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The Meeker herald., 1913-09-13

The native pharmacopoeia In SKYE
used to be Of the simplest character.
A man from the island. during bis 6rst
week Of night duty rs a Glasgow con-
stable. went into 4 chemists shop and
expressed frank establishment at the
bewildering array Of bottles. These
medicines are ferry numerous-yes.
ferry numerous indeed" yes We
have to keep great many" the chem
Int said biandly. Nov. In Skye. where
/ come FROM" the constable went on.
.'the medicines are not what you might
call numerous at ALL" Nor said the
chemist. "How many do you havsT'
"Juist two. There Is tar for the sheep
and whisky for the people,"
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-13
te Was Paxina ltimeelG.

Tommy Deagen. soldier Of fortune
and distinctive character. worked for
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-13

cause with a warmth and vigor that.
considering his previous apparent nm.
demonstrative nature. surprised her.
She would have expected from him
philosophic reasons for their union, but
be broke away from his usual analysis
and told her simply that be loved her
When they left their work that day
they were engaged
Soon after this the architect told his
6ancee that the owner had arrived and
was coming to inspect their work. He
would be at tho house the next morn.
ing BY appointment at Q O'Clock. When
that day and hour arrived Miss strang
entered the stone gateway and walked
to the house. A number Of persons
were there. the central figure Of whom
was the architect. who was showing
the beautiful interior.
"Where II Mr. BlakesleeT' asked
Miss strang.
II am Mr.. Blakesiee." said the archI.
tect. Then. turning to the others:
'"rhls II Miss strang. who has pro-
duced these effects with which you
are 20 well pleased. take pleasure In
introducing her as my decorator and
~ my promised bride"
When all were gone except the new.
~ engaged couple they stood looking
into each others eyes. the woman's
moist with emotion.
81 told you." said the man. .that ma.
ture works 10 pairH. This 10 but pre-
llmlnary to the great work I trust . M
believe We shall do together"
The Meeker herald., 1913-09-13

Miss Morton brought her IorTnon to
bear upon the nowers Miss Gray had
Jest Brought N.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Sir Humphry DAvY.

Sir Humphry Davy married wild
ow as peculiar as himself. His pet af-
fectation was lack Of time. He was
always in Il hurry. He pretended that
he had no leisure to dress himself, and
when II change OF linen became neces-
sary he simply put one shirt over an
other until he was known to have on
Ave or six shirts at time. OF course
he could not wear this amount of APP
parel without appreciably increasing
his size. and his friends not in the Sc
cret were sometimes surprised to see
him fall OF in apparent weight twenty
pounds in day. His wife's grent anx-
tety WIS to keep him ut for company"
but us he did not care Il fig for COM
pany she had no easy task. and demes-
tic discord was common thing.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
PROHIBITION BILL
CAUSES HOT CLASH

ashington, Jan. 14.-While debat-
ing prohibition legislation in connec-
ton with the postal system during
consideration ofthe post office appro-
priation bill Monday, Chairman Moon
of the committee and representative
Jackson of Kansas INDUCED in an acri-
monious dispute that threatened 10
lead to blows.
"There is more hypocrisy and insin-
certify in this prohibition rot than any
thing else, "said Moon bitterly in COM
menting on the amendment offered by
Jackson including from the mails first
and second kclass matter, such as let
tiers, papers and magazines carrying
advertisements OF liquors and intoxi-
cants.
II consider that language not only
unparliamentary, but cowardly,'
retorted Jackson holly. "The gentle
man will not say to me outside of this
house what he has SAID here
Protesting. that he--would use the
same language anywhere, Mr.. Moon
added; 'sMany demagogues and
scouudeIs use this prohibition argu-
ment.'
Mr.. Jackson was about to reply
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16

when friends pointed out that Mr..
Moon had used his crilicis m in a
general sense and had not applied it to
Mr.. Jackson, and the dispute was per-
milled to stop.
Representatives Stevenson of Mime
sofa and Moore Of Pennsylvania loaded
the Jackson amendment down by ex-
tending its provisions To snuff, smoke
ing and chewing tobaccos, poker cards
and chips.
"This tobacco and snuff habit is a
pernicious and insidious one" CON-
mented Steenerson. II have seen
mingadvertisements with men loll-
ing back and putting at pipe.
Former Speaker Cannon suggested
that the use of playing cards and chips
had been prohibited in Illinois since
AlS13. while Moore went him one better
in citing am old Pennsylvania law
along similar lines enacted in 1903.
The ackson amendment was defeat
ed, 56 to 81, but the bill was not pass
ed finally.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
The liqht That Failed.

