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Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
Queensland's Rifle Fish.

There is said to exist In the waters
Of Northern Queensland a fish mea,
surfing about ten inches in length and
averaging pound and half In weight
which possesses the remarkable DOW,
er of shooting its prey.
The rifle fish," as it is called, is
alleged to swim leisurely about the
stream a few inches below the sur
face, on the lookout for flies and
other insects that settle on the float.
ing leaves and twigs or on the surface
of the water plants.
When the rifle fish" gets close
enough for the purpose it DISCHARGES
at it's victim tiny jet or ball of wa.
ter, which, If shot straight, knock the
prey into the stream. where it is In
stantly gathered in by the shooter.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16

have met in the hotels and
boarding houses?' | asked.
yes
Had they any homes?' |
pursued.
why, of course not, or they
wouldn't have been boarding.
"'Had they any children"
WE'LL she hesitated' very
few had. You see, not many
places take children, these days
"'And these are the intelli-
gent women, the thinking wo-
men, of the country, are they? l
exclaimed. Women who shirk
the care of a home,-who shirk
from the responsibility of moth
erhood, who take up politics as a
fad or as an outlet for their ner-
vous energy. Then God protect
the ignorant ones Of the land
and keep them as they are"
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
To Catch Foxes.

II you are particularly anxious to do
. little surreptitious fox catching try
the following. It is the sage Of Lup
ton who speaks. in his Thousand
Notable Things" "Anoint the solea
Of your shoes with a piece Of fat
swfne's flesh as broad as your hand
newly toasted or a little broiled at
the fire, when you go out Of the wood
homeward. And In every of your
steps cast piece Of the liver of q
swine roasted and dipped In honey.
and draw after your back the dead
carcass Of a cat" Your fox cannot
resist all this. but ''be sure to have
. man nigh thee with bow and shafts
to shoot at him. or by some other
means to hit him." Good fun this for
o country house party at loose ends.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
LOOK HERE FOR 1T.
Many a Newport Reader Will Be
Interested.

When people read about the
cures made by medicine en-
dorsed from far away, is it sur
prising that they wonder if the
statements are true? But when
they read of cases right here at
home, positive proof is within
their reach, for close investiga-
ton is an easy matter. Read
Newport endorsement Of Doan's
Kidney Pills.
]. H. Willis, farmer, R. F. D.
No. 2, Newport, Ark, says: II
was suffering intensely from kid
ney complaint at the time I pro-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at
buttons Drug Store. I had
what I thought to be inf1amma-
ton of the bladder, at any rate
the symptoms pointed to this
trouble. The secretions from
my kidneys passed too frequent
ly, particularly during the night
and my rest was thus broken. ]
attributed my trouble to the poor
drinking water in this locality
Thinking that Doan's Kidney
Pills would help me, I got a sup.
ply and they permanently rid me
of the trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price
$50 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., 1913-04-16
Snakes In pIastoe,

In . small part OF South Carolina
swamp represented On the second
aoor Of the American Museum Of Nat
ural History Il included snake
group among the logs, vines and wa
ter hyacinths. The group shows side
by side poisonous snakes, ths water
moccasin. and the non-poisonous. the
brown water snake.
An example of the deadl I moccasin
water snake Of the south is made
from q wax cast by James c. Bell,
with color work by Frederick H. Stou
1t is extremely lifelike and realistic,
quite enough to give the visitor an,
acquaintance with lthe species
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
Keep At 1t.
One step won't take you very

One step won't take you very
far;
You've got to keep on walking.
One word won't tell folks who
you are
You've got to keep on talking.
"a Jne inch won't make you very
nu4 tall;
You've got to keep on growing.
One little ad. won't do it all,
You've got to keep them going
The Novelty News.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
@IHE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front ST., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily-Single copy, 8 cents; per
week 10 cents; per month, 40 cents;
per year, $3.50 in advance, by carrier
In city, by mail in country.
Weekly-s1.00 per year, payable In
advance.
Entered at the postoffice, Newport,
Arkansas, as second-class mail mat
ter.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
Treatment Of Wet Shoes,

