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The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
Vol. 10, No. ,
TO DOUBLE TRACK LINE
Iron Mountain Let's Contracts For
 S400, 900 Improvements

The announcement has been made from authoritative sources that contracts have been let for the donble-tracking of62 miles of the main line of the Iron Mountain between McAlmont and Popular Bluff, Mo. The work involved will cost about $400,000 Work will start about May 1.
 The line is now double-tracked from Little Rock to McAlmont, a distance of 10 miles, and on the completion of the contracts let last week, little more than a third of the line will be double tracked.
 The Walsh Construction Com- pany of St. Louis was awarded stretch of 46 miles from McAlmont to Bald Knob. The company will put steam shovels on the work sometime between May l and May 10.
 Ball & Peters of Little Rock were awarded the contracts for donble-tracking the line from White river to Diaz, a distance of eight miles, and from Harvil to Popular Bluff a distance of eight miles.
 Two strips of road still remain open to be double-traeked later. These are from Bald Knob to White river, distance of about 20 miles, and from Diaz to Har- vii, a distance of about ss miles.
 All of the new track is to be laid with 100-pound steel, which has been adopted IS the standard grade for the main line of the Iron Mountain. The entire main line between St. Louis and Tex arkana is to be relaid with this steel, the order for it having al- ready been placed. The first deliv- cries will proably be made within a short time. It is said to be the intention of the company to even- tually have a double-track line from St. Louis to Texarkana, laid with 100-pound steel.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC
 COMMITTEE MEETING

A meeting of the Democratic County Central Committee is here by called to convene at the court house in Batesville On Saturday, May ', for the purpose of taking some action toward filling the va- caney on the Democratic county ticket, caused by the recent death of the nominee for sheriff.
 Under & ruling of the state com mlttee, proxies are not permitted to vote in such meetings, and it is hoped that every member of the committee will be present.
 R. K. McHENRY, Chairman,
 w. c. SANDERS,
 w. J. WALDRIP.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29

SKETCHES FROM SALADO
Doings of the Week Among Our
 Neighbors Across the White

Tom Jones lost good mare Fri day, from getting choked.
 Aprilis treating Us pretty rough, paying back the days borrowed from March.
 Ed Hazelrigg came in Friday from the Steamer Quapaw, on a visit to home folks for a few days.
 Mrs. I. H. Nash and children visited the family of Mir. and Mrs. John Walker in Big Bottom Sat urday and Sunday.
 John N. Jackson, who removed from here some years ago to Okla homa, but now lives in New Mexi- co, arrived Wednesday on visit to his mother and other relatives, and on business.
 Married. d.-On the 9th, inst, Mr. George Rutledge to Miss Maude Chisam, ]. w. Scott, J. P, offiea- ting. They are good people and belong to the best families of our country. May their pathway be strewn with flowers.
 An I. 0. o. F. Lodge was or ganized at Rosie on Wednesday night with q good membership. There was quite number of the Salado Lodge in attendance at the organizing of the new lodge. The lodge was opened at } o'clock in the evening by the D. D. c. NJ. and closed next morning at s. A midnight supper was served and all present seem to enjoy their part of the program. There were about 75 members of the order in attend anee.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
GROWTH IN FARM WEALTH
PhenoElinal Growth of Farm val
 ues in Past Few Years

Few people realize the phenom- enal increase in the wealth of farm lands and farm products. In the last twenty years there has been a gradual tendency toward & more substantial valuation. There have been reasons for this. With the improvement of roads. with the extension of railroads, with the building up of small communities, with the general growth of the country, the farm has come to be more and more recognized as the eventual salvation of the country As this impression became strong CT and more general, values began a natural increase.
 Figures prepared by the nation al department of agriculture show that there has been a legitimate increase in the value of farm pro- ducts of more than six billion dol lars since 1889.
 This looks almost unbelievable, but the figures are verified and substantiated by official reports for the past twenty years.
 In 1889 the value of the wealth produced on the farms of the United States was &, ,460, 900, ,000. Ten years later it was S4, TIT, ,000,- GOO, and last year 1t reached the enormous sum of SS, 760, 100000.
 This speaks we'll for the farm, the farmer and the country gen. orally, for as the farm products increaee in value the farms become more valuable and the commonali- ty of the people become more prosperous.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
SULPHUR ROCK SKETCHES
Items of Interest From the Hub
 of White River Township