1t WAS by an accident that MFR. Kip
ling got his famous title, The Light
That Failed" He had almost decided
to call the novel THE Failure" al
though he was dissatisfied with this.
One evening as he was sitting in hts
study reading by lamplight the light
went suddenly down. almost failed, in
fact. In second Kipling jumped up.
exciaiming excitedly. by Jove, I've
got itr' Pointing TO the lamp, he said,
1The Light That Failed"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The Literary Society met last Fri
day afternoon and elected new officers
for the ensuing year. Eugene Robin
son was elected president, but was
pressed hard by Miss Lucille McSween
and RAYMOND Wilson. The race for
Vice-P President was hot and was finally
won by Roy McSween, Carl Woods
falling below Elmer Jones record The
secretary race was close between Oscar
Holder and Miss Orteilc Delozier. but
was won by Oscar Holder. Tile society
is proving a great success and all the
pupils take a great interest in II.
There were about seventy or more
new pupils entered school after Christ
mas, and as luck would have il, most
of them entered the seventh and
eighth grades, and poor sprof. Dris-
kill has about all he can handle.
Rev. O'Hara, Pastor of the First
Baptist church was a welcome visitor
at our school last Monday morning,
ana conducted our morning exercises,
giving an interesting talk.
Rev. Patty and Rev. Beard of Emory
4 Henry, who are assisting with the
revival at the NJ. T.. church, honored
us with their presence last Friday
morning and sang several songs which
were enjoyed very much. They are
former classmates OF Prof. Mallonee
and therefore were not surprised to
learn OF his success with the school.
Someone suggested some time since,
that the high school needed library.
But all our spare moments are taken
up in reading Caesar, Cicero. etc.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Minister'S Sons.

1t is probable that ministers sons
haze exerted more influence in the
United States than in any other coun-
try. Among teachers lawyers, doc
tors, scientists, men VI business and
in the church there are great host
who have been the sons of the manse.
OF the more notable men in our his
tory who were sons Of ministers we
ind in political life Cleveland, Clay,
Buchanan, Arthur. Quay. Morton,
Beveridge, Hughes and the lamented
Dolliver Of Iowa; among jurists,
Field and Brewer; among educators
Woodrow Wilson, Faunce. James, Car
roll, Lounsbury; in history and litera-
ture, Sloane, Parkman, Bancroft, En-
erson, Holmes, Henry James, Lowell,
Glider, Van Dyke; in invention and
science, Cyrus w. Field, Samuel #.
Morse and Agassiz; in the church,
Beecher, Alexander, Hodge, Abbott.
Potter, Jonathan Edwards: in philoso-
ply, James. In the Hall of Fame if
ty-one famous Americans are honored.
OF these ten are the children of min
isters--Agassiz. Beecher. Henry Clay,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jonathan Ed
wards, Emerson. Lowell. Morse. Ban
croft and Holmes. Popular Science
Monthly.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
PICTURESQUE HAVANA.
A Foreign City In Every Sense, With
lts Own Odd Charm.

Americans driving to their hotel
through Havanas narrow. noisy streets
invariably exclaim that it seems to
them "as II they were abroad" The
Question-tc borrow phrase from the
widely travelled but Unconditional Mr..
Baedeker-"need not detain them long"
They are abroad. Havana is not mere
~ like foreign town. it is foreign
town. 1t has its own odd look. its spe-
cial picturesqueness. its own tumultu-
GUS life. 1t abounds in unknown dishes
and strange fruits, and upon the hot
tropic night it pours out half barbaric.
music and queer melancholy songs.
The long traditions of the Spanish
dominion Of the two Americas still
cling about Havana's fortresses and
the palaces, churches and monasteries
Of her ancient streets. She was Il
proud. rich city. the entrepot Of the
west, when our northern mainland was
a wilderness. And now in the Cuban
twentieth century she is a crowded,
thriving. gay metropolis, with her own
pride, her own tropic airs and graces,
her own wholly un-American indiyidu-
aIity.
She may be crowded in the brief
winter season with American tourists,
may contain (as indeed she always has
contained) considerable American
business colony and may be refuge
for derelicts and vagabonds straight
from the pages Of .. Henry. Richard
Harding Davis and other Kiplings Of
Spanish America Still. she is always
the old Havana. the Cuban capital Of
Cnba.-Harrison Rhodes in Metropoli-
tan
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
FARMER GETS
HIS SHARE

