The Newark Journal.
O F. CRAIG, Kdltor.
NEWARK- - , ARKANSA5.
BRITISH WEIGHT STANDARD.
One Change Now Authorized Which
May Lead to Others,
The British government lists
taken n step which slightly sim
plities the system of weights and
measures now it*, vogue in the
t'nited Kingdom. For a long time
the phrase "hundredweight' has
meant 112 pounds, and "half a
hundred” 5(5 pounds. Hereafter,
according to tin* New York Trilt
tine, it will be legal to use a 50
pound weight. The American
consul at Liverpool declares that
that city has felt the necessity for
the change more than any other
place, as t his is the leading port of
entry for American and colonial
produce of bulk, the weighing of
which is a considerable item in
the handling, and. indeed, in the
ultimate cost of the shipments.
More cotton, corn, provisions and
tobacco arc imported into Liver
pool than any other city in the
world, and by far the largest pro
portions of these imports come
from tin* 1’nited States; so that
The Fnited States is peculiarly in
terested in the reform just insti
tuted.
JZ
\mericans have great difficulty
in understanding tin* English sys
tem of weights—almost as much
.is they encounter in trying to un
derstand the English fractional
system of coinage. For instance,
if you ask a man here how much
he weighs, lie will tell you, say.
“11 stone 7.” A “stone” is It
pounds; so 11 stone would be lot
pounds, and adding the extra sev
en pounds the weight given would
be Mil pounds. Even Englishmen
*to the manner born” have to
make mental calculation in arriv
nig at the result in pounds in such
a case.
Sometimes provisions and oth
^'^4- articles are sold at so much a
stone, and then if the quantitx
purchased weighs a few odd
pounds over a stone or a nuntbei
of stones the purchaser and seller
have to figure out the price per
pound. It is the hope and expec
tation that the results from the
adoption of the new standard of
weight of r>0 pounds will fie so sa I
isfactory that before long the old
fashioned "hundredweight' of 1 111
pounds will be entirely abolished
along with the stone, and that a
decimal fraction system of tiv<
pounds, tea pounds and twenty
live pounds w ill come into general
use.
Whether this reform will re
turd or promote the adoption of
the metric system by England
now the only important Eu
ropean country that has not in
trod need it—is a difficult question
to answer. Owing to the mental
inertia of the people, it may not
he thought best to follow one
change quickly with another.
Still, the kilogram is so nearh
equal to two pounds, and 1 lie met
rie ton differs so little from the
•long” ton, that their adoption
would causeli11 Ic inconvenienceoi
confusion. .Moreover, by anus
foming wholesale and retail buy
ers to the decimal system of com
pitting weights the innovations
just made ought to render a fur
ther extension of the method con*
paratively easy.
Ti^sporting Live Fish.
The hydrohion of Dr. X. von
Lorenz, of Marienbrun, Austria,
greatly simplifies t In* carriage ol
live fish. The apparatus is placed
at tin- bottom of tho lank <>(' wa
ter, and it consists of a cylinder of
■ompressed oxygen, with protect
ing grills, regulating valve, and
i porous cylinder through which
She gas is slowly diffused into the
water. The supply of oxygen is
easily adjusted, as the inventor
&as calculated the quantity need
ed by tin* fishes likely to be trans
ported alive.
PLANTS THAT KILL.
One Is Strong Enough to Catch and
Devour a Dog.
There is a plant in South Amer
ica which has all the worst quali
ties of a melodrama villain, and
infinitely greater success. It is
called t lie “knot ter." and it is well
known to, and avoided by, scien
tists.
Its great idea, says Stray
Stories, is to kill whatever comes
along in a manner, the tortures of
which excel those of the inquisi
tion in horror. On tin* approach of
any living object the vine casts
out its tentacles and twines round
it. It is then dragged into the
heart of tin1 foliage, while its flesh
is burnt into by the clutch of the
tentacles. When there, the crea
ture's juices are drained in a man
ner reminiscent of the vampire of
romance.
The insidious villainy of the
plant has been tried by sending a
dog or other animal into its
clutches, and. judging front tin*
agony inflicted on t In1 poor animal,
the pain appears to be worse than
it is possible to conceive.
Another vegetable murderer is
a grain called "bliat.’’ It is much
like rice and grows with it in the
east. Trading on its resemblance
to the popular grain, it gets mixed
with it. and is devoured by the tin
suspect ing oriental. A few grains
of it are enough to bring on a most
horrible death.
. \ u u«i 11 > rA< i m umiij;
is wrought by a creatlire scarcely
larger than ibis grain, only that it
belongs to the animal kingdom,
This insect, about half the si/e of a
pea. holds the record for exquisite
torture among all known deaths.
It resides in South America and
Australia, but has once or twice
visited England through conceal
ing itself in shiploads of timber.
