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Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15
Mistakes Delay Pension Pay.
5peci2. to Independent.

Speci2. to Independent.
 Little Rock, Aug. 14.-The Pension Board is now at stand still, being unable to proceed or rocedo, on account of the mis- takes which many applicants for pensions have made. Many of the pensions came in without proof of indigency, others with out proof of service in the Con- federate Army. As both are very necessary, and pensions cannot be granted without fav- orable answers to both, the Board must wait until several hundred which have been re- turned to the counties, are sent back properly made out.
 This is the fault of the coun- ty pension boards, and next year the county boards will receive some very explicit instructions about pension matters so they will not cause the state delay and expense by holding the pen sion board number of days longer than necessary. The board will be in session about two weeks yet.
Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15
A Hair Trigger Constitution.
nous

Some one has said that ani- malls have a hair-trigger constl- tuition, says Orison SWett Mar den in Success Magazine" " They go off on the slightest proVoca- tion, because they act from lm- pulse. They do not know how to control themselves; the animal instinct dominates.
 Self-control is the first condl- tion of all achievement. It is said that the first sign of insan- ity is the loss of self-control. When a person is no longer mas ter of his own acts, he is not on- ly in danger, but any degree of achievement is impossible to him.
 Every thought tends to result in an act, so that thought always leads. The mental attitude at any moment is the pattern which the life processes weave. The lives of many of us are gro tesque crazy quilts.
Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15

and fan11Iy. IMe4F sSISJcT, MISS Leila Metzger of St. Louis, is making them a visit.
 Hon. w. E. Beloate and family of Walnut Ridge were here this morning en route to Batesville, where they contemplate making their home.
 Henry Williamson returned this morning from Heber Springs, leaving his family with J. A. Strider and wife for a long CT stay. MT. Williamson says that continual rains keep people indoors at the summer resorts and make life rather nonoto- nous.
Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15
Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be received for the erection of concrete and brick school building for the Grubbs Special School District at the of- flee of the secretary in Grubbs, Arkansas until 1 o'clock D. m. Saturday, August 19 and opened immediately thereafter.
 Plans and specifications may be had upon application to the secretary at Grubbs, Arkansas i or at the office of George M Bonnell, architect, Newport, Ar. kansas. Contractors desiring to take plans away from either office must make a deposit ol S15 as a guarantee for return of same.
 Every bid must be acconpa nied by a certified check fol l
 S2OO on a solvent bank, as [ guarantee that the successful bidder file an approved bono within ten days after being awarded the contract. Upon failure to file such bond the check will be forfeited to Grubbs Special School District.
 The right to reject any and all bids is expressly reserved.
 John Pennington, Pres.
 J. N. Nance, Sec'y.
 Grubbs Special School District,
 Grubbs, Arkansas. 10b11
Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15
For Sale.

One 12 horse power Fairbanks Morse Gasoline Engine. Apply at the Palace Jewelry Store and see it run. 81btf.
 For Sale-One new glass front safe or china closet, cheap for cash. Apply at Independent of- flee,
Newport daily independent., 1911-08-15
WANT ADVERTISEMENT SS
Rooms For Rent

For Rent-Ihree nice ullfur- nished rooms for light house keeping, 416 Laurel street. 12d6
 Newly furnished, large front room. Rent reasonable. Tele- phone 283.
 For Rent-Furnished front room, 415 Walnut Street. Apply at Independent office.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
Cities Of Americas Eastern Coast Are Sinking Into the Sea-
Mighty Manhattan Is Doomed to Be Swallowed by the Water

