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Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
Odd Greek Superstition.

The belief, illustrated in the ballad
Of The Bridsevef Arta. that a human
victim Is required to. insure the sta
bility OF bridge or building survives
in Greece today. J. A. Lawson says.
There IL no murder now. 1t sun1ces
to obtain. preferably from an enemy
or an old person, q hair. nail pairing.
shred Of clothing. old shoe or thread
or stick marked with the persons
height or footprint measure. and bury
these beneath the foundation stone.
The victim dies within a year, but
the building is safe.
Even q shadow will do. Mr.. Law
son was himself dragged back by a
friend in Santorini so that his shadow
might not fall across such a fatal
spot; and the mayor of Agrinian told
him that his four predecessors had
all died from letting their shadows
fall op foundation stones laid by
them.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
HERR, AT HOME.
Newport Citizens Gladly Testify
and Confidently Recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills.

It is testimony like the follow
ing that has placed Doan's Kid
ney Pills so far above competi-
tors. When people right here at
home raise their voice in praise
there is no room left for doubt.
Read the public statement of a
Newport citizen:
w. B. Jurney, Newport, Ark,
says: "Doan's Kidney Pills
have been of more benefit to me
than all the other kidney medi-
cines | have ever taken and |
could not possibly praise them
too highly. I was in bad shape
with my kidneys when ] first
procured this remedy at Wal
Eer's Pharmacy. Sharp, cutting
pains often darted across the
small OF my Dack ana mao liOu-
bic from the kidney secretions.
I lost my strength and. vitality
and I knew that something must
be done. AS soon as | began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, | i'm
proved and the contents of a few
boxes practically cured me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's
and take no other. (Adv.)
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
Gentle Reprimand.

As a Young woman attired IN neat
blue suit entered street car a man
his head buried il q newspaper. arose
and offered his seat. With curt nod
the young woman accepted. and az
soon as she had composed herself she
became interested in the contents o.
her shopping bag. In spite of his ap-
parent abstraction. the man with the
newspaper watched her for moment.
Then, speaking burriedly, he said;
"I beg your pardon. what Is It
what did you sayT
The young woman lifted her eyes,
and. seeing that she was addressed
answered coolly: Il said nothing
SIR" rf
beg pardon, beg pardon, was the
absent-minded answer. II thought you
said Thank you "-Milwaukee Free
Press.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
LODGE DIRECTORY.
ROYAL Arcanum.

Newport Counc. No. 1922.
Royal Arcanum meets LIST and
3rd Friday nights in each month
in the Opera House building.
Visiting brethren always well
come.
s. NJ. Beattie, Regent,
w. C. Vision, Sec.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
= = =
Life Under Pressure.

The bed of the Arctic seas is very
fine and plastic, while In the other
zones Of the Atlantic the bed Is cover
ed with reddish mud and an accumu'
lation of the remains Of animals that
lived in the surface waters, died and
slowly sank. 81
The pressure of these increases
about one atmosphere to nearlyseyery
33 feet, so every additio 800 feet
adds the pressure Of ten atmospheres.
When deep-sea fishes are brought to
the surface they lose their scales, their
teguments become brittle, and they
are so inflated by internal distension
N>ausad by the lessened pressure that
N ssss-ss,s5s.. < CIV 1t asun0er.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
EAST BOINr

No. 200 arrives. .........
No. 231 arrives. ....... 81 IL
No. 245 Qocal freightl ags1-sI !
......... ....... n, stffs
ROCK ISLA4 ED
No. COZ arrives 1886 p y 60 7
No.. 6O8 departs 1850 p.~,.(V 4
No. 681 local freight al
No. 682 local freight de- -
Local freight arrive ~
nesday and Friday; - -
day, Thursday and S1 NO
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
THINK TOO MUCH OF MONEY
Many Persons Lose Chance OF Happy
Marriage by exasgeratins the
Value Of Wealth.