Treatment Of Wet Shoes.
II you get caught In the raia|
good pair OF shoes on, remove
as soon as you enter the house
r you do not possess a pair Of
stuff them tight and hard with
paper, squeezing it well into d
Wipe of all the mud with q >sod
Place the shoes in q draught
upward, and let them dry SLOWLY
no account put them to dry b
Ore.
Never forget to place your sho
trees or to stlI& them with 9apse
they are not IN, woAx
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16

The contribution of Mr.. W. ID.
McLain on drainage first as a
necessity in the building of roads
was timely and valuable in it's
suggestions. Paper roads al
ways precede the real ones and
while talk doesn't build them, it
will go long ways toward inter-
esting and arousing the people
in their construction. The indie
pendent invites, yea solicts the
cooperation and help of good
roads entb1 .asts in a campaign
for bettdf roads.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
Little Rock has a screening or.

Little Rock has screening or
din2hce, one that compels gro
@s.ceery stores, meat markets, lunch
wagons and restaurants to have
all fruits, vegetables, cheese,
chill, meats, breads etc. protect
ed by glass, wood or wire
screens. This is done for the
protection of public health and a
merchant by screening his store
doors and windows conforms
with the ordinance. This is Lit
tie Rock taking all these pre-
cautions but they are just as
necessary in Newport. These
improvements are not expensive
and the Civic Improvement
League working with the Board
of Health will probably ask the
council or merchants direct to
conform to these regulations,
that certainly lessen the chances
of transmitting diseases, partic-
ularly typhoid fever. 1t is one
way and very practical one of
eliminating the pesky little fly.
$50 Texas is a democratic state,
yet Texas does not want beef on
the free list. Louisiana is a
democratic state, but Louisiana
looks with hostile eyes upon the
/, movement looking to free sugar.
both these states, however, look
with much favor upon the pro-
position to place steel rails, har-
vesting machinery and clothing
upon the free list. The local as
pect of the thing is all-impor-
tant.-Pine Bluff Commercial.
The late Senator J. K. Jones
once said that he never fully
realized the extent to which the
average man is permeated with
selfshness until he was put in
charge of working the Wilson
bill through the senate. Every
body was willing that the tax
should be taken off of the other
fellows goods but wanted no
meddling with his own privil-
seges. We don't think this spirit
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
TupelO.

Well, as 1t is so colo ana clou-
dy and the fire feels so good l
will try and write some news.
Mrs. r. NJ. Marian left Thurs
day for Monroe, Ark. to spend a
week or 10 days visiting her
aunt, Mrs. w. J. Morris.
Several of the young folks OF
Tupelo attended the old maids
society at Weldon Thursday
night and report a nice time.
Miss Velma Patrick and Irene
Marlar spent Sunday evening
with Miss Agnes Marian.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Thornton
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
wv. A. Brazeale at Simmons
Switch.
Mrs. Lula Simmons and little
daughter, Stella, and Miss Snow
spent the day Sunday with Mrs.
Simmons father and mother,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Taylor.
Professor Morris, Miss Irene
Marlar, Ed Taylor, Miss Bernice
Taylor, Miss Tennie Gardner and
Paul Gardner will attend Sunday
school association at Batesville
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day as delegates.
w. L. Taylor happened to a
bad accident one day last week,
being kicked on top of the head
by a young horse. A cash was
left on his head about 3 inches
long.
F. M. Thornton had business
in Newport Friday.
T. E. Thornton was visitor
on Cache river Saturday.
R. M. Marlar and T. E. Thorn
ton planted part of their corn
last Tuesday and they are un-
easy about it, fearing they will
have to plant over.
Farming is later in this neigh
borhood than-ever before. Very
little is planted and very little
blowing done on account of the
wet weather.
| Brother Sawyers of Brinkley
filled his appointment at the
Baptist church Saturday night
Sunday and Sunday night with
good attendance.
j. F. Gardner is having repair
work done on some of his yard
fences in Tupelo.
R. M. Marlar and T. E. Thorn
ton sowed two acres of Red Top
and clover Monday
Miss Louise Taylor arrived
home from Swifton Saturday,
where she closed a very success
full term of school. We are glad
to know that Miss Taylor gave
perfect satisfaction and has the
school for this summer.
Miss Jennie Taylor, who is
teaching a nine months school
at Grays, came home Saturday
to visit homefolks.
Well, I will close for this time
as news is scarce. Good wishes
to the dear old Independent and
oil fbo oOrrocpOpIopfc
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16

Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur
in the Board Building
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
der of the chief.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
The |. O. @. F.

