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The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29

One of the "seven wonders Of the an
Client world was the Pharos, or light
tower at Alexandria. II you have a
popular account Of that great structure
handy, read 1t carefully and note that
you are informed that the tower could
be seen Mt a distance Of from 100 to
$50 miles. Let us see IL this could pos
sibly be true. The curvature Of the
globe is 600 inches to the mile. This
being true, we find that an object 100
feet high al only be seen at a frac.
ton over thirteen miles. Figuring on
the basis of an earth curvature Of even
even inches to the mile, we find that
the light tower in question must have
been Over a mile In height II visible
even at a distance of 100 miles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
1.-THE SONG OF THE SHIRT"
1t Proved the Most Popular Thing
Hood Ever Wrote.

During his last illness Tom Hood in
an idle moment made an imaginative
sketch of his own tombstone. He drew
thick slab of stone, OF the edge OF
which in large capitals he wrote, HE
Sang the Song Of the Shirt" This
was the only inscription, and, as he
himself has said, Tom Hood needs no
other.
How much he felt and prided him
self upon the song by which he became
known and loved by millions Is shown
by this and the following fact: IF I
were ennobled these are the arms 1
should adopt" said he one day, show
ing a rough vignette to u friend. The
sketch contained a very beautiful and
pathetic idea. 1t represented q heart
pierced by a needle threaded with sill.
yer tears, and beneath was the motto
he had inscribed on the imaginary
tombstone.
"The Song Of the Shirt" appeared III
the Christmas number Of the fifth vol
ume of Punch. 1t was unsigned, but
every paper in the land quoted it, and
1t speedily became the talk Of the day,
Hood himself did not think 1t very re
markable, but Mrs. Hood had said Il
him as she folded 1t for press: Now,
/ mind, Hood, mark my words. this viii
tell wonderfully. 1t Is one of the bes'
things you eve did"
Mrs. Hood was right. The song was
translated into French, German and
! italian. 1t was printed on cheap cot
ton handherchiefs and parodied time:
without number.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
LOndon's Last Public Hanging.

The grewsome spectacle Of a public
execution in England Is happily "A thing
of the past. The scaffold used to be
erected In the roadway outside the
prison, and crowds would assemble to
witness the sight, the last time a man
was hanged in public being when Mi
chael Barrett suffered the extreme pen
atty in May, 1868, In Old Bailey, out
side Newgate prison, for exploding a
cask Of gunpowder under the walls of
Clerkenwell prison to release the Fe-
MAN prisoners Burke and Casey, a mad
act that killed several and injured still
more.-LOndon Graphic.
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water In a mortar, by which nearly all
OF the coloring matter is removed.
To prepare shellac the sced-lac Is put
into oblong cotton cloth bags and
warmed over a charcoal fire. When the
rosin begins to melt the bags are twist
ed, and the pure, clear rosin Is allowed
to flow ove fig wood planks or the
smooth stems of the banyan tree and
cools in the thin plates or shells which
constitute shellac.
Pure shellac Is very valuable. 1t is
much harder than colophony and is
easily soluble in alcohol.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
WOMEN HOTEL CLERKS.
How Those In Europe Impressed n
woman

In most European hotels in the small
En- places the visitor Is met at the desk
by a oma instead of by the perfume
tory clerk so familiar to Americans at
home. | think this is because a wo-
man can be more successful In the art
Of common, everyday robbery. One
doesn't like to argue about the prices
with a sweet, smiling little lady, who
seems to be exerting herself to an ex-
IRENE degree to secure ones comfort
and happiness, but II me happens to
is wise to put away suavity for the
time being to the extent at least of an
occasional mild protestation.
When madame smiles benignly and
tells you that the room you have chosen,
with everything included, will be 20
francs a day 1t Is well to remember
that Everything included" doesn't in
clude everything by any means. There
are a hundred and one little extras"
like tea, after dinner coffee, coffee and
rolls In your room in the morning and
such like Injuries, to say nothing Of
service. which must be paid for first
hand If it Is to be enjoyed at all. So
at 20 francs madame is probably tax
ing chances against a protest and will
be enormously pleased with herself If
none Is forthcoming. 1t Is the same all
up and down the scale of prices, but
suppose those who can afford to go up
the scale never care particularly
Eleanor Franklin in Leslie's Weekly.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
FIGHTING FISH,.
Peculiar Animals That Are Found
Only In siamesc Waters.