Scores Of people lose their chances
Of being happily married through max
ing an unnecessary obstacle OF mon
ev. Tie Importance of It is often ex
aggerated. Many man hesttates to
propose to a girl because OF his small
income Very often much misery, mis-
understanding, and tangled lives result
from the silence More unfortunate
love affairs are the result OF what has
not been said than OF spoken words.
When man has a small. sure In.
come, and prospect OF incresse.
there IS no legitimate reason Cor h
cot speaking of his love: no reason.
for that matter. to pre7ent marriaga
People are so desperately afraid
though, of beginning married life IN Il
mali way. They fear the sacrifice.
,hich they viii be called upon to MAJ +
- the criticism to which they W.
De subjected Many years of hapri
ncss are lost in TITS w2y- 1t Is sue.
i mistake for young people 70 want t,
,t',rt marriage In the state that THEFT
aYcnts are e"ding +.
70 delay marriage Until "CoH.tC'
able" income is avail. 1b.e is to prov,
melting lacking IT he love.--AI
vera.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03
wAHTED-h1EN TO LEARN Ban

Der trade LADIES to learn Beauty
Culture, Hair DRESSING Q 'hiToDN"!y,
Special inducements offered in scholar
ship; wages while learning Chs mes
TO work out part of tuition; for white
students only. PALMER SYSTEM. Lit
tie Rock, Ark. ,t-a ..s -.4.-
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-03

You can stop that awful itch from
eczema and other skin troubles in two
seconds. .,- 81
Seems too good to be true-but it is
true, and we vouch for It.
Just a few drops of the simple, cool
ing wash, the ODD. Prescription for
eczema, and the itch stops instantly.
We give you enough to prove it for SO
cents.
Now, If you have tried great many
cures for eczema and have been disap-
WALKERS PHI
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-03-01

SALE" MAN WANTED 20 loo,.
alter our Interest in Berkeley and
adjacent c.orsie@. S'al.ry or Com
mission. Address LIMO Via o.! Go.
CievrjEnG, Ohio,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-03-01
EAST BOUND.

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ton. Baltimore, Philadelphia and Nen
York,
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and Baltimore,
No6D4ily At TO- 81 a m for Washing.
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia ana New
YCrE, Connects for Lexington Va, aa0
HEgeratown except Sunday and Freezer
lex.
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intermcda stations.
ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia and New
Yo,k.
No q Daily at ass P m for Washington
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
No ii Daily nj 8.o9 IN for WashiEgto.
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New YORK
NoI2 Daily Duquesne Limited" d:
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Philad elphia and New York.
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for frederick, Baltimore I, ad all .lutc..
mediate stations via I'D line.
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for Washington and baltimore and all III
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lex.
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Haltimor- Md
K. S. BOUIC Ticket Agent,
Martinsburg, ~. VI
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-03-01

The 25th anniversary OF
company was celebrated By
erecting the most modern safe
factory i'll the world. WiCc~
awake men who received Our
special selling induceIncnt,
rendered Unnecessary to dou bic
our output. We are spending
many thousands Of dollar re- or
Iargtng our sales organizatio
but, to learn all particulars, it
Will cost you only the price Of
O. postal cord.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-03-01

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Vs. i2.AE!ROAD,
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No 23 Daily except Sunday al s. so \ Y
or Cumberland aud Intermediate sta
oLs. Connects for Berkeley oprlD..2.
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someone else gets the territory
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1913-03-01

sS%ErsNIEa Selling Victor and aroproof bo.ea
f&$A4s 90 Tnc?chans doctors lawyers, dentists
%Tfx% wrtoco fer1ners, all Of whom
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toH1Els III oS interesting
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The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

lay on his oars until the war with
Spain had been fought and won. Then,
with his characteristic generosity, he
again relieved the stress of the Span
ish crown by paying into it's treasury
sideration of which the rebellious Phil
ippine Islands were ceded to the Uni
ted States and we became a factor in
the affairs of the Orient. For these
1908 square miles we paid a fraction
less than 20 cents an acre, next to the
highest price ever paid by the govern
ment.
From the above figures it will be
seen that a total of 2,247,659 square
miles of land has been purchased at
a cost of $76,049,76S, or an average of
5.2S cents per acre.
While $76,049,76S is not an appalling
sum of money in these days of tremen-
dous fiscal transactions, the total area
OF land acquisitions to our government
by these deals is so vast that
mere figures do not set the meaning
of it ali clearly before the readers eye.
The amount of territory acquired is
practically as large as all that portion
OF the United States west of the Mis-
s1ssfppi river, or seven times as large
as the original 13 states
For this territory we paid about one
haIf of what the government pays ey-
cry year in pensions. The four bridges
across the East river cost more than
the whole amount. Less than one-third
OF the annual budget of New York city
would have bought it all.-St. Louis
Republic
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12
The Smell of Life

