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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11
NOT LIVING UP TO ADVICE
Matron's Actions as Husband Phoned
Didn't Coincide With Her Talk
to Fair College Grad.

II don't know what to think" said
the college graduate.
tits the first admission of the kind
since you got your diploma" said the
old maid.
What to think about what?" asked
the matron just turned thirty. Her
mouth was down at the corners and
there was a wrongs-for-women look
in her eye.
about marrying. Dave is begin
ming to insist on marrying just as
am beginning to see that l have
some future ahead if 1 work out by
myself"
Don't hesitate a minute" said the
matron just turned thirty, and brought
her teeth together with noticeable
click. What can you do better than
anything else?'
Il am interested, you know, in &C.
lestial mathematics"
Then go in for it. Go in for any
thing that has the word celestial in
it. 1t sounds promising. 1t may
won't. There's no use to pretend that
it will"
you said last week." began the
old maid, but the matron just turned
thirty wouldn't let her go on.
Il am talking seriously now," main
tanned the matron, land as one wom-
an to another l am telling this young
thing that woman who expects mar
riage to bring satisfaction is follow
ing an ignis fatus. Men are all very
well for down town, but the woman
who looks to man to make life seem
worth while is woman who is fated
for a grand awakening"
The telephone bell rang then. and
while the matron just turned thirty
answered it the two regarded each
other with looks that said that they
were astonished at her and commiser-
alive of her. Then her voice at the
telephone came on to them in languid
cadence: why, yes, l suppose / can
go. o, yes, suppose 1 want to. Real.
ly. You surprise me. From the way
you rushed off this morning l should
hardly have thought Yes, but what
made you forget? You have missed
Ye-es. l have, too. You old darling!
All right, then, hurry home. I'll be
ready"
She came back from the telephone
to the two who had listened in con-
scienceless attention. Jim and are
going to have little celebration to-
night" she announced, shamelessly.
Its our anniversary"
you hadn't mentioned It before"
said the old maid
"No-he-we-it slipped our minds
this morning" She went out of the
room then, red but radiant.
IF you really want any advice about
marrying" said the old maid, turning
on the college graduate, you will
have to come to us single women.
You can't believe anything the mar
ried ones tell you. They are here
today and there tomorrow. Their con.
illusions about matrimony rest upon
no surer base than whether or not
their husbands remembered to kiss
them good-by this morning. They
haven't any perspective. 1t takes an
old maid to be president of a con-
gress of mothers, and it takes one
to illuminate the subject of mat.
rimony for the young and unde.
cided."
Turn on your searchlight. Let's
have the illumination.
20, all that it comes to is that
each woman has to decide for her.
SELF" said the old maid.-New Yorl,
Evening Post
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11
Chafina Hives.

This troublesome skin affection Is
difficult to diagnose at the outset. Be
on the safe side, therefore, and when
ever the skin is irritated use Tyree's
Antiseptic Powder Immediately and
avoid further trouble. Csc. at druggists.
Sample sent free by ]. S. Tyree,
Chemist, Washington, D. C.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11

The fact that we can't take our
money with us when we die is
source of great comfort to the law
yers.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11
Result the Same,

Il can't lend you $40 today, Tewks-
ley. Come around tomorrow"
But I'm told you won't be here to-
morrow"
"Oh, that's all right. Come around
anyway
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11
Scare,

She-Nothing is more depressing
than a silent woman.
He-I never had the luck to meet
one.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11

An old coquette has all the defects
of young one, and none of her
charms-AntOine Dupuy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11

Alas, when the microbe of love sue
cumbs to the germ of suspicion!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11

MrsWinslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, alays pain cures wind collie ,25c bottle.Av
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11

Most of us are good because we
dare not be bad
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-07-11
NobIest Work of God.

Owner of House-How soon will
this job be finished? '.
Plumbers Assistant-Just as soon
as business picks up, boss!-Puck
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19

The households occupying the
river front above the water sup
ply of this city, are a menace to
public health and ought to be
removed. When they are re-
moved, there ought to be some
means of keeping them away
and from further polluting our
water supply. The powers of a
board of health have always
been recognized as sufficient to
rid the city of such danger to
public health and the present
boards attention is earnestly in
vited to this source Of sickness,
and it ought not to take the
sickness and death of our people
from typhoid and such diseases,
in order to get action against
such a menace.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
The Architect.