Only In StRmesc waters.
A favorite recreation in Siam Is
watching the fighting fish, a species of
fish found in the waters Of no other
country. The fish cannot live in unity,
and II two are placed i'm a bowl they
will Instantly engage in a struggle ito
the DEATH"
1t is no unusual thing to see in the
streets of Siam crowds of natives chat
tering and gesticulating around a bowl
containing a number Of these fish,
which they bet on I'm the same way as
more civilized people do on race horses.
Intense excitement reigns among the
natives as they watch the fish fighting
within the bowl.
These peculiarly q%uarrelsome fish are
very similar to the common pike in ap-
pearance, with the exception that they
are not in the possession Of gills. Their
fins, too, are remarkably sharp, and
these they use with terrible effect upon
one another. Blood ooZes from their
sides, and yet they persist in fighting
until perhaps only two are left alive,
and then the survivors turn on one an
other until only one is left out OF per-
haps a dozen placed in the tub.
Although the fighting fish are ex-
~ceptionally good to eat, the majority Of
natives esteem them only for their
fighting p~ropensities, which affords
them amusement and excitement every
day.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
n FIRST MONEY.
II Is Credited to the Lydians OF Asia
Minor.

1t Is Credited to the LydfHns of Asia
Minor.
1t is difficult to realize that prior to
Il. c. 700 there were no r coins, thar
ingots or buttons of gold and silver
were weighed at every mercantile
transaction. The Lydians Of Asia Mi
nor are credited with having been the
first to cast and stamp with an official
device small oval gold ingots of def
mite fixed weight, an invention strange
ly delayed, but of inestimable impor-
lance to industry and commerce. A
coin has been described as "a piece OF
metal of fixed weight, stamped by au-
thority Of government and employed
as a medium of exchange" Medals.
though struck by authority, are only
historical records and have no currency
value.
The bright, far flashing intellect Of
Greece saw the import Of the Lydian
invention and adopted 1t quickly, and
every Greek state, nearly every city,
island and colony, established a mint,
, generally at some n of the great tenn
Piles, for all early coin types are reli-
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
SOUPS AND BROTHS.
They Are ~stimulatins, hut Have Lit
tie Nutritive Value.

tie Nutritive Value.
Soups and broths made Of the meat
pieces alone and without the addition
of meat substance, eggs, vegetables or
cereals have little nutritive value, al
though they do possess stimulating
properties.
A dog would starve to death in ten
days If fed upon beef broth pure and
simple.
Soup interferes with digestion when
ever a full meal is eaten. l consider 1t
as being entirely superhuous and ad-
wise its discontlnuance In a substantial
dinner menu.
Soup, being practically all water,
plays an important part In conjunction
with the large quantities of other
liquids injected during mealtime In de-
laying and interfering with digestion
and laying a foundation for stomach
trouble. Through 1t and the other
LIQUIDS used the stomach Is not only
overflled and unnecessarily burdened,
but the gastric secretions are so weak
! ened by dilution that they can act but
slowly upon the food mass. Here
again we have the food remaining In
the stomach for too long a period, and
there Is likely to be produced all of the
symptoms and signs of an intoxication
due to the absorption into the system
of the products Of decomposed foods.
Soup eaten by itself or with a light
meal, as a rule, does not act harmfully.
-What to Eat
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
BLADEN

Z. II. Reed returned to Boise City,
Idaho, last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Reed spent
Sunday at the home of II. B. Boyd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Letner visited
at the home of Mr.. Snyder last Sun
day.
Mrs. Wheeler of Chicago is he. F, Wis
iting at the home of her father in-law,
Mr.. Wheeler.
Miss Gladys Reed returned homo
Tuesday from a several days visit with
uncle, Fred Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ray went to
Grand Island Monday to visit his
brother Wallace.
John Krall returned from Beatrice
Wednesday, where he had been visit
ing his brother George.
Mrs. George Newhouse returned to
her home Thursday, after spending a
week visiting here with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Mcbride of Cowles
drove up Sunday and spent the day
with relatives. Jim returned in the
evening. but Mrs. Mcbride will spend
the week visiting relatives and friends
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
SOURCE OF SHELLAC.
The East India Insects That Produce
the ResinOus substance.