ton harbor and the city about it has
sunken scvcn-tenths of Il foot into the
sea In the last seventy years. Engineer
Freeman has also studied New York and
vicinity with reference to the same
thing. and reports his conviction that
the same degree of subsidence has been
going on there.
Submerged Forests.
At Rye Beach, n. H., there is n shelly.
ing beach which proves positively that
there has been much greater decline In
what would appear to be comparative
ly short time. When the tide runs un-
usually low at Rye Beach there appears
from the bottom of the sea what looks
like great forest which had been cut
over with but the stumps of the old
trees remaining. One who makes 10 bo d
as TO follow the retreating waves finds
that this is in fact a forcs. of old ire
stumps still remaining intact on the
floor of the ocean.
It. is well known that timber exposed
alternately 10 water and air decays very
rar dy. Yet these tree stumps are still
we'll preserved and it would seem that
it could not be many decades since they
stood growing in the forest. But the
coast line must have been AT least fiji.
teen feet higher than now or this forest
could not have flourishcd. 4 coast line
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

that has declined within fifteen feet
within the period of the life Of a tree
stump is sinking at no mean rate.
At Virginia Beach. below the city of
Washington, there Is an almost identical
case. When the tide runs low at that
POINT the submerged stumps OF an old
forest appear as proof that the land
WIS once higher. Mr. Davis calculates
that here the decline has been less than
in New Hampshire, amounting to prob
ably ten feet
These are isolated yet graphic illus
trations cf disappearing coast line
But the same evidences written IN even
moro detail may be found at almost any
place from Maine to Texas. At any
rate they may be seen in any salt marsh
along the coast. and these are abundant
In the salt marshes there is an influ
ence at work which is counteracting the
sinking coast. Season after season lux
uriant grasses are being grown on these
marshes. These grasses are allowed to
remain where they have grown and to
there decay. Each season adds just
so much to the elevation of the ground.
The amount of vegetation produced is
self-rcgulating and is Just equal TO the
sinking of the coast. If an over amount
is produced the ground is raised too
much, gets insufficient water and Il
lighter crop the next year or the next
century. If the ground sinks n little
more ra-idlv more water is let in, more
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
LOVE BRINGS MISERY
TO THREE BROTHERS
Affection for Beautiful Widow
Drives One TO Suicide and
Two Into Exile.
BY CLEMENT J. BARRETT.


Special Gable to The Tribune.
ROME. Jan, 21.-A love match. in
which beautiful and honorable young
widow figured, has been the cause OF a
sad tragedy here, affecting three brothers.
one of whom was engaged to her.
Some time ago Alfredo Marinett, a
librarian, fell In love with. Giuseppina
Sbordoni. widow OF 90. They became
engaged. Alfredo's two brothers, both
single. were delighted with their future
slster-in- law. and they congratulated the
lover on his luck
One day Cesare. youngest of the three,
left without a word of explanation. AL
frcdo was deeply affected, but whenever
he mentioned the matter to the second
brother Genuaro. the latter seemed TO
be depressed.
1t was not until few days ago that
the mystery was solved. Gennaro was
found dead, and beside him was letter
informing his brother that ne hnd re-
solved to die because OF his love for the
beautiful GuiseIpina, and that a similar
passion had driven Cesare into exile.
The young woman was so overcome
with grief ut the tragedy which she had
unwittipgIy caused that she broke off her
engagement with Alfredo: who will prob
ably 90 To the United States In the hope
OF forgetting the tragedy,
The most remarkable incident OF the
pope's New Years reception OF diplo-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

matists accredited to the vatican was the
presence OF the Portuguese charge d 'af-
faires, Marquis Lagoaca. who since the
called at the vatican. The marquis re
ceived a telegram from the republican
government advising him TO pay his re-
spects 10 the pore: II is believed that the
Lisbon cabinet will attempt 10 diminish
It's difficulties by seeking to regain for
itself the sympathy Of Catholics
In the course OF building operations
the petriled body OF a woman has been
unearthed. with both hands full of Jewels.
The jewels are numerous and valuab
consisting of bracelets. necklets. rings
and chains. Among the jewels is q pair
OF earrings considered 10 be unique
specimen OF ancient goldwork OF cxtraor-
dinary value Each earring is shaped like
a bunch OF grapes. with twenty-one per-
feet pearls, representing the grapes. set
In gold of exquisite workmanship.
Mafia's Brutal Crime.
A nonagenarian priest was. few days
ago found murdered at Qulsqufna. in ST.
clly. The priests head was almost sew
cred from the body, and the face was
horribly disfgured. while the servant
had been strangled. AS the small sum
of money which was In the house was
murder was the work OF the Mafa. The
priest had been vigorous In dcnuncia-
ton OF the Malta,
Prince Max OF Saxony, who Is a Jesuit
priest, HAS DeSI mere OH tie OlllOll oI Tic
Eastern and Western churches, and has
had several interviews with the pope II
Is said that he wrote a complete retrac-
ton of the writings TO which the pope
objected
Gomez Leal. one of the greatest poets
and writer's OF Portugal, who for many
years carried on a against the
church. has returned to the faith of his
childhood, after public retraction OF his
writings
The minister OF justice decided to pro-
pose to the king pardon for the Coun-
tess Taruowslla, The most recent re-
ports as To the condition OF this famous
murderess were 10 the effect that she
was seized with acute insanity,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