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE farmer
was sharing the profits of the increas-
ed cost of living as far as the prices
paid for meats ON December Is, last
compared with those of year ago,
according to figures announced today
by the department of agriculture. AT
the same time the farmer was receiving
less for his staple crops than. he did q
year previous.
Average prices received by producers
Oh Decemher 10, last, showed hogs sell
ing at $3.50 a hundred pounds, an in
crease of Sl.l7 over the same time in
1911, beef cattle at s5.38;S was SO cents
higher: veal calves at S6.SS was 90cents
higher; sheep at s4.2l was 30 cents
higher and lambs at 1910 was II cents
higher. Hogs, veal calves and sheep
were lower than in 1910.
Prices paid to farmers for staple crops
on January average about 17,2 per
cent lower than at the same time last
year; 1913 per cent lower than in 1910;
50 per cent lower than 1909 and ~ per
cent lower than in 1908.
+; {. Corn, ut 1873 cents a bushels was ID
cents lower; wheat, at 1872 cents was
l2cents lower; oats at 1922 cents Is
cents lower; barley at 49.6 cents, 81
cents lower; rye at 63.S cents. 10 cents
lower; buckwheat at SO 8 cents, cents
lower; fax seed at s1.0S, Is cents low
er; potatoes at '5o.6 cents, "a cents low
er; hay at Sll .s6 ton, So lower, eggs
at 26.S cents dozen. 3 cents lower.
Southern farmers were receiving 12.2
cents a pound for their cotton, or 3.S
cents more than Il year previous; butter
at 2S.4 cents was three-tenths Of cents
higher; chickens al 1917 cents a pound
were one cent higher and wool at 1876
cents was cents nIgner.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
about !; decade ago. when Il wing OF
one of the eagles became Enicked -
Washington Post.
Bryce and His Pipe.

Commenting on the retirement OF
James Bryce. the British ambassador
to the United States. the Dundee Ad-
vertiser says that one personal feature
of Mr.. Bryce which appealed TO Amer
leans was his total absence of side"
The Advertiser adds: a visitor called
OF him one Sunday morning Mt the
British embassy at Washington. and
Mr.. Bryce met him In the hall and
begged hin to come this way. where
we can talk undisturbed.' He led the
way to the library. and the first thing
heSdid was to take out a well worn to-
bacco pouch and blackened brier pipe.
which he proceeded to fiji and smoke.
The caller realized that this was what
the ambassador wished to be 'undis-
turbed' about"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
PISTOL DUEL
OVER line
Killing at Jellico Where Principals
Ignore the State
Line.

jellico, Tenn, Jan. lin pistol
duel here last night, Lewis Caddeily
aged fifteen years, shot ndkilled AnG-
rev Chambers, aged sixteen, and WAS
himself wounded. The killing came
up over girl upon whom both boys
had been calling. The shooting oe-
cured across the Tennessee Kentucky
line, Chambers being on the Kentucky
and Caddell on the Tennessee side
when shots were exchanged. Cham
bers, when struck, ran across The line
into Tennessee, where he expired
moment later. with Caddell, standing
over him. u
Both boys had been paying atteH4
tons TO The girl, and Chambers WIS
at the house in which she was staying
lit is located on the Tennessee sideb
last night when Caddeli called. CAD
dell's appearance angered Chambers,
who left the house, vowing, IL is said,
that he would get Caddel when he
came out. Chambers walked across
the Kentucky line, and there awaited
Caddeli's appearance. When the lat
ter emerged from the house, Chambers
opened fire. A pistol hall struck GaG-.
dell in the left side, infiicting flesh
wound Caddell returned the fire, but
fired only one shot, the ball piercing
Chambers left breast, very near the
heart, and severing the main artery.
Wounded TO his death, Chambers ra:r
back across the state line, distange
ofabout fifty feet, into Tennessee and
fell. Caddell stood above him until
he expired. but did not fire sgaiN.
When Chambers breathed his last,
Caddell disappeared, and had not
been captured tonight.
Catldell is the son OF Ice .CaddelT, az
kensee, KY, and Chambers was tic
son of Cal. Chambers, who lives on III
Tennessee side Of the state line, near
Jeilico.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
EnaIand's Vanishing Lake.

