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their price they are well satisfied 10 let MIN
alone
"Have you ever noticed" he continued that
there is more bomb throwing more KIDNAPPING
more mysterioes murders in the winter
months than in the spring, summer or early
fall? The winter is the hard time OF the year
with all Italians and naturally the collections
come harder Men who have given up rev
dollars now and then for months suddenly dc
eide that. come what may, they will pay no
more According TO the laws OF the trade
this means punishment and there you have
your outrages.'
The intense low. which respectable Ital
ian bears for his children has made kidnapping
highly lucrative.
The Italian ki6napers about New York
have been almost uniformly successful since
they began signing their letters La Mano
Nera" In every case the child has been even
tually returned TO his home or left where the
police would be sure to find him Equally In
every case there have been indications that
the father in spite OF the most strict instruc.
tions to the contrary from the police, quietly
paid over the amount demanded by the Black
Handlers or at least satisfying portion Of It.
knowledge Of kidnapping cases nearly al.
ways gets TO the police and without delay.
An Italian mother whose son fails TO return
from an errand TO the bake shop around the
corner or whose daughter disappears between
the EuDnc scnOOl ana heT NOME, uOes not rear
even the Black Hand. Her husband may
cringe and tremble when she suggests the po-
lice but il he delays, the mother, with many
wills of anguish, rushes TO the nearest police
station and blurts out the whole story AS a
rule the police have little or nothing which
TO work. They have the Black Hand latter
demanding the ransom, but Of what good is
that when the leader of the gang may be that
dapper swarthy brother-inlaw who is even
then I'm the parlor mingling his temperamental
tears with those of the family?
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Women In Postal Service.

The distinction OF first appointing a
woman postmaster does not belong to
America. nor Is the employment of
women In the postal service a new
idea. As early as 15iS n woman post
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine le Comte, an Inn
portant town of France. In the try
ing times OF the Thirty Years war.
the principal office in the postal serv-
ice OF Europe was held by n woman.
Alexandrine de Rue. From 1928 to
l6i6 she was in charge of the mails
OF the German empire. the Neither
lands, burgundy and Lorraine. She
was known as n master general OF the
mails. In America. Elizabeth Harvey
was the first to hold n place in the
postal department. She had charge
of the letters In Portsmouth. N. H., I'm
the beginning of the seventeenth CEN
tury. half century afterward Lydia
Hill was placed in charge OF the post
office I'm Salem, Mass.
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not of the lieutenant's squad who
would not have gladly risSed his life to lay
hands real Black Hand chief
Sober second thought and continued in
yestigation, however, return the Black Hand
to its proper category. 1t is not and never
has been n society. 1t knows no chieftain, no
scale of spoil division, sacred oath. 1t has
no meeting places, consequently holds no
meetings It is, in short, but a name for a
brand of crime peculiar to Italian crooks, and
it is surprisingly successful because Of the
temperament of its south Italian victims and
their Unborn dread of the extortionist.
It is almost ludicrous to realize how the
name that is now a world-terror was invented.
Some years ago the story of an Italian
murder was running in the New York news
papers. The police made little Roadway and
developments Jagged. a space-writer on
certain morning paper needed more money
than the story was bringing him. He could
get more space only by giving new twist to
the crime, by working up an exclusive angle.
The victim Of this murder had received q
letter warning him that death would follow
his failure to contribute q specified sum by
q certain date At the top of the sheet a
crude drawing of fist holding long, wicked
looking dagger IL drawn with black ink,
a somber, sinister emblem. For TIE reporter
il held an idea. The name "yfack Hand"
leaped from his imagination. and there you
are With great circumstar>ial II and
naring heads he introduced mis- fla to the
public. The murdered ItaliAn was the victim
of a rapacious organization of cut-thToats. 1t
was the American edition of the muchfeared
Malta a reincarnation of the deadly Canon a,
and in II the reporter combined the worst
features Of each
This characterization was an instantaneous
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sands the spoils collected have sent many n
criminal back to Italy with fortune accord
ing to the Sicilian rating and not even the DO
lice will venture to estimate its cost in human
life.
The Black Hand crimes all follow the same
general lines. but that is no argument that
there is organized society The yeggmen
who terrorize country postmasters all work
after an identical fashion. but no one has
ever ntimated that they organized Safe
crackers the country over use the same tools
and methods. but who has suspected them OF
holding conventions? The East side gangs
the "Humpty" Jacksons. the Paul Kelys and
the like-plunder similarly with more or less
success. but the only connection between
gang and gang is occasional feud, the
sulting shooting up" of which gives the 20.
lice opportunity to send gangster or two
to Sing Sing.
No Italian is too lonely or too poor to en-
bark as a Black Handler. A sheet of paper.
pen and ink. and enough knowledge of Italian
to scrawl few lines of demand and the
companying threat are all that is necessary.
Possible victims every hand. The bar.
Der in the dingy basement halfway down the
block; the fat and timid grocery keeper on the
corner; Antonio. OF the tenement just below.
who goes out early each morning all dressed
in white to boss his gang OF street sweepers-
all these are possible victims Of the single
handed Black Handler, and all sooner or later
pay their tribute. OF course he signs himself
LA Mano Nera," and then sits back to wait
the working of the spell of temperamental
dread.
About a table in a dingy, low-ceilinged
basement wine shop OF Mulberry Bend or
over on Blocker street four or five greasy,
low-browed men gather Of an afternoon over 4
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Troubles Of People on Venus.