President Wilson will press a
button that opens thegreat pow
er house at Keokuk, Ia, on Aug.
26. Here the biggest river in
the world has been thoroughly
harnessed, and 100000 horse
power developed. The gearing
is all in order, and the president
will only have to say, "giddap'.
The engineering feat at this
point is something marvellous.
For twelve miles up the river,
there is what is called the Des
Moines rapids, and the fall in
this distance is twenty-three
feet. The water is turned into
tubes, and made to revolve OBJ
structing turbine wheels, which
in turn produce electrical ener-
gy. One hundred years ago this
feat would have been considered
an mrealized dream. Originally
it was a dream of the architect,
who must have had day dreams
of the imagination in which he
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19

ROCK ISLAND.
No. COZ arrives 1885 p. M.
No. 608 departs 1850 p. m.
Local freight arrives Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday; departs Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
Forrest City-MemDhis Highway

Forrest City, Aug. 18.-The
Forrest City-to-Memphis high
way will be open about Septem-
Der /, according to Reuben G..
Dye of the State Highway Com
mission, who spent the latter
part of the week in this county
cooperating with those behind
the project. Mr.. Dye inspect
ed the highway Friday and will
go over the road again Monday,
accompanied by State Highway
Engineer E. A. Kingsley and AS
sistant Engineer w. C. High.
Two bridge sites, one at Grow
creek, about three miles east of
this city, and the other at Black
fish bayou, about 20 miles out
will be visited for the purpose
of making surveys for bridges
at those points.
The part Of the highway not
yet open on the Forrest City end
between Shell lake and the bay
GU, a distance of about four
miles, will be LAID out and con-
structed under the supervision
of Assistant Engineer Hight
next week.
The highway from Forrest
was constructed by Judge Eu-
gene A. Rolfe, with convict labor
and the remainder through the
counties of Cross and Critten-
den, is being constructed with
donations made by the people
of this city. About 35 men are
employed daily on the work.
25 MILES COMPLETED.
twenty-five miles of the road
on the Forrest City side of
Blacklist bayou is now COM
plete, The road from Forrest
City to Madison is well graveled,
and the culverts are of concrete.
At Madison the st. Francis riv-
er is spanned by a steel bridge.
From Madison the old river road
is used, but will be abandoned,
going directly east to Widener,
thence north to the military
road.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
Robinson Champions Clayton.

Robinson Champions Clayton.
Washington, Aug. Is. The
first actual break in the Dem
ocratic opposition to seating
Henry D. Clayton, Governor o.
Meals appointee to the senate,
succeeding the late Senator
Johnston, of Alabama, was made
today by Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, who issued a public
statement taking the position
that the governor had the pow
err to appoint under the new
seventeenth amendment. Clay
ton was waiting to present his
credentials to force a test.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
STEADFAST CONFIDENCE
The Following Statement Should
Form Conclusive Proof of
Merit to Every Newport
Reader.

Could stronger proof of the
merit of any remedy be desired
than the statements Of grateful
endorsers who say their conf
dence has been undiminished by
lapse of time? These are the
kind of statements that are ap-
pearing constantly in your local
papers about Doan's Kidney
Pills. They are twice-told and
confirmed with new enthusiasm.
Can any reader doubt the fol-
lowing? It's from a Batesville
resident:
Mrs. Susan A. Alexander,
Main St., Batesville, Ark, says:
Il suffered from a dull ache III
the small of my back and had
dizzy spells and blurring of my
sight. | always felt tired and
lanQuid and could hardly get up
in the morning. Doan's Kidney
Pills rid me of the trouble soon
after l began using them. l ad-
wise a trial of this remedy in all
cases of kidney complaint. My
former endorsement of Doan's
Kidney Pills still holds good. |
think just as highly of them to-
day as ever"
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. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
FAMILY AVOIDS
SERIOUS SICKNESS
By Being Constantly Supplied With
Thediord's ck-Draught.