The I. O. o. F.. meets }
Monday night in Masonic
corner Hazel and Second sd
Visiting brothers always
come.
Grover C. Gates, N. G
]. F. Parish. Secretar
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
is so rife now as at that time, but
there is a smart sprinkling OF it
vet.-Fort Smith Times.

Is the council waiting for sug-
gestions upon how to spend that
$4,000 nest egg, now watched
as closely as an old hen does her
little ones? If so, we have one to
offer for a portion Of the said
sum at least. Front street from
Beech to Main was paved by the
property owners along that
street. Most Of our other paved
streets were largely or partly
paid for by the city. Front
street is our leading business
street in which we are all inter-
ested more than any other street
in the city. Why should not the
city clean that street down to
the hard rock, secure one OF
these heavy steam rollers with
long spikes and tear up this ma
cadam, so as to allow surfac-
ing of small stone that would
practically give us a new maca-
dam street? Perhaps better
still, this work might be let to a
contractor and completed under
the director Of an engineer.
None will deny that Front street
needs this improvement and the
work is more entitled to the
city's support than any other un-
less it be the grading of all the
city's streets and the creation OF
i proper side bitches for surface
sewerage, which too should be
under the direction of a compe-
tent engineer that the levels
may be correct and permanently
., established. The people of New
port have only commentator
for the council in their economi-
cal administration and in main
tanning the city upon a cash ba-
sis, we are all agreed. But the
time has come for some kind of
improvement work with the sur
plus that the city now enjoys
over a safe balance to insure the
continuance of a cash basis.
The good roads question is
older than the Caesars and some
of the Arkansas roads look older
still.-Jonesboro Tribune. But
they are not as good as the roads
built in Caesars day. The peo-
pie of Caesars day were good
roads cranks, and they made
highways that are yet in exist
ence.-Ft. Smith Times-Record.
If we could only address Romans
as our countrymen, perhaps ap-
peals for roads might not seem
in vain. With our better civil
cation and intelligent citizenship
we need them not for marching
armies to the outposts but as ar
teries of our commercial life, to
make farm life and conditions
better, to permit transportation
the year round, to give increased
employment to our people
through industries that will be
kept humming the year round,
to raise valuations of our lands
and build our towns and cities.
The benefits of good roads are
innumerable.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
Jackson Lodge, No. 1871
A. NJ.

Meets Second and ID
Tuesday nights of each mo1)
the Opera House Building
cond and Hazel Streets.
Visiting Brothers alway,
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. n
S. NJ. Beattie, SEX.
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16

Modern Woodmen
Newport Camp, No, !
M. w. A., meets Second !
night of each month in
House. Visiting brethren
ed.
R. I. Simmons, {
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16
LODGE DIRECTss
Royal Arcan,a,

"y d ArcanuM
Newport Council MI
Royal Arcanum meets
3rd Friday nights ii aas.
in the Opera HOUSE n
Visiting brethren alvss'|
come. y
S. M. Beattie, Re,,
W. c. Vision, Se,'''
Newport daily independent., 1913-04-16

Woedmen of the W.,I
Pecan Camp, No. 3, md
and 3rd Thursday nights \
month in Masonic Hall, |
ing brothers welcome,
R. T. Simmons, c.
P. S. White, CLERK
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-17
NEWPORT