the discrepancy. 1t may be that more
rapid sinking is responsible for this IN
ability"
This evidence of moro rapid decline
Of the coast line brings up all manner
of possibilities to the lay mind. If the
sinking is growing faster where will the
end be7 II it can grow little faster
may it not grow great deal faster?
May it not drop Manhattan island and
the rest of them into the briny deep
with a dull thud and ring Of ripples
one of these days or one OF these CEN
turics2
Doomed Cities.
The original mouth of the Hudson
river is now 200 miles out to sea. The
ships follow its old channel in leaving
port even now. 1T is not known how
long ago it was when the mouth of the
river was away out in the briny. But
it is almost a certainty that when a
similar time has elapsed the present
city will be an equal distance from the
then land. Geologically it is proven
that New York cannot endure. In the
ages that are TO come there will be an
aquatic Pompeii out from the coast and
the port of New York will be some
where up towards West Point.
Likewise will Boston be submerged
Baltimore will disappear about the same
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

may be possible that the rate Of the
decline is being accelerated.
F'In the salt Marshes says Geologist
Davis, "there are evidences of Il more
rapid sinking than formerly, The grasses
that grow on some of these marshes are
of d different kind that those that for.
merly contributed to the making up of
the vegetable deposits. They are grasses
that grow on flats that are covered by
more salt water. on which the tides rise
higher, The grasses that for ages kept
pace with the sinking of the coast line
are now found to be unable to make up
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

time, and great portions of Washington.
the nation $ capital, will have kept pace
with them. The great Mississippi is
bringing down deposits to raise its delta
and counterbalance the decline But
man is fencing off those waters and
~reventing the overflow of the lands
surrounding, and the river will grad
uaIly become dyked stream above
the housetops of the people on the
farms and in the cities. So low is New
Orleans that it Will be one of the first
of the cities to sink below sea level
and be municipality high walled
| against the enemy, the sea. Galveston
has already felt the encroachment of
! the waters and been forced TO build
itself a sea wall, and the decline of
the land level may have played no small
part in the devastation of the waters
during the Galveston flood.
The geological survey makes topo-
graphical maps. On these lines are run
at given elevations. For instance. a
line may be run about Manhattan island
at a level Of twenty feet above the
water at the Battery. IT would sub
merge the customs house and extend up
Broadway nearly to Wall street. From
! the east it would invade the financial
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
ZE Co1sz AMN WoeTH eN1oLnl7 IS sn><>~e-
">'|o M SET pr oNHIln<@ S0RESIS.'

tleship. magnificent network of
navigable streams is thus furnished.
But they are deep because their bot
toms have been dropping down steadily
through the ages.
Sinking Faster Now.
SO 1T is shown positively that the
coast line is sinking. 1t is also sure that
it has been going down at the rate of at
least foot in a hundred years 1t is
hard to believe that the stumps found
buried twenty feet below the surface in
Florida have been there 1000 wears. If
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
TWO MILLION TONS OF OIL
FOR GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS
Special Cable to The Trlbun.