The Smell of Life.
All the good smells. the wholesome
smells, the healthy smells of life and la
Dor. were outside the great room.
The smell of rain upon the grass and of
the flowers consumed by their love for
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

American possessions. he was sadly in
need of money to keep up his dissi-
pated court and licentious indulgences.
which had cost his country so dearly
in men, morals and money.
Ferdinand'S minister of finance hav-
ing exhausted every source from which
funds could be procured, suggested the
sale of the Land of Flowers" Florida.
as last resort. Negotiations were i'm
mediately entered into with the United
States, which resulted in the transfer
of this jewel from the Spanish crown
to the starry field of the Union flag.
Thus. for $5,500,000, sufficient to en-
able Ferdinand to continue his extrav-
agant pleasures for brief period,
Uncle Sam became the poSseSsor of
7O.107 square miles of territory, and
one more European throne was with
drawn from North America.
While the cot, 12A cents an acre,
was considerably higher than the Lou
isiana purchase 1t must be remember
ed that IN those days Florida was much
more accessible than the territory west
of the Mississippi.
In 1S4S, after the close of the war
with Mexico, that country ceded to the
United States 523,S SOP square miles of
land for the sum of s13, ,25O, 900, SO, $50, 600
of which was to be paid to the citizens
of the United States, who held war
claims against Mexico.
This magnificent property included
the present states of California, Ari-
zona and New Mexico, containing some
of the richest mineral and agricultural
land in the world. The cost was a
little less than Az cents an acre.
These purchases from France, Spain
and Mexico, for which Uncle Sam paid
$3S, ,T49, ,7S9 represent an area of 1,463,-
934 square lies. A little more than
two-fifths of the area of the United
States in North America was acquired
Gov @Ia Of NTov Nd a
Greensboro bridges across the East
river.
In 1853. Uncle Sam became liberal and
made his second deal with Mexico, the
Gadsden purchase. buying a narrow
strip along the southern boundary of
Arizona and New Mexico, 36,211 square
miles. for $40, ,000. 900, or 4a.15 cents per
acre, the top price paid for an addition
to our territory.
For IA years after the Gadsden pur-
chase Uncle Sam retired from the real
estate market. Then another royal Gus
toner presented himself
In 1867 the czar of all the Russias.
in consideration of $4,000 in good
and lawful coin of the realm, set over.
assigned. bargained and sold to the
United States of America all of his
right title and interest in and to the
59e,446 square miles of territory, more
or less, known as Alaska, and further
covenanted to relinquish all claims to
the tract of Lard then jointly occupied
by Russia and the United States and
now embraced in the states of WASH
ington and Montana The low price
one and nine-tenths cents per acre
was doubtless due to the inaccessibility
of the property, as at that time moth
ing was known of the gold deposits
which were later discovered in the
Klondike and other sections.
Having thus retired every European
nation except England from the con-
tinent of North America, Uncle Sam
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12
The Tower of Babel.

FROM Babylonia, where q party of in
VestlSators, under the auspices of the
institute of France, have been conducting
excavations near the ruins of the ancient
city OF kis (near the Euphrates River
and about 50 miles north of Bagdad),
comes a very remarkable report. These
men, IN the course of their researches
uncovered an immense palace, resembling
royal residences that have been disclosed
In other parts of ancient BabyIonia. In
a vast court yard near this palace, which
was heaped high with mounds of debris
they unearthed the ruins of a tower
which, according to inscriptions found
upon It, was called THE Temple of the
Foundation of Heaven and Earth" and
which was dedicated to the honor of the
god Zamana. Various pieces of statuary
found in the ruins seem to warrant the
conclusion that the tower itself might
have been constructed during the reign
of Hammurabf, about 200 B. c. There
have been several so-called identifica-
the ruin Of a tower at Borsippa (Birs-
Nimrud) which the Babylonians called
the House of Eternity another was
the temple E-Sag-illa, which has now
ried tower, bearing the appellation
E-timin-anki C'House of the Founda-
ton Stone of Heaven and Earth'O. The
similarity of inscriptions between the lat
ter and the newly found tower at Kis
suggests the possibility of natural mis-
built a temple, also near Kis, whose
top he carried up as high as heaven
Thus, the region seems to have been "a
complex of towers and SanctuarieS,"
making the positive determination of the
scriptural Babel a matter of grave diff
Guilty. Any one Babylonian or Chaldean
temple is a type of all the others.-Chris-
tan Herald.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

