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The National tribune., 1910-09-08
The Faded Coat of Blue.

Some one asked thru The National
Tribune some. time ago for the Faded
Coat OF Blue" Two or three copies of
this poem have been sent to The Ma
tionaI Tribune. but it is impossible to
give it space in the paper. Those who
want it will kindly send name and ad-
dress to The National Tribune, and it
will be sent them.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08
TO OUR WOMEN READERS:

Some months The NATIONAL to offer
MUM which should be of special large
readers.
In the meantime extraordinary efforts have been
one thing h'c better than all Others Scores of different
tions have been carefully examined and considered.
After having fully decided the pepexng question ourselves
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knew he had fine case of blood pois-
oning. He is now pronounced out or
danger, but 1t was a close call.
Far down beneath the surface, buried
under the accumulated soil of centuries,
DIR. Alexander Hrdlicka, curator of the
Division of Anthropology, United States
National Museum, believes there will
be found some rare bones along the line
of the Panama Canal He believes that
number of old and abandoned burial
grounds of negros exist along the route
of the canal, and accordingly has asked
the Isthmian Canal Commission to
make a few observations in the inter-
est of anthropology.
The skulls would be of considerable
value to science, he has written the
Commission, and hence he asked that II
any such crania be discovered they be
gathered for the Museum.
The Government has contracted for
the completion of the great drydock at
the New York Navy Yard. the Construc-
ton of which has presented serious diff
ficulties This drydock is to cost ST.
500. 900 The contractors who worked
at the dock for some months were paid
S2S5, ,O00 and then gave up the job, and
that is why it is going to cost so much
more than expected.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

9tf1n Monthly and expenses trustworthy and
Vioo travel and distribute samples: big nanuf7e
Steady work S. Scheer, Treas VIC I59, Chicago
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

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The National tribune., 1910-09-08
Uncle Sam.

Editor National Tribune: I saw in
The National Tribune of Aug that a
Mrs. A. c. Hill, of IS Lake street, Sara
nae Lake, n. Y. wants to know why
U. S. is called Uncle Sam. have a
book which explains in this way: I'm
the War of 1872, between this country
and Great Britain, Elbert Anderson, OF
New York, purchased in Troy, N Y, a
large amount of pork for the American
Army. 1t was inspected by Samuel
Wilson, popularity known as Uncle
Sam The barrels of pork were marked
e. A. U. s.. the lettering being done by
a facetious employe of Mr.. Wilson.
When asked by fellow -workmen the
meaning of the mark U. S. (for the let
ters were almost entirely new to them)
he said he did not know, unless it
meant Elbert Anderson and Uncle Sam.
Ihe Joke took among the employees, and
rs now recognized in every part of the
United States. john r. Watt, 2O4 S.
First street west Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08
POSTOFFICE OUTFIT FOR SALE.

The undersigned. a veteran. IS years old.
offers for sale Postoffice Outfit V-shaped,
125 Lock- and 375 Call Boxes. Yale Town
make. and III. o. Window. White Ash
teriai and in good condition Will crate and
ship to any address at bargain. Write to
IL. s. VAN DEVORT. Warren, Ill.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

Phillip G. Bonner, of New Orleans.
made us all feel like a lot of kids few
days ago when he talked to us about
the work of the great magnets that
are being used on the Mississippi River.
We all remember what a delight it was
10 take the tiny little toy magnets, and
go around picking up tacks, pins, pen
points and things of that character and
mystifylng the younger kids by letting
them dangle loosely but safely on the
magnets. MI Bonner was telling about
the Mississippi magnets. which are
something different. a few months
ago" he said, Il had whole lot of fun
watching the recovery of several thou
sand kegs of nails. A barge had sunk
in the Mississippi at New Orleans. II
was loaded with thousands of kegs of
nails. One day / had business which
took me on Lafayette street / went
down to the river front, drawn by a
crowd on the bank. i discovered that
they were recovering those kegs of nails
by the use of an immense magnet. The
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

The dangers of the hypodermic
syringe We're very fOrcefully brought to
the front last week when l.. ID. Under
wood, of Fort Wayne, Ind, was pois-
oned by one. He was walking along
the street, when he was seized with a
lalntlhg spell caused by weak heart.
He was assisted to a drug store and an
ambulance was summoned. The nhvsi-
clan In charge of the ambulance inject
ed strychnine before taking him to the
hospital. Mr.. Underwood recovered
from the effects of the fainting spell
When the arm was punotured with the
needle, and the first thing anybody
The National tribune., 1910-09-08
Ignorant of History.

