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Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11
Another Scholarship.

The Independent holds another $40 scholarship in the Memphis Commercial College, good for a complete unlimited course of book keeping or shorthand, which will be sold the first applicant for 1925.
 You save $l5 and get a scholar ship in the best commercial col lege of the Mississippi valley, or if you prefer, the scholarship is good at Tyler, Texas, one of the oldest and perhaps the best known school of it's kind in the South.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11
Blows Buildings Over.

A small cyclone, preceding the rainstorm of Saturday, struck that part of Jacksonport near the White River Cooperage Compa- ny's mill, completely demolish- ing the negro lodge room, re- moving the colored church from its blocks and turning over the cabin occupied by a negro.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11

as vinclnpie Componle and To- ney Vitale.
 The child was turned over to the mother, who was much re- ioiced over it's recovery.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11
SAW MILL FOR SALE.

Saw mill and 1000 acres of oak for sale cheap. Party de- sires to look after other business. Apply at this office. This mill is bargain and can be secured for S45O.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11
THE INDEPENDENT
 ERCY ii. VANDYkE, 1 Publisher and Editor. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS
NEWPORT.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

V. E. Pierson and wife have returned from a several weeks visit to Indiana.
 Mrs. John lowers and children who have been visiting at Tuck erman, returned to this city Mon- day.
 Miss Martha Smith and Wal ter Bowles of Philadelphia arrl- we'd Sunday to visit their aunt, Miss Myra Meeks.
 Mrs. c. R. Dunn and children came up from Augusta saturday and will spend few days with MT. Dunn at the Hazel.
 Judge F. D. Fulkerson and w.. A. Oldfeld came down from Batesville Monday to hold the fall term of circuit court.
 Lon Campbell left Monday afternoon for Fayetteville, where he will re-enter the State Unl- versity for the senior year.
 The friends of James R. Davis will be glad to know he is able to sit up part of the lime. Mrs. Davis and children are with him. Don't blame the cook if your bread is not good. It is your flour. Use White Silk and your troubles will cease. Bowen's Cash Store. 00tt
 Ask to see the newest ere ations in f1anne1ette for Xii. mono's and dressing sacques at the Wo1H-G Goldman Mere, Co. l4btf
 James N. Moon, the popular young Swifton merchant who has been camping in the glacier fields of British Columbia for several weeks, is improving in health ano we hope will be we'll and strong upon his return the middle o1 October.
 Hon. J. c. Yancey and Mrs. Yancey returned from Cunning, ton, where they have spent a part of the summer on the farm. MT. Yancey will soon devote himself, however, to the exclu- sive practice of the law. Bates. vile Guard.
 1 Mrs. Etta Brannon arrived in the city Saturday night from St. Louis and spent Sunday with her sister, Miss Eva Graham She left Monday morning fol Batesville, where she will have charge of the millinery depart ment of Hermann Schott' store
 Dick Prater of Batesville has brought suit against the Security Fire Insurance company of Little Rock for 1000 loss on property burned in Cotter several months ago. The refusal of insurance companies to make settlement without being sued is responsi' ble for the lack of confidence among the people in home com panies. The companies too often want to settle on a 'compro' mise. "-Batesville News.
Newport daily independent., 1905-09-11
How Is Baby Today '

Better, thank you. Tn fact. quite well. Fat, round and full of life and mischief. Pink and white flesh, dotted with dim- ples. No cough, no indigestion.
 All on account of
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

how many thousand times had he said
II in the last year. The answer came
back. yes" "A white muslin dress by
theNs old seat. and laughing eyes,
dimfned, perhaps, with tears. 1t was
she!
so you have really come" she said
softly. He was no longer bashful; he
took her up in his. arms with an honest
hug. The nigger's lullaby died with a
gasp, the five pound note got terribly
crushed, but Archie did not heed.
God bless you, little woman" he
said huskily, II have kept my prom
ise."
They sat on the old seat and gazcd
at the sea.
Archie" she whispered, II have 9TH
er five pond notes. but they are yours
now, dear. ours, Archie. God grant,
like this one, they may bring bless :
ings."
And only then did he understand.
but how on earth," he exclaimed q
little later, did you think that !
should find it in the sand?"
She laughed merrily. "Ah, Mr..
Philosopher, that needs no telling,
when q woman's instinct knows that
heredity ia weaker than love"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