Special Gable to The Tribune.
VIENNA, Jan. 2l--Negotiations be-
tween the Austrian government and the
Crude OIL Producers union have resulted
in the practical comSetion OF a contract
by which the government will buy 900 900
locomotives Of the state railways. This
Is in addition to the contract for one and
Il half million tons already made between
the government and the union for oil
system.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
Look for the Ree Hive

On the package when you buy Foley IS
Honey and Tar for coughs and colds.
None genuine without the Bee Hive
Remember the name, Foley's Honey and
Tar and reject any substitute. Schramm-
johnson. Drugs, fivo stores.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

taking liquid physic or big or lletie
pills, that which makes you worse
instead of curing. Cathartics cont
cure-they irritate and weaken the
bowels. CASCARETS make the
bowels strong, tone the muscles so
they crawl and work-when they
do this they are healthy, producing
tight results. 9"
CASCARETS Ioc q box for n weeks
treatment. All druggists. Biggest seller
n the world Miliior boxes a maALA
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

what manner of vegetation made them.
This has been done all along the coast.
1t has been found from Maine to Flor
ida that at level of from ten to TWEEN
ty feet down there was originally the
bed of a forest. Stumps of great trees
still in n reasonable state of preserva-
tion are found at these depths, indicat-
ing that it was not at no remote Pc
riod when all this land was at the level
where forests grew. Then, following
the forest growth, there is a vegetable
deposit that is not forest, but still of a
sort that does not grow in salt water.
When this was deposited the land was
still above the level of the tides Then.
finally, there came the grasses that
grow In the salt marshes, There is an
average deposit of salt marsh growth
from New England south that is ten
feet through, The surface of this de"
posIt is now at the same level that
its bottom was when the process began.
Yet the tree stumps are beneath it, and
they were once many feet above the
present surface, and this was not so
long ago. In fact, this estimate is
conservative, for 1t Is conclusiyely
proven that in many places the New
England salt marsh deposits are fifteen
feet thick and in Florida it is twenty
feet through the deposits
The marks of man during the last
three or four hundred years offer no
great amount of proof of the sinking of
the coast line. No thought having been
taken of it, no marks have been made
by which it might he measured. Where
landing places were made by the early
settlers their grandchildren have raised
the level, adapting them to changed con
ditions Few of the early marks along
the coast remain, and this may be due
to their submergence,
Back from the coast on the lands that
were originally used in farming and as
pusture there Is, however, an interest.
ing evidence of the sinking Of the land.
milk of the cow.
Stone Fences Submerged.
The early settlers Of New England
built many stone fences. They were n
thrifty and industrious people. and the
stability of the stone fence appealed
to them. Besides, they had to do some
thing with the stones from their hill.
sides. Then too, the cows used to stray
] over lulD iuc IldBeHtS anu cuI INC SuCVN'
lent grasses thcrefrom. 1t was mighty
fine for the cows, but marsh grass
'-.-s the milk of the cow a flavor that
/ is not at all palatablo to the human
! consumer.
So it happened that the early New
| Engla ander built him IA fence to keep the
cow out of the salt marsh This fence
was of stone and still stands. There
was originally no salt marsh within 1t
/ for the reasons above stated. But to
day-and here is the proof Of the ge
ologist S thcorv-thc salt marshes OF
! New England have stolen past the ole
stone fences and Intruded themselvc,
\ into the meadows of the farmers, ant
unless Bossy-or Pauline, To be moro
up-to.date-ls carefully guarded tn,
milk is brackish.
/ Chesapeake bay was originally mar
row river bed which went rushing on Il
sea right mcrrily, But the bottom OF il
subsidized and the banks overflowed
Now the waters flow over twenty mile!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

of what were once lowlands along its
shores From all directions there are
tributary streams coming into the Ches-
apcake. The same is true of the Poto-
mac n little farther down. These are
slow and sluggish creeks. They flow SO
slowly that the possibility of their even
cutting out deep channel is out of the
question. Yet many of these streams
are deep enough to accommodate bat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
i'm Centuries to Come, wiz
offer Her Public Buildings as Artistic
Grottoes for Fish Festivities; Boston,
Baltimore, Nezv Orleans Are i'm the
End TO BE Submerged