Because the curricula of the lower
and higher schools in America do not
pay enough attention to history OF
IChina and Japan, ancient and modern.
q petition has been signed by about 100
prominent Americans resident in ia
pan, asking all the educational authorl-
| ties in the United States, both pubic
and private to supply the deficiency in
their curriculum, both lin the interests
| of American education and internation-
al comfy based on mutual benefit The
petition is being circulated thruout the
Limited States by the American Asiatlc
Society of Yokohama, Japan, and the
Bureau of Education has been asked by
the society to assist in making known
| its wants The circular that has come
over declares that it can be said that
the children of Japan are far better in
formed as to the character, resources,
standards and civilization of America
| than are the people OF America regard
| ing things of Japan.
The above is undoubtedly true, but
the circular might have gone further,
| and said that American children are
| lamentably ignorant of not only the
history of foreign countries, but of their
own. 1t is an indisputable fact that the
public schools and colleges of the coun-
| try pay mighty little attention to his
tory, particularly modern history. If
| they can dig up some prehistoric re-
mains, paw over the ruins of Pompeii
and Hercuianean and dig down into the
sub-soils of ancient Babylon, the
schools will go crazy ever this history;
but it's dollars to sour apples that you
can pick up a handful of kids in any
grammar school and string out to them
the names of Grant and Stonewall
Jackson, of Meade and Lee, Hancock,
Longstreet, Rawlins, Heth, Beauregard.
Buell.. and tell those kids to pick out
those Generals who fought on the
| Union side and the rebel side in the
war of the rebellion. and they might
manage to tell you that they thought
Grant was a Union soldier and that
Longstreet had something to do with
the rebels at Gettysburg. and that is
| just about as far as they could get in
dividing up the names that became
famous during the war of '61-'65 In
fact, there is determined effort at the
present time in all the schools of the
country, the tocsin for which was
sounded at the National Educational
Convention at Boston, to shut all his
tory of war out of our schols, and as
histories of Nations are largely his
tories of war, with the other things as
incidentals. it happens that children are
going to get mighty little straight his
tory.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

The Navy Department has announced
that President Taft. who is going to
Panama to look over things before he
returns to Washington, will use the
armored cruiser Tennessee. 1t will be
his flagship for the trip in November.
The Montana, a sister ship, will go as
escort, carrying the newspaper corre-
spondents, magazine writers and engi-
neering experts. President Taft expects
to be gone about 20 days. The two
warships are now at Portland, Ne,
undergoing a general overhauling.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

Senator Curtis was entirely cleared
of the charges that were laid against
him by Senator Gore in the matter of
Indian contracts. Now Bird Mcclure,
of the First Oklahoma district, has been
completely eXonerated by the commit
tee as well as~Vice President Sherman.
There is not anybody who had modi-
cum of sense vino believed that any one
of the three was mixed up in any way
whatever with criminal activity in the
Indian tracts. Somebody told Senator
Gore SO and he believed it; that was
all
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

William Brown GIasby, Chief of Po-
lice of Newark, y. j., died last week
Glasby served as a bodyguard for Lin
coin on the trip from New York to
Washington when he came to take the
oath of office to the Presidency for the
first time. Glssby was 81 years old.
The National tribune., 1910-09-08

Comrade Alvin S. Bundy, who was
born at Charleston, n. H, in 1881, and
who served in the 9Th n. H, died at
his home in this city last week. Com
rade Bundy, who was a carpenter, had
been an employe of the Government
Printing Office for nearly 80 years, and
was foreman of the carpenter shop.
During his term as foreman Comrade
Bundy was credited with having intro
duced many of the latest devices and
methods for turning out the work of
his Department. He was member of
Lincoln Post, G. A. R, and of the
Union Veteran Club of the Government
Printing Office
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
ENDS LIFE WITH LAUDANUM
Josie Jones, Formerly of Tucker
 man, Kills Self in Memphis.