McDuff, Val suffered for several
years." says Mrs. J. B. Whitaker, Of
This place, with sick headache, and
stomach trouble.
Ten years ago friend told me to try
Thedford's Black-Draught, which | did,
and found it to be the best family medi-
cine for young and old.
keep Black Draught on hand all the
time now, and when my children feel a
little bad, they ask me for dose, and it
does them more good than any medicine
they ever tried.
We never have long spell of sick
ness in our family, since we commenced
using Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught is purely
vegetable, and has been found to regu-
late weak stomachs, aid digestion, re-
lieve indigestion, collie, wind, nausea,
headache, sick stomach, and Similar
symptoms.
It has been in constant use for more
Than 10 years, and has benefited more
than a million people.
Your druggist sells and recommends
Black-Draught. Price only 25c. Get a
package to-day. Mcna
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
Some OratOry.

"The age of chivalry has gone,
and that of sophisters, econom-
lists and calculators succeeded"
walled the eloquent Edmund
Burke, and it may be true, but
surely the age of orators abides
with us. We have grown SNUG
and pragmatic, and it is not con-
sidered good form to manifest
emotion whose fountains are
sealed. But every now and then
a Moses suddenly appears who
smites the rock with his rod, and
commands the living waters to
flow. Congressman Heflin, of
Alabama, played Moses the 9TH
or day when he was asking con-
gress to issue the money direct
based on warehouse certificates
duly bonded and secured, and in
doing so thus apostrophised
King Cotton:
"Cotton has done more to
maintain Americas credit
abroad and to keep it on a sound
financial basis than all other
commodities combined. The
failure of no one crop would so
affect the world as the failure of
the cotton crop.
"Upon the cotton plant and its
snowy offspring rests the finan-
cial structure of this govern
ment. DESTROY this crop for one
year and you will take out of cir
culation a hundred millions more
money than the entire national
bank currency of the United
States. Destroy the cotton crop
for one year and you will paral-
we the financial institutions of
our country. In the catalogue of
commodities cotton is the master
production, the most readily
cashed and the most widely
consumed among the great sta
ples of the earth. Cotton is the
only product in the kingdom of
agriculture every poundof which
is converted into money; and ev-
cry dollars worth of which con-
tributes to the financial wealth
of the United States. Cotton I'M
locks foreign vaults and brings
gold into our country when all
other products fail. This brings
to America every year more
gold than the worlds annual
output. A hundred and forty
two million spindles look to the
cotton belt of the United States
for their cotton supply.
AS the rulers of old went to
Solomon for wisdom, the cotton
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

paily-Singis copy, cents; per
week 10 cents; per month, 20 cents;
PER year, $3.50 in advance, by carrier
h city, by mail in country.
Weekly-$1.00 per year, payable In
sdvance.
Entered at the postofiios, Newport,
Arkansas, as aecond-class mail mat
~.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19

using countries OF the edTtH
must come to us for the where
with to be clothed. In the light
Of these truths regarding cot
ton, / declare to you that there
is no safer or sounder basis on
which to isue currency for a
limited time than on certificates
represented by lint cotton, baied
and stored in insured or bonded
warehouses. No insect pest tan
harm it.
at can be preserved for hun
dred years or more, and its splen-
did fibre will be just as good for
spinning purposes as the day it
was stored in the warehouse.
Who can say then, that the cur
rency issued on baled cotton at
half it's value is not as good as
municipal bonds or railroad
bonds on which Secretary Cortel-
you isued currency for the rail-
roads? In the last days of the
Confederacy our fathers in the
cotton belt arranged with En-
gland to take 100000 of
bonds based purely and wholly,
singly and simply on cotton. If
England thought enough of cot
ton to take $15,000,000 worth OF
cotton bonds in time of war, what
think we of this prince Of Amer
lean products as a basis (of half
it's value) on which to issue linn
tied currency in times of peace.
"Provide for the issuance Of
limited currency on cotton certif-
icates and you will deliver the
cotton producers of the South
out of the clutches of the most
merciless band of bear gamb-
lers that ever cursed free coun-
try. You will enable our farm
ers to obtain a fair and reasona-
BILE price for this great Ameri-
can product. 1t is but fair and
lust that warehouse certificates
of baled cotton be treated by
these reserved banks with as
much consideration as any other
merchantable paper. 1t is safe
and sound, just and right that
they should
Very eloquent and very true,
perhaps, but beautifully imprac-
ticable, and such arguments may
do harm. The country is on the
eve of very necessary currency
reform, and it should not be di-
!
verified from its purpose by. the
introduction of new issues and
ideas, no matter how wise and
beneficial they may be. Let us
take what we can get at the
present time, and he satisfied
and later on we can improve upon
it If we find it desirable to do so.
A great many reforms have been
prevented by over enthusiastic
people who knew nothing OF
do too much.-Memphis News
do to much.-Memphis News
Scimitar.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
RUB-MY-T M