would seem more nearly correct to say
they had been buried 200 years, which
would mean Il sinking of foot in ten
wears. The same argument may be ap-
plied to The forest of stumps that is re-
vealed al Rye beach. 1t may be posi-
BILE that the whole coast has sunk five
feet in the last century. Manhattan
island may have done so without the
knowledge of its inhabitants. Again, it
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22

vegetation produced and deposited and
the level maintained This is up to n
certain point which is the limit Of pro-
duction. After that the deposits give
up the contest and the land is given
over to the waters.
Salt Marsh Evidence,
Now, Il geologist can dig down
through these deposits and determine
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-16
Will Soon Resume Work.

The president OF the Santee Cy-
press Lumber Company makes the
following statement: "The condf-
tons are as follows: The saw mill
is temporarily closed for repairs, this
being a propitious time on account
of the great difficulty in securing col
ored labor to operate. Likewise the
railroad logging operations are tenn
porarily closed for the same reasons,
and also because we have ample river
logs in sight to start the mill and
run during the winter without rail-
road logs. The balance Of the plant
is in full operation and will continue
so. The company Is not contemplate
ing a sale of it's plant"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-16
A Very Sad Death.

Little Albert, six years oil son Of
NJ. and Mrs. T. A. Bruce, of Pranch-
Vile, passed away on Monday after
a short illness with pneumonia. He
was a bright and promising little fel-
low, the idol of his fond parents and
a great favorite with all his school
mates and older friends. He had just
entered school at the beginning OF
tbe present term and his teachers
were proud Of the progress he was
making in his studies. Two weeks
ago he contracted a severe cold which
Later developed into pneumonia,
and in spite Of all that loving care
and medical skill could do for him
the Master called him and he heard.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-16
Another New Mail Route.

The postoffice department contem-
plates the establishment of another
rural free delivery route out of
Branchville The new route would
run south to point seven miles out
on the old State road, thence north
east about one mile in Dorchester
county where it touches R. F. D. No
l from Reevesyille, then northwest
to Branchville. The total distance
covered by the proposed route is a
little more than seventeen miles and
it is estimated that about thirty fam
lilies will be served.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-11-16
AWARDS IN ART DEPARTMENT.
The Blue Ribbon Winners And Who
Came Second.

It is extremely difficult to get a
list of the persons winning premiums
for various exhibits for two reasons
First, ell exhibits are arranged by
numbers and you have to get each
numbers name, and second, the
Judges did not finish awarding the
ribbons until late yesterday after
noon. Mrs. W. X. Sease, the very
efficient superintendent of the Art
Department was able to furnish us
the following list Of awards in he1
departfeIt:
Landscape-Miss Kathleen Wan
namaker, first; Miss Alice Stribilng
second.
Animals-Miss Kathleen Wanna;
maker, first.
Median-Miss Kathleen Wanna
maker, second.
Painting-Miss Jose Shuler, first
and second prizes.
Fruit in oil-Miss Dele Salley
first.
Marine scenery in oil-Mrs. w
Smoak, first; Miss Jose Shuler, sec
ond.
Flowers in oil-Miss Allie Mack,
first: Mrs. "A. w. Summers second.
Crayon Figure Work-Miss Mar
garet Stokes, first.
Pastelle-Miss Zoe Zeigler, first.
Water Colors-Mrs. W. K. sease'
first.
China-Mrs. W. X. sease, first;
Mrs. A. S. Kennedy, second.
Rickenbaker, first.
Woodwork in Fine Art-R. z.
Hand-painted Frame Work-Mrs'
~. W. Smoak, first.
Tapestry-Miss Adele Salley'
first.
Pastel Scenery-Miss Gladys Nor
gan, first.
India Ink Drawing. I. McMich-
ael first.
Mrs. S. G. Parler, Miss Margaret
Stokes and Mrs. McMichael deserve
special mention for China painting