at the top 80 that the sho0haeU 50
necks can stick out. Then tie ca.e
is dashed to great bamboo potee,. fnnGl
twenty to thirty feet long, ~ MaIN
natives as possible left the fpSr end
to their shoulders and off gees Nj. GsS-
raffe on a free ride to the csan ThA
giraffe's legs break very easily Thin
is the ever present danger all TIE way
to the, coast. But when port is reached
it becomes still more grave, for II u IN
bringing the animal aboard a .siip an&
during the storms Of a voyage that
the collector may expect every m0Eaenf
that his precious property Viii sip
And if it slips and goes down in liz
narrow quarters it's good-by giraffe.
for it's legs haven't room enough In nm
ordinary stall on a ship, and are M0st
sure to double under 1t IL it falls.
Bringing the animal aboard ID an
undertaking in ITSELF. When the sAe9U
winch begins to hoist the deep pen
with the brute's helpless neck sticking
out like a mast, the collectors heaFt i
in his mouth, for the giraffe's head may
get tangled among the tackle q IL
ship or strike a spar. mast or shrsud.
and then there will be wild ttMeE
And 1t isn't only broken liuabs sd
similar accidents hat bother the III
rafe collector during a voyage 4 NE
raffe is of the animals whtek Wtn
break their hearts in capivft1- Ths
poor brute will actually cry with 6sDe-
sickness-at least, I have always r.
ured that it's homesickness. So eaaeh-
really bankers for. The reward g
great. however. II you succeed In c1K~
rying M home alive, for the giKaAE +
today the most costly wild aniHat, ard
a collector a get almost sig Sspsien
within reason for a good specimen"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
Admiral pewev's Views.

P1ttsburg Gazette: Among the many
predictions made by military men con-
corning the present war, that of Ad-
miral Dewey is the most direct and
pointed. He does not infer that il
certain hypothesis prove true the re-
suit is likely to be as indicated, but
he declares a decisive sea fight will
now virtually end the war between
Japan and Russia. Moreover, he finds
the lesson Of the situation in the
value of a strong naval equipment, as
japan and Russia are nc doubt wish
ing now they had a few more ships to
overmatch the enemy. Admiral Dewey
believes If Spain had known how much
stronger our navy was she would never
have gone to war with US, and that
one Of the best guarantees we can have
of peace is a suitable fleet of battle-
ships. This is precisely the view Of
the Gazette on this subject, and the
reason 1t has supported President
Roosevelt's naval policy.
Admiral Dewey may be mistaken in
the ~suppostiion hat Spain would have
avoided the conflict had she known the
quality Of our navy, for Spanish pride
ts foolhardy. 1t is certain, though.
that Spain greatly underestimated our
naval strength, and 1t is notorious that
Russia held japan in contempt before
the opening Of hostilities. The Rus
slams have learned q lesson, but it can
hardly be OF supreme value to them in
the struggle on the China sea. Adj
miral Dewey does well, however. to
impress the lesson on the American
| public,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
e,RAFFgs HARD TO HANDLE.
Several Reasons Why Few Of Them Are
Ever on Exhibition.

New York Sun: There is one or
der tina l never like to fill.' said the
old animal collector. That order is
for a live giraffe. Lions and gorillas
and tigers and pythons are easy to
catch as compared with giraffes. The
long legged, long necked beast can see,
smell and hear a hunter miles away.
And when a herd smells danger, off 1t
will dash. You can't catch a giraffe in
a pitfall. 1t would be certain to break
its legs or neck If it tumbled into a pit.
There is no trap that would do. A
trap powerful enough to hold the
strong beast would crunch its delicate
legs like pipestems. So there is only
one way to catch giraffes alive, and a
mighty hard way it is.
They must be surrounded by driv-
ers and chased until they bring up,
weary and helpless, in an Enclosure
made of netting and bamboo. That
means a drive of many miles, lasting
many days; for it would never do to
drive them into the Enclosure in the
first rush Of their terror. They would
dash headlong into n kill themselves.
This hunting is a terrible piece OF
business in itself. But after the gi-
RATES. are safely penned in the hardest
work has only begun. That is to trans
port the beasts through 500 or more
miles Of priIaeval wilderness to the
nearest seaport. Men have tried all
, Kinds of ways to do this, even t driv.
ing the great brutes. But that doesn't
pay. The risk of accident is too great
Il prefer the old fashioned plan, t.
pen the animals in q bamboo cage opeI
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
STRUGGLES WITH SAVAGERY
In the Indian School at Chamberlain. S. D.. Uncle Sam 10
Endenvorins to Make the Noble Red Man q Good American.