Inhabitants OF Venus. II there are
any. must feel 1t extremely difficult to
establish units OF time. Venus always
turns the same face toward the sun:
so the planet has no day, and the
lack of moon deprives 1t of month.
Finally, II has no year. for its axis OF
rotation is perpendicular to the plane
of its orbit, and the latter is almost
circular.
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So. What's the use2

Yes. l went fishing yesterday" be.
gan the man who tries to be original.
Luck? Well. some. caught two
fish. One was three and half inches
long and the other two inches"
But was he believed? Not much.
After he passed on some one com.
mented:
Bet he didn't get bite"
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A Dye That viii Color any Fabric.

Dye THat VIII CoTor any Fabric.
Mrs. Adam Herbeson writes. IL have
used Dyola and find 1t superior to any
other package dye have ever tried,
as the same package colors wool. cot
ton, silk and mixed goods perfectly"
Dyola Dyes come In 16 fast brilliant
colors. 10 cents per package at your
dealers. Write Dyola. Burlington,
VT. for color card and book OF direc-
lions sent free
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An Arbitrary Classification.

so you think every patriot has
more or less clearly defined ambition
to hold public officer"
YES" answered Senator Sorghum
"As a rule. patriots may be divided
into two classes-the appointed and
the disappointed
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ex-convicts from Italy, who plum
dered there in the name of the Ma
fla or the Camorra. Others are
equally desperate criminals who got
away from Italy before being caught
and given the convict brand. which
makes entry into America difficult
and remaining here uncertain with
Petrosino's band continually fan
ming" the italian quarters.
One OF these skilled laborers Of
crime-or perhaps pair Of them
will gather about him four or five
dull. unimaginative. lazy fellows
preferably BLACK sheep" OF the
town or section in Sicily from which
the leader came-and there you
have as near an organization as the
Black Hand has yet perfected. This
leader is known to his followers as
n bad man. He has n record for
speedy carving with dagger. per-
haps, or a much-to-be-envied knack
of using his revolver quickly. He
rules the gang by fear of bloody
violence and does not even bother
to extract oaths from them.
Italian bankers, contractors. whole
sale dealers in spaghetti or olive oil
or wine, owners OF equities in mort
gagged tenement houses - these are
the victims of the big Black Hand
ers. One thousand dollars is the
least they strike for. Failure to pay
means that bomb OF crude but
deadly construction will be dropped
in front of the marked mans bank.
store or tenement house. Generally
the bomb Is so thoroughly over
loaded with dynamite that 1t
wrecks much surrounding property.
but for that these land pirates care
not. Often the innocent are slaugh-
tered, but that brings not even a
shrug from these hyenas OF the ten
ements.
Every so-called Black Hand out
rage helps on the game of plumber
and adds to the fear OF the myth
ical society. A lull in Black Hand
outrages by no means indicates the
inactivity OF the plunderers. Gen
orally it spells their continued sue
cess.
"You must always keep In mind
eaid Petrosino. the Palermo sac
riHce TO this sort OF Italian crime
chat the commission OF crimes OF
violence Is not the main issue with
this scum OF the earth. If a man
meets their demands, pays over
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LIEUE Joseph REZRQSLYO