Mrs Jeff Morgan visited at Ro- sic last week.
 Joe Trimble of Memphis was in town Tuesday.
 C. k. Jimmerson was over from Logan township Tuesday.
 T. c. Knox has been sick for several days with lagrippe.
 Born. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gosset, on the Dist, fine boy.
 J. c. Gibson and Madison Cos sett went to Batesyille Monday.
 Mrs. Frank Wright was on the sick list last week, but is better.
 Dan Moore and family of New ark spent few days here last week.
 Miss Vela Jernigan of Batesyille spent Monday with relatives in this city.
 Mrs. Nettye Grooms died Fri day night, after an illnenss of four months.
 Ben Jernigan has accept ted a position as bookkeeper with the Pfeiffer Stone Co.
 Ed Hardin. who is at work at Newport, spent the first of the week here with home folks.
 John Huddleston has just had his hotel painted, which improves the appearance wonderfully.
 The Baptist people here have repapered the church and installed gasoline lights, and are up to city style.
 Rev. W. k. Wayman returned Monday from Jackson county where he filled his appintment Sunday.
 J. W. Woods moved his gasoline engine and saw outfit out near Charlotte last week and 1t is doing fine work.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
Happenings of Local Interest

ey will be turned into the general fund of the lodge or used to en- large and improve the Home al Batesyille.
 The Baptist Ladies Auxiliary will serve cake, cream and straw berries in the grove near the Bap- tist church next Wednesday night, the 4th. The proceeds will be used toward earpeting the church. Every body cordially invited.
 The le-breeders in the vicin- lty of Cord are organizing Stock Improvement Association. They have raised about one hundred dollars and have not solicited over half of the people who ought to be interested. Their plan is to buy some thoroughbred stock and turn them on the range.
 A Reclamation and recitation contest will be held at Alumni Hall, Batesville, Friday evening. The Batesville, Newark, Sulphur Rock, Cave City and Bethesda schools will be represented. Ben Arnold and Miss Mary Alexander will represent Newark, Mir. Arnold's subject being The Dream of Empire and the Dream of Peace" and Miss Alexander will recite Mans Reality.
 An egg with a tail fully two inches long was laid by hen be- longing to Mrs John QuaIls few days ago. Whether the hen that laid 1t is tryiug to keep pace with the comet, or whether 1t portends wars, famine and pestilence, or peace, prosperity and plenty, we are not prepared to say. But at any rate the egg has tail to it, and can be seen at The Journal office by any who may be inclined to doubt this statement.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
SCHOOL MEETING

A meeting of citizens and pa irons of the Newark Public School will be held at the Methodist church Monday night, May 2, for the purpose of discussing the avisabil- ity of building an addition to the present school building which has become too small to accommodate the needs of the district.
 This is matter that should be of interest to everybody and 1t is hoped that every school patron in the district will be present.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
(. B. &L. s. HONOR ROLL

The following students, in the Clay Bible and L literary School, made an average of not less than s5 per cent during the seventh month.
 Willie Dawson, Willie Troy, Neal Troy, Mildred Troy, Esther Troy, Estell Hall, Joe Wheeler Dawson. Rolo Newman, Owen Newman, Lillye McFadden, Lucy Cunningham, Ella Cunningham, Eva Cunningham, k. o. Blue, Leila Dawson, Tula Dawson.
 OSCAR DAWSON,
 Principal.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
BE A REAL POWER

It IS a great thing to start out in active life with the resolution that you will not be mere cipher in your community, but real con- structiye force; that you will stand for something more than real living-getter or a dollar-gather; that you will not be merely one more citizen, but strong, robust. vigorous force; a power respected; a force that moves thing. Success Magazine.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
THE NEED OF STRENGTH

l long to reach the heights sublime To taste the sweetness of success; I pray to have the strength to climb, To claim the joy of worthiness; But if 1 may not play part
 Such as the greatly gifted can, Lord, let me have the strength of
 heart
 To bear my burden like man. l long to be among the few
 Whom sorrow ever passes by, To share 2 blessings given to The ones for whom proud banners
 fly; But if l must pursue my way
 Among the ones who humbly strive Lord, let me have the strength, I
 pray
 To bravely keep my hopes alive. -S. E. Riser in Chicago Record
 Herald,
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
SNOW SPORT SUNDAY

