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The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
SOMEWHAT OF A REFLECTION.
Naive Comment of Debutante That
 Amused Hostess.

A charming hostess of one of the "big houses" as they are called by those who are welcomed into them, has the added beauty of premature white hair That which seems to her contemporaries an added charm may appear to the crudely young a mark of decline. at least so it appears in one instance of which the hostess her self tells with enjoyment
 The lady is a connoisseur of an- tiques. At one of her teas a debutante rich with the glow of youth, but sadly constrained with her sense of novelty, was handed cup of tea; the cup was beautifully blue and wonderfully old. The hostess desiring to light en the strain on her youthful guest by a pleasant diyerting remark, said: That little cup is a hundred and if ty years old,"
 Oh came the debutante's high strained tones: How careful you must be to have kept it so long,"
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Cattle Had Hydrophobia.

Some time since a fatal disease de veloled among the cattle in and around Midland, and farmers and vet. erinarians were puzzled and alarmed. The general opinion was ;Sat the dis ease was hydrophobia, as rabid dog had short time before Lstten several dogs and cows before it had been kill ed. Recently it was decided that all dogs should be kept tied, and since that time there has been Q remarkable falling off in the deaths among the cattle.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Fails to Find Flow,

The men in charge of we'll No, of the Territorial Oil and Gas Comuany, near Van Buren, say that the we'll is practically completed, and to all appearances it will prove a duster At depth of 1,400 feet they struck a small flow of gas and at depth of 2,300 feet another slight flow was en- countered, but the entire amount brought in will be too small +o justify it's being connected up. Those iE charge claim to have passed through a heavy deposit of gas sand, but it was barren.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Younq Woman Drowned.

Miss Eva Ballew, young lady about Is years of age, li:ing near Meadors. county, was drowned recently in Frog bayou. Miss Ballew with q number of others was wading in shallow water when she suddenly stepped off into water ten feet deep and was swept away Her brother-in-law. Mir. Baker, attempted to rescue her and nearly lost his life in the attempt. The body was recovered little later.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Found Dead in Woods.

Emma Ratcliff, young girl about IS years of age, was found dead in a not far from O'Neal, in Independence county recently. Tie young lady had been at work in the field with her father, when she was taken sick and started home. She had to pass through the strip of woods. and there, two hours latter her mother found her corpse It is supposed she died of congestion.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Mixed Voices,

Alice had been to Sunday school for the first time and had come home filled with information. She was over- heard to say to her six-year-old sister, as she laid a wee hand over her heart, When you hear something wite here. you know it is conscience w'ispering to you"
 'No such thing" responded Six year-old: tits just wind in your tum- Magazine.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
ssyed Him.

Tt didn't kill me, but I think 1t would if it had not been for Hunts Cure. I was tired, miserable and well nigh used up when I commenced using it for an old and severe case of Eczema. One application relieved and one box cured me- l believe Hunts Cure will cure any form of itching known to mankind
 CLIFTON LAWRENCE,
 Helena, O. T.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
To Reclaim Rich Lands

The work of reclaiming large body of swamp lands in southeast Arkansas known as the Boggy Bayou swamp, has begun. The body contains about 130,000 acres. part of which, it is claimed will raise two bales of cotton to the acre. The amount of land which Is not tillable and which will bear the expense of the improvement is 10000 acres. Bonds will be sold and the tax will be only sl per acre, and this will be paid at the rate of five cents per acre per year.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Farmer Assassinated.

John Anibel prominent white farmer, living nine miles north of Van Buren, was found dead beside the pub lie road leading past his farm, with Winchester bullet through his brain. The bullet was fired from am bush. Anibel. was not known to have an enemy in the world as he was a quiet, inoffensive man, and the cause of his assassination is a mystery. His family and the tenants on his farm heard the report of the gun used by the assassin.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
G. w. Prutsman Killed.

George w. Prutsman, of Argerta, assistant vardmaster in the Iron Mountain yards, was run down by a switch engine and killed at what is known as Puzzle Switch This trag- edy marks the fourth of its kind at this place in the past twelve months, and an unrecorded number occurred prior to that time.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The popularly accepted idea that women like to do most of the talking is successfully controverted in the petition of a St. Louis woman whC asks divorce. She asserts that she can't live with that man.. Why, he's a regular sphinx"
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

T am perfectly certain" writes an Englishman to the London World that half our ills are due to the fact that we do not laugh enough. A good sincere smile is somewhat rare in these times, laughing face is scarce, and it is seldom indeed that one hears q good ringing laugh" The obvious thing for this gentleman to do is to subscribe for London Punch
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The public is henceforth to be Rockefeller's home, Forest Hill, in the suburbs of Cleveland, because visitors presumed upon their privileges and peeped through the dining room win dows to watch Mir Rockefeller eat This made the old gentleman angry, might have pulled down the blinds.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The highest tree in the world is the species eucalyptus regnans. which tsands in the Cape Otway range It is no less than 415 feet high. Gum trees grow rapidly. There is one in Florida which is reported to have shot up 40 feet in four years, and an other in Guatemala which grew 120 feet in 12 years
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Child Killed By Brother.