the two hundred. perhaps the bulk Of the tail
or's savings. is speedily divided and the
biackmailers are ready for other weeks OF
ideness. Again the Black Hand!
There is n possibility OF big rewards I'm the
game of plunder that has attracted criminals
OF skill, daring and brains Many OF them are
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When girl orders flowers sent
home It's sign that she expects the
neighbors to think some man sent
them.
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Mrs. WinsIow's SOOTHING Syrup.
For children teething, sofens the gums, reduces In
Examination. ellayB pain, wind collie 25c bottia.
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Good for Sore Ewes.

for 100 years PET'rIT'S EYE SALVE has
positively cured eye diseases everywhere.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo. N. Y.
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A dead beat always gets more credit
than he deserves.
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good for columns OF space. The OSIiN2EENI
inventive reporters rivals went or OZ6tFf NJ
him several better in succeeding
editions. They found meeting
places OF the Black Hand. They traced other I'M
solved crimes OF the Italian district to the myth
ca source. The police said nothing. They had been
unable to solve the crime, but if it tho work
a powerful secret organization there
for them
To the Italian blackmailers who then. as now. lived
off the tribute they could wiring from their brothers
who worked or who had prospered in business, the
appellation and unexpected weapon. a
stock in trade beyond value 1t copyrighted
and each and every one of them was free to use II
All Little Italy talking of the Black Hand. It's
translation into Italian-La Mano Nera--had an even
sinister sound. The next lot OF Matchmaking
letters sent out bore the usual dagger skull and
cross-bones the bloody finger print perhaps the long
black coffin, and every signed III Mano
Nera." The Black Hand launched ard the crimes
since committed in its name nrr.ber tens of thou
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bottle OF cheap red wine.
They puff at short-stemmed
pipes or draw through
straws on stogy-like Italian
cigars that retail for half a
cent. They are out of
work and have been for
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editor had for years
protested in Italian
and in English that
there was no such
thing as q Black
Hand society, the J
admission was sur.
prising. Detectives
OF the Manhattan
and Brooklyn Ital-
ian police squads.
who had always
scoffed at an or.
ganized Black Hand.
wondered If they
had been mistaken.
They searched the
v a ious quarters
again for some
trace OF a central
body, for some sign
that there were di-
Tecting officers. This
Petrosino tragedy
certainly savored of
the dread Malta and
Camorra and there
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Hand" society in the minds or
americans as a definite organiza-
tion such as the Sicilian Malta and
the Neapolitan Camorra. 1t was
easy and alluring to argue that
Fetrosino, cleverest trailer of Ital-
ian crime and criminals. had fall
eli victim to the international
order OF La Mano Nera. Writers
were not lacking to invent details.
his death had been decreed. they
said' oy one of the New York
chapters OF the Black Hand and
.he sentence executed by the home
branch at Palermo.
we almost believe that there
10 Black Hand organization in
itaiy and America" said the edi-
tor or one of the big Italian dailies
tne day after the detective was
snot down. Until the death of
fetrosino / never believed that
.here was head or tail to the
mountaineering blackmailers. but
the shot that struck Petrosino
would seem to prove that there is
system behind them"
To one who remembered how
violently that same
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07