Il told you the last thing before we
left home to get a bar of kitchen soap
and bring it along. Did you forget
it?''
Yes, by thunder, but it has re-
minded me of something else. I'm
mighty glad you spoke of it. You shall
have soap in plenty in the morning."
But it's five miles to the nearest
grocery"
I'VE don't want any grocery. I am
going to make a batch of old-fash-
ioned country soft SOAP
But you can't
"But I can and will
How"
1--WE have had our experiences with
plowing and moving. To finish out
the romance we ought to make soft
soap. Every farmer makes his own
soap. you know"
But you know how soft soap is
made, don't you?" she queried.
Very likely. I've helped mother
to make millions of barrels of it. In
fact, the day you were born L was
making soft soap
You must have soap grease" she
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

the stars.
The heavy smell of smoke that coiled
out of myriads of chimneys of shops and
factories and homes.
The dry smell of sawdust and the salty
smell of the iron filings.
The odor of magazines and granaries
and warehouses, the kingly smell OF ar
gosies, and the rich scent of market
places so dear to the women of the race.
The smell of new cloth and new linen,
the smell of soap and water, and the smell
of newly printed paper.
The smell of grains and hay and the
smell of stables, the warm smell of cattle
and sheep that Virgil loved.
The smell of milk and wine and plants
and metals.
And all the good odors of the earth and
of the sea and of the sky, and the frag-
rance of fresh bread, sweetest aroma or
the world, and the smell of human sweat,
most holy incense to the divine nostrtlS
of the gods, and all the Olympian per-
fumes of the heart and the brain and the
passions of men were outside of the great
greenish room.
But within the old room there was moth
ing but the smell of old books and the
dust of things decayed. and the suffocated
exhalation of old graves. and the ashen
odor of dissolution and death.-Atlantic
Monthly.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

Birmingham, Ala, July 12-In the
Democratic pre-primary senatorial
campaign, now being waged in Ala
bama, the new south in the person of
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson is
pitted against the old south represent
ed by Senator Joseph H. Johnstone,
who seeks reelection.
The two candidates represent wholly
opposite periods, traditions, spirits and
theories of government. JohnstOne is
a veteran of the Civil war and typifieS
the south of war times. Hobson is a
veteran of the Spanish-American war,
and possesses the thoroughly modern
progressive spirit. Johnstone does not
believe in change; HobsOn favors
making experiments and trying out
new theories in government.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12
UNCLE SAM AS LAND BUYER
United States Is Worlds Largest Deal
er and Has Made Some Bargains.

Since the American colonies threw
Off the CALLING yoke of English rule
and became an independent nation,
Uncle Sam has been the largest real
estate dealer the world has even pro-
duced.
Instead of trading in few town lots
or an occasional one thousand acre
farm, the government has transacted
a wholesale business, dealing in thou
sands of square miles and on three
separate occasions the transfers have
involved more than 10000 square
miles each.
Commencing with the purchase from
Napoleon in 1903 of what is known as
the Louisiana Purchase" a tract of
S75,S25 square miles, extending from
the Gulf of Mexico to the Canadian
border and from the Mississippi river
to the Pacific ocean, for which $15,-
100000 was paid, the United States
has bought land whenever opportunity
presented itself, unt'l no European
power owns a square foot of territory
on this continent with the single ex-
ception of England, which still retains
her Canadian possessions.
Originally the English colonies were
supposed to extend from the Atlantic
to the Pacific coast, but in reality no
effort was made by them or the mother
country to occupy any part of the un-
known country west of the Mississippi
river. Even their attempts to expand
beyond the Allegheny mountains were
strenuously and successfully opposed
by the French for many years.
BY virtue of owning land on both
sides of the mouth of the Mississippi,
Spain claimed control of that river,
thus shutting in without an outlet all
the country west of the then i'm
paSSable mountains.
Later Spain was forced to cede the
Louisiana territory to France, but her
sovereignty lasted a comparatively
short time. When Napoleon had be-
come so involved in wars that he stood
alone against the whole of Europe he
saw the utter impossibility of protect
ing his American possessions against
the superior navy of England, and
gladly seized upon the opportunity to
rid himself of something he could not
hold and at the same time put $15,-
100000 gold dollars into his Golfers
in Paris. Mr.. Jefferson, president of
the United States, no less gladly ac-
cepted the chance of acquiring the ter
ritory al an almost nominal cost, and
toward what afterward became known
as the Monroe Doctrine. America
for Americans"
This territory of S75,S25 square
miles, nearly IS times as large as the
state of New York, contains the great
gold, silver and copper mines of the
Black Hills and the wonderful prairie
lands which have become the granary
of the world. For this rich country
the United States paid 2 25 cents per
acre.
The next royal customer was Ferdi-
nand VII of Spain.
Having squandered his ready cash
In vain attempts to regain his South
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12
Capt
SATURDAY,

