalence of typhoid fever is directly
proDortionate to the ineficiency of the drainage
and water supply
ThCre is no truer index to the sanitary condi-
tiol of community than the report of the num-
Der of cases which contracted this disease. With
the great improvement in drainage the mortality
in many cities has been reduced one-half. It is
now so well recognized that the impurities of wa
ter which are chiefly dangerous to man are of or
ganic germ origin that in examining water which
is suspected of being the cause of typhoid cpl
demic chemical analysis of the nitrates present
unaccompanied by a satisfactory psychological
examination. is utterly worthless. The subject is
not confined to water alone, but includes ice as
well. for many of the germs and organic impur-
tiles of water not DESTROYED by freezing, and
impure ice added to pure water contaminates it.
This is particularly true of the typhoid germ.
The object of boiling the water which is to be
used for drinking purposes is to free it from all
organic impurities There are no forms of germs
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
Nature Study Notice.

The following letter has been sent out to al
teachers who are members of the North Carolina
Nature Study Society, in reference to awarding
the nature study prizes concerning which everv
member of the Society received printed an
nouncement last autumn:
Cali teachers of schools that are competing for
Nature Study Prizes will please attempt to Sc
cure the appointment of county committee
through the county superintendent. If they fail
in this write directly and [ shall give further
instruction as to how to proceed"
The official report of the work accomplished by
the Nature Study Society, etc., will appear in due
time in The Progressive Farmer.
Very truly yours,
-s. F. L. STEVENS
Secretary n @. n. S. S.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-06-06
THE HOME CIRCLE
Defeated Valor.

(ode sung in Exercises, Magnolia Cemetery
Charleston, S. c., 1851
Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,
Sleep, martyrs of fallen cause;
Though yet no marble column Graves
The pilgrim here to pause.
In seeds of laurel in the earth
The blossoms of your fame is blown,
And somewhere waiting for its birth,
The shaft is in the stone
Meanwhile behalf the tardy
Which keep in trust your storied tombs,
Behold! your sisters bring their tears,
And these memorial blooms.
Small tributes but your shades will smile
More proudly on these wreaths to-day,
Than when some cannon moulded pile
Shall overlook this bay.
Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!
There is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned!
Henry Timrod.