Mamie, the S-year-old daughter of w. F. Sprinkle, of Rogers, was shot and killed by her 12year-old brother recently. The boy was playing with was supposed to be empty, but which was suddenly discharged, the entire load striking the little girl in the right side just below the breast.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Red Cloud, the famous Sioux chief, is now very old, and, realizing that he must scon depart for the happy hunt ing grounds, he has issued pathetic appeal to the white people to be good to the poor Indian, Once a fierce war rior and foe to the whites, Red Cloud long ago became peaceable. He still retains the old style earb of his race, but he appreciates the value of civili. zation.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Illness Follows Ice Cream Supper.

The ladies of the First Methodist church of Lewiaville gave an ice cream supper recently after which all of the physicians of the town were kept busy saving the lives of about twenty people who partook of tho sup per- It is supposed the sickness was caused by ptomaine poisoning con- ing from the ice cream
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Survey of States Soil.

According to information received from Washington, a soil eurvey of Arkansas will be made in the near fu- ture The object of the government in making this survey is to ascertain just what kind of soil is in various parts of the state, and to give out the best information possible as to what kind of crops to plant in various sections.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
vineosr Plant At siIoam Springs.

The A. l.. Gregory Vinegar Company of Paducah. Ky, will establish vine gar factory at Siloam Springs, the plant to have a capacity of 100000 busheis of apples q season.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Bingham Dyspepsia Remed

Binghams Dyspepsia Remedy-a reliable and efficient remedy for all forms of indigestion. Write us for testimonials of grateful patrons h. quire for it at your druggist, or write us if he cannot supply it. Price 50 cents per bottle. for s250 Bingham Drug Co, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Found Dead In Bed.

Mrs. Sallie Hogan, an old lady, aged about g. years, was Sound dead in her bed at Siloam Springs recently by members of Ter family. Her death was due to heart trouble.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
New U3e for Old Ropes,

Some time ago woolen manufac- turer in 1.-the north of England succeed ed in making a fabric from old ropes He obtained quantity of old rope and cordage, unrayeled them and wove them by secret process into a kind of rough cloth
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Even if it were not dangerous to kiss the baby it would still be cruel in most cases, as the poor babies are generally too feeble to put up any kind of a defense.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Nearoes Suffered Penalty.

Two negroes, Will Kitchens, con victed of murder, and Jesse McCollum, convicted of criminal assault, were hanged in an enclosure built in the court house yard at Marion recently.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Wesson-EI Dorado Line.

The ten-mile railroad line built for lumber carrying purposes from Wes- son to Fl Dorado is nearing compile tion and rails will probably be laid into Fl Dorado within the next week or ten days The completion of this line will give Fl Dorado five lines of railroad
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Operations Stopped.

$5,5O0 and sentenced to 900 days in jail for operating blind tiger at Nam moth Spring, but the fine was after wards held up. upon payment of $500 and costs amounting to $1,000 and a pledge in open court that the parties would close up entirely.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Richard Pate Killed.

Richard Pate of Plumerville was killed at MorriltOn, where he had gone to take part in the festivities of the Fourth, by falling under the wheels of a passenger train which he was at tempting to board.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Negro Kills Playmate.

Because he became angry at one oi his playmates while playing ball, Lo. gan Green, a negro, 12 years old, struck James White, another negro, 16 years old, over the head with base ball bat fracturing the skull. The boy died while on his way to the hospital. Both boys lived in Little Rock.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The late shah Of persia had col lection of stones valued at s50,000 900. But death parted him from all except one-his tombstone.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Dr. Wiley's condemnation of pie will have no effect The brain food of New England has been tested beyond the power of any mere government chemist to discredit it.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The American Press Humorists, as for monument in memory of the late Bill Nye. All serious minded people can join them in this effort.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