The weather last Sunday was the coldest April weather within the memory of the oldest inhab;- tant. Snow fell in Newark inregu- lar winter fashion for several hours Sunday morning, and there was considerable ice Monday morning. The thermometer registered as low as 30 degrees.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29
TIMBER LAND FOR SALE.

l60 acres finest pine timber land in Baxter county seven miles from railroad. Plenty of timber sur rounding to make good run for mill. White River Land X h. vestment Co.,, Newark, Ark.
The Newark journal., 1910-04-29

Fly-time will soon be here. Buy your screens now from the New ark Lamber Go.
 Assessor c. M. Finn came down from BatesYille Wednesday to at- tend the funeral of J M. Magness.
 EIler Brothers fine Percheon horse will be at Edgar's feed and sale stable from April 1 to July l.
 Mir. and Mrs. Zed Griffith came over from Dunnington Wednesday to attend the funeral of J. NJ. Mag ness.
 Postmaster T. NJ. Harrelson ar rived home Tuesday from Judson- la where he spent q few days vis- iting friends.
 The public school was dismissed Wednesday in order that the pu- pills might attend the funeral of J NJ. Magness.
 Rev. E. NJ. Borden of Batesvile will preach at the Christian church here Saturday night Sunday at II and Sunday night.
 Rev Mathis, pastor of Sulphur Rock Baptist church, will preach at the Baptist church here next Wednesday night.
 Students of the Newark High School will give the play ''Esmer- alda, , Saturday night, May ', at the school building.
 W. T. Morris of this place has been appointed deputy organizer for this county for the Modern i Woodmen of America.
 Mrs. Floyd and little grandson, James Dearing, returned home Saturday from a pleasant visit with relatives near Elmo.
 When you want a hot or cold bath, shave, shampoo, sea foam, massage or frst-ciass hair cut, drop in at Morris Barber Shop.
 k. H. Brogdon, good citizen of the Charlotte neighborhood was in town Wednesday and called to subscribe for The Journal.
 A meeting will be held at the Edwards graveyard on Saturday, May :, for the purpose of clean ing up and decorating the grounds.
 Take your laundry to R. NJ. Galloway, agent for the Ideal Laundry of Newport. Prompt returns and good service guaran- teed.
 Several hundred bushels good corn for sale at 75 cents per bush- el, one-fourth mile from Arnold ferry in Big Bottom k. L. Me- Marry.
 Pink Moore was thrown by a horse Wednesday and painfully injured, a considerable gash being cut on his head and one arm badly bruised.
 Stange's Moving Picture Show has given several exhibitions here during the past week and is pro- nounced the best of its kind ever seen in Newark.
 Blacksmith shop, good residence and four acres of land for sale at bargain. Shop is we'll equipped, good location near Newark and all buildings nearly new and in good condition. White River Land Go, ,, Newark. Ark.
 The Odd Fellows grand lodge, according to statements of its offi- cers, will not, for some time at least, use the money from the Shirey estate to build sanitariam at Hot Springs. It is claimed that the value of the estate has been overestimated, and that the grand lodge will receive less than S100,- 1 GOO. and 1t Is proable that the mon-
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
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~*% Artabanus Bifhe and His Feet.
Ellis Darker B11HefI
W. Author of"Pi8s isPi9$ Etc. W.
ILLUSTRATED By PETER NEWEIL 4