The East India Insects That Produce
the Resinous substance.
India is the home Of the COccus lac
ca, the insects that produce the resin
Gus substance known as shellac. The
females p%uncture the twigs Of several
different kinds Of trees, among them
the DO, the bihar and the butea, and the
twigs become incrusted with IA hard,
nearly transparent, reddish, r%esinOus
substance that serves the double pur-
pose Of protecting the eggs and finally
furnishing food for the young insects.
The incrusted twigs are broken from
the trees before the young insects es-
cape and are thoroughly dried in the
sun. These dried twigs are called
"stick-lac," and from them shellac and
a dye analogous to cochineal are pre-
pared. "Seed-lac" Is the resinous con
erection separated from the twigs,
coarsely pounded and triturated with
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
LIVE STOCK MARKETS Al
KANSAS CITY.
TNe WEEKS TRADE REPORTED Bv
CLAY. ROBINSON d COMPANY.
GlvC STOCK COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
CcelCGs AT oH'cAoo. KANSAS o'Tv.
OMAHA, sioux c,TY, ct. JOSEPH
AND DENVER.

KANSAS CITY, June 2~6.-Receipts of
cattle Monday were $4,000; trade for
beef steers generally 10 cents higher,
top $3.50; strong to 10 cents higher for
cows and heifers; stockers AID feeders
firm to irregularly higher Receipts
today were 1000 and the market steady
to 10 cents higher for all grades.
The following table gives prices
o ruling,
Extra prime corn-fed steers. So sos "a
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29
CORRESPONDENCE
Interesting Items Gathered
by Our County Reporters
HIGHLAND, KAN.


Harvey Merrill of Dutch Flat was in
Highland Tuesday.
Ruby Boyce has opened up a tonso-
rial parlor in North Branch.
Fred and Clara Liggett we're doing
business in Red Cloud Saturday.
A number of men from NorthBranch
will open up a large department store
in the near future.
Miss Blanche Mccartney Of Gar
field spent a few days this week with
her sister, Mrs. Ida Young, before
leaving for Omaha Friday to take up
her duties as a professional nurse.
Rainey Boyce, who had the internal
part of his anatomy raised a short
time 20 with little giant baking pow
der, had the misfortune to run a snag
in his ear and it is feared his drum is
punctured.
If the big Injun would open up his
heart and offer some of those two bit
checks, which he seems to be so flush
with to his needy correspondent, in
place of bestowing his wampum on his
brother editor, who is already burden
ed with more things than he can carry,
the hereafter would look much
brighter for the correspondent, at
least. To be sure two bits isn't much,
but from little there is but little ex'
pected. See!
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29

gious in character. They Dear symbols
Of some god as a pledge of good faith.
The offerings, tithes and rents Of the
worshipers were coined and circulated
as money. Temples thus became both
minis and banks. Our word money"
Is said to have been derived from the
Roman shrine Of Juno, Moneta, the
earliest Latin mint.
The first shape Of these early coins
was that Of an enlarged coffee berry,
punched on the rounded side with Off
cial letters or sinkings. as they are
called.
The Red Cloud chief., 1906-06-29

Receipts of hogs Monday we're $500
and the market steady to strong, clos
ing work. Receipts today were $4,000,
market steady to 5 cents higher, clos
ing strong, bulk of sales 1913 to $50;
top 1865.
Receipts of sheep Monday were H.
OOO, market active and strgng. Ari.
IONA grass lambs brought s7.S5;
wethers, $3.50; ewes. 1916. Receipts
today we're 10000 market firm.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18

The new F. & C. Lin gerie Corset, the best S1 corset on earth. h.---Char1es Meyers Great Bargain Store. O2h5t. I. D. Pricet flor flower seed.
 The latest sheet music at l. D. Prices. If
 Easter post cards at I. D. Prices. If
 For dray at any hour call up Hazel hotel. 83dtf FOR RENT-Rooms and board at 222 Laurel St.
 For Rent-Storage room. Ap- ply to o. NJ. Bowen. 42 dtf Miss Ollie Brown died last night at Grand Glaize. w. A. Oldfeld was in the city Tuesday night going South.
 J. E.. Bateman and R. Swain of Little Rock were in the city with Newport friends Tuesday night.
 Mrs. H. l. Taylor returned to her home in Hot Springs Tues day after a few days visit to Captain Joyce and family.
 For quick delivery, telephone your orders for all kinds of groceries to R. D. Dennis, Cor. Lake and Beech. Phone No. 167. 17d-tf
 Misses Eula and Beulah Moore, of Sulphur Rock, passed through Newport Monday on their way to Auvergne to visit their brother Dr. Moore.
 We are doing a big skirt business because we have the correct styles and mate ria1s.---Chas. Meyers Great Bargain Store. O2b5t
 H. P. Hilliard, vice-president of the Mechanics and American Trust Company of St. Louis, was the guest of W. A. Billingsley Wednesday.
 Mrs. J. c. kinberlin, Mrs. Emma Turpin and Mrs. Wesley Shaver, estimable ladies of Tuck ernan, were guests of Mrs. Harry E. Dowell Wednesday.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
AGED WOMAN FATALLY BURNED.
Clothes of Mrs. Margaret Johnson an Aged Woman, Canght Fire
 At ParagouId.