Will cure your rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns. Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Aasiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternaly and externally. Price 25c.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19

conjured up pictures Of beauty
and efficiency. The builder may
be in a sense a plodder and a la
borer, but the architect the
designer, and he must see with
the minds eye the beautiful
structures in their completeness
long before any work is begun
on them.-Menfphis News Scim-
itar.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-19
Malaria or ChiNs & Fever

Prescription No. 666 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLlS T. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, snd
if taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. 1t acts on the liver better than
Calomei and does not grippe or sicken. Csc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-17
Use FOR MEN.

British suffragettes have found a use for mere
man after all. They find he is a capable fight.
ing machine and willing to utilize him in
that capacity. Mrs Pankhurst is to be credited
with the discovery. When she was to conduct
meeting the other night and learned that stu
dents probably would be present 10 interrupt
she arranged to have present force of stalwart
dock laborers. These mercenaries. when the ex-
pccted disturbance came, went ioyously to their
appointed task They hammered and thrashed
the intrusive, students. threw some headlong into
the street and suhdued those who remained to a
condition of meek peacefulness and decorum
With Jealous eyes observing and hard and eager
fists impending over them, those who went 10
scott remained to swallow all the feminine and
feminist oratory that was poured upon them from
the platform. With the assistance of her dock
iaborers, Mrs Pankhurst held her audience spell
bound. and commanded earnest attenton-as the
reporters say, If not approval
If the sufragettes continue this plan of com.
handing a hearing for their many and strong re
marks, they may go q few steps further. Where
attendance is slim and audiences are thin they
may send out strong hired men to seize upon
reluctant citizens. force them into the halls and
demand of them enthusiastic applause and
laughter at the proper points in the discourses.
We might look to see reluctant and frightened
hearers respond, feebly but promptly, at signal
from the platform, TO growing admonitons from
their captors Tart, blast yer eyes larf" and, at
the word Of command. even emit Whispering
cheers as an alternative TO being slugged.
II the ant-suffragists initiate the Pankhurst
plan, we may look for great prosperity among
the followers OF the gentle art of punching and
for the man skilled in hammering the eounte.
nance of his fellow man to be at high premium.
Muscle will be in demand as the ally Of the
militant mind and hard hitting will illustrate
the justice OF the votes for women" movement
Prize fighters win find a new and profitable
field for their talents and we may see a civil
war small 8cale-possibly feminine supre-
macy established at last by force of masculine
proves.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-17
PEOPLES FORUM
From the Harvest Company.