were a number of tepees which shell
tered the parents OF children who a
journey from the reservation to visit
their offspring. Many OF the boys went
to visit the tepees and here at a glance
could be seen the great problem which
the government is facing when 1t tries
to bring the Indian out of his rut.
When the. boy was in the school
house grounds his bearing was that Of
a soldier. His we'll fitting cadet coat,
showed plainly the effect of the school
training upon him. But as he passed
through the gates n wendell his way
to the tepees, every step made him
more Indian and less white man. When
he reached the dirt and sQualor OF his
parents roof he was all Indian n he
bumped himself on the ground just as
his father n mother did, and in a
trice all the soldierly training was
lost, and he was nothing more than a
slouching Indian contented with the
dirt and h lazy life of his forebears.
This is oneiof the greatest difficulties
Of the authorities in the education OF
the young indian. They may keep him
at school as,long as they like, may put
him ,,ins;ai cadets uniform and instil
into him, all the virtues of the white
man, but no sooner does he. go back
to the reservation han all vanishes
and in a few short months he becomes
ike MS. IellOWS. NOW ana again one
rises above his stratum and through
sheer force OF will keeps to the higher
standard, but these are very few. The
fact that they are required to work
drives all the ambition out OF their ma
lures, and the they go back to the te-
pee n the wigwam, to the filth and
bestiality, contented SO long as they
have something to eat and. IL the gods
are willing, something to drink.
About a mile from the school some
enterprising white man had started an
Indian show. He had gathered to-
gether about e. dozen decrepit. old men
and women who all day long delighted
excursionists with war dances. The
children from the schoo peeped over
the canvas at the exhibition and jeered
at the dancers: 1t seems that the cos
tunes worn by some of the braves and
squaws We're not what they should have
been. The youths gazing YER the can
vas tops We're extraordinarily keen, and
: roar of laughter greeted their sallies.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

Archie was a clerk on G100 q year. He
was a good sort, but weak, and his ma
jor weakness was n habit of putting
money on the wrong horse, a dangerous
amusement on G100 a year.
Now. Archie, like the majority of his
confreres. got a yearly holiday, when
he went to the seaside, but the wrong
horse ran ava with the money, until
a year came when h holiday was per-
force curtailed to q week end. An
%eventful week end, however. which
ruled the fate Of Archie.
1t was a glorious, windy day, typical
of the watering place. The beach
waves pounded and crunched the shin
gle, niggers howled Dol songs and
tummed on their bantos, children with
spades and buckets chirped and
chatted, the silly nursemaid giggled at
the donkey boy. modest spinsters
wrestled. with their skirts, the ice
cream man shouted down the Punch
and Judy show, and dogs and Kulls
joined In the general hubbub, to the
droning accompaniment of Nice day
for a sail. sir; nice boat. good lady
Archie was bored, he Topped on q seat
by the sands.
The noise Jared on his The
wind whirled dirty papers past. They
reminded him OF bills. He threw a peb-
bic at a stout and well fed dog, which
rushed vaguely into a stouter and bet
ter fed woman. and upset her.
Archie smiled, then he moraltzed: "A
fellow can't help his weakness any
more than that dog could help charg-
ing that woman. 1t sounds very grand
to say Fight 'em;' a fellow simply
can't, especially when that weakness is
his dads only legacy. 1 agree with this
philosophy, 'Heredity is stronger thar
n influence Yes, that sounds like
copybook; in fact, it's good enough for
Huxley or Darwin, or that sort OF
clever Johnny. The world at large
ought to heart IT.. BY Jove! Ill write
IT in the sand with my stick"
He did SO. then went back to the
boarding house for tea.
On h way to the house, where the
'by-street joins the Hight street, he saw
a crowd collecting. and that vice which
bubbles in all women and most men
dubbed in Archie, SO he became In.
Quisitive.
An old man had swooned, a dirty. un.
Kept old creature, with a beer-fushed
yisage. The kind crowd a taken il
for a fit. and with typical forethought
formed a ring round him to exclude the
air. Archie always prided himself on
his power or resource. he loved emer-
gencies, n at once became the man
of the moment. He elbowed his way
through the onlookers and called loud
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