Paragould, April r. = Mrs. Margaret Johnson, aged 30 years, mother of Judge Johnson, was fatally burned this afternoon. Her clothing ignited from burn ing trash in the yard at her sons home, and her body was horribly burned. The unfortunate woman is still alive, but in great agony, and there is no hope of her re- covery.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18

is a positive cure for the follow ling diseases: Inflammation, Con- gestion and Falling of the Womb, Anteversion, Retrover- sion and Prolapsus, Dropsy of the Womb, Liberation, Polypus, Tumors, Leucorrhoea, Profuse and difficult Menstruation, Ovar- ian Tumors, FibroiG Tumors, Inflammation and congestion of the Ovaries, Cancers in their earlier stages, Laceration of Cervix, due to childbirth rad ically cured. Orange blossom is
 as safe and harmless as a flax seed poultice. It can be used at all times.
 A positive cure for all female diseases. Have received testi- monials from all parts of the
 world.
 Every lady can treat herself.
 After years of suffering, the
 Orange blossom cured Mrs. Gull vern, of Asheville, N. C.
 For sale. S1.00 by all drug gists. Call on w. w. Dutton, Newport, Ark, for book and
 free SamDle
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
Clocks
 Every sort Size and price

Big Clocks that are cheap. Small Clocks that cost quite a bit of money. Eight day Clocks. One day Clocks. Clocks that strike every few minutes.
 Clocks that don't know how to strike AT ALL. Clocks that it takes a shelf to accommodate. Clocks little larger than watches.
 Clocks at a dollar, and up, and up.
 All good to keep time. Get our prices, and you'll know why we have a large Clock trade.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

GEO w. DECKER, President. R. M. JOHNSON, Cashier.
 A. D. BAILEY, Vice Prest JAS L. JONES, Asst Cashier. THos J. GRAHAM Ed. P. SHoFFNER. J. T. HENDERSON. Jos M STATION DR. J. M. JONES' T. s. STEPHENS.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
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 izen of Paragould was in the city Wednesday.
 Everything fresh and good in the grocery line at R. D. Den- nis.' Phone No. 167. 17d-tf See Brown at the Palace Jew elry Store about cleaning your Panama hat. O2d6t
 Double case gold watch with short fob at Diaz. Reward for return to this office. 00b7t
 Saul Levitch returned from a delightful weeks visit to home folks in Memphis Tuesday after noon.
 T. l.. Ballenger and Miss Alma Swain of Mountain Home were guests of the Hazel Tuesday night.
 Miss Esther Neill returned Monday night from a pleasant few days visit to her parents at Batesville.
 Rev. Frank Barrett, was in the city Tuesday night return ing home to Searcy from visit to Jonesboro.
 Mrs. Gertrude Graham, of Batesville, was in the city Tues day returning home from a visit to her old home at Tuckerman. 1 Great Sachem George M. Sink left Tuesday morning for Little Rock, where he is presiding at the annual council of Red Men. Robert Laird left Sunday night for Jonesboro, where he has &C., cepted a splendid position with the American Trust company of that city.
 Exclusive and up-to-date styles in ladies' and gents low est shoes both button and ties---Chas. Meyers Great Bar gam Store.
 am prepared to do all kinds of house and buggy painting, paper hanging and upholstering and guarantee my work. Also take up and clean carpets and mattings. TOM P. PIERCE, shop SIP Front street. 264 d2no
 We have just received a large shipment of imported mattings, also a complete line of 1inoleums, carpets and rugs. Wolff-Goldman Mer- canti(e Company. 9e btf
 Mir. and Mrs. Percy H. Van Dyke and little daughter. Mar garet left Tuesday night for few days visit to their parents in Marshall, Mo. They were ac- companied by Mir. W. B. Empie, who will also enjoy the visit with them in Marshall.
 Will Whitaker came up from Helena Tuesday night for a short visit home and on his way came by Little Rock bringing Misses Mae Whitaker and Imogene Randy, who are students at Maddox Seminary and will visit home for two days. The coming of the three was a complete sur prise to their parents, who were delighted nevertheless.
 l.. D. Brown, known as Dr. Brown, living on South Second street, died today at noon of pneumonia, after an illness of only few days, having been taken with the disease last Fri day. Browns family consisted of wife and five children. He came here recently from Jones' boro, and sold several proprie- tary remedies on the street since eqaing here.
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
Exclusive and up-to-date styles in ladies' and gents low cut shoes both button and ties---Chas. Meyers Great Ba, gain Store.