Editor of The Nireinian:
Sr,.-YoUr editorial of March 4th. "Peevish
Mr.. Mccormick is notably unfair and is scarce
~ Nirginian standard.
You complain that Mr. Mccormick objected
10 the filing of the report of the bureau at this
juncture because 1t would be based wholly upon
the testimony gathered upon side at the
every line Of Mr.. Mccormick protest by adopt-
ing and publishing as living truths the statement
of this biased report based upon this eA-parte
evidence
The allegations of unfafrness made by the
bureau are being disproVed daily by farmers
and dealers who are testifyng at Omaha in the
government suit.
The first government claim was to the effect
that this company dealt unfairly with it's com
petitors in the harvesting machine business The
government summoned every competitor 10 tcs-
t1fy as to,oar practices and with but one e1cep-
ton all OF these competitors, under oath, de-
clared they had no complaint whatever To make
of our policies, and that we resorted to un-
fair or monopolistic practices to secure trade
From your statement, which you have adopted
from the bureau, your attitude appears ia be
This charge will be disproved as thoroughly as
was its predecessor; hut you have accepted il
as fact upon the one-sided testimony Of which
MT. Mccormick made complaint
The company does seek credit for the fact
that 1t was honestly capitalized during season
which the bureau of corporations declares to
have been of extraordinary overcapitaliza-
ton We do desire credit for never having sold
abroad cheaper than at home We do desire
credit for the cheapness of our improved ma
chimes, The American farmer buys his harvest
ing machines in the cheapest market in the
=
cent? and raw materials (12 10 90 per cent? dur
ing the past ten years has affected the Price Of
harvesting machinery less than any other imple-
ment the farmer buys. The Mccormick binder
q complicated machine with 1851 parts, per
forms three distinct operations, The cost Of
the self-binder TO dealers is 59c per pound; the
ordinary cook stove cost sc per pound; the walk
ing pillow, f0c per pound; and the four horse
power gas engine life per pound. A east-iren
stove, containing but few parts cost more per
pound than the binder which must be made
Of the finest steel, carefully seasoned wood, ex-
pensive wrought iron, and consisting of over
three thousand parts. We desire credit for these
things because for years these matters have
been shockingly misrepresentd TO the American
public.
We make idle boast when we declare that
there is no act, no purpose, policy. of our
company that unwilling to have thor
oughly investigated, and no charge of wrong
doing made in the report that not pre-
pared to Controvcrt.
This letter is not written to secure publicity
Of any character. but is merely intended to CON
vey the facts know them 10 exist, together
with our views of those facts
Yours truly,
JAS. r. BROWN
Assistant Secretary.
Chicago March
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-17
oTHE NIRGTNEA MACHINE,
proves

with its leader discredited by defeat for the
position Of party chief in the senate. the Virginia
machine is forced to struggle hard for its life
All along the line the assault upon it's carefully
built Entertainments is strong and with Mon
tague, Jones and Tucker leading the van. there
are hopeful signs that the mass of the people
will come into their again. The times are
propittous for a supreme effort to break the
grip that has held the political liberty of Vir-
ginians in thrall SO long.-Baltimore News.
1t is slightly annoying to have presumably
well meaning ignoramus abroad acquiring and
echoing this kind of sick parrot talk, of which
we have occasional examples at home How
ever VIC may be arrayed in factional politics. no
normal Virgtnian likes to see suggestions that
the people of this State are slaves to anybody or
anything or permit themselves to be deprived
of their rights or liberties
In open primaries the two present United
States senators were elected by majorities rang.
ing along 10000. When outside newspapers tell
their readers that the 10000 and odd white Viz
ginia Democrats who voted for Senator Martin,
for instance, were bribed or hulldozed, plain
fools or held in thrall" the impression given
of the State and the inhabitants thereof is not
favorable, Nobody will blame the Baltimore Ne4rs
especially for ignorance of Virginia affairs We
have the comfort of knowing that it is no more
ignorant about Virginia than it is about other
things and matters generally. The intellect Of
the NeWS is driven habitualIy wearing a blind
bride with a martingale to assure its meekness.
The fault really is with those publications in
our own State which sob out ISLANDERS believed
with tears and moaningly advertise the majority
Of the voters of the Commonwealth as pitiful
Weddings. with trembling hands casting their
ballots under the lash of political dictators
Needing these holy rollers, one might well be-
lieve Mexico to be free and happy country
compared with Virginia.
incidentally, ii may be observed that Senator
Martin is chairman of the senate committee on
appropriations and that Messrs. Montague Jones
and Tucker have led the van in previous dis
astrous warlike demonstrations.