S. C. Kimball is visiting at j. w.
Paine's for a few days.
Miss Alice Aubin has rentered upon
a course of musical instruction at
Stanstead college.
G. L. Macdiarmid, J. R. Kirkpatrick
and w. w. True have moved from the
"Bluffs" to town.
Mr.. Gordon, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. J. E. McCarter. for a
few days, returned Sunday night.
DR.. and Mrs. J. M. Currier. who
have been visiting at Littleton. N. H.,
A good crowd took advantage of the
pleasant day and took a trip down the
lake Wednesday with the West Derby
band.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Tuck. former
residents of this place. now of New
port, r. l., are in stown for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Bullock have
returned from a ten days trip to
Niagara Falls, Toronto and Fredonia,
N. Y.
Mrs. L. J. Phelps, who has been ill
for some time, died at her home, 153
Summer street at 10 o'clock Tuesday
forenoon.
Earl Brown of the national bank,
who has been taking two weeks
vacation. has returned to his duties in
the bank.
Doris Blanchard and Ella Ramsdell
leave this week for Haverhill, Mass. .
where they will take courses in Brad
ford academy.
Miss Elizabeth Wood has entered
Skidmore Hall, Saratoga Springs, N.
Y, where she will take course in
domestic science.
A large crowd went to see ''What
Happened to Mary" and as far as has
been heard all were satisfied with
what happened to Mary.
Mr.. and T. G.. Raymond and family,
who have been staying at the Bluffs
this summer have returned to theil
home in Cambridge, Mass.
J. C. and H. P. Frost, who have
been passing the summer in Newport
and adjoining towns this summer
have returned to their home in Au
burn, Me.
Young & Young are the attorneys
for the town of Hartford in a case
instituted by that town against the
Champlain Realty company for $50, 00t
damages alleged to have been lost by
the destruction of the White Rive,
bridge last spring when logs of the
company are said to have caused the
going out Of the bridge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-17
KOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. f. j. CHENEY q Co..
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm. WALDlNG,
KINNAN d MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
giSts, Toledo, O.
Halls Oatarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Testimonials SEM
free. Price zoe. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-17
MAcHIAvELL's MoRALIsMs.

All enterprises to be under
taken should be for the honor of
God and the general good will of
the country.
In well constituted govern
ments the citizens fear more to
break their oaths than the laws
because they esteem the power
of God more than that of men.
Even in war but little glory
is derived from any fraud that
involves the breaking of a given
pledge and of agreements made
1t is impossible to believe that
either valor or anything praise
worthy can result from dis
honest education or an impure
and immodest mind.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-17

When woman suffering from some form Of feminine
disorder told that operation is necessary it OF course
frightens her.
The very thought Of the hospital operating table and the
surgeons knife strikes to her heart and wonder
1t quite true that Of these troubles may reach stage
where operation is the only but thousands of
have avoided the necessity of operation by taking
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. This fact is
aested by the grateful letters they write after their
health has been restored
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-17

se1cS suing 'ssld Soa MATvG
T1ZVE u1IEA s s9E'1oass9 S.ITHhA9O
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
LIFE SENTENCE
FOR PETTY THEFT
Convict Has Been Pardoned but Lost
His Reaeson While In
Prison.

IUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1 ]
COLUMBUS, o March 19.-Wil-
liam Welch, 35, the man who receiv.
ed life sentence in the penitentiary
for stealing a piece of bacon, is no
longer a convict. Governor Cox an
nounced his pardon today. But the
governor could not restore Welch's
reason, which has fed after five years
behind the gloomy prison walls, and
it is likely that the unfortunate man
will have to spend the remainder OF
his days in the asylum.
Six years ago Welch, New York
\ city waif, was caught with a piece Of
bacon, valued at one dollar, which he
had stolen from a farmer. at Green
ville Ohio, because he said he was
hungry and unable to obtain work.
He pleaded guilty to the charge OF
burglary, believing that leniency
would be shown him. Instead Judge
Allread sentenced him to life term.
Application for his pardon was signed
by Judge Allread and the prosecuting
attorney. His name was today erased
from the prison records, but entered
anew on the insane asylum books.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Hair Merchant and Family
Caught Just in Time and
Half Million Dollars
Recovered.
HATS WORTH s3Oo,Oso
Family Wanted for Swindles
Amounting to a Million AL
most Ready to Leave
Country.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 19.--
With more than half million dollars
in bills and checks in his grips, pock,
cts, and women's hats, Antoine Mar
tinez, alias Fisucale, New York hair
merchant. and his four sons and two
daughters were jailed here today
charged with swindles amounting to
more than $1,O00,000.
The family was arrested under the
name of Martinez, although Musica
is understood to be the name under
which the United States Hair Com
pany, their firm, was operated in New
York. The sons held by the police
were Philip, said to be the real head
of the firm; Frank, George and AL
bert. The two daughters were Louise,
aged 10, and Grace, aged %.
They arrived here this morning
from Mobile, and all were asleep II
their berths on steamer which was
to sail later for Honduras. When this
detectives entered the stateroom oc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
INDIANS CAMPED'
ON HOTEL ROOF
Have Plenty Of Air and Like il
Better Than Stuffy
Rooms.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, March 19.-As guestss
of Louis Hill, son of James ]. Hill, OF
the Great Northern railroad, a band
of Indians from the Blackfoot reser-
vation in the Rockies, near Glacier
National Park, is snugly encamped to-
DAY on the roof of one of New York's
newest and tallest hotels. The Indians,
who had never been in large city,
were brought here to form part of the
exhibit at the coming travel show.
Rooms had been engaged for them
but they baked at the idea of sleep
ing indoors.
my people want air." Chief Three
Bears explained Hot room not good
Want plenty outdoors The agile
press agent of the hotel quickly ar
ranged things to suit his savage
guests. A tepee camp was built on
the roof in typical Indian village for
nation and the spectacle is attracting
wide attention. The Indians like the
fresh air they get on top Of the build
ing, but none of them can be IN
duced to 60 near enough to the stone
coping around the roof to get peek
at the city spread beneath them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
Frledmann's First Patient in canad1
Has Bldden Goodbye to
Her Sick :
Bed.
WAS HELPLESS BEFORE
Girl is Now Walking Around With
Swelling and Pain OF the
clands Entirely
Conc.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
MONTREAL, March 19.-What the
French Canadian residents Of this
city are already calling the new mir
acle," was given its first demonstra-
ton today when Marie Dubois, 20
years old, one Of DR.. Friedmann's
first tubercular patients treated here
eight days ago, was pronounced on
the road to permanent recovery by
her own regular physician, DIR. Either.
Miss Dubois was sufferer from
tubercular glands. So far advanced
was the disease at the time of her
treatment by DR.. friedman that she
lay helpless in bed, unable to move,
or to open her mouth for food with
out assistance. Today she was walk
ing around her house with the swell
ing OF the glands and all pain gone.
DIR. Either was amazed, but after
careful examination declared his be-
lief that the cure would be permanent.
Twenty More.
NEW YORK, March 19.-Dr. F. F.
i
Friedman today treated twenty
more cases OF bone tuberculosis at
Mount Sinai hospital, before clinic
of government and practicing physi
Clans. He chose those cases whose
records he had been studying for sew
eral days. After the demonstration
The went to the hospital for deformi
ties, and studied the charts of addi
tional cases for his clinic tomorrow.
The German scientist expressed
himself as pleased, but in no way sur
prised at the reports brought him oil
the progress of the earlier cases he
treated. He said he, was SO used &c
such results in Germany that he
could not be expected to become ex
cited about them.
/ Three physicians who said they
represented the public health board
of Philadelphia, called on DR.. Strum
Friedmann's assistant, today and sale
that Governor Tener was ready te
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-19
ESCAPING IO HONDURAS
LINED WITH MONEY

cupied by the men. they fought with
the officers until the father and four
sons were overpowered.
Another detective prevented tho
two daughters from throwing their
hats into the Mississippi river. a
search of the hats later disclosed
100000 in bank notes hidden in the
trimmings.
The police announced that they had
obtained a confession from one mem
ber Of the family that they had been
guilty through fraudulent invoices on
swindling twenty banks in New York,
Atlanta, New Orleans, London ant
Berlin out Of more than s1,oo0.ooo.
About four hundred Thousand In
currency of large denomination was
found in the pockets of the Ave Musi.
cas-. AS the father and the children
were being led to police headquarters
the father seized magazine revolver
which his son Philip had in his pocket
and attempted to kill himself. He
was prevented after a struggle with
the detectives
Grace Musica had $4,000 In her
pockets, and Louise. her sister, had
$4,000 in her stocking. About $loo,s
900 in negotiable securities was Sc,
creted about the clothing OF the five
men.