One of the most remarkable ex-
amples of the higher surgery has just
been performed upon Artabanus BIZ
fle, Of Betzville, by Doc. Weaver, our
renowned COW doctor, and Artabanus
is receiving the congratulations of his
friends, including Aunt Rhinocolura
Betz, who was unfortunate enough to
lose her left leg at time before Doc
Weaver moved to our city.
Ever since childhood Artabanus has
been so pigeon toed that he could not
put down one foot without stepping
on the other. His usual pose when
dormant was with the left foot on
the ground and the right foot resting
across the instep of the left foot. If
he wanted to use his left foot he had
to lift his right foot OF it first, and
hold the right foot in the air with one
hand, so it would not go right back
across the left one
For long while Doc Weaver want
ed to operate on Artabanus's feet. He
told Artabanus he was especially in.
terested in this operation because he
had never done one of the kind, and
so had no one else, so far as he knew,
so it would be mighty interesting. All
he would have to do would be to cut
of Artabanus's feet and slew them
around and sew them back on again,
but Artabanus said he guessed he'd
wait. He said he hated to have his
name in the papers, and that if the
operation was successful it would be
pretty sure to be written up, and if
it wasn't successful his name would
be mentioned in the obituary. So he
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
INSTRUCTION IN THE SCHOOLS
Children Being Taught the Nature and
Methods Of Prevention OF
Tuberculosis.

Definite instruction concerning the
nature and methods of prevention OF
tuberculosis is being given to less
than six per cent. of the public school
children of the United States, accord
Ing to bulletin of the National Asso-
citation for the Study and Prevention
of tuberculosis. Recent investigation
has shown that in only nine cities.
Washington, Dallas, Tex, Richmond,
Va, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Detroit,
Mich, Maiden. Mass, Salem, Mass,
Saginaw, Mich, and Knoxville, Tenn,
are special text books being used or
lectures being given about tuberculo-
sis. In three states and one territory,
Michigan, Massachusetts, North Caro-
lima and Porto Rico, laws have been
passed requiring that instruction
about the nature and methods of pre-
vention of tuberculosis be given in all
public schools. In Tennessee the
state department of education has re-
quested that such instruction be given
and has issued circulars for this pur.
pose. In New Jersey and West Vir-
ginia wall cards giving instruction
are hung in every schoolroom and the
attention of all children is called tc
them
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA

'No tongue can tell how I suffered
for. five years with itching and bleed.
ing eczema, until I was cured by the
Cuticura Remedies, and am so crate.
full l want the world to know, for
what helped me will help others. My
body and face were covered with
sores. One day it would seem to be
better, and then break out again with
the most terrible pain and itching.
have been sick several times, but
never in my life did experience such
awful suffering as with this eczema. !
had made up my mind that death was
near at hand, and I longed for that
time when I would be at rest. had
tried many different doctors and medi.
cines without success, and my mother
brought me the Cuticura Remedies, in
sisting that l try them. 1 began tc
feel better after the first bath with
Cuticura Soap, and one application of
Cuticura Ointment
Il continued with the Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment, and have
taken four bottles of Cuticura Resolv-
ent, and consider myself we'll. This
was nine years ago and l have had
no return of the trouble since. Any
person having any doubt about this
wonderful cure by the Cuticura Rene.
dies can write to my address. Mrs.
Attic Etson, SO Inn Road, Battle Creek,
Mich, Oct. 16, 1909"
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11

with pride in his eyes, and then he
cracked his heels together, which was
a thing he had never been able to do
in his life before. He shook hands
with Doc Weaver warmly, and said
he would settle his bill as soon as he
marketed his crop, and then he start
ed home. But his feet had got the
habit of going in the direction in
which they were headed, and now they
were headed in opposite directions.
and by the time Artabanus had taken
four steps his legs were spread apart
like pair of compasses and at tho
next step something ripped and Arta,
banus came down with a whop! He
got up Immediately and tried it again,
but IT. was no use one foot went OF
northwest and the other went of
northeast and when he had taken four
steps Artabanus's legs were spread out
like letter A that has been mashed
fiat. Nothing Artabanus could do
seemed to make any difference. No
matter which way he wanted to go
one foot went one way and the other
foot the other way, until they could
go no further, and then Artabanus
would sit down hard. But he looked
all right when he was standing still.
So he tried walking backward, and his
legs crossed like letter x, and at
the fourth step Artabanus sat down
hard. 1t looked as if he could spend
the rest of his life sitting down hard
But Doc Weaver had been watching
his thoroughly and he suddenly spoke
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
The Quaker Shop Girl.