Josie Jones. formerly of Tuck erman, committed suicide in Mem phis Tuesday afternoon by taking laudanum.
 Her dead body was found at 139 Halig street, and tightly clutched in her hand was 8 note addressed to Willie Rogers, tell ing him goodbye and saying, T cannot live a life of shame any longer.
 She had been in Memphis only a short time, having left her home at Tuckerman only a few weeks ago.
 The young woman was the for mer wife of Bob Jones, whose home is near Tuckerman, but she and her husband had been separ- ated for some time. As an in- mate of a resort in Memphis, where she had been for only a short time, nothing was known of her past life until after her dead body was found in her room with the note clutched in her hand.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
METHODIST CONFERECE
M. P. Annual Conference to be
 Held at Oak Grove Nov. 10.

The Arkansas Annual Confer ence of the Methodist Protestant Church will convene at Oak Grove church, near Magness. on We'd nesday, November 16, at 10 0 clock a. m., Rev. J. NJ. Stephenson pre- siding.
 The community has been honor ed by the selection of this place for the meeting of the annual con- ference of this great organization which is doing a good work in helping to spread tbe Christian religion and in helping mankind to nobler and better life.
 Rev. D. w. McGinnis, pastor of the Batesville circuit, who is an earnest and zealous worker in the cause, has issued the following statement regarding the confer ence:
 The Arkansas Annual Confer ence of the Methodist Protestant church will convene at Oak Grove church, Batesville circuit. at 10 o'clock on the morning of the 18th of November. Every body is cor dially invited to attend this con- ference. There will be preaching services at Il a. m. and s D. m. each day during the conference.
 All the good people who have promised to help take care of the ministers and delegates are es- peciallly invited to be present on the 18th, so as to convey their as signed guests to their homes. Should there be any so situated that they cannot care for anyone, please notify me, so 1 can make other arrangements.
 Thanking all in advance, 1 say come one and all and let us have $ good time and get better acquaint. ed. May God bless you all. .'
 D. w. MCGINNIs. Pastor.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES
pr. J. I. West Receives Fatal In-
 iuries in Gin Friday.

Dr. ]. 1. West, prominent and we'll known citizen of the De- partee neighborhood, received in- Juries at his cotton gin Friday afternoon from which he died in few hours.
 His hand was caught in the saws of one of the gin-stands, and his whole hand and forearm were hor- ribly mangled before the machin- cry could be stopped.
 Drs. Wyatt and Ellis were sum- moned and found it necessary to amputate the arm.
 The great loss of blood had so weakened him that he was unable to rally from the effects of the in- jury and died while under the in- fuence of chloroform.
 pr. West was one of the best known and most substantial citi- zens of the county and his untime- ly and tragic death is deeply re- gretted by his many friends.
 Dr. West moved his family to Pleasant Plains few years ago and engaged in the drug business. He had built up good business in the drug trade and enjoyed large practice as physician.
 He had gone out to the farm for day or two to look after matters there when the fatal accident oc- cured, late in the afternoon Fri day, death resulting about II o'clock that night.
 He was prominent Mason and Odd Fellow and the funeral ser vices were held with fraternal honors Sunday morning.
 Burial took place at Maple Springs.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
OIL TROUGH TINMLINGS
Doings of the Week Among Our
 Neighbors Across the White