Sioux City Tribune: AS the train
swings around a curve between two
hills, just before reaching Cham
berlain. the stars and stripes may be
seen, waving proudly.
Only a momentary glance can be
caught, but ones attention is attracted
by this patch Of color against the gray
bare hillsides, and "A question arises as
to what 1t means, Ranchmen do not,
IN q rule, evince their patriotism by
Haunting their country's flag.
1t is not until one climbs the dusty
hill that it is discovered h a the flag
waving there is the symbol OF the fact
that this particular section of land is
under the direct management OF Uncle
Sam. In a gar, surrounded by three
hills, remarkable for san and lack OF
vegetation, stands a collection OF build
ings, and any citizen Of Chamberlain
will proudly tell you that the build
school.
and all attempts to arous the in
terest of the inmates of the building
by ringing of bells and knocking at
doors, were fruitless. No one answered
the bell, and thesknocking at the panels
of the door only damaged the fine var
nish.
Finally a Chamberlain youth OF
about eight summers. who was surrep-
tiously chewing tobacco and amusing
himself by throwing tor at the flag
pole mentioned. ventured the informa-
ton that he guessed the "dern bunch
were a singin' Of hymns in Sunday
school"
Upon a polite request and payment
of a nickel he led the way to the
chapel.
The commotion caused by the boys
retirement brought the superintendent
of the school to the door. He readily
granted a request to see the building
and asked the visitor if he would like
to see the children at prayers.
The chapel is a large room, rather
bare in appearance, on one end of
which is a platform. In the room were
gathered about 2s6 Indians. ranging
from the tender years of four and five
to eighteen n twenty. Half the stu
dents were girls, who sat by them
selves.
They acted in very much the same
manner as would the %palefaced chill
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

dren. The youngsters opened wide
their eyes at the sight of a stranger.
then giggled and nudged each other
with childish glee at the break in the
which was then being preached. The
older boys politely kept their eyes on
the preacher, knowing they were too
big to be excited by so little an occur
renee. i'%
During the sermon the little boys
did as little boys do all over the world.
They whispered and pinched each other
when they thought they eyes OF the
teachers were not on them, and were
systematically solemn the moment the
superintendent's frowning glance
turned to their quarter of the room.
Their faces frightened when the ser
mon was brought to a close.
The sermon was peculiarly adapted
to the class of children to whom the
preacher was speaking. He described
life as a battle, replete with obstacles.
He took his tex from that portion of
h bible describing the combat bet
tween David and Goliath, and classed
h various obstacles in life as giants.
He dWelt particularly on the giant of
untrqthfulness n the giant Of liquor.
The older boys seemed to be very
much impressed with the sermon, as
were also the girls. The latter be-
Saved extraordinarily well during the
services, paying rapt attention to the
words of the preacher and Joining
heartily in the hymns. At the conclu-
sion Of the service the children marched
out in order, the girls first, commencing
with h youngest. The girls went
quietly to their rooms, but the boys
started games the moment they found
Themselves in the pen air.
1t being Sunday the children were
allowed more liberty than on other
days, n the superintendent was be-
sieged by boys wanting to visit the
town of Chamberlain. Some of them
who had not behaved well the last time
they were allowed to go We're forced to
stay at the school and listen to the
jeers of their playmates as they trooped
over the hill toward the city.
The girls were taken out for a walk
in charge Of a teacher who conducted
them toward the river bank. Many VI
the boys who had no money made re-
| quests of the superintendent for some,
but that worthy made each one ex-
plain in detail what he had done with
his allowance. During chapel all the
boys wore the regulation cadets uni
form, but the moment prayers We're
over many of them o off their uni
forms and donned shabbier clothes.
They preferred it. they said. to the
On the hillside around the school
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