II bought this ribbon" said the
shopper, from a girl who sprinkled
her conversation with Quaker 'thee's'
and thou's.' I talked with her long
er than was necessary, just to hear
those Quaker expressions. She was
the first person l have ever seen be-
hind the counter who thee'd and
thou'd her customers. 1 have bought
goods of girls who spoke in every
European accent imaginable, not to
mention our different American dia-
lects, but the Quaker phrases were a
novelty. I let the girl know that I
considered her a regular curiosity in
a shop.
Most people, do,' she said. En-
ployers do not like the Quaker speech
in store because it makes the speak
er so conspicuous. For business DUR
poses l try to break myself of the
habit, but the quaint old words will
slip out now and then.''
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
'ut it off, and put it of, in his usual

put it off, and put it of, in his usual
careless way, until one day he got
his right foot cut off in his hay now
er, and then he picked it up and
rushed down to Doc Weaver.
Doc Weaver was as pleased as any
thing, and went right to work sewing
the foot on, but Artabanus told him
that he wanted the foot to toe out
plenty this time. He said he had worn
that foot toeing in long enough, and
that as long as it could be put on any
way he wanted it to toe out good and
plenty. So Doc Weaver toed it out
considerably, and when Artabanus left
his bed he had two feet as good as
ever, one toeing out and the other
toeing in. This put his feet in par
allel lines, for both pointed northeast,
as you might say The right foot toed
out to the right, and the left foot toed
in to the right, and there was only
one trouble-Artabanus had to walk
in circles, for his feet were always
toed around toward the right.
It was a sad sight to see Artabanus
coming down town in a hurry. He
came in spirals. Sometimes when he
was in a great rush he would not move
forward at adjust rush around and
around in circle to the right. If he
went slowly and took great care, he
did not do much better-he was al
ways hitting the other side of the
street. Time and again, when he was
out in his field, he would start for the
other end of the field. and, every time,
he would wind up just where he start
ed from. Artabanus could not help
it. He had to go the way his feet
were headed. Often, when he was
plowing, his team would start straight
across the field and Artabanus would
drop his reins and circle around back
to the plow. It made plowing very
slow.
But last month Artabanus had the
good fortune to lose his left foot in a
manner similar to that in which he
lost the right. and he hurried down
to Doc Weaver and had it sewed on
He made Doc slew his. left foot around
to the left, and when the job was done
Artabanus had a stylish pair of feet.
Instead of being pigeon-toed they
pointed in opposite directions, one
northeast and one northwest, as you
might say, and Artabanus, was as
pleased as child with a new toy. He
stood and looked at those two feet
The Virginia enterprise., 1910-03-11
Jerome Bonaparte and Miss Patterson

country has always been a refuge for
the Bonapartes. Jerome lived here
nearly two years; Napoleon's elder
brother, Joseph, lived for long time
at Bordentown, N. j.; Napoleons next
younger brother, Lucien, sailed for
this country in 1910, but was captured.
Napoleon's nephew, Louis Qater Ma
poleon III), dwelt long in America lin
New Jersey part of the time), and Ma
polean himself is said to have planned
once to seek refuge here.
The ship bearing Jerome and Eliza.
beth was not allowed to land at anv
French port. Jerome, leaving Eliza.
bath on board, fastened to his brother,
p..,. But this time he
, S n could do or say
0 '' nothing to shake
the emperor's resolve Napoleon was
firm in his refusal to recognize the
marriage. So Jerome weakly aban.
doned his pretty American wife; and.
later, at Napoleon's command, married
Princess Charlotte of Wurtemburg, be.
coming for time the puppet king of
w WeStpnalla.
Elizabeth, after waiting in vain for
her husbands return or for news that
she might enter France, went to Eng
land. There her only son, Jerome
Napoleon" was born. He was founder
of the Bonaparte family of America
and father of the c. J. Bonaparte who
served as secretary of the navy and
as attorney general in President
Roosevelt's cabinet Heartbroken her
golden hopes crushed, the deserted
wife came home to Baltimore, where
she died in 1879. Jerome and she met
once, by chance, in Italy, many years
after their separation; but neither
gave the slightest sign of recognition.
Napoleon had sought to force the none
into annulling the marriage. His
holiness had refused So Napoleon had
annulled it himself. Yet, before her
death, Elizabeth (who had formally
secured an American divorce from
Jerome) succeeded in making the
French government declare the union
valid.
Jerome died in 1860, having married
three times, treating each of his wives
badly, and at last sinking to the ,evo,
of dissolute, despised old man.