The famous Dunkirk lake at North
witch (Cheshirel has vanished. for the
second time within year In a few
seconds millions Of gallons of water Gu
tered the bowels OF the earth through
a great chasm 200 feet deep. formed by
a subsistence. and left an empty space
where the lake had been. A big land
slide in this countryside. honeycombed
by subsidences due to brine pumping.
occurred about twenty years ago, and
in May last the lake formed. Three
months later it suddenly elnptied itself
and then began slowly to refill. Traffic
in the vicinity Of the phenomenon was
at once stopped. and precautions have
been taken to prevent further collapses
Of earth.-London Mirror.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16

q
Writing on the advantage and enjoy
naeHt that busy man will derive from
hobby. Arnold Bennett says in the
Metropolitan:
I'm choosing q distraction that Is to
say. In choosing a rival to bis business
he should select some pursuit whose
nature differs his much ms possible
from the nature of his business. and
which will bring into activity another
side of his character. If his business
is monotonous. demanding care and
solicltude rather than irregular, in
tense efforts Of the brain. then let his
distraction he such as will make a
powerful call upon his brain, But If
on the other hand the course Of his
business runs in crises that string up
the brain to its tightest strain. then let
his distraction be Z foolish and merry
one.
"Many men fall into the error of as
Stunning that their hobbies must be as
dignifed and serious as their voca-
tons. though surely the example of
the greatest philosophers ought to
have taught them better. They seem
TO imagine that they should continu-
ally be improving themselves in either
body or mind. II they take up sport.
it is because the sport may improve
their health. And If the hobby is in
tellectual 1t must needs be employed
to improve their brain
''The fact is that their conception Of
self improvement is too narrow. In
their restricted sense Of the phrase
they possibly don't need improving,
they possibly are already improved to
the point of being nuisance to their
fellow creatures: possibly what they
need is worsening. In the broad and
full sense of the phrase self improve
ment. a course of self worsening might
improve them.
II have known men--and everybody
has known them who would approach
nearer to perfection If they could only
acquire little carelessness. little
Observation-Disclosures little illogical
ness, Il little irrational and infantile
gaiety. a little unscrupulousness in the
matter of the time OF day. These con-
siderati0ns should be weighed before
certain hobbies are dismissed as being
unworthy Of plain mans notice"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Synthetic Ruhies.


SO absolutely perfect in color. hard
ness. refraction. durability and compo-
sition are the most recently manufac-
tured specimens Of rubies that Euro
pean brokers now refuse to take rubies
in pawn, as they cannot distinguish
the synthetic gem from the product Of
nature The German jewelry trade has
petitiOned the government 10 take legal
steps TO protect the public by requiring
the synthetic gem to be sold rs such.
The manufacture Of sapphires and 9th
er gems. Is. conducted under the same
general process by the addition Of the
necessary coloring matter Paris Is
producing large quantities of the gems,
and Professor Miethe Of Berlin has re-
Gently improved the process.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Historic Mace Repaired.

Taken from the capitol for the first
time in ten years. the historic eagle
capped mace, symbol Of the authority
Of the house of representatives. was
recently carried to jewelry shop in r.
street for repairs. AS the silversmith
steadied the emblem upon its staff, riv-
citing pinion which holds the sextant
tn place. two of the capitol police, obey
ing an. unwritten law that demands
that some one In authority must al
ways be its custodian, stood guard over
the mace. After the repairs were COM
pleted the mace was returned to the of
was made in 1871 by William Adams
of New York II was last renaired
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Order Of Publication
No. his.
:. i. DUTKWoRTII.
FLINT RAY

). l.. DUtKWoRrII.
In the Chancery Court at Newport,
Tennessee.
In this cause, il appearing from the
bill which is sworn TO, that > l. Duck
worth, the defendant. is Il noi- resident
OF the state, he Is, therefore, hereby re-
CURED to appear, on or before the
fourth Monday of February next, be-
iorethe Clerk and Mastcrof said curt,
at his office in Newport, and make de-
fence TO the bill fled against him in
said Court, by Flint Ray, or otherwise
the bill will be taken for confessed.
1t is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive
weeks in THE NEWPORT PLAIN TALK.
This January 10Th, 1913.
A. A. GATES,
Clerk and Master.
WI. n w. ID. MCSwEEN,
~ r.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
D. WALDON DIED
LAST SUNDAY

ID. Walden died at his home In Fox
Hollow last Sunday after short i'll
ness, his death was due TO pneumonia.
He was about thirty hears of age and
is survived by his wife and FIVE chill
dTen. The funeral was held at the late
home Monday.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
DR.. MEAS
BADLY HURT

Dir. Dolph Meas, who resides near
the Greene county line, suffered a.
severe accident Monday when he was
thrown from his horse and his Shout
der broken.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
/ Very z noourapinQ.