Willie Davidson went to New ark with cotton to sell Tuesday.
 A little child of J. B. Bulard' $ died Saturday evening of diptheria.
 Mrs. Rachel Ellis died Monday evening of consumstion. She was 63 years old.
 W. D. Gray lost q fine colt Sat urday night. It got into the crib and ate too much.
 G. w. Johnson of Tina was down visiting his sons, Frank and w. D., and his grand daughter, Mrs. Mark Owens.
 E. l.. Reeves returned Friday from Fort Smith, where he attend ed the l. o. Q. F. Grand Lodge as delegate from Oil Trough Lodge.
 Clint Davidson's team ran away with him Wednesday in the Conr lane, throwing him from the wagon and bruising him up considerably He is able to be out again now.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
THE REAL POWER

Julia Ward Howe, who has just died at the age of ninety-one, uttered great truth in recent address, when she declared that the real force that counts in the world is not horsepower, but mother power. For convenience in mechanical matters horse- power is commonly used, but it is mother power, force beyond measure ment and beyond analysis, which gives the old world its best and strongest impulses along the path of progress. .- Youths Companion.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
BOY WINS $500

Earl Stubblefeld, 17 years old, of Dalton, Randolph county, was declared winner of the $500 prize given by the State Bankers asso. citation for the best ear of corn raised in Arkansas in the Boys Corn club contest. The award was made by the corn club committee. A loving cup for the best county showing in corn club work was also awarded to Ran- dolph county. We saw the exhib- it of the Randolph Boys Corn Club at the Arkansas State Fair, and 1t was certainly fine display of corn and q credit to Randolph county.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04


 heroic work of our Jeff in saving Tennessee Is not fully appreciated by those igs over in that state who are so self-conceited as to think they have sense enough to run their own business: "Hon. Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, and Hon. Earl Brewer, of Mississippi, hav- ing saved Tennessee, may now re- turn to their homes. Tennesseans were never able to take care of their own affairs, and greatly ap- preciate the assistance given them by these heroic political aliens.''
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
GRIFFIN FOR AUDITOR

Ben l.. Griffin of Conway, for mer secretary of the Arkansas Farmers Union, will probably be a candidate for state auditor in the next Democratic primary. This will make the race for audi tor interesting, to say the least, as John Oathout, who was defeated by Auditor John k. lobe three years ago, is also a candidate for the position, and Col. Colquitt, deputy auditor, is also looked up- on as q candidate.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04

lose time and spend. money send ing into your county site for tools food, clothing or other supplies. A parcels post would reduce that expense by a great big fraction.
 These are some of the leading reasons why the farmer, why every American citizen, should be in favor of parcels post. Proper pressure this season by letter and conversation upon congressman of every party will get results before the end of next summer.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED

A story creeps out about Mir. Roosevelt's trip through the south that is too good to keep. At a town in Tennessee about fifty men and women. white and black, had turned out to see him. Air you Roosevelt P asked be-whiskered mountaineer. Pm Roosevelt, , grinned the colonel. Good Gawd" exclaimed a negro wom- an with disappointment written all over her face. Fl Paso Times.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
w. o. w. UNWILLING

On next Sunday, November 6, at 2 p. m. Newark Camp w. o. w. will unveil the beautiful monu- ments in Blue Springs cemetery erected to the memory of the late Sovs. John M. Magness and Nath- an Prince. State Manager Philip Miller of Little Rock will be pres. ent and deliver an address. In vitations have been sent all the nearby camps to attend and par. ticipate in the ceremonies.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENT

Rev. J. M. Stephenson, pres ident of the Methodist Protestant church, will preach at Pleasant Hill church, Batesville circuit, on Saturday night before the second Sunday in November, also at II o'clock on Sunday, which will be the 18th of November. Every body invited to come and hear him. D. w. McGinnis, Pastor.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
WANT PARCELS POST
Farmers Union President Tells
 Why the Country Needs it.