(>n one occasion a dock laborer
in the Hast end came into its pow
er. lb- was unloading timber at
tin* Victoria docks when I he crea
ture dropped on to his hands, and
bit into his tlesh. He thought lii
tie of it at t lit1 t ime. but soon the
poison worked into his blood, and
for t liree days lie endured t he most
frightful agony.
The venom of this spider or
“spooky,” as it is called, scorches
up the blood vessels and spreads
through all the tissues, causing
dreadful pain.
THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS.
Duchess of Portland Addresses Plea
to Feminine Hearts.
The plea urged by the ditches*
of Portland, as president of the So
eiety for t he Protection of JJirds
deserves the widest possible pub
licity. The duchess, according tc
Chambers’Journal, uttersa note
of appeal and warning which
should reach the heart of every
woman wearing a hat decorated
with birds' wings or other bird
trimmings. The duchess says;
‘•Hats composed of leathers—
some wrea t heel in bull (inches, some
with twisted and distorted bod
ies of terns, others decked with
dyed plumes—offend the- eye at
every turn. From seagulls and
bullfinches, in fact, to the brilliant
gem of the tropics, nothing ap
pears to be sacred to t he trade. Is
it useless to protest yet once more
against the* reckless slaughter of
bird-life which this barbarous
fashionentails? The personal van
ity which sacrifices, not the life
only, but the very race of birds
created for the beautifying of the
world, is unworthy of the civiliza
tion of the t went iet h century. In
the interest of good taste, and for
the sake of bird-life, 1 hope 1 need
not plead in vain.”
Statesman and Inventor.
M. Runau-Yarilla, the minister
from Panama, is i Ik* French engi
iiciM' who was invited by tin* king
of Roumania to improve the nav
igable waters of that country, lie
ui ilized a dredge of his own inven
tion, which is believed to In* the
first of the kind to be operated bj
electrical power. Its advantages
have since led to its extensive usii
elsewhere.
Dod Sign,
Mr. Citvdweller (to suburban real es
tate agent)—I find only one fault with
your district. Mr, Boomerup, but that
makes me decline to buy a residence
here.
Mr. Boomerup -Why, what is the mat
ter?
“I noticed to-day, as we have been driv
ing about, that all your finest houses are
owned by physicians.”—Stray Stories.
FRAl’DS IX A BALE OF HAT.
Frauds In W atch Cntea.
According to an article in the Cincin
nati Commercial, a fifty-one pound stone
was recently found in that city secreted
in a bale of hay of eighty pounds.
This is not as bad as finding a lump of
lead of nearly one-half the weight of the
solid gold watch case secreted in the cen
ter of the ease.
Cold watch cases are sold by weight,
and no one can see where this lead is
secreted until the springs of the case are
taken out and the lead will be found se
creted behind them.
These eases are made by companies who
profess to be honest but furnish the '
means to the dishonest to rob the pub
lic. It is not pleasant for anyone to find
that he has lugged a lump of lead in his
watch ease.
Another trick the makers of spurious
solid gold watch eases is to stamp the
case ‘'U. S. Assay.” The United States
does not stamp any article made out of
cold and silver except coin, and the fakir,
by using this stamp, wants to make the
public believe that the government had
something to do with the stamping or
guaranteeing the fineness of watch eases.
Another trick of the watch fakir is to
advertise a watch described as a solid
gold filled watch with a twenty or twenty
five-year guarantee. These watches are
generally sent C. O. D., and ;f the pur
chaser has paid for the watch, he finds
that the Company which guaranteed the
watch to wear is not in existence.
The Dueber-Hampden Watch Company
of Canton, Ohio, who are constantly ex
posing these frauds, will furnish the
names of the manufacturers who are in
this questionable business.
I dually the Cn*«*.
"A man’s enemies seldom kick him when
he’s down,” remarked the moralizer.
"That’s right.” rejoined the demoral
izer. “They stand aside and give hi#
friend# a chance.”—Cincinnati Enquirer.
10,000 Plants lor 10c,
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed to
grow
1.000 fine, solid Cabbages,
2.000 delicious Carrots,
2,000 blanching, nutty Celery,
2.000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1,«00 splendid Onions,
1.0(H) rare, luscious Radishes,
1.000 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to in
duce vow to tPy their wari nted seeds—
for wlien you once plant them you will
grow no others, and
ALL toil BUT ICC POSTAGE,
providing you will rolurn this notice, and
if you will send them 20c in postage, they
will add to the above a package of the fa
mous Berliner Cauliflower, [lx. L.J
Bid the Host They ( onlil.
She—I wonder why they hung that pic
ture?
He—Perhaps they couldn't catch the
artist. Stray Strides.
To Cure a Cuiil In One Day,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Mercy to the guilty is malice to the
innocent.—Chicago Tribune.
1 am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption
saved my life three veara ago.- Mrs Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900.
Failure is a spur while success may be
a snare. Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. Haskell, Worthy Vice
Templar, Independent Order
Good Templars, of Silver Lake,
Mass., tells of her cure by the
use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound.