Johnstone believes in the old poll
tics, which was indicated by his vote
on the Lorimer scandal. He voted for
Lorimer when the latter was expelled
from the senate. Hobson is using this
fact as an argument against john
stones denomination. Johnstone also
does not believe in state wide prohi-
bition, and here again Hobson repre-
sents the opposite views.
Hobson, who first gained national
prominence through the Merrimac af-
fair in Santiago harbor, has established
a strong place in the public life of the
state, besides acquiring national rep
utation for more or less startling per-
formances in navy life, on the lecture
platform and in congress. He has
been in congress since 1908.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12
BowsER's COUNTRY SOFT SOAP.
The Ingredients Were All Right, but
the Soap Wasn't.

1t was the Bowsers' third Sunday at
the Green farm. He had moved and
he had plowed and he sat looking out
of the back door and wondering what
else he could tackle to regain his
health.
Are you lonesome?' asked Mrs.
Bowser, after she had watched for
awhile.
Not a bit of it, was the reply. 81
think I have added 10 pounds to my
weight in two weeks"
Perhaps, you do look better
Perhaps? There's no perhaps about
it. I could bite nails
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

vessel was in fragments. Ten minutes
later his coming to bed awakened Mrs.
Bowser, who sleepily queried:
''Well, how's your soap?"
mot a word, woman-not word!"
hoarsely replied Mr.. Bowser.
"But what's the matter?"
Never you mind; 1 understand
what has happened, and tomorrow
morning we'll have a talk and settle
matters. Long ago 1 warned you that
you were driving me to the dead line.
That line has been reached at last,
and it only remains to arrange the
parting-the parting, Mrs. Bowseri
Not a word-not a lisp-no excuses!
You were determined that I shouldn't
make soft soap, and to BATTLE me you
wilfully and maliciously@
But Mrs. Bowser was asleep and
smiling as she slum
right, 1913, by the Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

the trial. has expressed his approval
of the women jurors, saying there was
no rush to his desk with reasons
for their being excused from duty, as
was the case when the panel was sole
ly of men.
Neither was there any flippancy nor
any apparent desire to evade their
duty as citizens. He expressed like
wise his faith in the honesty and in
tuitive power of women to detect un-
truthfulness in witnesses.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

A. L. Bradley, Mrs. Lille Rothschild,
Mrs John Hermann and Mrs. Isador
Jacobs.
Of these, Mrs. ]. c. Levy is prom
inent clubwoman and past president
of the Council of Jewish Women;
Mrs. Rogensberger is the wife of a
we'll known physician, and Mrs. Isador
Jacobs, wife of the reformer who has
been identified with the Good Gov
ernment league, the League of Justice
and other similar organizations. =
Judge Dunno, who is presiding at
The Topeka state journal., 1913-07-12

manded 4 female jury and her de-
mands were finally acquiesced in.
Those present at the trial declare
that this is one of the most intelligent
1uries that has sat in a San Francisco
trial In years. Here are the "12 good
women and true who make up the
jury:
Mrs. Charles Bauer, Mrs. J. c. Levy,
Mrs. Martin Rosensberger, Mrs. Roy
Williams, Mrs. Christiana Kleinham-
mer, Miss Anna Drobatz, Mrs. Emma
Mclaughlin, Mrs. B. +. Wilhoit, Mrs.