They nicknamed one old buck Roar
ing Thundergust with the Bottle Eye"
and his tottering squaw. who yelled
defiance at the boys when she knew the
cause of the merriment, was at once
designated as Mamie with the Mighty
Mitt," an appellation which caused her
to growl out a few choice curses at her
torlnentors.
The sarcasm of the boys was in part
warranted. Roaring ~Thundergust," in
added to the warlike costume of the
Sioux tribe a faded top silk hat with a
red feather stuck in it, while Mamie.
of he muscular tendency, shielded her
self from the rays Of the sun with an
umbrella.
The proprietor of the show finally
came out of the tent and drove away
the boys with a stick, and as they ran
they retaliated by throwing clods at
him, M they were entirely happy.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16
MrN&ER
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with a care that did credit to a Bond
darling mite.
Thanks" said the girl, as she
pushed the pins in, ut nearly went into
the sea-" 3
Archie felt more comfortable. He
almost wished 1t in the sea, for he was
a good swimmer. Then he sat down,
closer than before, and they discussed
dane things, and finally they laughed
at the epigram in the sand.
It was lark when Archie said good
night" and by then he had odd the
whole story of heredity, and she had
listened without laughter. They left
the epigram in the sand, but neither
forgot It.
Next morning he returned to the
same seat, a happy, eager Archie. 1t
was YER early, and the gulls and the
sun welcomed him, possibly they took
his presence for granted. There was
the .epigram untouched, SO Archie sat
down n re-read 1t twenty times,
dwelling more and more on h last
two words.
Blu what vas that? A piece of
crumpled paper stuck in the letter ''e''
"a bin, ugh! He had forgotten bills,
how dare paper trespess on his holy
ground. He picked it up, 1t was crisp,
with a familiar and yet unfamiliar,
crispness. Ye gods and little fishes!
1t was a five pound note.
Archie felt like a thief in the night,
nevertheless thrust it into his pocket.
Some one was hailing, SO with a
shamefaced look he turned to find the
old man who had a fit the day be-
fore.
"Hullo, joker! Looking for dia-
monds: found any""
"Ho! no-er, not exactly. How are
you?"
Tidy enough, thankee, tidy enough
for Ascot and the gold cup"
You are a sporting mana bookie,
perhaps" said Archie.
Il was once, n as cute and straight
as the turf breeds, but I'm poor now,
with a big drag on my purse strings"
Big family, eh?"
Bless you, sonnie, nothing SO trou-
blesome."
What then?"
"A thirst; a very expensive thirst
Archie smiled. The old man was
proud of his thirst.
We'll, lad, I like you" he continued,
you gave me twopence yestereen, give
me another and I'll return you a bill
lionfold."
Archie smiled again, and gave it to
him. The old mans voice came low,
but more raspy; he moved closer to
Archie and bent over his ear.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-06-16

considered as candidates for the Plase-
They We're Mary Lyon and Emma VIII
lard among educators. Dorothy. Lynde
DIX n Lucretia Mott among sphiisa-
~thropists. Charlotte Cushman among
actors. Helen Hunt jackson among 40
thors. Maria Mitchell among scientists
and Martha Washington, and of these
Mary Lyon received the most votes and
Martha Washington the next largest
number.
In 1902 a ballot, among the readers
of a widely circulated religious
paper, for h twenty foremost Amer
lean women resulted in the choice. G9
Frances E. Willard. Martha Wastjnx-
ton. Harriet Beecher Stowe, LnCfettG
Mott. Phoebe Cary, Margaret Fuiaes.
Louisa May Alcot. Mary Lyon Maria
Mitchell, Alice Cary, Helen Hunt zach
SON. Emma G. Willard. Abigail -AdAna.
Dolly Madison. Dorothea Dix, Mar.
Washington. P~ocahontas, betsy RNrn.
Harriet G.. Hosmer and Lydia H Sig
Quincy.
Apparently 1t will be from among fi,e.
list of In included in thes. twG,
groups that those selected for the nEw
|, hall of fame for women are likely d
be chosen next year by the tu1EeA
named for that task Wy the UNIVERSITY
OF New York. which now annoxnpn
that funds have been given for us
u "a IA "a AdIIlS luz WONye0~
adjoining and connected with the psex-
ent hall Of fame for e In uAfxA
there will ultimately be tablets esaA
memoratfng fifty American-born vcnz-
en- of note and ten foreign-borp woraen
conspicuous in our national history.
A board Of one hundred electors In
1905 will be requested to elect ssn
women of American birth and tive
American women Of foreign birth the
women electors in the contest of ISaa,
We're Presidents Hazard, of wellesley,
and Thomas, of Bryn Mawr. and MIS-
Alice Freeman Palmer. The electprx
inr1905 doubtless will represent q wider
range of calling among women. prx-;
sumably the donor of the women'xk hall
of fame will be the same person-N1aa
Helen Gould-who is reputed to have
given the present hall OF fame. The.
entire architectural scheme when err
ried out calls for a very imposing
group of structures. which all wzo
have visited the new site of the Jini-
versity of New York know are n be.
placed on a commanding site ON tha
uppefend OF Manhattan island.