Uncle Sam, generous in giYiog yaca- tions to his twolegged servants, is hereafter 10 allow 90 days leave a year to the postofiee department horses in Washington The animals are to be sent, a few at a time, to a fine rich pasture in Maryland By cry employe of the government, says the chief clerk in the postoAice de partment, receives 90 days sick leave, if neeessary. 1 see no reason why the horses we use in the busi- ness of the department ought not to receive a rest, or a vacation, and hereafter I am going to send each of the horses away for 30-day period of rest. We can spare many of them in the summer and this is the time they will appreciate a rest from the hot asphalt and welcome the green grass of the country and the shade of the trees. ..-Team Owners Review
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07

And, of course, indigestion if neg lected long enough, brings on seri- ous diseases in which Kodol cannot benefit you Some of these there is no help for at all
 There are, in fact, very few ail- ments which cannot be traced di- rectly to impure blood. And i'm pure blood is always due to a dis ordered stomach.
 Use Kodol and prevent Nervous Dyspepsia.
 Kodol will effectually assist Ma ture to secure a complete restora- tion of good digestion. It does this by at once digesting all food in the stomach and keeping it di- gested, until the stomach is rested and can resume its own work Ko- dol removes the cause-and the effect quickly removes itself.
 When it is recalled that Apo plexy, Heart Disease, Cancer-and even Gonsumption-are due to poor digestion and poisons thus transmitted to the blood. and throughout the system-the impor- tanee of maintaining good diges- tion is at once realized.
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07
Henderson Real Estate Co. NEWARK, ARKANSAS
LIVED i52 YEARS

Wm. Parr, England's oldest man, married the third time at l20, worked in the fields till 132 and lived 20 years longer People should be youthful at 8). James Wright of Spurlock, Ky, shows how to remain young. T feel just like l6-year-old boy. he says, 'after taking six bottles of Electric Bitters. For 30 years kidney trouble made life burden, but the first bottle of this wonderful medicine convinced me I had found the greatest cure on earth. They're a godsend to weak, sickly, rundown or old people. Try them. 50c at l. l. Sturdivant's.
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07
SOLD BY NEWARK DRUG COMPANY
Real Estate For Sale.
Some Bargains in Desirable Farm and City Propert
 Offered by the Henderson Real Estate Co.

132. Good three TOO D house and two lots, only two blocks from busi- ness portion of town; will be sold cheap and on easy terms.
 T. III acres fine cane and timber laud on Black river 3 miles north of Paroquet; on river front.
 Nc. 14o Fne upland farm of 320 acres three miles north of Newark; three good houses with barns and plenty of geod water; two good family orchards; 150 acres of land in caltiya- tion, balance in timber and contains best bo65 of white oak in this section; located convenient to school and church and on R. r. D. mail route.
 103. 12O acres fine Oil Trough bot tom land, all in timber except twenty acres which has been cut off; miles from postoffice; miles from Newark; land lays well and when put in culti- vati0n will be worth s40 per acre: land adjoining grows bale of cotton ol 50 to 75 bushels corn per acre, and will also grow alfalfa; land is inside of fencing district and has good timber on it.
 125. Fine White river farm of 220 acres; l75 acres in cultivation; only 2 miles from Newark; will grow bale of cotton per acre, and is extra fine for clover and timothy.
 l18. Farm of 1l0 acres fine White river land, four miles from Newark; |; good four room house, barn and other o+tbuilding; good orchard, garden and good water; S5 acres in cultiya- tion. This is fne White river cane lard, only 8 acres subject to overflow A bargain.
 I37. 160 acres cut-over timber land four miles northeast of Newark; all level bottom land, with considerable marketable oak. hickory and elm tim Der; would make good farm. Price BIO per acre.
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07
CONFIRMATION NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned is the owner of northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section l5, township l3, range I west, containing 10 acres more or less. Said land being subject to taxation for the year 1893, was sold for said taxes to William Landers. and the time of redemption having expired said lands were deeded to said Will liam Landers by the sheriff of Inde- pendence county, as was required by law,on October 2S, 1S55. Said William Landers on November To. 1913, by will, bequeathed said land to his wife dur ing her lifetime, and at her death said land were sold by Henry C. Dye, exec utor of last will and testimsnt of said William Landers, to Griffin Hogan, executing deed to pass title On Feb. 10, 1876, said Griffin Hogan and his wife, by warranty seed, sold said land with other lands, to W D. Meriweth- CT, ST. After the death of said W. D. Meriweather his heir on the - August, l8s6, petitioned for and got an order from Independence Chancery Court to partition said land with other lands to the said heirs. In January, 1S87, in compliance with said chancery order. the commissioners set d side the said laud to W. D. Meriwether, Jr., which appointment was duly con frmed the following March term, 1887, of said Chancery court. About the year 1890, said w. D. Meriwether. by warranty deed, sold said lands to Tom Allen, deceased. and about 1892 said Tom Allen, by warranty deed, sold land to Monroe Burt and his wife, Mary Burt. who was q daughter of said Tom Allen. And about 1893 said Monroe and Mary Burt sold said land, by warranty deed, to Ulyssus Warren, and abont ls96 said Ulyssas Warren and his wife, by warranty deed, sold said land to the plaintiff
 Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned as owner, in fee simple, of said land, will present her petition to Chancery Court of Independence coun- ty, Arkansas, at it's June term, 1q09 praying said court for decree, con frming the sales hereinbefore referred to and the tittIe of said petitioner of said land.
 Wesley and Sarah Spencer pretend ed to mortgage said land on March 2S 1900 to A. Hathcoek, but said Spen- eer had no title to said land and peti- tioner will ask that said mortgage be quashed and held for naught. And all persons. who have any claim or interest in said land OF any part there of in consequence Of any informality, illegality, irregularity, or any other cause whatever, connected with the forfeiture, and tic above named sales, are notified to appear at the said court and show cause why the petitioner $ title and the forfeiture of said lands, and said sailes hereinbefore recited, should not be confirmed and petition CTS title quieted.
 MRS. JENNIE T. WALDEN,
 April 9th 1909. Petitioner. J. k. Alexander, attorney.
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07