4 elothier's ad in the London (Ont.) Advertiser: Our boys knickers have double seats" Good for the kids. but hard on fathers arm.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Tunis used to depend upon it's wines, olives, cereals and cattle. Now there are number of profitable mines ani railways are being built to exploit them.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Success and defeat rest side by and the refreshing rain and warm sunshine fall alike upon their green mounds.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Joaquin Miller wants to go to the United States senate. On his merits as poet? Oh, dear no. He has money now.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Chicago complains that women talk too much over the telephone. Over the telephone" would seem to be sHperfiuous clause.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Now if the weather should calm down and be decent for the summer the eroakers would feel themselves discriminated against.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

A Detroit man has invented nozzle which spreads water like rain, or in other words as effectively as it is dis tributed among the stocks.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Charity is one of the few things that should never be advertised.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

The sperm whale could swallow an automobile according to one scientist. but We should think it would give him indigestion
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Joaquin Miller has found mining more profitable than poetry, for which reason he desires to be a United States senator. This shows the de moralizing influence of wealth.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

A Washington man who tried fast ing for his health didn't live long enough to see whether it helped him or not
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

That Huntington horse that eats wool is probably suffering from cold stomach
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

Maybe Gen. kuroki will go home and tell his countrymen that Te are too agreeable people to lick.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18

An anti-fat manufacturer is in trou. ble. He tried to make light of his customers.
The Carlisle independent., 1907-07-18
Important fo Motbe,..

Examine carefully every bottle of CASTOR1A, safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and sec that it
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
THE wATcHMAN,s TEDIOUS JOB

A man whom business Aept extra late
at his Office in one of theFbig downtown
buildings learned the other night that
the night watchman has much to do be-
sides sitting in the lobby smoking. IT
was after midnight when he left his
Office on the sixth floor and caught sight
of the watchman, lantern in one hand
and key in the other methodically
moving from door to door, opening each
one, and, after a survey of the office,
locking it again, all with the single key.
How long does it take to make q
round?" inquired the tenant.
About six hours" was the reply. NJ
only make one full round a night"
What on earth do you do to take that
timer"
Just see that the windows are closed.
the safe either locked or empty, the
lights out, the water not running, norn-
ing lying around loose that ought not
to be and the door locked.
Don't very often find anything out
of the way-did lock up some papers
once and pretty soon the man comes
rushing down pretty near crazy because
he had remembered he left them-but
If should slip up on the one room that
was wrong just once there'd be the
deuce to pay. That keeps up interest"
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
A STATES BIRTH

The birth of the state of Oklahoma
means something more than the ad-
ding of star to the flag. A consider
able portion of the west Is feeling the
effect in a financial way. A large
amount of capital is being drawn to the
new commonwealth. New opportuni
ties are being opened for the specu-
lative and permanent investment Of
money Land is being bought extern
sively in Oklahoma. 1t is absorbing the
savings of many persons In many
walks of life. Prices are going up, and
probably they will go higher still. Some
of the purchasers will soon realize on
their investments, but many others will
be compelled to wait a weary time for
the development of the state to reach
their holdings.
The opportunities which the new state
offers are attracting many enterprises.
One of them is a million-dollar dam
which is to furnish 10000 horsepower for
manufacturing purposes. A cement
plant which will employ 1000 men is be-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
WHAT FINGERS ARE WORTH

The different fingers are far from
having the same value in the eyes of
the law with reference to their func-
tional utilization. Much the most
important is the thumb, for without it
apprehension would be very imperfect.
The hand is no longer pincers, but
merely a claw, when deprived of the
thumb. 1t may be estimated that the
thumb represents fully third of the
total value Of the hand.
The French courts allow 15 to 80 per
cent value for the right hand and 10 to
Is per cent for the left; the Austrian
schedule gives from Is per cent for the
left to % per cent for the right; in Ger
many 20 to 28 per cent, and even as high
as 1873 per cent has been awarded. The
percentage is based on 100 as the total
industrial value of the hand previous to
the accident, loss of so per cent rep
resenting half of the value, etc.
The total loss of the index causes an
incapacity estimated at 10 to Is per
cent in Austria, 16 to 20 per cent in Ger
many, 15 per cent for the left hand,
and 20 per cent for the right by Ital-
ian courts; the French allow Is per
cent.
The middle finger is of much more i'm
portance than the index, says DR.. Melg-
non, whom we are citing, and who is no
small authority, for a great loss of
force is observed in the hand when the
finger is amputated. Yet almost all the
authorities ascribe less Importance to
1t than the index. The Italian law al
lows 5 per cent, the Austrian to 10
per cent.
The ring finger is the least important.
It's total loss often does not cause in
capacity. The Austrian tariff assimi-
lates this finger to the middle one. The
italian law is liberal with per cent.
The French and German tribunals often
refuse indemnity, considering the in
capacity resulting from the loss as very
small.
The little finger may be compared to
the ring, except in the professions in
which it serves as a point of support for
the hand. 1t may be remarked here that
the artist has not been taken into con-
sideration in these cases.-Philadelphi
Record
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
WALKING 10000 MILES