President c. $. Barrett of the National Farmers Union, has issu- ed a strong statement in favor of the proposed parcels post legis- lation which he hopes to see pass ed by the next congress. Among other things he says:
 National in it's scope and in- cluding every shade of political belief in America, it is essential that the Farmers Union get to gether in a non-partisan program for reforms in which they are mutually interested, regardless of political divisions or alignment.
 ''One of these reforms-or rather advancements- believe it our special duty to push at the forthcoming session of congress IS the establishment of parcels post.
 Hast session 1 took census of congress and found that enough representative and senators were in faver-or at least said they were in favor of this feature to secure the enactment in some form.
 Ut Is now incumbent upon us to get in behind all congressman alike and make them redeem this promise.
 Insurgents and regulars, demo- crats or republicans, populists or socialists 1t is up to them to come across and give us something the entire country wants and that no man can logically or honestly op- pose.
 We have international parcels post agreement with forty-eight nations, with maximum weight of eleven pounds, with the postage 12 cents per pound.
 If a parcels post is right, profitable and feasible from an in- ternational standpoint, it is right, logical and profitable from nat ional standpoint.
 The American farmer has an especial interest in an American parcels post.
 Consider what the American express companies charge you for eleven pounds of your farm pro- ducts, either for 30 or 300 miles and you see where you are being bled.
 You are paying needless trib- ute on every ounce of supplies you receive, in the express classifi- cation. The aggregate totals tax of millions upon American farm CTS each year. There is no jus tice, no sense in this practice.
 'Often you are compelled to
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
MAYOR TEACHES BOYS

The mayor of Brinkley has started semi-monthly meetings with the boys of the town, to teach them good government and behavior. The meetings are held on Sunday and are largely attend ed by the future administrators of the city laws.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
BACK TO ARKANSAS

W. c. Shepard of Ash Flat sold his farm of eighty acres for $500 and moved to Oklahoma. He stayed one year and returned, making an effort to purchase his old homestead. but, failing. pur- chased the one adjoining, also of eighty acres, for S1 300.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
WOULD IT WORK IN NEWARK

Revs. B. A. Few and J. S.. Compere, Methodist and Baptist ministers of Magnolia, have tried the experiment of changing pull pits occasionally, and find they are greeted with enlarged audiences.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
TEXAS LAND FOR SALE

If you want to go to Texas, see the White River Land 6 Invest ment Company about the excell- ent propositions in Texas lands they have to offer you.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
BANKS FOR GOVERNOR

Papers of Southeast Arkansas are boosting A. B. Banks, the Fordyce insurance president and banker, for governor, to succeed George W. Donaghey.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
NOTICE

All parties indebted to the un- dersigned are requested to call on or before Dec. 1 and make settle ment, as 1 have obligations to meet. Fl. JoHLE.
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
THE UNdPATEFUL WRETcHEs

The following editorial par agraph from the Memphis News Scimitar rather indicates that the
The Newark journal., 1910-11-04
LOOK HERE, FIR. MAN

If you want to sell your farm see the White River Land & h. vestment Go.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-23
GERMAN TRAGED1AN ARRIVES
Won Possart Says He Doesn't Know
of Playing with Sothern S Company.

Ernest Won Possart, the German
tragedian, who comes here for a season
Of ten weeks. arrived last night on the
North German Lloyd liner George Washing
ton, from Bremen. He is seventy years OLD,
but looks much younger.
1t had been announced several days age
that ne was to play the part of Shylock
in THE Merchant of Venice" i'll German
with the English-speaking company OF h.
H. Sothern Mr.. Sothern in turn was to
appear as Shylock with Herr Won Possart' s
German company. Asked about TINS ar
rangement Herr Won PossarL said:
This is news to me. ] never heard OF
any such plan. ! don't approve Of 1t and
consider it highly inartistic."
Dinitri Smirnoff the young Russian
lyric tenor who viii appear at the Metro
poiitan Opera House in 'Rigoletto' next
week, also was passenger.
Norbert Salter, q German theatrical man
ager, came over on the Washington TO pro-
cure American plays and players for his
various theatres in Germdany
Among others on the steamship were
Mrs. r. A. Alger, Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund NJ.
Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Brown Potter. Mrs.
Constance Tevis, Nicola Sockoloff and MI.
and Mrs. J. H. Oldham.