l31. Tract of 7s acres good land one mile from Union Hill postoffic, 10 miles south of Newark; , acres in cul- tivatiCn, 6 acres in pasture, 3 acres in orchard, good small box house, fine spring and plenty of stock water; lo- cated near school aud church, Price S5 per acre.
 90, 60 acres fine eat-oyer river bot tom land, very high and seldom over- flows; can be cleared very cheap and will make fine small farm; river front with railroad running across one corner; half mile from station and postoffiee. Price BIO per acre.
 128. Fine river farm of 900 acres. 10 acres in cultivation, 20 acres in pasture; 6 frame houses, main house being well finished Groom frame build- ing with all conyeniences, large barn, small orchard, good outbaildlngs, etc; other houses all good comfortable buildings with good small barns; right at railroad station and pestolllce, and only one mile from school and church: good hardwood timber on land not in cultivation; near river bottom, sur rounded by fine range and in an ideal location for stock raising A rare bargain,
 124. Nice two story, seven room residence and full block of land near business portion of town; fine water, good barn and all conveniences: well finished in every respect. Price $500.
 No. Al. 300 acres good bottom land, with 60 acres in cultivation: seven houses and three barns on farm; small family orchard; good water. This is fine tract of land and will be sold reasonable and on easy terms.
 No. 139 Good two.room box house and one acre of land in north part of Newark. Would make nice little home.
 12o. 25o acres fine cut-oyer timber land in Black river bottom. Fine for stock pasturage.
The Newark journal., 1909-05-07
BIG BOTTOM FARM FOR SAtF
ARKANSAS.

We have for sale one of the finest farms in the famous Big Bottom, only 3 miles from Newark, consisting of 342 acres, 25o acres of which is in culti- vation, and produces 50 to D bushels of corn or bale of cotton per acre.
 This is one of the finest farms in Big Bottom which is noted for it's immense yields of cotton. corn and alfalfa.
 There are five tenant houses on the farm, of two to four rooms each and two good large box barns.
 A genuine bargain if taken at once Henderson Real Estate Co.,. Newark Ark. -'0" eih,