There arrived In London last evening
an aged man named Mark All. who has
been wandering for the past six years.
Mark All is an engineer by trade. and
he set out from Fleet street on August
6, 1900, with the object of walking 60. 900
miles in seven years. The idea of the
enterprise was to disprove theory,
which All attributes to engineering
employers, that after a man has
reached 45 years Of age he is useless for
manual labor
Some gentlemen who were desirous
of disproving this theory agreed to nav
All $500 if he could walk 10000 miles i'm
seven years, earning his living at his
trade, and that he shall not beg sell
photographs Of himself, or picture
post cards, make speeches or exhibit
himself at music halls. All these con-
ditions, he says, he has faithfully oh
served. He has been all over the three
kingdoms, and. has visited France.
Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland
Italy and Germany, but failed to gel
into Russia. His record now is 5000
miles.
He proposes to take weeks rest in
London, then walk to Newhaven, and
cross to Dieppe. where he will resume
his pedestrian exercises through France
Throughout his travels. Mark All wears
the union jack on his right arm.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
coNeREssMENs SALARIES

There are several reasons why an in
crease in the pay of members is now
required. The most obvious is that
the cost of living in the national
capital, where members have to spend
three months one year and some seven
the next, has very much increased.
Real estate has advanced in value and
rents with it; board for those who do
not have houses of their own, or rented
houses, is easily twice as high as 1t
was thirty years since; the standard
of expenditures has changed and MEM
bers are forced to meet 1t in some de-
gree. Another reason for better pay is
that congressman really earn more
than in the past. They do more work
and they do 1t better. Again, they
have lost good many of the per-
quisite5 OF their office, which were
equivalent to money to them, and some
of which lad a definite money value.
With the general enforcement of the
merit system In the departments and Of
it's principle and spirit even in the en-
ployment os laborers, not under the eX-
animation. patronage has dwindled
largely. The time when every scrub
woman and every porter, messenger or
driver, to say nothing of the subordi-
nate clerks. were directly charged to-
the account OF their respective con-
gressional hackers is now pretty we'll
in the past. Patronage is confined to
higher places. and as to these the
heads of departments do not dare to
be as reckless as they used to be-.
These are considerations of which Il isl
not easy TO calculate the money value,
but they add force to the others which
demand increased salaries.-New York
Times
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-31
THAT PERENNIAL NUISANCE

"Billboards are a nuisance whlcn
should be done away with entirely"
That declaration is another evidence of
the observation-disclosures of our business
mayor. The aptness of the statement
is recognized by all citizens except
those who are directly interested in
maintaining the dauby denominations.
1t is easier to recognize this particu-
lar nuisance, however, than to get rid
of it. A glance at the lines of business
that are flared from the miles of bill
boards in Los Angeles at once indicates
the difficulty in the way of abolishing
the nuisance. Behind the chromatic
displays telling the merits of whisky,
beer, tobacco and other products stand
vast interests that are potent in the
political and business affairs of this
city.
The mayor comedies that it is i'm
practicable to abolish billboards at the
present time, but he thinks that pur-
pose may be approached gradually by
system Of high license taxation. The
plan would have the business merit of
bringing considerable additional reve-
nue. to the city treasury and might like
wise have the effect of freezing out"
the weaker class of advertisers. The
more fragrant examples of the nuisance,
however, would be likely to stand the
cost of higher license figures:
Billboards are not essential in adver-
tising any product and the mainte-
nance of them, in face OF almost univer-
sal public protest, should not be tole-
rated in Los Angeles. Ample facilities
for acquainting the public with the
merits of all products are afforded by
the advertising columns of the news
papers and the efficacy OF that method
of attracting public attention is attested
by the fact that It is employed extern
sively by all the large local business
concerns that are especially interested
in inviting such attention.
The business concerns which fill most
of the billboard space are nonresident
and are not entitled to such considera-
tion as might, for special reasons, be
accorded to local business men. These
corporations from abroad simply force
upon the public gaze the offensive dis
plays whereby they gather profits from
the sale of liquors, the deadly cigarette
and other harmful commodities.