Every time I've called on Miss Glib.
bleson lately she's been out" com.
planned young Mr.. Fathead. II never
seem TO have any luck"
Cheer np." answered young Mr..
Nerveen gayly. I'll tell you how to
make sure she's at home Come with
me the next time I "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer. -~ss ....--
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
As an Offset.

"rhat girl has been promoted twice
TO my once. She has all the luck in
this office"
well. notice that she also has most
OF the work on her shoulders. SO
guess she's entitled to the luck
Washington Herald
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
First Baptist Church j. w. O'Hsrs

First Baptist Church j.. w. O'Hsrs,
Pastor.
Services 1915 4. III. subject, .sDis-
cipleship.n
No preaching service Sunday nighs
nor midweek service Wednesday, night
on account of meeting.
Sunday School at $3.50 a. M, =. Il.
Rowe and :. r. McSween Supls.
b. Y. p. U. 6:15p. m. swan Rowe,
and John j. McSween, Presidents
John McSween, leader.
All are cordially invited to attend.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
~ ~ VI ls'lf
Clerk and VI astcr,
w. j. n w. ID. MUSwEEN,
Solr's. for Complt.

Hugh Bible OF Route No. 5,was q
visitor in The city Wednesday.
Mrs. Cordelia Ray, and little grand
son, Arts Sugg, is visiting Der dau1h.
Tel, Mrs. III. V. Cox, of Alexander n. G.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Mada HerIauaI,.

Tom--Did Miss Roxley entertain
your proposal? Jack-on the contrary,
my proposal seemed to entertain her,
Boston Transcript
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16
Caustic.

YES" said the bride of week.
Jack tells me everything he knows.
and tell him everything l know"
"Indeedw rejoined her ex-rival. who
had been left at the post The silence
when you are together must be oppres-
sive."
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-01-16

IL doctors fall thee. be these thy doc
tors-rest. cheerfulness and moderate
6det Proverb.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

ertister Publishing Company
the chair, sat in 1t himself, and took
her on his lap, where she snuggled
down comfortably.
He looked down at her with q
smile.
I'm afraid | cannot make it clear
! to You, daughter. It was the
mother-feeling, the heritage OF all
the ages and the hope OF all the
ages to come, that made YOU want
to cry. 1t was the tenderness and
sympathy, and the impulse to
shoulder the sorrow OF others. II
was-oh, 1t was g great many
things. Father Dear gave Dor
othy's cheek a pinch as he con-
cluded,
Dorothy looked puzzled
"But ] didn't think of such things,
and don't know what you mean
by the heritage of the ages" she
said
"But you will know, some day
Now, let's talk of other things"
cried father Dear, brislSly, 'of ships
and shoes and sealing Wax, for in
stance"
"And cabbages and kings" gaily
added Dorothy. who knew her Lew
10 IetlIOil very wei ltluetuS you
tell me story"
Father Dear nodded solemnly at
the glowing GOALS.
did you hear that" he asked
them, "she wants me to tell her a
story. And 1t lis my only day off
in a whole week"
POOH" said Dorothy, giggling,
you know you like To tell EN-
And she tossed her head saucily.
my word!" Father Dear looked
at the fire i'll dismay, "our daugh-
terR see right through us. They
know our Utmost thoughts What is
the world coming to?"
Dorothy giggled again. Hurry
up, father. Don't talk to the fire."
she said. ''you haven't told us
story in ever so long"
Father Dear sighed and declared
he wouldn't think of beginning I'M
til Dorothy found Dayie.
''If he isn't here when [ tell the
story to you I'll have to tell it all
over again." he said.
So Dorothy scurIied through the
house, out on the front porch, in
again, out on the side porch, in
again, and upstairs, where she
found Davie fast asleep on the
nursery couch.
t'Davie, Davie," she cried, shak-
ing his shoulder. wake up Fathers
going to tell q story"
Davie sat up quickly, rubbing his
eyes. who's going to tell a story?
/ was dreaming about a bear and