I am prepared to do all kinds of house and buggy painting, paper hanging and upholstering and guarantee my work. Also take up and clean carpets and mattings. TOM P. PIERCE, shop SIP Front street. 264 d2nO
Newport daily independent., 1906-04-18
THE BANK OF NEWPORT

Solicits the accounts Of t12positors who desire the accommodations of a irsl-cass, we'll equipped and reliable banking house.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
HOW SPOKANE
IS CLIMBING

In the IA years between 1890 and
1904 Spokane's population in
creased from 1922 to $4,000, &C.
cording to figures from the federal
census, which has brought the
statement no further than 1904
Statistics for that year are: School
expenditures, $444,000; police, SAL
$50; fire, $64,06S; highways, $780,
sos. In that year Spokane was
credited with assets amounting to
$1,265, 000,490, while assessed waltz
alton reached $534.39 per capita for
population.
That was in 1904, two years ago.
Against the 1880 people the city
was then credited with is a greater
Spokane of 10000 people and pro-
portionate increase of investment
and income. OF course the city las
not doubled in that time but the
growth has been so steady and the
percentage of loss so small that
exact figures on the increase are
unnecessary to convey an idea of
Spokane's present greatness and
future prospects.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
pERSIA'S Great REFORMER

Mira Nazrullah Mushired Doleh
the new grand vizier of Persia,
who has induced the shah to grant
national assembly, the first in
Persia, is regarded as one of the
ablest of Persian statemen.
He is over 60 years of age, and
has a lengthy otncial career.
He entered the Persian foreign
office at an early age, and soon be-
came chef de cabinet" which
post he held for a number of years
until appointed under secretary.
Seven years later he took the
portfolio of war, a post equivalent
in Persia to our paymaster-g general
ship of the forces and shortly af-
forwards became minister for for
eign affairs.
AS such he was the trusted ad-
wiser of three successive grand
viziers and initiated several not
able reforms in the Persian diplo-
matte service.
His eldest son is Persian minis
ter at st. Petersburg.
He is a keen admirer of Euro
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The Spokane Press delivered to
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to handle the boyos.sed periodicals.
San Francisco hosting en-
gineers, receiving IS a day, have
asked for an increase of a dollar,
and may tie up construction in the
city.
Frisco car men are asking a re-
ductiOn of hours and increased
pay. The ground is that the Unit
ed Railroads have violated the
agreement with the. men.
A Baker City jury, called to try
a fruit peddler for selling diseased
apples, ate the evidence and found
the defendant not guilty.
Because Mayor Wright made
deal with the circus whereby the
parade was allowed in Tacoma for
$3.50 and 100 tickets, the city clerk
declares he should be impeached.
The license fee had been fixed at
5000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-08-20
WHY SHE IS SUING LOEB
FOR $4,000

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-"Woman
is a mans guardian angel. truly"
This is a claim that Miss Nadage
Doree makes in one of her books.
VIM. Loeb, Jr., the secretary to
President Roosevelt, probably
agrees with her. But he would not
admit that Miss Doree is his guar
dian angel, else she would not now
be suing him for $4,000. 1t is
this sum that the young author
and actress will seek to obtain
when a jury hears of her alleged
wrongs.
Young Mr. Loeb has had a lot of
troubles since he undertook the job
at the White House.
Miss Doree, who brought a civil
suit recently, insists that in no way
is she a crank. She says that she
is a just enthusiast upon the
wrongs of her people and that she
at the entrance of ultra-fashionable
st. Johns church in Washington
when she was arrested.
The young woman declares that
she was locked up for % hours
without being permitted to COM
municate with her friends, and
that at the end of that time she
had no court hearing or trial. Miss
Doree insists that the cause of her
troubles is Secretary Loeb.
Il spent all l possessed for my
people" Miss Doree said in talking
of her suit. Il am a Jew, and am
proud of it, and when my core.
ligionists in Russia were being per.
secuted and butchered like cattle
did all | could for them.
For six years l have spent all