“ Peak Mrs. Pinkxtam : — Four years
ago I was nearly dead with inflamma
tion and ulceration. I endured daily
untold agony, and life was a burden
to me. 1 had uced medicines and
•vashes internally and externally until
L made up my mind that there was no
relief for me. Calling at the home of
n friend. I noticed a bottle of Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound. My friend endorsed it highly,
and 1 decided to give it a trial to see if
it would help me. It took patience
and perseverencc for I was in bad con
dition, and I used Lydia P. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound for
nearly five months before I was cured,
but what a change, from despair to
happiness, from misery to the delight
ful exhilarating feeling health always
j brings. I would not change back for
j a thousand dollars, and your Vegetable
Compound is a grand medicine.
“ I wish every sick woman would
try it and be convinced.” — Mrs. Ida
! Haskell, Silver Lake, Mass. Worthy
j Vice Templar, Independent Order of
Good Templars.—$5000 forfeit If original
of above letter proving genuineness cannot be pro
duced.
Snlzer** Earliput Cana,
Another new thing. Can he cut six times
during a season and sprouts again with
lightning rapidity. Next to Sal/.er’s Teo
sinte it will make more green fodder than
anything else, cheap as dirt and grows
everywhere.
01 Salzer's Renovator Grass Mixture,
just the tiling for pastures and mead
ows, Mr. E. Rappold, East Park, Ga.,
writes, “I sowed Salzer’s Grass Mixture on
soil 'so poor two men could not raise a fuss
on it,’ and in forty-one days after sowing I
had the grandest stand of grass in the
County. Salzer’s Grass Mixtures sprout
quickly and produce enormously.” 100,000
barrels choice Feed Potatoes.
salzer’s new national oats.
Here is a winner, a prodigy, a marvel,
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor
ous. producing in thirty States from 130 ;
to 300 bu. per acre. You had best sow a
lot of it. Mr, Farmer, in 1901, and in the
fall sell it to your neighbors at $1 a bu.
for seed.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
to the John A. Falzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis , and receive in return their big cata
log and lots of farm seed samples iree.
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Promoters of Cournne.
Spartacu^ Women are a great incentive
to manly courage.
Smarticu.- I nat's right. Since 1 ve been
married and had a few tilts with my wile
the prospects of a scrap with the meanest
man on earth seems like mere child s play
to me.—Baltimore American.
A ery I.ow Ilntes from Memphis to j
the Southwest \ la >. *V St. L. Ky.
On the first and third Tuesdays of tfie
months of February, March and April, the
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Kv.,
which lias its own rails from Memphis to
Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta, will
sell one-way settler*' and round-trip home
seekers’ tickets at very low rates from
Memphis to certain points on it- lines in
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Alabama and
Georgia, also to other points in tlie South
east. For additional information, time
tables, etc., write A. R. Smith. T. P. A..
Little Rock. Ark., R. C. Cowardiu, T. 1\
A., Dallas, Texas.
Poor Lark FIshtuK.
He—Do you think my mustache becom
ing '!
She (meditatively)—Well, it may be cnv
icg. but it hasn't come yet.—Stray Stories.
Knowledge from Experience.
T« what we understand when Dr.
Spalding, an eminent Baptist devine, of
Galveston, Texas, writes "send me twi
bottles of Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein. It is for a
friend suffering from consumption. It
is a preparation 1 know from experience
to be good.”
At druggists, 25c., 50c., and $1.00 a
bottle.
Mr. Simpkin—“Oh. Miss Mabel, the
scenery makes me think of a Mutk.-spear
ean passage." M.ss MabelWinch ' Mr.
Simpkin "Well—cr 1 don't quite remem
ber!”— Punch.
Dropsy treated free by Dr If IT. fir* tv
Sons, of Atlanta. Gn T: e ir:-wte.»t dropsy
specialists in the world. I’c ei :: eir adver
tisement in another t aunt. ■ : this paper.
“That man Brown iv ju~t bought a fur
cap and a pair ui -ka >■- "\\ ,.,t mi
"'To serve hi* own cm.1 *uj post. Pnnce
ton ’Tiger.
CONSTANT ACHING.
Hack aches all the time. Spoils your
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the body; worries
the mind. Kidneys
cause it all and
Doan's Kidney
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I!. H. McCarver,
of 201 Cherry St.,
Portland, Oregon,
inspectorof freight
for the Trans-Con
tinental Co., savs:
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Kidney Pills for
backacheand other
symptoms of kid- !_ -I
noy trouble which lmd annoyed me for
months. 1 think a cold was respoiisi- ,
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Fills rooted it out. It isse-ver.il months
since I used them, and up to date there I
has been no recurrence of the trouble.” I
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Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. V.
Are ensilv currd by using DR. SCOTT’S
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Female Troubles in any form. KKMEMIlKRit
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good. Yon can get it from your dealer. Write
PARAGOULD MEDICINE CO., Para^ould, Ark.,
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